Brother Lin was sitting outside the dispatching room of Tianyang Railway Station, throwing a cigarette butt on the ground and rubbing it vigorously with his feet. In front of him, several cranes were transporting steel ingots from the steel plant onto the flatbed carriage of the train.
In recent months, Tianyang City's industrial and mining enterprises have been operating at full capacity. Along with this, the industry and agriculture in the entire region have begun to rise, with production and sales booming.
People in the city are overjoyed recently. Rough statistics for the first half of the year show that economic growth will only reach a record high of 50%.
Although the base was low before, it has increased by half within one year!
It all relies on the "Holy Light" to invest and build everywhere. Now there are construction sites everywhere in the city. Building houses, raising high-rise buildings, repairing roads, leveling land, and taking over all bad state-owned enterprises like a bottomless pit.
On the one hand, the losses were stopped and on the other hand, the profits were made. The city's economic situation immediately turned around.
The prices of building materials such as sand, cement, and steel bars have skyrocketed, and even the wages of construction workers have doubled. This frenzied construction scene has never happened before.
After "Shengguang" opened up the bear market, it drove the light industry production lines in several provinces in the country. Many inland light industry departments wished they could give Zhou Qingfeng a certificate to commend him for doing such a good thing.
Recently, scrap metal raw materials are abundant, and small steel plants in Tianyang City are working hard to produce. Several electric furnaces are operating at full capacity, causing power supply shortage in the city.
Due to lack of processing capacity, all the steel ingots produced by the 'Shengguang' Steel Plant were sent to the provincial capital to be replaced with profiles and wire rods.
Due to the lack of manpower, Brother Lin could not drive a 'Chang'an Star', so he could only drive an 'Old Jiefang' owned by an unknown number of people for transportation to the train station.
Tianyang is currently very short of transportation capacity. I don't know where I picked up the "Old Jiefang". It is too old. It has a rated load of four tons and a weighing weight of seven tons. It made a clanging sound all the way and seemed to be falling apart at any moment.
Brother Lin was a novice in driving a truck, and he was very tired from driving four or five times a day. Thinking that he was still considered a 'relative of the emperor', but ended up in this situation, he was really angry and was muttering.
"After all, our girls are still thin-skinned and no more aggressive than the girls from the countryside. If it were the other way around, I would definitely rise to the challenge and take down my brother-in-law no matter what.
This is the inheritance right of hundreds of millions of family assets. It’s a rare opportunity. As long as you make your belly bigger, what will happen?”
Brother Lin was thinking to himself, and a young man next to him came over with a bottle of 'Jianlibao' to honor him, and kept shouting: "Master, why are you hiding here? I've been looking for you for a while."
'Holy Light' is short of drivers, so the old man leads the new. Brother Lin also has an apprentice. This apprentice is only 17 or 18 years old. He is a very smart young man. He usually flatters his master and buys some food and drink every day.
The weather is hot today. There was a loud popping sound when the can was opened. Brother Lin took a sip and found it was sweet and ice-cold. He finally felt comfortable.
"Master, why do you think we drive such a crappy car?"
The apprentice also followed Brother Lin's example and squatted on the steps outside the dispatching room, pointing at the 'Old Jiefang' who was unloading the goods, "Can't you ask Secretary Lin to change it?"
Brother Lin was drinking something sweet. He waved his hand and said decisively: "I hate nepotism the most. I hated this kind of thing when I was in my original workplace.
Although my sister is the secretary-general of the group, I also relied on my own talents to get the job. This 'Old Jiefang' is a bit broken, but someone has to take over. If others don't, I will take over."
Brother Lin's driving of a bad car was actually arranged by Lin Wan. Secretary Lin would rather make her brother feel wronged and determined not to let anyone take advantage of her.
Brother Lin knows it, but he just likes to complain.
It’s just that in the eyes of the apprentice, today’s jar of ‘Jianlibao’ was bought for nothing, and he didn’t even want to say anything pleasant to anyone. He whispered: “Master, what you said is so false, someone has to believe it!”
"Why doesn't anyone believe it?" Brother Lin became excited, "Look, my father is the second-in-command of the battery factory, my sister is the second-in-command of the group, and I am just an ordinary driver. I am upright and walk straight, and I am never afraid.
Others gossip."
"Master, you sound like a fool."
"I'll beat you to death, you little bastard."
As soon as Brother Lin got up, his apprentice had already ran five meters away. The master and apprentice chased him in a circle, out of breath and sweating profusely, they returned to the steps outside the dispatching room.
This time, Brother Lin bought peanuts, melon seeds and soda from the store at the train station. The master and apprentice sat down and continued chatting.
Brother Lin is also 'good at being a teacher' and guides his apprentice: "From now on, spend less money to buy food and drinks for the master. I earn more than you. It's more serious to save up and marry a wife. Don't be like me, only after you are in your thirties."
marry."
"It's easy to make money now." The apprentice said nonchalantly, "My living expenses during my apprenticeship were more than 50 yuan. Once I got my driver's license, my internship period would be 200 yuan. My parents said that life was much better."
Yes, Brother Lin also feels that life is getting better. Jobs are being recruited everywhere in the city. Regardless of men, women, old or young, as long as they are willing to work, they can always find a job.
When there is hope and life is getting better day by day, people's moods are different and they are motivated. People can endure the current hardships if they have a bright future to look forward to.
Judging from historical progress, this day in Tianyang City arrived at least ten years early.
The apprentice continued: "As for marrying a wife, I'm not in a hurry. I need to find someone as beautiful as my wife, who is educated, virtuous, and will be dignified when I take her out."
Brother Lin grinned when his apprentice praised him.
"Your wife is indeed beautiful. She has not allowed me to be single all these years in vain. This talented man and beautiful woman are a match made in heaven. If I had known that I could marry such a good wife, I wouldn't have been so anxious earlier."
The master was only happy for five seconds, and the disciple immediately said, "Master, what's so great about you? Isn't it that your new house is beautiful? If I were a woman, I would want to get married."
"You little bastard, you're in trouble again." Brother Lin jumped up again and chased his apprentice around. When they ran back, both master and apprentice didn't spill the soda in their hands. They were obviously proficient.
Brother Lin got married last month. The bride is a primary school teacher in the city and a college student who has just graduated from the normal school. She is young and beautiful.
Generally, matchmakers take photos of both men and women and show them to each other.
Brother Lin doesn't need to be so troublesome. As long as he says that this is the brother of Lin Wan, the secretary-general of the 'Holy Light' Group, the girls will agree to it 70% to 80%.
After taking the introduced girl to visit the newly built dormitory building of ‘Holy Light’, it’s up to Brother Lin to choose someone else. As for Brother Lin’s photo...
I can only say that for men, the important thing is the wallet, it doesn't matter if they look rougher.
The master and apprentice came back again, and Brother Lin continued to teach the apprentice, "Learn more skills while you are young. Don't be like the master and me who are uneducated and can only make a living as a driver."
"Master, you have graduated from high school, so you are not too bad."
"My high school was evil. When I was in elementary school, there were criticisms and fights everywhere. The teachers didn't attend classes, and our kids were acting like crazy all day long.
My parents couldn't go to work, and sometimes they had to go out to make revolution even if they didn't even have to cook. It wasn't enough if I didn't go, I had to actively participate, otherwise I would be the one who would be criticized.
When the chaos was finally rectified, I was already in my teens. I couldn't even recognize the words, so I went to middle school without knowing anything. I graduated and started working in a daze.
I suffer from the disadvantage of being uneducated. If I could write a few acid poems and write a few nonsense manuscripts when I was young, I could sneak into the Writers' Association and become an educated person, and the government would support me all my life, and I would have no worries about food and drink."
The apprentice was stunned when he heard this, "Is it so simple? Is there still a chance?"
Brother Lin shook his head and sighed: "Times have changed, and it is not so easy to get along now. Disciple, don't listen to the nonsense the master talks about every day. I just have this problem, don't learn from me.
You should learn to drive from me. When you become an experienced driver, you will naturally understand the principles of this world."
The disciple asked, "What's the point?"
Brother Lin grinned, "It's really good to have money. It allows me to endure the calm for a while and take a step back to open up the world."
The apprentice rolled his eyes in anger at the master.