Reborn Industrial Tycoon

The next day, Li Weidong and Zhao Hu followed the transportation company's convoy south to Pingzhou.

Li Weidong was sitting in the passenger seat of an old Jiefang car, his body shaking with the car body.

"Young man, I'm the most reliable driver in our team. If you ride in my car, I guarantee you won't get carsick!" the driver's voice sounded.

After hearing this, Li Weidong really wanted to go up and slap the driver twice. The car was shaking like this, but he still had the nerve to say that he was driving safely!

"Fortunately, I didn't eat much in the morning, otherwise, all the soy milk and fried dough sticks in my stomach would have spilled out!" Li Weidong thought to himself.

Of course, the old Jiefang has no driving comfort, and the cockpit of the old Jiefang is not a single seat, but a whole row of hard seats, not to mention any seat vibration damping. Coupled with the bad road conditions in the 1980s,

Sitting in Lao Jiefang is like swaying sesame oil.

The old Jiefang also has no seat belts, so the body cannot be fixed on the seat. If there are some sharp turns, the whole person will be unable to help but roll from one side of the seat to the other due to inertia.

Drivers in the 1970s and 1980s basically suffered from gastroptosis. Because they bounced around all day long, their stomachs would sag no matter how good they were.

Passing a rugged slope, Li Weidong couldn't help but admire the driver's dazzling maneuvers.

Driving the Lao Jiefang is really a technical job. In Li Weidong's opinion, the Lao Jiefang should be the car with the worst driving experience he has ever driven. The cab of the Lao Jiefang is packed with all kinds of anti-human designs.

Needless to say, when the old Jiefang upshifts, you need to use two clutches. When downshifting, in addition to the two clutches, you also need to apply one foot of the accelerator in the middle. The key is that the clutch pedal is very heavy. Driving for a day is better than walking for a day.

My legs are all tired.

Jiefang's high and low beam headlight controls and horn are also under the feet. When driving, you have to stomp your feet if you want to honk the horn, or stomp your feet if you want to turn on the high beams, so the driver's feet are basically busy.

The driver's arms are not free either. Lao Jiefang does not have power steering. Turning when loaded with cargo is a strenuous task. Most of the drivers who drive Lao Jiefang have developed a pair of unicorn arms.

When you encounter some complicated roads on the roadside, you need to constantly shift up and down, and you can see the driver making a smooth operation. It feels like a future e-sports player, and the APM will soar in an instant.

Finally, Lao Jiefang passed this complicated road section. Li Weidong let out a sigh of relief, but the driver still looked calm. For him, this complicated road section was nothing.

"Xiao Li, can you drive?" the driver asked.

If it had been anyone else, the driver would definitely not have asked such a question. How can anyone in an auto repair shop not know how to drive? How can one repair a car if they don't know how to drive?

However, Li Weidong was too young, so the driver asked this question.

Li Weidong nodded and replied: "I can drive a car, but I mainly drive small cars. If I can drive a big car like this, I can just get started."

"At your age, if you can start, you are considered good." The driver paused, and then said: "I didn't realize it was difficult to drive the Jiefang before. I tried the 140 two days ago, but it was easier to drive than the Jiefang.

Too many. It’s a pity that the good wheel can’t reach me.”

"It won't take long before you can also change to the Yao-40." Li Weidong said with a smile.

According to Li Weidong's memory, two years later in 1986, the second-generation Jiefang came out. At the same time, both FAW and Second Automobile Works increased their annual output to more than 100,000 vehicles. It was also at that time that Qinghe Transportation Company began to replace trucks on a large scale.

By the time we entered the mid-1990s, the old Jiefang movement in China had basically been eliminated.

The driver was not optimistic about changing the car. He shook his head helplessly: "I have no hope of changing the car. I bought this car in 1980 and only drove it for four years. Maybe I will retire."

, it may not even retire.”

Li Weidong smiled, but did not answer. In the current Qinghe Transportation Company, even Dodge trucks from World War II can be found. Old Jiefang trucks that are more than 20 years old are everywhere. A car has been running for 30 years without being scrapped.

, the driver naturally has no hope of getting a new car.

There was not even a car radio on Lao Jiefang, but chatting with the driver along the way, he was not lonely. When it was dark, Li Weidong finally arrived in Pingzhou City.

The journey from Qinghe to Pingzhou was more than 300 kilometers and took nearly ten hours. According to the standards of the time, it was not slow.

Since it was already dark, the matter of returning the goods to Hongxing Rubber Factory could only wait until tomorrow, so Li Weidong and Zhao Hu stayed directly at the guest house of the Pingzhou Transportation Company.

In the 1980s, all state-owned enterprises of a certain size would have a tertiary industry, of which guest houses probably accounted for the most.

Accommodation is secondary. The key is that the guest house will have a restaurant. Leaders can come here to eat and drink for any reason. All the money for food and drinks is paid for by the public. This guest house is the tertiary industry of the company, and it is easier to pay bills.

easy.

Li Weidong and Zhao Hu walked into the guest house of Pingzhou City Transportation Company. They showed their work ID cards. The other party saw that they were from the same system and didn't even need a letter of introduction, so they opened a room for them.

This is the benefit for employees of state-owned enterprises. When they go to a place, as long as there is a guest house of this system, they will not sleep on the street.

This is especially true for the transportation system. Because people in the transportation system often have to travel all over the world, they will make it convenient for each other. If you make it convenient for others, when you get to other people's territory, others will also make it convenient for you.

It is no exaggeration to say that with a work permit from a transportation company, you can find a place to live as long as you can travel by car.

After resting all night in the guest house, Li Weidong and Zhao Hu came to the Red Star Rubber Factory early the next morning.

Standing in front of the gate of the Red Star Rubber Factory, looking at the vehicles carrying goods coming and going, Zhao Hu looked like a country bumpkin and sighed: "This Red Star Rubber Factory is really impressive. Even the gate is electric.

Woolen cloth!"

The two of them walked to the window of the guard room. Zhao Hu took out the letter of introduction from his arms and introduced himself: "Comrade, we are from the Qinghe District Transportation Company."

The guard looked up at Zhao Hu, but ignored him.

Li Weidong immediately took out a cigarette and handed it over. The doorman took the cigarette and then asked: "What unit is it from?"

"Qinghe Regional Transportation Company." Zhao Hu answered and handed over the letter of introduction.

The guard didn't read the letter of introduction at all, he just took out a notebook and said: "Register me!"

After Zhao Hu finished registering, he returned the book to the doorman. The doorman didn't look at it much and said directly: "Turn left ahead, it's the first room on the first floor."

"We are here to retreat..."

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? I've already told you, turn left ahead and it's the first room on the first floor! Don't you think it's divided into left and right?"

Zhao Hu had just finished speaking when he was interrupted by the guard.

The guard said so and immediately closed the window of the guard room and ignored the two of them.

The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister and the gatekeeper of the second-level national enterprise are bulls!