Andre looked at the factory gate from his office window.
I don't know when hundreds of people began to gather in front of the factory gate. You don't have to think about it. These people have heard about the treatment at Nak Weaving Factory and want to apply for jobs.
"How to deal with it?" Comrade Benedick from the sub-station asked Andre for his opinion on how to deal with it.
"We already have a lot of people, and if we recruit more people, we still need to match the corresponding machines, and the cost will increase by then. Let's go out and evacuate later, and tell them that we have no intention to recruit people at the moment." Andre was very happy.
Clearly, as soon as the new rules come out, workers will scramble to get in, but they can't accept everyone.
"Okay." Benedick prepared to go out.
"Wait a minute." Andre stopped Benedick, "More and more people will want to come here in the future. Let's just hang a sign in front of the gate to avoid having to go out and explain every day."
"good."
…
Verak and Winston had breakfast at the warehouse and walked towards the Nack Weaving Factory.
"What's going on?" After arriving near the factory, Verak's attention was attracted by the growing crowd surrounding him.
"Looks like a workman," said Winston.
Soon, Verak, who merged into the crowd, understood the situation by listening to the conversations of the people around him: "They are here to find a job. They must have heard about the new system in our factory."
"It's only been a day, and almost 200 people have come?" Winston looked surprised.
It's normal to think that some workers are envious of the treatment at Nake Weaving Factory, but on the first day, 200 people came here. How much will they add up to in the future?
"It's probably far more than that." It's not even eight o'clock now, and the day has just begun, and Verak has a premonition that the gate of Nack Weaving Factory will be busier than ever before.
"Ignore them, we have decided not to recruit people for the time being anyway."
"Um."
With that said, Verak and Winston squeezed through the crowd and wanted to enter the factory.
At this time, the door opened, and the voice of "Everyone give way, stand aside" came from inside. Verak and Winston, who had finally squeezed to the front, were pushed to the back by the crowd.
Benedick came out with four workers and arranged for two workers to maintain order. The two workers were responsible for hanging an eye-catching sign in front of the door: "Everyone! I know you want to come to Nack Weaving Factory to work! But I'm sorry! Nack
Ke Weaving Factory has no plans to recruit people at the moment! If there is one in the future, we will display an announcement in front of the door! Everyone, please disperse! Don't gather here and affect traffic! Thank you for your cooperation!"
"Are the twenty-seven new systems reported outside true? Have you really increased wages for workers and built a bunch of welfare facilities?" The workers surrounding him did not disperse and asked Benedick to find out the real situation.
"It's true! Soon our twenty-seven new rules will be announced and posted in front of the gate, ready for anyone to inspect!" Benedick replied loudly.
This matter has spread, and they don't need to hide it. Benedick temporarily came up with the idea of posting the new system in front of the door for everyone to see. This will not only make the workers in the Nack Weaving Factory
They are more assured that they will not breach the contract, and it can also allow the matter to further ferment and attract widespread attention. When they complete the matter, the publicity they have built in advance will be beneficial to their promotion.
"We are healthy, we are young, and we are capable. If your factory is full, you can make room for the old, weak, sick and disabled! If you hire us at the same price, we will definitely help you produce more materials!" Crowd
Some workers think that they are obviously more competitive, so they boldly propose and promote themselves.
"Yes! Why can those weak people who can't do much work stay here, but we can't?"
"Either you hire us first! We promise to be more capable than them! We can make more money for the factory!"
The workers supported each other and put pressure on the Nak Weaving Factory.
Benedick, who looked out of place with the workers in a suit, was at a loss for words and didn't know how to answer this question. He signaled everyone to be quiet first, and then looked back at Andre's office on the second floor of the factory building, hoping that Andre would come down and control it together.
situation.
"Let me answer it for you!" With the help of Winston, Verak squeezed from behind the workers to the front door and joined Benedick.
"You're back." Benedick breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well." Verak nodded slightly to Benedick, and then faced the workers, "Everyone, I am one of the leaders of the Nack Weaving Factory. Since everyone is curious why we didn't leave the better labor force.
Instead of hiring workers from the original factory, I will make a formal reply."
Both the workers who came to apply for the job and the weaving factory workers who came out to help with Benedick all looked at Verak.
They all want to know, what are the advantages of these workers in Nak Weaving Factory, who are either missing arms or legs, or have old bones, compared with the able-bodied young people outside?
Verak said matter-of-factly: "Because you are all the same."
Gu Si
The workers immediately started talking in low voices.
What does it mean to be the same? Can this be called the same?
"Nake Weaving Factory is about to complete comprehensive mechanization. It no longer requires a lot of manual labor to make up for the lack of output. On the mechanized production line, they can do the work you can do, so you are the same
." Verak said, "As for things other than work ability, is that important? Of course it is important. We want to be a special factory, a factory that is humane and willing to help workers and seek for them the benefits they deserve.
. We do not intend to reject or object to things outside of work. On the contrary, we will give them more care and protect their lives."
"How can you give workers so many benefits for nothing? You must have some bad intentions?!" Many workers think this way.
"Another person in charge has just said that the 27 new systems will be announced for everyone to test. We are not afraid of malicious speculation, let alone anyone staring at us to see whether we will fulfill these commitments.
, Let the workers in the Nak Weaving Factory live a good life in peace." Verak was confident and magnanimous, and his calm response made many people who were envious and worried about the workers in the Nak Weaving Factory say
Speechless.
Factory owners are all a mess, and all they think about every day is how to make more money and how to extract more benefits from the poor workers, but the man in front of him said such incomprehensible words,
But it naturally carries a convincing power.
Yesterday, I was drinking in a tavern. I learned about the situation from Randall, a worker from Nack Weaving Factory who also came to drink. Fenon, who came here early today, sighed.
Looking at it like this, the new system of Nak Weaving Factory is real. It's a pity that they don't have the chance to enjoy it. The only ones who are unlucky are the 100 people.
"As for whether it is profitable for us to do this, of course it is profitable! We are here to do business, not charity. The promulgation of the new system is just returning to you the rights and interests that should belong to the workers, and other things should be
You still have to make money." Before Verak finished speaking, "In addition, you must be curious, we have spent so many things that other factories don't have, how can we make a profit with the increased costs. This is indeed an unknown at the moment, and for us it is
One challenge at a time."
The words spoken at this time were mostly meant for the workers of Nak Weaving Factory.
Verak glanced at the four factory workers standing nearby: "But I believe that this matter has a high probability of success. Why? Because whether the Nak Weaving Factory succeeds or not determines your future. Give me
Better treatment for workers will increase production and profits, and make more money than when they were exploited before. Then every factory will change. Your future is in your own hands. Whether you can successfully keep this kind of treatment going
If it continues or even expands, whether it can become the target of imitation by other factories depends on whether you really work hard."
The four Nack Weaving Factory workers who were called out by Benedick to help were lost in thought.
What they were mainly thinking about yesterday was why the new factory owner gave them such huge benefits and what their intentions were. Now it seems that everything is very simple. The new factory owner just wants to make more money and achieve a win-win situation.
Now the new factory owner has shown due sincerity. Instead of firing them, people who were looked down upon by other factories, they have also offered wages that are 20% higher than those of other factories, improved benefits in many aspects, and built many specialized services.
facilities for workers.
It's up to them next.
Not to mention whether they can keep this benefit, just a job is extremely precious to them.
Several workers who heard Verak's words secretly made up their minds to work hard and not let the Nack Weaving Factory close down at a loss!
"This is the answer to the public explanation. There is no need for everyone to gather here anymore. If we need to recruit people in the future, we will publicly notify you." After saying what needed to be said, Verak stopped staying and met Winston.
, Benedick returned to the factory together.
The remaining four workers at the Nak Weaving Factory hung a sign announcing the 27-Article System on the door.
The gathered people did not disperse, some almost fought to death trying to see the specific content of each system, and some were discussing in small groups whether there was any other way to sneak into the weaving factory to work.
…
"What did you say outside?" Andre, who had been standing at the window to check on the situation outside, asked the three Veraks who walked into the office.
"Nothing, just a public response to whether our system is real, why it gives so many benefits to workers, and why we would rather use these sick and injured people than hire them." Verac, Winston, and Benedick said in the interview
Sitting down in the office, "These all have to be explained sooner or later, so I just gave a formal answer while they are all here today."
Andre nodded slightly: "Speak earlier to avoid trouble. I asked Comrade Benedick to announce the new system for this purpose."
"Yes. I really didn't expect that the system that was just promulgated yesterday spread so fast and so many people came at once." Verak sighed at the sensitivity of the news.
"If it were something commonplace, it wouldn't have attracted everyone's attention and spread so much. The main thing is that this new system is like a bomb, directly breaking the rules of Kip City and even the country and the world." Andre said to some people.
It had been expected that thousands of workers would want to enter the Nak Weaving Factory.
"What do you think the owners of other factories think of us? Will they be like a formidable enemy and will stumbling upon us in the future to prevent us from succeeding?" Verak just publicly told the workers that their success will determine the future of all factories.
I took this into consideration when I made my choice.
Benedick analyzed: "If it doesn't make money this way, they are eager to see us go bankrupt and let our workers give up their dreams. If it makes more money this way, they have no reason not to make money, and they should immediately copy our successful experience. So I
We don’t think they will do anything, and they won’t regard us as enemies. We regard Nak Weaving Factory as a pilot factory, and they do the same."
Winston knew that Verac raised such a question because he had read "The Theory of Class" written by him: "Verac's concerns are reasonable. For the powerful, making money is only part of the purpose, and they also want to step down on the workers."
At your feet, let yourself always be high up. The new system reform is a must-do attempt for us, and we are more cautious about them. Once this opening is opened, the workers will gain great benefits, and no one knows what will happen.
What kind of impact will it have? To put it simply, the bourgeoisie themselves regard us as their enemies, and we are not what they want to see when we become stronger."
"However, they themselves are not monolithic. Interests can divide the people, and even their alliances can collapse." Andre expressed his opinion, "There will always be businessmen who value profits and choose to imitate us after we succeed. As long as there are
If there is one, there will be a second and a third. In the end, no workers are willing to work in factories full of oppression and exploitation, and they will defect to factories that are reforming, and then force the factory owners who are stubborn to change towards us."
"Comrade Andre is right. The first one will inevitably burst like a dam, breaking their blockade, and the first one will inevitably appear." Winston agreed with Andre's words.
After hearing this, Verak also felt that it made sense: "In short, everything may be discovered next. In addition to internal problems that need to be solved, external prevention work must not be relaxed. President Boyne handed over this matter to me, and I will
We must ensure everyone’s safety, and we will strengthen our attention and response in this regard.”
"With Comrade Verak in charge, we have nothing to worry about." Verak's ability is well known in the Equality Society, and Andre believes that he can control those factory owners who want to make small moves.
"Okay, Comrade Andre, let's talk about what we have to do next." Verak smiled and drank some water, waiting for the experienced Andre to arrange the next step of the Nack Weaving Factory.