Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Dignity of the Inferior
This time, Lin Feng deliberately expanded his influence, not only slowing down the carriage, but also following behind the carriage on foot, constantly smiling and waving to the people who came up to watch them, and also chatted with them, asking them to help a little later. These people are very determined, and they keep calling people on the side of the road to watch the excitement together.
After walking for less than two quarters of an hour, Mingxin Street arrived.
It is a small street in the southwest corner of the city, connected by two main roads at both ends, with only 42 households on either side and only five small shops on both sides. The street, which is just over three meters wide, is full of sewage and garbage, and a stench hits the face, causing a large group of people to cover their mouths.
Lin Feng got Zhou Laohan out of the car, bowed to the people who followed, and asked everyone to go and ask the people in charge of each household to come over now.
The onlookers were excited, knowing that the big excitement of Ludao was about to be released, they immediately rushed up, divided labor and cooperated, and shouted people from house to house.
I have to say that Lin Feng's reputation as a thorn is still very loud and effective. After a while, more than two hundred people poured out from all over the house, men, women and children, all of whom gathered excitedly to surround Lin Feng.
Lin Feng stood on the wheel, motioned for everyone to calm down, first explained the reason for inviting everyone to come out, and then said aloud in everyone's surprised eyes: "Lin wants to witness the whole process of self-management of the street with everyone, I first want to propose: Mingxin Street each household and each shop choose a representative to come out, and then discuss it together?" ”
No one disputes this. After a while, the heads of the forty-two households and the representative of one shop stood up, and the other four shops were all owned by people from the street, and the representatives were two in one.
Lin Feng pointed to the forty-three people standing in the middle circle, and said loudly: "Next, I will be the host, and you will negotiate and decide the specific rules of street management on your own." The first item is whether to agree to pay for cleaning staff by a show of hands, and more than two-thirds of the number of people, that is, more than 29 people are in favor of it. ”
"Brush", 39 residents at the scene raised their hands. Lin Feng pointed to the two people who had not raised their hands and asked them why they disagreed.
A middle-aged man looked at the people around him and said with some embarrassment that he was renting someone else's house here, and the real head of the household did not live here, and he felt that he should not pay for the money himself.
Lin Feng shook his head with a smile and retorted directly: "However, you are the one who walks on this street every day!" ”
The middle-aged man blushed, his head lowered, and his hands held high.
Lin Feng then pointed to another woman who did not raise her hand and asked her why. The woman lowered her head deeply, and did not say a word. Zhou Laohan, who is also one of the representatives of the household, explained that the woman's husband died early, and she was raising a child by doing some needlework for others.
Lin Feng immediately understood that it must be economic reasons that made the woman retreat, first kept the matter in mind, and continued to ask the resident representatives: "It is impossible for our forty-three representatives to get together every day to discuss this trivial matter, I suggest that everyone now elect three neighbors to be responsible for daily management, and another three neighbors to be responsible for supervising them and the accounts, do you agree?" ”
The deputies looked at each other, raised their hands in agreement, and then began to elect the "street management committee," and soon Zhou Laohan, Li Laohan, and a middle-aged man surnamed Xue were elected. Three other "members of the Supervisory Committee" were quickly elected.
Subsequently, Lin Feng directly stated his general principles of management and supervision:
"Management representatives and supervisory representatives are all voluntary labor, and shall not charge any fees, and once corruption is discovered, their representative positions shall be immediately suspended and investigated;
All accounts and expenditures are publicly available, and any expenditures must be kept for future reference.
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Supervisory representatives may object to the delegate to malfeasance and, if not changed, may refer to a general meeting of all delegates for a collective resolution on a matter or impeachment of a management representative. ”
Although all the people present felt that Lin Feng was too serious about the trivial matter of sweeping the streets, and made a bit of a fuss, they had no objection to the principles proposed by Lin Feng, and the deputies unanimously raised their hands to pass.
"Now, let's talk about the most critical issues." Lin Feng said a little mysteriously, deliberately hanging everyone's appetite.
In the curious eyes of everyone, Lin Feng played his own messy work again, starting with the supermarket: "Everyone knows that Jinling City supermarket is very profitable, and the management is very easy, I, the honorary store manager, have only been to the store four or five times in the past year. This is due to the strict daily management of the supermarket, but also to the high wages and salaries of all store staff. The management in place determines that the clerk does not dare to mess around, and the high salary determines that the clerk disdains to mess around, because in the long run, the cost of stealing tricks outweighs the loss.
It's the same thing. If we recruit cleaning staff, they have to clean the streets at least twice a day, all year round, and if the wages are too low, they will not work well, they will not work hard, and after a while, the streets will still be dirty. So, I ask you to set their wages higher when considering them. At that time, they will work naturally and energetically, and we, the management representatives and supervisory representatives, will become deaf ears and just decorations! ”
Lin Feng's humor caused a burst of laughter at the scene, but several representatives did not laugh, and their faces were a little ugly.
Lin Feng observed this situation, his expression immediately became serious, and he raised his voice and said, "I know that the wages of the cleaning staff are high, and everyone needs to pay a little more. However, from another point of view, I would like to ask, why should the wages of cleaning staff be low?! ”
Lin Feng's fierce gaze suddenly made many people at the scene dare not look at him and lowered their heads.
"I recruit all kinds of workers at a high salary in our Shouzhou City, all of them are treated equally, and the starting salary is the same, what is it for? In my eyes, everyone is equal, and everyone is born with a dignity that cannot be desecrated! If a person has worked hard and paid, but he can't eat enough and can't wear warm clothes, how can he talk about dignity? Remember, a person's rank and lowness will not be determined by who you are, not by your family property, or by your profession, but by your personality and dignity! Lin Feng said in a more aggressive tone, "Today, if we have the slightest intention of looking down on the cleaning staff in our hearts, in fact, we have admitted in our hearts that those high-ranking officials, those rich people, and those who are stronger than us in any way, they can look down on us!" Spiritually, we have already knelt down and have no dignity of our own! ”
The scene was silent, many people lowered their heads to think, and more people raised their faces and stared at Lin Feng intently.
Lin Feng mustered up all his strength and shouted: "In Shouzhou, I don't allow anyone to kneel down to me, that's for the most basic dignity of all people!" However, if you have been kneeling spiritually, the heavenly immortals will not be able to save you! Then, our Shouzhou will always be a hopeless Shouzhou! ”
Starting from the back of the crowd, the applause began to sound sparsely, gradually infecting the people in front, and more applause rang out.
As the sun began to slant down, people's eyes lit up. Since ancient times, who has recognized the dignity of the Lebanese people? Who cares about the dignity of the common people and the untouchables? For the first time since Lin Feng's arrival, the people of Shouzhou felt that they were no longer an inferior person and began to look like a real person.
In the crowd, several representatives who were initially resistant to the high wages of the cleaning staff suddenly felt ashamed, feeling that they had been wrong.
"Today, if you ask me to talk about it, then I'll put my principles here, and I'm going to do justice to the future cleaning staff! Because, only in this way, can I speak a fair word for each of you in the future, openly and openly! Lin Feng said loudly, waving his hands excitedly.
The applause that followed became more neat and louder.