Chapter 89: A new challenge is coming

At ten o'clock in the evening of the ninth day of the first lunar month, Li Hao and Yang Qianxun walked out of the exit of the railway station in Xining again. The cold wind in Xining made Yang Qianxun shiver, as if to remind her that from now on, a new battle was about to start again.

The next day, I checked the recruitment notices on the Internet and in the mailbox, summarized the driver recruitment calls I received at home, contacted them one by one, and looked at the more than 20 phone numbers written down, Yang Qianxun said to Li Hao: "The driver who applied for the job this time is really the world!" Jilin, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangxi are everywhere, but there are not many in Qinghai. ”

Li Hao said: "I am afraid that they will come, not accustomed to the plateau of more than 5,000 meters and the harsh environment there, when you call them, everyone will patiently explain clearly, tell them all the hardships of that place and the coal mine, they think that there is no problem to come, and we do not cover the road expenses, let them know, if not, do not waste the road money." ”

Yang Qianxun called one by one, and those who were interested in coming were patiently communicated with them according to what Li Hao said, and asked them to rush to Huatugou on the twelfth and thirteenth days of the first month. Two of the Hubei drivers happened to be in Xining, and asked if they could go with them, Yang Qianxun said yes, but like other drivers, the salary began to be calculated from the day they arrived in Huatugou, and they set off together on the morning of the eleventh day of the first lunar month.

The two were busy in the office, and the property manager came to look for them, and the eldest sister walked into their office and asked, "You are back, why is there no one in your office?" ”

Yang Qianxun said: "Eldest sister, is there something wrong?" ”

"This year's property fees, utility bills should be paid, and I haven't been able to find you."

"How much? Do we hand it over now? Yang Qianxun said.

"Even pay 8,000 yuan for water and electricity."

After Yang Qianxun heard what she said, he asked in surprise, "Why is it so expensive?" Can there be less? ”

The eldest sister said: "It's all at this price, you have already lost it, when you rented this office, the previous one had already paid the property fee for a year, so I didn't ask you for it." ”

Yang Qianxun took out her wallet from her bag aggrievedly, made up enough, and asked Li Hao again, Li Hao asked her, "How much worse?" ”

Yang Qianxun said: "There is still a difference of 2,700 yuan. ”

Li Hao took out the money, counted 27 hundred-yuan bills, and handed them to Yang Qianxun. The property lady said, "Come with me to the office, I'll give you a receipt." ”

After paying the money back, the more Yang Qianxun thought about it, the more he felt that it was not cost-effective, since they went to the mine, they rarely used this office, especially now, there are only two people left in the company, and they have to go to more than 1,000 kilometers of Huatugou, and they want this office, which is really not even a façade, so they discussed with Li Hao, whether they can return the lease, Li Hao said: "If you quit the lease, what will you do in the future?" ”

"There are very few opportunities for us to sit here in the future, and keeping it is just a waste of 60,000 yuan a year, and it is not cost-effective to be empty here."

"If you want to rent in the future, you may not be able to rent it, have you forgotten how difficult it was for us to find an office in the first place?"

"Whether it's difficult or not, this office is really of little use to us right now, I mean, tell the property and let them sublet it out for us, and if someone rents it, we can sell the office furniture cheaper and get some money back."

Li Hao said: "It's okay, I've paid the rent for two years, and we can get a little money back, and we can also respond to emergencies in the mine." ”

Yang Qianxun saw that he agreed, and ran to the property office below, and found the property sister, "Sister, you see that our work is in the field, and the office here is basically not needed, and it is too wasteful, our office here in Dongcheng District is tight, and there are definitely many units needed, can you help rent out the office to us?" ”

The eldest sister said: "That's fine, but the price is going up, you can't care, when we rent out, we will sign a new contract with the tenant, and you will give you as much money as you have left." ”

Yang Qianxun smiled and said: "Okay, just do it, if you have a rent, you call me in advance, and I will come back to go through the procedures." After speaking, he took out a business card prepared in advance and handed it to her, thanked her repeatedly, and returned to his office.

Li Hao saw her come in and asked, "You have made so many calls, how many drivers can go?" ”

Yang Qianxun walked over and checked the name marked on the book and said: "Now I am sure that there are thirteen people who want to go to Huatugou, and we have to renovate the car in Huatugou, and continue to recruit while repairing the car." ”

"Talk to the property?"

"Well, they'll call me early then. Now we should pack up our things and take everything we can to the dormitory, and it will be a hassle to wait for someone to rent it. ”

"I'm going to Huatugou early tomorrow morning, so let's pack it up quickly, move it to the pickup truck little by little, and pull it to the dormitory." Li Hao said that he had already started to do it.

The two first dismantled the two desktop computers and put them in cardboard boxes, Li Hao was responsible for carrying the boxes to the elevator one by one, transporting them to the bottom and loading them, Yang Qianxun packed up all the things on the countertop, put them in cardboard boxes, bags, and mentioned downstairs, fortunately, there were not many things, and they were shipped in a few trips. The property lady went out and saw them packing up and said, "So fast, just told me that you want to rent, and then you started to move things?" ”

Yang Qianxun said honestly: "We won't come tomorrow, there are other things to do, if there is someone who is willing to rent, you remember to call me." Saying that, he had already walked to the gate of the office building, Li Hao had already driven the car out of the parking position, Yang Qianxun pulled the back door of the car, loaded the things in, and got into the car himself.

In the afternoon, the two went to the auto parts market in Xining, bought a lot of commonly used accessories, put them in the body of the pickup truck, and brought them together when they were ready to go to Huatugou.

At eight o'clock the next morning, the driver in Hubei called Yang Qianxun and said that he was having breakfast at a stall on Kunlun Road, Yang Qianxun said: "You just stand on the side of Kunlun Road and don't move, we will go over immediately, you send me on my mobile phone for the specific location, and wait to meet there." The two finished breakfast in the small shop downstairs, and followed the address sent by the driver along Kunlun Road. Two men in their thirties, each with a big bag and a luggage roll, stood on the side of the road, looking at the direction of Yang Qianxun's car, Yang Qianxun said: "Stop next to those two people, I guess it's them." ”

Li Hao drove slowly to the side of the road and stopped, and Yang Qianxun went down and asked, "Is it Master He Ping and Master Zhao Jian?" ”

The two hurriedly said, "Yes, you are Mr. Yang?" ”

"Get in the car, put your luggage in the body, and you sit in the back." As he spoke, he opened the back door and put the trunk in the back seat in the body.

The car started, and Li Hao said: "It's going to be late for us to get to Huatugou today, can we three men take turns to drive?" Like you guys who drive a big car, this little pickup truck must be no problem? ”

Zhao Jian smiled and said, "No problem, let's take turns for the three of us." ”

Yang Qianxun also smiled and said, "With the three of you driving, I will be relaxed!" ”

Li Hao asked them: "You two are in Xining so early, haven't you gone home for the New Year?" ”

Zhao Jian said: "We came from home on the sixth day of junior high school, and we originally went to Muli Coal Mine to do it, but when we got there, the environment was too bad, and the car boss asked us to come in advance, but they hadn't arrived yet. ”

Yang Qianxun said: "Master Zhao, Master He, we are all telling the truth, I also gave a detailed introduction to the situation in the mine where we are on the phone, it should be no better than Muli, are you mentally prepared?" ”

He Ping, who had not spoken, said: "Your salary is 500 yuan more than theirs, since they are all hard-working and working in the mine, of course we choose the one with a higher salary." ”

Yang Qianxun smiled and said, "It turns out that the reason why you chose us again is the salary!" Regardless of the high point or the low point, as long as you can endure hardships and cherish our car, of course we will not spare those hundreds of dollars. ”

Li Hao said: "Our cars are now parked in Huatugou, and at the end of last year, we plan to carry out a major overhaul for each car, and then drive to the mine." Let's go from Xining together, this chatted for more than 1,000 kilometers, it can be regarded as familiar, to Huatugou, there will be other drivers to come, I hope you can take the lead, use more snacks, when we are not there, we can also help, no problem, right? ”

Zhao Jian said: "No problem, we have been driving big cars for five or six years, and we still know a lot about cars, and when the time comes, we will go to the repair shop to watch them do repairs." ”

He Ping also said slowly: "You have given us a salary, we can do everything, we can help." ”

Yang Qianxun joked: "Master He is really realistic! Every word is inseparable from money. ”

Zhao Jian said: "I'm a fellow countryman, I'm more honest, but the car drives very well." ”

"It's good or not, I'll know when the time comes, you say yes, Master He." Yang Qianxun turned his head to look at him and said.

He Ping did not speak, and remained silent.

In addition to eating and refueling along the way, it basically didn't stop, and it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening until Huatugou. When they arrived at the coal mine's office in Huatugou, fortunately, the door had not been locked, Li Hao called Mr. Geng, who had already returned from home and asked them to go directly to the second floor.

Entering Mr. Geng's office, Mr. Geng saw that there were four people, and asked Li Hao strangely: "Why are there only the four of you?" What about your drivers? ”

Li Hao said: "The driver will go to Huatugou one after another in the past two days, I don't know if the mine has started?" ”

Mr. Geng said: "Not yet, it will start after fifteen." ”

"Have you eaten? There is a sheep soup restaurant opposite, it tastes good, I will take you down to eat some? Mr. Geng said enthusiastically.

Li Hao immediately waved his hand and said: "No, no, we can go by ourselves, I want to ask if you can help our driver who came first to solve the accommodation problem, if you can, thank you so much!" We will also have to stay in Huatugou for three or four days, renovate the car, and then drive to the mine. ”

Mr. Geng said: "We have three or four rooms here, which used to be lived by the staff, and now they have all gone home for the New Year, and they haven't come back yet, so why don't they live here?" ”

Li Hao said happily: "Okay, these two masters will stay tonight, and there may be a few more tomorrow, and tomorrow we will start to renovate the car, and after repairing five cars, we will drive it once to ensure that the start of work will not be delayed." ”

Mr. Geng also said happily: "Okay, it's good that you're here." ”

Yang Qianxun asked him: "Mr. Geng, is there a repair shop or something in the mine?" ”

"Not for the time being, we're going to get some repair equipment ourselves, hire two repairmen, hasn't it just started?"

Li Hao interrupted him and said: "First of all, Mr. Geng, don't close the door first, let's go to eat, and after eating, these two masters come up and you will close the door again." ”

After saying that, the four of them went downstairs together. Although the mutton soup restaurant opposite is hung with thick cotton curtains, the light from both sides of the curtain shows that it is still open, four people go in together, the three men asked for a bowl of mutton soup, and ordered a few dishes and a few flatbreads, Yang Qianxun didn't like to drink mutton soup, so he ate a piece of cake casually, sat on the side and waited for them.

In less than half an hour, after the four of them finished eating, Zhao Jian and He Ping took their luggage and walked to the second floor opposite, Li Hao drove away from the coal mine office and found a hotel.