Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 309 Untitled

After paying the arrears of wages, Verac, Winston, and Andre suspended the work of the workers according to the plan planned yesterday, and sent people in two ways to purchase machines and establish nursery schools and entertainment under the requirements of the new system. Center, workers' night schools, workers' shops and other facilities, repair workers' dormitories and canteens, and strive to complete these tasks within a week and resume production.

  Winston was well aware of the great responsibility and the arduous task. After meeting with the workers, he buried himself in the office assigned to him in the factory and made calculations to estimate the business situation in the future.

  The reason why there are so many workers in the Nak Weaving Factory is because the original factory owner is reluctant to purchase machines, and wants to make up for the lack of production capacity with extremely low-cost manpower. Now they don't plan to lay off staff. With the machines equipped enough for so many people, the production capacity will inevitably increase rapidly, becoming one of the weaving factories with the highest output in Kip City. This is also an important reason why they are confident that the Nak weaving factory will be built within two months.

   Another key criterion for success is that they can operate the Nak Weaving Factory until the new system is removed and the high cost of purchasing machines can still make considerable profits. To achieve this, their production capacity must be increased tenfold on the original basis. But after purchasing the machines and reducing the working hours of the workers, their production capacity would only increase by about three times under normal estimates.

  How to make a huge breakthrough on the basis of five times the production capacity, this is the first problem facing the 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 a new way to protect the rights and interests of workers and make money.

  If the wages are lowered, the non-profit facilities that will be opened in the new system are cut, and the working hours of the workers 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 has continuously increased the working hours of the workers, squeezed the time for the workers to eat and rest, and the wages have dropped repeatedly, to the point where no healthy young and middle-aged people would consider working here.

  Under such oppression, the production capacity of the workers did not double as the working hours doubled. It just dropped again after a short-term increase in production capacity while the system became more stringent.

  In the end, the production capacity of seventeen or eight hours of work has become worse than that of the previous twelve hours of work.

  The situation has deteriorated to the present day, making ends meet, causing the weaving factory to be on the verge of closure.

   "Man..." Winston murmured, clutching a pen, in front of the ledger filled with densely calculated numbers.

  No matter how you calculate it now, the weaving factory will expand the scale of losses, and there is no hope of profit. The fact that they give workers their due rights and interests may become a laughing stock among the factory owners in Kip City in a short time.

  But he didn't think in his heart that the outcome of the Nak Weaving Factory would become hopeless once the calculations by the superior people were made.

He had figured it out a long time ago that the factory would lose 100% of the money by doing so, and it was also because of this obvious fact that the stingy factory owners never thought that it would be very easy for the stingy factory owners to spend part of their own pockets to improve the lives of the workers. good deal.

In the past, he had no money, and he couldn't get the final result after calculating for a long time. He couldn't know whether the factory would close down according to the calculation after such a reform, or people full of infinite possibilities would overthrow those things on paper and create a world that never existed. A miracle that people believed in.

  When he met the Equality Association, he had the conditions to experiment. He knew that he could not do it. What he really wanted to see was what kind of power and value the most unpredictable and unpredictable "person" would unleash.

He wants to erase people's fatigue, let short-sighted factory owners, powerful people, and the bourgeoisie see, and also let the proletariat themselves see that they could have burst out with greater value, and the world could have been a win-win situation. Can live a good life together. It is the bourgeoisie that tramples them under their feet for their own self-interest, especially for the sake of always being on top.

  Nak Weaving Factory's realization of profitability under the new system will mean too many possibilities.

   And the only one who can really save the proletariat is the proletariat itself.

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  Villac has no experience in running a factory, so he didn't pretend to understand what he was trying to interfere, so he helped Andre to arrange the work to be completed within a week.

   At noon, he returned to the office and wanted to ask Winston to have dinner with him. By chance, Boyin from Laizein called to find out the situation.

"Hey?"

   "Verak, it's me, Boyne."

   "You want to know the situation, right?" Verack continued the phone call, while Winston sorted out the manuscript paper of the calculation.

   "Yes. Ahem, what's going on over there? You should have officially taken over the weaving factory today, right?" Boyne said.

Verak switched to communicating in Welland: "Winston is also next to us, let's speak in Welland. That's right, this morning we officially took over the Nak Weaving Factory in Kip. Andre is the director of the factory , Winston is in charge of the finances, and I will help them."

   "You're not called a subordinate, you're in charge of coordinating." Boyne corrected Veraker's work content, "Tell me about the specific situation."

"Hehe." Hearing Boyne's emphasis on the importance of his work, Verac smiled, and talked about the work in the morning, "After we came, we first called the workers to publicly read out the twenty-seven new reformed systems, the workers They were all in disbelief when they heard that, it was we who hand-delivered the wages owed by the original factory owners for two months to them, so they accepted the new system with suspicion.”

   "It's still ahem, this has never happened before, and it is normal for workers to doubt. If you want to gain trust, it depends on the next actual actions."

"Yes, there is still a long way to go." Verak agreed deeply, and then continued, "After the wages are paid, we will suspend the work in the current factory, and organize the workers to build various reformed facilities first and purchase new machines. Complete the comprehensive mechanization of the factory. It is planned to resume production after the factory is completely reformed in a week."

Boyne let out a satisfied "hmm": "I remember Comrade Winston's earliest calculation result, it will not be profitable, right? Now, what effective way do you have to achieve income and expenditure with such a large cost?" Is it balanced?"

"We not only want to achieve a balance of payments, but we have also set a goal to become the most profitable weaving factory of the same size in two months. Only if we do this is more cost-effective than the oppression and exploitation of the factory owners, They will change," Verak said.

"you're right."

   "Let Winston say how to achieve it." Winston's answer must be more orderly in this regard, 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.

"audible."

Winston said: "I just finished some calculations for the Nak weaving factory this morning. We are not going to fire people, so with enough machines for so many workers, our production capacity will become very large, and it will become a Kip One of the largest weaving factories in the city. Correspondingly, our costs are also increasing. At present, I estimate that the production capacity of Nak Weaving Factory will increase by about three times after the reform is completed. To achieve a balance of payments, We have to increase the production capacity by five times while maintaining the same scale. As for achieving our goal, we need to increase the production capacity by more than ten times.”

  The scale remains the same, and the output can be nearly doubled to break even?

  If you want to realize what they boasted, you have to triple it?

  This goal is too difficult to achieve.

  The only way Verac can think of is to reduce costs and increase the working hours of workers to increase production capacity. But what is the difference between this and the oppressive and exploitative factory owners? Even if they watch the factories close down, they cannot repeat what the bourgeoisie did.

   "Two months, is it okay?" Boyin asked after being silent for a while after hearing the gap.

"I don't know. I plan to calculate and summarize the production capacity every day for these two months, and adjust it in real time. If the adjustment has not been made in two months, and the balance of payments cannot be achieved, then no matter how long it takes, it will be useless ’” Wins 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 done overnight, let alone an important experiment that determines the future. If it doesn't work in two months, it will take three." Months, if the allocated funds are not enough, ask me again, the entire Equality Society and the entire proletariat stand behind you, just do it.”

  Winston could not help being moved when he heard such words.

  It is a great blessing in life to have this group of like-minded comrades.

"Will do."

   "Give the phone to Verak, and I'll have a few more words with him."

   "Okay." Winston handed the phone to Veraker.

"Verak, the situation in Kip City is not as severe as that of Laizein, but you can't relax because of it. Whether it's the pilot factory or the club school that Comrade Keating is in charge of, I hope you can pay more attention, check for hidden dangers, and let the two Everything is going on smoothly, ahem, don’t repeat the tragedies that happened before.” Verac is one of Boyin’s most trusted and capable comrades, and Boyin entrusts the safety of the comrades in Kip City to his on him.

Veraker knew that Winston and Andre were not in the front line of work before, and Keating was getting older, and it took all his energy to prepare the school. Now he is the only one who can coordinate the overall situation and ensure the safety of both parties. : "Understood. I am not as good as Comrade Winston in terms of theory, I am not as good as Comrade Andre in terms of business management, and I am not as good as Teacher Keating in terms of teaching. I will do what I am good at to ensure everyone's safety and smooth missions."

   "Well, feel free to tell me if you have any needs." Verac's assurance reassured Boyin a lot.

   "Pay attention to your body, you still have a cough after not seeing you for a few days." Verak told Boin.

  Bo Yin chuckled: "It's nothing, I have a little cold these days, and it will be fine after a few days of recuperation."

   "Both you and Morais, we have survived the most difficult period, don't stay up so late every day, go to bed early, the body is the most important." Verac said.

   "Don't worry, you should pay more attention."

"Um."

   "That's it for now, you guys are busy first."

"it is good."

   Hanging up the phone, Verak didn't get up in a hurry, and was still thinking about the ten times the production capacity that Winston just said: "Winston, do you think we can achieve our goal with 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 firmly as Boyne, because human power is endless and contains infinite potential. Possibly. We want to make this happen, and the workers must hold their breath in their hearts, and everyone cherishes such an attempt.”

   "I believe it too." Verak laughed, "Okay, let's go eat."

"Where to eat?"

   "Of course it's the factory canteen." Veraker and Winston walked out of the office.

  Winston looked puzzled: "Doesn't the factory canteen still need repairs?"

   "It has already begun to take shape, and it is not a big problem to have a meal."

   "So fast?" Winston glanced at his watch, only four hours had passed 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 really improve the living conditions of the workers. They worked very hard and naturally did it very quickly." As he said, Verak took Winston Arrive at the workers canteen.

  Before, there was no worker canteen in the factory, only a simple kitchen. After the meal was ready, the workers had to find shelter from the sun and rain to finish their meal. Now Andre has specially divided one part of the factory into a canteen. Although the house has not been built yet, the tables, chairs and benches are fully equipped, and the food has also made a qualitative leap.

   There is plenty of broth, baked pies, eggs for everyone, fresh vegetables, fried ham, and meats that change every day.

   "The food is very rich." Winston said, looking at the eye-catching daily menu posted in the cafeteria area.

   "Of course." Verak found the seat where Andre and Benedict were sitting, "Come on, let's go to Andre's side after lunch."

  They came a little later, and the hundred workers sat down to eat.

  In the new system, the working hours have been reduced. Instead of finishing the meal in a few minutes and then running to work as before, the workers talk and laugh rarely after eating and drinking.

   After seeing Veraker and Winston coming, they greeted each other warmly.

  The workers who were originally lifeless and walking corpses were revived bit by bit.

  Verak and Winston responded with a smile, got the tableware and put food in it, and sat opposite Andre and Benedict.

Both Andre and Benedict ate with the workers at the big table. After Verac and Winston sat down, they introduced each other: "These two are Verac and Winston, and they are responsible for this How many are..."

   "Hello." Verak looked at the emaciated workers whose stomachs were bulging, and said, "It's an honor to work with you next."

  (end of this chapter)