Move the Tiger Factory!

All the workers felt a chill. At this time, they seemed to notice that there were also two yellow-skinned outsiders present, judging by the costumes of these two Asians, they should not be from Japan or Korea, but most likely from Red China.

"Hornby, what you said about no **, do you mean China?" McVeigh asked Hornby.

Hornby was noncommittal, just turned his head and smiled at Lin Zhenhua. Lin Zhenhua watched a lively scene just now, and now seeing that he has changed from an audience to a trick, he can't help but give Hornby a wry smile in return. The ghost is mighty

"Why, did you persuade Hornby to move the factory to China?" McVeigh walked up to Lin Zhenhua and asked angrily. He had already woken up to the fact that Hornby's confidence should come from these uninvited guests, and it was precisely because of their existence that Hornby no longer cared about the threat of the union.

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said in English: "Sir, you overestimate our ability, we and Mr. Hornby only met today, how can we have the ability to change his mind?" ”

"It's impossible for Hornby to move the factory to your China, which is poor and backward, and there is no electricity in any place except for a few big cities, so what are you going to do to build a factory?" McVeigh said.

Lin Zhenhua shrugged his shoulders like an American and asked, "Dear sir, who did you hear say that there is no electricity in all parts of China except for a few big cities?" ”

McVeigh said seriously: "I watched it in the movie. Not long ago, there was a film in China that won an award at the Hawaii Film Festival, called Laojing. I've seen it, not only does China have no electricity, but it can't even drink water. ”

"I have also seen a movie called Yellow Earth, and I have to admit that these movies make China very real." Another American worker also chimed in.

"Who made these TMD movies!" Lin Zhenhua opened his mouth to say a dirty word. He has seen both of these movies that the Americans said, and it is said that they are the masterpieces of the fifth generation or the first generation of directors, and when they were filmed, they were all shot in the poorest and most backward places in China.

Regarding this issue, Lin Zhenhua once heard people say that now foreigners like to see the "real" China the most. The so-called truth is the kind of thing that gets rid of the slag, what red sorghum, wild he, small feet, braids, etc., you can win awards if you shoot this kind of workshop, if you go to shoot the workshop of Hanhua Heavy Industries, foreigners will definitely say that you are shooting in South Korea.

It is precisely because there are such a group of avant-garde directors in China, so until the late 90s, many foreigners still think that China still has braids and feet wrapped.

"Well, Mr. McVeigh, I don't want to explain anything, what Mr. Hornby thinks, I don't know. Maybe he won't move the factory to a country where there is neither electricity nor water. "Lin Zhenhua has retreated, our own Chinese are deprecating themselves, can we complain that foreigners look down on you?

It was impossible for McVeigh and the others to attack Lin Zhenhua, they got together and discussed with each other, but they didn't seem to come to any conclusions, so they had to shout at Hornby, and then left in a huff. Sissay was rather far-sighted, and before leaving, he repeatedly advised Hornby to think twice about doing such things that would harm the interests of American workers. Hornby didn't bother to entangle with him, and waved him away.

Seeing McVeigh and the others walking away, Lin Zhenhua said to Hornby: "Mr. Hornby, you are really not a friend enough, the cooperation between us is just a verbal agreement, why did you sell us?" You see, I've offended Mr. McVeigh, what if he gets disgruntled and stumbles on me? ”

Hornby said: "Lin, you have also seen the situation just now, they have no feelings for the Tiger factory at all, I have had enough of such workers. I don't hesitate now, I can contact my lawyer right away and sign a cooperation agreement with you. As for the foundry fee, I can raise it to $25 per unit. ”

"Oh, old Hornby, you're not mad at these young men, are you?" Belinda said with a smile, "Lin has already agreed to the price of $22, and this is the first time I've seen you take the initiative to increase the price of others." Hornby shook his head and said, "When I see these people, I know where the workers are the best." I am willing to give some wages to Chinese workers. ”

Hornby's sudden price increase was, of course, an unexpected surprise for Lin Zhenhua. He couldn't guess what Hornby meant by this move, whether it was an impulse in anger, or whether he wanted to strengthen cooperation with Lin Zhenhua with such an attitude. However, no matter what Hornby thinks, Lin Zhenhua naturally wants to laugh at the olive branch he stretches out. Bidding farewell to Hornby, Lin Zhenhua and Xie Yunjuan still sat in Belinda's car and returned to the Hull Hotel. Along the way, Belinda was helplessly counting Hornby, saying that the old man was too stubborn and impulsive.

"Xiaolin, just now I saw Hornby arguing with his workers, I always felt that something was not right." Xie Yunjuan sat in the car, and after being silent for a while, she said to Lin Zhenhua in Chinese that she did not want Belinda to understand.

Lin Zhenhua also asked in Chinese: "Sister Xie, what do you think is wrong?" ”

Xie Yunjuan said: "That McVeigh just now is a union leader, right?" And Hornby is a capitalist. How do I feel that we are on one side with Hornby, and as if we are enemies with McVeigh. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "That's right, we have cooperation with Hornby, of course we are on the side." As for McVeigh, he can't be said to be an enemy, they **, they contributed to our cooperation with Hornby, and I thank him that it is too late. Of course, he must have regarded me as an enemy. ”

Xie Yunjuan said: "The problem is here, we are communists, how can we stand on the side of the capitalists and become enemies with the workers?" ”

Xie Yunjuan's words came out, and Lin Zhenhua choked enough. He only thought about cooperating with Hornby and being able to get a processing order for 300,000 refrigerators, where did he think about the proletariat, the bourgeoisie and the like. But Xie Yunjuan's words are also true, both of them are members of the Communist Party and the vanguard of the proletariat, how can they stand with Hornby, a capitalist?

"Sister Xie, you really stopped me from asking this question, and I really didn't think about my class position. In your opinion, should we stand with McVeigh and fight resolutely against Hornby's brutal exploitation of workers? Lin Zhenhua asked sneeringly.

Xie Yunjuan said: "Of course this is impossible, we can convince Hornby to move the factory to China, but it is a great thing." 300,000 refrigerators, equivalent to 7.5 million processing costs, is another large export order. ”

"Sister Xie, can we understand that our cooperation with Hornby is to create employment opportunities for our Chinese proletariat, so it cannot be regarded as a betrayal of the interests of the proletariat." Lin Zhenhua found a political explanation for his behavior, to be honest, he does lack sensitivity to politics, and he doesn't know how to explain it.

Xie Yunjuan shook her head and said: "There is still a problem, Hornby is a capitalist, and his nature is to exploit workers." Isn't our acceptance of his order an opportunity for him to exploit our Chinese workers? "The ghost is mighty

"Or, we Chinese workers don't want him to exploit them? I rejected his order? Lin Zhenhua was so angry and funny that he couldn't help but joke.

"Then what kind of line, people can't pull export orders, how can this kind of door-to-door orders be pushed out?" Xie Yunjuan said that at this moment, she suddenly no longer felt that she was a party member, but just a staff member of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

Lin Zhenhua felt a little dizzy in his brain, he thought about it seriously, nodded and said, "Sister Xie, I don't think that's the case, in fact, it's a good thing that someone exploits you." Let's just talk about McVeigh, he was the leader of the union, but when he heard that Hornby was planning to close the factory and stop exploiting them, wasn't he anxious? We have so many unemployed young people, in fact, every day we are hoping that someone will exploit them, and if no one exploits them, they will be unemployed, isn't that so? ”

Xie Yunjuan glared at Lin Zhenhua and said, "Xiaolin, how can you explain things like this." Forget it, let's not discuss this issue any further, because it would be a political mistake to do so. Anyway, the central government encourages foreign trade, and we can get an order from Hornby, which is our achievement, and as for who exploits whom or what, let's not dwell on it anymore. ”

"Sister Xie Shengming." Lin Zhenhua said with a smile.

It is no wonder that Xie Yunjuan had doubts, and many Chinese had such doubts back then. After more than 30 years of liberation, all of a sudden, there were private enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises, and the workers suddenly changed from the leading class to employees, and they had to work for private bosses and foreign bosses, and Xie Yunjuan was not the only one who couldn't figure it out. Some people also made up this situation into a ballad, saying that "after decades of hard work, I returned to the pre-liberation period overnight."

This kind of ideological contradiction was not gradually resolved until after Xiaoping's speech on his southern tour. Comrade Xiaoping's answer to this question is only one sentence: Don't ask the surname of the company.

"Xiaolin, I found that you are really capable, we originally just came to the Tiger factory to buy refrigerators, and as a result, you got a big order of 7.5 million US dollars, you can really do it." Xie Yunjuan laughed.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Isn't this all Sister Xie's blessing?" If Sister Xie hadn't given me this information, how would I have thought of meeting Hornby? ”

Xie Yunjuan said with a smile: "Okay, in the future, Tiger's refrigerator will be produced in your Hanhua factory, don't forget to get me a few factory prices." (To be continued) bring it