Chapter 207 Return to Abu Dhabi

"How's the child's mother's home? Is the baby good? As long as my parents are in good health. I'm fine. Don't worry about it. All right, the phone bill is very expensive, that's it..." It took less than 30 seconds for Sha Mingyin to finish the phone call, and then sighed for three minutes before he got up and went to the smoking room to refresh himself.

The workers behind waited for a while before going up to make a phone call, which was similar.

In this year, there are not many users who install phones in [China] families in China. Many people call the small shop close to home, or the homes of colleagues and friends, and ask them to inform their families of the appointed time before calling. This waiting time has become the happiest time, and there are enough reasons to give them the family's happiness. Blessing.

However, after the phone call, most people only talked for a minute. This kind of thing is completely incomprehensible to the country. It costs 60 cents a minute for the local dialect.

Su Cheng followed the crowd in line and also called home.

The satellite phone dialed quickly, but the noise was not small. Su's voice was accompanied by the rustling ending, like the waves of the sea, standing on the isolated island-like drilling platform, the atmosphere of homesickness was particularly strong.

Looking at the magnificent sea water at this time, it suddenly makes people feel it. Su Cheng opened his mouth and unconsciously said the same thing: "Mom, how's your home? How are you in good health?

The wishes and expectations of the Chinese people are actually similar.

Whether it is a huge industry or a powerful army, what they earn and defend is just food, clothing and family happiness. Standing on the coastline of other countries and taking the oil of other countries, people who go abroad are not worried, but they can only express their worries in their hearts by letters and postcards. The moment you connect the phone and hear the voice of your family, the pressure will be released.

Su Cheng stayed in the communication room for a while and also got into the smoking room. This is a closed space of about ten square meters, and the ventilation fan is buzzing. Cigarettes ignite thick smoke.

"Su Dong is here." The sound of Sha Mingyin is slightly heavy, but it is much more normal.

"Give me a cigarette." Su Cheng lit a cigarette with a lighter in the smoking room, took a deep breath, and slowly spit it out, covering his eyes with green smoke.

Seeing that he was doing the same thing as himself, the workers suddenly felt a lot of ease, and soon regained their state and chattered.

Some people like to say. Some people like to listen. Su Cheng was silently thinking about what was on his mind.

The room was full of the nagging of two or three people.

It is difficult for people who have never worked in the field to understand why the old men talk so much. Some people almost can't help talking about their family affairs and their wives. Talk about your son, describe your parents, remember your brothers and sisters and dogs...

Loneliness makes it happen. It is also a psychological hint that only a sense of responsibility can make men do unimaginable things.

Su Cheng smoked two cigarettes in a row. Seeing that there was no red light between Sha Ming's fingers, he patted him on the shoulder and the two walked out of the smoking room together.

The iron gate buttoned back with a bang.

Su Cheng and Sha Mingyin leaned against the iron railing and sucked together. The fresh air made me laugh.

Sha Mingyin said with embarrassment, "Lao Liu usually works hard, but his mouth is not idle."

"I can understand." Su Cheng nodded slowly. Sincerely.

Sha Mingyin smiled and said, "I've only been here for a few months. Let's say that the workers on our platform know him better than his wife. When we were young, we could all recite the things of chasing chickens and stealing corn cobs..."

Su Cheng laughed out loud. He paused for a moment and said, "Lao Sha, in a few days, 106 will be in place. Will you stay on 105 or go to 106?"

"I'm going to 106." Sha Mingyin said without hesitation, "Our people. The source is complicated, if I don't go. I can't control it."

Su Cheng nodded slowly and said, "The second oil well is also very important. Only when you go can I rest assured. However, you can't go home for a long time.

"For those who are engaged in exploration, no one can go home halfway through exploration. What's the matter? Now that I have done oil exploration, I am used to it, and my wife and children understand.

Su Cheng sighed, which is an unsoluted problem in the oil industry. In those years, Daqing Oilfield and Shengli Oilfield, and now Karamay Oilfield, were also built on a wasteland. The workers at the beginning of the exploration did not leave their hometown for thousands of miles and return day and night. Later, Da*Qing City and Dong*ying City were also built by workers and their families.

Sha Mingyin has long been used to living in a foreign country. The feeling of homesickness flashed by and smiled, "Actually, I went to the sea drilling platform in Italy to see it."

"Oh? How's it going?"

"What else can we do, but the room is a little bigger than ours. They called the captain's room. In addition to the bed, there is another cabinet in the middle of the storage for the desk and bookshelf. The rest is almost the same except for the better food. The description of Sha Mingyin.

Then, he explained: "The drilling platform used by the Italians is a second-generation ship built in 1982, with 6,800 tons and a capacity of 18 people. In fact, there are only about 15. We are a quasi-third generation, 7,500 tons, but there are a lot of staff, with 28 people. In addition, their equipment is small, and the average space is larger than ours..."

"That's it..." Su Cheng simulated the other party's platform in his head. He followed the construction of offshore drilling platforms throughout the whole process and had an emotional understanding of each module.

Sha Mingyin said with a smile and said, "Foreigners are very delicate. Look at our room, small and small, it's always enough. And it's a single room, which is much better than the bungalow in China. In the factory area of the oilfield, a family of five lives in two rooms of 30 square meters. How can our offshore drilling platform be comfortable? They Italians can't do it. They say it's a pigeon cage.

Sucheng Guaner. The housing environment in 1989 is really bad, especially for families where children are born or when they grow up, the housing area is not enough. The No. 105 drilling platform is built according to international standards, and the space inside is better than the housing conditions of many units in China. Moreover, it was much easier for the workers of state-owned enterprises in the 1980s to live a whole life together and coordinate with each other.

Su Cheng asked again, "You said they ate well. How did the Italians make it? How many commuter boats come here?

"The commuter boat is provided by Abu Dhabi, and the time to come is about the same. However, they buy more things than us.

"We have more people than them, and we don't buy more? Lao Sha, you're not so economical, are you?

"How can I save money from my mouth." Sha Mingyin shouted, "We don't have a big refrigerator. I can't keep it if I buy too many things. The Italians directly installed an ice warehouse and a large refrigerator that keeps fresh. Those chicken wing pizzas are stored in the ice warehouse, which is not bad for half a year, and vegetables can be eaten for half a month. We only have one refrigerator, which can't be compared.

"Then let's buy a big refrigerator. The ice warehouse needs to be restructured. This demand can be put forward to the factory and used on No. 106.

"Are you serious? Buy a large refrigerator. It's a lot of money."

Su Cheng laughed. He said, "You still said you didn't save money?"

"I don't waste money." Sha Mingyin took a look at the front, and there were also several workers with strange expressions, sitting on the ground and watching the sea. People who work at sea. I want to vomit when I watch the sea every day. Where can I sit down?

Thinking of this, Sha Mingyin did not insist. He just said, "You have to calculate it. Don't take such a hard time to extract oil. You will lose it later. I heard that a drilling platform alone costs tens of millions, and hundreds of millions, and I don't know how long it will take to recover the cost..."

"I will definitely consider the issue of funds." Su Cheng patted him on the shoulder, looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time for dinner. Let's sit in the activity room." The sun outside is very poisonous.

"When I first came here, I peeled off every day. Those white people were scary. They were roasted like shrimp. I didn't pay attention to it and thought it was cooked in the sun."

The two of them laughed and entered the restaurant and activity room. At this time, workers who are not on duty will come. It is also the social activity center of the drilling platform.

The chef, who specially put on a white hat, watched Su Cheng and Sha Mingyin come and announced the opening of the meal. Everyone lined up to the dining table to get the food in a similar way to the university canteen and the unit canteen.

In four large buckets, there are stewed kelp, stir-fried pork with pickled cabbage, braised fish, and stir-fried shredded potatoes. Add another pot of seaweed and egg soup. It can be seen that this is the result of hard work.

Compared with the fast food of foreigners. The production of Chinese food is really troublesome, and some materials are difficult to buy from the United Arab Emirates.

Sucheng chatted with the workers while eating. After a while, the chef came over nervously and asked, "Su Dong, what do you think of the taste?"

"Does it usually taste like this?"

"Yes, Mr. Sha specially ordered not to fake it."

Su Cheng looked at Sha Mingyin with a smile and said, "There is no problem with the taste. After we buy a big refrigerator in the future, you have to make more different things. In addition, I think we can try to make a buffet on our platform.

"Buffet?" The cook rubbed his hands inexplicable.

Su Cheng then explained to him in detail and said, "The weight is about the same as it is now, but everyone can choose whatever they like. Instead, there is less waste, and the atmosphere of eating is better, which also reduces your workload."

"Isn't there always something left to eat and what you want to eat?"

"For the rest, do less next time, or don't do it at all. When we eat in the canteen, some meals are actually wasted. The more troublesome part of making a buffet is that there are more dishes for more than 20 people. It may not be easy to cook." Su Cheng stopped for a moment and then said, "Your task is very important. Let's work abroad. If we can eat well and sleep well, the family will not be I'm so worried. You have to think about it and make everyone happy..."

"Let everyone eat and drink well." A sense of mission surrounds the white chef's hat.

Su Cheng stayed on the drilling platform for two days, and the freshness gradually faded away. Life here is becoming more and more like a swaying seaman's life.

28 workers and he work more than 8 hours a day to barely complete their daily affairs. If they encounter problems such as repair, they have to stay up all night and deal with them before they can go to bed.

In the early morning of the third day, Sucheng will return to land.

Sha Mingyin and a group of other people sang "I offer oil to the motherland" and prepared to send off Sucheng. However, seeing that the commuter boat was about to arrive, there was a strong wind along the coast, and the turbulent waves threw the commuter boat up and down. Although it was not overturned, it was impossible to get close to the drilling platform.

The 7,500-ton drilling platform cannot compete with the sea. The warping of about 30 degrees occurs from time to time. In order to avoid danger, everyone returned to the cabin. Although the production could not be carried out, the safety work was more heavy. At least 20 people followed the pipeline for fear of cracks or cracks.

The big wave lasted until 5 p.m., and the commuter ship leaned on the drilling platform. The Arabian captain has been familiar with this weather for a long time, and shouted as usual, "We will stop for 15 minutes, the waves are non-slip..."

Su Cheng was placed in a cage-like elevator. He slowly descended to the side of the boat, and then was drawn to the commuter ship by two big men.

Boxes of pre-ordered food and daily necessities were put into hanging cages and taken back to the top. The workers hurriedly unloaded these things and sent down garbage and other waste.

The process is well organized, and 15 minutes is just enough.

The captain pinched the time and waited for 15 minutes to start the engine immediately. Run to the seaside.

The moment of standing on the ground. Su Cheng lay down and knelt on the ground.

It's not a ceremony, but a faint.

The offshore drilling platform is swaying all the time. It is especially seriously affected by the tides. When Sucheng got used to the sea boat and stood on land, he was not well prepared. I just fell down.

There were more than one worker from other countries who went ashore together. There was more than one person lying on the ground. Everyone looked at each other and smiled and rolled separately.

When Su Cheng was comfortable and ready to get on the car, a man in a suit came over and said, "Mr. Su, my master wants to treat you to a cup of coffee."

"Who is your owner?"

"The master said, you must be able to guess."

Su Cheng waved to Huo Chang. Let him and Silang wait in the back. Most people in the United Arab Emirates wear traditional robes. On the one hand, it is customary, and on the other hand, it is also due to the climate. Therefore, most of the people in suits are government officials in the United Arab Emirates who do not want to give their names. The only people known in Sioux City are Diab, the crown prince's cronies tailor.

The other party drives. It turned out of the public wharf.

There are many private villas on both sides of the road. They are built loosely and take into account the surrounding buildings. Some of them are like mansions in old Shanghai, which are high-cost self-built houses. Different styles. Some people also have green plants in front of their homes, at a cultivation cost of $3,000 per plant. The cost of these private houses can also be guessed.

After entering the main road of the city, Su City suddenly found a large number of [Zhong] Chinese characters. If you look carefully, it's all advertisements for the Petroleum Equipment Exhibition.

Even in the relatively busy streets of the city, you can still see the oil equipment exhibition advertisements in English, Arabic, French, German or Chinese from time to time.

Su Cheng couldn't help but be surprised.

Advertising in places like Abu Dhabi is a little cheaper than in Tokyo and New York. Dahua Industry has not finally decided on the advertising amount. 〖 China] The embassies abroad are all free-range iron roosters, and it is even more impossible to pay for it...

Is it the government of the United Arab Emirates paying for it? Su Cheng is also a little unbelievable. This is not a small number, or the government's political officials, I guess they are reluctant to give up such money...

Mercedes-Benz drove directly into a tree-covered manor. In the United Arab Emirates, thick trees are more suitable for showing off than gold.

After Su Cheng got out of the car, he felt a cool breeze. After observation, he found that it was a sprayer hanging on the trunk.

"Whose manor is this?" Su Cheng had to ask.

The driver said respectfully, "It's the master's."

"Say it means you didn't say it." Su Cheng muttered in Chinese and lifted his legs in.

Diab is waiting at the door.

Seeing Su Cheng, he shook hands and whispered, "Sir Amir is waiting for you."

Su Cheng was stunned and said in a questioning tone, "Is your Excellency Amir?"

"It's the eldest son of His Royal Highness." Diab lowered his eyebrows.

Sucheng suddenly. According to the current situation of court inheritance, the eldest son of the Crown Prince is the next Crown Prince. In some kind of Chengdu, he also represents the will of the Crown Prince himself.

"Should I prepare a gift?" Su Cheng asked questions skillfully.

Diab smiled and said, "Sincerity is the best gift. Mr. Su Cheng, please come with me."

This manor is very big, but the house is not big. Through the porch, you can see the Arab-style buildings inside. On the south side is a three- or four-meter-high fish tank, which is full of colorful tropical fish.

Amir is a young man with slightly curly hair, dressed like a young man in American movies. He sat on the top of the fish tank with his feet up, holding the fishing rod in his hand.

"Zhong] Guosu?" Amir jumped off the fish tank.

This name is not formal, and Diab pretended to cough.

"Mr. Su." Amir changed his name.

Su Cheng shook hands with him with a smile and said, "Sir Amir."

"You are the first Asian to bid for Middle East Petroleum since I remember." Amir is the most middle school age. He looked up and down at Su Cheng and said with a smile, "You are different from me."

For Middle Eastern people, there is no essential difference between [China] country, [Japan] and South Korea. It's like it's difficult for Chinese people to distinguish and understand Iran and Iraq, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

In the view of Su City, Amir is a child at all, whether it is an outstanding demeanor or a childish face. It shows that he is not ready to be the heir of the royal family. At this time, it may be inconvenient for the crown prince, or to exercise Amir's diplomatic intelligence... However, Su Cheng doesn't know whether to envy or pity a child who is less than 18 years old.

The distracting thoughts were fleeting, and Su Cheng showed a polite smile and said, "Zhongguo is a country that is much bigger than [Day], in another 20 years. Our oil consumption will also be much larger than his.

"So buy oil in advance. Right?

"You're right."

When it was affirmed, Amir suddenly became happy and said, "Isnzhong] the country also close to the sea? Do you have any special fish?

"I know something. Chinese rouge fish." Su Cheng cooperated and said, "This year, at the Singapore Wild Aquarium Fish Seminar, it was awarded the second prize."

"That should look good?"

Su Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "It tastes very good."

Serious Diab. The acceptance of cold jokes was unexpectedly high, so he covered his mouth and turned around.

Amir was not angry and said more excitedly, "It seems that Mr. Su Cheng has the same idea as me. The more beautiful the fish, the more delicious it must be, right?

"Zhong] The country pays attention to the color, fragrance and taste." Su Cheng struggled to translate it into English and said, "The delicious food made by a good chef should first be good-looking. I think under the same conditions. A beautiful fish must be better than an ugly fish.

"Zhong] The country is awesome!" Amir said sincerely, "Many people oppose me fishing from the aquarium, and say that these beautiful fish are terrible. In this way, it must be the level of chefs. Can you help me hire a few Chinese chefs?"

"Of course, there is no problem."

"That's great." Amir stretched out his hand. I wanted to high-five, but I heard Diab's cough again. I quickly took it back and went fishing again.

As the eldest son of the crown prince, Amir's existence expresses the importance the crown prince attaches to Sioux City. But the substance is not expressed through him.

Diab clapped his hands. I saw a beautiful Arab girl coming out with two cups of light blue drinks.

After Su Cheng raised his glass, Diab smiled and said, "It's a very cool drink. If you want to add wine, you can add some vodka."

"No more wine." Su Cheng thought that the dizziness had not been eliminated.

Diab drank it all, put down the cup and said with a smile, "Mr. Su Cheng, have you seen a lot of advertisements on the road?"

"Yes, I'm also strange."

"That's the crown prince's gift." Diab smiled and said, "The Crown Prince has a lot of resources, including Abu Dhabi's advertising resources. If you need it, we can provide a lot."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"His Highness the Crown Prince is very interested in your oil equipment exhibition. He believes that this will increase the international influence of Abu Dhabi."

Su Cheng replied cautiously, "Yes."

"Will the government purchase a large amount of equipment at this oil equipment exhibition?" Diab approached the point step by step.

Su Cheng Zhengrong said, "I'm just the owner of a Chinese enterprise. For the government, I guess I will buy some. The specific quantity is uncertain."

"I have a list here, which may be of interest to the [China] government." Diab smiled and said, "They are all companies that will participate in the Petroleum Equipment Exhibition."

The list is very long, about two or three hundred companies. Su Cheng looked carefully and found that they were all European and American companies. To be precise, they were American companies.

In a strange situation, an idea suddenly flashed through his mind: Yes, if you want to break the ice in China, money is not the best way to break the ice. In this oil equipment exhibition, if the government wants to purchase materials, it must give priority to American companies, and secondly, it will also consider European companies... From a political point of view, this is the most natural thing.

Diab looked at Su Cheng's expression and asked, "Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"I have another list here." Diab handed a copy paper to Sucheng again.

There are much fewer companies in this paper, less than 50. In my memory, it seems that they are all included in the first piece of paper.

Diab smiled and said, "They are all American-Arab joint ventures."