Li Guangyin's partner blinked a few times and asked a question: "Are we responsible for cooking or shopping?"
"There are people specifically responsible for food, vegetables, firewood, rice, oil, and salt. You just need to focus on cooking. Your first task is to cook it well, and then make it delicious."
"My daughter Yuan'er cooks delicious dishes. These dishes today are made by her." Li Guangyin's mother stood up at the right time to brag about her future daughter-in-law.
But those dishes were indeed good.
The cooking task has been settled.
Wan Feng started talking about another thing.
"Brother Yin, my sister-in-law's job is done, now it's your turn. I'll give you a job, can you take it on?"
"What kind of work?"
"It's about loading and unloading steel. Starting next month, large quantities of steel will begin arriving at the Sijitun Port. I expect three to four hundred tons of steel to arrive every two days. Some of this steel will be unloaded from the ship and then transported away by truck or ship. But if it can't be transported in time, it will be stored in the warehouse. If the warehouse is full, it may be stored in the open air. Do you understand?"
Li Guangyin nodded: "I understand."
"Whether unloading directly from the ship to the truck or from the ship to the warehouse, it requires human assistance. For unloading directly from the ship to the truck, there is a small tower crane with a grain depot for loading and unloading. The people on the ship help hang the materials on the crane's claws. When the crane transfers the materials to the truck, people help unload them into the truck. This is a bit dangerous. I pay one yuan per ton for this kind of unloading."
In 1987, the market standard for loading and unloading fees was still 50 cents per ton. Unloading steel is indeed dangerous, so Wan Feng doubled the fee.
"If the truck isn't available and the goods haven't been fully unloaded and need to be brought to the warehouse, the loading and unloading fee for this process is three yuan per ton. Do you understand?"
"I understand. It means unloading directly from the ship to the truck using a tower crane. People on the ship help to load the materials into the crane's claws. After the crane lifts the materials onto the truck bed, people will straighten the materials and unload them from the crane's claws. The loading and unloading fee for this process is one yuan per ton."
"Yes! That's what I mean."
"If there are no trucks to transport it, the remaining materials on the ship need to be transported to the warehouse to protect it from wind, sun and rain. The loading and unloading process costs three yuan per ton."
"clever!"
"But what's the point of telling me this?"
"Look, you started getting confused right after I praised you for being smart. The reason I told you this is because I want to let you do these jobs and make you money."
Li Guangyin shook his head vigorously: "I can't do it. Even if I work myself to death, I still can't finish it."
"Who asked you to do it alone? You could have asked someone else to do it."
“How do I find someone else to do it?”
"I've got you worried sick. Take the first stage of unloading from the ship to the truck, for example. Didn't I pay you one dollar per ton?"
"yes!"
"So if you offer to pay 50 cents a ton to someone else to do the job, do you think anyone would do it?"
Li Guangyin blinked, still pondering. His wife Yuan'er couldn't stand it any longer: "Stupid! You just subcontracted it to someone else, and you just sat there and watched them do it, and you only got fifty cents per ton for nothing."
This guy is not as quick as his wife in reaction.
"Your brain and energy are all consumed by fighting all day long."
Li Guangyin's father understood everything: "Is this the exploitation mentioned in the books?"
"There's no such thing as exploitation now. We've all started a market economy. Whoever has the ability will get rich first. Haven't you heard the leaders say it doesn't matter if the cat is black or white? Now everything is done voluntarily. If someone is afraid of being exploited, they can choose not to work. No one is forcing them to do anything."
Li Guangyin finally understood the feeling of smashing it: "Is this okay?"
"Why not? It's a mutual agreement. The first phase of the cargo involves two small tower cranes at the grain depot. Each crane only needs four people. Two people will be on the ship securing the bundles or drums of material to the crane claws, and two people will be unloading the material from the trucks to be loaded. It's that simple."
Li Guangyin thought about it and it seemed to be the case.
"It's easy to unload it onto the truck, but if we can't unload it onto the truck and try to get it into the warehouse, wouldn't that be a hassle?"
This guy finally figured out something.
"Yes, the second method of unloading the ship is indeed a bit troublesome. Getting hundreds of tons of steel into the warehouse is no simple task. I've also thought of a plan for you. I'll get you a few vehicles: a dump truck, a crane, and a five-ton forklift. I saw that the warehouse is about four or five meters high, so the trucks can drive in. Use the tower crane to load the materials from the ship onto the truck, drive it to the warehouse, and then use the forklift to unload it. This way, the loading and unloading effort will be greatly reduced."
"Whose cars are they?" Li Guangyin was the first to notice the problem with the cars.
"The car is mine, so I'll give it to you for free. But you'll be responsible for finding someone to drive it and paying for the gas. Is that okay? That way, you can keep two dollars of the three-dollar loading and unloading fee, and the remaining one dollar goes to the labor."
A few cars only cost a few dollars. Even if he doesn't make any money from these materials, he can still make a profit of 700 per ton. The money for a few cars is nothing.
"Then how many stevedores should I find?"
"With these three cars, I think ten or eight people will be enough, just to lend a hand."
Li Guangyin had never done such a thing before, and he was very nervous.
This useless guy, he's still not at ease even though I'm giving you money.
After much hesitation, Li Guangyin took on the job.
Anyway, the loading and unloading has been completed.
The dump truck was already available, so all he had to do when he returned was ask Shamilov to purchase a five-ton crane and a five-ton forklift for him from Bu City.
Can we also study the forklift?
There is also a huge demand market for products such as forklifts and shovels in China.
Wait until Jiang Wei returns.
After having dinner at Li Guangyin's house, Li Guangyin sent Wan Feng back to their accommodation.
Wan Feng told Comrade Wang Tang about the loading and unloading of materials.
Comrades Wang and Tang felt very sorry.
"Xiao Wan, these were originally our business. We didn't do anything, but you solved them all. This..."
"It's nothing serious. I didn't pay for this. It was actually from you guys. I'm just being kind and doing you a favor. Besides, I'm more familiar with this place than you are. I can handle some things more smoothly than you. But sometimes I need your help. If there's any fuel problem with the loading vehicles, you have to help solve it."
"That's not a problem. It's not difficult to get some oil."
Wan Feng originally thought that it would take several days to resolve the mess, but unexpectedly it was almost resolved in less than a day.
The next step is to clean up the warehouse and the house where people live.
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