Chen Mingyu said with a smile: "You are right, only those who work hard and strive for self-improvement are worthy of help from others." If he gives up on himself, then it is useless for anyone to help him. ”

"Hey, I don't see it, our thoughts are really similar, this is fate!"

"That's right, I think we're quite fated too!"

"That'...... Do you still want to go to Xiting Shipyard? ”

"That's right."

"Well, I don't want to ask you what you're doing there, since you really want to go, then I'll take you there. Do you know why I didn't let you go? Actually, the reason is very simple, because the place is very desolate, and if I pull you there, believe it or not, when you want to come back after a while, you won't even be able to get a taxi! It's about 20 miles from the county seat, which isn't too far, but if you walk, it's enough to walk in the middle of the night! Moreover, those factory guards at the Xiting shipyard are also very fierce, if you wander around their shipyard and are mistaken for someone who is stealing something, then they may really arrest you and beat you up! Some time ago, such an incident happened in Xiting Shipyard, a young man was seriously injured, and it is said that he is still lying in the hospital! ”

"Really? There is such a thing! Chen Mingyu said in surprise.

"Hey, what am I lying to you for! So, don't wander around when you get there. The taxi himself said, "Well, after I take you there, you can do whatever you have to do, and I'll wait for you there for a while, and I'll pull you back." But don't delay too long, or delay my work. In addition, I look at the weather, there may be heavy rain tonight, the road over there is not easy to walk, if it really rains heavily, we will not be able to come back! ”

Chen Mingyu said gratefully: "Thank you so much!" ”

The taxi driver smiled: "You're welcome! Helping others is a traditional virtue of our nation, hehe......"

It has been said that if you want to know a city, you need to know its taxi drivers.

One reason is that the vast majority of taxi drivers are locals and can be said to know the city well, and another reason is that taxi drivers shuttle through the streets and alleys every day, contacting people of all shapes and shapes, and most taxi drivers love to chat and are good at chatting, they can learn different information from different customers, and these drivers will definitely chat with each other when they stay together, so that their information is so integrated with each other, so taxi drivers have almost become a "local know-it-all".

Chen Mingyu met such an enthusiastic and caring taxi driver, so he naturally would not let go of the opportunity to communicate with him.

"Brother, what do you call it?" Chen Mingyu handed the driver a cigarette and asked.

"Hehe, my surname is He, I am the fifth oldest in our family, and most people call me 'He Wu'", the taxi driver took the cigarette, glanced at it, and shouted, "Yo, China!" Rich man! Business, right? ”

Instead of smoking, he put it in his ear.

Chen Mingyu reported to Zhouquan today, thinking that he might inevitably have to hand someone a cigarette or something, so he put a box of China on his body, but he is usually more accustomed to smoking Hongtashan.

Chen Mingyu smiled, didn't explain, and followed He Wu's words and asked, "Then do you think Zhou Quan's business is easy to do?" ”

"Then it depends on what business you do, our Zhouquan is close to the sea, rich in fishery, if you do this kind of business, such as trade, or get a processing plant or something, it is also very easy to do, but the competition is strong enough, now that the reform and opening up, everyone is going to do business." In addition, we have an abundance of fruits and vegetables here. Especially our Zhouquan Red Fuji apples, which are famous far and wide! However, although the varieties are all red Fuji, if you want to talk about quality, it is still the best apple in Xiuyuan Town! If you want to buy apples, it's best to go directly to the orchard in Xiuyuan Town, because many of the apples sold in the market are fake. All in all, in Qingjiang City, our Zhouquan's economic development level is still the best, and those other counties are not as good as us at all. If you want to do business, you can't go wrong with us! In the past few years, there have been a lot of outsiders who have come to us to do business, and you can see how many factories have been opened! I can make so much money by driving a taxi, and the passengers are mainly these businessmen, and some are cadres of government agencies, and ordinary people still take taxis are still relatively rare. There was a sense of pride in He Wu's tone.

"How's the security here?"

"Public order...... It's okay, right? ”

"Okay? So what do you think is good? Or is it not good? Chen Mingyu asked.

"How to put it, anyway, the past few years have been a lot better than the previous years. Our folk customs here are actually quite tough, sometimes two strangers walking down the street, one of them is not right and they have to fight! At that time, several of our social big brothers here slowly developed into a group of dozens or even hundreds of people for some trivial things! For example, our small park here, the dusting mountain, these places, are all designated places for appointments, I don't know how many fights have been fought in these two places, and how much blood has been shed. In the past few years, everyone has begun to make money with all their hearts, and those social big brothers have also turned into bosses. They will still fight, but much less than before, and besides, they are fighting now, and they are no longer fighting for a breath, they are all for money and profit! ”

"You usually drive taxis, no one bothers you, right?"

"Not really, but we have to pay a lot of money to the taxi company every month. Do you know who the owner of our taxi driver is? Min Tao! If we pay him so much money every month, of course he will cover us, so naturally no one else will dare to attack us. ”

"Min Tao? What does this man do? Isn't it amazing? ”

"Oh, forget that you are a foreigner, if we are locals, how can we not know Min Tao! Min Tao is our big boss here, and he is also the most awesome social big brother! It is said that he is also the eldest brother of Meng Weishan, secretary of our county party committee. ”

"He's Secretary Meng's eldest brother?" Chen Mingyu asked.

"Hehe, there is such a rumor, but as far as I know, this is a rumor. Secretary Meng's wife's surname is Liu, what unit does she work in the city, how can Min Tao be his brother-in-law. However, it is true that Secretary Meng and Min Tao have a good relationship, I think they are good friends. He Wu gave his own judgment.

"What kind of business does this Min Tao do?"

"That's a lot! For example, restaurants, hotels, the first entertainment hall in our county was also opened by him, and there are some factories under his name, such as garment factories, woolen mills, etc., in addition, he is also engaged in fishing, fruit trade, and no one can say what industries are under his name. Oh, by the way, aren't you going to the Xiting Shipyard? This Xiting shipyard is also quite related to Min Tao. ”

"What's the relationship?"

"Xiting Shipyard has been unable to operate for the past two years, and it is said that the county is ready to sell this shipyard, as if it is preparing to sell to Min Tao, but some people say that the director of the shipyard wants to buy the shipyard himself. However, I am curious that if the director of the factory bought the shipyard at his own expense, then the shipyard would have changed from a state enterprise to a private enterprise, right? ”

"That's right."

"How much salary can the director of that shipyard get a month, it is estimated that it is only a few hundred yuan, and it must not be a thousand. So you say, where did he get the money to buy such a shipyard? I heard that he was going to take out a loan from this shipyard and then use the loan money to buy this shipyard...... I really don't understand this, how does the money from the shipyard's loan to buy the shipyard sound like taking money out of the left pocket and stuffing it into the right pocket? You are a businessman, you must be well-informed, you come to analyze and analyze, is this considered the loss of state-owned assets? ”

"This ......" Chen Mingyu knew the essence of this behavior, but he didn't know how to answer the taxi driver.

"It used to be said that all the assets of the country belong to all the people, so this Xiting Shipyard is a state-owned enterprise, I am a common man, according to this reason, Xiting Shipyard should also have my share! However, I really don't know which of the Xiting Shipyard will belong to me soon, even if I go to the Xiting Shipyard to get a screw, I will probably be beaten by those workers who watch the factory! Alas, I really have so many questions to figure out! ”

Chen Mingyu couldn't help laughing, this is really a driver who loves to think and can speak!

Chen Mingyu really didn't know how to answer these questions raised by the driver's master, so he quickly changed the topic: "Hey, master, who is the current director of Xiting Shipyard?" ”

He Wu said: "The current factory director is called Ji Dongyuan, this guy is not a good bird!" He was originally the deputy director of the county planning and economic commission, about five years ago, he came to Xiting Shipyard as the director, at that time Xiting Shipyard was still very prosperous, but since he came, Xiting Shipyard has been worse than a year, so that now it has stopped working, and it has to be sold to individuals! I really don't understand, just like Ji Dongyuan, why didn't the county deal with him! I think that at the beginning, Xiting Shipyard was a very famous state-owned enterprise here! At that time, every morning to work, or in the evening, the bicycles would converge into a long line, which was spectacular! In fact, when I was young, I wanted to enter this factory to get an iron rice bowl. However, at that time, this shipyard was too popular, we had no way, and we were not college students, so we couldn't get in at all, so I was forced to enter the society early and find food by myself. Over the years, I have done odd jobs for others in the orchard, moved bricks on construction sites, sold vegetables in the vegetable market, and went to sea to fish...... Later, I was instructed to learn to drive and get into a taxi, which changed my fate. That's why I'm very strict with my son's education now, and I also sponsor those poor students, because I know that in the future, if there is no culture, it will not work......"

Chen Mingyu listened to He Wu's chatter, and simply strung together the information He Wu told him in his mind, and generally had a new context, and these things were all things that he couldn't understand while sitting in the office and flipping through the materials.

The two chatted all the way, and soon arrived near the Xiting Shipyard.

He Wu stopped the car and said, "Do you see the factory in front of you?" That's the Xiting Shipyard! ”

"Thank you, Master He, give you the money." Chen Mingyu handed over fifty yuan.

He Wu looked at the price list, a total of 12 yuan, and said: "The two of us are talking about such speculation, I'll give you a change and charge you 10 yuan." ”

"How does this work?" Chen Mingyu said.

In this year, two yuan is actually not a little, now ordinary vegetables are only one or two cents a pound, pork is more than a pound, steamed buns can buy five or six for a dollar, for an ordinary family of three, two dollars is almost enough for a day's living expenses.

"It's okay! It's okay! He Wu said generously, "Just make a friend!" ”

Chen Mingyu didn't take the forty yuan handed over by He Wu, and said, "That's it, Master He, you wait for me here for a while, I'll go down for a turn, and I'll go with your car later." This money will be used as my way back. ”

"That's fine. But when I go back, I will charge you ten yuan, and you will put away the thirty. ”

"Aren't you waiting here for me? Master He, I think you are a cheerful person, so I won't be polite to you, you can put away the money first! If you think it's too much, then save it for you first, and I'll definitely take your car in the future! Wait for me here for a while, I'll come when I go! ”

"Hey, I can see that you're a cheerful person too! But, brother, what the hell are you going to do? I think I need to remind you that there's nothing here but this shipyard! ”

"Isn't the shipyard's dormitory area here?"

"Dormitory? This shipyard has only one dormitory area, and that's also in the city! Hey, I said man, you don't want to go to the shipyard's dormitory, do you? If you really want to go there, you should have told me sooner, I wouldn't have dragged you here! ”

"Hehe, I don't want to go to the dormitory area, I just want to come here and have a look."

"Alright! But you really have to be careful, just walk around, don't get too close, don't even think about entering the factory, the people who protect the factory team are fierce, if they catch you, it will definitely be a good fight! ”

"So fierce? Fight indiscriminately? ”

"Cut! Don't believe it, if you get beaten, you're in trouble! Brother, go ahead, I'll be waiting for you here. If you really have a problem, then you can run this way and shout, I will pay more attention to it, and I will save you when I see it! ”

"Haha, okay! Dude, thank you in advance! Chen Mingyu laughed.

"Don't take me for a joke, I am! In addition, I don't think it's going to rain soon, so you can go and go back quickly. If you want to come, find a good day and come back. He Wu said seriously.

"Got it, brother, then I'll go down."

"Well, go ahead, watch out."

After He Wumu sent Chen Mingyu forward, he took off the Chinese stick that Chen Mingyu gave him from his ear, put it under his nose and sniffed the smell, then put it in his mouth, took out a lighter and lit it, and smoked it beautifully.