Chapter 265 The first contact with black friends (seeking the moon)
If Yu Qingyang said these words in China, some people might secretly laugh at Yu Qingyang's big talk and empty talk.
But this is a foreign country, and everyone's sense of national honor is a little overwhelming.
It's like leaving home and meeting fellow villagers and feeling very friendly.
After leaving the country, everyone will have an inexplicable feeling for the country, the kind of feeling that will bring tears to their eyes and make their blood boil when hearing the national anthem.
"Now, I announce! China Huayu Investment, Huayu Second Construction Group Overseas Project Department, the flag-raising ceremony has begun!" Yu Qingyang did not say much. Seeing that Zhen Long and the others were ready, he announced loudly.
Following Yu Qingyang's shout, Zhen Long and the other nine people walked over in neat steps.
Wow! Wow! Wow!
The sound of uniform footsteps beat on everyone's heart, causing the heart to speed up involuntarily.
Soon we came to the flagpole.
"Stand at attention!" Zhen Long shouted loudly.
Oh, nine of them stopped.
"Turn right!"
Following Zhen Long's order, the nine people turned right in order to face the flagpole.
Three flagbearers stepped forward and hung the national flag on the flagpole.
"Raise the national flag and sing the national anthem!" Yu Qingyang shouted loudly.
Without music, everyone can only sing a cappella.
Whoosh!
All veterans solemnly salute military salutes without anyone's orders.
Whoosh!
The security guard standing on guard on the container saluted with a gun at the flagpole.
“Rise up…those who do not want to be slaves…sing!”
"stand up……"
There is no music, but everyone sings so passionately! So seriously!
His eyes followed the rising red flag, and tears fell down his cheeks.
"The ceremony is over!"
"Comrades, each of you is a hero!
You responded to the call of the country and left your hometown, parents, wives and children, and came to Africa thousands of miles away!
What are we for?
For the sake of making the country more prosperous and powerful, and for our families to live a better life..." After the flag-raising ceremony ended, Yu Qingyang gave everyone another mobilization.
Then he led everyone to run circles around the camp. After five laps, they announced they were disbanded and allowed free time.
The camp is a rectangle of two hundred by three hundred, one circle is one thousand meters, and five circles is five thousand meters.
Yu Qingyang also wants to run more laps, but everyone's physical fitness is different, and not everyone can run 10,000 meters.
After completing the 5,000-meter run, those who have the strength can continue.
Breakfast is relatively simple, tomato and egg noodles, plus a poached egg per person, pickled cucumbers and pickles.
It is not easy to eat pickles in a foreign country.
This pickle was a personal gift from Zhang Qiang.
Zhang Qiang is the manager of the Ajigeria office of Yuanmu Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. and has his own manor in Ajigeria.
The vegetables Yu Qingyang eats are grown on his estate.
After breakfast, Yu Qingyang held a work meeting.
Assistant General Manager Qiao Lili,
Project manager Zhao Xinlei,
Chief technical engineer Yaozeng,
Deputy Project Manager Guo Peiyu,
Ge Liang, Director of the Construction Department,
Zhao Jianhua, Director of the Technical Department,
Zhao Hui, Director of the Quality and Safety Management Department,
Chen Xiang, Director of Material Procurement Department,
Office Director Chen Guoqing,
Cao Guoqiang, director of the laboratory,
Sophie, director of the reference room,
Hu Dayou, Director of the Labor Department,
Ding Changge, captain of the 1st Mechanical Team,
Liu Chuan, captain of the Second Machinery Team,
Security team captain Zhen Long.
This is the temporarily appointed leadership team of the project department.
The person presiding over the meeting was Zhao Xinlei.
He is the real project manager, and Yu Qingyang comes here to take over.
"Comrades, we came to Ajigeria just to work, so we won't say more polite words.
Get to the point.
Everyone has studied the drawings, and after discussion with Mr. Cheng, we formulated a construction plan!
You can take a look first!
We will discuss it later. If you have any opinions, you can raise them! Let’s brainstorm!”
The clerk in the nearby office came forward and distributed the construction plan to everyone.
After everyone got the plan and read it over, Zhao Xinlei said again: "Please Mr. Cheng explain to everyone the construction plan arrangement!"
Cheng Yaozeng was not polite, coughed, and began to explain the construction plan and arrangements.
“Our first step is to build a base!
What we have now can only be regarded as a temporary living area!
We are going to live here for three years, so we build a living area with complete facilities.
We also need to build a production base, including a site for parking and maintenance of construction machinery, a site for storing raw materials, a small concrete mixing station, and a small water-stabilized mixing station!
We also need to build a hollow brick production plant!
This is the first step, what we need to do!
In addition, while the production base is being built, our construction machinery cannot be idle.
You can start repairing the roadbed.
In the construction of small towns, we must first repair Road No. 1, Road 2, Road 3, Road 4, and Road 5, including the official website of municipal supporting facilities..."
"Mr. Cheng, let me interrupt!" Director Lu also attended the meeting and raised his hand.
"Mr. Lu, if you have any opinions, just say it!" Cheng Yaozeng said with a smile.
"I've taken a look at your plan!
It feels different from what other companies do!
Other companies build buildings first, then lay supporting pipelines, and finally build roads!
Why did you do this the other way around?
I can understand the construction of Route 1, and open up the connection with Route 78 in Ajigeria to facilitate the entry and exit of materials!
But there’s no need to repair lines 2 to 5 now, right?”
"Mr. Lu, this..." Faced with Mr. Lu's doubts, Cheng Yaozeng didn't know how to explain.
"Haha, Mr. Lu, let me explain this!" Yu Qingyang stood up and said with a smile: "This plan, the plan to build roads first and then build houses, was proposed by me!
Build the road first to facilitate the entry and exit of machinery and equipment, as well as the entry and exit of construction materials! Speed up the construction progress!
I know what Mr. Lu is worried about!"
Yu Qingyang waved his hand to stop Mr. Lu's words, and continued confidently: "It's just that we are worried that the road we built first will be damaged during the subsequent construction process!
Affect appearance quality!
I also understand that Mr. Lu is thinking about us!
I am very grateful to Mr. Lu for his kindness!
Mr. Lu should be very familiar with the drawings. Among the five planned roads, Road No. 1, the base layer is 30 centimeters of graded gravel, the base layer is two layers of 36 centimeters of cement-stabilized gravel, and a 10-centimeter asphalt concrete surface layer.
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For roads No. 2 to No. 5, the base layer is 20 cm of graded gravel, the base layer is 20 cm of cement-stabilized gravel, and the surface layer is 8 cm of asphalt concrete.
What I want to say is that with such high standards of design requirements, as long as we strictly follow the design drawings for construction, it is impossible for these roads to be crushed by construction machinery!
When we carry out construction assistance tasks, we represent the face of the country. Even if we do not make money, we must strictly follow the design plan to construct!
So don’t worry, Mr. Lu!
Moreover, if Mr. Lu takes a closer look at the construction plan, he will find that our roads are not formed at once!
We only repair the base layer and stabilize the water. We will not do the asphalt concrete surface layer above!
After the entire project is completed, we will go back and clean the water stabilization layer and repair any damage that may occur!
Then lay the asphalt concrete surface layer!
Therefore, the appearance quality will not be affected!" Yu Qingyang explained while drawing a schematic diagram on the whiteboard.
“We build the road first, and another advantage is that we can avoid the impact of rainy days and other natural weather on the progress of the project to the greatest extent!
In addition, the entire town is divided into twelve construction areas through five planned roads, two vertical and three horizontal!
We can separate twelve divisions under the project department and speed up the construction progress by conducting assessments on the twelve divisions!" Yu Qingyang finally clicked on the whiteboard with a marker.
What is the biggest benefit of coming to Africa to aid construction?
It’s a political bonus.
There is also military training.
Training on the big international stage.
So how can just one project department and one leadership team be enough to train troops?
There are more than 500 people in the project department and only 200 managers. How can a project department be developed?
Twelve divisions are divided into twelve sets of project teams.
The headquarters controls the overall situation, and twelve project teams train at the same time.
The final result was twelve sets of men and horses.
When the time is right, each of the twelve divisions and teams will be taken out and expanded to become an independent and complete large-scale project department.
This is Yu Qingyang's plan.
The sound insulation of the container was not good. Just as Yu Qingyang finished speaking, there was a burst of noise outside.
Qiao Lili stood up and wanted to check, but Yu Qingyang waved his hand and said to everyone: "You continue the meeting and discussion! I'll go check it out!"
After explaining, he walked straight out.
It turned out that there were many black people outside the camp.
So dark!
This is Yu Qingyang's first impression.
So poor!
This is the second impression.
So thin!
This is the third impression.
It's not that Yu Qingyang has never seen black people before. Maybe it's because of the living environment, but he feels a little different. The black people he saw before were dark and translucent, while these people have dark and dull skin.
The clothes on his body barely cover his body, and he is as thin as a puppet, with a few bones supporting his head.
Both adults and children are like this. The collarbones are bulging high, and you can count the ribs one by one when you are naked.
Since Kasifi came to power, he has vigorously developed the economy and Ajigeria's wealth is unparalleled in Africa.
According to the custom of Ajigeria, Arab men wear white robes and women wear black robes to cover their faces.
But now everything is happening in front of me.
All prove the truth, poverty is everywhere.
And poverty and survival can defeat everything, including faith.
I guess it’s not that these people don’t want to wear it, it’s that they don’t have it!
Yu Qingyang took Sun Jian and others out and saw clearly.
The reason for the commotion was that a group of children were fighting over the leftovers that the kitchen had poured into the pit.
For the sake of sanitation, Yu Qingyang had someone dig a pit two to three meters deep outside the camp. All the leftover food and wastewater every day were poured into the pit and then buried.
The two most terrifying animals in Africa are mosquitoes and fruit flies.
Fruit flies are very reproducible, and their larvae can burrow directly into human skin. In Africa, many infectious diseases such as malaria and yellow fever are not spread by mosquitoes, but by fruit flies through their larvae.
In Africa, after you put your washed clothes outside to dry, you must iron them with an iron before wearing them.
This is to prevent fruit fly eggs from hanging on clothes that are being dried, and the eggs will enter the body along the sweat pores and then be infected with diseases.
Yu Qingyang arranged for people to dump leftover food and wastewater into pits far away from the camp and bury them to prevent fruit flies from breeding and flooding in the camp area.
A dozen naked children were fighting for leftovers in the pit, grabbing the leftovers with dirt and stuffing them into their mouths.
The chef was trying to stop them, shouting loudly, "You can't eat it! You can't eat it! Those things were from yesterday and they are all bad. You will get sick if you eat them!"
The chef is a good person, and he reminds me kindly, but it’s a pity that he doesn’t understand the language. No matter how he yells, the children will still crazily stuff their mouths.
The black man standing on top of the pit didn't know what he was saying and gesticulating, but it was obvious that he was asking the chef not to drive them away.
"Go and call the translator!" Yu Qingyang turned to Sun Jian and told him.
After a while, translator Xiao Li ran over and said, "Mr. Yu!"
"Tell them they can't eat the food in the pit. If you eat it, you will get sick!" Yu Qingyang raised his chin and said to the translator Xiao Li.
"OK!"
Xiao Li went over and chatted a lot.
"Mr. Yu, he said it's okay, the children haven't had enough to eat for a long time!
Let’s hope we don’t drive them away!”
"You tell them that we collect stones and wood, and they can exchange stones, sand or wood for food and water, or they can ask for money!
One thousand dirhams for a square of stone, sand or wood!"
Yu Qingyang sympathized with them, but he didn't dare to directly take out food and water to be a good person!
There are thousands of Ajigerians around!
If he gives one, ten Ajigerians will come to him to ask for it; if he gives ten people, a hundred or a thousand will come to ask for it! There is no end!
So that's not what charity does.
He can provide jobs and let them exchange labor for food.
One dinar is equal to 6.5 yuan, and one dinar is equal to one thousand dirhams.
In Ajigeria, the dinar is the currency of the rich, and the dirham is the currency of the poor.
Don't think that Yu Qingyang is black and that six and a half yuan is a stone or a piece of wood.
This price is absolutely sky-high in Africa.
Here at the foot of the mountain, there are a lot of scattered stones.
Although there are no tall trees on the plains, there are dense virgin forests in the mountains.
A few dozen kilometers to the east is a semi-desert, where there is plenty of sand.
One thousand dirhams is enough for a family of five to live for a day.
Translator Xiao Li went over to communicate with the black people for a while and came back to report: "Mr. Yu, they said they don't want money, they want food and water!"
"Okay! You can give me food, water or money!" Yu Qingyang nodded.
Xiao Li went over to communicate for a while, and the black man bowed and thanked him.
Then he took the children and left the camp
"Mr. Yu, they said they would go back and bring rocks, wood and sand right now!
They are very grateful to you and say that you are a kind person and may God bless you!" Xiao Li translated the black man's words.
Yu Qingyang smiled, it had nothing to do with being kind or not.
Anyone with any sense of conscience would be tempted to help them if they saw them like this.
"In this way, Xiao Li, you and Xiao Wang from the purchasing department, you two are responsible for receiving the materials shipped by them!
Zhen Long! Send two security guards to cooperate with them!"
"Yes!" Zhen Long agreed loudly.
Although Yu Qingyang is willing to help them, he must be wary of others.
A group of hungry people can do anything.
Conscience is sometimes very fragile in the face of survival.
Yu Qingyang wants to believe that they are kind and honest, but they cannot be without some precautions.
"Lao Wang, your kitchen needs to review this matter today!" Yu Qingyang said to the head chef who came over.