"Master Cao, Master Bao, Master Yang, you're all here! That's great. A batch of new tires arrived at the auto repair shop, and the team leader asked me to tell you to drive your cars over there as soon as possible."
There's nothing much going on today, so go early and change your clothes.
Inside the factory office's driver's break room, three car drivers were chatting and sharing various gossips they had, when an apprentice from the auto repair group came to find them.
"Let's go, hurry up. My car keeps slipping on the road, and I've asked them to change the tires for me for a long time. They always made excuses before, but I never thought they would finally get it done after all these years."
Upon hearing that they could change tires, several drivers immediately extinguished their cigarettes. These days, even the car of the top leader isn't in good condition; you have to make the best of a bad situation for as long as possible.
Three drivers drove three cars directly to the auto repair shop, parked the cars side by side, and the three got out at the same time. If there was background music playing, it would definitely look like a big shot making an entrance.
"Hey Huang, you finally decided to change our tires. If you hadn't, I was thinking of replacing you. I figured anyone else could do a better job."
Yang Shuji's driver, Master Cao, perhaps having spent a long time with the high-ranking leader, spoke like one, acting as if he could replace whomever he wanted. However, for people in positions like team leaders or section chiefs, sometimes it really really does come down to a single word from their drivers.
These drivers, who are with their superiors every day, have a closer relationship with them than most secretaries. For the sake of their own careers, middle-level managers generally comply with these small requests from their drivers.
There's no other reason than that these drivers might not be able to promote you. But if you offend a driver, a seemingly unintentional remark he makes to the boss can ruin your chances of promotion.
"Gentlemen, the car will take a while to arrive. Why don't you leave it here for now, and I'll have my apprentice, Xiao Song, call you after the change is done? It's a bit too hot here, you can go back first." Huang Shu didn't care about their teasing at all.
"Okay, let's go back first. Remember to change to better tires and wash the car inside and out, it's too dirty."
Normally, after inspecting the car with Master Bao, who was in charge of factory management, they would ask the auto repair team to wash the car for them as a favor.
In the afternoon, as the sun was about to set and the workers were about to leave, no one from the auto repair team came to notify the drivers to pick up their cars.
"This Huang Shugan is so slow and inefficient, we really need to move him to a different position." Several drivers walked toward the auto repair shop, pondering how to report him to their supervisor.
"Hey, wait a minute, Xiao Huang, you guys have been gone all afternoon, and I still haven't changed my tires." Master Cao was a little annoyed when he found that his car still had the same old tires.
"Yeah, I noticed my car doesn't seem to have moved. This morning it had a tree branch stuck on it, and it's still the same. Xiao Huang, are you trying to quit being the team leader?" Master Yang also noticed something was wrong.
"Haha, all your cars are here except mine. Looks like I'm the first one to get this time." Mr. Bao was a little happy because he didn't see his car and assumed that his tires had been changed.
While both are drivers, the other two serve the top two executives and don't have fixed clients. Although they primarily serve Director Qiao, their treatment is significantly worse than that of the top two executives' drivers. Take car repairs, for example: if both break down at the same time, his car is always the last one to be fixed.
But today, their cars didn't move at all, while my car has already been replaced. It seems that Xiao Huang is still giving me face.
"Hey, don't talk about Xiao Huang anymore. He's busy every day and it's not easy for him. Alright, let it go this time for my sake."
Xiao Huang, you can't be so perfunctory next time. You need to understand that we serve the factory leaders. You're not just wasting our time, you're wasting the leaders' time, and you're wasting the time meant for serving the people. You can't afford to waste that time.
To be honest, after working with the leader for a while, Master Bao has become quite adept at using these little phrases.
"Hey Xiao Huang, where's my car? I'll drive it back first." Master Bao spoke a little more gently than usual.
"It's in the back, but you might not be able to drive back today. You'll have to wait," Huang Shu said, pointing to the back.
"Why can't I drive it back?" Master Bao didn't know what was going on, but he understood when he got to the back of the workshop.
There was a small car lying alone in the workshop. Yes, lying there, because all four of its wheels were missing.
"No, where did my wheels go?" Master Bao exclaimed.
"The wheels are badly damaged and can't run anymore. We'll take it off and repair it. Also, there are problems with the brakes and other parts of your vehicle. It needs major repairs, otherwise it's dangerous," Huang Shu replied seriously.
If Xu Damao were there, he would definitely have his impression overturned. Who says honest people don't lie?
"Oh no, how could this happen? But how am I supposed to take my boss home today? How about this, Xiao Huang, you put the tires on first, I'll use them today, and you can come back to replace them tomorrow." Master Bao tried his best to calm himself down.
"I told you it's dangerous to drive out there, how can you drive? You don't care about your life, do you? Let's go. By the way, Master Bao, go to the convoy, your team leader Lao Qian is looking for you." Huang Shu was unusually tough for a moment.
"Our captain? When did Qian Dabao become my captain? He can't control us car drivers."
Master Bao could hardly believe what he was hearing. Since when did the fleet management company start regulating its own drivers?
"Just pass on my message; whether you go or not is your business. However, I heard it's related to your salary," Huang Shu said indifferently.
While the two men were talking, two other drivers came in and overheard them. They exchanged glances and realized something was amiss.
Why was it that out of the three vehicles that came in, Lao Bao's car was completely dismantled and he was even asked to go to the fleet? Although we car drivers are supposed to be from the transportation department, we've never actually worked there and we look down on those truck drivers.
But this incident happened not long after the new section chief took office, it seems that things are not going well in the transportation section.
"Master Huang, we need to change the tires urgently, so we won't do it today. We'll come back when we have time. We'll drive the car back now."
Seeing things were getting out of hand, the two drivers quickly made their escape. While they weren't worried about the transportation department doing anything to them, who knew what kind of trouble Xu Damao might cause in a moment of madness? As people close to the leadership, they knew how Xu Damao got into the transportation department, and they also knew why the department's staffing plan hadn't been approved.
"Fine, it's none of their business anyway, why get involved?" The two quickly drove away, leaving Master Bao standing there at a loss.
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