Half a month without incident, until one day a writer wrote an article in the Economic Daily, this article praised Zhuang Yuncheng in the factory to implement the appropriate reduction of working hours, adjust the salary system, praise the system to a certain extent fully liberate the labor force of the workers, increase the enthusiasm of the workers, in the case of the same labor force, although the working hours are reduced, the salary is increased, but the value created by the workers is the same as other factories, dozens of workers and factory owners in the factory have achieved a cooperative relationship with each other, not oppression!

Fluttershy enters the room with the newspaper, and Zhuang Yuncheng takes it and reads it, but he is not happy when he finishes reading it.

"This article can be regarded as the beginning of the struggle." Zhuang Yuncheng sneered and threw down the newspaper.

"There is no perfect countermeasure, only soldiers can come to block, and water comes to cover the earth." Fluttershy says, "The system is public, and it's easy for anyone to want to know, but they can know the accounts, profits and losses, and I'm almost certain that I'm going to leak it by Innoshi and Hashimoto." ”

"They all have eyes, and they have the power to procure materials and technical guidance, and they also know in their hearts that the Nantian regime has long wanted to make a fuss." Zhuang Yuncheng said, "No matter what the result is, he will not suffer." ”

Fluttershy frowns wordlessly, and the atmosphere falls into a solemn one.

In the past few days, there have been a few more news items in the newspapers - workers at the Yuanpai Paper Mill and the Chengnan Match Factory have rioted and gone on strike. The reason is that they are not satisfied with the high-intensity work, but they are paid very low wages.

Recently, people have come to ask whether to recruit workers, but the factory can only accommodate a few dozen people, which is enough. And now that he is making a profit, it proves that the system is completely viable, and he is considering whether to expand the scale. An office has been set up in the factory, and Zhuang Yuncheng has nothing to sit here, and he has been spending more time here in recent days.

At the same time, Yun Yun is even more obsessed with Chen Rundong, but she will never show it, although she endures the torment of unrequited love, she will never mention it, she just hopes that the extremely strong love atmosphere created every time she meets him can be discovered by him, so that he can understand his heart, and then reveal it to himself.

On this day, before the appointed time once a week, Chen Rundong came, Yun Yun couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that something good had happened. But the result was not as she thought, it turned out that Chen Rundong heard about Zhuang Yuncheng's match factory, and witnessed several riots and strikes in the factory, he has always regarded workers as the vanguard of future pioneers, so he was very concerned about this, so he wanted to come to this match factory to investigate, Yunyun was also happy, and took him to the factory.

Yun Yun came to the office all the way, Zhuang Yuncheng was as surprised as if he had seen a fairy, and said with a smile: "You can come here, I have opened my eyes, I don't know if the fairy wind is blowing you?" ”

Yun Yun grinned and pulled Chen Rundong in from outside the house, Zhuang Yuncheng was stunned, not knowing what he meant.

"Brother, Senior Brother Rundong wants to inspect your factory."

Zhuang Yuncheng looked at Chen Rundong, his simple dress, awe-inspiring and decent eyes, and modest expression made people feel close and respectful.

"Hello Brother Zhuang, I asked Xiao Yun to bring me here." Chen Rundong said elegantly and magnificently.

"Hmm." Zhuang Yuncheng nodded, smiled and said, "Ask Ju An to take you around, you can ask anything you want, if he doesn't know, you can also ask me." ”

Chen Rundong greeted with a smile, Yun Yun looked at Zhuang Yuncheng and smiled, and hurriedly pushed Chen Rundong out and took him to find Ju An as a guide.

After they left, Zhuang Yuncheng turned around and asked Fluttershy, "What do you think of this Chen Rundong?" ”

"Not ordinary people." Fluttershy's eyes are full of thought.

"How do you see that?"

"He has a world in his eyes, it's too big."

"Yes," Zhuang Yuncheng said worriedly, "I'm afraid Yun Yun doesn't occupy much of a position in his heart and eyes, I'm a little worried about her, if she identifies a person, in her heart, I'm afraid that person is almost everything, even if there is a little space left, it's just you and me." ”

"You're her brother who has been with her for nearly twenty years, no."

"I don't know." Zhuang Yuncheng shook his head and thought for a long time before Fluttershy interrupted him and asked, "How did you think about it?" ”

"Oh-" Zhuang Yuncheng came back to his senses and said, "I still want to hear your opinion." ”

"If you scale up, if you lose, you can go bankrupt."

"I know." He frowned at Fluttershy, seeing his own shadow in her eyes, and as he flashed back to his mind more than twenty years, he said in a deep voice, "In the past twenty-five years, I haven't even had a chance to fail, because I haven't done anything serious, and this is the first thing." ”

"Then do it." Fluttershy said resolutely, "I told Yun Yun that day that she would never be alone, and neither would you. ”

Zhuang Yuncheng pursed his lips and smiled, his determination was made.

He tried to use Zhuang Yuncheng's factory as an experiment, attract some people through such a humane system, and then use means to control them, so that these workers who entered the factory became "contract workers", so that they could completely become a tool for profit, if ideal, he fantasized about evolving this method into a policy and a strategy against China, that is, weakening and destroying the backbone of China's resistance forces, paving the way for the inevitable invasion in the future.

Zhuang Yuncheng was worried, he never thought that the Japanese would support him like this, he didn't know what the real purpose of the Japanese was, was it just because his own words persuaded him that night? His worries did not affect the expansion of the factory, the plant has expanded to more than twice as much as before, becoming the largest match factory in Beiping City, the number of workers has expanded to about 100 people, the various expenses brought by the expansion have made Zhuang Yuncheng almost exhausted the money in hand, and he does not feel that it is a pity, even if the factory is closed down now, even if the family wealth is scattered, he thinks he should be able to accept it gladly.

At home, the three siblings were eating.

Yun Yun has not been happy or sad recently, Chen Rundong comes once a week, she is full of expectations, happiness is mixed with some discomfort, she can accept it.

Zhuang Yuncheng saw that there were still a few mouthfuls of rice left in Yunyun's rice bowl, so she threw away her chopsticks, "After eating, why are you throwing these few bites here?" He asked solemnly.

"It's full." Yun Yun wiped her mouth and said.

Zhuang Yuncheng didn't talk about her anymore, took her bowl over, and ate it himself.

"What are you doing, brother!" Yun Yun reached out and grabbed it, "I've eaten it." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng dodged and said, "I'm used to eating leftovers in advance." ”

"Don't you have food at home? I need you to eat my leftovers! ”

"It has nothing to do with whether there is food at home or not, I just want to try to get used to living a poor life." Zhuang Yuncheng said, "Do you remember what I told you that one day you may not even be able to afford to eat? ”

"I don't remember."

Zhuang Yuncheng shook his head, "You are still a big lady, exactly the same as when I was nineteen years old." He said.

"What's wrong?" Yunyun asks Fluttershy.

"He put all the money into the factory." Fluttershy says flatly.

"Isn't the factory profitable?"

"You don't understand yet." Fluttershy says, "If you can save, you can save, and the ancients also said, 'Whoever knows that food on a plate is hard work', and saving is not a bad thing, although we don't have to worry about food and clothing, we also rely on the money left by your brother and sister's father, but we don't know that there are many people in this world who are not of your status, and there are many people who can't even eat a bite of food." ”

Yun Yun saw that they were all talking so seriously, and felt guilty, so she snatched the bowl and ate it in a few bites.

"I'm done eating." Yun Yun put down the dishes and chopsticks and said with a smile.

Zhuang Yuncheng looked at her and smiled, Yun Yun didn't know what was wrong, and Fluttershy reached out to wipe off two grains of rice before she came to her senses.

"Brother, there is a shortage of people in your factory, let me go too." Yun Yun asked with a smile.

"Why do you suddenly want to go to the factory?"

"My sister just said that I don't understand, I want to experience your difficulties."

"It's not necessary, don't worry, it won't make you hungry, no matter how bad the eldest brother is, it won't let your sisters suffer from not having enough food and clothing."

Yun Yun has been very sensitive recently, just such a sentence, she suddenly felt so moved, she used to have a father, and now she is a big brother, they really care about themselves, and they don't complain at all.

"Eat vegetables." Yun Yun picks up chopsticks and puts vegetables in Zhuang Yuncheng and Fluttershy's bowls, tears glistening in her eyes.

Seeing that she was about to cry, Fluttershy hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "How are you and that Chen Rundong doing?" ”

"Sister, why are you suddenly asking this?" Yun Yun smiled embarrassedly, held back her tears, and said shyly, "He still comes once a week to help me with my homework." ”

"He wasted all this time for you, what will you repay?"

"He doesn't want money, how can I repay him?"

"Why don't you invite him to dinner another day, and you can also officially introduce him to us."

"What is there to introduce?" Yun Yun said and lowered her head to pound the chopsticks.

"He comes once a week, and most of the time we are not at home, and we have only seen him three or four times, so it is worth introducing."

"It's not that kind of relationship, the introduction comes and goes, it seems abrupt, and he is embarrassed, so forget it." Yun Yun whispered.

Fluttershy wants to invite Chen Rundong, but Yunyun seems to have concerns and doesn't force her to do so now that her goal has been achieved.

One day, the owner of the Chengnan Match Factory, who had been on strike for a few days, came, nothing more than to persuade Zhuang Yuncheng not to be unique, and asked him to increase his working hours and reduce his salary to be consistent with the market.

Within two days, another Englishman arrived unexpectedly.

Perhaps the Englishman who did not know Chinese last time had told these Englishmen what happened to him, so the Englishman who opened today knows Chinese, although he is not a correct and round speech, and he can understand what he says.

Zhuang Yuncheng did not turn him away, and politely invited him and a young man he brought into the house.

"Hello, I'm Wells." The British stretched out their hands.

"Hello, my name is Zhuang." Zhuang Yuncheng only said one surname.

"Zhuang, you're young." Wells said.

Zhuang Yuncheng looked at him, he was about forty or fifty years old, with a broad face, a sparse golden hair that could not cover the top of his head, a big nose, deep and firm blue eyes, and a thick brown beard on his lips.

"Yes, I'm not that old." Zhuang Yuncheng said.

Wells snorted in his throat, frowned and said, "Zhuang, do you know that the working hour system in your factory is too inconsistent with the salary system in other factories, which makes many workers in other factories very emotional, and even resists, and it is difficult for them to carry out efficient production." ”

"So Mr. Wells came to inform me that other factories should follow my factory's time pay system?"

"Not really." Wells pulled down his face angrily, he felt incredulous, and a gleam burst out of his eyes.

Fluttershy is amused by his surprise and smiles.

"What are you laughing at, this young lady?" The young man next to Wells asked.

Fluttershy ignores him.

Wells frowned, but the young man looked resentful.

"I want you to change your system, you should follow the rules of the market." Wells looked serious.

"I'm sorry, that's your system, not the system that this market should have." Zhuang Yuncheng said, "Your system makes the workers miserable, they work hard all day, and the money you give them is not enough to eat a normal meal, I have seen their meals, that is not the treatment that normal people should have." ”

Wells kept silent, stared at the dark blue eyes, wheezed, and said coldly for a long time: "Zhuang, it's hard for me to talk to you about your attitude." ”

"Yes, the reason why I have this attitude is because I don't want to talk to you!" Zhuang Yuncheng stood up suddenly, his face was solemn, and his eyes were resolute and indifferent.

"You-&%&#%......" Wells said a string of words in English, Zhuang Yuncheng estimated that it was a curse, since he couldn't understand it, he just barked as a dog.

The British, who thought he was superior, were angry with the Chinese who he thought were easy to compromise, and he shook his face and left, and his face, which was originally white and red, was already as red as a sweet potato.

"The Chinese can't make sense, and there is another British, I don't know what they will do after this."

"This is the last time, and the next thing is a means, not a warning." Zhuang Yuncheng said worriedly, "This chain of interests is very clear, the worker-factory owner-British, representing the tool-puppet-manipulator, the manipulator manipulates the puppet to use tools to make money for them, we make their tools no longer so obedient, he will not stop." ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to have a time when I can't even walk carefully." Fluttershy says.

"yes, and I don't know when it's going to end......"

The two siblings stared at each other, and both saw a resolute look in each other's eyes.