After paying the arrears of wages, Verak, Winston, and Andre suspended the work of the workers according to the plan planned yesterday, and sent people in two groups to purchase machinery and establish a nursery and entertainment center under the new system requirements.
Center, workers' night school, workers' shops and other facilities, repair workers' dormitories and canteens, and strive to complete these tasks within a week and restart production.
Winston was well aware of the great responsibility and the arduous task. After meeting with the workers, he immersed himself in the office assigned to him in the factory to make calculations and estimate the business situation in the future.
The reason why there are so many workers in the Nak Weaving Factory is because the original owner is reluctant to purchase machines and wants to use extremely low-cost manpower to make up for the lack of production capacity. Now they do not plan to lay off employees, and the equipment is sufficient for so many workers.
The production capacity of the machines used by people will inevitably increase rapidly, and it will become one of the weaving factories with the highest output in Kip City. This is also an important reason why they are confident that they can build the Nak Weaving Factory within two months.
Another key criterion for success is that they can operate the Nak Weaving Factory until the new system is eliminated and the high cost of purchasing machines can still be profitable. To achieve this, their production capacity must be
A tenfold increase from the original basis. After purchasing the machines and reducing the working hours of the workers, their production capacity will only increase by about three times under normal estimates.
How to make a huge breakthrough based on five times the production capacity, this is the primary problem faced by Nak Weaving Factory.
At present, it seems that the only way to solve this problem is to cut costs and increase the workload of workers. But they are working so hard to open up new roads that can not only protect the rights and interests of workers, but also make money.
If wages are lowered, the non-profit facilities to be opened in the new system are cut off, and workers' working hours are doubled, it will be meaningless for them to come here, and what they just said to the workers will become a joke.
Winston scratched his hair and studied the ledger.
He found that in the past six months, the original factory owner had continued to increase the working hours of the workers, squeezing the workers' time to eat and rest, and the remuneration had also dropped repeatedly, to the point where no able-bodied young and middle-aged people would even consider working here.
Under such oppression, workers' productivity did not double as their working hours doubled. It was just that as the system became more stringent, after a brief increase in productivity, it quickly dropped again.
In the end, the productivity of working for 17 or 18 hours was actually worse than when working for 12 hours.
The situation has worsened to the point where it is unable to make ends meet, causing the weaving factory to close down.
"Human..." Winston murmured, holding the pen in his hand, in front of the account book filled with dense calculations.
No matter how you calculate it now, the weaving factory will expand its losses and have no hope of making a profit. If word gets out that they give workers their due rights, I am afraid it will become a laughing stock among the factory owners in Kip City in a short time.
But he didn't really feel that the outcome of the Nack Weaving Factory had been calculated by people from above, and that it would have no future.
He had already calculated that if he did this, the factory would 100% lose money. It was also because of this obvious fact that the stingy factory owners never thought that it would be a big deal to use some money from their bulging pockets to help the workers improve their lives.
A good deal.
In the past, he had no money, and he couldn't get the final result even if he calculated for a long time. He had no way of knowing whether the factory would close down according to the calculations after such a reform, or whether people with unlimited possibilities would overthrow those things on paper and create something that has never been done before.
Miracles that people have believed in.
When he met the Equality Society, he had the conditions for experimentation. He knew that he couldn't do anything, but he did it. What he really wanted to see was what kind of power and value the most unpredictable and incalculable 'people' would burst out.
He wanted to wipe away people's fatigue and let the short-sighted factory owners, powerful people, and bourgeoisie see, and also let the proletariat themselves see that they could have burst out with greater value, that the world could have been a win-win situation, and that everyone was obviously
We can live a good life together. It is the bourgeoisie that tramples them under its feet for its own selfish interests and to stay aloof forever.
For Nak Weaving Factory to achieve profitability under the new system, it will mean too many possibilities.
And the only one who can truly save the proletariat is the proletariat itself.
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Verak had little experience in running a factory, so he didn't pretend to know how to interfere, and instead helped Andre to arrange the work to be completed within the next week.
At noon, he returned to the office and wanted to ask Winston to have dinner with him. By chance, Boyin from Lezein called to find out what was going on.
"Hello?"
"Verak, it's me, Boyin."
"You want to know about the situation, right?" Verak answered the phone while Winston was sorting out the calculation papers.
"Yes. Ahem, what's going on over there? You should have officially taken over the weaving factory today, right?" Boyin said.
Verak switched to Welsh to communicate: "Winston is also here, let's speak in Welsh. That's right, this morning I officially took over the Nack Weaving Factory in Kip City. Andre is the director of the factory.
, Winston is in charge of finance, and I help them."
"You are not called a subordinate, you are responsible for coordinating." Boyin corrected Verak's work content, "Tell me the specific situation."
"Haha." Hearing Boyin emphasize the importance of his work, Verak smiled and talked about the morning's work, "After we arrived, we first convened the workers to publicly read out the twenty-two new systems of the reform. The workers
Everyone was in disbelief when they heard this. It was only after we personally handed over the two months’ salary arrears from the original factory owners to them that they accepted the new system with suspicion.”
"Ahem, this has never happened before. It is normal for workers to be skeptical. If you want to gain trust, it depends on the actual actions that follow."
"Yes, there is still a long way to go." Verak believed deeply, and then continued, "After the wages are paid, we will suspend the current work in the factory and organize the workers to first build various facilities after the reform and purchase new machines.
Complete the comprehensive mechanization of the factory. We plan to resume production after the factory is fully reformed in one week."
Boyn said "hmm" with satisfaction: "I remember Comrade Winston's earliest calculation result, it is not profitable, right? Now, do you have any effective method to achieve revenue and expenditure with such a large investment?
Is it balanced?”
"We not only want to break even, we have also set a goal to become the most profitable among the weaving factories of the same size in two months. Only if we do this, it is more cost-effective than the oppression and exploitation of the factory owners.
Only then will they change." Verak said.
"you're right."
"Let Winston say how to implement it specifically." In this regard, Winston's answer must be more organized, so Verak handed the phone to Winston and leaned aside to listen.
"Hey, Boyne, can you hear me?" Winston put down what he was doing.
"You can hear it."
Winston said: "I just completed some calculations for the Nak Weaving Factory this morning. We don't plan to fire employees, so with enough machines for so many workers, our production capacity will become very large, becoming Kip
One of the largest weaving factories in the city. Just accordingly, I
Our costs are also increasing. At present, I estimate that the production capacity of Nak Weaving Factory will increase by about three times after completing the reform. To achieve break-even, we have to increase the production capacity to five times while maintaining the same scale.
times. As for achieving our goals, we need to mention more than ten times.”
If the scale remains unchanged, can the output be nearly doubled to break even?
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If they want to realize their boast of Haikou, they have to increase it more than three times?
This goal is too difficult to achieve.
The only solution that Verak can think of is to reduce costs and increase workers' working hours to increase production capacity. But how is this different from oppressive and exploitative factory owners? Even if they watch the factory close down, they cannot redo their assets.
Things that class does.
"Two months, is that okay?" Boyin was silent for a while after hearing the gap and then asked.
"I don't know. I plan to calculate and summarize the production capacity every day in the past two months and make adjustments in real time. If I haven't adjusted in two months and can't even break even, then it will be useless no matter how long it takes.
." Vince said frankly.
"I believe you can do it." Boyin trusted his companions unconditionally, "but don't put too much pressure on yourself. Nothing can be accomplished overnight, let alone an important experiment that determines the future. If it doesn't work in two months, then three
Months, if the funds allocated in the past are not enough, then ask me again. The entire Equality Association and the entire proletariat are behind you, just go ahead and do it."
Winston couldn't help but be moved when he heard such words.
Having such a group of like-minded comrades is truly a blessing in life.
"Yes."
"Give the phone to Verak, and I'll have a few words with him."
"Okay." Winston handed the phone to Verak.
"Verak, the situation in Kip City is not as severe as Lezein, but we cannot relax because of this. Whether it is the pilot factory or the school that Comrade Keating is responsible for, I hope you can pay more attention, check for hidden dangers, and let the two
Let everything go on smoothly. Ahem, don’t repeat the tragedies that happened before.” Verak is one of Boyin’s most trusted and most recognized comrades. Boyin entrusts the safety of the comrades in Kip City to
on him.
Verak knew that Winston, Andre, and the others were not on the front line in their previous jobs. Keating was getting older, and it took all his energy to prepare for the school meeting. Now he is the only one who can coordinate the overall situation and ensure the safety of both parties.
: "Understood. In terms of theory, I am not as good as Comrade Winston, in terms of management, I am not as good as Comrade Andre, and in terms of teaching, I am not as good as Teacher Keating. I will do my best in what I am good at to ensure everyone's safety and the success of the mission."
"Well, feel free to tell me if you need anything." Verak's assurance made Boyin feel more at ease.
"Please pay attention to your health. Why are you still coughing after not seeing each other for a few days?" Verak warned Boyin.
A chuckle came from Boyin's side: "It's nothing. I've had a cold these days. I'll be fine in a few days."
"Both you and Morais, we have gone through the most difficult period. Don't stay up so late every day. Go to bed early. Your health is the most important thing." Verak said.
"Don't worry, you should also pay more attention."
"Um."
"That's it for now, you guys get busy first."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Verak didn't stand up in a hurry. He was still thinking about the ten times production capacity that Winston just mentioned: "Winston, do you think we can achieve our goals by relying on people alone?"
"To be honest, I don't know. I'm looking forward to the final result just like you." Winston glanced at his calculations, "But I believe as much as Boyne, because human power is endless and contains infinite potential.
Maybe. We want to accomplish this, and the workers must be holding their breath in their hearts. Everyone cherishes this attempt."
"I believe it too." Verak smiled, "Okay, let's go eat."
“Where to eat?”
"Of course it's the factory cafeteria." Verak and Winston walked out of the office.
Winston looked confused: "Don't the factory canteen still need repairs?"
"It's already starting to take shape. It's not a big problem to have a meal."
"So soon?" Winston glanced at his watch. It had only been four hours since they came here.
"Don't be so surprised. The first thing we did in the morning was to repair the workers' dormitories and canteens. These are things that can actually improve the living conditions of the workers. They worked very hard and did it very quickly." With that, Verak took Winston with him.
Arrive at the workers' canteen.
Before, there was no workers' canteen in the factory, only a simple kitchen. After cooking, the workers had to find a place to shelter from the sun and rain to finish the meal. Now Andre has designated an area of the factory as a canteen. Although
The house has not yet been built, but it is fully equipped with tables, chairs and benches, and the food has also made a qualitative leap.
There was plenty of broth, baked pies, eggs for everyone, fresh vegetables, fried ham, and meats that changed daily.
"The food is very rich." Winston said, looking at the eye-catching daily menu posted in the canteen area.
"Of course." Verak found where Andre and Benedick were sitting, "Come on, let's go to Andre's place after lunch."
They arrived a little later, and hundreds of workers were sitting and eating.
The working hours have been reduced under the new system. Workers no longer rush to work after eating in a few minutes as before. Instead, they rarely talk and laugh after eating and drinking.
After seeing Verak and Winston arriving, they greeted him warmly.
The workers who were once lifeless and walking zombies are regaining their vitality bit by bit.
Verak and Winston responded with smiles, received the cutlery, picked up their food, and sat down opposite Andre and Benedick.
Both Andre and Benedick sat at the big table with the workers to eat together. After Verac and Winston sat down, they introduced each other: "These two are Verac and Winston, who are in charge of this work."
How many of them are..."
"Hello." Verak looked at the skinny workers whose stomachs were so bloated that they were even scary, "It's an honor to work with you all in the future."