Blackstone Code

The people most directly affected by the downturn in the real economy may be truck drivers. Once a company closes down, there will be no logistics demand, and without logistics demand, truck drivers will lose their jobs.

The more businesses that close, the more truck drivers are out of work, and the unemployment is not the same as that of ordinary workers.

Ordinary workers can still look for other jobs after losing their jobs. If they are lucky, they can still find a job to make ends meet. However, truck drivers are different. Without new logistics needs, jobs will only become fewer and fewer. more.

This also makes it difficult for truck drivers to find a very suitable job once they lose their jobs, even if the standard requirements for salary are lowered.

Truck drivers are a very special group, they can be included in the class of workers, but obviously workers are unwilling to accept this group of truck drivers who have higher salaries, better benefits than them, and good and easy jobs.

And truck drivers don't want to hang out with sweaty workers, after all, they still have an "exclusive car".

This also led to the fact that the workers' union did not pay much attention to the unemployment of truck drivers. Anyway, if there is a chance to make trouble, it will make trouble, and if there is no chance to make trouble, it will pretend not to see it.

In fact, the work of truck drivers is not only hard, but also dangerous.

Even today, there are still many fare road tyrants who are active on the interstate highways. The hundreds of thousands of kilometers of uninhabited high-speed kilometers are like hell for every truck driver. Every trip They are all dancing on the line of life.

If you are not careful, you will die halfway at some point, and the truck will be driven away by others, leaving only a pile of bones that will soon be integrated with the whole nature.

Therefore, when truck drivers go on the road, they are often convoys, especially on intercontinental routes. It is very dangerous for two or three vehicles to run together, and it is often more than five trucks.

They don't stop when they encounter something on the road, they just run over it, so don't think about blocking cars on the interstate highway, let alone force these trucks to stop.

But are big truck drivers all good people?

Obviously not, in the FBI's dossier on highway homicides in the past, it can be said that most of the homicides related to highways are more or less related to large truck drivers.

The most famous is the "high-speed serial murder case". A big truck driver who likes to run the gang, is helpful, and also likes to kill people after helping others. After being arrested, the driver confessed to dozens of homicides on the highway , some of which the police didn't even notice.

Anyway, this is a very special group, off the highway, they are ordinary people, not too different, may look a bit fierce, but in general they are just ordinary people.

But once they enter their "field", these people will undergo a change from the inside out, a fundamental change.

Lynch led them to the outdoor parking lot. The truck's front and traction, including the trailer, were not integrated. They all looked at the front of the big truck.

There were more than forty trucks parked in the open space, and Cook suddenly became agitated. He ran to the front of a truck, his lips trembling slightly.

He gently stroked the headlights, feeling apologetic and distressed. Cook's friend James stood aside and explained to Lynch, "That was Cook's truck before our company closed down."

"It's understandable..." Mr. Lynch is a very tolerant and kind person. He didn't destroy the warmth of Cook meeting his beloved truck.

After a while, Cook came back to his senses and scratched his head in embarrassment. This man who looked like a monster was actually a little shy and shy.

This is also a salient feature of truck drivers' lack of social interaction, their circle is too narrow.

There was a kind of longing in his eyes, and he was embarrassed to say it out, but Lynch hooked his fingers at the staff very intimately, "Bring the key to that car and let my friend go and see it."

As soon as Lynch said this, the eyes of all the truck drivers became a little different. First, they began to respect Lynch, because Lynch showed through his behavior that he did not look down on Cook or look at Cook in other humiliating ways. Instead, people took the keys to Cook's car to fulfill Cook's little wish.

Second, instead of saying they were subordinates, employees, or simply truck drivers, he used the word "friends."

Possibly because there are always horror stories coming out on the highways, not everyone in this civilized society wants to be friends with these highway truck drivers.

Coupled with their narrow social circle and everyone's social barriers to a certain extent, as well as their irritability, the only people who can accept them are themselves.

Lynch, the big boss and businessman, calls them friends, which is very emotional and makes them feel a kind of warm power.

In the past, they might not have such strong feelings, but now, after a few months to half a year after they lost their jobs, Lynch's words are like the sunshine that warms everything in winter, melting their inner feelings. Ice!

Cook doesn't know how to express his feelings and emotions at this moment. In the end, he can only express a thousand words with "thank you". He is a beast that doesn't know how to express.

After getting the key, Cook immediately changed into another look. He easily took out the tool bag from the compartment, then opened the engine cover, and began to check the condition of the vehicle. He quickly entered his role.

Lynch looked at the others, "How about you, what are you waiting for, maybe there is your car here, maybe not, but there is a car you like, why don't you go and have a look, or try it?"

This sentence immediately moved the group of people. They wanted to move a long time ago, but they were more reserved.

With Lynch's permission, they immediately thanked them and took the keys to study their cars, while Lynch watched the truck drivers from the edge of the parking lot.

As the saying goes in this era, the highway is a lawless place, especially the interstate highway, and there is nothing to see on the road for hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

Even on state highways, there is only an occasional police car parked at the intersection of entering the highway. They will not actively interfere with things on the highway, which is the domain of truck drivers.

If someone can control most truck drivers in a state, it means that this person controls the logistics system of the entire state.

train?

Well, that's certainly a good way to avoid truck drivers, but the train still faces two problems.

The Baylor Federation does not have a complete railway network that can radiate to all parts of the entire Federation. Because of the geological terrain, not all places are suitable for laying railways, and there are also problems of missing railways in places that are too barren.

Coupled with the low utilization rate of railways among the people, this makes the railway company become a thing of the past before it develops and grows.

It has become the consensus of all people to lose money on dry railways, but railways still exist. Generally speaking, there will be railway network coverage between several major cities in each state to facilitate the flow of population, but intercontinental railways do not more common.

If Lynch controls the logistics in the state, he can pinch the necks of some people, even if he does nothing, it will be very easy for him to intervene in certain businesses in the future.

Even if he doesn't pay, he can still get a certain degree of stock. Who let him control the logistics and transportation?

After waiting here for more than half an hour, Cook packed up his tools and himself by the way. He happily said that the car was well maintained, except for some minor problems that had already occurred. What a big big problem.

Others had similar opinions about their own cars or the ones they had chosen, and Lynch didn't say anything, talking directly to the manager of the dealership about the price.

For a big truck like this, a brand new one costs about 30,000 to 50,000. Although the price is not particularly expensive, it is not affordable for a truck driver like Cook.

Even now, these cars are already used cars, and their prices are all above fifteen thousand.

After having a cordial conversation with the manager and owner of the car dealership, Lynch signed a special agreement with them. He will purchase a total of no less than 100 trucks within half a year, and the price must be reduced to 10,000. Less than two thousand yuan.

The car dealership is only responsible for providing vehicles for Lynch to choose, and it is Lynch's freedom to choose.

If such an agreement had been placed in front of the owner of the car dealership five years ago, he would have torn it up without hesitation, pointed at the door and shouted "Get out".

But now, while his eyelids were twitching, he signed the agreement and thanked Mr. Lynch for taking care of his business.

The vehicle is in the hands, which means that the funds are in a deadlock, and the times and the situation are changing every day.

Facing a future that can already make people feel miserable, having a sum of money in hand and having dozens of cars are two completely different situations.

Even if it doesn't make much money, even if it doesn't make any money, this is a rare opportunity for the owner of the car dealership to get rid of the phone, so he must bite the bullet and sign this agreement.

Immediately, Lynch asked Cook and the others to drive to the club. After a few days of arrangements, everyone in the club had reached an agreement with Kane, ending their careers in the club.

As the owner and great philanthropist, Lynch should comfort these people and give them the affirmation that they have worked for the club.

Before that, he had to go to Joe Griman's and bought a car, which must be mortgaged to the bank. Using other people's money to serve himself, this is the core of the "financial game".

Those who use their own money to serve themselves and take risks...

Lynch never discriminates against people with intellectual disabilities, but finds them cute!