Blackstone Code

Anderson is a very ordinary worker, and the frequency of factory shutdowns has been increasing recently, which makes everyone very disturbed.

From the beginning of the one-week shutdown every month last year, to the current one-week shutdown, a kind of panic is spreading in the hearts of every worker, especially...he heard that the factory seems to be unable to sustain it.

It's not that the factory is losing money or something. In fact, the factory is not losing money. It's just that the sales of the things it produces are getting worse and worse. Many products are piled up in the warehouse and slowly covered with dust.

If things cannot be sold, there will be no income. Adding the cost of inputs, storage management costs, workers' wages and other losses have become the biggest headache for factory owners.

Although he always assured the workers that he would try his best to keep the factory alive, everyone had a feeling that the day of changing jobs was not far away.

Today is payday, and Anderson packed himself up neatly and came outside the factory early in the morning. Everyone chatted in groups about some ordinary things, most of them were people who suddenly became rich, or people around Several more factories closed down.

They didn't feel that life would be so difficult before, especially in the past few years, the factory was constantly running from morning to night, and after the end of each day's work, the workers were too tired to lift their arms.

At that time, it was very tiring, but also very fulfilling. As long as you work, you will get rich rewards. The factory owner even expanded the factory building for this purpose, adding more jobs...

Everyone was chatting, recalling the past, or full of fear for the future, at this moment, there was a sudden noise from the factory's financial office.

The loud sound instantly stung everyone's sensitive nerves, and most people immediately stopped what they were doing and ran towards the door of the financial office.

After Anderson got closer, he discovered that several workers were arguing with the factory owner, their boss, for two reasons.

First, the factory will be fully shut down from next month. As for the resumption of work, we have to wait for the notice.

This is tantamount to telling everyone that the factory is finished, and the so-called resumption of work may not exist at all. The federal salary adopts the working hour system, and you can get as much money as you do.

This system has always been reasonable, especially for those hardworking workers. The more they give, the more they get. Everyone has worked hard to contribute their strength in the factory.

Once the shutdown is complete, it means that these workers will not have a penny of income next month!

The vast majority of common households in the federation do not have the habit of actively saving. In addition, the savings interest rates of the six major federal banks have been continuously reduced recently. There is no big difference between depositing money in the bank and holding it in hand.

This further reduces people's urge to deposit money in the bank.

Money has a very special attribute. When you have money, you will have an inexplicable desire to consume. The more money you have, the stronger the desire to consume.

It may be to buy a Hout Doug that you rarely buy to satisfy your appetite, or it may be to buy a pack of good cigarettes that you have never bought before to enjoy the mellow aroma of money burning.

Without savings, life depends entirely on salary. If there is no salary, many families will immediately fall into the terrible situation of cessation of operation!

What's even more frightening is that the payment deadlines of various installment products, including houses and cars, will become a burden that overwhelming people's lives!

A few years ago, the entire world began to stabilize from the melee, and the Federation, which had been free from war, began to develop rapidly.

A lot of things are brought out of the old, including consumption methods and concepts. Not only houses and cars can be paid in installments, as long as you have a social security card, as long as you have a legal citizenship, you can even buy a TV.

Everyone is enjoying the huge dividends of the times, as if money is everywhere, and you can pick it up just by bending down.

But now, these unpaid installments have become a noose around people's necks, which may be tightened anytime and anywhere, taking people's lives!

Several workers are arguing with the boss about this matter. They demand that the boss must start work in the next month, and not less than ten days. This is their last insistence.

One day of work and two days of rest, if this cannot be guaranteed, their lives will become a problem.

Obviously, the boss kept a cold face and kept shaking his head. It was impossible for him to accept such a request.

The current business is not easy to do. The market in the surrounding areas of Sabine City and even in the state is saturated. It is difficult to sell the goods in large quantities like before.

If he continues to work, he has no other choice but to go bankrupt. The only thing he can do now is to completely stop work, and then find a way out for his own products, or find a problem, and then continue to work after solving it.

The workers were at a loss at this time, and the factory owner was also at a loss. It was obviously a very popular item, why it couldn't be sold in just one or two years!

You must know that in the past, a large number of people drove trucks to rush to load goods outside the warehouse, but now, some people actually called him to ask if they could return the goods, even if it was only 30% of the money!

In addition to this issue of the shutdown, there is another issue, and that is the way the salary is paid this time.

"The factory doesn't have much money left in its account to pay all of you, so I thought maybe we could use another way to pay you..."

Regarding the issue of the shutdown, everyone has stopped quarreling. The workers decided to let the trade union come forward. They looked at the factory owner with cold faces at this time, and there was no previous friendship at all. also became an enemy.

The factory owner's eyelids trembled twice, he raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, his voice was dry, rough, and hoarse, "I don't know how to say..." He looked at the strange workers around him and sighed , "You already know the current situation of the factory, I can't afford the money anymore..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a group of workers closest to him suddenly went into an uproar, and this uproar was rapidly spreading to all directions, spreading, and the whole factory was making noise, so that finally the factory owner also put away his unnecessary emotions, He watched the workers arguing and making noise indifferently.

After another period of time, this kind of noise could not be responded to, and their appeal could not be resolved, so they quieted down.

At this time, a trace of sneer appeared on the factory owner's face. What he did to these workers was also to himself, but he quickly took it back.

"I will use the cost price as the standard for the things we produce, and send them to you as your salary."

"You can refuse to accept it, you can even go to the union or the court to sue me, just as I can apply for bankruptcy protection, let's finish the game together!"

"If you are willing to accept it, go to the warehouse to collect your 'salary'!" After he finished speaking, he turned and returned to the financial office, and then an accountant and several managers came out to appease his emotions.

Anderson stood in the crowd like a puppet and drifted with the crowd. His mind was full of noise and tinnitus. The only thing he was thinking at this moment was that the sky was falling.

In fact, he doesn't have to worry at all, because he will adapt soon.

Some of the workers made a fuss, while others quietly went to collect the goods in stock. At least these things are more or less a thing, as long as they are things, they have value. It's better than getting nothing, isn't it?

Outside the warehouse, he numbly took out a pen and signed his name on the account book for receiving his salary, and then looked at the three large boxes of household appliances beside him, his mind was buzzing.

In the days to come... what should I do?

Anderson, who was carrying three suitcases, had just walked out of the factory gate when a strong wind blew up. Suddenly, something floated with the wind and covered his face.

He tore it off and opened it, but it turned out to be a poster that can be seen all over the street, a man with an extraordinary appearance showing eight teeth, holding a golden advertising slogan - "Ai Rui Dai, a trace of A Niu Dai"