Hearing Hornby's words, McVeigh's face flushed, and he said, "Mr. Hornby, don't you really care about Tiger's survival?" It would not be good for Tiger to continue to drag on with the union like this. ”

It's good that he didn't mention Taggo, but as soon as he mentioned Tiger, Hornby was immediately furious, and he stretched out a finger and pointed at McVeigh's face and shouted, "McVeigh, are you still qualified to mention Taggo with me?" Your father is an old worker who started Taggo with me, and without Tiger, he wouldn't have the money to feed you bitches. Now that you're older, you've taken over your father's place and joined Tiger, but look at what you've done, and what is it for Tiger's sake! ”

McVeigh said: "Mr. Hornby, you can only blame yourself, our union's requirements are in line, and you are not cooperating with the union. ”

Hornby said, "I know you have a union, but what do you do all day long? In just three years, you have asked for five wage increases, paid holidays, and funding for the activities of your union. You've asked again and again, are you treating my old Hornby like a bank? ”

McVeigh said: "Mr. Hornby, you should know that you can make millions of dollars a year, and we poor workers can only make $20,000 a year, and we just ask you to give us an increase of $20 a week, is that a very difficult thing for you?" ”

"Of course it's a difficult thing!" Hornby said, "It's true that I make millions of profits a year, but don't you see the responsibility I have to bear?" I have to bear the responsibility of updating the factory equipment, and I also have to bear various business risks. If there is an economic crisis and the factory loses money, you can leave at any time, but I have to fill the hole. You say that a worker will increase his salary by $20 a week, but if you put it into the whole company, it will be more than $1 million a year, do you want me to use all the profits to meet your insatiable demands? ”

"You can actually raise the price of the refrigerator a little bit." McVeigh said.

"If I could raise the price, I would have done it a long time ago. But if the price is raised, our products will not be sold at all, and the company will still go bankrupt at that time, you know? Hornby said.

McVeigh was really just a gangster, and he was able to become the head of the union only because he dared to make trouble. Every time he led the workers, Hornby made concessions, so many workers supported him. When it comes to business management, McVeigh doesn't understand anything at all.

Unable to reason with Hornby, McVeigh had no choice but to go back to the old way of cheating, and he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Mr. Hornby, it's useless for you to argue with me, and our union won't change our minds." If you keep going, I think Tiger will go out of business. ”

Hornby smiled and said, "McVeigh, are you threatening me?" ”

"I'm just stating a fact."

Hornby said, "McVeigh, if you think you're going to be able to bring me to your knees, you're wrong. If you don't want to work, I will be able to find people who are willing to work, and you will lose these job opportunities. ”

"What? Do you want to fire us? McVeigh's face changed slightly.

"You can understand that way, too." Hornby said that after talking to Lin Zhenhua just now, he was very confident. Previously, every time a worker was **, he had to give in because he couldn't watch his company collapse. Every time, he thought that maybe he should increase the wages of the workers, but now that prices are so high, the workers' income may really not be enough. However, his concession did not make McVeigh and the others understand, on the contrary, it made them even worse.

Just before Lin Zhenhua and the others arrived, Hornby was still thinking about whether to back down again, but Lin Zhenhua's advice to him made him figure it out, he had all other options, why did he have to be angry with McVeigh, a little beast?

At that moment, a man flashed out from behind McVeigh, a young black man who looked a little handsome. He stepped forward and said to Hornby, "Mr. Hornby, if I'm not mistaken, you were threatening your boss of the union at Tiger Company with expulsion. ”

Lin Zhenhua looked at this black man and jumped a few times in his heart for no reason. He felt that this person's face was familiar, of course, he did not know this black man in this life, but in his previous life, he ...... on TV, "Sir, may I ask who you are?" Hornby didn't know the black guy, he asked politely.

"My name is Sisai, and I'm a staff member for an NGO in Chicago that specializes in vocational training for disadvantaged people. This time, it was Mr. McVeigh who invited me to come over and give them some guidance on the law. The black guy introduced himself.

Lin Zhenhua, who was standing on the side watching the excitement, smiled dumbly, sure enough, it was him, this world is really amazing. Two years ago, Lin Zhenhua met Piyuzin, who would later be at the helm of Russia, at the exhibition in Frankfurt, and today he met the head of the United States 20 years later. The name Sisai also has a Chinese translation called Guanhai, because its English word is actually SeeSea.

At this time, Brother Guanhai had no idea what he would do in the future, he graduated from the University of Chicago four years ago, and he was unemployed after graduation, and now he can only eat in an NGO. However, from Lin Zhenhua's point of view, Xisai's ability has been fully revealed at this time.

"Mr. Hornby, I remind you that it is against the law to dismiss a worker without cause, especially if the worker is the union leader of the organization, and you would be suspected of interfering in union affairs by doing so. If this unfortunate thing happens, I would be more than willing to act as an attorney for McVeigh and sue you in the state court. Sissai politely threatened.

Hornby smiled coldly and said, "Mr. Sisey, you are mistaken, I didn't plan to fire McVeigh, I won't get into a lawsuit." ”

"Then I'm very pleased." Sisey said with a smile that he thinks his threat to Hornby has played its part.

Before the smile on Sisey's face receded, Hornby added: "Although I don't plan to fire McVeigh, it doesn't mean that McVeigh won't lose his job." I think he and his union allies will be out of work within two months. ”

"What do you mean?" McVeigh asked.

"I mean it very simply, I've already decided to close the Tygo factory with immediate effect. Mr. Sissy, does the law stipulate that an owner cannot close his factory? ”

"Shut down the factory?"

Hornby's words shocked several union leaders who came with McVeigh. They knew very well that if the factory closed, then Hornby would have a reason to drastically lay off workers, and the whole factory would only need to leave a few people to watch the gates. They were all workers who had worked in the Tiger factory for many years, and once they were laid off, their livelihood was gone.

They are all the initiators of the **, but in their conscience, they have to admit that the old Hornby is a very good employer, takes great care of the workers, and the wages are higher than those of other factories. They make trouble again and again, just thinking that they can get more wages if they make trouble once, but they never think that the final result of the trouble will be the closure of the entire factory.

Everyone began to figure out that if the factory closed, they would have to look for new jobs. The new employer will certainly not be as eloquent as Hornby, and the salary will have to drop significantly. In the Tiger factory, they have already mixed well, if they go to a new factory, I am afraid that they can only be a pink newcomer with low eyebrows, what kind of taste is that.

"No, no, Mr. Hornby, your threats don't work for us." McVeigh stammered, thinking that what Hornby had just said was just to scare them. In McVeigh's opinion, it is absolutely impossible for Hornby to close the Taggo factory, which can still generate profits for him, how can he be willing to close it? Taggo's refrigerators have some reputation in the American market, and if the Taggo factory closes, the value contained in the brand will be completely wasted, and with Hornby's rationality, it will not be impossible to calculate this account.

"Little McVeigh, do you think I'm threatening you?" Hornby laughed, and at the sight of McVein's pale face, Hornby felt a sense of refreshment that he had never felt before.

"Mr. Hornby, it's not good for everybody to shut down the factory." McVeigh put on a bitter look and admonished, "Actually, there are many things that can be discussed. Um, well, I admit that our union is asking a little bit more this time, maybe we shouldn't be asking for a $20 a week increase, we can take a step back and go down to $10, what do you think? If you can say yes, we promise to return to work tomorrow. ”

"No, even $1 I wouldn't say yes." "If you don't want the Tiger factory to shut down, then let your people get back to work right away, and as long as one of you bastards is still there," Hornbee said, "If you don't want the Tiger factory to close, then let your people get back to work, and as long as one of you bastards is still there, I'll make all of you bastards unemployed." ”

"I don't believe it!" McVeigh roared, "Old Hornby, I don't believe you're going to watch your hard work fall apart. I know that the brand of Tiger was created by you, and you cherish this brand more than your own life, and you will never throw it away! ”

"Who said I was going to throw away the Tiger brand?" Hornby smiled dismissively, "On the contrary, I would make the Tiger refrigerator the most competitive refrigerator on the American market." It's just that I've had enough of you, I'm going to move the factory out and move to a place where there is no **! ”