The pillar introduced Chen Qiang to the situation of the old Shanghai rickshaw driver.

In 1929, Buick had just set up an office in Shanghai, and Ford's best-selling V8 model in China had not yet been produced.

The rickshaws in old Shanghai were all controlled by gangs, and the car dealerships were all run by gangs, and if you wanted to enter the industry to pull cars, you had to pay rent. Among them, the rickshaws that can pass in the concession are called "big notes", and the rent is 1 yuan a day, and the rickshaws that cannot enter the concession are called "small notes", and the rent is 6 dimes a day, which is equivalent to the current share of money.

At that time, the overlord of the old Shanghai rickshaw was Gu Siye, the big man of the "Tong" generation of the Green Gang, the "big head incense" of the Zhabei generation, the leader of the Northern Jiangsu people in old Shanghai, and the entire Shanghai Chinese rickshaw shop was his business.

In addition, there is also a man named Jin Jiulin, known as Jin Jiuye, who is the overlord of the rickshaw in the French Concession and controls all the rickshaw shops in the French Concession.

The real identity of this Jin Jiuye is the inspector of the robber squad of the Criminal Section of the French Concession Patrol House. At the same time, he is also the apprentice of Huang Jinrong, one of the "three tycoons". Huang Jinrong used to be the only Chinese inspector general of the patrol house in the French Concession, so as long as he was involved with the patrol house of the French Concession, he was basically Huang Jinrong's apprentice.

In fact, Jin Jiulin was actually deliberately supported by the "three tycoons" to fight against Gu Siye.

Gu Siye is a native of northern Jiangsu, and he is very righteous, so many people from northern Jiangsu who come to Shanghai will vote under Gu Siye's door, and Gu Siye also has a nickname called "Jiangbei Tycoon", which is enough to show that Gu Siye is a very powerful figure in old Shanghai.

Shanghai's "three tycoons" naturally will not allow Gu Siye to become bigger, but Gu Siye has seniority in the Green Gang, and some of his subordinates have guns, and they are still the leaders of the people of Northern Jiangsu, even if they are the "three tycoons", they can't blatantly deal with Gu Siye, and the rules in the Green Gang still have to be followed.

Therefore, the "three tycoons" could only start from other places, and they supported Jin Jiulin to become the rickshaw overlord of the concession, so as to weaken the business of Gu Siye's rickshaw dealership. I'm going to do you through legitimate business, you can't say I'm black and black!

This is the rickshaw shop pattern in old Shanghai now, Gu Siye has many people, but his car dealer can't drive into the most prosperous French Concession, although Jin Jiulin monopolizes the business of rickshaw dealers in the French Concession, but outside the concession, it is still Gu Siye's world.

In this respect, Gu Siye and Jin Jiulin are opposites.

Gu Siye's car dealership will not take in Chen Qiang, but Jin Jiulin will not pay attention to this set, although Chen Qiang is on the blacklist of Huajie foreign car dealership, if you want to pull a foreign car, you can also go to Jin Jiulin's car dealership in the concession to try your luck.

Chen Qiang didn't know this information before, a driver who had just pulled the car for two days, how could he understand the doorway? Now that Chen Qiang knew these things from the hands of the pillar, he suddenly felt like he had obtained a treasure.

couldn't sell Fengyue tabloids, which made Chen Qiang lose a lot of money, at least the eggs every day and two roast chickens a month flew away. Chen Qiang urgently needs a new livelihood to make money, supplement his nutrition, and make his body stronger.

Pulling a rickshaw is a good option.

Although the coachman in old Shanghai was the lowest job, he earned a lot of money, enough to support his family.

For example, Mr. Lao She's "Camel Xiangzi" has a description that Xiangzi pulled a car for three years, saved enough 100 oceans, bought a car of his own, and went out for basic living expenses on average for a year, and could save more than 30 oceans, which was a very good income at that time, and now he dares to take out a loan to buy a house.

"Camel Xiangzi" is set in Beiping City in the early twenties, when prices were cheaper, and license plates were not expensive, basically you can apply for a license plate by buying your own car. Shanghai at the end of the twenties was different, especially the "big note" license plate, which could enter the rental industry, had risen to nearly 1,000 yuan, and ordinary drivers could not buy a car of their own in their lifetime, so they could only rent a car at the car dealership and obediently pay their share of the money.

But even if it is a car from a rental car company, the driver's income is still very good.

For example, in the most prosperous French Concession, the starting price of a rickshaw is 4 dimes, and the starting price outside the lease is cheaper, 3 dimes is enough.

Chen Qiang sells newspapers for a day, and if he can't grab them, he will earn three or four cents, which is only equivalent to the starting price of a rickshaw in the French Concession.

Of course, there was no price per kilometer in that era, if you run in the concession, that is, you will charge a starting price of four cents, and if you run farther, the driver will have more points, if you pull heavy luggage, the coachman will also have more points, and the coachman will also have more points when it rains, all according to the market price, and the situation of stealing customers is basically nothing.

Because the car dealerships are all controlled by gangs, and the children of the gang also know that the business of stealing customers will not last long, so they have long set the rule that they are not allowed to steal customers, and they can't spoil the steamer porridge because of a mouse droppings. If any driver dares to rip off customers, he will not be able to pull the car in the future, not to mention, and he will have to be disabled by the gang.

Straight to the point.

After Chen Qiang learned about the sphere of influence of the rickshaw in Shanghai, he had already decided to go to the rickshaw dealer in the French Concession to find a job as a rickshaw driver. Although you have to pay at least one ocean of money a day, the starting price of a trip is 4 dimes, and you only need to pull four guests a day.

A bowl of fish soup was in his stomach, Chen Qiang gently burped, this fish soup just added some salt, and the taste was indeed delicious.

"I'll apply for a driver's job tomorrow, and there will be fish and meat every day!"

Chen Qiang encouraged himself, ate the rest of the fish, and fell asleep.

……

Early the next morning, Chen Qiang did not go to sell newspapers, but went directly to Bugaoli on Yaerpei Road in the French Concession.

Yaerpei Road is now South Shaanxi Road, and the later Bugaoli has also become a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Shanghai, with many former residences of celebrities, but in 1929 Bugaoli was still a large vacant land. It wasn't until 1930 that French businessmen invested in the construction of some residences.

Because this is a vacant land, it has become the parking lot of Jin Jiulin, the rickshaws controlled by Jin Jiulin are usually mostly parked in the open space in the high step, and the coachman will come here every day to pick up and return the car, and there is also the largest rickshaw shop in the French Concession.

It was early in the morning, and there was an endless stream of drivers who came here to receive the car, some of them pulled rickshaws, and some of them specialized in pulling chartered cars for wealthy families. Everyone is in a hurry, and they look like they're in a hurry. Just like those who drove taxis in later generations, nine times out of ten they were in a hurry.

Time is money.

Chen Qiang walked directly into the car dealership, looked around, and saw a man in his forties sitting behind the table in the middle, this person was a little fat, with a big belly, and his face was full of fat, and he was reading the account book at this time.

Chen Qiang walked over, shook at the fat man, and said, "Shopkeeper, you are early." ”

The fat man didn't look up, just rolled his eyes and glanced at Chen Qiang, and saw that Chen Qiang's dress was not a decent person, so he asked in a very angry tone, "What's the matter?" ”

"Shopkeeper, are you still short of people here? I want to come and pull a foreign car. Chen Qiang said straight to the point.

This time, the fat man raised his head, looked at Chen Qiang, and asked, "How old is it?" ”

"Seventeen, eighteen after the New Year!" Chen Qiang directly made him two years old, so as not to say that the fifteen-year-old family was too young to want him.

"Not a local?" The fat man asked again, he had already heard that Chen Qiang spoke without a local accent.

Chen Qiang nodded: "It's from Shandong." ”

"Is there a guarantor?" The fat man then asked.

"Nope." Chen Qiang replied honestly.

"It turned out to be a deflated three!" The fat man pursed his lips disdainfully, then lowered his head and continued to look at the account book, and said: "You are a deflated three, you are not a local, and you don't have a guarantor, and you still want to come to me to pull a car?" Roll as far as you want, don't be an eyesore here! ”

"Shopkeeper, you see I have strength, I have pulled the car before, I pull the car absolutely steadily and fast......"

Chen Qiang was about to explain, but before he finished speaking, a word came out of the fat man's mouth:

"Get out!"

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