I Really Didn’t Want To Make A Lot Of Money

After Chen Ling left, Zhou Tianming sat in the office, thinking carefully about what Chen Ling said.

The two talked for a short time. Chen Ling was like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, crackling and throwing out a lot of information. Zhou Tianming had to digest it slowly, and after straightening out, he ordered his colleagues to deal with it.

The first thing to do is to verify Chen Linghe's role in the railway project.

The railway project has already found investors. This is public information; besides this, there are a lot of gossips, especially officials who have been associated with railway projects in the past like to spread this kind of news, and some even take advantage of it. The situation is still unclear, and the trick of the empty glove white wolf begins.

These two Zhou Tianming have already received two groups of local people who claim to be able to handle the project, and they are all relatives who claim to be the president's home.

In terms of the performance and speech of the two groups of people, compared with Chen Ling's unreliable nature, it can be said to be quite satisfactory. Although it is not credible, it is still within the scope of the original project.

However, Zhou Tianming's intuition based on years of work experience, this Chen Ling and MOIN company's matter is likely to be reliable.

Because there was only one week, Zhou Tianming decided to personally check whether Chen Ling really had such a big influence.

Soon after Chen Ling left the CR company, Zhou Tianming took He Chaoxu and the marketing manager out and went straight to the Ministry of Communications.

He urgently met with the Minister of Transportation by phone. This is the CR company, who has been working in Mali for many years and has cultivated a very good relationship with the owner's department of the Ministry of Transport before it is possible to see the minister at any time.

The Minister of Communications in Mali is tall and fat, with a bright head and kind eyebrows. If he pinches a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, it will be a lively black Maitreya Buddha.

After some greetings, the minister asked: "Mr. Zhou, as you know, the railway project is no longer in our ministry. How can I help you?"

Zhou Tianming smiled and said, "Mr. Minister is too modest. How can the Mali railway not be in your control? Now you don't have to worry about the project funds, but the Ministry of Communications has the final say on what kind of railway to build? For example, what standards should be used to build railways."

Zhou Tianming is most concerned about standard matters, and through verification of this matter, it can also be partially verified whether Chen Ling's statement is true.

Minister Maitreya Buddha is also a shrewd person. He immediately heard what news Zhou Tianming had received, oh, and said: "Your CR company has very good news, Mr. Zhou, do you think you have a lot in our Ministry of Transportation? Friends?"

"My best friend in the Ministry of Communications is you, Minister!" Zhou Tianming followed the words of Minister Maitreya Buddha.

Minister Maitreya laughed and said: "You Chinese are all talents, and you speak nicely. I really hope you can continue to operate in our country. Yes, the design and construction standards of this railway have indeed changed and are no longer used. The French standard is to use your Chinese standard. This is something that was just confirmed at a meeting yesterday afternoon, and it has not been made public. I didn't expect you to know it so soon."

Zhou Tianming moved in his heart and asked, "Why change the standard?"

Minister Maitreya pointed at Zhou Tianming, looked at He Chaoxu and the marketing manager, and smiled: "Mr. Zhou Tianming should go to the movie."

He Chaoxu and the marketing manager accompanied him and laughed, but they were panicked. What does the minister mean?

Knowing that the Minister had misunderstood, Zhou Tianming said very sincerely: "Mr. Minister, before I came, someone told me that this railway should use Chinese standards."

"You don't believe it, so you came to me?" Minister Maitreya asked. CR Company once proposed to the Ministry of Transport of Mali and the Ministry of Transport of Senegal to use the Chinese standards, but they were all rejected. Minister Maitreya's reason for refusal at the time was simple. We were not familiar with the standards of China and could not be used.

Zhou Tianming nodded and said, "Yes. We have discussed the standard a long time ago, and we have also made a plan based on the results of the discussion. Why should we switch to the Chinese standard now?"

Minister Maitreya asked, "This is good news for you, isn't it?"

"Of course it is good news, you know us well."

Maitreya Buddhism narrowed his smile and said, “It’s not good news for me, because no one from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications is familiar with the Chinese standards. I was forced to accept the Chinese standards because, as I just said, Yes, this project is no longer in the hands of our Ministry of Communications. They just notified us that the standard has changed."

Zhou Tianming continued to ask: "Mr. Minister, although you did not fund the railway repair, you are the competent authority of the industry..."

"Industry authorities that don't have money can't control it." Minister Maitreya spread his hands. "Mr. President said that the railway was built independently. That's right, it is the funds of our Malians, but we There is no standard, no technology, and you can only choose whose standard to use. In the end, investors choose to use the Huaguo standard."

Minister Maitreya looked rather helpless.

"Do you know why investors choose to use the Huaguo standard?" Zhou Tianming asked.

Minister Maitreya's eyes swept across the three people in CR Company, and a trace of doubt floated on his face: "Mr. Zhou, you really don't know?"

Zhou Tianming was the second monk who couldn't figure it out, and asked: "Should we know what?"

Minister Maitreya laughed again and said, "It seems that you really don't know, let me help you." As he said, he put up a finger:

"CHANSRAIL is responsible for the construction and operation of the railway; then, a local company in Mali invested in CHANSRAIL, with billions of dollars-I don't know where they came from so much money-to control 100% of the equity of CHANSRAIL. This investment The chairman and general manager of the company is the elder of a local family called Saidu. Recently this family has had a very interesting incident. They found themselves a foreigner to be the patriarch."

Zhou Tianming smiled and said, "Look for a foreigner to be the patriarch? How is this possible!"

Minister Maitreya said with a smile: "I don't believe it, but it is true. Moreover, you will be even more surprised if I tell you it. This foreigner thinks it is a Chinese!"

Zhou Tianming and the three looked at each other and confirmed that they didn't even know the news.

"A Chinese came to Mali and became the patriarch of a family? This color doesn't match it..." Zhou Tianming shook his head repeatedly, in disbelief.

Minister Maitreya Buddha heard Zhou Tianming's words, remembered the nickname, couldn't help but laughed, and said: "You are right, the color is not the right, so this patriarch is called the faded patriarch, hahaha..."

The three of Zhou Tianming couldn't help but laugh. It seems that this Chinese is very self-aware.

Minister Maitreya slowly listened to the laughter and said: "The faded patriarch is only a consultant for the investment company, but there is news that it was he who proposed to design and build the railway using Chinese standards. You CR company would like to thank you. He, his decision greatly increased your competitiveness, isn't it?"

Zhou Tianming nodded again and again: "You are right. Our CR company is an important compiling unit of the China Railway Standard System. Our CR company..." He was about to follow the company's introduction that he was accustomed to, and suddenly his heart flashed. After a thought, I asked Minister Maitreya: "Mr. Minister, do you know the name of Minister Fading?"

"I only know that his surname is Chen, and his name seems to be Lingge." Minister Maitreya said.

"Chen Lingge?"

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