189: Loquats have been moved to cold storage! Update!
With this thought in mind, Chen Kai immediately hurried toward the Cold Storage warehouse.
His mercedes-benz gle slowly started up, and he quickly drove toward the Cold Storage.
In less than half an hour, Chen Kai parked his car at the entrance of the Cold Storage and walked, familiar with the route, to the office in the Cold Storage complex.
He knocked on the door and pushed open the entrance to the Fatty boss's office.
The Fatty boss had been sitting in his office chair scrolling through his phone, but when he saw Chen Kai, he froze in surprise and quickly swallowed hard.
"Brother... you... you aren't planning to rent back the Cold Storage you terminated early, are you?"
"I've already rented it out to someone else. You... I can't refund your money, and there aren't any small Cold Storage units of a few cubic meters left."
The boss looked at him with a cautious and wary expression, as if to say that if he wanted to get the Cold Storage back, it was impossible!
Chen Kai chuckled, signaling the Fatty boss not to be nervous.
"I'm here to rent a new Cold Storage unit, don't worry."
"I want to rent a 20-cubic-meter Cold Storage unit; do you see any available warehouses?"
Upon hearing this, the Fatty boss immediately chuckled.
"Aha! Is that so? Why didn't you say so earlier? I thought you wanted to reuse that small warehouse you rented for seven days and terminated early."
"Twenty cubic meters, right? We have plenty of those medium-sized Cold Storage units left. How long do you want to rent it for?"
"If you rent it, I'll give you a discount of 100 yuan. It's 50 yuan per day, with a seven-day minimum. If you rent for seven days, you only need to pay for five days."
The Fatty chuckled. Last time, Chen Kai had helped him earn much more than this, so offering a small discount was acceptable.
Chen Kai raised an eyebrow. "Is that so? That works. Let's rent it for seven days. That's 250 yuan total, right? I'll scan 249 yuan for you."
"Deal! Go ahead and scan!"
The Fatty chuckled immediately, displayed the QR code, and after the payment notification sounded, he found a set of keys from a bunch of smart electronic keys and handed them to Chen Kai.
"Warehouse No. 11. You know the procedure, go take a look yourself."
Chen Kai immediately took the keys. "Got it!"
Taking the keys, he stepped out of the office and hurried toward the nearby Warehouse No. 11.
Standing in front of Warehouse No. 11, he opened the Cold Storage door and took a look. Chen Kai nodded in satisfaction; the space was definitely large enough.
It was enough to fit all seven thousand-plus catties of fruit inside.
He silently closed the Cold Storage door and began to think about when to go find the Male Workers.
loquats weren't as delicate as ginseng; they just needed to be stacked crate by crate.
Plus, when they were loaded onto the truck, they would definitely come in fruit crates.
The thing is... the Male Workers needed to get all these fruits into the Cold Storage before the Typhoon arrived tonight.
He probably only had four or five hours left.
Also, he hadn't found a transport vehicle yet. He would need at least two pickup trucks to transport them; one definitely wouldn't be enough.
Over 7,500 catties—this stuff weighed almost as much as half of the Golden Cudgel.
He needed to hire the Male Workers quickly! This was manual labor.
Thinking this, he didn't hesitate, immediately got into the car, and hurried toward the Labor Market.
In less than half an hour, Chen Kai parked his car at the Labor Market.
As soon as he stopped the car, people immediately surrounded him.
"Boss! Are you hiring?"
"Boss! I'm strong! Are you hiring?"
Chen Kai smiled faintly. "I have 7,500 catties of fruit, boxed, that need to be moved from trucks into the Cold Storage. There's a four-hour time limit. How many people do I need to get it done?"
The people surrounding him were instantly stunned, scratching their heads in confusion.
"Hiss...!"
"That would take at least a dozen or twenty people, right?"
Chen Kai nodded silently, calculating in his mind.
He definitely had to get these fruits into the Cold Storage before the Typhoon arrived.
Otherwise, with the wind and rain, the fruit might even rot outside.
"I'll take twenty people. Two hundred yuan each. No slacking off. Who's in?"
The air was silent for two seconds, and then the crowd erupted.
"I'm in!"
"Me! Me! I'm a pure laborer! I have experience with this kind of work!"
"I'm in too! It's just moving stuff, right? If we can't move it in on time, I don't want the wages!"
"I'm in too! Pick me, Boss! Even though I don't have much muscle, I definitely have the strength for the work!"
Chen Kai smiled faintly, selected twenty Male Workers, paid them 50 yuan each in advance, and told them to gather here promptly at 7:00 PM.
Afterward, he specifically searched TikTok for where trucks were "parked," and with a press of the gas pedal, he rushed toward where the pickup trucks were parked.
In industry jargon, it's called "parking." In reality, it's a place where, when you haven't found work in the city, you can park for free, there's water, food, and public restrooms—a place where you can live in your truck until you find work.
He hurried over and negotiated with two trucks for 300 yuan per trip, with 100 yuan paid upfront to go to the village and wait for loading in the evening.
A total of 800 yuan. After paying, he led the way, with the two small trucks following behind, slowly driving toward the village.
They drove very slowly. Along the way, he treated the two drivers to a meal, which meant that by the time they reached the village, the Old Man had already harvested the fruits and packed them into crates.
"Boss, you're here? It's 7,560 catties in total, basically no loss. Boss, do you want to weigh it again?"
Chen Kai smiled and shook his head. This Old Man definitely wouldn't cheat him; he was an honest person.
Besides, he didn't have time to weigh it again. That would take another hour or more, which would mean they couldn't start loading the Cold Storage until 9:00 PM.
The workers were still waiting for him.
He immediately settled the remaining 10,000-plus yuan and had the other workers start loading the goods onto the trucks.
Only then did he tell the two truck drivers to hurry toward the Cold Storage.
He drove in the opposite direction toward the Labor Market, hired two vans, and drove the whole group of people to the Cold Storage to start working!
The twenty laborers got off the vans in a scattered manner and began unloading the small trucks. The division of labor was clear: three people took the crates off the trucks, and two people received them on the ground.
The other fifteen people carried the received crates into the Cold Storage, trip after trip. Everyone was full of energy.
In less than two hours, just as it hit 10:00 PM, all the loquats were loaded into the Cold Storage, and they were arranged neatly.
Chen Kai immediately paid everyone their wages and gave each person an extra 200 yuan as a bonus for finishing ahead of schedule.
After locking the Cold Storage, he drove the Mercedes-Benz back home.
At midnight, with the gale howling outside the window, Chen Kai opened the daily intelligence system right on time!