Chapter XXVII
Finally dealt with the matter of Matsushima Kaede, Fang Hong gradually felt that he could finally relax for a few days, but what he didn't expect was that the tree wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop, and it didn't take a week for something to find his door.
On this day, Fang Hongjian had just opened the door of the clinic, and he was surprised to find several men kneeling down at the door, and he was immediately startled and said, "You, what are you doing here?" ”
A young man at the head spoke, "We are here to ask Mr. Fang for help!" ”
"I'm a doctor, it's my duty to treat the sick and save people, you don't have to do this great gift, right, what about the patient?" Fang Hong gradually looked around.
"We are not looking for you to treat our illness, but to help us get our wages back." The young man said with some embarrassment.
Hearing Yang Hui's answer, Fang Hongjian couldn't believe his ears: "What is it?" Looking for me to help you get paid? You—You're not in the wrong place, are you? ”
"That's right, Mr. Fang, my name is Yang Hui, these people are all workers of the Xu's Flour Mill near Hongkou, our boss Xu Maoguang has been in arrears for three months, but now he plans to sell the factory, so he plans to rely on this money, and the new factory director will definitely not pay us for these few months, so we really have no choice, so we ask you." Yang Hui explained with an ugly face.
"No, why don't you ask your boss for this kind of thing?" Fang Hong asked in confusion.
"We looked for it, and we did it in the first month, but he excused us to wait a few days, citing financial constraints. But he put it off again and again, and in the end we couldn't help it, and even went on strike several times. ”
"How many strikes? That means that the work has resumed in the middle, but since you haven't been paid, why do you have to return to work? Fang Hong gradually asked.
Yang Hui sighed and said, "Hey, we are all from a hard background, and we don't have much education, so it's not easy to find a job, so we swallow our anger." ”
"And how did you come up with finding me?" Fang Hongjian finally cut to the chase and asked.
Yang Hui glanced at Chen Mojia, who was hiding behind Nadia, and said, "We heard Miss Chen say that you have a life-saving grace for Lieutenant Songdao in the Military Police Headquarters, and her father, Old Man Chen, was rescued from the Military Police Headquarters by you. So we thought that if you would ask that Lieutenant Songdao to put pressure on our factory director, Xu Maoguang, then he would definitely pay us. ”
Hearing this explanation, Fang Hong couldn't help but turn his head and glared at Chen Mojia fiercely, you little girl is really going to find trouble for me, look at how I will clean you up after I deal with these people!
Then he turned his head and politely refused: "I'm sorry, gentlemen, you also know that Lieutenant Matsushima is a Japanese, so how can the Japanese know Entu like us Chinese, otherwise how can they invade us?" So I can't help it. ”
Hearing Fang Hongjian say this, several people glanced at each other, and then knelt down again, begging bitterly: "Mr. Fang, please help us, if we can't get wages again, then someone in our family will starve to death." ”
Nowadays, many people who are partial to the social status quo of the Republic of China will always say how good Shanghai was during the Republic of China, especially during the Republic of China, and how generous the income of an ordinary worker was, but in fact it is not so good, if it is not a skilled worker who has mastered key technologies, but an ordinary worker or a laborer who can be replaced at any time, then it is very common to be deducted from wages, and there is even more tragic, that is, contract labor. (Mr. Xia Yan's masterpiece in high school textbooks, everyone must remember that poor reed stick.) )
Not to mention that because of the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, many private factories were seized by the Japanese army, and even the life of the boss could not go on, and the life of ordinary workers was even more conceivable.
Therefore, Fang Hongjian also knew that what these people said should be true, so he pondered for a long time, and then came up with a solution, and said to them: "Okay, I can help you come up with an idea, but you have to agree to two conditions for me." ”
"Say it, we can agree to whatever the conditions." Yang Hui hurriedly agreed.
"The first condition is not to tell anyone that I came up with this idea, and in the future, don't go around preaching that I am familiar with the Japanese, so that I feel like a traitor." Fang Hong said dissatisfied.
"Don't worry, don't worry, we will keep this matter confidential and won't tell anyone. And what about the second condition? Yang Hui asked.
"This second condition, that is, although my method guarantees to help you get paid, it may require a little sacrifice of your reputation, so I don't know if you are willing to do it." Fang Hong said slowly.
"Sacrificing fame? I don't understand what you mean by that, Mr. Fang. Yang Hui asked puzzled.
"Well, I'll tell you the whole plan and you'll understand, and then you'll decide whether to use this method or not."
"Okay, Mr. Fang, you say."
"The first step in this method is for you to go to the entrance of the gendarmerie headquarters and pull up a banner to petition."
"Go to the devil to petition? But, what does this have to do with us begging for wages? Yang Hui asked with a frown.
Fang Honggradually explained: "Of course it matters, when the time comes, your banner will say that the unscrupulous factory director is in arrears of wages, and ask the Imperial Japanese Army to make decisions for you." Didn't the Japanese claim to establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere? Now the whole of Shanghai except for the French Concession is their territory, so if you don't ask them to call the shots, who will call the shots for this kind of thing? But you have to remember that the banner must be written twice in Chinese and Japanese, otherwise the gatekeepers will easily chase you away if they don't understand it. By the way, I'll see if I can find reporters from two newspapers or something to follow and interview, so that it will be even more foolproof. ”
"But, so the Japanese will come to our aid? Can Japanese people be so kind? Yang Hui asked in disbelief.
"Well, it's possible, but to be honest, it's not very likely, but our main purpose is not here, but the next step." Fang Hong replied with an old age.
"So what's next?" Yang Hui asked.
"Do you know a Japanese man named Ichiro Akita?" Fang Hong gradually asked without answering.
Yang Hui shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
PS: I recommend a very creative Japanese movie "Survival Family".