Verac, Keating, Piaf and other transferred members of the Equality Society hid in trucks, covered them with some insignificant cargo, and arrived in the northern district of Lezein in multiple routes.
The northern district of Lezein is dominated by the manufacturing industry, and there are many factories on the outskirts of the city. The booming development of heavy industry here has provided support for the mechanization of the railway and textile industries, and has also become a powerful heart for the rise of emerging countries.
Several trucks parked in front of a small factory one by one. The workers who had been waiting here enthusiastically pulled off the cloth covering the cargo compartments, allowing Verak and the others, who had to huddle together due to the crowding, to see the light of day again.
The roar of machines, the rising chimneys emitting thick smoke, and the workers gathering in groups of twos and threes smoking at the entrance of the factory.
What catches everyone's sight and pours into everyone's ears is the normality here, and it is the world in the eyes of a considerable number of people at the bottom.
"Comrades, we are here!"
"Everyone, get out of the car quickly!"
"Everyone, please help the comrades in the car to move their luggage down."
The workers around the truck immediately started working intensively.
Verak leaned forward and handed his, Keating's, and Piaf's boxes to the worker below who was responsible for picking them up: "Thank you."
When the worker saw his appearance, he was stunned for a moment and slowly caught the box.
"This is Comrade Verak, he looks exactly like President Chris." A burly middle-aged man walked out from among the workers, "I am Andre, the director of this processing plant and our equal."
The person in charge will be here."
"Hello, hello." Verak shook hands with Andre in the car, then waited for others to finish moving the boxes, supported Keating, Piaf got out of the car, and came to Andre, "
Let me introduce to you, this is Comrade Keating, and this is Comrade Piaf."
"I have dealt with Comrade Piaf many times." Andre and Piaf looked at each other and smiled, then faced Keating, "This is the first time I have met Comrade Keating."
Keating and Andre also shook hands.
"Comrade Morais asked me to settle you down and organize the sixth training class here as soon as possible." Andre said with a smile, "I have long heard that you are carrying out a lot of work in full swing in the West District.
When you come here this time, you have to take more care of our worker brothers."
"Of course." Keating nodded.
Andre took command of the scene: "Hubert, take people to move the luggage of the new comrades to the staff dormitory. Oliver, take everyone to follow me into the factory."
"OK!"
"clear!"
Two responses came from the surroundings, and the workers' work became obviously more orderly.
"Everyone, come with me." Andre saw that everyone got out of the car quickly, and took Verak and others to the inside of the factory first. "Did you encounter any problems on the way?"
"We encountered an investigation, but as you know, today's patrol guards only use money to do things. If you pay them, they will naturally let you go." Verak said.
Andre was convinced: "It's like this now, everything is rotten. Those patrol guards didn't pay attention to arresting our people at all. They all rushed to stand guard as if they had never seen the money.
If you encounter a car, stop it and let it go if you give money. If you don't pay, you will be accused of suspicion and both the person and the car will be detained."
"It provided us with a good cover, but it also caused great inconvenience to other citizens," Verak said.
"That's right." Andre took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Verak and Keating, "Do you smoke?"
"I don't smoke." Verak shook his head. He had quit smoking for a long time.
Keating, who had never been addicted to smoking, waved his hand and declined.
Andre just gave it to Piaf and walked into the factory door smoking a cigarette.
The factory doesn't look big from the outside, but it's spacious enough inside, with several production and processing lines and all facilities available.
"The main thing today is to receive you, so I stopped what I was doing for the time being." Andre led a few people deep inside. "As long as the factory is controlled by the Equality Society, they work in three shifts secretly. According to a Willan
Work according to the eight-hour work system proposed by the people.”
"Robert." Verak remembered that this person was mentioned in the letters between Francis and Chris before, and blurted it out immediately.
"Yes, it was this person who mentioned it." After hearing what Verak said, Andre also remembered that person's name.
Keating also seemed to have an impression of this person: "It's just that although Robert proposed it, this system did not prevail in Welland."
"I don't know. Anyway, the feedback from our side is good, and the working hours of the workers have been greatly shortened." Andre didn't know that much.
"Where are we going?" Piaf asked, smoking.
"Just ahead, we're almost there." Andre pointed ahead and sped up a little.
After not walking far, Andre took them to an open area in the factory. After the dozens of transferred members arrived, he stood on a high place and said: "Comrades, welcome to here.
I know that we are all outstanding talents in all aspects, and Comrade Morais has always been striving to provide us with the best conditions. But now that we have reached a special period, in order to ensure everyone's safety, we can only come here temporarily to avoid the limelight."
Workers with two or three times the number of transferred members were gathered around the perimeter, looking at the outstanding talents of the Equality Society in Andre's words, including Verak and others.
Most of the members of the Equality Society who previously lived in Morais' main station were special talents with special skills and could provide considerable contributions to the Equality Society. Therefore, Morais, who knew how bad the factory environment was, specifically told Andre to
, asking him to ensure the most basic living conditions for these people.
"The conditions here are indeed very difficult. The staff dormitories are small, the food is not rich, and even the air is not as fresh as in the West District." Andre received Morais's instructions and mobilized everyone first to avoid everyone being in the difficult situation.
"But please believe that we, comrades workers, have tried our best to give everyone the best things."
"It doesn't have to be like this." Verak said, "We are all members of the Equality Society. No one is special and no one is ordinary. Whatever you are, we will be."
"That's right, if we all fight together, we don't have to be so careful." Piaf also said loudly, "No matter how difficult it is, we will bear it together."
These two people's statements made some people in the Equality Association who were slightly unable to accept the environment here have no complaints.
Verac's contribution was huge, and Piaf, as a woman, accepted the environment, so how could he be embarrassed to ask for something special?
"Thank you for your understanding." Andre was not very good at talking, so he had to bow to everyone, "Everyone here, just continue to concentrate on your own work. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. I will
I will try my best to satisfy everyone. So I won’t say any more nonsense and will settle everyone down first and have a hot lunch.”
After Andre spoke briefly, he organized the workers and helped the transferred members carry their luggage to the staff dormitories.
Others may have had a good background and not suffered too much, but Verak was not so pretentious. He still needed help from other comrades to move things despite his ability, so he took the initiative to take two boxes from a worker.
.
Seeing this, Keating and Piaf also took back their boxes.
This behavior infected more people. Everyone was already embarrassed that the conditions were difficult and the workers kept all the good things for themselves. Now someone took the lead and chose to raise it themselves one after another.
Such behavior makes workers feel respected.
This group of people who do not account for a high proportion in the Equality Association but play a vital role are not pretentious. Although they have different backgrounds, they have proved through simple practical actions that we are all on the same journey. They are willing to share joys and sorrows and work for a better future.
Strive for a better tomorrow.
"This is the staff dormitory." Andre arrived at the door of the staff dormitory with almost fifty transferred members.
It's said to be a doorway, but it's actually the stairs leading to the basement.
Andre walked down first: "It's humid here, it's dull, and there are a lot of bugs. Please be patient."
"Teacher, be careful." Verak followed Andre with his luggage.
After going down the stairs and arriving in the basement, the air was indeed much stuffier. As more and more people came in, this uncomfortable feeling continued to increase.
"The new gay men will live in the five vacated rooms on the right. The lesbians will live in the two vacated rooms on the left." Andre led the people to settle down.
The room on the right has a room for eight people.
The room on the left is a five-person room.
The fifty transferred members were quickly settled into their respective rooms and beds, and began to pack their luggage.
"Can someone sleep on this bed..."
In the room where Verak and Keating were, a clean-looking young man wearing glasses didn't know how to lay a mattress on the dirty and greasy bed.
"Comrade, keep at it." Verak said to him, setting an example and skillfully laying the bed. "I just passed by the room where other workers lived. They didn't even have enough beds. Some had to sleep in
On the ground.”
"Well..." The young man saw that Verak's face was calm and he didn't feel any discomfort here, so he had to bite the bullet and clean up. "But I think we need to find a way to circulate the air more, otherwise it will be full of germs."
"Well, after I finish cleaning up, I'll go find Comrade Andre to find a solution." Verak was also new here, but facing other people who didn't adapt, he had to take some responsibilities, so he agreed to the young man's request.
Andre came out of other rooms and came to the room where Verak and Keating lived: "Comrade Verak, how are you? Can you adapt?"
"Okay, Mr. Keating and I have both been in prison, and the conditions there are much worse than here." Verak smiled, and after making the bed, he stuffed the suitcase under the bed, put the books, Diaz and the others
The study materials were placed on the only tattered desk in the dormitory.
"Forgive me." Andre looked at the desk and felt embarrassed. "Originally, there was no desk. We used the extra space to add beds. Comrade Morais said, we must ensure your working environment. We
I dismantled a bed from each of the five dormitories and made a few temporary desks by hand..."
"It's okay, it's fine." Keating said generously, not wanting Andre to feel guilty, "As long as it works, we're not that pretentious."
Andre still nodded a little ashamedly: "I will arrange for someone to get some better desks as soon as possible."
"It doesn't have to be so troublesome. We've already caused a lot of trouble when we came here. You can do whatever you need to do. If there's any problem, we'll solve it ourselves." Keating said.
"Yes." Verak pointed to the six young comrades living together, "They all have their own hands and feet. We can solve it ourselves."
"Then I have to do something. If Comrade Morais knows that I have neglected you, he won't be able to forgive me." Andre joked.
"If there are any problems that we can't solve, we will definitely come to you, don't worry." Verak said.
"Okay, then you clean up first, and I'll go see how the food is prepared in the cafeteria." Andre left.
In order to take care of Keating, Verak gave him the lower bunk position: "Teacher, can you adapt to this place?"
"Don't worry." Keating didn't care.
"The reason why I didn't ask Andre for your request just now is because they haven't resolved it for so long. I guess they can't think of a solution for the time being, which will only increase their pressure." Verak explained to the comrade who had previously complained about the poor environment, "
I will think of a way."
"It's okay, just be patient." The comrade pushed up his glasses, not wanting to trouble anyone.
Seeing that he hadn't put on the quilt for a while, Verak stepped forward to help: "I'll do it."
"……Thanks."
"It's nothing. We help each other. You can also see how I put on the quilt, and then you can try to do it yourself." Verak turned sideways, leaving a place for the young man to watch how he put on the quilt.
Keating packed it up. Seeing Verak's enthusiasm in helping others, he smiled slightly and went to pack it up for other comrades who lacked the ability to live.
It didn't take long for the eight people's luggage to be settled.
It's just that after settling in, everyone was still standing instead of lying down to rest for a while.
Verak wiped the sweat from his forehead and put his hands on his hips: "The wall is stained with stains. When we come back from dinner, let's clean it up first."
"Okay." Several people said in unison.
In the early stage of the transfer, it is normal for everyone to not adapt. Verak also hopes that through his own abilities, everyone can integrate here as soon as possible and continue to work.
"Then let's go and get some fresh air." Verak and Keating took the people in the dormitory out and saw that most of the other dormitories were not tidied up. However, there were enthusiastic workers who came to help tidy up, so they didn't interrupt.
What hand.
When the young man who had just been calmed down by Verak walked up, he took a special look at the workers' dormitories and found that, as he said, each room was more crowded than them and the conditions were worse: "I really didn't expect that the environment is so bad.
Can break through my knowledge again and again..."
Hearing these words, Verak, who was walking in front, stopped and turned around and said: "So I think the purpose of Morais arranging for us to come here is not only to avoid danger, but also to let those who come from a good background but devote themselves to the revolution have a deep experience.