Khdira walked around the exhibition hall and found dozens of executives of major manufacturers he knew, trying to convince them to pay attention to the threats brought by Chinese companies. What made Khdira feel discouraged was that almost no executives of the manufacturer accepted his opinion, and everyone's views were consistent, that is, Khdira's idea was purely worrying.

"Mr. Khedira, you should know that Japanese companies have posed the same threat to us in the past, but in the end it has not been able to replace us. This market is very large, and it is impossible for both Japanese and Chinese to monopolize this market."

This is the most answer Khedira has received. Even companies whose products have been competed by Chinese manufacturers are still very optimistic about the prospects. Isn’t it? European companies have been steadily staying in the equipment market for 200 years. During this period, the United States rose, the Soviet Union rose, and Japan rose, but none of them could affect the profits of European companies. What can a China that has just been lifted out of poverty make Europe?

This is probably the last optimism in Europe. In fact, Europe's decline has emerged. The superficial prosperity in the market only comes from credit overdrafts and the adornment of a large number of cheap Chinese commodities, which makes Europeans not feel the economic stagnation for the time being. In a few years, high debt will force European countries to adopt a tight fiscal policy, and then the debt crisis that has fallen in South America and Southeast Asia will fall on Europeans.

Khdira is undoubtedly a prophet, but unfortunately the old saying goes well, only a few people who master the truth, and the power of a few cannot compete with the majority.

With disappointment, Khedira returned to his booth, and he called Frederick over and asked him, "Frederick. I want to ask you, if you were an official of the World Bank, about this project of the Equatorial Thermal Power Plant in the Republic of Goma, would you choose our alk equipment or Chinese equipment?"

Frederick said: "Mr. Khedira, I have carefully studied the technical information of Chinese people, and have also visited their booth to communicate with their technicians. I feel that their equipment is slightly inferior to us in terms of quality. The performance is a little higher than us, so the overall level is similar to ours. But their advantage is that the price is more than 10% cheaper than us, and the promised equipment delivery time and construction cycle are much shorter than us."

"The Chinese have a desire to work," said Khedira. "I heard from my father that we Germans used to be the same, but now we are no longer able to do so. Our engineers, if they don't drink coffee for two hours a day, they are said to lose inspiration and cannot work properly."

"Uh...Mr. Khedira, industrial design is a very energy-consuming thing..." Frederick began to explain awkwardly. In fact, he is the kind of engineer who wants to go to drink some coffee after drawing drawings, which is not uncommon in German companies.

"I know, I know." Khedira quickly interrupted Frederick's words. He knew. If he continued, he might lose another alliance. It is almost impossible to convince his compatriots to give up their superior living conditions and unite to compete with the Chinese. He is now like Don Quixote who challenged the windmill. In the eyes of everyone, he is definitely an alternative.

"Frederick. I mean, do you think we have other opportunities?" Khedira asked.

Frederick thought for a while and said, "Our only opportunity is to see if the Chinese understand the rules of the World Bank. In this regard, our experience is much richer than them."

Khdira shook her head and said, "I have considered this, but I just learned that Hanhua is recruiting experienced European engineers on a large scale, including various project engineers who are proficient in international market rules. I think they will defeat us with the European legions they formed."

"This is really a bad thing." Frederick said as if he was worried. However, in his heart, he did not think that there was anything extraordinary about this matter.

It's just a power plant project, which is only a few hundred million US dollars. Alk's family is big and its business, and still cares about the gains and losses of these two projects? In the past, when Alk bids with other Western manufacturers, it is not guaranteed that it will win every time. Why do you need to care so much this time?

It seems that this Hedila suffered a loss from the Chinese and left a shadow in her heart. Alas, as a sales director, how could her mind be so narrow? Isn't this good... Frederick secretly criticized Hedila in his heart, but his face did not show it.

Khdira was able to guess some of the other party's thoughts from Frederick's careless answer. He warned: "What I am worried about is not the power plant in the Republic of Goma, but the Chinese will start to engage in similar projects on the African continent from now on. According to their habits, once a gap is opened in a certain field, they will do their best to eat up all of this field without giving others what they have left. Therefore, we must prevent the Chinese from obtaining this project."

"But, Mr. Khedira, how do you think we can stop them?" Frederick asked, spreading his hands.

"This matter has to be started with Nuzama," said Khdira. "Frederick, come and find Nuzama for me now."

"Okay, I'm willing to serve you." Frederick had no choice but to leave his booth and go to find Nuzama. Finally, he found Nuzama in the booth of a British manufacturer. At that time, this guy was tired of being there and didn't know what souvenirs to cheat. Frederick grabbed him and pulled him back to the alk booth.

"Minister Nuzama, my old friend, I want to talk to you about your power plant, okay?" Khdira's face filled with a smile. He rarely had such affable time in the years he had dated Nuzama.

Nuzama felt quite flattered and responded quickly: "Of course, personally, I am very willing to cooperate with Alk, but you also know that the World Bank..."

"Let's go and talk inside."

Khdira sent Nuzama into the negotiation room, closed the door, then took two gift boxes from the shelf behind him, handed them to Nuzama, and said, "Minister Nuzama, we have been working together for many years. These two Swiss watches are to thank you for your trust in Alk for years. Please accept it."

"Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Khedira, I just need a watch... Well, my wife also needs one, which is really suitable." Nuzama's face smiled like a flower. In fact, the watch used as a gift in this kind of company is not too expensive. If it is too expensive, it will be suspected of bribery and will be pursued by law. But Nuzama is such a person. He will not refuse all the benefits he can get. Even if it is just a signing pen, he will happily put it in his pocket and treat it as a major gain.

Khdira also knew Nuzama's habit, which was one of the reasons why he looked down on Nuzama. However, now he had to establish a united front with Nuzama, so he could only suppress all kinds of contempt in his heart.

"Minister Nuzama, I think you are very clear that in this world, the equipment produced by us Germans is the best. Apart from the cheaper things, the Chinese are useless. If the Chinese occupy the thermal power equipment market in Africa, then it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the overall level of Africa." Khdira said.

"Uh..." Nuzama began to stammer. While holding the two gift boxes tightly in his hand, he said, "Mr. Khedira, I do trust alk's products very much. However, we have communicated with World Bank officials these two days. They are very inclined to choose Chinese products.

There are several power plants in China that are built by World Bank loans, and these power plants use equipment made by China themselves. The World Bank once evaluated and believed that they are technically qualified. Therefore, the World Bank suggested that we choose Chinese products, and they believe that this can make the loan funds more efficiently used."

"Minister Nuzama, there are actually many ways to make the Chinese lose this project. Are you interested in listening?" Khdira decided not to circle with Nuzamama. He needed to solve this problem directly.

Nuzama pretended to be embarrassed and said, "But in this way, we will suffer losses. You know, the prices quoted by Chinese people are much cheaper than you. If you use Chinese equipment, we can spend at least $20 million less. $20 million, not..."

Speaking of this, he glanced at the gift boxes containing watches with his eyes. The subtext was very clear: You, Khdira, can you want to get this project, but you can't just use two cheap watches to just send me away, right?

"We are recently launching a project to help children in Africa to learn literacy, with a funding of $1 million. Can Minister Nuzama recommend us a suitable candidate as the person in charge of the project in Africa?" Khdira said.

"Of course." Nuzama became energetic as if he was injected with chicken blood. "I think an education expert is mine... well, my relative. I can guarantee that his abilities and character are completely trustworthy. I am very willing to recommend him as the head of your aid program."

"Okay, we've decided on this matter. After you go back, let your...education expert send us his resume, and we will do it." Khdira said, "Minister Nuzama, can we talk about the power plant first now?"

"Yes, this is an important thing. I am very interested in listening to Mr. Khdira's advice." Nuzama agreed readily. (To be continued)


Chapter completed!