。 "What? If you want to change the union, you also need the provincial council to send someone to supervise the election? ”

Boniface, the governor of Santa Cruz Province, looked at Fang Lei, who came to contact the work, and was inexplicably surprised. In his impression, mining companies are extremely hateful to trade unions, so how can they directly interfere in the affairs of labor unions?

"Yes, we believe that the original union has been controlled by the evil forces and cannot represent the vital interests of the miners. In order to prevent others from saying that our mining company is rigging the election, we hope that the provincial council will send someone to supervise the election process. Fang Lei replied.

"Are you going to elect a union that will obey your management?" Boniface's problem is quite similar to that of Guzmán, which also shows that everyone looks at the problem from the same angle.

Fang Lei shook his head and said: "No, we respect the choice of workers, and we will support the union they elect whether they cooperate with us or not." ”

Believe your words to have a ghost, Boniface muttered in his heart, but he still couldn't say this, he could only play Chinese Tai Chi: "This matter...... It is inconvenient for the government to intervene, so you can do it yourself. ”

Thinking on his heels, Boniface also knows that the Chinese want to get a union that meets their own interests. However, the original trade union was not easy to mess with, people were local snakes, and the Chinese wanted to bypass the local snakes to create another set, maybe who won and who lost. Boniface decided not to wade into this troubled water, if he didn't get it right, it would affect his political performance and votes.

Fang Lei also seemed to have expected Boniface's attitude, and he came to Boniface just to report the matter. In fact, trade unions are organizations that can be recognized by workers. As far as everything is concerned, the official will not be embarrassed by the union. Of course, if Hanhua wants to kick out the original union and start a new business on his own, he has to inform the authorities, which is a procedural issue.

"I've heard that you've done a lot of infrastructure construction in the towns around the Mutong Iron Mine, and I represent the provincial government. Thank you for your kindness. "However, I don't understand, these are things that the government should do, so what is the purpose of doing this?" ”

Fang Lei said: "We just want our workers to live a better life. Our purpose in mining in Mutong is also to build a harmonious society. ”

"River crab ......," Boniface muttered, frowning.

After Fang Lei left, staff member Doria stepped forward. He said to Boniface: "Mr. Boniface, I think the Chinese's movements seem to be a little too big. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"I went to the Mutong Iron Mine and saw that the Chinese are now desperately trying to buy off local residents, building roads and repairing primary and secondary schools in addition to building them houses. Most seriously, they have also set up Chinese language training courses to train local young people to learn Chinese. ”

"What do you do when you learn Chinese?" Boniface asked in surprise that even if he was the governor of a province, he had never been to China. In his impression. China is a country that can't be further away, so what do these rural farmers in Bolivia need to learn Chinese for?

The Chinese language training course was also done by Hanhua very accidentally, and as soon as the news came out, many young people signed up to participate. Chinese goods have completely conquered them, making them desperate to learn more about the country. Of course, there are some people whose motivation for learning Chinese is more direct, that is, to be able to get into a better position in the mining company in the future, and if you want to shoot the Chinese boss's ass, you must at least be able to speak Chinese, right?

Doria said, "I think. They want to cultivate their own forces, and if they continue like this, within a few years, the entire Santa Cruz province will be assimilated by the Chinese. "...," that's what they say...... Crab? ”

"Uh...... That's probably what it means. ”

"But what can we do?" Boniface said with chagrin, "The finances of our entire Cruise Province are not as high as the income of this Hanhua Heavy Industries. Can we compare with them? Mutong iron ore mine is a project named by the president, and if it offends the Chinese, it will affect the development of the entire country's economy. We can't afford to take on that responsibility. Forget it, they can do whatever they want, as long as they don't cause a big mess, let them do it. ”

No matter what the local government thinks, Lin Zhenhua is bent on promoting the construction of a harmonious society in the local area. The Mutong Iron Mine has reserves of more than 40 billion tons, which is enough for Hanhua to mine year after year, and it is not hesitant to build a country within a country for this purpose. On the surface, a lot of money is spent now, but if you put it in the long run, the management costs saved are much higher than the current investment. It is true that the enthusiasm of Bolivian workers cannot be compared with that of Chinese workers, but when mining on other people's land, you can only use other people's workers.

As for whether the local government will have an opinion on this matter, Lin Zhenhua can't control it. When the trade union strikes, the local government says that there is nothing they can do, so if you want to change the union, you should not interfere. Of course, he also thought about what to do if the local government did not cooperate, but if it really didn't work, he could go directly to the president to complain. Hanhua is the largest investor in Bolivia, and for a poor country, investors are God, and whoever dares to make an investor unhappy, the state will make him unhappy.

The mine has begun to resume work, and Zhao Yongqun and Canelas have renegotiated, agreeing to put aside the dispute, not to discuss the punishment of McMykin, and to transfer him to other positions, and then all the workers will return to work and resume production. Canelas originally wanted to be tougher, but the workers below began to be moved, and they all demanded to return to work as soon as possible, and Canelas could no longer be nervous.

It is no wonder that after a few days of snapping up Chinese goods, everyone is empty, and during the strike, although there is still a basic salary to be taken according to the regulations, there is no performance salary. The women of the town began to put pressure on their husbands to go to work immediately, earn more money, and live happily with their hands.

After the production order was restored, Fang Lei and others began to plan the reorganization of the trade union. Guzmán and a group of old miners were invited out to form an advisory board, which the townspeople preferred to call the "House of Elders". The daily work of the House of Elders is to organize the miners, publicize and study the spirit of Lin Zhenhua's speech by St. Anna, and tell everyone that the development of workers should be linked with the development of the mine to seek a win-win situation.

In order to cheer for the promotion of the Presbyterian House, the construction work of various towns has also begun. Lin Zhenhua invited a Chinese engineering team from the railway construction site to survey and design each town and plan and build a new village for workers. Large-scale architectural drawings were posted at the entrance of the town, and all types of housing began to be booked by working-class families. Families who do not have money can buy it by taking out a loan from a mining company, on the condition that a certain amount of money is deducted from their salary each month for the next 20 years. Once this kind of loan contract is signed, the miner will officially become a house slave, of course, a very happy house slave.

The hearts of the people were quickly drawn to the mining company, and a group of candidates expected by Lin Zhenhua appeared, who promoted their political demands among the workers, that is, to promote harmony between the workers and the mines, and to build a harmonious Bolivia. With this slogan in mind, Lin Zhenhua has reason to believe that they can become a political party in the future and compete in Bolivian politics. ..., this is called stock speculation and becoming a shareholder, he obviously just wants to form a trade union that listens to his own words, and he never thought of competing for the leadership of the entire country in Bolivia, Lin Zhenhua is really full of emotion.

The workers are very realistic, and it is clear who is good to them and who is not good to them. Union candidates close to the mining companies are generally supported by the workers, while those who advocate the need to remain hostile to the mining companies have no market at all.

Lin Zhenhua's actions, of course, can't escape the eyes of Canelas and others. Originally just a gangster, Canelas became the leader of the union over the years, and slowly developed some political vision. He saw that if the Chinese continued to toss around like this, his position as a trade union leader would sooner or later be snatched away by others. For such a thing, of course, he can't sit idly by, he must find a way to fight back.

"We're going to strike again." Canelas gathered his minions and spoke to them. Only a new strike can tear up the link between the workers and the mining companies, and it is best if the mining companies can be provoked and withdraw the plan to build new villages for workers, so that the workers will no longer trust them.

"But, Mr. Canellas, under what name are we going to strike this time?" A little minion asked, looking cool in a Chinese-made floral shirt.

"There will always be a name." "Let's ask for a raise." ”

"This name may not be approved by everyone." Xiao Minion Luo reminded, "The salary given by the Chinese is much higher than that given by the French in the past, and everyone is very satisfied." ”

"Is that you, too?" Canelas asked, glaring.

"I ......" the little minions were a little panicked, he knew that Canelas had some gangster background, and anyone who opposed him would not end well, "Of course I don't think so, I support your opinion." ”

"Okay, you guys go separately, I'll talk to the Chinese surnamed Zhao and ask the mining company to raise the wages of all miners by 10 percent." If he says yes, then everyone will thank us. If he doesn't agree, then we'll strike. Canelas explained.

"What if someone doesn't want to cooperate?" The little minion asked again.

"Look at who takes the lead in not cooperating, according to the old rules, if you don't listen to us, you will beat him." Canelas said viciously.

"That's right, whoever is disobedient, beat him!" A group of minions shouted in unison. (To be continued)