mijobooks Chapter 358
Chapter 358
Chapter 358
The CR team led by Wang Siyuan listed many places where the bidding for the Gabonese railway project was unreasonable, and finally concluded that “Olang Group’s main business is agriculture, and infrastructure construction is a layman, so what it does is nondescript.”
Lyudmila listened and remembered, and asked another question: “Since there are so many problems with this project, why are you participating in the bidding?”
Although Liudmila has the ability to analyze projects, she is not very clear about the business model and competition situation of enterprises in the infrastructure field. In her opinion, if a project has problems, it is better to abandon it. This is just like in the mining field. A problematic mine is definitely not worth investing in. It is better to give up as soon as possible and use your energy and resources on other projects.
After Zhou Xuemei translated Liudmila’s question, Wang Siyuan smiled helplessly, and said, “There is a railway project of this scale in the market we are responsible for, and we will definitely participate. Xuemei, you explain to Miss Liudmila. Now, why should we participate.”
Zhou Xuemei finally had the opportunity to show off her ability other than translation, habitually adjusted her sitting posture, and entered a state of active work. She said: “Ms. Lyudmila, our CR company is the world’s largest and most professional rail transit engineering group. It has participated in the construction of almost all large-scale railway construction projects in China. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, more than 50% of the railway mileage has been built…”
Wang Siyuan took advantage of Zhou Xuemei’s reciting the CR company’s brochure and asked Chen Ling in a low voice: “Mr. Chen, is there anything else besides the railway project in Gabon this time? If we need our cooperation, please feel free to say.”
Chen Ling said: “The purpose of my coming to Gabon this time, I think Mr. Zhou has told you about it, right?”
Wang Siyuan nodded and said, “As I said, you are investigating the railway projects of Olang Group and looking for investment opportunities.”
“Yes. In addition to the railway project itself, we want to know the mining situation related to this project to help us evaluate the railway project. Do you have any information on this?” Chen Ling asked.
Wang Siyuan said: “Yes. For this railway project, we have specially investigated the future transportation needs of the project in the early stage. We have a report and I will refer you back to it for your reference.”
“Okay, thank you!” Chen Ling said, “What is the conclusion of your report?”
Wang Siyuan recalled a bit and said: “We made two assumptions. One is that the upstream transportation demand remains the status quo, so the railway capacity is surplus; the other is that the upstream mining has received large investments, and the output of manganese and iron ore has increased. If it exceeds 30 million tons per year, it will exceed the railway capacity.”
Chen Ling asked again: “Then have you estimated whether the investment of Aolang Group in this project can be recovered? Or how can it be recovered?”
Wang Siyuan said: “This is the owner’s own work, and we did not calculate it.”
“So, don’t you plan to submit a financing plan to the owner?” Chen Ling asked. Before providing a financing plan, any contractor will definitely carefully study whether the project is worth investing in, whether the repayment is guaranteed, etc., and put the safety of funds in the first place.
Wang Siyuan nodded and said, “That’s why we say Olang Group is unprofessional. The owners have to open tenders and financing plans. This is a blunt combination of two different models. We can’t satisfy them at the same time. We can only choose one of these models. Just like asking us to provide a financing plan, we will ask to cancel the bidding, change it to a negotiated bid, or even negotiate an exclusive bid.”
Chen Ling smiled and said, “Then don’t you worry about studying with the prince?”
“Chen, the level of our CR company lies here. What we can’t do is difficult for other companies to do.” Wang Siyuan appeared confident and said, “If other companies do better than us, they will win in the end. , Then we are willing to bet and lose, and learn from them in the future.”
CR is indeed very competitive in the rail transit field on the African continent, and it is difficult to find a rival in terms of technology or engineering performance. However, in the competition in the engineering field in recent years, there have been more and more means. It is not simply a comparison of technology and performance. In many cases, the competition is the ability to help the owner solve problems, such as solving the owner’s financial problem.
Chen Ling thought of the example given by Liang Bojun and thought it was necessary to remind Wang Siyuan, and said: “If you win the bid and start construction smoothly, but the owner defaults on the project payment halfway through, or simply doesn’t have the money to complete the project, what do you do?”
“This railway project does have this kind of risk.” Wang Siyuan said, “However, every engineering project will have this kind of risk. We can only say that after quantitative analysis, measures are taken in the quotation and contract to avoid or reduce this risk. After all, Aolang Group is a listed company in Singapore, and the controlling shareholder is the sovereign fund of Singapore, so the risk is relatively small.”
Now that Wang Siyuan said so, Chen Ling stopped talking too much.
After listening to Zhou Xuemei’s detailed introduction of CR Company, Liudmila said: “Zero, CR Company is an amazing company with rich experience. But in the Gabon railway project, I think we must remind them to do a good job in risk management and control.”
The implication is that she believes that the Gabonese railway project is relatively risky, and CR company must be careful. As a Chinese, I am afraid that I would not say it in this way, but would ask specific questions like Chen Ling, so as to remind the other person.
Sure enough, Zhou Xuemei’s face changed slightly. She gave a fluent introduction just now. CR has the strength, technology, and experience. It is an expert in railway construction projects. Do you need a layman to remind you? This woman must have been spoiled for her beauty.
When Zhou Xuemei thought of this, the look in Chen Ling’s eyes changed a little. This President Chen is also a lustful person, judging people by appearance.
Because of the sudden arrival of Liudmila, Zhou Xuemei tried her best to gain the upper hand, unknowingly exerted excessive force, changed her mentality, and became hostile to Liudmila and Chen Ling, but she herself did not notice it.
She did not translate what Lyudmila said, but Wang Siyuan asked, “What did she say?”
Without waiting for Zhou Xuemei to speak, Chen Ling took Liudmila’s notebook and looked at it, and said, “Mr. Wang, we have finished asking questions. Let’s do it today. Thank you very much!”
Wang Siyuan said quickly: “Mr. Chen is too polite! We, Mr. Zhou, have explained that we will fully cooperate with your work…”
As usual, it’s time to fulfill the friendship of the landlord. Chen Ling declined Wang Siyuan’s invitation and sent Wang Siyuan out of the hotel.
As soon as Zhou Xuemei got on the car, she complained: “Who is this Lyudmila? He speaks very poorly, and the questions asked are not good enough. They are all common sense. What is there to ask? Still writing and writing there… …”
“She is so tall!” an engineer praised, “If the perfect score is 10, I will give her 12 points!”
“Cut, why don’t you say it in front of her?” Zhou Xuemei said coldly, “Is it meaningful to give her twelve points secretly?”
“It’s a pity that I don’t understand my language!” The engineer sighed, “That manager Chen is Yanfu…”
Wang Siyuan interrupted him and said, “Don’t talk nonsense!”
Zhou Xuemei said: “He can’t hear him again, so what is he afraid of!”
“I can hear you!” Wang Siyuan said, “I emphasize again, President Chen is very important, and we must have a good relationship with him! We have no control over the affairs between him and Lyudmila. It’s okay. Big beauties, just use your eyes to appreciate, don’t have any nasty thoughts.”
“Big beauty…” Zhou Xuemei disdainfully said: “Did you not notice? Her pores are so thick that she can’t stand a closer look; there are fine freckles on her nose…”
Zhou Xuemei talked about and analyzed Liudmila’s appearance and gave a “not bad” evaluation.
Another middle-aged engineer has always licked Zhou Xuemei and said: “The women of the fighting nation are like this when they are young. As long as they get married and have children, they will become thick and strong in a second. All age groups are beautiful.”
“These words are insightful, they deserve to be someone who came here!” Zhou Xuemei gave a thumbs up to the middle-aged engineer.