June 1908, streets of New York. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"We want an eight-hour workday!"

"We're going to get a raise, we're going to eat!"

"We want three dollars ......"

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High-pitched slogans rang through the streets of New York and seemed to enliven the whole city. The sight of thousands of workers pouring into the streets was shocking, and everyone could only hide cautiously in the face of the torrent, quietly waiting for them to pass by.

After the endless procession finally passed, several young Chinese people standing on the side of the street finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Oops, not good!"

As soon as he recovered from the shocking scene, one of the young men shouted: "Yan Fuqing, hurry up and see the time, are we going to be late?" ”

Yan Fuqing didn't care about the other party's faux pass of calling his name directly, but quickly raised his wrist, glanced at it, and said with a wry smile: "Gentlemen, I'm afraid we're already late......"

For the envious eyes of his classmates, Yan Fuqing is used to it.

The watch is the latest addition from the Huntelaar Watch Company and sells for more than a hundred dollars. Of course, if it's just expensive, it's nothing for the students, after all, everyone is now more or less part-time in the company owned by Huntelaar, and a hundred dollars is not a big number. But what if this watch is John? Mr. Huntelaar gave it to him, and the meaning was different......

"What are you doing stupidly? Run! ”

A young man suddenly let out a loud roar, which immediately woke up the others, and everyone shook their hands and ran wildly.

After running desperately for a distance of more than 1,000 meters, the group stopped at the door of a luxurious restaurant. Although they have never stopped exercising over the years, and two of them are still the main players of the college basketball team, they are still out of breath and sweat on their heads when they run all the way.

After a short break, the group was led to the second floor by the waiter in the restaurant.

"Yo, Keqing, you're late!"

As soon as everyone walked into the lobby on the second floor, a young Chinese hurriedly greeted them, and Lian Sheng complained: "Just wait for a few of you...... Hey? Why are you still sweating? It can't be a run, right? ”

"Haha, don't ask, it must have been blocked by the crowd of marches."

At this moment, another young Chinese man stepped forward and laughed.

Today, a demonstration of such a scale suddenly broke out, and everyone naturally knows that those who went out early were lucky to escape, and those who went out a little later would definitely be blocked. After all, New York is still not very friendly to the Chinese in these years, and it is not worth it if they rashly break into the parade of pure white people and be beaten up.

"Alas, what bad luck."

Sighing in distress, Yan Fuqing couldn't help but say angrily: "Do you say that these white people are full of food or what?" Why are so many people marching in the streets today? ”

"For what? And not because of Mr. Huntelaar's recent good deeds? ”

Yan Fuqing's question was quickly answered by his companions.

"Mr. Huntelaar?"

After listening to his companion's explanation, Yan Fuqing was slightly stunned at first, and then immediately understood!

At the end of May 1908, a shocking news came out of the Huntelaar consortium that the consortium owned John ? At the meeting of all the top leaders, Mr. Huntelaar announced that starting in January 1909, the minimum wage for all employees of the consortium would be adjusted to $2 per day, and the minimum wage for front-line workers would be adjusted to $3, and that this standard would be increased by one dollar in three years for ten years! In other words, if they were still working under the Huntelaar consortium in ten years' time, the workers would be paid at least six dollars a day!

This news immediately caused an uproar!

Ten years is too long for few people to see, but 1909 is next year! What is the concept of three dollars a day? That means if you work five days a week, you can earn $60 in a month! That's seven hundred and twenty dollars a year!

God, that's a crazy number!

So in the beginning, no one dared to believe this figure, after all, two dollars a day in New York is a good day, most of them are one dollar or even less, and this figure is only one-third of the minimum wage of the Huntelaar consortium workers!

No one dares to believe that such a figure is true.

However, when several senior executives of the Huntelaar consortium were interviewed by reporters and confirmed the news, the entire New York City suddenly exploded! Almost all the newspapers were introducing and analyzing this amazing news at length, and people from all walks of life also jumped out and began to express their opinions in the newspapers: some applauded, some criticized, and some even scolded. For the rest of the competitors, the Huntelaar consortium's decision was a joke!

Among the lowest workers, the news caused an uproar at the same time.

In New York today, everyone knows that the Huntelaar consortium has excellent benefits, that the workers have the highest wages and the best production conditions in New York and even in the United States, that there are also high allowances for individual jobs, and more importantly, that they have implemented a comprehensive eight-hour workday and only need to work five days a week. So since a few years ago, the company under the Huntelaar consortium has been everyone's dream job.

Especially now......

Countless workers or college students flock to the city, hoping to find a position there.

A salary of three dollars a day means that in addition to living a decent life, you can easily support your family, even if there are four or five children in the family. And don't forget, once you join the Huntelaar Foundation, your children can also attend Huntelaar School, enjoy low tuition fees and free lunches, who wouldn't want to go to such a place?

It's just a pity that the requirements of most of the companies in the Huntelaar consortium are too high.

Everyone knows that whether it is a car or an airplane, whether it is a pharmaceutical or a chemical industry, the factories under the Huntelaar consortium have the highest technical level in the United States and even the world, so they need the best skilled workers in many places. Either skilled workers who have proven themselves, or young people who have graduated from accredited technical schools, others are simply not given any opportunities. As for higher-level R&D institutions or administrative departments, they are not Ivy League graduates or international students returning from Europe, and they don't even look at their resumes!

For most people, this is an impossible requirement to meet.

Only the workers on the production line have very low requirements, and most people can do it. This kind of assembly line requires high-intensity labor, but the number of people required is not large, at least there is little chance of increasing the assembly line in a short period of time.

So after the bombardment of countless news, the working class in New York completely exploded, and they could not enter the enterprises of Huntelaar, and could only hope that their bosses would be kind enough to offer the same conditions as others - even if it was a little worse, it was not unacceptable!

But it is a pity that capital is never good.

When the capitalists did not hesitate to reject the demands of the workers, one revolt after another began vigorously. The previous days it was small, basically on a factory basis, but today the largest march broke out, sweeping across New York City......

"Hehe, they're so naïve."

Patting Yan Fuqing on the shoulder, a young Chinese said with a smile: "Not every capitalist can be as kind as Mr. Huntelaar, you know, in this way, the loss of the factory will be great......

"Really?"

At this time, a deep voice suddenly came: "Xiao Xia, do you really think that raising the wages of workers will cause my factory to suffer a lot of losses?" ”

"Uh...... Mr. Huntelaar? ”

Xiao Xia turned his head to look at the person who came, and suddenly screamed in surprise.

More than forty people in the room suddenly stepped forward and greeted the visitor respectfully: "Good morning, Mr. Huntelaar." ”

"Good morning, gentlemen!"

John, who was full of spring breeze, waved his hand and greeted everyone with a smile: "Sorry for keeping you waiting......

In the past few years, everyone has seen John uncommonly, and they know that he has never liked to be too polite, so after just a simple greeting, Xiao Xia couldn't wait to ask, "Sir, what did you just say...... Could it be that if the wages of the workers are increased, the factories will take advantage of them? ”

"Hehe, of course."

With a smile, John nodded and said, "You happen to be learning management, and you are also a proud disciple of Mr. Taylor, don't you see the mystery contained in it?" (To be continued.) )