Chapter 89 Sweatshop
Chapter 89 Sweatshop
When foreign businessmen ask these questions, it sounds like they are concerned about the working environment and situation of mainland workers.
In fact, for countries at different stages of development, basic primitive accumulation is always stained with blood.
These factory girls thought that foreign people were very humane and asked these questions for their own good.
“We all volunteered to work overtime.”
"The treatment we receive at the factory is pretty good. We earn 300 yuan a month, and we don't have to worry about food and drink. We also have weekends off."
When these words came out, it sounded like they were reading from a script in advance.
Professor Lin, Chen Xu translated what the other party said to the boss verbatim.
In the past, when these multinational companies first went abroad, they first went to countries like Japan and South Korea.
Then the citizens of these countries work as hard as if their lives depended on it.
They soon caught up with the old developed countries, and then they became afraid.
I am afraid that the mainland will also accumulate primitive capital by exploiting the surplus value of workers, just like Japan and South Korea.
If the mainland does the same, they would be digging their own graves.
People who worked after 93 had no labor rights at all. The idea of having two days off a week is just bullshit.
The two-day weekend system was introduced later in order to join the World Trade Organization.
Because these multinational companies know too well the group of high-rollers in East Asian monster houses.
They can eat only one meal a day, work twelve hours straight, and work eight days a week.
The greed of capital makes them reluctant to give up the mainland market with huge potential.
Huang Shiren thought, "This woman is smart. I'll give each of them a 20-yuan red envelope later."
Li Kang mixed in with this group of big guys, and had a white guy following him, so the factory girls thought he was the boss.
"Boss, how come you speak English so well~!"
Suddenly, a girl on the assembly line said to him that the other person had a fair face, very skillful hands, and eyes as bright as the starry sky. She was a very pretty girl.
Judging from the accent, he sounds like he is from Sichuan.
"As long as you practice more, you can do it." Li Kang smiled at her, his smile was very innocent, "Just memorize some words and a few English sentences every day, and you will see results over time."
Li Kang added one more sentence and shared his learning experience with her, which might not be useful.
Everyone's learning style and habits are different.
Sure enough, the other party was confused. "I get a headache when I see English. But seeing you people who speak English well live so comfortably, I want to learn it well too."
Li Kang suddenly became interested. Isn’t this a ready-made student?
Ask her, "What's your name?"
"My name is Zhang Xiting, and I'm from Deyang, Sichuan."
The girl was a straightforward person and introduced herself completely.
Li Kang asked Li Xueer for a palm-sized piece of paper and a pen, and wrote a phone number on it.
"If you are really interested in English, call this number. My friend will help you."
This friend is himself, but he calls him a friend in front of people around him.
Li Xueer also had no doubt that someone as capable as Li Kang would never be able to teach others personally.
How much would that cost?
From what she knew, Li Kang earned eight hundred yuan an hour as a translator for the company.
At this rate of making money, the factory girl’s monthly salary is not even as much as what others earn in one hour.
Li Kang also wanted to try first to see if he could run a smaller training class.
Improve your own organization, coordination and management skills. If you can't run a small training class well, how can you do big things in the future?
Zhang Xiting took the paper with Li Kang's phone number on it and carefully put it into her pocket as if it were a treasure.
Li Xueer sneered, "A factory girl, do you really think you can learn to be like Mr. Li? You are just daydreaming."
Thomas was quite fond of Li Kang's action and praised him several times.
"Li Kang, I think what you are doing is very loving. People should help each other, and only then will our society continue to progress."
"In the United States, many of the homeless people you see on the streets have people delivering food to them every day and providing them with a place to live."
When he heard this, he thought, this guy must be a Democrat.
It sounds nice and kind, right?
But why are there homeless people?
Are these people born homeless, or is there some other reason?
It is because of the Democrats that they think the world is so beautiful.
The United States is now at its peak and has no rivals in the world.
Although Li Kang knew all this, he was not so tactless as to bring it up.
She just sounded like she agreed with him, "Ah, right, right."
"..."
Li Xueer felt that these words sounded so strange. Do Americans have the habit of speaking like this?
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Tianli's factory is not particularly large, covering an area of approximately one thousand acres.
There are hundreds of workers on the assembly line.
The monthly production capacity is 200,000 BB machines.
It's basically assembly. Buy the parts and then assemble them.
If Bird Company can reach this cooperation agreement, the wages of the workers on the assembly line will double in the future.
Because it means they will have the ability to produce components themselves, and Motorola will open up some of its non-core technologies to them.
The other team is discussing carefully.
No one dared to make a decision on this cooperation right away.
But judging from the other party's expressions during the discussion, things were not relaxed and there was even an argument.
If this group of foreigners had not taken into account the presence of so many mainland Chinese people, they might have started quarreling.
Thomas, who had a good relationship with Li Kang, also returned to their team.
As one of the senior executives who came out for inspection, and because of his upright character, he is trusted by the vice president.
The two are from the same hometown in the United States.
"Sir, I don't think we can cooperate with this company. Because according to our calculations, they exploit labor. This factory has only 300 employees, and there are only more than 200 assembly line workers. That means these 200 people have to assemble 200,000 finished products a month. And the production efficiency of their assembly line is not even up to the level of developed countries. So we can infer that they often exploit labor."
Sure enough, after the consultant gave his analysis results, the vice president frowned and his attitude towards the people from Bird also changed a little.
Wang Bo was anxious and asked Professor Lin beside him, "Professor Lin, why did they suddenly change their attitude?"
"It's probably because some aspects of your factory are not in compliance and were discovered by their consultant."
"Foreigners dislike the practice of exploiting workers in our country the most. They generally don't like to cooperate with such companies."
Seeing that a huge development opportunity was about to fly away right in front of him, he became anxious!
I quickly said to Professor Lin: "Professor Lin, please tell them that our employees are all people who love to work. Normally, the company will not force them to work overtime."
Professor Lin relayed everything to the other representative word for word, but unfortunately the vice president had already left.
"What! The person left! How could he leave so quickly? Without even saying hello?" Wang Bo was so angry that he slapped his thigh.
(End of this chapter)