After the celebration, Franken arranged for politicians from all over the country to come to the conference room of the Ministry of Industry of Seril. Lamulu distributed the printed "First Five-Year Plan for Promoting African Industrialization" to everyone, and Feng Xiaochen served as the plan's tour guide. He hung up a map of Africa and introduced the design ideas of the entire plan and the path to completing the plan.

The officials were excited and raised their hands to ask questions from time to time. Feng Xiaochen answered one by one without hesitation. As an official who has been engaged in the development of equipment industry for nearly 30 years, Feng Xiaochen knew all kinds of equipment well and could tell the investment, production capacity, supporting requirements, etc. of various models of equipment without reading the information. These factors were taken into account when preparing the five-year plan. African officials combined with the plan text to know that these are all possible to do by their own country, and could also calculate how much benefits their country would get once the plan requirements are completed.

"Mr. Feng, according to this plan, does it mean that we can only obtain these industrial equipment from China? You must know that we used more equipment made in Europe in the past." A country's vice president stood up and asked.

Feng Xiaochen said: "If you use loans provided by the Chinese government, in principle, you will certainly require the use of equipment made in China. Only part of our loan is US dollars or euros, and most of it is Chinese RMB. These funds can only be used to purchase equipment in China. Of course, if there are some equipment that cannot be made in China, for supporting needs, we will also recommend African friends to purchase European, American and Japanese products."

"Can we apply for loans from Europe or the World Bank while using Chinese loans?" asked another African politician.

"Of course," said Feng Xiaochen. "Our cooperation with Africa is not exclusive. Our goal is to promote industrialization in Africa, rather than economically invade Africa. If the goals of Western countries and international organizations such as the World Bank are consistent with us, we certainly welcome them to join this program."

"However, according to my experience, if Westerners want to provide us with loans, they will definitely ask us to reject other sources of funds and ask our government to accept their various political conditions. So, I would like to say to all colleagues that we should be more cautious in cooperation with the West." Gai Zhan, the Speaker of Avare, said to everyone meaningfully that he, like Franken, has also cooperated with Feng Xiaochen for a long time, and has fully realized the benefits of cooperation with the Chinese. At this time, it is inevitable that he will come out to support Feng Xiaochen.

Franken took Gaizan's words and said solemnly: "Other thing is that China's equipment is easy to use and cheap, and the after-sales service is very considerate. Serill is a poor country and attaches great importance to the price when purchasing equipment. I think all colleagues should have similar ideas."

This is the legendary helper who brings your own dry food.

Feng Xiaochen laughed in his heart. To be honest, it is not surprising that Gai Zhan and Franken can say this. It is not unreasonable that China's industrial equipment can gradually replace European and American equipment in Africa and be favored by African countries. It is not unreasonable. Good quality, low price and adequate service, this is the way for Chinese equipment to win.

In the past, Western countries, relying on their absolute technological advantages over Africa, sold cabbage to gold prices, and wanted to exchange half of their GDP with a few machine tools. African countries could not find a substitute, and even though they knew they were cheated, they could only surrender. After Chinese companies entered Africa, they provided new choices for African countries, and at the same time forced Western countries to significantly reduce equipment prices, allowing Africans to gain benefits.

By the way, it is precisely because of the emergence of Chinese products that it is becoming increasingly difficult for Western companies to make excess profits in the international market. Relying solely on average profits is not enough to support their spending of money, so a large number of Western companies have suffered serious losses until they go bankrupt. Some Western countries' hostility to China was also born out of this.

"Here, I want to emphasize it." Feng Xiaochen said along the topic just now: "It doesn't matter whether countries use loans provided by China or loans from the West and the World Bank. As long as it is beneficial to Africa's development, we all support it. As for whether to use Chinese equipment or Western equipment in the process of industrialization, it is also not important. We need to choose according to the national conditions of each country.

However, today we propose this five-year plan, hoping that countries can take the overall situation into consideration in project selection and do not have unnecessary competition. Our plan is formulated according to the production capacity and market demand of the African continent, and has macro-unity. If countries act according to this plan, they can avoid vicious competition and share the dividends of industrialization. If they violate this plan, they may lead to a loss-win result."

"This is very important." Lamulu stood up and said to everyone seriously. "The big reason why Africa has become the most backward continent in the global economy is that more than 50 countries cannot be united. Some countries have even become agents of Western powers, making trouble in Africa, undermining African peace, and allowing outsiders to benefit. Now, our Chinese friends have prepared a unified plan for the entire industrialization of Africa for us. If we are guarding against each other and fighting each other, we will not only be sorry for the hard work of our Chinese friends, but will also ruin the opportunities for Africa's development."

"I have a proposal," said Lulam, Minister of Industry of Gabe, stood up and said: "Presidents and ministers who are here today, please bring this plan back and ask for opinions from the parliament and the government. Once everyone forms a consensus, then they must act according to the consensus. If a country violates this consensus, they must jointly resist it so that it cannot benefit from the development of the entire Africa."

“Agree!”

"agree!"

"It really needs some consensus!"

Everyone agreed, and Lamuru's face was filled with joy, which was the scene he was most willing to see. If all countries want to form a consensus on economic development and supervise the implementation of such consensus, the African Union is undoubtedly the unscrupulous executive body. In the process of so many major projects, the African Union's influence in African countries will inevitably rise.

After the meeting, everyone surrounded Feng Xiaochen and his entourage and began to inquire about the specific procedures for cooperation with the China-Africa Industrial Technology Cooperation Association. The five-year plan has clearly stated that the unit responsible for promoting the implementation of the plan is this cooperation association. The association's responsibilities are to discuss the implementation of industrial projects with governments, help governments apply for Chinese loans, guide the procurement of equipment, coordinate production and sales, etc.

"We will be responsible for matters related to various countries in the liaison offices of various countries," Feng Xiaochen said to a group of senior government officials from various countries who were crowded in front of him.

"We will definitely provide the best venue for the liaison office and arrange the most comfortable life!" The officials made a generous promise.

"This time I came to Seril, and there are also factory directors and engineers from many equipment manufacturing companies in China. We will arrange for you to meet with them, and they will introduce their products and services to you." Feng Xiaochen said again.

"Mr. Feng, can I invite them to our country to provide guidance on the spot?" an official asked anxiously.

"Of course," Feng Xiaochen smiled, "This requires you to contact these factory directors and engineers in specific contact. I believe that as long as you have the sincerity of cooperation, they will be very happy to provide support to you."

There is no need to explain in detail how politicians from various countries meet with the personnel of various equipment companies. In the following days, various equipment companies signed hundreds of cooperation agreements with African countries, involving hundreds of dollars of funds. This is just the first step in cooperation between the two sides. More politicians are eager to return to China to obtain authorization in order to discuss larger-scale cooperation with China.

Feng Xiaochen stayed in Serill for a week, meeting dozens of guests every day, and sometimes he had to go to the negotiation site to solve some difficult problems. Fortunately, he was not alone during this trip, but brought more than a dozen followers to help him deal with many things. He only needed some principled guidance.

Seeing that all the work was on track, Feng Xiaochen asked the other staff of the association to stay in Serier to continue working. He only brought a confidential secretary named Hang Jin and took a passenger train on the Sega Railway to Kandai, the coastal city of Gabe, and visited the industrial park there.

At the entrance of Kan Dai Industrial Park, Du Xiaoyuan, director of the park management committee, led a large-scale welcome ceremony for Feng Xiaochen, and then led Feng Xiaochen into the industrial park and began to introduce the situation of the park to Feng Xiaochen as clearly as possible. Two of the three sentences were boasting:

"Brother-in-law, how are our industrial park doing? Look at this container factory, a branch invested and built by Yubei Container Factory, with an annual output of 20,000 TEUs. In order to introduce this factory, I went to Yubei five times in a row. With my 3-inch tongue, I moved their Dr. Yang named Chen Feng and asked him to agree to invest here."

"Why did I hear that when you saw someone, you said that Feng Xiaochen was your brother-in-law. Chen Feng also called me to confirm." Feng Xiaochen smiled and revealed.

"This is just to bring the relationship closer." Du Xiaoyuan's bragging was exposed, and he blushed a little. He said, "I mentioned you, just to make Chen Feng believe me. That nerd is not merciful. I gave him a complete introduction to the situation here. Finally, Yuji sent a team to inspect the investment environment. When he saw that it was completely in line with their requirements, he decided to invest in us. Actually, if you think about it, with me, Du Xiaoyuan, as the director here, can the investment environment here be worse?"
Chapter completed!