"Hey, by the way, why didn't Miss Ning come with you?" After chatting for a while, Lu Ming suddenly realized that there seemed to be one missing person, and that was Ning Xiner.
"What do you mean, it's not enough for so many of us to come see you?" Yuan Ziyuan was unhappy.
"That's not what you mean. We usually gather in a small circle, but now she is the only one missing." Lu Ming said.
"It's not because you gave eldest brother two guests. Sister Xin'er is accompanying them and they can't get away." Yuan Mingzhu said while holding Lu Ming's hand.
Lu Ming understood that before leaving Shanghai, he arranged for Mr. Dong and An Yi to hide in the Caobang stronghold. Ning Xiner was protecting them wholeheartedly.
"Are they both okay?" Lu Ming asked.
"They are all fine, so you don't have to worry." Yuan Mingzhu said.
Others didn't know who the two of them were talking about, but they didn't care. After all, it was a private matter at home.
The information Zhang Ziyang obtained was indeed important, but Lu Ming felt that the information was not reliable. He did not believe that the underground members of the Communist Party were so stupid that they would throw themselves into a trap like a moth to a flame.
Therefore, Lu Ming is not in a hurry to pass this news to Mr. Dong. If it comes out of nowhere, it will disrupt Mr. Dong and An Yi's hiding plan.
Although all members of the Shanghai Underground Party Municipal Working Committee evacuated Shanghai safely, everyone was on the Fuxing Society's blacklist.
Their names, looks, figures, and other information were all compiled into files and sent to all intelligence agencies. Once they appeared on the streets of Shanghai, they would be discovered immediately.
The underground party of the Chinese Communist Party has rich experience in struggle. It is impossible that they cannot even estimate this danger. If the IQ is really so low, all underground parties across the country would have been arrested long ago.
After chatting with Du Juan for a while, Liu Qiwen unknowingly stepped into the role of secretary, making tea for everyone and bringing them fruits and desserts.
Sheng Muyi and Yuan Ziyuan felt that Liu Qiwen was quite sensible, so they unknowingly drew closer to her and told her that she was welcome and they could do it themselves.
Du Juan has never done anything. Although she is also a member of this small circle, she feels increasingly alienated from it. If it weren't for Lu Ming, she really wouldn't want to join this small circle.
There was a time when she had left this small circle and stopped participating in activities. Everyone knew that Du Juan had some quirks, so they didn't think much about it.
She can come if she likes, and it doesn't matter if she doesn't come. This is also Sheng Muyi's attitude.
Since Du Juan became the manager of the spinning mill, not only did she not join the wealthy circle, but she actually declined.
She became more and more mingled with the female workers in those factories. She felt that these female workers were all her sisters. Relatively speaking, Sheng Muyi and the Yuan sisters were completely different from her.
The female workers slowly accepted her and regarded her as their sister and backbone. No matter what happened at home or even what troubled them, they were willing to tell her. Du Juan took care of these things as her own business.
She worked hard to benefit the workers in the factory, striving to reduce working hours and increase various welfare benefits.
Originally, these measures were in conflict with the interests of capitalists, but Du Juan was lucky. She met a general manager like Sheng Muyi who had accepted American factory management experience, otherwise she would have been unable to continue her job.
What Sheng Muyi likes most is the management philosophy of the American Ford Company, which is not to squeeze workers, but to try to increase their wages and benefits so that workers can afford the products in their factories, thus increasing the sales of their products.
This in turn increases profits.
Of course, the management experience of Ford factories is a complex system, and this is only a rough summary.
Sheng Muyi not only supported Du Juan's various proposals, but also helped her improve them and took the initiative to fully implement them in Sheng's industry.
A series of measures were quickly implemented in the spinning mills, including improving workers' benefits and wages, reducing workers' working hours, increasing sick leave systems, etc., and establishing trade unions.
Although Sheng Youde is an older generation of businessmen and capitalists, his ideas are no less backward than Sheng Muyi's, and are even more radical.
However, Sheng Youde's various ideas can only be used in the companies he established in the United States and the United Kingdom. China has China's actual situation, and he still maintains the original systems.
Now Sheng Muyi wanted to reform and immediately received her father's support.
In fact, the headquarters of Sheng's industry has been moved to the United States, and only a small part remains in Shanghai. It is this small part that still makes Sheng Youde stand at the top of Shanghai's industrial and commercial tycoons.
As for what kind of financial empire the entire Sheng's industry is, no one except Sheng Youde knows.
What Sheng Muyi knew was only a small part.
The reason why Du Juan took the lead in setting up a trade union organization in the spinning mill was because she received help from one person, Wang Kaiyun.
Since the Hongkou Park bombing, the relationship between Du Juan and Wang Kaiyun has undergone subtle changes, and their contacts have become more frequent.
The main function of the spinning mill union is to help each other among the sisters, but Wang Kaiyun told her that the union has more important things to do, which is to unite the working people across Shanghai and fight for more rights for them.
Du Juan was confused at first, but Wang Kaiyun took advantage of the situation and dragged her into the Shanghai United Trade Union Organization.
This is a trade union organization led by the Shanghai Underground Party. After Du Juan attended several meetings and listened to several speeches by grassroots leaders, she decided to join and became a grassroots member of the Shanghai Underground Party Trade Union Organization.
At the meeting, Du Juan discovered that Wang Kaiyun was actually an activist in the Shanghai United Trade Union Organization, which made Du Juan even more impressed by him.
Wang Kaiyun was still content as before, silently following Du Juan when she was working the night shift and escorting her back home safely.
Wang Kaiyun didn't dare to think too much. He felt that even if he thought about it, he would be struck by thunder from the sky.
Du Juan was also helpless towards Wang Kaiyun. She pitied him and sympathized with him, but she never had a strange feeling in her heart. That feeling only appeared when she saw Lu Ming, and she couldn't stop it.
From the day she met Lu Ming, Du Juan believed that Lu Ming was the person she loved in her life, and she could no longer love anyone but Lu Ming.
For Lu Ming, she could die, and for Lu Ming, she could endure any grievance.
Sometimes Du Juan would also wonder if facing Lu Ming was like Wang Kaiyun facing herself, but she was lucky, Lu Ming did not reject her, but accepted her.
Although she got it in the most extreme way, she got it after all and died without regrets.
Du Juan is only a grassroots member of the underground party trade union organization. The only middle-level person she knows is Wang Kaiyun, and she has no access to the senior staff of the trade union organization.
In fact, Wang Kaiyun is now her contact person in the trade union organization and also her superior.
It was precisely because of Du Juan’s positive attitude in the petition before the Hongkou Park bombing that Wang Kaiyun decided to recruit Du Juan into the trade union organization.
In the first step, Wang Kaiyun encouraged Du Juan to set up his own trade union in the spinning factory. After the union was established, Du Juan further developed relationships with the sisters in the factory and gained his own experience and understanding of the trade union organization.
In the second step, Wang Kaiyun explained to Du Juan the trade union organizations in different countries in the world, and told her that Shanghai already has its own cross-industry joint trade union organization. Joining this organization can help more workers improve their living environment.
Of course Du Juan is willing. She is someone who jumped out of the pit of fire. She knows what it is like to be oppressed and exploited. Now she not only has the opportunity to change her own life, but also has the opportunity to help more people change their destiny.
why not?
And she felt that Lu Ming would definitely support her in doing this, which was in line with Lu Ming's personality.
Of course, it's not time to tell Lu Ming about this yet. Lu Ming will definitely be happy for her when she makes some achievements.
This may be what Lu Ming wants her to face bravely and work hard on the road of life.
The Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the underground party has withdrawn from Shanghai, but the grassroots organization is still sound. They are still quietly developing members and organizing various meetings, but have suspended all confrontational activities such as demonstrations and strikes.
Du Juan was very anxious now. She wanted to rush back to report the news to Wang Kaiyun. She didn't know whether the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee had really returned to Shanghai. If it was true, it would be very dangerous.
It's a pity that it's useless for her to be anxious. She doesn't have a car and has to wait for someone to return before she can take a ride.
Looking at Lu Ming, she felt a little reluctant. She had already asked for leave this time and was ready to spend a few days with Lu Ming. Of course, she also wanted to stay with Lu Ming for a few days and relive that wonderful feeling.
"Sister Dujuan, what are you thinking about?" Liu Qiwen finished her work for a while and sat next to Dujuan. Seeing that she was in a daze, she quietly touched her arm.