The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 261: Can't Remember Serious Poems

Lichuan Deshengguan Farm is known as "Little Shanghai". It was no joke when it was glorious, but it had a lot to do with the background of the times.

The main reason is that the personnel structure here was originally mostly cadres who went to the countryside, educated youth from Shanghai and Yangzhou, and a large number of demobilized soldiers.

In the planned economy era, many people wanted to come here because some people were destined to go to the countryside, so it was better to develop here.

But since last year, many people have returned to the city. The situation here will be that only people will leave in the future, and no one will be willing to come to such a place that is almost a "ravine".

Jiang Cheng has witnessed its glory, and will also witness with his own eyes how it will transform from a reclamation farm into an ordinary tourist attraction town.

On the morning of March 4th, a fine drizzle was falling outside.

Jiang Cheng is leaving for Guangzhou today. He went to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative yesterday and talked to Song Wei about it. He will drive over to pick him up when he leaves.

Looking at the drizzle outside the corridor, it is already spring. Jiang Cheng sighed with emotion and wanted to recite a poem, but he thought it was better not to do so given his level.

Influenced by the education of later generations, Jiang Cheng could only interpret poems distortedly.

In this poem, in the eyes of some unserious people, the meaning is different.

At around nine o'clock, Song Wei came to Jiang Cheng to pick him up. It took three days to get to Guangzhou, and Jiang Cheng and Song Wei each drove for half a day, which was more than Song Wei could ask for, and he had a companion to chat with on the way.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the two were about to arrive at the reclamation farm in Lichuan.

"Jiang Cheng, who do you know here? Thank you for treating me to good food and wine. This is Deshengguan Reclamation Farm." Song Wei said with a smile while driving.

"That is, you can take your car. If you drive my car here and wait until you arrive at the gate of the farm, no one will check and you will be allowed to pass directly. Guangzhou is my exclusive route, not to mention that there is a farm here. Have you read the newspaper? Bao'an County has become SZ City. Next time I will take you to the SZ City Security Bureau for a free meal." Jiang Cheng said with a smile while sitting in the passenger seat.

When Song Wei heard Jiang Cheng say this, he also laughed. Going to the Public Security Bureau to eat a free meal, that means he was locked up in the police station. So now that he met Jiang Cheng, he was just joking. Just think that he has something to do at the reclamation farm, so he can just accompany him here.

We chatted along the way until we reached the reclamation farm. Because this is a comprehensive farm, even a county road has been built with cement roads.

Arriving at the gate of the reclamation farm, Song Wei thought he had to get off the car to register. But when Jiang Cheng stuck his head out of the car window and waved to the guard, he was allowed to pass.

If they had not worked in the same unit for more than six years, Song Wei would have thought Jiang Cheng was an employee of the reclamation farm just by his attitude.

Soon, according to Jiang Cheng's instructions, Song Wei drove the car to the special reception desk of the reclamation farm.

Because of the special relationship with the founder of the reclamation farm, the reception desk here is of very high standards and is built in a very nice style.

"The duck stewed by the chef in the kitchen here is very good. Let's have a plate of braised pork and some vegetables. We'll have a drink later. I won't be working in the company anymore, so it won't be easy to see you old colleagues." Jiang Cheng greeted with a smile.

"Jiang Cheng, you wouldn't have been working here for a long time and just quit your job at our Supply and Marketing Cooperative." Song Wei was really a little shocked at this time.

If Jiang Cheng could really get those foods just by saying hello, purely relying on his connections, then his connections must be very strong.

"Didn't I tell you on the way here? Just listen to my instructions when you get here. When we get to SZ City, I can take you to the Public Security Bureau for dinner."

Jiang Cheng repeated what he had said on the road before, and Song Wei also reacted at this time. Jiang Cheng was not joking about going to the police station to eat free prison food. He really went to someone's living room to eat, the kind that has connections.

Song Wei used to go to Xiamen frequently, but changed his route because of Jiang Cheng's resignation. It was closer, but he followed Jiang Cheng's suggestion that the weather was good when it was cold in Guangzhou, and he could really buy vegetables in winter.

Song Wei didn't expect Jiang Cheng to have so many connections in the transportation business. He had been in Xiamen for six years and was familiar with some restaurants. He would often go to some supply and marketing cooperatives to buy cigarettes, and the people in the guesthouses knew him. But those connections were nothing compared to Jiang Cheng's.

Jiang Cheng asked Song Wei to sit at the reception desk first, and then he went to the cafeteria alone.

More than ten minutes later, Jiang Cheng returned to the reception desk with a plate of peanuts and chatted with Song Wei.

"Jiang Cheng, you're quitting your job now. Are you planning to come back after your wife has another child?" Song Wei asked while eating some peanuts in his hand.

With Jiang Cheng's skills and qualifications, plus his relationship with his former boss Ouyang Chengfeng, many people in the company thought that his resignation now was a delaying tactic. After all, he can drive and has good skills, so he is still very popular. Many companies can recruit him as a technical talent introduction, unlike some people who can only wait for the superiors to arrange a job for him.

"Old Song, you don't have to worry about me. I have already made arrangements for my work. I am going to Shenzhen this time to take care of my work. I will not drive a truck but a car." Jiang Cheng said.

"Going to Shenzhen to drive a car and drive for the leader of the Public Security Bureau?" Song Wei asked in surprise. Thinking about what Jiang Cheng said just now that he could take him to dinner at the Public Security Bureau, he naturally thought that he was going there to drive for the leader.

"That's not the case. I'm going to drive for a foreign-funded enterprise. The work is easy, and I get a holiday when they are not in the country. I only need to work more than ten days a month, and the salary is 150 yuan. Lao Song, are you interested in working for a foreign-funded enterprise in Shenzhen? I can help you find a fleet management job, with a guaranteed monthly salary of 300 yuan." Jiang Cheng said with a smile.

Jiang Cheng wants to build a meatball processing factory and a Jiangdonglai shopping mall in Shenzhen, so he will definitely need to form a fleet. The person who manages the fleet can have driving experience, but mainly needs to have good character and be responsible for the work. It doesn't matter if you don't have management experience, because some things can be cultivated.

Jiang Cheng felt that Song Wei's character was acceptable. He was originally a driver for a leader and generally people with good character were not bad.

When Song Wei heard that the monthly salary was 300 yuan, he was actually tempted.

But he did not agree to Jiang Cheng. His current salary plus subsidies, plus helping others to carry some goods, was only more than 100 yuan. The reason why Song Wei did not agree was that the unit Jiang Cheng mentioned was not a state-owned enterprise, but a private one, belonging to a capitalist.

Not to mention now, even in a few years, many companies will start to be responsible for their own profits and losses. If they can't pay their wages, workers in many places will not be willing to work for private enterprises.

The reason is very simple. Private enterprises do not want idlers, and there is no such thing as a permanent job. This job is also a kind of wealth for everyone, which can be inherited or resold. In private enterprises, you can be fired directly, so it is the same here.

Jiang Cheng didn't force it now. This was an opportunity for Song Wei. There was nothing he could do if he didn't seize the opportunity. He couldn't just say that the supply and marketing cooperative would start to fail after three years and would be dissolved in name only after five years.

However, even if the supply and marketing cooperatives were gone, the employees in the units still had iron rice bowls and were assigned to other units. Ordinary workers might not be able to be assigned immediately, so they would be paid the minimum guaranteed salary and wait for the assignment. Drivers really didn't have to worry about it, as they were still one of the most popular professions throughout the 1980s.

The two chatted at the reception for 40 to 50 minutes, and the canteen staff came over with dishes and rice. The canteen was not responsible for the wine, but the logistics department. Usually, if there were people who needed to be entertained, the logistics department would prepare it in advance.

Jiang Cheng, who is in the logistics department of the reclamation farm, can still use facial recognition to send people directly to the warehouse to get wine.

More than six years have passed, and Hou Yaozhong is still the director of the logistics department here. It’s not that he cannot be promoted, but that he does not want to be promoted.

If you move up, the main focus will be different. And with him in charge these years, many relationships here have to be handled by him. Without him, many things would be interrupted.

In fact, Director Hou's side is not bad, at least they cooperate with Jiang Cheng and just make some difference. At least how much stuff is sold, they have records here, but the purchase price is the low price given by the purchase station.

If it weren't for maintaining this profit, Director Hou would have moved up the career ladder, even if he left this place. Every single item in the accounts over the years can be checked.

You can check how many pigs were raised each year, how many pounds were sold, and in what month they were sold. The purchase price is determined by the purchasing station, but the purchase station may not necessarily be the one selling the pigs.

But the reclamation farm itself has the power to sell materials outside of planned production to some "brother" units, as long as they are not resold to individuals.

This is unlike some people who don't want to be promoted, but dare not to be promoted. Once they leave their posts, they will be exposed. When they are in office, they can still hide something, but once they leave, if their butts are not clean, they will be finished.

At the reception, Jiang Cheng and Song Wei ate and drank for more than half an hour. Jiang Cheng's alcohol tolerance has also been improved. He has a lot of social events, so he has become more alcoholic.

As for drinking alcohol to warm up the body while driving in winter, Jiang Cheng has never done such a thing. Since Jiang Zhaozhao was born, Jiang Cheng has not taken the initiative to drink and drive.

If he had to drive for a social event, he would try to drink as much as possible to pretend. When drinking with others, the wine glass was still in Jiang Cheng's hand, and the process of bringing it to his mouth had already been moved into the space by him.

After having a good meal with Song Wei and arranging a place for him to rest, Jiang Cheng went to Director Hou's residence to find him.

We actually have our own fleet here. After all, there are many industrial factories here. How can we transport goods without a fleet? You should know that the electric furnace factory here is one of the top five electric furnace factories in the country. The annual output value of this factory alone is more than 16 million.

There is a fleet, and after the factory in Shenzhen is opened, Jiang Cheng plans to directly bring cooperation on some food to the surface. Jiang Cheng still wants a lot of things here, but he doesn't need to come here every month to "pick up" the goods. Instead, he will directly let the fleet arrange to deliver them to the processing factory in Shenzhen.

(Some of the content that was reviewed was deleted from the chapter, so the number of words seems to be small, there is nothing I can do~~)

(End of this chapter)