Of course, these are all polite gestures. In fact, the coolies who worked part-time on the docks actually had a gang, called the Sha Gang. Moreover, upon closer inspection, the Sha Gang and the Qing Gang are more or less related.
The small leader of the Sha Gang who has been helping out at Fengyu Wharf is also a distant relative of Manager Wang. He usually pays a lot of filial piety to Manager Wang, so Manager Wang still wants to wait for the Yangtze River Company to have difficulties in recruiting people. I would recommend the workers from my relatives.
You should know that the phenomenon of xenophobia and bullying among Songhu people during this period was also quite serious. Especially among the middle and lower classes, this xenophobic sentiment is even more serious.
It doesn't matter whether you have money or not, as long as you speak with a foreign accent, in the eyes of the locals, you are just a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. Even if you are rich and are a nouveau riche, they won't even look at you seriously.
Moreover, some coolie workers who work part-time are paid the same price as locals, but the price for hiring them from outsiders is at least double. This situation still existed even in the 1970s and 1980s.
Although the Yangtze Company is protected by members of the Youth Gang, they are still outsiders, and they are still outsiders who are not short of money. So this group of workers from Shagang had already discussed and agreed on the same standard. This time everyone's salary would be doubled compared to the previous time at Qichang Yangxing, otherwise no one would help.
They didn't believe that these outsiders could find anyone else besides themselves. You must know that the sand gangs are very united and have divided their territories, so workers from other docks will not come over.
hey-hey! If you don't give me more money, no one will go. How can you, the rich bosses, take care of so many warehouses and such a big wharf on their own?
You know, it takes a lot of manpower to take care of a large dock. Let’s not talk about the porters who unload and load the cargo after the cargo ship arrives. Even when there is no business, the warehouse always needs someone to guard it, right? The facilities at the pier always need maintenance, right? Also, the ships that come to borrow and call must have knowledgeable people to negotiate the price, right?
There are all kinds of things. Before the business is open, you will need more than a dozen people to take care of it. If the business is open and our cargo ships start to run across the river, then we still need a hundred or so people to help us?
Manager Wang, on the other hand, has been dealing with wharf coolies like Sha Gang for many years, and the people inside are very clear. So he still wanted to wait until the Yangtze River Company encountered difficulties in recruiting people, and he might be able to be a middleman. He could not only sell the Yangtze River Company a favor, receive a good relationship, but also get some benefits.
He knows that these people in Yangtze Company may not be considered young, but they took out more than 200,000 US dollars without even blinking an eyelid. They are very rich.
Unexpectedly, my good intentions turned into a donkey's heart and lungs. They didn't appreciate it at all, or they were too young and didn't know how deep the water was, so they just smiled and thanked me for my kindness. It was said that as soon as Qichang Yangxing had finished the finishing touches, the handover procedures would be completed immediately, which seemed to be in a hurry.
As a result, Manager Wang just wanted to watch the joke. I thought that only when you couldn't find anyone and were so anxious that you would know Wang's kindness today.
During today's handover, Manager Wang deliberately delayed a little time before arriving at Fengyu Pier. Thinking about it, the people of Yangtze River Company are probably looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for me to rescue them, right?
As a result, when he arrived at the dock, he was shocked to find that a large group of young and strong men were already standing on the dock grounds. Manager Wang was stunned to see them.
Although these men did not stand neatly, they all held their chests high and their heads held high, and they looked impressive. At first glance, they were all good coolies with strong bodies.
My dear, can this person from Yangtze River Company do tricks? How come we managed to recruit so many helpers in just three days? If you count them casually, there are probably no less than a hundred or ten people, and they are all unfamiliar faces, not even a single person from the Sha Gang.
As soon as Manager Wang's expression changed, he felt that things were probably out of his control, and it was likely to cause some changes.
At this time, a steward from Qichang Foreign Company trotted over and said in Manager Wang's ear: "Boss Wang, the situation is not good. I'm afraid those stupid young people from Yangtze Company don't know the rules here, so why are they doing this?" Recruiting a bunch of outsiders? The Qing boss of the sand gang over there has sent people over to ask several times, and it seems that there is something about to cause trouble."
It turns out that the piers on the Bund in Shanghai have developed for hundreds of years and have formed some unwritten rules.
Generally, those who set up business on the dock and want to hire any helpers must do so at the nearest dock.
These people work hard at the docks all year round. Some families have been doing this job for generations, and over time they have gradually become united.
Not only do they form cliques, but they are also very xenophobic, just to prevent outsiders from taking over their jobs.
There was once a businessman from Anhui who brought his own helpers on the ship to unload the goods, instead of using local dock workers. As a result, the Sha Gang organized hundreds of dock workers to surround the unloaded goods and not allow anyone to help transport them. It was the patrol house. It's not a good idea to have patrols coming, because these patrols usually accept the filial piety of the Sha Gang.
In the end, the Anhui businessman had no choice but to pay and sell it safely.
But the people in Shabang also follow the rules and will never charge you a cent more. They just calculate it according to the moving price for outsiders.
So when outsiders came later, they had to abide by this invisible rule. All goods on and off the cargo ships were handled by coolies from the sand gang, but they would not charge exorbitant prices.
In this way, you can keep your job and pass it on from generation to generation, and it is not considered illegal and disciplined, and everyone will live in peace.
So when Manager Wang saw so many outsiders coming to the Yangtze River Company, he felt a little nervous. He regretted that he had not made it clear to a few young people at the beginning. Now something was going to happen.
At this moment, Zhou Wen's car also drove into the dock.
Manager Wang, who usually put on some airs in front of Zhou Wen, couldn't care less about this and hurriedly greeted him.
If the Sha Gang comes out to cause trouble during the handover from above and affects the transfer transaction between the two parties, he will be responsible for it. You must know that Yangtze River Company still has a balance of hundreds of thousands of dollars, which will be paid after the handover today.
When Zhou Wencai got out of the car, he saw a few people in the young and strong crowd over there winking at him, which seemed a little funny.
It's really funny. They are obviously elites in a hundred battles, but now they are all wearing the clothes of ordinary people. They are also afraid that others will see that they are from the army, and they stand loosely on purpose. But in the eyes of knowledgeable people, what is the temperament of a soldier? You can't even hide it.
