Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 313 Public Responses

  May 11th, early morning

  Andre looked at the factory gate from the window of the office.

   I don’t know when hundreds of people gathered in front of the gate of the factory. You don’t need to think about it. These people heard about the treatment of the Nak Weaving Factory and wanted to apply for the job.

   "How to deal with it?" Comrade Benedict of the substation asked Andre for his opinion on how to deal with it.

"We already have a lot of people now, and we need to match the corresponding machines to recruit people, and the cost will increase. Let's go out and evacuate later, and tell them that we have no intention of recruiting people at the moment." Andre is very happy Clearly, once the new rules come out, the workers will fight to get in, but they can't accept everyone who comes.

   "Okay." Benedict was about to go out.

   "Wait a minute." Andre stopped Benedict, "More and more people want to come over in the future, just hang a sign in front of the gate, so as not to have to go out to explain every day in the future."

"it is good."

  …

  Villac and Winston had breakfast at the warehouse, and then walked towards the Nak weaving factory.

   "What's the situation?" After arriving near the factory, Verak was attracted by the ever-increasing crowd around him.

   "Looks like a worker." Winston said.

   Soon, Verak, who joined the crowd, understood the situation by listening to the conversations of the people around him: "They are here to find a job, and they probably heard about the new system of our factory."

   "It's only been a day, and almost 200 people have come?" Winston looked surprised.

  It's normal for some workers to envy the treatment of Nak Weaving Factory, but it's only the first day that 200 people came here. How much will it add up in the future?

   "It's estimated to be far more than that." It's not even eight o'clock now, and the day has just begun. Verak has a premonition that the gate of the Nak Weaving Factory will be bustling like never before.

   "I don't care about them, anyway, we have decided not to recruit people for the time being."

"Um."

   Speaking, Veraker and Winston squeezed through the crowd, trying 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.

Benedict came out with four workers, and arranged for two workers to maintain order. The two workers were responsible for hanging a prominent sign in front of the door: "Everyone! I know you want to come to work at the Nak Weaving Factory! But I'm sorry! Ke Weaving Factory currently has no plans to recruit people! If there is one in the future! We will show an announcement in front of the door! Everyone should disperse! Don’t gather here to affect traffic! Thank you for your cooperation!"

   "Are the twenty-seven new rules that were spread out true? Did you really raise wages for workers and build a bunch of welfare facilities?" The surrounding workers did not disperse and asked Benedict about the real situation.

   "It's true! Our twenty-seven new regulations will be announced soon, posted in front of the gate, and accepted by anyone!" Benedict replied loudly.

  This matter has already spread, and there is no need for them to hide it. Benedict temporarily had the idea of ​​​​posting the new system in front of the gate for everyone to see. This will not only reassure the workers in the Nak weaving factory that they will not breach the contract, but also allow this matter to further ferment and attract widespread attention. When they finish this matter, the popularity they have built in advance will help them promote it.

"We are healthy, we are young, and we are capable. If your factory is full, you can let the old, weak, sick and disabled leave to make room! Hiring us for the same price will definitely help you produce more materials!" The crowd Some workers think that they are obviously more competitive, so they boldly propose and sell themselves.

   "Yes! Why, those weak people who can't do much work can stay here, but we can't?"

   "Either you hire us first! We promise to be more capable than them! Make more money for the factory!"

  The workers supported each other and put pressure on the Nak Weaving Factory.

  Benedict, who looked out of place with the workers in a suit, was at a loss for words, not knowing how to answer this question. He motioned for 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 the situation together.

   "Let me explain it for everyone!" With the help of Winston, Verac squeezed from behind the workers to the front of the gate and joined Benedict.

   "You are back." Benedict heaved a sigh of relief.

"Well." Verac nodded slightly at Benedict, and then turned to the workers, "Everyone, I am one of the managers of the Nak weaving factory. Since everyone is curious why we don't go with better labor If you insist on hiring workers from the original factory, then I will give a formal answer.”

  Whether it was the workers who came to apply for the job or the weaving factory workers who came out to help with Benedict, they all looked at Verak in unison.

  They all want to know, how are these workers in the Nak weaving factory who are either missing arms or legs, or have a handful of old bones, better than the healthy young adults outside?

  Verak said rightly: "Because you are all the same."

  The workers immediately started talking in low voices.

  What is the same? Can this be called the same?

"The Nak Weaving Factory is about to complete full-scale mechanization. It no longer requires a lot of labor to make up for the lack of production. 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 working ability, is that important? Of course it is also important. We want to be a special factory, a humane factory that is willing to help the workers and seek for them the benefits they should have received. We don't intend to exclude conflicts other than work, on the contrary we will give them more care and protect their lives."

   "How could you give workers so many benefits for nothing? You must have some bad intentions?!" There are many workers who think this way.

"Another person in charge has already said just now that the 27 new rules will be announced for everyone to test. We are not afraid of malicious speculation, let alone anyone staring at us to see if we will fulfill these promises Let the workers in the Nak Weaving Factory live a good life in peace and security." Verac is confident and frank, and his calm answer made many people who are envious and worried about the workers in the Nak Weaving Factory say I can't speak.

The factory owners are all bad guys. Every day, they think about how to make more money, how to extract more benefits from the poor workers, but this person in front of him said such incomprehensible words, But naturally with convincing power.

  Drinking in the tavern yesterday, I learned about the situation from Randall, a worker in the Nak weaving factory who came to drink with me. Feinon, who came here early today, sighed.

  Looking at this, the new system of the Nak Weaving Factory is real. It's a pity that they didn't have the chance to enjoy it, and the only ones who got lucky were the one hundred and ten.

"As for whether it is profitable for us to do so, of course it is profitable! We are here to do business, not charity. The promulgation of the new system is just to give you back the rights and interests that should belong to the workers, while others should be To make money is to make money.” Verak’s words have not yet finished, “In addition, you must be curious, we have spent so many things that other factories do not have, how can we make a profit when the cost is raised. This is indeed an unknown at present. One challenge and one attempt."

   What he said at this time was more for the workers of the Nak Weaving Factory.

Verak glanced at the four factory workers standing next to him: "But I believe that this matter has a great possibility of success. Why? Because the success of the Nak Weaving Factory determines your future. Better treatment for workers can increase production and increase profits, and earn more money than when you were squeezed before, and every factory will change accordingly. Your future is in your own hands. Whether you can succeed in making this kind of treatment last forever Whether you can continue to expand or not, and whether you can become an object of imitation by other factories depends on whether you really work hard."

  The four workers of the Nak Weaving Factory who were called out by Benedict to help were lost in thought.

  Yesterday, what they mainly thought about was why the new factory owner wanted to give them such a big benefit, and what kind of plan they had. Now it seems that everything is very simple, and the new factory owner is just to make more money and achieve a win-win situation.

Now the new factory owner has given due sincerity, not only did not fire them, who are looked down upon by other factories, but also offered wages that were 20% higher than other factories, improved treatment in many ways, and established many special services facilities for workers.

  Then it's up to them to look at themselves.

   Not to mention whether they can keep this benefit, just a job is extremely precious to them.

  The workers who heard Verak's words secretly made up their minds that they must work hard, and they must not let the Nak Weaving Factory close down at a loss!

"That's all that needs to be explained and answered publicly. There is no need for everyone to gather here anymore. If we need to recruit people in the future, we will make a public announcement." After all that should be said, Verak stopped staying and talked with Winston. , Benedict returned to the factory together.

  The remaining four workers of the Nak Weaving Factory hung a sign announcing the 27-Article System on the gate.

  The gathered people did not disperse. Some almost struggled to see the specific content of each system, and some discussed in groups of two or three whether there was any other way to sneak into the weaving factory and work.

  …

   "What did you say outside?" Andre, who had been standing by the window to check the situation outside, asked the three Veracs who walked into the office.

"It's nothing, I just publicly replied whether our systems are real, why they give workers so many benefits, and why they would rather use these injured people than hire them." Verac, Winston, and Benedict said in Sitting down in the office, "These will all have to be explained sooner or later, so let's make a formal answer while they are all here today."

  Andre nodded slightly: "Say it earlier to avoid trouble. I asked Comrade Benedict to publicize the new system for the same purpose."

   "Yes. I really didn't expect the system that was promulgated just yesterday, and I don't know how it spread so quickly, so many people came at once." Verak lamented the sensitivity of the news.

"If something is commonplace, it won't attract everyone's attention. It spread so much. The main reason is that this new system is like a bomb, directly breaking the rules of Kip City and even the whole country." Andre said to some It had been expected that countless workers wanted to enter the Nak weaving factory.

"What do you think the factory owners of other factories think of us? Will they be like an enemy, stumbling us in the future and preventing us from succeeding?" Verac just publicly said to the workers that their success determines the future of all factories. Take this into consideration when choosing.

Benedict analyzed: "If it doesn't make money like this, they would like to see us go bankrupt and make their workers give up their illusions. If it makes more money this way, they have no reason not to make money, and they should copy our successful experience immediately. So I Thinking that they will not do anything, they will not regard us as enemies, we regard the Nak Weaving Factory as a pilot factory, and they will do the same."

Winston knew that Verac raised such a question because he had read "The Theory of Class" written by him: "Verak's concerns are reasonable. For the rich and powerful, making money is only part of the purpose. They also want to trample the workers. Let yourself stand above your feet forever. The reform of the new system is a necessary attempt for us, and we are more cautious about them. Once this opening is opened, the workers will benefit greatly, and no one knows what will happen. What kind of impact will it have? To put it simply, the bourgeoisie itself regards us as the enemy, and it is not what they want to see us becoming stronger."

"However, they themselves are not monolithic. Interests can tear the people apart, and even disintegrate their alliances." Andre expressed his opinion, "There will always be businessmen who value interests and choose to imitate us after we succeed. As long as there are One, there will be the second, and the third, in the end, no workers are willing to work in the factories full of oppression and exploitation, and they have defected to the reformed factories, and then forced those factory owners who stood firm to change towards us.”

   "Comrade Andre is also right. If there is the first one, it will inevitably break their blockage like a dam, and the first one will inevitably appear." Winston agrees with Andre's words.

After hearing this, Verak also felt that it made sense: "In short, everything may be discovered in the future. In addition to the internal problems to be solved, the external prevention work must not be lax. President Boyne entrusted this matter to me, and I will Everyone’s safety must be ensured, and we will strengthen our attention and response in this regard.”

   "With Comrade Veraker in charge, we have nothing to worry about." Veraker's ability is well known in the Equality Association, and Andre believes that he can deal with those factory owners who want to make small moves.

   "Okay, Comrade Andre, let's talk about what we are going to do next." Verac smiled and drank his saliva, waiting for the experienced Andre to arrange the next work of the Nak Weaving Factory.

  (end of this chapter)