Chapter 405 A Serious Conversation
The Ministry of Armed Forces had already contacted Zeng Qiang before arriving and arranged for a staff officer to bring them here, so Zeng Qiang and several middle managers were already waiting.
The military vehicle entered the gate, and except for Staff Officer Liao, who had been here before, the three people were observing the layout of the base.
"The smell of the army."
"Yes, looking at the training of those people, although there are certain changes, they are still derived from the army."
The car stopped and the three people got out. Zeng Qiang had already brought a few middle-level managers to greet them.
"Thank you, Staff Officer Liao, for your visit and guidance. Thank you for your hard work!"
After Staff Officer Liao of the Ministry of Armed Forces shook hands with Zeng Qiang, he did not introduce Huo, Xu, and Zhao in casual clothes to Zeng Qiang. This made Zeng Qiang a little confused. Could it be that they were just staff sent by the government?
But it didn't look like them. Judging from their temperament, Zeng Qiang felt that they were soldiers.
But he didn't think too much about it, he could just cope with the changes by staying the same.
This is not the first time that Staff Officer Liao and Zeng Qiang have met. After all, they must pay more attention to the unit that recruits the most veterans.
After asking some polite questions such as whether they had any difficulties and needed help, Xu, Zhao, and Huo winked at Staff Liao, and Staff Liao said seriously:
"Mr. Zeng, we want to talk to you alone!"
Hearing what Staff Liao said, Zeng Qiang nodded, and then several middle managers nodded. Within 10 seconds, there were only 5 people left in the office.
At this time, one of the people in casual clothes who had been acting as an entourage said to the man who went to the airport to pick him up yesterday:
"Lao Huo, you and Staff Liao go outside and take a look!"
Staff Officer Liao was stunned. The three of them were not led by Lao Huo. He was startled, as if he had realized something, a look of shock appeared on his face, and then he nodded and stood up on his own initiative.
After Staff Officer Liao walked out, Xu and Zhao took out various instruments from their bags and checked them in the room.
Zeng Qiang saw all this. He knew that this was checking whether there were bugs, recording equipment, etc. It seemed that the content of this conversation was very sensitive.
Zeng Qiang was beating a drum in his heart. Although he is the boss now, he was just a squad leader in the army before. Although the military branch is quite special.
But it is obvious that Staff Liao has no say in front of these three people. You must know that Staff Liao is a major!
However, after following Chen Changliu for so long, I dare not say that others are no longer the same in terms of concentration and concentration.
After Xu and Zhao put away all the instruments, he smiled bitterly and said:
"Two chiefs, what are you doing?"
The man who spoke just now smiled and waved his hands:
"You must have questions. My surname is Xu and his surname is Zhao. We are the General Staff 2..."
Before he finished speaking, Zeng Qiang interrupted with a serious face:
"Chief, I'm sorry, I shouldn't interrupt you, but forgive me, I really don't want to know your identities. After all, knowing too much will not be good for me or the public security!"
"Hahaha, refreshing, this is the character you should have. I thought you had changed after being the boss for a long time?"
Zeng Qiang might not have been able to understand the meaning of this sentence before, but how could he not understand it now.
"Chief, you can say that it has changed, or you can say that it has not changed!
How to put it, just like Zhao Haoran said to you, my patriotic heart has not changed, but my role has changed now. I am now just leading a group of brothers who are not very adapted to social life. Just looking for food! "
Xu and Zhao looked at each other, with a hint of helplessness in their eyes.
"Zeng Qiang, we haven't told you our reasons yet, don't you want to hear it?"
"From the information fed back by Zhao Haoran, I know what you want us to do, but we are not a mercenary organization or a military contractor, so there are some things we cannot do."
Zeng Qiang knew it very well, and he also understood the reason why Chen Changliu didn't want to make Zhongan Security bigger.
If Zhao Er hadn't caused a lot of things on his own, especially the incident where all employees in the African branch were armed with guns, Zhongan Insurance might have only been responsible for the safety protection of the flower growers until now.
He understood better why Chen Changliu, as the boss, repeatedly emphasized that they were a security company, not mercenaries.
Because mercenaries will definitely be involved in politics, wouldn't trouble arise now?
After hearing Zeng Qiang's words, the man named Xu in plain clothes said:
"I know your concerns, but now that you have security guards in many African countries, many things will be very convenient, and it is not free. We will have special funds."
Zeng Qiang shook his head and said:
“It’s not about money or lack of ability, it’s about not being able to do it.
Because there are hundreds of families, and they all bear the heavy responsibility of raising parents or raising wives and children. They have already hit a wall in society. When they hit a wall, they did not bother the country.
So now that we have just gotten better and have a way out, I don't want to change.
You know, if we are involved and there is no airtight wall, then it is very likely that our business in Africa will be difficult to continue to develop and will be targeted by others.
After all, to be honest, these guys in Africa are unreliable, and they can turn against us faster than turning over a book. If we are recognized as mercenaries and military contractors, do you think Da Mao, Eagle Sauce, and Rooster will let us go unchecked?
Why do we only accept business from Chinese companies now?
First, because the original intention of our establishment is to protect our compatriots from being bullied abroad.
Second, it is restricted by the mercenary organizations of those countries in Africa! "
Xu and Zhao were helpless. They knew that Zeng Qiang was right, but if the department secretly organized Zhongan Baoquan, then there would be an open representative, and many things would be much easier to handle.
It's not that they didn't think about developing themselves before, but as Zeng Qiang said, they were excluded!
Zhongan Baoquan is a strange thing. When it first appeared in Africa, it was just a small security branch to protect the family and property of the flower growers, so these people didn't notice it.
But it has expanded rapidly in the past few months and has actually reached a certain scale. Now there are more than 300 people in Africa.
And And they have taken on security work for many factories opened by Chinese, so they have already established a firm foothold.
More importantly, their backgrounds are very innocent, without any connection to politics, so they have not been excluded.
After all, if such a large organization is linked to politics, those people cannot fail to find any clues.
It is precisely because of this that they have entered the sight of the two departments.
But the first contact with Zhao Er and Zhao Haoran was rejected, and now contacting the largest shareholder of this security company, it seems that he is still rejected.
"Zeng Qiang, is it because of Chen Changliu?"
Zeng Qiang shook his head, "This has nothing to do with Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen and Zhongan Security are just employment relations.
Of course, it was Mr. Chen who helped us set up the security company in the early stage, but later Mr. Chen gave all the shares to us, and he has completely withdrawn from Zhongan Security.
So this has nothing to do with him! "
Xu and Zhao looked at Zeng Qiang deeply, and at the same time admired the vision and skills of Chen Changliu, who was only in his early 20s.
They must have checked it. Chen Changliu withdrew from Zhongan Baoquan when Zhongan Baoquan began to expand its scale in Africa. They would never believe that Chen Changliu really withdrew.
Although the shares are indeed in the hands of Zeng Qiang and other management, they just don't believe it.
PS: The typos will be updated first and then corrected.