In the North African city of Mbut, more than 100 Chinese employees are trapped in an unfinished power plant in a coal-fired power plant site built by China's Longshan Electric Power Plant.Through the window, the fire in the city in the distance can be seen, and from time to time, the sound of submachine guns is sudden, and it is chilling.

Du Xiaoyuan is among these Chinese employees.He was not a power plant worker, just because a device on the power plant site had a fault and he came to help with maintenance.

Originally, the construction unit intended to send accessories from China to find someone to repair, the result of the owner unit to the construction party recommended the Chinese-funded enterprise Far East Machinery Company located in the neighboring Avarre Lambatu Industrial Park, said that the company specializes in a variety of equipment accessories single-piece manufacturing business, reliable quality, excellent service.

Tan Weiguo, the project manager stationed at the Mbu Specialty Place of Longshan Electric Plant, contacted Far East Company and sent out drawings of the damaged accessories by email.In less than two days, the Far East company sent someone to send the made accessories, and the accessories were sent to Du Xiaoyuan.

A few years ago, because I did not want to rely on their respective brothers and sisters, Wang Ruidong and Du Xiaoyuan, two small uncles, joined hands to start a business in Africa, and set up this Far East Machinery Company in Lambatu Industrial Park to provide equipment maintenance services for enterprises staying in the park.

Africa's industrial base is very poor, most of the production equipment is imported from Western countries or China, once the equipment failure, maintenance becomes a trouble.If the fault is out, please the original engineer to come to the maintenance, but it is not bad.But if it is just a daily glitch, every time from thousands of miles away, the cost of time and travel costs are a big problem.If there is a well-known local machinery company, can help companies deal with a variety of glitch, even if the fee is slightly higher, each company is willing to accept, because compared to the cost of inviting people from Europe and the United States, the local company charges is nothing higher.

It was precisely by Wang Ruidong that he smelled such a business opportunity that came to Africa to run a machinery company.As for the cooperation of Ladu Xiaoyuan, it is purely coincidental.

The full name of the Lambatu Industrial Park in Avaré is "Lambatu China-Arab Industrial Park", as the name suggests, is an industrial park jointly set up by China and Avare.The Chinese head of the industrial park was originally a staff member of the National Equipment Industry Company and was once a subordinate of Feng Xiaochen.Feng Xiaochen said hello to him, Wang Ruidong and Du Xiaoyuan to the industrial park, Mingli secretly have received a lot of care, plus Wang, Du two people themselves also hold a breath to prove themselves, work very hard, so the Far East company's business is booming, soon spread to the industrial park, and finally even the owners of neighboring countries heard about.

Du Xiaoyuan came to Africa to start a business, Du Minghua and Che Yueying were initially agreed to die and live.Later, it was really difficult to Du Xiaoyuan, and worried that the son would become a truant, and then he nodded his head.However, the old couple gave Du Xiaoyuan a few dozen chapters, one of which is not allowed to leave the Lambatu Industrial Park, because the old couple heard that the industrial park is run by the Chinese, and the person in charge is the subordinate of his own son-in-law Feng Xiaochen, which is estimated to be a relatively reliable place.As for the industrial park, with the old two people's stereotype of Africa, I firmly believe that it is definitely full of danger.

Du Xiaoyuan's courage is not much older than his parents, and when he first arrived in Africa, he was also full of fear of the world outside the industrial park.In this period, slowly speaking, his parents had an account, even if he did not explain, he easily did not dare to take a step in the industrial park.

With Du Xiaoyuan almost the foot of the work, sister Du Xiaoyi and brother-in-law Huang Changfeng also came to Africa.Huang Changfeng worked as a military attaché at an embassy in Africa, and Du Xiaoyi served as a reporter at the Pujiang Morning News in Africa.Huang Changfeng is just that, because of the working relationship, his scope of activities is a small number of countries.Du Xiaoyi is different, on the African continent, but wherever there is news, she will be the first time to rush over, the shooting and rain things have been experienced several times, in the domestic Internet has won a "most beautiful war correspondent" title.

When my sister and brother-in-law occasionally came to the Lambatu Industrial Park to visit, Du Xiaoyuan chatted with them, and was repeatedly ridiculed by Du Xiaoyi.Du Xiaoyi is also a heartless person, know that Du Xiaoyuan is the only son in the family, since childhood by his parents, but did not help his parents to take care of his brother's meaning, but did not help his parents take care of his brother, but moved to encourage Du Xiaoyuan to go out to see, said a trip to Africa even the local riots have not seen, what is abroad?

These words, of course, Du Xiaoyi did not dare to let his parents and sister Du Xiaodi heard, if they heard, they had to let her see what the original characteristics of the riots are.Du Xiaoyuan lost face in front of his sister, and in more than a year in Africa, he gradually had some understanding of the local area, so he forgot his parents' instructions and began to walk out of the industrial park to contact the outside world.

In the past few years, Du Xiaoyuan's footprint has covered more than a dozen countries in Africa, and the mystery of this continent has long since disappeared.He found that Africa is not a wild place, in Africa's cities, there are also modern living facilities and rules, in Africa's rural areas, the black people are generally simple and hospitable, as long as you are good at comparison with them, and then send some small and valuable small gifts, you can harvest their warm reception.

Over the years, more and more Chinese people have gone to Africa to do business, and in some seemingly remote places, Du Xiaoyuan has been able to meet small supermarkets run by Chinese people, and those small Chinese bosses have gotten along with local blacks, and even married black daughters-in-law.Hearing this, Du Xiaoyuan's courage grew, and he even wanted to try his sister's advice, that is, where to go to experience the riots in Africa.

This time, the Mbutt power plant site ordered a small gear on a crane from Far Eastern Machinery, and the company needed to send people to the past.Of course, this kind of thing does not need to be the boss of Du Xiaoyuan, but Du Xiaoyuan said that he has never been to North Africa, but also want to see the country's customs and customs, so he took the task of delivery, driving the Toyota cruiser that he had just bought, came to Mbutt.

The purpose of Du Xiaoyuan coming to Mbutt was really not to experience the riots, but it happened that just after he delivered the goods and successfully assembled them to the damaged crane, the local riots occurred without warning, and more than a hundred Chinese, including him, were trapped in the construction site.

“Du, the situation is not good!”

Tan Wei listened to the local news on the radio and said to Du Xiaoyuan, who was sitting next to him, “This is not an ordinary riot, but a coup d’état in the whole of North Africa.”The president has fled and his whereabouts are unknown.There are two forces that want to control the State power, and now there is a firefight in several cities, and Mbutt is also a fighting ground, with thousands of people on both sides.”

“Fake off!”Du Xiaoyuan left his mouth and said, “Old Tan, I tell you, don’t believe this radio.”I have heard it said that when Africans fight, they like to be blind and swam to the sky with AK47, and thousands of people have fought for a week, and 10 casualties are considered a big battle."

“Is there such a thing?”Tan Wei was surprised.He is from a technical background, not too concerned about current affairs, at first glance Du Xiaoyuan this statement, feel very suspicious.

Du Xiaoyuan said, “Can I still cheat you?”I tell you, my sister is a journalist in Africa who specializes in war.My brother-in-law was a non-embassy military attaché.They told me a lot of times that the war was like that on the African side, and there was no need to be afraid at all.”

"Uh..." Tan Wei couldn't help but look at Du Xiaoyuan and muttered in his heart: What is not to be afraid at all, when the first shot was fired last night, you went from the bed to the ground in fear?Now that is, there are a lot of people watching the scene, and you pretend to be this disapproval, don't think I don't know that you pretended to see this little constructor Zhou Xiaoxiao.The little girl is beautiful, you look at the people as soon as you get to the construction site, but also look for all kinds of reasons to reluctant to go, otherwise you will not be trapped here.

These Tucao, Tan Wei naturally inconvenient to say.He told Du Xiaoyuan: "Mr. Du, now that Mbutt's communications have all been interrupted, we have no contact with the country, and we can't contact the embassy."In this case, what should we do?”

This is also very difficult for Tan Wei.The engineering team sent by Longshan Electric Factory has more than 100 people, and Tan Wei is the person in charge.Most of the young workers in the engineering team are some of the early 20's old-squatting boys, and Tan Wei did not dare to ask them.There were also several old workers, and Tan Wei communicated with them and found that they were more confused than themselves, and they also had no idea.Although Du Xiaoyuan is an outsider, after all, he has been opening a company in Africa for several years, some insight, and his age is relatively large and relatively mature, Tan Wei regarded him as a colleague who can discuss things.

“You mean the riots in North Africa won’t end in a moment?”Dudley asked.

Tan Wei said: "It seems that it can't be over in a short period of time.According to the radio, the two factions are evenly matched, and now the capital has been in full swing, and Mbutt has just opened, and it is expected that it will soon escalate.We are in the suburbs, only temporarily safe, and maybe soon it will be a battlefield.”

"If that's the case, let's get out of here."Dudley said without thinking.

“But where to go?Also, so many people, how to withdraw, if there is a flash on the road, how can I explain to the company."Tan Wei said with chagrin, he could already hear some crying in his nose.