The Junk Dealer Makes Good Money

[Episode 21] Lightweight Truck

next day.

Siwoo Lee got ready early in the morning and left.

I did a simple stretch and walked straight to the scrapyard.

‘It’s time to warm up. It starts today. Whoo… … .’

Si-woo Lee made scrap with his scrap-making ability and started the excavator.

It was a fairly old excavator, so I had to warm it up before using it.

The warm-up was a task that allowed hydraulic pressure to flow well everywhere.

The blood-like element to man was hydraulic oil.

This is because the hydraulic pressure makes the excavator work properly.

Siwoo Lee repeatedly picked up and unfolded the tongs several times.

Then the bandage was moved.

Turning left and right made the hydraulic oil spread out better.

After about 30 minutes of warm-up, he moved the joystick in earnest.

After mixing the rebars well, Siwoo Lee, who placed tongs on the light weight, checked the time.

The door to the junkyard was already wide open.

Yesterday, Jun-sik Jin told me in advance that the car would arrive at 8 o’clock.

And the current time is 7:50.

Another 10 minutes later, the car would come in.

Si-woo Lee got off the excavator and stood in front of the office.

And at about 55 minutes, a 45-ton truck came into the junkyard.

A bangtong vehicle is a car that has been modified to load a lot of scrap metal like a tong truck.

“hello?”

I parked the car right on the weighbridge and when the driver got off, Siwoo Lee greeted me warmly.

He was one of the knights who carried scrap metal, and was not an employee of Myeongsan Steel.

Most of the telecommunication operators were sole proprietors.

“Hello, sir.”

The knight spoke in a slightly tense tone.

Because there was a warning from Jin Jun-sik before coming here.

never make a mistake.

He added that no matter how younger Si-woo Lee than the representatives of other antique dealers, he is by no means a person to be ignored.

I was a little curious as to why that meticulous and calm Jin Jun-sik was giving such a warning, but the article decided not to create a problem to solve the question.

“I’m going to pay Gong Cha.”

“Yes, sir. I heard that you are loading from light weight today… … .”

“Yes, I will deliver it right away.”

Si-woo Lee performed tolerance weight and climbed onto the excavator placed in front of the light weight.

It was the first time I had a car ride, but I wasn’t too afraid.

It was just a simple thought of scooping it up with tongs and putting it on the table.

However, it is not as easy as Siwoo Lee thinks.

Especially when carrying light weight.

“stop!”

The driver who parked his car in front of the excavator looked worried.

“I heard from Director Jin that it was the first time I had a Sangcha.”

“yes. It’s my first time, so I think I should try it.”

“Ugh… If possible, avoid turning towards the tower, where the driver’s seat is.”

The article spoke as if worried, but that was the basics.

For those who made a profession in the transport industry, the most valuable property was their vehicle.

At the knight’s request, Siwoo Lee nodded and climbed the excavator.

The scrap metal was piled up incredibly high.

It was also a skill to drive the tongs wherever you wanted.

Then the bandage began to move softly.

swaying tongs.

The tongs were held at the top of the pile of scrap metal, slightly below it, and then closed.

Then came quite a bit of scrap metal.

The scrap metal piled on top collapsed and fell to the bottom.

But the scrap metal was unloaded exactly where the excavator tracks were.

If the scrap metal accidentally pierces the cockpit window, it could lead to a serious accident, so it was always necessary to pay attention to safety.

And Siwoo Lee was a person who tried to be thorough in that area.

woo woo-

Although it was the first time he had done it, Siwoo Lee saw a lot of things over his shoulder.

He picked up a handful of scrap metal with tongs and moved it to the front of the bullet train.

Then, by rotating the tongs, the scrap metal was rolled into a circle inside the barrel.

So, step by step, I loaded the light weight into the barrel.

After about 40 minutes, scrap metal piled up on top of the barrel.

But it wasn’t over yet.

From now on, in order to load these many scrap metals, I had to do something called hammering.

Compression of heavy scrap metal by stamping it on the bulkhead.

However, it was a dangerous task that could damage the vehicle if done wrong.

Lee Si-woo accurately picked up the scrap metal that would become a hammer with tongs and took a picture of the light weight that climbed up to the top of the barrel from above.

Kuk-

So, all the loading was completed without any problems.

Si-woo Lee got off the excavator with a refreshed expression and started cleaning the surroundings.

As I was throwing the scrap metal that was scattered here and there again into the scrapyard, the driver came out of the office and ran.

“It’s over sooner than I thought, sir.”

Usually it took about an hour to load.

However, Siwoo Lee finished the loading car in just 40 minutes.

If it is a talent, it can be said that it is a talent, but there was also the virtue of having a high level of proficiency in excavators since childhood.

“Put your stuff down and come right away. I want to do my best today.”

“I think I heard two a day… … .”

“Two is right. After I finish my work, I have to do my own thing.”

“Oh, I see.”

Because he finished his job so skillfully, for a moment, the driver mistakenly thought that Si-woo Lee was a professional engineer.

When he was told that he had to do his own thing, he realized that he was the representative of Nuri Recycling, and he answered in a hurry.

Si-woo Lee looked at the scrap metal on the vehicle.

A total of 12,560 kg.

Although it was a light B, it did not load as much as I thought.

It is easily crushed, but it does not come out with the desired weight as it is bulky.

Meanwhile, the driver removed the car from the weighbridge and climbed up to cover it with a net.

A knight wrapped around scrap metal with a custom-made net again approached Si-woo Lee and bowed his head.

“Then I’ll let the next car come right in.”

“Isn’t the knight coming again?”

“yes. I have my next appointment… I will tell the next knight to come quickly.”

“Oh, you are. All right.”

After the first car loaded with goods left, 30 minutes passed before the next car entered the junkyard.

Si-woo Lee, who returned to work and got on the excavator, started loading things one by one.

If you finish loading by mid-morning, there will be no problem in receiving customers.

Fortunately, the guests did not arrive early in the morning.

They were walkers who were active at dawn, but when they realized that Si-woo Lee was responsible for the morning of the junkyard alone, they were adjusting the time so that the employees could come after work as much as possible.

Of course, when I was in a hurry, Si-woo Lee unloaded things as soon as he opened the door, but fortunately today, reporters did not come early in the morning.

Siwoo Lee hastily finished loading the next car.

The total tonnage today was 25,480 kg, and the amount was 6,624,800 won.

‘Hey, I’ll be able to breathe a little now.’

Now that my funds are almost exhausted, today’s work was like rain in a drought.

Now, as he was picking up scrap metal and tossing it towards the light weight to clean up the surroundings, Park Tae-moon and Choi Moon-sik approached him.

“You have worked hard, sir.”

“What. The knights suffered more. I’ll clean up and go to the office.”

“Yes, sir. Then we will cut the scrap metal.”

“Do not be in a place where the fork crane is moving as much as possible. You could get hurt.”

“Haha, you don’t have to worry. What I need to cut anyway is because it is far away. I’ll be working with the tongs, so you don’t have to rush, boss.”

“I know. I’ll believe you. Oh, and if you have guests coming in, please help. I have to rake scrap metal and make magnets.”

Si-woo Lee looked at the hollow where the scrap metal was removed.

The scrapyard is now in a state of saturation.

It was impossible to estimate how much effort his father had to put in to protect these scrap metals.

No matter how hard it is, you can’t take a loss and hand over scrap metal to K-Besteel.

‘Jang Seong-woo… … .’

For nothing, I thought that my father would have had a harder time because of that, so I got ten dollars.

But soon after shaking his head to shake off his thoughts, Si-woo Lee climbed into the excavator cockpit.

It was because I had to put the items to be loaded tomorrow to one side in advance.

He looked at the scrap metal piled up quite high.

‘shall we start?’

* * *

After cleaning up the scrapyard, Si-woo Lee came down from the excavator and checked the text on his cell phone.

― All grades will be increased by 20 won. Please refer to your work.

It was a letter from Myeongsan Iron.

One day after I started taking out things, I received a text message about the unit price increase.

It was expected to rise to 340 won and to become 350 won over a period of time, but the unit price of 20 won immediately rose.

‘Then the key is whether it will go up or go down from the amount of 350 won. I’ve already started pulling out scrap metal, so it doesn’t really matter.’

After all, the site cannot delay the removal of scrap, whether the price of scrap metal rises or falls.

Until the junk dealer goes up, you can say ‘joke’ in a slang word, but the scene didn’t.

Siwoo Lee put his cell phone in his pocket with a more relaxed expression.

Then I stretched out, feeling the sunlight enveloping the yard, and covered my eyes with my arms.

‘How much do you get if you take out all the scrap metal?’

Siwoo Lee hummed a hum as if it felt good just thinking about it and walked to the office.

* * *

30 minutes later, Moon Jae-shin rushed into the yard.

“CEO, did you receive a text message about the unit price increase?”

Si-woo Lee, who was handling the tax calculation in the office.

He nodded at Moon Jae-shin’s question as he quickly opened the door and entered.

“Did you get 350 won faster than you thought?”

“Are you going to cancel all the trains this week?”

It didn’t have to be.

By doing so, he could make a profit of 20 won, but he had no intention of breaking his promise to Myeongsan Steel because of that amount.

“Leave the car as it is. Aren’t you supposed to take it out anyway?”

“It’s possible to earn an extra 20 won. Just wait until next week… … .”

“It is right to subtract from now on.”

You could be greedy and miss the time.

It was a big deal if the excavator broke down or if the schedule of Myeongsan Steel was off.

It was inevitable that the excavator’s failure was accidental, but it was easy to predict that the schedule of Myeongsan Iron & Steel would be off.

Usually, when the unit price goes up, I requested it from the junkyard that I had been waiting for.

to take things out.

When it was already 330 won, most of the junk dealers would have removed the items, but there must have been some who waited without taking them out.

Because of this, the schedule of Myeongsan Steel had to be busy.

“Are you worried about the dispatch problem?”

“There is, too. At the same time, most of the junkyards are trying to get things out of the way.”

“Hmm… … .”

“From next week, Manager Kang will also start delivery to Myeongsan using a tong truck. To be honest, a week wouldn’t be enough to get that much out at once.”

There was a limit to the tonnage that could be transported per day.

No matter how many vehicles were sent, the problem was that there was only one excavator capable of loading and unloading.

“There is definitely a problem with that. From today onwards, the junk dealers will be calling you to get your stuff out.”

“We have to make concessions by coordinating each other’s schedules, because I can’t just claim my opinion. Just this week, as promised, I’ll focus on light weight.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

Even if it wasn’t, Jae-Shin Moon came running worrying about what would happen if Si-Woo Lee stopped pulling out scrap metal.

The vehicles operated by Myeongsan Steel were already facing their limits.

In addition, it is a situation where delivery has to go into the steel mill once a day.

Most of the transport drivers preferred to deliver to steel mills and did not want to bring them to the yard from the junkyard.

This is because, if you go to the steel mill, you can receive an additional 300,000 won in transportation costs, but if you transfer, the transportation cost will drop to 100,000 won.

“Instead, when I lose weight next week, I will stick with all the tongs in Myungsan, including the Bangtong car.”

“If you do that, I thank you. But will the schedule fit?”

“It is not impossible. The number of junk dealers we do business with is not that many.”

Myeongsan Iron Works was a target, but it was a company that did not make deals with junk dealers.

Most of the places Myeongsan brought their goods were factories or fields.

However, that did not completely cut off the deal with the junk dealer.

This is because, after all, the place where the most items come out is the junk store.

However, under the premise that the product is clean and trustworthy, Myungsan Steel has been leading the transaction.

“And most of the companies started taking them out last week, so they took out most of the stuff. There are quite a few junk dealers who get codes from us and go directly to the steelworks.”

“That’s good.”

“Thank you for worrying about Myeongsan’s schedule before anything else, CEO.”