African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 286 Worker Transfer

   Ernst said casually, but it just made Meen feel a little funny. He didn’t know about firearms, so he would bet on this aspect at will. However, the boss insisted on this, so he couldn’t say anything. He strictly checked the results of the Mauser brothers, and rejected their plan if there was anything wrong. This is his responsibility as the factory manager.

  Although Mayne doesn’t know much about firearm design because he lacks imagination, he has a persistent examination of firearms. In other words, rigor and rigidity are the reasons why he became the director of the factory.

   "Your Highness, if their design is flawed, I will not let them pass." Mayne said.

   Ernst said: "Mr. Mayne, this requires your help. I believe that your more than 20 years of experience in the industry can help them complete the last step."

  Mayne said: "For your sake, I will give them this chance. If they are really talented, I will also strongly support them."

  …

  Far East, Jiaozhou Textile Factory.

   "The textile factory in East Africa recruits workers. The treatment is favorable, including food and housing. You can take the whole family to live in East Africa. This is a good opportunity. If anyone wants to go, you can raise your hand if you want to go." The factory manager Carlton said to all the employees at the staff meeting.

  But no one raised their hands at the venue. Although the treatment of Jiaozhou Textile Factory is not very good, it is stable, so the employees do not want to develop in East Africa thousands of miles away.

  "Since no one wants to go, then we can only draw lots to pick people. This is a task assigned by the higher authorities. If you are not willing to take the initiative to go to East Africa, then it depends on your luck. The whole family of the selected people will go to East Africa, or you can resign early." Carlton said.

  Carlton’s words caused commotion among the workers in the factory, and now everyone is scared. East Africa is strange and far away to them.

  Some employees mustered up the courage to ask: "Director Carlton! Why do we have to go to East Africa?"

   Carlton said: "Naturally, East Africa is relatively short of people, especially textile workers. You also know that the investors of Jiaozhou Textile Factory are the Hexingen royal family, and the Hexingen royal family is also the ruler of the East African Kingdom, so it is the decision of the factory and the meaning of the kingdom."

   "Will the treatment be guaranteed when going to East Africa? When we go abroad, we will say that every day should not be done, and the land will not work!" Someone questioned.

  Carlton said with a smile: "Do you mean that your treatment can be guaranteed here? In fact, it doesn't have to go too far. Go north, and there are factories invested by the British in Yantai. You can go and find out how the British treat Chinese employees, but your officials don't even give a shit. The same is true for Jiaozhou. To put it bluntly, the treatment of Jiaozhou Textile Factory is beyond the standard among similar companies in the Far East. It is His Royal Highness Ernst who is kind enough to give you such good treatment."

  When Carlton said this, the employees at the bottom had nothing to say. Facts are facts. The most indispensable thing here is manpower, and Carlton is a foreigner. He is an existence that officials and lords would bend over when they see it. So if they really want to bully themselves, they will really bully.

  Looking at the silent workers, Carlton said: "After going to East Africa, you will become a citizen of East Africa. East Africa is a country with sound laws. The law will protect your rights, or at least everyone is equal before the law. You don't have to worry too much about the law and order in East Africa. The most important thing is that the prices in East Africa are very stable and cheap. Unlike you here, with the same salary, the cost of living in East Africa is lower, not to mention that the wages in East Africa are higher than in the Far East."

   "Carlton factory manager, since the salary is so good, why don't you recruit workers from your own country, instead recruit people from us all the way?"

   Carlton said: "This treatment is very generous for you, but it is a matter of course for our people. Naturally, it is not very attractive. They are more keen to engage in other industries, so we recruit workers in the Far East. The same is true for the construction of the Jiaozhou Textile Factory, because your wages are low."

  Carlton is outspoken, but this is the situation in this era. Not to mention wages, some people can eat two meals a day, which is considered a well-off family.

   "Okay, after talking so much, have you changed your mind and taken the initiative to go to East Africa? Don't worry, your value is not that high, and you will still be engaged in the textile industry in East Africa."

  Carlton looked at the unactive employees and said helplessly: "In this case, we can only draw lots. This is fair for you. If you are lucky, go to East Africa, and if you are unlucky, you will stay in the factory."

  In the end, Carleton selected more than 3,000 people from the factory by drawing lots, even though they were unwilling to go to East Africa.

   "Director Carlton, we can bring the whole family to East Africa, is that true?"

   "Of course, and they can guarantee their jobs, food and housing."

   "Ah! There is another good thing, why didn't you say it just now?"

  Employees originally thought that if they had a job in the past, they could only support the whole family by themselves, which was no different from the Far East. Carlton didn’t say just now that workers’ relatives would also be provided with food, lodging and assigned work when they went.

   "Ah! Didn't I say it? I thought you all knew it?" Carlton was a little surprised, "After all, this is common sense in East Africa."

  Carleton is indeed from East Africa, so automatically brings the Far East into East Africa.

  Hearing that his family has jobs in East Africa, the workers who were still frowning just now turned into ecstasy. Going to East Africa is not a bad thing.

   "But there is a word, let me make it clear first, unless your family members have special skills, such as carpenters, bricklayers... otherwise you can only be ordinary farmers in East Africa." Carlton said, looking at the workers whispering.

   As for employees, it doesn’t matter. The current situation is that some people who want to be farmers may not be able to become farmers. Even if they become tenant farmers for landlords, they may have to pay back.

   "Director Carlton, is being a farmer in East Africa the same as here?"

   Carlton shook his head and said: "It's not the same, but it's a bit like a worker, and they also get paid."

   "Food and lodging are also included?"

"Yes."

   "That's good, our family is not afraid of hardship, and we can work in East Africa as well."

  …

  The Kingdom of East Africa recruited textile workers from the Far East to hedge against Italian textile workers. The newly planned textile factory in Nairobi was almost turned into an Italian city by the influx of a large number of Italians. Therefore, East Africa needs to use immigrants from other regions to dilute Italian workers.

  So the employees of the Jiaozhou Textile Factory were mobilized from East Africa, and then mixed with the Italian workers in the factory.

  (end of this chapter)