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Looking at the puzzled students, John shook his head regretfully.

Essentially, John? Mr. Huntelaar has never been a philanthropist, at least not in this part of the United States. In contrast, he prefers to invest all his money in China on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and do his best. For example, if possible, he will definitely keep the salaries of the workers in his own company to a minimum, save every dollar, and open two more schools in China.

But alas, this can only be imagined.

The United States at the beginning of the 20th century had the same magnificent waves as China a hundred years later.

The United States in this era is in the midst of fierce social changes, such as the transition from the traditional big family to an independent small family, seven or eight children were the most common in the past, but in this era, the American family of two children began to emerge and become the mainstream in the future; Another example is the challenge of government corruption and the fight back against dirty news, which also began in this era; For example, the shocking food and drug problems in the United States have attracted great attention in this era, and President Roosevelt ordered a thorough investigation!

Even the rise of medical education, the turning point is also in this era.

He's a traverser, and no one understands this better than John. Therefore, he has always followed the trend, for example, in exposing black factories, promoting food and drug bills, such as cooperating with the American Medical Association, cooperating with North American medical schools, and increasing the salaries of employees in his companies to promote the rise of the American middle class!

The wheels of history are irresistible, but a push often brings him great benefits.

In this day and age, the rise of the American middle class has become unstoppable. In fact, even if John didn't take the initiative to do this, it wouldn't be long before someone pushed it - historically, it was Henry who was now in charge of the Huntelaar Motor Company? Ford got his head up. In 1914, Ford more than doubled the wages of his workers to five dollars a day, and it was this rise that started the rise of the middle class.

Could it be that Henry? Was Ford a philanthropist?

Of course not!

In fact, it is not because of sympathy or pity at all, but for the good of the company!

Historically, with the first assembly line, Ford has hardly produced parts elsewhere. Because the parts produced for the Model T were so precise that they could be assembled by workers with little to no skill, Ford's production line was transformed from a handicraft workshop into an assembly line for the efficient production of automobiles. By 1913, Ford employed 14,000 workers and produced 250,000 cars.

It is because of this shift that work has become hectic, boring and burdensome.

Producers of automobiles, from leading skilled craftsmen to ordinary workers directly involved in assembly line production, have developed discontent. An article at the time revealed the state of the workers at that time: "The division of labor is extreme, and the operation process of most jobs is very simple. In most cases, it will not take more than 5~10 minutes to complete this work". The tedious monotony and heavy workload workers took their toll. In 1913, the annual job conversion rate at the Ford Motor Company's assembly plant was 370 percent. That said, Ford Motor Company had to hire 50,448 people to maintain its average workforce of 13,623 people, and the daily absenteeism rate was nearly 10%!

So on January 5, 1941, Henry Ford decided to raise the wages of the workers, reducing the working hours from 9 to 8 hours a day, and raising the daily wage from $2.34 to $5.00, which doubled the wages of most workers! So by 1915, the job conversion rate had dropped to 16%, the absenteeism rate had fallen to 2.5%, the productivity per worker had increased by 40%~70%, and profits had increased by about 20%.

Therefore, it was said that the introduction of a wage system of $5 a day for workers who worked eight hours a day was one of the most successful measures we have ever taken to reduce costs.

So this salary increase plan is none other than Henry? That's why Ford is known as a master of management.

The advent of John brought the assembly line into an earlier stage, and it was larger and more advanced, including the assembly lines that are now in use and under construction, and there are several of them in use and in preparation. They employ more than 10,000 workers and produce more than 100,000 cars a year! After the price of cars dived, the pent-up demand was released at once, and in the first four months of this year alone, the Huntelaar Motor Company sold more than 40,000 units! And it is clear that this growth rate will accelerate even further!

The early outbreak leads to the early emergence of the problem.

As a matter of fact, the Huntelaar Automobile Company, the Agricultural Machinery Company, the aircraft manufacturing company, the machinery company, the weapons manufacturing company, and other enterprises have gradually adopted the assembly line production method, which has greatly reduced production costs, but at the same time, they have brought about a huge problem -- the production efficiency of the workers has begun to decline. The combination of high-intensity labor and boring and repetitive work has made workers begin to slack off.

So after studying it in detail with Taylor, John finally made up his mind. Give Americans a wage increase in advance.

In 1909, Americans were about to wake up from a brief recession. After the depression of 1908, the United States would grow at a super-high speed in the next decade, especially during World War I. John won't wait until that time to make a move, he needs to prepare everything in advance and make the Huntelaar consortium as strong as possible in a few years.

In addition......

This has the added benefit of giving him great prestige.

Again, at the beginning of the 20th century, the United States was in an era of rapid change, and people had become extremely disgusted with the evil capitalists. No matter how highly regarded Rockefeller and Carnegie and others may be in the future, they are synonymous with demons in this era, such as Carnegie's company's bloody suppression of striking workers. Therefore, the famous philanthropists in history are not necessarily true kindness, and the huge donations are among other reasons, and it is also one of the purposes to make up for the notoriety they have accumulated throughout their lives.

In contrast, the reputation of the Huntelaar consortium is much better.

Unlike the Morgan, Rockefeller and Carnegie consortiums, which exhausted all kinds of dirty means in their development, John started by relying on light bulb patents and bicycle patents, and developed by automobiles and medicines.

So in the hearts of ordinary people, the reputation of the Huntelaar consortium has always been good.

Investing heavily in education, and having affordable education for the children of the employees of his own companies, make John think highly of him – but if they knew what John was really for, that's a different story.

This increase in the treatment of workers will further enhance the prestige of the Huntelaar consortium.

A conscientious company has always been an object of respect for ordinary people. And in this era of the imminent rise of the American middle class, being able to establish an unbreakable position in their hearts is definitely worth it for John. Not to mention raising workers' wages, which in itself is a cost-effective decision for the company......

It's just that John didn't plan to announce these small plans.

Even in the face of the international students he values the most, John will not say it, he will only tell Xia Junsheng to go to his teacher Taylor and seek the answers he is seeking.

And......

John invited these Chinese students to the meeting today, not to discuss the relationship between his own wage increase for the workers and the demonstrations.

"Gentlemen!"

Clapping his hands, John laughed loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet! ”

After John spoke, the entire second floor quickly fell silent. Everyone stood silently, staring at the man in front of them who had changed the fate of their lives.

"You've probably already figured it out."

After a slight pause, John continued: "The people I invited today are all people who have completed their studies in the United States, or have just completed a three-year internship in my company and are preparing to return to China...... In fact, I ordered your train ticket to the west and the ferry ticket to Shanghai. ”

"Buzz ......"

Hearing this, the students let out a chuckle.

"To be honest, I'm excited!"

After taking a deep breath, John's expression became solemn: "I'm glad you chose to go back instead of staying in the United States; I'm glad you didn't have so many years of time, but you learned a lot of real skills! So as you leave New York and return to the East, I hope you will be able to calm down and listen carefully to what I have to say......" (To be continued. )