The party committee of the branch quickly passed the resolution to establish the Kelin office, and formed a document in the shortest possible time, appointing Qin Xianyang as the director of the preparatory office, and Liu Handong assisted in the work, and left for the Emirate of Kelin that day.
After filing the documents, there was no possibility of regrets. Liu Handong was happy to leave Riyadh, but he was very unhappy with being paired with Qin Xianyang. When he returned to the dormitory to pack his luggage, Li Song came over, patted his chest and said, "Brother Liu, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
, I will go to Colin with you! I will go to the leader to apply."
Liu Handong said: "It's a carrot and a pitfall. If you apply for leadership, they won't approve it. You can stay here for now. I'll transfer you there when I get ahead."
Li Song said: "Brother Liu, just tell me if you need anything. I have some work to do beforehand."
Liu Handong waved his hand to let him leave. He didn't take Li Song's unloyalty behavior seriously at all. Giving kindness is not a reward. Others have their own life trajectories. Colin was poor and useless. Li Song just hired a driver and went there.
This will only reduce your income, so this little thought is understandable.
He didn't have much luggage, so he packed it up in a few minutes. He sat at the table and used the computer to write a report and apply for a car and funding. Tian Fei knocked on the door and came in to express his condolences, as if Liu Handong was not going to work, but going through fire and water.
Tian Fei looked around and said angrily: "It's too much. It's just bullying. There are no big oil and gas resources in Colin, and the chief of Colin is an old man in his nineties. The government is corrupt and inefficient.
If we can't carry out our work, sending you here will destroy you. I think you should think of a way out quickly and transfer her away."
Liu Handong said: "I am a person who does not believe in evil by nature. I want to give it a try and make a career in Colin. By the way, what happened to Qin Xianyang? Has his brain been kicked by a donkey? How can he take the initiative to apply to go together?
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Tian Fei said: "Director Qin is actually quite unpopular in the company. He is stubborn and accepts death. Many people don't like him. He is a military officer, you know."
Liu Handong actually felt sympathy for the same situation, but thinking of Lao Niu's death and his early discharge from the army, he felt resentful again. This guy didn't get along well and deserved it.
After the application report was submitted, there was no follow-up for a long time. Liu Handong was impatient and went to Zhang Bangxian's secretary to argue. He got a very unsatisfactory reply. The vehicles in the branch were all for special purposes. It was impossible to allocate one to Colin's office.
use.
The solution is very simple. After arriving in Colin, buy a second-hand car first. Once the performance is achieved, the company will approve the purchase of a new car. As for the funds for the preparatory office, allocate 10,000 US dollars to spend first, and reimburse it once a month.
, you must have a formal license.
Zhang Bangxian was eager to drive them away. Even the office was vacated and the dormitory was arranged for people to live in. Liu Handong and Qin Xianyang had to go to Colin quickly, but the problem came again. King Fahd International Airport is almost as far from Riyadh as Colin
, and almost every household in Saudi Arabia has a car, public transportation is relatively underdeveloped, and taxis are too expensive. How to get to Corin is not a big or small hassle.
This kind of trivial matter can't trouble Liu Handong. That morning, an old Toyota Camry sedan from the 1990s drove to the parking lot in front of the branch building. A tall Arab got out of the car, wearing a robe and sunglasses.
, majestic.
The Arab spoke Mandarin: "Lao Qin is taking his luggage and leaving."
Only then did everyone recognize that it was Liu Handong. This guy looked like he was pretending to be something. He was indeed a bit crooked.
Qin Xianyang took down his belongings and stuffed them in the trunk of the car. Tian Fei and Li Song brought a lot of mineral water down for them to drink on the road. Others in the company also came to see them off enthusiastically. This is how government agencies are. On the surface,
He laughed at me, but stabbed me behind his back. In short, this parting made people feel a bit windy.
Liu Handong set off in an old Toyota Camry. The Middle Eastern version of the Japanese car was of good quality. Although the car was old, the engine sound was still good. Qin Xianyang was an officer in the automobile regiment and could tell the quality of the car. He asked Liu Handong
: “Where did you buy this car?”
"I didn't buy it." Liu Handong said.
Qin Xianyang understood immediately and said with a wry smile: "You kid, if you are caught, let's not go to Colin. According to the teachings, your hands will be chopped off."
Liu Handong said sternly: "Instructor, do you think I am a thief? This car was abandoned by others. I picked it up and repaired it. I reused the waste. Why should I cut off my hand?"
Qin Xianyang was speechless, and after a while he said: "Then do you have a driving license? What if the police come to inspect you? I think you may not even have a driving license."
Liu Handong took his driving license from the sun visor and threw it to Qin Xianyang. The latter looked at it and said, "It must be fake."
"If you clip this, it's real." Liu Handong asked him to open the glove box, and there was a stack of US dollars inside.
"And my international driver's license, it's genuine." Liu Handong showed his driver's license again. It was indeed real. Arhat helped him get it.
Qin Xianyang just laughed, and then the two didn't speak for a long time.
When he stopped to refuel, Qin Xianyang suddenly said: "I'll give you how much it cost to repair the car."
The ten thousand US dollars of funds were kept by Qin Xianyang, and Liu Handong had to report his expenses to him. It was obviously inappropriate to bear the official expenses himself, but Liu Handong didn't care and waved his hand: "Forget it, a small amount of money is not enough trouble. Besides,
No a** either.”
"That won't work. The accounts must be reimbursed, otherwise it will be illegal." Qin Xianyang is really stubborn. Liu Handong is even more stubborn than him, and he refuses to reimburse the accounts. He does whatever he wants.
"I order you to report the accounts." Qin Xianyang became anxious and showed off his old style.
Liu Handong sneered: "You think you are still an instructor, don't give me orders, it won't work."
Qin Xianyang was sulking and got into the car without saying a word. Liu Handong got in and continued driving without talking all the way until the border. The time difference in the Emirate of Colin is four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and one hour behind Saudi Arabia. Adjust your watches and cell phones.
Time, slowly pass the level.
The atmosphere in the border area is tense. You can even see American M1A2 main battle tanks in desert camouflage, as well as Bradley M2 infantry fighting vehicles. Soldiers of the Royal Saudi Army wearing desert camouflage and holding M16 rifles are watching eagerly. ISIS has been making trouble in recent years.
Iraq is about to fall completely, with heavy troops gathering along the long Saudi-Iraqi border, and war seems not far away.
The Saudi border police casually checked the passport and let me go without looking at anything else.
After passing the barbed wire fence, you will find the customs of the Emirate of Kolin. The armed personnel here wear Arab headscarves, British khaki military uniforms, and carry AK47 automatic rifles. Their temperament is obviously much worse than that of the police in Saudi Arabia. An officer inspected the two
He asked a lot of questions about the person's passport. He looked at Liu Handong with bright eyes and asked to see the car's ID.
Liu Handong smiled and handed over his driving license with a hundred dollar bill inside.
"Sir, we are in a hurry." His Arabic was already very pure, and he had a Riyadh accent.
The officer rolled up the money and put it in his pocket and said, "There are four of us."
Liu Handong handed over another hundred-yuan note: "One hundred for you and one hundred for them. It's very fair."
"That's fair." The officer took the money and waved his hand to let them in.
Liu Handong glanced at it seemingly inadvertently. There were green armbands hanging on the sleeves of these armed personnel, with the white "MP" and twists and turns of Arabic characters written on them. They were the military police of the Colin Royal Army, and they were responsible for the military police of many countries.
The tasks of the police are very normal. These gendarmes have Soviet-style equipment hanging on their chests. The canvas bullet pouches are deflated. They only have one magazine on the rifle. Moreover, the rifle is old and oily and poorly maintained. Thanks to the AK series, if it is
American firearms will definitely be scrapped early if they are not properly maintained in a sandy environment.
"It's really dark." Qin Xianyang wiped a cold sweat and said, "Colin's political environment is even worse than imagined. The border is the face of a country. If you can pluck out hair like this, the government still doesn't know how dark it is.
Woolen cloth."
Liu Handong said while driving: "Then you still need to sign up."
Qin Xianyang was speechless.
The roads in Kolin are much worse than those in Saudi Arabia. They are asphalt two-lane, and there are also long stretches of yellow sand on both sides. This country has less than 1,000 square kilometers, a population of 1 million, and only one city, which is also the capital of this country.
Takikati means desert spring in Arabic.
In the evening, the shadow of the city finally appeared on the horizon. Takikati was not as glamorous as Dubai, nor was it as noisy and bustling as Riyadh. The heat on the ground was rising slowly, and the city's outline was illusory and swaying, like a city in a dream.
Liu Handong followed the GPS instructions and drove directly to the door of the Kempinski Hotel in Tajikati City. The doorman came out to help with luggage and parking. Qin Xianyang was shocked: "Live here?"
"What else?" Liu Handong walked into the hotel lobby and went through the check-in procedures. He booked two rooms, which made Qin Xianyang even more uneasy. The price of the Kempinski Hotel is not cheap, and the fee of 10,000 US dollars cannot stop it at all.
, even if you stay temporarily for a few days, there is no need to open two rooms. The two beds in the standard room are enough to sleep.
"Xiao Liu, just one room is enough, and the style of hard work and simplicity cannot be lost," Qin Xianyang said.
Liu Handong said: "No, in the eyes of foreigners, it is strange for two men to live in the same house. I don't want to have sex with you."
Qin Xianyang blushed and said, "The accommodation fee has exceeded the standard and cannot be reimbursed."
Liu Handong handed a stack of US dollars to the front desk and said, "Can't I pay for it at my own expense?"
Qin Xianyang said: "Then you can live there. I won't live there. Lend me your car and I will find a place by myself."
"Whatever you want." Liu Handong said, asking the front desk to open only one room.
Qin Xianyang drove away with his luggage. Liu Handong went upstairs to wash up and rest. He asked the waiter to bring him dinner, ate alone, changed his clothes and went out for a walk.
Although Colin is a poor country, it is an oil-producing country in the Gulf after all. The locals basically do not work. Most of the waiters in the hotel and the taxi drivers on the street are Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese.
An old Japanese Crown taxi drove up and the driver lowered the window and said, "Hello."
Liu Handong also said hello, opened the door and got in the car, and the driver kept talking: "What country are you from?"
"I am Chinese." Liu Handong said.
The driver got excited, raised his thumb and said, "I am a Pakistani, and China-Pakistan friendship will last forever." He said this in broken Chinese.
Liu Handong handed over a ten-dollar note and said, "Go to the Chinese Embassy."
The driver took the tip and drove happily. He also introduced the background of each building to Liu Handong. He was very enthusiastic.
Takikati is not big, but the Chinese Embassy is relatively unpopular. It took the driver a lot of effort to find it. It is a two-story building with a small courtyard. There are several cars parked in front of the door, and one of them actually
It was the old Toyota Camry that Liu Handong drove here.
When the driver turned around at the next intersection, the Toyota Camry was gone.