Not long after, Kikwete met this Chinese man who claimed to be his friend in the dormitory.
"Good morning, Mr. Kikwete!"
"I hope you don't mind my unexpected visit."
After the staff left, Kikwete saw this tall Chinese young man with shining eyes, smiling and extending his right hand to himself, while speaking in standard English.
Kikwete has been in China for more than half a year and has a preliminary understanding of this country.
So he knew very well that in China, a young man who could "call himself a friend", come to visit him specifically, and speak such standard English, he was definitely not an ordinary person!
"Hello."
Kikweit nodded slightly and said so, with a curious look in his eyes. However, he did not hold the hand that Wang Ye extended, but asked:
"However, I don't seem to recognize you, young man."
"So you pretended to be my friend and came to find me specifically?"
"If so, please say so."
Kikwete turned around and sat on the chair next to him, crossed his legs and looked at Wang Ye. Under his sharp gaze, Wang Ye did not feel the slightest embarrassment at being rejected for a handshake, and calmly withdrew his extended hand. His right hand restrained his smile and said:
"Please allow me to introduce myself first."
"My name is Wang Ye, and I am the director of Hongxing Machinery Factory in Luqi Province, China."
"Secondly, I apologize for pretending to be your friend. It's really not easy to meet you. Please forgive me for my lies."
"Finally, although we have met for the first time, I believe that we will become true friends soon, and I will definitely become one of your most loyal and reliable friends."
"Because I came to visit you this time because I want to do business with you!"
Looking at the neither humble nor arrogant Chinese youth in front of him, Kikwete felt a flash of surprise in his heart. He knew something about China's reform and opening up, and in an instant he guessed the cause and effect of Wang Ye's visit to him.
At such a young age, he served as the director of a machinery factory. In order to find sales for the factory's products, he was clever and resourceful and learned about what he was studying here through certain channels, and then used a little trick. Just to see myself and sell his products to myself.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Kikwete's face.
For such a smart, motivated, courageous to try and challenge, responsible and responsible young man, Kikwete admired it very much, because he was the same when he was young, so he decided to give him a chance to sell himself, even as long as he The products introduced were barely acceptable, and he was willing to purchase some to make his plan a success.
"Oh? What kind of business is it?"
"I'm going to the restaurant for dinner at half past seven. You still have ten minutes to sell me."
"let's start!"
Kikwete looked at Wang Ye with a smile and said, and Wang Ye took out a document from his handbag, stepped forward and handed it to Kikwete and said:
"Mr. Kikwete, please see, this is the product of our machinery factory."
"I think it's what your country needs."
"A new type of gas tank!"
Hearing what Wang Ye said, Kikwete frowned slightly, and at the same time he took the drawing and looked down.
This gas tank design drawing is not the original sketch drawn by Wang Ye, but a very standard and strict mechanical drawing that was later modified. The overall look is very professional.
The next second, Kikwete's expression changed slightly. He raised his head and waved the drawing, looked at Wang Ye solemnly and said:
"Young man, as far as I know, China does not call bombs gas tanks."
"So the business you want to do with me is arms?"
"Is it this kind of half-finished bomb?"
The current business dealings with Tanzania can actually be divided into two categories.
The first category is construction assistance projects, such as the Zambia-Zambia railway project. With these construction assistance projects, we can obtain some benefits in other fields, such as mining rights and so on.
The second category is arms trading. Because China’s weapons are cheap and reliable, and it has provided many weapons to Tanzania in the past, Tanzania still purchases a lot of weapons from here every year for the purpose of supporting and systematizing weapons.
Because of this, Kikwete said this without thinking. Although he was a little surprised that this young man wanted to do arms business with him, it was not too surprising.
Unexpectedly, under Kikwete's gaze, Wang Ye shook his head righteously and said:
"No, you misunderstood. This is a gas tank, not a bomb."
"The business I want to do with you is gas tanks!"
Seeing the serious look of the young man in front of him telling lies, Kikwete, who has been in politics for many years, frowned slightly and naturally thought of the reason why Wang Ye said this. After all, in any country, not just any factory can produce and sell arms!
Thinking of this, he appreciated Wang Ye's "smartness" more and more, but he still shook his head and said:
"Your gas tank is nice, but we don't need it."
"To be honest, if we need weapons, we can buy finished products from the United States, the Soviet Union, or even China."
"And your gas tank is only a semi-finished product and needs to be processed before it can be put into use."
"It doesn't have any appeal for us."
Finally, Kikwete looked at Wang Ye and said with an interesting smile:
"However, I admire you very much."
"If you are willing, I can invite you to be my staff."
"Indeed, Tanzania may not be as good as China, but you should understand that as my staff, your starting point is much higher than the current director of a machinery factory, and the future is limitless."
"Isn't it?"
As soon as Kikwete finished speaking, Wang Ye couldn't help but laugh. To be honest, he didn't expect that Kikwete would actually recruit him. At the same time, he shook his head and said:
"Sorry, Mr. Kikwete, I don't want to leave my country."
"But thank you for your appreciation of me, so I am willing to serve as your staff for a short time now, to give you an idea, and to convince you to reach a deal with me about the gas tank!"
As soon as these words came out, Kikwete's interest was instantly piqued. He looked at Wang Ye curiously and said:
"Okay, please speak!"
Under Kikwete's gaze, Wang Ye talked eloquently:
"Mr. Kikwete, I guess you didn't come to China to study so 'voluntarily', right?"
Wang Ye took the word "voluntary" very seriously. After all, Kikwete, who was already a high-level official, would definitely be temporarily relieved of his position if he came to China for further study. And if he returned after a year of further study, would his original position still be vacant? Can't wait?
Therefore, it is obvious that the reason why Kikwete came to China must be related to the strife and struggle among their top leaders, and he is an unlucky guy.
Sure enough, as soon as Wang Ye said these words, the expression on Kikwete's face froze, and then Wang Ye continued:
"But when you go back, I think you still want to show off your ambitions."
"In this case, you will definitely need a feat that can be accomplished to bring you back to the center of politics."
"And if you make this deal that I made, then Tanzania will have its first completely 'indigenously produced' weapon, and it can even be named the 'Kikwit' bomb."
"I think this is a good achievement for Tanzania, which currently does not have any arms production capacity."
"Whether it is for the rulers above or for countless ordinary people."
Along with Wang Ye's voice, the expression on Kikwete's face gradually became stunned, and then the look in his eyes became more and more enthusiastic!
