"4 cents!"

"4 cents?!"

Zhang Feiyang was still shocked. He thought that Burundi's manpower would be cheap, but he didn't expect it to be so cheap!

These dozens of cart pushers only cost four yuan to push a hundred bicycles a day!

Allen's expression was a little awkward, but he felt relieved again. He said: "Mr. Zhang, this is not Yan Country. A monthly salary of 300 yuan is middle-class for our country."

"75% of people in our country can't even afford to eat, so we urgently need to develop the economy!"

Zhang Feiyang was stunned. Looking at the cart in front of him, whether it was a cart pusher who worked hard or a bicycle transporter who was sweating profusely on his head, he suddenly thought of our difficult 1960s and 1970s.

Wasn't we the same at that time?

Isn’t it also a human-powered tricycle to pull people and a unicycle to pull goods, and is it a step by step?

Bablu next to him has long been used to such a scene and introduced:

"These are the two-eight bars of our Phoenix Factory. Since the revision and sprayed polymer materials, the stability and load-bearing capacity of our two-eight bar frame have been significantly improved."

"Now with professional wear-resistant tires, it is not a big problem to carry 350 kilograms of cargo on weekdays, but the risk factor is too high!"

Hu Lai nodded. During the time they were staying, several phoenix bicycles came with bananas and palm fruits. Many people saw Hu Lai and Zhang Feiyang's strange faces and laughed enthusiastically to say hello.

Zhang Feiyang waved his hand and responded, and Bablu continued:

"Bananas are our staple food, which can be eaten or used to make wine. On weekdays, these bicycle transporters transport agricultural products from surrounding villages and markets to big cities."

"They are important means of transportation from rural to urban areas in our country. Generally speaking, the transportation distance of each bicycle transporter is about 30 kilometers."

"Of course, in addition to the goods we saw, some people also use bicycles to carry people, but only people can be seen in the city, which is similar to taxis."

Zhang Feiyang completely understood the importance of bicycles in Burundi and even the African continent.

For other countries, bicycles are ordinary means of transportation, while in Burundi, it is an absolute means of making a living.

The transportation of goods at the bottom of the country is almost always carried out by bicycles, which are money-saving human transportation methods.

Of course he couldn't ask why he didn't use a tricycle or a motorcycle to load a motorcycle. He might not have enough freight for tricycles, motorcycles, and cars.

Hu Lai had this information in his memory, and his feelings were not as deep as Zhang Feiyang.

The four of them delayed for a while and got in the car again. Zhang Feiyang felt a lot of emotion. Burundi official took the path of attracting investment, which was indeed the right path.

Foreign capital comes to build factories, not to mention anything else, at least it can solve local employment and bring a lot of foreign capital.

Only when these people who work in factories make money in the factory can they afford bicycles, motorcycles, and make more people rich. This is the real positive economic cycle!

Thinking of this, Zhang Feiyang has to admire how far-sighted the opening policy of Yan Country was.

soon.

Hu Lai and Zhang Feiyang came to the hotel arranged by Bablu. In the next two days, Allen almost inseparably accompanied Hu Lai and Zhang Feiyang for an inspection.

Allen introduced Hu Lai to relevant investment promotion policies, but the more they heard it, the more strange they felt.

It’s not because of the weird policies, but because these policies almost completely copy the economic development route of Yan’s country back then.

The two couldn't help but be curious about the official leader of Burundi, and also admired talents like Allen during the past two days of contact.

He studied in Yan Country for three years. With his experience and ability, he could stay in Yan Country or other countries to develop, but in the end, he returned to his hometown without hesitation, which is commendable!

On the last day, Hu Lai, Zhang Feiyang and Allen came to the last industrial park for on-site inspection.

After two days of investigation, Hu Lai and Zhang Feiyang were basically in their minds. The three of them walked into the industrial park together. Hu Lai did not avoid Alan and directly talked to Zhang Feiyang in Chinese.

"Feiyang, after watching these two days, what do you think of building a factory in Burundi?"

Zhang Feiyang nodded:

"Boss, although Burundi has poor purchasing power and cannot provide any sales at the moment, we do not expect the local market to be like in Burundi."

"More, I still hope to build Burundi into our Phoenix Bicycle production base in East Africa. Not only are the taxes and tariffs here low, but the labor costs are really too attractive."

"We can export semi-finished products from China and assemble them in Burundi, and finally radiate through Burundi to the entire East Africa. Assembling bicycles will not be too difficult for them."

Hu Lai's idea was the same, but he still reminded him:

"Feiyang, MQ-1 polymer materials are exported for restriction. We must make the frame parts in China and ship them over."

"However, Burundi has almost no industrial foundation and all parts need to be imported. You can ask Babru if he is willing to open a spare parts factory. We can purchase his bicycle spare parts."

"We will have a lot less trouble with locals like him."

After saying this, Hu Lai's thoughts returned to the points.

The main purpose of establishing a bicycle factory in Burundi was to earn points, but since he wanted to assemble the bicycle factory, can other products from Phoenix be assembled and sold together?

but……

Are the electric series products sold in Africa?

Hu Lai thought for a moment, but Zhang Feiyang's next words broke his worries:

"Boss, not only the bicycle 28-bar, but also our electric tricycle and electric motorcycles can also build a multi-function assembly factory."

"Although Burundi lacks electricity and almost all the traditional fuel-fueled electric vehicles on the road, the neighboring countries Rwanda and Tanzania have good demand for electric scooters and tricycles!"

"Our batteries do not need lithium batteries at all, just use secondary lead-acid batteries. Moreover, if the demand is large, we can also produce traditional fuel vehicles and bring vans and diesel pickup trucks to the East African continent.

There are no domestic environmental requirements!”

"Think about it, vans are running on this continent, and that's still very cool!"

Hu Lai couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and before he knew it, Zhang Feiyang also had a little capitalist smell.

However, he suddenly thought in his mind that when we just opened up in the 1980s and 1990s, wasn’t it the same?

In order to develop, something must be given up.

Thinking of this, Hu Lai suddenly remembered two aerodynamic experts and one fixed-wing aircraft expert whom he had obtained from Ermao’s home in the north.

When I was in China before, some things were too sensitive and there were too many materials to submit for approval. If Phoenix could really build an overseas base in East Africa in Burundi, then...

Some fixed-wing aircraft, even rockets, satellites, exoskeleton armored robots and other projects can be done.

Hu Lai narrowed his eyes and suddenly understood a lot of things in his heart.

With Phoenix's current size, once it decides to build an industrial base in Burundi, it may not be impossible to gain greater voice here?

And once you gain a huge voice here, then...

Do whatever you want?

While considering, the three of them had already entered the industrial park. The so-called industrial park was a flat open space with some simple factory buildings on the open space, and many places were not even paved with cement floors.

Zhang Feiyang didn't care about these infrastructures. When he saw two substation boxes not far away, he pointed it out to Hu Lai:

"Boss, you know that nothing else is wrong. In the end, it's the power supply..."

Yesterday the two had already learned about Burundi's electricity problem.

Burundi is now in a tight power supply, and the power supply in industrial parks cannot be fully guaranteed, but the most important and basic thing for a factory is electricity supply.

It can be said that a power outage is equivalent to a shutdown.

Allen's face suddenly became a little embarrassed, and he quickly said:

"That's right. Although our current power supply cannot be 24 hours a day, we are already negotiating with your Yanguo enterprises about the construction of power stations. Once the power station is built, the power problem in the industrial zone will be solved.

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"And Mr. Hu and Mr. Zhang are assured that the daily power consumption of the bicycle production line of Phoenix Factory will not be too high. We can equip several high-power generators as temporary power supplies."

dynamo?

If the Phoenix Factory is planning to expand its scale a little in Burundi, it will not only be limited to assembling bicycles, but the electricity required is not the same as generators, and I am afraid that the Burundi power grid will be difficult to meet!

Hu Lai and Zhang Feiyang knew it well. He patted Allen on the shoulder politely, then looked at Zhang Feiyang and said:

"I contacted Mr. Wang of BYD last night and asked related questions, and I got good news."

“Good news?”

Hu Lai didn't keep it in a silence:

"BYD's 'semi-solid-state lithium battery' is used to build energy storage power plants. "

"Using semi-solid lithium batteries not only stores more energy than the previous sodium ion battery power stations, but also has higher energy storage efficiency."

Energy storage power station?

Zhang Feiyang frowned. If there is an energy storage power station, it would be a solution.

But is it too expensive?

Zhang Feiyang thought about it, while Alan next to him was suddenly confused.

Hello.

Why did I feel a little confused as I talked about it?

You are just building a bicycle factory, what kind of energy storage power station are you building?
To be continued...