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"My child, how is the family? Is the baby good? Parents are in good health. I am fine, don't worry about it. It's okay, the phone bill is very expensive, so let's do it..." Sha Mingyin used In less than 30 seconds, I finished the phone call, and after 3 minutes of sighing with emotion, I got up and went to the smoking room to refresh myself.

The workers at the back waited for a while before going up to make a phone call, and they said something similar.

In recent years, there are not many users who install telephones in Chinese families. Many people call the small shops near home, or the homes of colleagues and friends, and ask them to notify their family members to make an appointment before calling. Time has become the happiest time, and there are enough reasons for them to relive the happiness of their family.

However, after making a real call, most people only chat for 1 minute and then end. Such things as "talking on the phone" are completely incomprehensible in China.Local calls cost 6 cents per minute.

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

The satellite phone dialed quickly, but the noise was not low. Su's mother's voice was accompanied by a rustling sound, like the waves of the sea. Standing on the drilling platform like an isolated island, the atmosphere of homesickness was particularly strong.

Looking at the magnificent sea water at this time, it suddenly makes people feel nostalgic.Su Cheng opened his mouth and unconsciously said the same words: "Mom, how is your home? 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 nothing more than food, clothing and family happiness.Standing on the coastline of other countries and mining other countries' oil, people who go abroad may not be worried, but they can only keep their worries in their hearts and express them in letters and postcards.The moment I get on the phone and hear the voice of my family, the pressure will be released.

Su Cheng stayed in the communication room for a while, then also got into the smoking room.This is a closed space of about ten square meters, the ventilation fan is humming, and the cigarettes are burning thick smoke.

"Director Su is here." Sha Mingyin's voice was low, but it was much more normal.

"Give me a cigarette." Su Cheng lit the cigarette with the lighter in the smoking room, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, covering his eyes with the blue smoke.

Seeing him doing the same thing as themselves, the workers suddenly felt a lot more at ease, and quickly recovered, talking in a babbling manner.

Some people like to talk, some people like to listen, Su Cheng is silent thinking about his thoughts.

The room was filled with the chatter of two or three people.

For those who have never worked in the field, it is difficult to understand why the elders are so talkative.Some people can't stop talking about family affairs, talking about their wives, talking about their sons, describing their parents, recalling their brothers, sisters and dogs...

Lonely is also a kind of psychological suggestion, only a sense of responsibility can make a man do unimaginable great things.

Su Cheng smoked two cigarettes in a row, and saw that the red light had disappeared between Sha Ming's fingers, so he patted him on the shoulder, and the two walked out of the smoking room together.

The iron door was knocked back with a bang.

Su Cheng and Sha Mingyin leaned against the iron railing, took a breath of fresh air together, and laughed.

Sha Mingyin said embarrassingly: "Old Liu usually works hard, but he has nothing to do with his mouth."

"Understandable." Su Cheng nodded slowly and said sincerely.

Sha Mingyin smiled and said: "We only stayed for a few months, and we said that the workers on our platform know him better than his wife. We can recite everything about chasing dogs after chickens and stealing corn cobs when we were young." It's..."

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

"I'll go to 106." Sha Mingyin said without hesitation: "Our people come from complicated sources. If I don't go, I won't be able to suppress them."

Su Cheng nodded slowly, and said: "The second oil well is also very important, and I can only rest assured if you go. However, you will not be able to go home for a long time."

"Anyone who is engaged in exploration, no one can go home after half of the exploration. What is that called? Now that I have done oil exploration, I am used to it. My wife and children understand."

Sioux City sighed, this is an unsolvable problem in the oil industry.The Daqing Oilfield and Shengli Oilfield back then, as well as the current Karamay Oilfield, were all built on a wasteland. The workers at the beginning of the exploration were all thousands of miles away from their hometowns and had no return day and night.The later Da*qing City and Dong*ying City were also new cities built by workers and their families.

Sha Mingyin, however, has long been accustomed to living in a foreign land, and his homesickness flashed away, and he smiled again: "Actually, I went to see an offshore drilling platform in Italy."

"Oh? How's it going?"

"What else can I do, but the room is a little bigger than ours. They call it the captain's room. In addition to the bed, there is an extra cabinet that serves as a desk and bookshelf in the middle of the storage. The rest, except for better food, are similar." Sha Mingyin gestured to describe it.

Then, he explained: "The drilling platform used by the Italians is a second-generation ship built in 82, with a capacity of 6800 tons and a capacity of 18 people. In fact, there are only about 15 of them. Ours is a quasi-third generation, with a capacity of 7500 tons, which means that the capacity is relatively large. With 28 people, combined with the small size of their equipment, the average space is a bit larger than ours..."

"That's it..." Su Cheng simulated the opponent's platform in his head.He followed the construction of the offshore drilling platform all the way and has a perceptual understanding of each module.

Sha Mingyin said with a laugh, and said: "Foreigners are very delicate. Look at our rooms. They are small, but they are enough. And they are single rooms, which are much better than domestic bungalows. It is just an oil field. In the factory area, a family of five lives in 30 square meters and two rooms. It’s not as comfortable as our offshore drilling platform. They Italians can’t do it, they say it’s a pigeon cage.”

Su Cheng smiled. The housing environment in 89 was really bad, especially for families with children who were born or grew up, and the housing area was not enough.The Hua 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, workers in state-owned enterprises in the 80s lived a life of collective life, and it was much easier to coordinate with each other.

Su Cheng asked again: "You said they eat well, how did the Italians get it? There are a lot of commuter boats?"

"The commuter boats are provided by Abu Dhabi, and they come at about the same time. However, they buy more things than us."

"We have more people than them, why don't we buy more? Lao Sha, aren't you so economical?"

"How can I save money from my mouth." Sha Mingyin called out: "We don't have a big refrigerator, and we can't store too many things. The Italians directly installed a freezer, and there is also a big refrigerator to keep fresh, those chicken wing pizzas All of them are stored in the freezer, and they will not go bad after half a year, and vegetables can be eaten for half a month. We only have a refrigerator, this is incomparable."

"Then let's buy a big refrigerator too. The structure of the freezer needs to be restructured. This request can be made to the factory and used on No. 106."

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

Su Cheng smiled and said, "You still say you don't want to save money?"

"I don't waste money." Sha Mingyin glanced at the front, and there were also a few workers with strange expressions, sitting on the ground and looking at the sea.People who work at sea feel sick every day looking at the sea, where can they usually sit.

Thinking of this, Sha Mingyin stopped insisting, and just said: "You have to figure it out, don't work so hard to extract oil, and you will lose money later. I heard that it takes several oil drilling rigs alone. Ten million, there are 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, the skin peeled off every day. Those white ones are scary. They are baked like dried shrimps. If you don't pay attention, you may think they are cooked in the sun."

The two entered the restaurant and activity room with a smile.At this time, workers who are not on duty will come here, and it is also the social activity center of the drilling platform.

The chef, who specially put on a white hat, saw Su Cheng and Sha Mingyin coming, and announced the dinner.Everyone lined up to get food at the dining table, in a similar way to university canteens and unit canteens.

In the four large buckets, there are kelp stewed meat, sauerkraut fried meat, braised fish cubes, fried shredded potatoes, and a pot of seaweed and egg soup.It can be seen that this is already the result of hard work.

Compared with foreigners' fast food, the production of Chinese food is indeed a bit more troublesome, and some ingredients are difficult to buy from the UAE.

Su Cheng 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?"

"Is it the same as usual?"

"Yes, Mr. Sha specifically ordered, no falsification is allowed."

Su Cheng glanced at Sha Mingyin with a smile, and said, "The taste is fine. After we buy a big refrigerator, you have to make more different things. Besides, I think our platform can try a buffet."

"Buffet?" The chef rubbed his hands in confusion.

So Su Cheng explained to him in detail, saying: "The portion is about the same as now, but everyone can choose what they like, which reduces waste, and the atmosphere of eating is better, which also reduces your workload."

"Then eat whatever you want, isn't there always something left?"

"For the rest, cook less next time, or don't cook at all. We eat in the cafeteria, and some meals are actually wasted. The more troublesome part of making a buffet is that we need more dishes. There are more than 20 people. It may be true. It's not easy to do." Su Cheng paused for a moment, and then said: "Your task is very important, we go abroad to work, if we can eat and sleep well, the family members will not be too worried, you have to think about it, let everyone Happy to eat..."

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

Sioux City lived on the drilling platform for two days, and the novelty gradually faded away.Life here, too, is becoming more and more like that of a waddling sailor.

The 28 workers and him have to work more than 8 hours a day to barely complete their daily affairs. If they encounter problems such as repairs, they have to stay up all night until they are resolved before going to bed.

In the early morning of the third day, Sioux City was about to return to land.

Sha Mingyin and a group of people sang "I Offer Oil to the Motherland" and prepared to send off Sioux City.However, seeing that the commuter ship was about to arrive, there was a strong wind along the coast, and the turbulent waves threw the commuter ship up and down. Although it would not capsize, it was impossible to get close to the drilling platform.

The 7500-ton drilling platform cannot compete with the sea, and the tilt of about 30 degrees occurs from time to time. In order to avoid danger, everyone returned to the cabin.Although production could not be carried out, the safety work was even more arduous. At least 20 people followed the pipeline to check for fear of rupture or cracks.

The big waves lasted until 5 p.m. before the commuter boat approached the drilling platform.The Arabian captain had probably been familiar with the weather for a long time, and shouted as usual: "We will stop for 15 minutes, the waves are not slippery..."

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

Boxes of pre-ordered food and daily necessities were put into the hanging cage and retracted to the top. Workers hurriedly unloaded these things and sent garbage and other waste down.

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

The captain pinched the time, waited until 15 minutes, started the engine immediately, and rushed to the beach.

The moment he stood on the ground, Su Cheng fell down and knelt down on the ground.

It's not a ceremony, but fainted.

Offshore rigs are rocking all the time, especially affected by tides.When Su Cheng got used to the sea boat and stood on land again, one of them was not ready and fell down.

Workers from other countries also went ashore together, and more than one person lay down on the ground. Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and each rolled away.

When Su Cheng felt comfortable and was about to get in the car, another man in a suit came over and said, "Mr. Su, my master would like to treat you to a cup of coffee."

"Who is your master?"

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

Su Cheng beckoned to Huo Chang and asked him and Shiro to wait behind.Most people in the United Arab Emirates wear traditional robes, on the one hand because of habit, on the other hand because of the climate.Therefore, most of the people wearing suits are government officials from the United Arab Emirates. The only person who does not want to disclose his name in Sioux City is Diab, a tailor who is a close friend of the crown prince.

The other party drove the car out of the public pier.

There are private villas on both sides of the road. They are loosely built and take into account the surrounding buildings. Some of them look like mansions in old Shanghai. They are self-built houses with high cost and different styles.Green plants are also planted in front of some people's houses. According to the cultivation cost of 3000 US dollars per plant, the cost of these private houses can also be guessed.

After entering the main road of the city, Sioux City suddenly discovered a large number of Chinese characters.If you look carefully, they are all advertisements for petroleum equipment exhibitions.

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

Su Cheng couldn't help being extremely surprised.

Advertisements in places like Abu Dhabi are a little cheaper than in Tokyo and New York, and Dahua Industrial has not made a final decision on the amount of advertisements.Chinese embassies abroad are full of free-range iron roosters, and it is impossible to pay for them...

Could it be that the UAE government paid for it?Sioux City is also a little bit unconvinced, this is not a small sum, even the Chinese government's political officials, probably would not be willing to spend such money...

The Mercedes-Benz drove directly into a tree-lined manor.In the UAE, thick trees are better for showing off than gold.

After Su Cheng got off the car, he felt a gust of cool wind. After observing, he found that it was a sprayer hanging on the tree trunk.

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

The driver said respectfully, "It belongs to the master."

"If you say it, it means you didn't say it." Su Cheng muttered something in Chinese, and raised his leg to enter.

Diab waited at the door with his hands tied.

Seeing Su Cheng, he shook hands and said softly, "Your Excellency Amir is waiting for you."

Su Cheng was taken aback, and asked in a questioning tone: "Your Excellency Amir?"

"He is the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Diab said with a low eyebrow.

Su Cheng suddenly realized.According to the current state of succession in the palace, the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be the next Crown Prince. In a certain way, he also represents the will of the Crown Prince himself.

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

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

The manor is big, but the house is not big.Passing through the porch, you can see the Arabic-style buildings inside. On the south side is a fish tank with a height of three to four meters, which is full of colorful tropical fish.

Amir is a young man with slightly curly hair, dressed like a loveless youth in an American movie.He sat on top of the fish tank with his feet crossed, with a fishing rod in his hand.

"Chinese Su?" Amir jumped off the fish tank.

This name is not formal, Diab coughed pretendingly.

"Mr. Su." Amir changed his address again.

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

"You are the first Asian to bid for oil in the Middle East as far as I can remember." Amir was at the age of middle school at most. He looked up and down Sioux City and said with a smile: "You are not the same as the Japanese."

For Middle Easterners, there is no essential difference between China, Japan, and Korea.It's like it's hard for Chinese to distinguish and understand Iran and Iraq, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

From Su Cheng's point of view, Amir is just a child. Whether it's his outstanding behavior or immature face, it shows that he is not ready to be the heir to the royal family.It may be inconvenient for the crown prince to come forward at this time, or it may be to exercise Amir's diplomatic intelligence... However, Su Cheng does not know whether to envy or pity him for a child who is not yet 18 years old.

Distracting thoughts were fleeting, Su Cheng showed a polite smile, and said: "China is a country much larger than Japan, and in another 20 years, our oil consumption will also be much larger than his."

"So buy oil in advance, right?"

"You are right."

After being affirmed, Amir suddenly became happy, and said, "China is also near the sea, right? Do you have any special fish?"

"I know about it, the Chinese mullet." Su Cheng cooperated and said, "This year, it was awarded the second prize at the Singapore Wild Ornamental Fish Symposium."

"That should look good?"

Su Cheng pondered for a while, and said, "The taste is very good."

The serious Diab, who was surprisingly receptive to bad jokes, covered his mouth and turned away.

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?"

"China pays attention to complete color, fragrance and taste." Su Cheng translated it in English with difficulty, and said: "The food made by a good chef must first look good. I think, under the same conditions, a beautiful fish must be better than the fish. An ugly fish is delicious."

"China is awesome!" Amir said sincerely: "Many people object to my fishing from the aquarium, and say that these beautiful fish are unpalatable. From this point of view, it must be that the chef is not good enough. Can you help me? Hire a few Chinese chefs?"

"Of course, no problem."

"Great." Amir stretched out his hand, wanting to clap his hands, but when he heard Diab coughing again, he quickly put it back, and went fishing properly again.

As the eldest son of the crown prince, Amir's existence expresses the importance the crown prince attaches to Sioux City, but the real things are not expressed through him.

Diab clapped his hands, and saw a beautiful Arab girl coming out with two glasses of light blue drinks.

After Su Cheng toasted, Diab smiled and said, "It's a very cool drink. If you want to mix it with alcohol, you can add some vodka."

"There's no need for alcohol." Su Cheng thought to himself, the dizziness hadn't disappeared yet.

Diab drank it down, put down the glass, and said with a smile: "Mr. Su Cheng is on the road, have you seen many advertisements?"

"Yes, I'm wondering too."

"It's a gift from the Crown Prince." Diab said with a smile, "The Crown Prince has a lot of resources, including advertising resources in Abu Dhabi. If you need them, we can provide them in large quantities."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very interested in your petroleum equipment exhibition. He believes that it can increase Abu Dhabi's international influence."

Su Cheng replied cautiously: "Yes."

"Will the Chinese government purchase a large amount of equipment at this petroleum equipment exhibition?" Diab approached the topic step by step.

Su Cheng said solemnly: "I'm just the owner of a Chinese company. As for the government, I guess I will buy some. The exact amount is not certain."

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

The list is very long, with as many as two to three hundred companies. Sioux City took a closer look and found that they are all companies from European and American countries, to be precise, they are American companies.

While he was wondering, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: Yes, the country needs to break the ice, and spending money is not the best way to break the ice.For this petroleum equipment exhibition, if the Chinese government wants to purchase materials, it will definitely give priority to American companies, followed by European companies...From a political point of view, this is nothing more than natural.

Seeing Su Cheng's expression, Diab asked, "You understand?"

"Yes."

"I still have a list here." Diab handed Su Cheng another copy paper.

There are far fewer companies in this piece of paper, less than fifty. From memory, it seems that all of them are included in the first piece of paper.

Diab smiled and said, "They are all US-Arab joint venture companies."

(To be continued)