Shao Fei has already started to work on the transportation in Yichang, and the upstairs and downstairs of the Yichang Minsheng Company are still crowded with people. They were all people who were anxiously waiting to buy tickets and people who were asking for cargo to be put on board.

No matter how much the staff tried to persuade them to leave, these people refused to leave. They wanted to see Lu Zuofu, even if they met senior executives, they would rush up, and there were many people who were close to each other and said good things, and the order became quite chaotic for a while.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ”

Driven by two staff members, Zhao Hongfei was invited by Lu Zuofu to come to Minsheng Company.

"Sir, I'll get the person you're looking for."

The secretary walked into the office, Lu Zuofu had already thought of a rough plan, was drawing up a specific plan on the desk, and then held an emergency meeting to discuss with the company's senior management.

Lu Zuofu still focused on his work, and said casually: "Please let him in." ”

Zhao Hongfei walked into the office, and the secretary left.

"Sit down, I'll be fine right away."

Zhao Hongfei sat on the sofa of the guest next to him, while Lu Zuofu continued to draft his own terms and try to be as comprehensive as possible.

After ten minutes, Lu Zuofu put down his pen and saw Zhao Hongfei sitting there straight in a soldier's posture, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." I heard that you are friends of Shao Fei and Xiaowei, and you are all your own people, don't be so restrained. ”

Zhao Hongfei smiled: "Sir, where do you see that I am restrained?" It's just a habit to sit like this. You're a busy man, so I don't think I'm going to blame you for hitting a manager in your company today. ”

"Of course not, but I would like to know why. As far as I know, you don't know if there is anything that offends you, don't be afraid to say it. ”

"No, I just can't get used to being behind the company's back and giving advice to others."

This is just a perfunctory excuse, how could Lu Zuofu not hear it, so he said: "Forget it, I won't pursue it." This time I invited you to come over because Gao Xiaowei introduced me, and I hope you will be my assistant and complete the task of this evacuation together. In your opinion, you should be able to understand the importance of this retreat, if you can't evacuate all the materials and personnel from Yichang within 40 days, it will be a disaster for the whole country. ”

"It's incumbent on me, I'm waiting for someone anyway."

"Speak quickly, so what do you think?"

Zhao Hongfei threw his hands on his knees, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "I can't talk about it, because I don't know enough about your company." But I'm a soldier and a commander. In fighting a war, I first had to sort out the internal affairs, discipline the personnel of various departments, and scientifically arrange their positions according to their characteristics. In this way, one's own combat plan can be effectively implemented. If the internal management is done well, the battle plan drawn up in advance will naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort. ”

It is clear that Zhao Hongfei is alluding to the internal problems of Minsheng Bank. Lu Zuofu also knew that some middle and senior management of the company were often invited to dinner by some military non-commissioned officers or business owners, which led to chaos and unfairness in transportation.

Immediately, Lu Zuofu added another article to the paper: stop all negotiations and invitations.

After writing, Lu Zuofu shouted: "Come on! ”

The secretary walked in from outside the door, and Lu Zuofu instructed: "This Mr. Zhao is now my assistant, and you hand over the company's information to him, as well as the materials and personnel information." ”

"Yes."

At night, Shao Fei was busy with the security team and the police to clean up the traffic, while the conference room of Minsheng Company was brightly lit.

The meeting was attended by executives from all levels of the company. The road is narrow, Zhao Hongfei and Tong Shaosheng sat on both sides of Lu Zuofu, facing each other.

Tong Shaosheng was very dissatisfied with Lu Zuofu's approach, and complained: "Boss, why do you want to ask a reckless man to be your assistant? ”

Without waiting for Lu Zuofu to explain, Zhao Hongfei smiled and said, "What, is it a reckless man who can beat people?" I'm telling you, I rarely do it myself, unless the man is rotten to the extreme. ”

Zhao Hongfei's words made Tong Shaosheng unable to get off the stage, no wonder Zhao Hongfei was so angry.

Although Lu Zuofu's final ending was suicide, it was indirectly caused by Lu Zuofu's single-handed and heavy-handed Tong Shaosheng. In the end, Lu Zuofu could have been rescued, but because Tong Shaosheng deliberately delayed for several hours, the final rescue was not timely.

As the gunpowder in the conference room became thicker, Lu Zuofu felt helpless, and then said, "Okay, it's all a misunderstanding." It's meeting time, and we have a lot of responsibility, so don't worry about the little things. We are now in a meeting. ”

The members of the company could not in any way think of how they could get all the people and goods out of 40 days. Subsequently, Lu Zuofu began to demonstrate his plan.

From Yichang to Chongqing, it takes 4 days to go up the river, 2 days to return down the river, and 6 days to go back and forth.

In order to shorten the carrying time, Lu Zuofu divided the entire transportation into three voyages. That is, Yichang to Sandouping is the first section; Sandouping to Wanxian County in Chongqing is the second section; Wanxian to Chongqing is the third section.

Each ship is based on the draft and horsepower, and uses a part of the ships to transport the goods to Sandouping first, and then return immediately, and then the company transfers the ship to Wanxian or directly to Chongqing; Important materials and large goods were directly transported from Yichang to Chongqing, where they were loaded with soldiers from Sichuan to resist Japan, and then went down the river.

In this way, not only can a lot of time be saved, but some minor non-military materials are transported to Sandouping or Wanxian County safely.

Lu Zuofu is worthy of being the "king of ships" in modern times, and this plan of "three-stage voyage" was drawn up by him after painstaking meditation according to the current situation of the Yangtze River and the situation of his own ship. Everyone present also had nothing to say.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Lu Zuofu said: "'Shipping to save the country' is not empty words, every time we send away a machine part, a person is fighting the war. Whether the War of Resistance can continue depends on us. ”

Subsequently, Lu Zuofu made another decision that was beneficial to the country and harmful to the company.

In order to rush refugees and refugee children as soon as possible, he implemented a "seat ticket system" in the passenger cabin. Changing all second-class berths to seat tickets can more than double the number of passengers. At the same time, he lowered the charging standard, implemented half a fee for public education personnel, free of charge for refugee children in the war zone, and charged only 1/10 of the usual freight for goods.

In the end, Lu Zuofu sternly emphasized one point: "Stop all negotiations and treats, and immediately organize and arrange rush transportation." ”

At the meeting, managers at all levels discussed and studied Lu Zuofu's plan to improve it. It was not until the early hours of the morning that a completed plan was drawn up.

During this period, Zhao Hongfei was like an outsider, excluded by executives.

At the end of the day, Tong Shaosheng said: "This Mr. Zhao has not said a word since just now. Mr. Lu asked you to be an assistant, not an ornament. You can't just eat and not do anything. ”

Zhao Hongfei smiled again, disapproving at Tong Shaosheng's cynicism. He has been listening and thinking about effective measures since just now.

"One thing I want to make clear, I haven't eaten any of your company's salary."

Lu Zuofu waved his hand and said to Zhao Hongfei: "Okay, you have almost heard the previous plan, tell me what you think." ”

Zhao Hongfei rubbed his face to make himself sober, and then said bluntly:

"One, slim down the ship. Tear down all the useless things. Not only can it free up space, but it can also reduce the draught of the vessel; Second, the waters of the Three Gorges cannot be navigated at night, right? Then we will use the night to load and load people, and rush to transport during the day, so that we can win a lot of time; Third, carry out effective and safe management of the wharf, and don't waste precious time because of chaos. ”

Lu Zuofu nodded and instructed, "Write them down." Anything else? ”

What Lu Zuofu needs now is ideas, the more the merrier.

Zhao Hongfei continued: "I saw Minsheng Company recruiting shipwrights today. Such a huge amount of material needs to be carried by people, but I don't think it's appropriate. ”

Lu Zuofu asked, "Why?" ”

Zhao Hongfei replied: "With such a large number of population movements, sir, do you dare to guarantee that there are no spies or traitors of the Japanese army?" Now that Yichang is the focus of national attention, how can the Japanese army do nothing, they have long been eyeing it. The effective implementation of any plan requires someone to carry it out, so the key is people. Companies can use some incentives to increase the motivation of employees and increase the efficiency of handling. ”

Zhao Hongfei's plan was not approved by Lu Zuofu, and there is a limit to how to reward people's physical fitness. But Zhao Hongfei's idea gave Lu Zuofu a warning.

Subsequently, Lu Zuofu arranged the temporary increase of more than 3,000 employees. The old hired workers are responsible for the handling of important military materials, and the newly hired employees are responsible for the handling of machinery in private factories.

In order to facilitate handling and unloading, Lu Zuofu also added wharves and transfer stations on the Three Gorges route. At the same time, more than 850 civilian wooden boats were requisitioned to carry light materials.

Just as Lu Zuofu was showing his strength and doing his best to rush for luck, a bad news reached Yichang. A staff member held a telegram in his hand and said in a panic: "Mr. Lu, Guangzhou has been lost." ”

(End of chapter)