Treasure Hunt America

Jin Muchen stepped off the bus and took a deep breath. The morning sun was warm on his face. He clenched his fists and walked towards the warehouse in front.

That warehouse is where Muchen Jin was interviewing for the job today, a Costco supermarket chain in a distribution center on the edge of Brooklyn, New York City.

There are many large supermarkets in the United States, such as Wal-Mart, Costco, etc. The geographical locations of these supermarkets are very different from those in China. Generally, large supermarkets in China are located in the prosperous areas of cities, while in the United States, large supermarkets are generally located in urban areas. Marginal areas, of course, are also related to the living habits of Americans.

Working in the city center and living in the suburbs are the living conditions of many Americans, so large supermarkets generally choose to be located in residential areas far from the city center.

And the distribution center of the supermarket, of course, will choose a more marginal area. Just like the distribution center that Jin Muchen is interviewing today, it is located at the junction of Brooklyn and Queens, radiating three good rooms in Brooklyn and Queens. City supermarket.

Costco, a large wholesale supermarket, is more suitable for a large group of people. The price is lower than that of Wal-Mart, so this supermarket has many customers, especially in poor areas like Queens.

Because the business of the supermarket is relatively good, the work of the distribution center is also very heavy.

When Jin Muchen saw the job resume on the Internet, it was clearly written that it was heavy physical work, and the description of the job was that the limited goods should be delivered within a limited time according to the employer's needs. , From the shelf to the truck, it is a stevedore to put it bluntly.

The work is very heavy, and the salary is of course very high. It is 28 dollars an hour, which is higher than many white-collar workers sitting in the office, and more than twice the minimum wage in the United States. This is for Jin Muchen, who is in urgent need of making money. very suitable.

If it was a few days ago, Jin Muchen would definitely not have come to do this job. Although the salary is good, he knows that his body can't handle it, but now, especially after the weird thing that day, he has a sense of his own strength. Absolute confidence.

Standing at the door of the warehouse to greet him was a strong white man about 1.8 meters tall, stocky like a meat mountain, about fifty years old. When he saw clearly that Jin Muchen was Asian, the expression on his face was a little surprised.

"Hi, are you Mu Chen?"

"Yes, it's me, nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too. I'm John, the supervisor here, your interviewer."

John stretched out his hand and shook Jin Muchen's hand. His hand was very strong, and the skin on his palm was as rough as the rocks on the moon's surface.

"Okay, no nonsense, let's get started."

John is a straight-forward guy. After a few simple greetings, he turned around and entered the warehouse with Jin Muchen.

Today, this Asian is the first Chinese who came to apply for a job that John saw. In the past, the people who came to apply for a job were old blacks and old Mos. Those guys were all sturdy and had a good foundation, but they were all lazy. Especially those old blacks.

Generally, I can’t work for too long. Basically, I work for a month, save a few thousand yuan, then stop and go out and have a good time, and come back when I have no money.

If it weren't for the shortage of manpower today, Old John would not have agreed with the Chinese boy in front of him to give it a try. After all, although he is quite tall, he doesn't look particularly strong.

"The order that just arrived, a branch in Queens, where the goods are 1,000 pounds of flour, loaded in half an hour, and delivered to the supermarket within an hour. If you can complete it within half an hour, then this The job is yours."

John took Jin Muchen directly to the front of a hill made of flour buns, pointed to the hill, and said to Jin Muchen.

This is not light work. With a thousand pounds of flour and a weight of more than 900 catties, even a strong old black like a buffalo can't guarantee that he can complete the entire transportation task within half an hour.

Jin Muchen looked at the flour mountain in front of him, and then turned to look at John. He could see that the old man's eyes were more hesitant.

And I don't know when, a group of Lao Hei and Lao Mo, who were watching the fun, were chatting beside him, as if they were waiting for him to make a fool of themselves.

Jin Muchen wasn't angry, just smiled slightly and said to John, "Well, I'll try."

After he finished speaking, he took off his long-sleeved T-shirt and walked towards which flour mountain.

After seeing this guy taking off his T-shirt, the exposed steel-like muscles made Old John startled. type.

It's just that his body may be quite chunky to ordinary people, but compared with the sturdy muscles here, @ Bang ￥ 子, it's not enough to look at.

A group of old black and old Mo who were not alive at this time, surrounded John behind, chatting somewhere.

"Hey! John, do you think he'll do it?"

"I see enough...John, it's a waste of time for you to give him a trial."

"Hey! Paul, shut your mouth, I think he's okay!"

"Jim, I said you, why do you like to play? Why don't we take a gamble?"

"Okay, just bet, whoever loses will treat you to the Red Pony Tavern tonight."

"Hey! Shut up, look at you..."

"Oh! My God, is this kid still human?"

"WTF, this guy is definitely a machine, he's not a human... Hahaha, Paul looks like you're destined for a treat tonight..."

A 50-pound bag of flour, Jin Muchen reached out and tried it. It was quite heavy. He reached out and picked up a bag and put it on his shoulder, and then picked up another bag and placed it on his shoulder. It was okay and didn't feel particularly heavy. , This weight is not particularly difficult for me. With my current strength, it seems that I can still have a margin. . .

So he resisted four bags the first time, walked down the hill where the flour bales were piled up, and put the flour on the shelf on the ground.

After walking down again, my physical strength seems to have bottomed out a bit, but whenever my waist and arms feel a little sore, a heat current will spew out from my dantian, and I will make a circle in my body, and then the feeling of exhaustion will immediately follow. It disappeared, as if it was full of electricity, and he was full of energy, which made Jin Muchen feel more confident the more he went.

It takes 10 minutes to build 500 pounds of flour wrapped in kraft paper. It must be handled with care. If you drop it **** the ground, it will easily break, so you must be very careful when putting it down. Carrying a few bags of flour on the shoulders is much more laborious.

Usually, these rough-handed porters will accidentally break one or two bags when doing this work, and the more they go to the back because of the loss of strength, the more likely they are to make mistakes.

After placing the flour bag on the shelf, tighten the pile of flour with plastic film, call the forklift, and directly send the shelf and the stretched flour to the truck.

This job looks simple, but it's really not that easy to do, but Jin Muchen seems to be a clockwork robot, every movement is precise, and after a few trips, the air is not breathed, and the sweat is not enough. Not a few drops were shed, and it looked like he was lifting weights lightly, but it shocked those old blacks and old inks who knew how difficult this job was.

For a whole trip of 1000 pounds of flour, this kid only took twenty minutes.

With such quick hands and feet, the group of old Mos and old blacks on the shift were stunned, and even Old John, who had worked for decades, was also a little unbelievable.

Thinking that even when he was young, he couldn't seem to be able to do this kid with such agile hands and feet!

"Good boy, this job is yours. Thirty dollars an hour. I'll give you forty minutes for the job just now."

This job is paid on a piece-by-hour basis, but such a quick-witted young man who is not lazy is hard to find now. Giving him an extra ten minutes is a small reward. Anyway, the company is paying, so why not do it yourself.

Old John hammered Jin Muchen on the shoulder. It's really good that this young man is as strong as a calf, but he really missed his eyes just now.

"By the way, don't rush home after get off work at night, Paul treats guests at the Red Pony Tavern..."

"Oh, UU reading www.uukanshu.comNO, guys, you can wait until Friday, but today is not the day to pay wages?"

The old man Hei Paul, who lost the bet, raised his hand and stroked his forehead, and let out a wailing sound, but what he was waiting for was a series of whistles around him.

"Shut up, Paul, you still have a credit card..."

The surrounding coworkers laughed and said, Jin Muchen just lowered his head and smiled.

John took Jin Muchen to a simple office that was converted from a container at the side of the warehouse, added a bunch of forms, and then brought him a hard hat and tooling. Jin Muchen started to work that day.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, the shift that Jin Muchen was on finally finished his shift, and everyone started clocking in and leaving get off work, but before leaving, John called everyone to a simple warehouse converted from another container next to the office.

"Whatever you see, just take it."

After speaking, he turned around and went out. A group of Lao Hei and Lao Mo cheered and walked over to the damaged goods, and Jin Muchen also walked over.

Those things are some of the packaged goods that were accidentally damaged when the workers were carrying the goods during the day, such as bacon with damaged packaging bags, or tin cans that were deformed by collision, as well as beer and beverages with damaged packaging and so on.

And this is the second reason why Jin Muchen is looking for this job. The first reason is because the salary here is high and there is no requirement for academic qualifications, and the second reason is because of the goods handled.

This can help him solve a large part of his eating problems, especially after his body starts to change.