The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 149 The Main Responsibilities of the Third Transport Team

Jiang Cheng followed the clerk into the "warehouse", which was also the workplace of the new transport team. Inside, there were several rooms separated from each other, which looked OK. At least it was OK in this era.

In the room closest to the entrance of the workplace, there is a sign for the Third Transport Team.

Jiang Cheng looked at the sign, and his first thought was that he would be arranged by others in the future. Jiang Cheng hoped that this place would be discussed together, otherwise don't blame him for working with a negative attitude.

The clerk also took Jiang Cheng to the transport captain's room, which was rather simple, with a desk, a few stools, and a long chair. This kind of long chair can often be seen in barber shops, where you can sit with your back to the chair, and is also common in some parks in later generations.

"Captain Du, I'm here to bring someone to you. This is Master Jiang, the driver transferred from the bus station. He's a level three driver. Master Jiang is Captain Du from the third transport team of our headquarters. If you guys get to know each other, my mission will be accomplished."

In the transport room, there was a captain on duty, and the clerk introduced Jiang Cheng to Captain Du. Jiang Cheng had reported to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and he just needed to follow Captain Du's arrangements.

"Welcome, Master Jiang." When Captain Du saw Jiang Cheng, he immediately stretched out his hand with a smile and said.

Jiang Cheng looked at Captain Du in front of him and felt a bit overwhelmed, because Jiang Cheng had seen this person before, helping some leader repair a car last time. When he was watching the fun at first, he heard a master say that the structure of a car is different from that of a truck. Jiang Cheng just raised his mouth corners and didn't laugh out loud, but Captain Du said to him that he was laughing or something.

Jiang Cheng never thought that the man would be his future team leader, and the other party obviously recognized him, with a very enthusiastic expression when greeting him.

"Captain Du, I didn't expect that you are my superior." Jiang Cheng also stretched out his hand and shook hands with Captain Du.

"Don't say that. Actually, this is my first time as a captain. I can only say that I benefited from the expansion of the transport team. I was actually a driver for Transport Team 1 before." Captain Du said modestly.

He had seen Jiang Cheng's abilities before, and Jiang Cheng himself might not know that the leader he met last time was the general manager of their headquarters. Otherwise, he would not have asked the general manager for benefits. You should know that the general manager here is not at a low level, but at the department level.

In the captain's room, Jiang Cheng and Captain Du started chatting, and he got to know some of Captain Du's situation. Captain Du's name was Du Wei, and he had been a veteran driver in the transport team for more than ten years.

The addition of a new transport team meant that he was promoted to be the team leader. Although it was his first time as a team leader, he was at least familiar with the process, and it was reasonable to promote internal staff. You couldn't let a transferred driver be the team leader. That might make the internal staff dissatisfied.

The new transport team is not composed entirely of drivers transferred from outside. Two drivers are from the head office. One driver was transferred from Team 1 and Team 2 respectively, which frees up a position for Team 1 and Team 2 and allows internal apprentice drivers to take over.

As for other drivers, one reported in this morning. It was unlucky that he was forced to deliver goods in the morning as it was almost a holiday.

Jiang Cheng only arrived in the afternoon and it was almost three o'clock now. Otherwise, given the current situation at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Jiang Cheng would have been assigned work even if he had just reported in.

"Captain Du, I just came from the transport station. We are responsible for transportation here." Jiang Cheng asked.

"Transportation Team One is mainly responsible for delivering goods to the branches and county headquarters, and Team Two assists in distribution and purchasing. Our Team Three's main task at the moment is to convert foreign trade goods into domestic sales, followed by purchasing. But generally during the New Year and other holidays, we have to assist Team One in distributing goods to the branches." Captain Du replied.

Jiang Cheng nodded after hearing this, thinking that this was reasonable. At the time, Station Master Xu of the transportation station probably only knew some of the general situation and some of the work that the drivers were responsible for.

But if we really want to distribute the goods, purchase and transport the goods from outside to inside, it will be too chaotic. There is no need to divide them into three transport teams, just one large transport team will do.

Such a transport team focuses on one transport project, so at least the management will not be chaotic. However, it is almost Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is normal to help distribute goods now.

Some goods will be supplied in advance a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and those goods must be delivered in advance by the transport team. Only in this way can the branches below calculate in advance how much limited supply goods a household can buy. For example, in addition to mooncakes, eggs will definitely be supplied during the Mid-Autumn Festival. People will line up with their food books to buy eggs, and they have to calculate how much they can buy.

According to Captain Du, Jiang Cheng will come here tomorrow to distribute the goods. They will mainly distribute goods for the festival, and other goods do not need the new transportation team to worry about.

"Captain Du, you said that there are statisticians following the vehicles for distribution, and there are buyers following the vehicles for outbound purchases. So when we go to convert products from foreign trade to domestic sales, what kind of personnel should be following the vehicles?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"The number of goods being transported from outside to inside has actually increased in the past few years. I used to be in Team 1, and I've never transported goods from outside to inside. Team 2 was originally responsible for it, and there should have been no one following the vehicle. We can just take the list of goods to be shipped back to some ports or stations and pick them up." Captain Du said, seeming a little unfamiliar with the business.

There's no one following the vehicle, and the Supply and Marketing Cooperative won't check if you take a detour or anything like that. The only downside is that you can't choose the transportation route like you can at the transportation station.

Sometimes when there is a lot of cargo, several vehicles may be sent together. But most of the time, it is only one vehicle, unless it is a commodity like a bicycle, which takes up space and one vehicle cannot bring back much.

"Then can I just come over tomorrow and wait for the arrangements?" Jiang Cheng asked again. His wife was still waiting for him in the supply and marketing cooperative in front. If nothing else, he planned to go back to accompany his wife. Now his wife is pregnant.

"Well, Master Jiang, you are now considered an employee. See that row of cars outside? You can pick one first. I will register your information here and you can manage the car you picked yourself." Captain Du said.

"Captain, if I manage the car myself, can I drive the car home? During the break, someone will drive the car." Jiang Cheng became interested when he heard that he could manage the car himself.

"It's not that I can't drive the car home, but I rarely drive it back when I'm in the first team. The main reason is that there are statisticians following the car when I'm in the first team, and I have to send the statisticians back every time before I get off work. If you don't think it's too much trouble, you can drive the car back today."

Captain Du said that he lived in the office building of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, which was not far from here, and it was more convenient and easier to walk to and from get off work than to drive.

As for how to arrange the cars during the break, Jiang Cheng said that it would naturally be placed on the transport team's side. The third transport team might have a one-to-one ratio of drivers to cars, but the first team had many backup drivers.

The backup drivers are basically trained internally. If a driver is on break, the transport team leader will report it. A backup driver will come over immediately to deliver goods, but they are basically delivering goods within the city, because the driver may only take a day or two off, and will not let others drive to other places.

Anyway, just park for people but not for the car. If you need to take a rest, don't leave your personal belongings in the car.

Jiang Cheng didn't hesitate and took a few car keys to test drive the car. He either drove it for a lap or started the engine to listen to see if there were any unusual noises.

Listening for unusual noises can only help you determine if there are any major problems. If there are any hidden minor problems, no amount of technology will be able to detect them.

After picking a car, Captain Du told him to go to the logistics department first when he returned to get the driver's uniform from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Even though Jiang Cheng had only received the uniform from the transport station two months ago, he still got a new one. After all, even if the uniform style was the same, each unit had different words on it.

Jiang Cheng was delighted to hear that new work clothes and labor protection supplies were being distributed. It took several people to save up enough cloth coupons for a set of clothes for others in a year. Jiang Cheng got two sets of work clothes at the bus station, and he could get more clothes here.

At that time, I could take my work clothes from the bus station and alter them to a smaller size, remove the bus station logo, and then give it to Zhou Lingying. But now Zhou Lingying is pregnant, and in a few months her belly will grow bigger and she will need to wear loose clothes, so there is no rush to alter the clothes to a smaller size. I can just remove the bus station logo and fold the sleeves to make them shorter.

Driving a Jiefang truck, Jiang Cheng drove out from the side door where he unloaded goods last time. He found Zhou Lingying in the supply and marketing cooperative and asked her to wait for a while while he went to the logistics department to get his work clothes before going back.

(End of this chapter)