The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 28 Watch Ticket

Jiang Cheng did not go to find Stationmaster Xu immediately, but went to the logistics director's office first.

The logistics director of the transportation department here is named Liu Ping. The approval slip for diesel is issued by Director Liu, and others still need his signature even if they can drive.

When I arrived at Director Liu's office, the door was obviously ajar and could be opened with a push.

Jiang Cheng was not rude and would not just push the door open and go in. Instead, he knocked on the door and then pushed the door open when he was called to come in.

"Isn't this Master Jiang? He's just back from working outside." Before Jiang Cheng could say anything as soon as he entered the room, Director Liu greeted him enthusiastically.

"Yes, I just came back and I have a small matter to trouble Director Liu." Jiang Cheng said with a smile.

"Master Jiang, please tell me what you have to say. If you have any difficulties, I will definitely help you solve them." Director Liu was very happy to hear that Jiang Cheng had some trouble. As one of the leaders of the Transportation Department, he felt a sense of accomplishment in helping the people below solve problems, not to mention the drivers in the transportation station.

"Director Liu, this is what happened. On my way back from Macheng, I passed a river and saw people from the Fisheries Bureau catching fish. They saw that I was driving a car, so they sold me some fish. I saw there were fish for sale, so I bought a lot, but I forgot that I couldn't eat them all by myself. And I can't keep too many fish in this weather. If they get smelly, I'll be at a loss. So I came to Director Liu for help." Jiang Cheng said very sincerely.

Director Liu was stunned by Jiang Cheng's words. He was asking him to help process the fish. You have to know that the bus station is actually a service industry, which means that the drivers can make some money privately, but in fact, apart from the drivers, other people don't make much money.

"Master Jiang, how many fish did you bring back?" Director Liu asked. In fact, he was also in charge of the welfare distribution at the bus station.

That is, there are few staff at the station, so they can just get something and distribute it to everyone. For example, in some large factories with thousands of employees, if they bring a pig, only one person can taste the meat. But at the bus station, a pig can make everyone have a good New Year.

"It's only over 50 kilograms. They won't give me more than that. They also gave me a few kilograms of river shrimp. Can the chef in our canteen help process it? If possible, everyone can have a try."

"That's fine. We don't have many employees who go to the cafeteria to eat, so we can't prepare many dishes for lunch. You can take it to be processed and let the chef taste some." Director Liu said when he heard that there were more than 50 kilograms of fish, then he looked at the time and continued, "Why don't we go and take a look at the fish now? I'll take you to the cafeteria kitchen later and let them process it."

"Well, the fish are in the car. I'll take you there."

Jiang Cheng responded happily in his heart. It didn't matter if he sold it to his own company at 40 cents according to the market price. He had no cost anyway, and Director Liu hadn't discussed the price with him yet.

As the director of the logistics department, Director Liu had a separate office. When Jiang Cheng and Director Liu went out to the parking lot, they passed by the logistics office. Director Liu asked Jiang Cheng to wait for a while, opened the door of the office directly, and called two people to follow him to get the fish.

This is actually the parking lot outside the office building of the Transportation Department. Jiang Cheng brought a few people to where he parked his car, climbed into the back of the car, and threw the sack to the two people brought by Director Liu.

The shrimps were packed in white plastic buckets used for water. It’s hard to get small bags these days.

Jiang Cheng took the bucket of shrimp and jumped down from the back of the car. The floor of the car was only about 1.3 meters high, and with the baffle it was only about 1.7 meters high, so it was easy for Jiang Cheng to jump down. "Director Liu, the fish and shrimp are here, and they are still alive." Jiang Cheng said while holding the bucket.

"Not bad." The bag of fish was opened, and Director Liu also looked at the fish in the bag. They were all quite big. He smiled and nodded, then said to the people around him: "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, take the fish to the kitchen to weigh them, and then ask the kitchen to do a couple of checks. Then go to the Propaganda Department and ask the announcer to notify that there is fish in the cafeteria today."

The people who followed heard Director Liu's instructions and immediately took the fish to the canteen. If there is fish and meat, in fact, it is necessary to announce it through the broadcast. This is not only the case at the station, but also in many other factories.

Not everyone goes to the canteen to eat even when they are at work. Many people go home to cook and eat a lot of food in order to save money. But if there are meat dishes in the workplace, even those who don't eat at the workplace will take a portion home to improve their meals. So if this kind of thing is not properly notified, employees will be upset.

"Master Jiang, these fish of yours can help improve the food supply for our company. I have to thank you. You just came to work at the transport station. If you have any difficulties, please let me know."

"Director Liu, if you want to talk about the real difficulty, there is indeed one. It is that it is really inconvenient to drive outside without a watch. It is easy to miss the meal time."

This time, Director Liu asked with concern, and Jiang Cheng answered truthfully. He also had money to buy a watch now. With the money he got back from military service and the things he had sold recently, Jiang Cheng already had more than 130 yuan. He didn't even count the 8 yuan he had to pay for filling up his car at the gas station.

Now a Shanghai watch costs 120 yuan, but there are other brands, such as BJ watches, Tianjin watches, Red Flag watches, Zhongshan watches, etc. The main thing is that you need a corresponding watch ticket to buy a watch. You can't buy any brand of watch at will if you have a watch ticket.

Even if other watches are cheaper, they still cost around 80 to 100 yuan. But Jiang Cheng didn't care what brand of watch it was, he just wanted a watch to tell time.

When Director Liu heard that Jiang Cheng wanted a watch, he thought for a while and realized that he actually had a watch ticket. The ticket was not his personal ticket, but the one from his unit, which always gets a few large tickets every year.

Moreover, at the bus station, watch tickets are given priority to drivers, especially those who travel long distances.

"Okay, I'll give you a watch ticket later. Our bus station has special care for long-distance drivers." Director Liu said.

In fact, not only the bus station takes care of long-distance drivers, but local units also take care of the bus station, and they give the bus station a few watch tickets every year.

When Jiang Cheng heard that Director Liu had actually solved his problem directly, he immediately thanked him, "Thank you so much, Director Liu."

"It's nothing, you need to do this for work. But Master Jiang, you just started working and have money to buy a watch. If you have any difficulties, I can issue you an approval note and advance you up to three months' salary." Director Liu said, he was a good person to the end.

Anyway, the ticket is from the bus station, and Director Liu has the power to issue it to anyone, and he cannot use it himself. This advance salary is not borrowed from his pocket. Generally, employees with difficult family life can advance one month's salary. In special circumstances, up to three months can be advanced, but it must be approved.

Jiang Cheng thought about it and decided that even if he could afford the watch, he had to pretend to be poor. So it would be a good idea to get an advance on his salary. This way, when he gets something to sell to his colleagues, they would know that he was in trouble and would take care of him.

(End of this chapter)