Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 71 Huyang Express Line is officially put into operation
He invited eight people to have lunch at a restaurant and asked them to go for a walk around the town together. He reminded them to be careful and to run back to their residence if they encountered any situation. He then went to talk to Mr. Huang about selling tickets.

Mr. Huang’s full name is Huang Huasheng, and the person he introduced was his apprentice’s younger brother, Guo Shaomin.

Guo Shaomin just returned to the city from the countryside last year. Since he only has a junior high school education, he has not been able to find a stable job. He currently works odd jobs at the dock, carrying packages and pulling carts. Sometimes he can earn some money from these jobs, but most of the time he is forced to pay a low price because he competes with others for the work, and his salary is only enough to cover his living expenses.

At that time, Mr. Huang thought of asking him to help Wang Jiankun's shipping team sell tickets. This job was easy and relatively stable. As long as the shipping team continued to operate, there would be no need to worry about not getting paid.

The three chatted in the canteen at the dock. When they met, Guo Shaomin took the initiative to greet them: "Hello, Boss Wang. I am Guo Shaomin. I graduated from junior high school and I am 22 years old this year. Please give me a chance and I will do my best."

Wang Jiankun saw that he spoke fluently and did not show any reservedness as if meeting a stranger, so he thought that selling tickets would be a suitable job for him.

"Hello, Mr. Huang introduced you. I hope you won't waste this opportunity. I see you have experienced hardships in life. I hope you can be responsible and patient with customers in the future. Don't be as condescending as the employees of the state-owned transportation company."

"Boss Wang, I will do my job selling tickets well and will not fight back when I am hit or scolded."

"That's not the case. We still have to serve reasonable customers patiently. As for unreasonable ones, we won't tolerate them. At worst, we will just not do business with them."

"Boss Wang, do I only need to sell passenger tickets? Can you introduce cargo transportation?"

"I didn't expect you to get into the role so quickly. Now, let me tell you about the job content and benefits. Your base salary is 15 yuan a month. You work 1 days a month. You will get a commission on the tickets you sell. The current preliminary rate is 26 points of the ticket price. It will be adjusted after 2 months of work. At least your monthly income will be guaranteed to be no less than 2 yuan."

"That's great. I agree. When do you want to start work?"

"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet. As for the freight you mentioned just now, we are currently mainly engaged in the transportation from Hukou Town to Yangzhou. You can find a boss here who wants to transport goods from here to the Yangzhou Canal Gate. After the trial voyage, I will calculate the cost and give you a basic freight rate. You can negotiate a higher price, but it cannot be lower than the freight rate. You still get commissions. Counting the income from selling passenger tickets, you should have a monthly income of 8 or 90. If you are good at talking and contact a lot of goods, it is not a problem to earn over a month."

When Guo Shaomin heard that he might have the potential to earn so much in the future, he was so excited that he couldn't wait to start working.

Mr. Huang was also very happy that he found a good job for his apprentice's younger brother. If the salary is really that high in the future, Guo Shaomin will earn much more than him every month, more than twice as much as his apprentice.

Wang Jiankun then talked about the preparatory work that Guo Shaomin had to do in the near future, such as buying chairs and stools, wooden boards for hanging signs, and also learning the charter of the Wang's Transport Team, ticket sales and contracting work specifications.

The internship salary will be 1 yuan a day starting from tomorrow. We will have to find a place to build a ticket booth at the pier. It will depend on Mr. Huang to go there. The ticket booth can be made mobile and can be pushed back home at night.

Mr. Huang said that this was not a problem, but he just had to give some kickbacks to the dock.

Wang Jiankun asked Mr. Huang to go and talk to him first. As the shipping company develops in the future, it will open routes to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. By then, there will be more customers coming to Hukou for transit. The wharf can open more shops selling food and specialties. If the workers don't want to work there, they can rent the jobs to their relatives and friends, and the wharf can collect rent.

When Mr. Huang heard this, he thought it was indeed a good idea. With the increase in private transportation this year, the passenger flow at the pier has increased significantly. He said that he would try to set up Wang Jiankun's ticket booth at the pier for free.

After the discussion, Wang Jiankun came to the dock. At this time, the eight people from the team had all boarded Experiment No. 8. Wang Jiankun asked them to get off the boat and took them to C2 not far away.

On the road, eight people walked in two rows with relatively consistent steps. This was the result of training with the help of truck driver Dong Zhenjun. This was also to cultivate their organization and obedience. Otherwise, if the young men were not restrained, they would become more and more wild outside.

The shipping team's charter also has requirements for daily words and deeds, and refers to some military management regulations to implement semi-military management.

When they arrived at the berth of C200, Wang Jiankun explained the data of the ship to the eight people and told them that two groups of people would be responsible for operating this ship in the future. Several people looked at the ship, which was a circle larger than Experiment 8, and found it a bit hard to accept. They didn't know when Wang Jiankun became so amazing that he could get such a big ship and teach them how to operate it.

The eight people stood in a row and listened to Wang Jiankun's explanation, and gradually they got to know more about the ship.

After the explanation, Wang Jiankun took them on board and showed them the engine room floor by floor.

After watching it, we did not start this ship, because the driving procedures and the equipment on board are almost the same as Experimental No. 2. It would be better to use Experimental No. 2 for training, and let them use this ship for sea trials after they are proficient.

In the afternoon, the eight people were asked to drive the boat back to Sizhou Town according to the previous training. During this time, Wang Jiankun turned off the electronic map and asked them to look at the paper map and use the compass and sextant to locate on Poyang Lake.

In the future, Wang Jiankun will lock up the electronic map on the C200, because this technology is relatively advanced. There are reference objects along the way when sailing in the Yangtze River, as well as text and machine communications, which are more than enough for captains to identify directions.

As for the section between Sizhou Town and Hukou Town, electronic maps can still be used, but the ability to use a compass and a satellite to identify directions is still required. If a maritime transport team is established in the future, this skill will be even more desirable.

On the way back, Wang Yongjin mastered the use of the compass and sextant the fastest, which was also related to his best sense of direction in the previous test. Next was Wang Huawei and Wang Zhaowei, who took more than an hour to master it. The rest of them just had a clue. Wang Jiankun was not in a hurry. He said they would need to practice many times in the future and he would make sure to teach them.

It was already past 6 o'clock when they returned to the Sizhou Town Pier. Wang Jiankun asked the eight of them to go to the pier to buy some food to cook on the boat. There was a small kitchen on the boat with seasonings and a stove. Wang Jiankun was thoughtful and used a gas tank and a gas stove.

After simply teaching them how to use the gas stove and explaining the relevant precautions twice, Wang Jiankun drove the speedboat away from Sizhou Town.

Wang Jiankun has made clear arrangements for the eight people tomorrow. They have to do physical exercise in the morning, cook their own meals, and then study and consolidate what they have been taught today. In the afternoon, Wang Yongjin will be the captain, assisted by Wang Zhaowei and Wang Huawei. The three of them will work together to drive the boat from Sizhou Town to Poyang County, and then return to Sizhou Town without stopping there.

The other five people simulated and practiced various tasks according to their job assignments. Wang Jiankun will come back tomorrow night to teach them about night navigation and how to determine the direction.

For the next three days, Wang Jiankun went to school for exams during the day and returned to Sizhou Town at night to teach them how to navigate and determine directions at night. He sailed for four hours every night, going back and forth from Sizhou Town to Poyang County.

Basically, the three captains and two first mates have the ability to drive and identify directions. The two first mates also have a basic understanding of the various machines and equipment in the engine room, but there is still a lot to learn in order to deal with faults.

The products manufactured by Wang Jiankun are not easy to break down at present, and the role of the first mate is not in this aspect. He is mainly trained as a reserve captain. After a while, he will recruit some people with higher cultural level to form a maintenance team, responsible for the maintenance of the fleet.

At present, state-owned transportation companies have trained a large number of apprentices. They are not on the payroll, have very low wages and can only work on their own. They only keep themselves by holding the carrot of becoming regular employees in the future.

However, Wang Jiankun believes that he should be able to dig out these people after some time. After all, there are more and more examples of people making money and getting rich around him now, and there will always be people who are unwilling to give up the carrot that they don’t know when they will be able to eat.

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December 1981, 11

At daybreak, Wang Jiankun woke up the eight people on the boat, asked them to get off the boat and do some warm-up exercises at the dock, and then get on board to cook while sailing towards Hukou Town.

After arriving at Hukou Town, everyone finished breakfast. Wang Jiankun led the eight people out of Experiment No. 8 and walked towards C2.

Mr. Huang was already waiting at the dock. Today was Saturday and he had swapped shifts with others. He was going to take Wang Jiankun's boat to Nanjing to visit his beloved grandson.

Originally, Wang Jiankun didn't want to bring outsiders during the testing phase, but Mr. Huang kept helping, and he had a wide network of contacts. His son was also a small leader at the dock in Nanjing, and he would need more help in the future, so he made an exception and brought him along this time.

Before boarding the ship, Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to lock up the electronic maps and other things, because if they were seen by outsiders, he would have difficulty explaining it. Mr. Huang was knowledgeable and if he saw it and talked about it with others, it would cause unnecessary trouble for Wang Jiankun.

After getting on the ship, Wang Jiankun gave Mr. Huang a brief explanation of the ship. The cab looked relatively simple, and the decoration material was aluminum alloy, which looked quite high-end, much more upscale than the iron or wooden ones used on current state-owned transport ships.

The rooms downstairs also look quite high-end. Wang Jiankun designed them based on the soft sleeper rooms on trains, mainly to serve wealthy passengers.

There are also seats and standing seats, but not many, because Wang Jiankun hopes that more people will take long-distance trips, and short-distance passengers will be left to other shipping. In the future, the shipping fleet will mainly stop at Hukou, Anqing, Nanjing, and Yangzhou. Other cities along the river will be considered for more after a large number of captains are trained and maintenance teams are established.

This time, when driving the C200, Wang Jiankun let Wang Yongjin take the helm as captain, and he assisted from the side.

Wang Yongjin is braver than the others, so he has more opportunities to take the plunge than the other two captains and is already quite skilled at entering and exiting berths.

Wang Jiankun watched him successfully drive the C200 out of the berth, and his heart finally settled down.

The subsequent voyage on the Yangtze River was relatively smooth. After arriving in Anqing, Wang Jiankun asked Wang Huawei to take over the mooring operation. Seeing him bumping and banging the boat when mooring, Wang Jiankun was very worried. This had not happened when he moored Experiment No. 2 before. Fortunately, many tires were placed on the side to act as a buffer, otherwise the boat would have been more than just broken.

In order to encourage them, Wang Jiankun did not want to be too harsh on them, for fear that they would be even more afraid to take action in the future. The ship stopped at the dock to rest for a while. Wang Jiankun asked Mr. Huang to help introduce a dock worker. Both he and Mr. Huang were dispatched from the previous Nanjing Port, so they were somewhat familiar with each other.

Wang Jiankun made an agreement with the dock worker in Anqing to ask him to help introduce someone to sell boat tickets and he would get a commission based on the ticket price. He would definitely not miss this opportunity to do him a favor and said that he could find one today and bring someone to take a look when he returns tomorrow and decide if it’s suitable.

When leaving the berth, Wang Huawei was still at the helm, with Wang Jiankun giving reminders from time to time. Because the C200 is dozens of tons heavier than Experiment 2, the rudder's speed and angle control must be controlled with more advance notice, otherwise it would be difficult to avoid collisions or even crashes into the dock.

After leaving Anqing, it took more than 2 hours to reach Nanjing. It was 5 pm at this time. Mr. Huang got off the boat here and told Wang Jiankun to wait for him here at this time tomorrow afternoon. He helped introduce his son to him and also introduced him to a ticket seller.

Because it was a trial voyage, Wang Jiankun directly confiscated his money. Originally, the ticket for a state-owned ship from Hukou cost 12 yuan, and the journey would take more than 9 hours, at least 24 hours. As their ship was slow and stopped at many ports, it took a lot of time to enter and exit the ports and pick up and drop off passengers.

When leaving the Nanjing berth, Wang Jiankun replaced Wang Zhaowei with the driver. He may have learned from his cousin's lesson, so he drove more slowly and at a slightly slower speed, not as decisively as Wang Yongjin.

But it is fine as long as it can be driven safely without collisions, and it will be fine once you become proficient in it. It is very close from Nanjing to Yangzhou, and it only takes more than an hour to get there. When entering the canal, Wang Jiankun was on the side, checking and asking Wang Zhaowei to slow down according to the canal navigation requirements, and carefully drive through the lock to the Fanjia Town Wharf.

After the boat stopped at the dock, Wang Jiankun asked everyone to get off the boat and took them to the market to buy some ingredients and seasonings. Then they went to the house by the canal and asked Wang Yongjin to cook and eat with them. He then went to Hu Yuefei's house to talk to him about future arrangements.

"Brother Wang, you are here. Come on, the food has just been served. Let's have a drink together."

"Okay, my apprentice will be driving the boat this time, so let's have some drinks. I'm just worried that you, Brother Hu, might get drunk."

"Let's drink less. We'll each take half of the 2 kilograms of rice wine."

"Okay, one pound per person is just right."

The two chatted while drinking and talked about the lighter.

"Brother Wang, I have sold all the goods from last time. The market is good this week. Can I take the goods you stored by the old canal tomorrow?"

"Sure, but Boss Ge should leave some for him. After my shipping team starts its trial run next week, we can ship a batch here every day."

"Oh, your shipping team is about to open? When can you start shipping goods?"

"I will start the trial operation next week, mainly transporting my own lighters. I will take on other people and goods transportation after I become more proficient in the operation."

"What's the big deal? Your cargo is safe, and mine won't be in trouble either, right? I have 20 tons of copper and 5 tons of zinc to be shipped from Dexing Copper Mine next week. I'll send a telegram to Xiao Du tomorrow and ask him not to help me find a ship to ship them. I'll let you do the shipping directly."

"Well, that's fine. My boat has a crane. Please ask Boss Du to pack it in wooden boxes. Then we can directly lift it to and from the dock, which can save a lot of transportation fees."

"Okay, since your ship can directly transport goods, your shipping team will definitely have good business. I will promote you here later, and many bosses will choose your fleet to transport goods."

"Thank you very much, Boss Hu. I'll finish this bowl and I'll give you a 50% discount on the shipping fee for your shipment next week."

"Thank you, Brother Wang. Let's work together. I wish your business prospers."

The two drank until 8 o'clock, and Wang Jiankun left after drinking sobering tea at Hu Yuefei's house.

That night, Wang Jingkun led 8 people from Yangzhou and drove all the way to Hukou Town without stopping. Wang Jiankun stayed in the cockpit the whole time and asked the 8 people to take turns in groups of two to go to the cockpit to learn how to navigate the Yangtze River at night.

The next morning at 8 o'clock, we arrived at Hukou Town. The eight of us had a simple breakfast, filled up our cars with diesel at a local gas station, and then set off for Yangzhou again.

At Anqing Wharf, Wang Jiankun met with the ticket seller he introduced and talked to him about the work and salary. Both parties decided to give it a try first. In this way, the ticket sales problem at Anqing Wharf was temporarily solved.

After arriving in Nanjing, Mr. Huang introduced him to his son Huang Zhongmin, who is currently a team leader at the passenger terminal. With Mr. Huang's introduction, the two quickly became familiar with each other. Huang Zhongmin said that there is no need to worry about the Nanjing terminal in the future, and to find him if there is any problem. He will introduce a reliable person to sell tickets, and the conditions will be the same as those of other people.

Wang Jiankun expressed his gratitude and introduced his eight subordinates to Huang Zhongmin one by one, saying that these people would be the ones to operate the ship in the future and he would be the coordinator.

After arriving in Yangzhou, Wang Jiankun got off the boat and met with the ticket seller introduced by Hu Yuefei. After negotiating the job and salary, he took his people away and headed for Hukou.

After several days of intensive driving training, the three captains and two first mates were able to sail the Yangtze River with ease, and the three waiters also became more proficient in their work on the ship.

On the return trip, Wang Jiankun did not stay in the cockpit. Instead, he asked eight people to take turns driving and assisting in groups of two, while he returned to the lounge to rest.

In the next two weeks, Wang Jiankun asked Wang Yongjin and Wang Zhaowei to be the captains of C200, with two first mates and two pilots accompanying them. They set out from Hukou Town during the day and returned from Yangzhou at night, conducting a high-intensity trial run.

Wang Huawei and one of the waiters used Experimental No. 2 to travel the waterway from Sizhou Town to Hukou Town.

During the trial run, the cargo mainly consisted of Wang Jiankun's own lighters and the cargo of several bosses introduced by Hu Yuefei. Although there were not shipments every day, there was still a batch every other day. Gradually, the news that Wang's Shipping had a fast transportation speed and saved handling costs spread in Yangzhou and even Jiangsu Province, and they were waiting for Wang Jiankun to officially open the transportation line.

There were also some sporadic passengers who started to take the passenger transport, all of whom were acquaintances of the ticket sellers at the four ports. During the trial run, Wang Jiankun's transportation class was mainly for running-in, so that the waiters and ticket sellers could become familiar with the business, and they were also required to inform each other of messages in time using text machines to avoid overselling of tickets or a large number of tickets left over.

Because he did not know the passenger flow at each terminal, Wang Jiankun allocated the ticket sales to each terminal according to the ratio of 3:2:2:3. However, this was certainly not the same every day. This required the cooperation of the waiters on the ship and the ticket sellers at the terminal to count the number of passengers and the arrival locations in order to adjust the ticket sales in a timely manner.

For this purpose, Wang Jiankun specially made a large-screen text machine that can only input information on quantity and arrival port.

Give this text machine to ticket sellers and waiters, so that they can fill in the ticket sales and arrival status of each port in time.

The ticket money and commission rewards will be calculated according to the information filled in, which makes it convenient for Wang Jiankun to grasp the financial data in a timely manner, because all the data will eventually be summarized in Wang Jiankun’s underground base in Wuyuan.

On January 1982, 1, Wang Jiankun held a founding ceremony for the Wang’s Transport Team at the Hukou Town Wharf, and the rapid transportation line from Hukou to Yangzhou was officially opened.

Both my father and grandfather came. They represented the Wangjia Production Team and stated that this transport team was a collective enterprise. Mr. Huang waited patiently and participated in the establishment ceremony. He would then set off for Nanjing on the ship.

(End of this chapter)