Chapter 158: Market Distribution
This year's summer was unusually hot. As unusual as this weather is the sight of the Grand Moscow Market.
In normal times, even if the market is not crowded, it can be called a crowd of people. However, in the last two weeks, the market has almost been paralyzed.
The day before Independence Day, I received a call from Sergei asking me to inform the customer to pick up the goods.
The news was like thunder on the ground. The shippers were so excited that they couldn't take care of the holiday.
In the past two weeks, there has been little to sell in the market. Whether it is a stall owner, an employee, a stevedore or a security guard, the staff of various service departments, the retired Cui who is on leave and dismissed. It felt like even the begging gypsies weren't coming, and only a small number of people were holding out in the market.
On the morning of June 12, Russia Day, I came to the office and saw that there were already quite a few people waiting there for the client. I started organizing people to line up to pay for the transportation.
The goods that have been stranded for many days were suddenly released today. We are sending out 10 times more goods than usual. All the staff of the company are constantly busy.
I called Anton and asked him to arrange a cash truck to withdraw the money, but Anton said that we suddenly needed a cash truck during the holiday today. The driver's security guard did not arrange today's work, and he couldn't find anyone for a while.
I called Sergey and told him that the amount of money for today was particularly large and that it had to be shipped on the same day. Sergey said that he went to solve the matter of the cash truck.
Towards the afternoon, our company's truck had not yet arrived, and the customers who had paid the money began to shout. I'm also very anxious, today's cargo volume is very large, so late the truck has not arrived, we don't know when we will be able to divide the goods.
I called Sergey again to expedite the goods.
Around two o'clock in the afternoon, the truck we had been waiting for finally arrived.
In the empty and silent parking lot, only our company's motorcade drove mightily. This sight has attracted almost the entire market.
The anxious owner yelled for us to divide the goods immediately.
I took a look at the environment of the parking lot and felt that today's distribution was particularly risky.
In the past few days, due to the recession of the market, the Central Asian porters working in the market have not been able to earn money for a long time. When they see the goods, it is tantamount to a hungry wolf seeing Mianyang. Not to mention the scramble to pull goods, once the situation gets out of control, they immediately become a group of robbers who steal goods.
Recently, almost all the staff in the market are on holiday, and it is the Independence Day holiday in Russia, and there are really few security guards in the market.
Cargo owners who are in a hurry to pick up their goods and drivers who want to go home early should open all the trucks and divide the goods at the same time. The porters are also clamoring for work!
This is possible in normal times. At the same time, of course, the speed of distribution should be fast, but today, this is absolutely not possible.
As soon as we came, there were more than a dozen people in our company, and it was impossible to drive 20 trucks at the same time. Second, the security situation in the market today is indeed worrying, and the loss of goods can occur at any time.
I had 20 large trucks parked side by side, unloading one and unloading another. The drivers were particularly opposed to my request, saying that they would unload it until tomorrow. I told the drivers to either follow my command or drive back and not to open the seals without my instructions.
After getting the driver, the shippers were even more difficult, and a female shipper said that she had to go back today, and the tickets were all booked. But she didn't know when she would be able to pick up the goods, and she was protesting! Did I tell her I saw the porters? Once they steal your goods, do you think you can go back home? She looked at me and stopped talking.
Goods that are not picked up by the owner need to be moved to the warehouse at any time. In this way, we need 2 staff in the warehouse and 4 people to escort the goods to be moved. It was just me and two security guards and 7 staff members left in the parking lot.
We have to distribute some goods to 400 customers, and at the same time ensure that the unclaimed goods are put in storage. The safety of the entire process is extremely stressful.
With everything arranged, we opened the first door and started sorting. Although the delivery speed is slow, the process of sorting the goods is orderly. Those laborers also stopped when they saw that there was no opportunity. They stand by, waiting for the owner to hire them to pull the goods.
Fortunately, the summer days in Moscow were long, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening, and it was still bright, and we had already divided a third of the goods.
To be honest, in the parking lot, it seems that I am not working alone. But I was nervous. I went back and forth to inspect the distribution of goods, for fear that something would happen.
Then. On the side of the crowd, I sensed three suspicious figures, as if they were secretly observing us. One of them was the roe deer Azerbaijanis. I stood anxiously in front of the truck, hoping that the goods would be sorted out sooner.