Rock originally thought that hiring Christian, who had the most African Americans, would contradict Rock's request, so after the meeting, Rock took the initiative to stay with Christian and wanted to have a chat with Christian.
Rock still attaches great importance to Christian. The construction group under Christian's name is second to none in Southern Africa. There are only 70 million people in Southern Africa. Christian has 150,000 people. This is a huge force. Rock
It must be comforted.
Of course, of the 150,000 people under Christian's command, about 130,000 are of African descent, so even if the appeasement is not successful, it will not have much impact on the southern African federal government.
What Roque didn't expect was that Christian didn't resist at all, but was actually very happy.
"Lord, does the federal government have a resettlement plan for those laid-off African-American workers?" Christian's eyes were shining when he asked this question.
"No, they are not Southern Africans, and the federal government will not be responsible for them." Roque indeed has no plan. The African-Americans employed by Southern African companies are all from neighboring countries in Southern Africa. It is the matter of neighboring countries to resettle them.
"That's great, Lord, if possible, I can be responsible for resettling those African-American workers!" Christian was excited.
Roque looked at Christian with admiration after seeing each other for three days. What is your arsenic is my honey. Southern Africa despises African-American workers, but some people do not.
For example, companies in the United States and the United Kingdom want to reduce human resource costs.
A fact that cannot be ignored is that the African-American workers employed by southern African companies are accustomed to strict management systems, and they are in good physical condition, have a serious work attitude, and work hard without complaint. If it weren't for Roque's desire to upgrade the industry, those African-American workers would really be
Very useful workforce.
Christian not only owns the largest construction company in Southern Africa, but also the largest human resources company in Southern Africa and possibly the world.
In this way, Christian's excitement is easy to understand. Southern Africa does not need African-American workers. Christian can organize these workers and send them to the United Kingdom and the United States. I believe those British and American companies will be very popular.
Rock didn't even think of doing this.
But there are problems.
"Both the United Kingdom and the United States are in a serious economic crisis, and there is no shortage of workers in the country. Will they use those African-American workers?" If it were Rock, he would definitely not do it.
"Haha, Lord, don't judge the British and Americans by your moral standards -" Christian has been favored for so many years for a reason, and he was given a high hat without saying anything: "-The economic crisis broke out,
Lord, the first thing that comes to your mind is how to keep the jobs of southern Africans, even if their own interests are harmed. This is such great generosity and kindness. Southern Africans should be grateful and grateful for having such a great prime minister.
God!"
Christian blew a little too far.
Rock held his chin with one hand and said nothing. This is his awakening.
"So, how can those capitalists who are bent on saving costs care about the lives of the British and Americans? They only care about their own interests. If using African-American workers can reduce costs, they will not hesitate to fire those with higher salaries.
workers.” Christian gained insight into human nature—the human nature of the Anglo-Saxons.
Only then did Rock come to his senses, and it seemed that this was really the case.
Tell a joke: Anglo-Saxon morals!
The morals of the Anglo-Saxons are simply immoral, and those who massacred the Indians were not Americans. In the final analysis, they were still the Anglo-Saxons.
The First World War, including the Second World War, was not essentially a war of justice versus evil, but a battle for living space——
The same applies to southern Africa. Rock's morality is only for southern Africans, and for those Africans who have made great contributions to the construction of southern Africa and are now being abandoned. Rock is the biggest devil.
"And the U.S. government's investigation into Adan Company is still going on. If we send African-American workers to the United States, it will cause more Americans to lose their jobs and exacerbate the economic crisis in the United States. This is the best response to the U.S. government.
But the U.S. government can’t refuse yet—" Christian sneered for a moment, then changed to flattery. His ability to change his face in this second was also amazing.
Rock wanted to say that the US government could refuse.
Then I thought again, if American companies accept it, the U.S. government may not dare to refuse.
"What a brilliant idea, you will be responsible for this plan." Rock agreed readily. The Africans are obedient now, but the future is uncertain, so let the Africans harm the Americans and British.
Looking back, Roque still focused on tapping domestic demand.
Whether it is industrial upgrading or the "Resource Conservation Corps Plan", they are essentially absorbing the surplus labor force in Southern Africa. There is another paradox here. Southern Africa is not actually experiencing a surplus of labor, but a serious shortage of labor.
As mentioned earlier, the arable land area in southern Africa is almost 300 million hectares, which translates to about 4.5 billion acres.
In 1927, the yield of land crops was certainly not comparable to that of the 21st century. Southern Africa now has about 50 million hectares of cultivated land, an increase of 40% compared to five years ago. Fifty million hectares is 750 million acres.
Even if the mechanization of farms in southern Africa is high and one person can farm 100 acres, 750 million acres of arable land will still require 7.5 million people.
These 7.5 million are all able-bodied adult laborers.
It is known that the age structure of Southern Africa is in the shape of a standard pyramid. The younger the age, the greater the population. Children under the age of 16 are all in school. Referring to last year's census, the population under the age of 16 in Southern Africa totaled 36.13 million, more than 60
The total population aged 3.5 million is 3.5 million. If these two are added together, the remaining population is the labor force.
Otherwise, Southern Africa would have to import a large number of labor forces from neighboring countries in Southern Africa every year. Regardless of the factor of foreign labor, the labor force in Southern Africa is simply not enough to support the current economic level of Southern Africa.
Just when Roque decided to hire fewer African-American workers, Thomson, the manager of Nyasaland Electrical Appliances in Walvis Bay, 1,400 kilometers away from Pretoria, was worried about the shortage of labor in the factory.
The factory where Thomson is located mainly produces refrigerators.
Miraculously, when the economic crisis broke out and almost all factories were affected, the demand for refrigerators suddenly increased sharply.
This is not surprising. In the current economic crisis, refrigerators are very popular for people to store food. Businessmen have a very sensitive sense of smell. The economic crisis has just begun, and Thomson's factory has received an order for 10,000 refrigerators from the United States.
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Before the economic crisis, Thomson's factory produced only 10,000 units per year.
Ten thousand units is already a lot. Don’t compare it with the factories that will produce tens of millions in the future. It’s 1927, and even in the United States, not many families can afford refrigerators.
Qian Gui, the manager of the radio factory, is also worried. The radio factory has also received a large order from the United States in the past few days. The reason is the same as above. During the economic crisis, most families could not even afford to fill up with gasoline, so there were rare cases of horse-drawn cars.
In this situation, listening to the radio has become the most economical choice during the economic crisis.
"I have applied for funds for a new production line, but I can't find enough workers. What should I do?" Thomson was at a loss. Nyasaland Electric set up a factory in Walvis Bay to make it easier to export to the Atlantic Ocean.
Managers at Port Edward shared the same confusion, as their target customers were all around the Indian Ocean.
"It's all the same. Your Lord demanded the dismissal of African-American workers without considering our difficulties. Fortunately, I have Mr. Christian's contact information. Mr. Christian has promised to send me a group of skilled workers in a few days.
"Money is expensive, and there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. We must first overcome this difficulty and then talk about it."
"Skilled workers for the production of radios?" Thomson was curious. Nyasaland Electric is the largest electrical appliance manufacturer in southern Africa. Thomson really couldn't figure out where Christian could get the skilled workers.
"How is that possible? But we can train those African-American workers. They don't need to do research and development anyway. As assembly line workers, those African-Americans are still qualified." Qian Gui laughed. The assembly line really doesn't require much technical content, as long as it's
As long as you can sit still, it is easy to train for repetitive mechanical work.
"Good idea, I'll call Christian too." Thomson suddenly woke up from a dream. There are not many opportunities like this, and all he saves are profits.
The same thing happened at Walvis Bay Wharf. Just like construction companies, most of the dock workers are doing manual labor. They also don't need technical training. They just need to work honestly and be willing to work hard.
Walvis Bay is the largest port on the west coast of southern Africa and requires a large number of dock workers. Therefore, on April 1, when the first batch of African-American workers were sent to Walvis Bay and prepared to go to the United States, these workers were not available at all.
After boarding the ship, we were completely divided in Walvis Bay Port.
So when Christian learned the news, Christian even thought it was an April Fool's Day joke.
"Are you kidding?" Rock also thought Winston was joking. The impact of the economic crisis in the UK was also very serious. Unlike the federal government in Southern Africa, the Conservative cabinet did not want to tap domestic demand, but hoped that Southern Africa could do its best.
Work hard to help Britain get through this difficult time.
"Locke, I'm not kidding you. You may not know that London has begun to consider resuming rationing. The situation is very difficult." Winston was really not kidding. The last time Britain implemented rationing was during the World War.
"So, we southern Africans work hard, farm, raise cattle, and fish, and now London wants to take away the fruits of our southern Africans' work without spending a penny. Do you think this is realistic?" Rock
Sneer, the responsibility for the British rationing system does not lie with Southern Africa, Southern Africa will not help the British pay the bill.
