"Hey! Igor! What happened to you? Sid patted Igor's shoulder, who was next to him, "Wake up, don't fall asleep!" If people see you, you're going to be fired! ”

Igor struggled to lift his eyes, and he felt that his eyelids had become so heavy that it was as heavy as a Mont Blanc pressed against them, so that he couldn't open them anyway. And Sid's voice was ethereal, vague.

"I don't know," Igor's voice sounded like it came out of his sleep, "I'm so sleepy!" ”

Sid looked around and saw Overseer Harley walking towards him, and he quickly stomped on Igor hard.

The sharp pain made Igor's drowsiness subside at once, and he suddenly woke up.

"What are you two doing there? Lazy! Harley's roar could be heard from afar.

"No, Mr. Halley. We just had a piece of quicklime falling from the top of the trolley. Sid replied in a loud voice. After saying that, he hurriedly said to Igor: "Hurry up, Igor! Then the two men pushed the cart full of quicklime along the rails and pushed it that way.

When he got there, Sid stopped, then flipped a handle, and the trolley's body flipped over, pouring quicklime into the storage tank next to the blast furnace.

"Alright, Igor, let's go." Sid patted the ash on his hand and said. But he did not receive an answer, so he turned his head, only to be surprised to see Igor crouching in the corner and asleep.

"Hell! How did you get stuck like this? Sid couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Damn it! Sleep during work hours! I'm going to fire you! Out of nowhere, Harley burst out of nowhere, yelling loudly. But his cry did not wake up Igor, who was already asleep, and he slept so soundly that his saliva came out and wet his collar.

……

"Doyle, Royce, the situation is really not right right now." After work, several leaders of the union gathered at the home of the worker, Pat, to discuss the recent situation in the factory.

It was already dinner time, and the sun had not yet completely set, and the afterglow had turned the western sky a bleak dark red. The window of Pat's room was very small, so at this time, the room was already very dark, but a few people did not light the lamp, and electric lights were still a luxury for the rich in France, and even kerosene lamps were not affordable for ordinary workers. So although the window was open, a few people could only open the window and talk black.

"Yes, there are too many people who are fired because they make mistakes because of sleepiness, and almost every day several workers are fired for all kinds of mistakes. This is absolutely not normal. Bart, I think there must be something strange about this! A worker in his forties with long brown hair said.

"Do you still have to say that? This is absolutely not normal! It's just one or two people like this, where is the reason why so many people are sleepy? What's more, we have all taken 'strong pills', how can we be so easy to get sleepy? Another hunky worker replied.

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Another worker said.

"I just don't think it's right." The worker replied, "Well, you should ask about glasses." ”

The glasses are a young man who looks more like a college student in a certain university, wearing a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and now he is a spark worker, which is considered a high-level technical job in a steel mill. Legend has it that he actually went to university and later joined the Workers' International. "Glasses" reached out and held the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "I don't know exactly what happened, but I'm sure!" There is only one truth! That's ......"

……

At the same time, in the office of Director Louis, the overseers were talking to the director.

"Harley, good job!" Director Louis praised, "You can always show up at the right time, well done!" ”

"Director, you've won the prize."

……

Pat's home.

"Have you noticed what kind of people are most likely to get sleepy?" "Glasses" asked.

"What kind of people?" Pat asked, leaning forward.

"Workers in non-critical positions." "Glasses" replied.

……

Director's Office.

"Mr. Perkins, you are the key in the whole operation. You haven't made a single mistake in your previous actions. It's remarkable! I've seen everything in your eyes, and I won't break my word to you. Here is your special bonus for this month. Louis said a small envelope and handed it to Perkins, the factory doctor who was responsible for distributing the "Bollia pills" to the workers.

"You can take a look." Director Louis added.

Perkins opened the small envelope, glanced at it, and then put the envelope into his jacket pocket with a happy face, and said busily, "Thank you, Mr. Louie, for being such a generous and good man." ”

……

Worker Pat's home.

"What happens if someone falls asleep in those key positions?" "Glasses" asked. But without waiting for anyone else to answer, he gave the answer: "Then the factory will suffer a huge loss because this man is asleep." For example, if I get sleepy while watching the sparks, the quality of the furnace steel will be greatly affected. The company will lose a lot, and even if they shoot me, they will feel that they will lose a lot. Only workers in non-critical positions like porters, even if they fall asleep because they are sleepy, they will not cause too strict losses. How can there be any reason in the world that only workers in non-critical positions will be sleepy? ”

"Glasses! You mean? Bart said in dismay.

"Bart, you've been suspicious for a long time, haven't you?" Glasses asked.

……

Director's Office.

Now the overseers and the factory doctor have left, and only Louis and Newman, the cashier, are in the office.

"Mr. Louie, this is this month's salary expense table, please take a look." Newman handed a report to Louie.

Louis lowered his head and looked at the report earnestly, and after a moment, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. He nodded, put the report away, and put it in the drawer of his desk.

……

Worker Pat's home.

"One thing, if you don't understand, then don't care about its ins and outs, just think about this question, that is, who takes advantage of such a situation." "Glasses" continued.

"The people who were fired were workers in non-critical positions who could get regular wages, which was the majority of the workers. Once they are fired, they can go to the labor market to sign up for new workers. These new workers will have a probationary period of up to three months, during which time they will be paid only one-third to one-half of their regular wages. But this does not mean that their ability to work in these positions is only one-third to one-half of that of the original regular workers. It should be said that there is no difference at all between their ability to work and the original regular work, because this is an ordinary type of work that does not require skills at all. In this way, if most of these workers could be replaced by probationary workers, the company could save almost a third of its wages every month for at least three months. ”

"These bastards!" Doyle scolded angrily, "I'm sure these bastards want to do more than that. But it will certainly be an opportunity for these probationary workers to be fired and replaced with new ones when the probationary period is about to expire. These black-hearted guys! ”

"Glasses, how do you say they managed to make the person who wants the nap to make a mistake do what he wants to doze up and get caught in time?" Royce asked as well.

"I think that just as 'StrongPill' can refresh the mind, there are also drugs in this world that can make people sleepy." "Glasses" said, "As long as he gives us 'Strongman Pills', it's not easy to mess with a little bit of ghosts?" ”

"Is there any evidence for this?" Royce asked.

"Isn't that difficult? As long as you can get the kind of pills that make a fool of you, you can reveal the truth. All the drugs were issued by Dr. Perkins, and if he was the devil, then the vast majority of the drugs he gave out must have been genuine 'strong pills', but he must have known who the fake ones were sent to. Because every time someone is sleepy, the overseers always show up in time and fire them. It was too late for the other workers to wake him up. What does this mean, it shows that the overseers have long known who will be sleepy, and they have been watching them for a long time. Therefore, we need to pay attention to the observation of what is abnormal when Perkins dispenses the medicine, and also pay attention to the reaction of the other overseers. I think we'll be able to find out who got those drowsy pills, and then take them out and test them, and we'll have proof. ”

"What's the use of having evidence?" Royce said, "You can still go to court and sue them?" Or expose them in the newspapers. They will never admit it, they will only say that these things are faked by us. What's the use of that? ”

"How could it be useless?" "Glasses" asked rhetorically, and then his feelings soared: "We didn't get the evidence to go to the bourgeois court and fight them. That's not just possible to win. There's a lot of law, and there's a whole bunch of lawyers and judges who can turn black and white upside down. The purpose of their existence is to help the capitalists to oppress the workers. The purpose of our evidence is to let the workers know the truth, understand how they are being deceived and damaged, and thus truly unite. Only by uniting can we have the strength to fight for our legitimate rights. And I believe that when the proletarians of all France, and indeed of the whole world, are truly united, it will be the time when this irrational capitalist system will finally be buried. What the proletarians will lose in the struggle will be only chains, and what they will win will be the whole world! Proletarians of the whole world, unite! ”