Chapter 493 Thrilling (two in one, seeking the moon)
After the meeting, Yu Qingyang walked out of the base.
Outside the base, a market has already been formed.
Compared with the spontaneous market in the factory area, there is more management here.
The project department employs local people for management.
Mainly responsible for sanitation and market order.
The market here mainly sold goods to the base at first, and later gradually developed into a market for them to trade goods with each other.
Various fruits with no names, vegetables grown by the Berbers themselves, and fresh cattle, sheep, and camels.
There are also some wild game, antelope, red deer, wild ass, and some unnamed birds. At first, some people sold monkeys and lizards, but when they saw that the base didn't want them, gradually no one came to sell them.
Because the price of selling it to the locals is really not high, and it is better to go to the edge of the desert to find stones and wood than to go to the edge of the desert to catch monkeys and lizards.
Shitoumu is the local name, which means stone-like wood.
The construction site procurement department has been purchasing large quantities of petrified wood jade, and then transporting it back to China and selling it to furniture factories, which can also be regarded as an income generation for the project department.
There are many children near the entrance of the base. Some of them are adults working on the construction site, and some of them are selling things in the market.
They are all waiting for the leftovers from the construction site canteen.
Because of the temperature in Africa, leftovers cannot be kept and must be disposed of later.
So Chef Wang in the cafeteria gave these leftovers to the children at the door.
In the beginning, there were only six or seven children, but gradually it became thirty or forty, and sometimes there were fifty or sixty children.
I have to say that Chinese people are still very kind.
These children not only have leftovers to eat here, but some kind-hearted female workers also often give them water and even buy them some fruits from time to time.
The benefits of doing this are not without, and they are huge.
Several nearby tribes are very supportive of the project department. If a worker does a bad job and is punished, and if he wants to cause trouble, the leader of the tribe will deal with it first without the need for security guards to come forward.
Use a whip to drive away the troublemakers.
Therefore, although the Berbers near the oil town are still like most black people, they are lazy, ink-stained, and muddle along. After being paid, they buy food and go home, and then come back to work when they have enough to eat.
However, the local relations in the oil town are very harmonious.
This shows that although the Berbers are lazy, they still know how to be grateful.
"Lao Cheng, gather these children together, assign a translator, and teach them Chinese.
Change must start from childhood!
Maybe they can't learn much knowledge and can't become college students.
But as long as they can speak Chinese and know some Chinese characters, it will be fine.
Maybe in a few years, we will have an additional group of loyal and capable African workers!" Yu Qingyang smiled and explained to Cheng Yaozeng who was following him.
"Mr. Yu, this is a good idea. It doesn't cost much to teach these children Chinese, but it can make them, tribesmen, appreciate us, and it will be easier to manage in the future!" Cheng Yaozeng agreed with a smile.
"Well, call and ask Zhang Qiang to send a batch of children's clothes so that these children can have food to eat, clothes to wear, and books to read. What do you think their parents will do?
I guess even if you whip them, they won't leave!" Yu Qingyang laughed.
Poor parents all over the world, whether they are at home or abroad, or even in Africa, parents give the same selfless love to their children.
Of course there are a few irresponsible parents, but they are only a minority after all.
Most people are willing to devote all their efforts to their children.
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Arriving at the construction site, at one construction site, a black man wearing a red management helmet was pinching his waist and loudly reprimanding a group of black people.
Seeing Yu Qingyang and his party, the black man quickly ended his lecture and ran over.
"Hello, Mr. Yu!" The black man greeted Yu Qingyang in Chinese.
The speaking speed is a bit slow, but pretty standard.
Yu Qingyang looked at it for a long time before he recognized it, "Are you a stone?"
"It's me, I'm Shitou!" Shitou was very excited when Yu Qingyang called out his name, grinning and nodding his head repeatedly.
"Hello Shitou! You speak Chinese well!" Yu Qingyang stretched out his hand.
Shitou wiped his hands vigorously on his clothes before excitedly holding Yu Qingyang's extended hand.
"Stone is the smartest and most capable of all African workers!
Now I am the team leader of the bricklaying class!" Ge Liang introduced from the side.
"Not bad! Shitou, you are already wearing a red hat!
I think we should start with Shitou, select a group of people like Shitou who can speak Chinese, are hardworking and capable, and sign long-term labor contracts with them!
If they can learn to write, they can be sent to China for training. As long as they work hard, it is not impossible to become project managers in the future!" Yu Qingyang smiled and patted Shitou's shoulder.
I drew a pie for the stone.
It is really possible to be a project manager, but the possibility is too small.
It's even smaller than Lao Ka's chance of defeating the machinations of the American emperor.
But, there is always an opportunity, right?
The chances of being a project manager are slim, but with hard work, it is still possible to serve as a department supervisor on a construction site.
"Thank you, Mr. Yu, I will definitely work hard!" Shitou kowtowed to Yu Qingyang while lying on the ground.
"Get up! Don't thank me. If you want to thank, you should thank yourself. Everything you get is the result of your hard work!" Yu Qingyang reached out and helped the stone up.
Kneeling down in Arab countries is a courtesy to God.
Kneeling down means offering one's loyalty to the person who is kneeling down.
"Without Mr. Yu and without the Chinese, I would have starved to death a long time ago! It was you who saved me. In the name of God, I will always be loyal to Mr. Yu!" Shitou knelt on the ground and said excitedly.
"Work hard! Tell them that as long as they work hard, they will have a chance!
Become a formal employee of the company in Africa and have the opportunity to move to a city in the future!
Children can receive a good education!" Yu Qingyang encouraged with a smile.
The stone was a flag he set up, and he used the experience of the stone to tell those Berbers that as long as they work hard, they also have the opportunity to become masters.
In Africa, being able to live in cities and have children receive education is a privilege only the rich have.
For ordinary people, if they have a few sheep or cows and can farm some land, they can ensure that the family does not go hungry all year round. Even if they are middle class, it is impossible for them to go to school.
When buying things in Africa, the measurement methods are also various. One watermelon costs 100 dirhams, and they don’t know how much two watermelons cost.
If you want to buy two watermelons, you can only buy one with 100 dirhams, and then buy another with 100 dirhams.
The method of trading in many places is even bartering. How large a pile of grain can be exchanged for a sheep, and how large a pile of grain can be exchanged for a cow. The two people who need to trade now discuss.
After walking around the construction site, Yu Qingyang got in the car and left, coming to the artificial lake project base.
"How is it? Are you all used to it?" Yu Qingyang asked with a smile.
"It's okay, most people can adapt to it, but a few people are a little acclimated and have diarrhea!" Zhang Zexian replied.
"Diarrhea is not a minor problem in Africa, so you must pay attention to it!" Yu Qingyang explained.
"They are all arranged separately in the ward of the infirmary, and they are always taken care of by doctors and nurses!"
"How are those students who have just graduated? Are their emotions still stable?" Yu Qingyang asked again.
The biggest difference between the artificial lake project and the oil town project is that there are many more recent graduates.
These newly graduated students are often unstable factors.
According to Yu Qingyang’s experience, fresh graduates often cannot adapt to the construction site environment and most choose to leave their jobs in the first week.
Whether they are suitable for the engineering field depends on their performance in the first month. If they can persist for one month, they will basically be stable, and the turnover rate will be greatly reduced.
Those who can stick to one construction site will basically have a very small chance of changing careers in the future.
Although these fresh graduates have been employed for more than three months, they have basically been training in the company during these three months.
It was my first time to go to a construction site, and I went directly to Africa, where the environment is harsh.
Yu Qingyang had long been mentally prepared. Within a month, more than half of the graduates would resign and ask to return to China.
Yu Qingyang originally proposed that all technical school students and technical secondary school students must go to Africa for three years of training in order to force them to resign.
The purpose is to make waves and kick out those who want to live in state-owned enterprises.
In later generations, large construction companies used this method to pan for gold.
From fresh graduates, we are looking for talents who are suitable for the company and can work in a down-to-earth manner.
However, they are more moderate than Yu Qingyang. They will recruit a large number of graduates and then sign contracts in the name of a labor service company.
Only those graduates who can persevere and are recognized will have the opportunity to sign a labor contract with the company.
"It's okay. I think they are all very excited. When I made the inspection last night, it was very late and many graduates were still awake and discussing what they had seen during the day!"
"Well! If someone doesn't adapt, he can resign and go back to his country without having to work!
Just approve it!
Once we have gathered enough people, we will send them back home!
We must send someone to send them back to China and hand them over to the company's human resources department!" Yu Qingyang specifically explained.
This is not China. If you quit, I’ll give you a fare and leave!
This is Africa, so to speak, if they were allowed to leave the base on their own, they would not survive more than three days.
"Understand, we have always emphasized discipline, and no one is allowed to leave the base without permission!
I also made a special statement to the security company that no matter how many people go out, they will not be allowed to go without security guards accompanying them!"
"That's good, be careful and you won't make a big mistake! We brought them to Africa, and we have the responsibility and obligation to bring them back safely!
Come on, let’s go to the construction site and take a look!”
Construction of the artificial lake has begun.
The artificial lake is currently divided into two parts for construction.
One is to mechanically excavate an artificial lake and pile soil to build embankments.
The other is the valley river channel, which is a naturally formed valley.
During the rainy season, water flows out of the valley.
What is being done now is to reinforce the mountains on both sides of the valley.
Then we built a road all the way up the valley, and finally arrived at the barrier lake, where we built a new dam under the barrier lake.
Install a water release gate on the dam.
Finally, the barrier lake was blown up, so that firstly, the safety of the construction below could be ensured, and secondly, the size of the water flow could be adjusted according to needs.
Having water all year round can ensure the needs of hydropower generation.
According to measurement data from the design institute, this barrier lake has a water storage capacity of more than 20 billion cubic meters.
A reservoir with such a large water storage capacity is considered very large even in China.
It is as big as three Danjiangkou reservoirs.
It can be seen that Africa does not really have no water, it is just that they cannot find water or are not good at using it.
There are abundant water sources hidden under the Sahara Desert. The underground river, the eighth wonder of the world, that Lao Ka wants to build is to divert water from the Sahara Desert to the north and solve the problem of water shortage in the north.
What Yu Qingyang and the others have to do now is to lure out the huge body of water hidden in the mountains.
“When you are constructing, you must pay attention to safety!
It may be sunny outside, but it may be stormy in the mountains.
Therefore, strengthening the mountain is not the most important task!
Going up the mountain first and building the dam is the key!" When Yu Qingyang saw the busy workers in the valley, the smile on his face disappeared immediately.
Yu Qingyang did not participate in the review of the previous construction plan.
If you participate in the review, you will definitely not agree to them strengthening the mountains on both sides of the valley first.
A group of people are reinforcing the mountain in the valley. If it rains in the mountains and the water overflows the dam of the barrier lake, it will be a flash flood.
No one in the valley can escape.
"Mr. Yu, we consulted the nearby tribes and found that there has been no water flowing out for several years!" Zhang Zexian explained.
"You must have never gone into the mountain to inspect it. You just made the construction plan based on the drawings and the oral statements of nearby residents?" Yu Qingyang asked seriously.
"The mountain road is difficult to walk, so we plan to build it all the way up so that concrete and other construction materials can be transported in!"
“The idea is good, but the safety risks are too great!
Let the people in the valley evacuate first!
Sun Jian, call and ask Xu Yanhua to send a helicopter over!" Yu Qing didn't have time to explain to Zhang Zexian, so he ordered directly.
No matter how many explanations there are, it would be more convincing to take them into the mountains to have a look on the ground.
Yu Qingyang's face was so gloomy and frightening that Zhang Zexian did not dare to refute, so he quickly took orders and informed the people in the valley to evacuate.
More than an hour later, a helicopter appeared in the sky.
Because there were many dangers hidden in the mountains, Yu Qingyang's security team had to accompany him, so he only called Zhang Zexian, chief engineer Huang Wenyun, construction director Li Zengshu, and technical director Wang Xiaomin.
A group of eleven people took a helicopter and entered the mountain.
This is much more comfortable than Yu Qingyang's first time in the mountains.
The plane had just flown along the valley and into the mountains. Not far away, it heard a loud thunderous noise from below.
Looking through the glass of the helicopter, Zhang Zexian's face turned pale! His mind went blank!
A turbid water flow carried rocks in the valley.
Yu Qingyang looked out the window and broke into a cold sweat.
Just now, if I was like Zhang Zexian, I was lucky and didn't stop and let people evacuate the valley.
No one in the valley will survive.
"Hey, hello! I'm Yu Qingyang!
Order all machinery and equipment and personnel to evacuate to high ground immediately!
Repeat, evacuate to higher ground immediately!
The flash flood is coming!
Repeat, the flash flood is coming!
Repeat, the flash flood is coming!" Yu Qingyang didn't think much, grabbed the walkie-talkie and called the mechanical team outside the mountain.