Chapter 206 Calling at the Transport Station

"Set up a transportation team? Director Luo~ Is this possible? We only have a few three-wheeled trucks."

"Why not? Although our vehicle cannot compare with trucks, it is still several times stronger than a human-powered cart. Think about it, with a cart, relying on manpower, even if you are strong, you can still move a lot on flat ground. How many kilograms of things can one person pull when going uphill? If the distance is longer, we don't talk about crossing the city, but when going to the countryside or to nearby counties, manpower is not expected at all. Needless to say how slow the ox cart is . In urban areas, people may not ask us to transport a small amount of items, but for items that exceed manpower and are far away, they will definitely choose to use a truck."

In the office, Luo Cheng and Director Zhang discussed setting up their own transportation team. Luo Cheng planned to directly sell off the three-wheeled trucks in the factory and form a transportation team. But Director Zhang felt something was wrong. Some factories had transportation teams, and those factories gradually formed a scale because their own import and export volume increased.

Except for the truck fleet at the transportation station, which receives freight from the beginning, other factories are self-centered and have good relationships with some companies. They use trucks to transport goods and earn some transportation fees.

Take the steel rolling mill for example. If Luo Cheng had not dealt with it, even if the steel rolling mill had a fleet, no one else would know about it. If you have a good relationship except for transporting goods between steel rolling mills, they may arrange it for you if you want to haul goods from other places.

However, manufacturing companies have not directly turned to transportation as a business from the beginning. From the beginning, a small fleet was formed, and it was rare to have to contact other companies one by one to tell them that the car manufacturer had a transportation team that could help them deliver goods.

They are all state-owned enterprises, and production relies on planning, so there is no need for the factory to market itself. If you ask people to promote your business, you will always feel embarrassed.

But Luo Cheng's explanation is correct. Transportation is underdeveloped, and raw materials or other things must be ordered many days in advance. Otherwise, it is easy to stop work because the materials do not arrive.

In fact, there is no problem even if three-wheeled trucks travel between cities, they can make a round trip of 200 to 300 kilometers in one day. It's like selling an engine from a neighboring city. Even if the other factory has the goods, you still have to wait a few days to place an order and have it delivered. But if you go directly to your door to pick up the goods, others will see a truck picking up the goods and come to your door, which will save them a lot of trouble. We guarantee that the goods will be loaded immediately and you can leave on the same day you arrive.

But if it is more than 500 kilometers, even if a three-wheeled truck can drive there, it will suffer. In addition, the transportation volume is not large, and it is meaningless if the distance is too far.

After hearing what Luo Cheng said, Director Zhang expressed his concerns. If he really sacrificed his face to promote the transportation business to a familiar factory, Director Zhang also knew that as long as he had a car, let alone five or six, he would not be able to transport it even if he doubled it ten times. Truck driver is one of the most popular professions in this era, but what is actually lacking is not drivers, but drivers who can drive. What is missing is cars, and cars are really popular.

After listening to Director Zhang's words, Luo Cheng suddenly remembered what some people always 'bragged' about. In the early days of reform and opening up, people just took advantage of the limelight of business. As long as they did business, even a sow could fly.

Luo Cheng has always felt that Director Zhang is actually a relatively smooth person, but for such a person, the inherent thinking is not to let go of face, and feels that promoting business is like losing the factory value.

If in future generations, individuals can do business, state-owned enterprises will not do it even though there is a market, and private businesses will not make a fortune.

But in this era of planned economy, this idea is actually correct. No matter how much money the factory makes, Luo Cheng, the factory director, can only get more than 150 yuan in subsidies. Some big factories have tens of thousands of people, so the factory director can get more than 300 because his level is high enough.

More than three hundred people are actually very good, and anything above that is basically the level of a big boss. Therefore, it is obvious that a well-established factory sells business for the sake of some transportation income. You can’t put the money you earn into your own pocket, so why bother?

Luo Cheng thought for a while, it would be really embarrassing to ask companies one after another. He just had to set up his own transportation team and do it step by step. According to the current market conditions, it will only be a matter of time before others come to your door. But this was not Luo Cheng's style. Shen thought for a while, how did he receive business when he was engaged in transportation in later generations without any connections.

"Well, Director Zhang, aren't you familiar with the transportation station? Ask them if they accept the call, and we will send our own transportation team there."

"The transport team is anchored? How can it be anchored?"

Director Zhang was confused by Luo Cheng's words. He had heard of this job affiliation. For example, when Luo Cheng started working in the repair shop, he was affiliated with his job and worked at the repair shop, but his own unit did not actually belong here.

Seeing Director Zhang's question, Luo Cheng didn't expect this kind of routine operation in later generations. People in this era didn't understand it. The transportation station has its own fleet of trucks. Once the trucks come back, they will be registered and dispatched by the dispatcher. If all the cars are sent out, people who want to deliver will have to wait.

However, the transportation team of the automobile factory is actually the transportation vehicle. For example, a car factory has six three-wheeled trucks, four of which are transferred there and two are kept for its own use. So these four vehicles, which are used by the automobile factory themselves, must be reported to the transportation station. Once it shows that the goods are not being transported, the goods can be directly arranged to be transported there. Let the transport station use the four three-wheeled trucks here as its own.

As long as the other side agrees, the car manufacturer can easily form a transportation team from the beginning. Although the car is dispatched by the transportation station, the priority is still with the automobile factory.

Luo Cheng explained to Director Zhang the method of accrediting the transportation team, and in this way, it was different from going to promote business. It completely shares the transportation capacity shortage of the transportation station. This is a win-win situation, and the other party will also be grateful to the automobile factory.

Instead of looking for factories without cars to sell business, we look for transport stations with fleets to share the pressure. Although they are both doing business, the nature is completely different for Director Zhang.

Whether it's feasible or not, you'll find out just by making a phone call. You can call now, just in the office here. After the post office took away several cube trucks last time, they sent someone to install new phones here the next day. The Propaganda Department and the Logistics Department have installed them. The Propaganda Department has installed telephones in preparation for recruiting a telephone operator when the business increases.

If other people need to use the phone for work, they can't go to the factory director's office or the logistics department. In the past, when there were few people, you would go to the Human Resources Department if you needed a call. But now that there are more people in various departments, you can't just go around randomly. If you want to make a phone call, then go to the Propaganda Department.

In front of Luo Cheng, Director Zhang called the stationmaster at the transportation station and mentioned it. After hearing this method over there, I really felt like someone would bring me a pillow as soon as I fell asleep.

He almost kept asking Director Zhang if he was fooling him. There are several large factories in Ngee Ann that have their own transportation teams, but they are too busy. How can they have the ability to share the transportation pressure with others.

But if I think about it carefully, I feel that it may not be possible in other factories, but it is really possible in automobile manufacturing plants. The transportation capacity of other factories is also tight because they cannot expand their transportation teams at will, even their transportation stations. There are not enough cars, and the city is backward and there is nothing to apply for. But what does a car manufacturer do? It produces cars, although it doesn't produce any serious cars now. But it’s okay to have a three-wheeled truck.

The other party almost chased Director Zhang to ask how many vehicles could be provided, how much cargo the three-wheeled truck could carry, and how far it could travel.

Director Zhang asked them to wait a moment and they would give a reply in the afternoon. They are all acquaintances and would not make fun of you.

After hanging up the phone, of course I couldn't agree directly. There was no trace of me in the factory, so how could I agree? But what Luo Cheng said is indeed feasible. If it is done, it will indeed be convenient for him and expand the scale.