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Scrooge and Terry, who was in charge of the cost accounting, were walking around the factory floor, and the workers were busy with their work—the company was doing so well that the machines were running twenty-four hours a day. Most of the employees who had been laid off by Stru had returned to the factory, and the factory had hired additional workers. Sometimes, when some workers look up from their work and see Scrooge walking by, they will smile and greet him.

"Hello, Mr. Scrooge!"

"Ah, Mr. Cole, you're good!" Scrooge would respond to him with the same smile, and he could even call every worker by name. Of course, Scrooge wouldn't say that he memorized the list for a long time. And the reason why he did this was completely imitating Napoleon's Majesty, who could name most of the soldiers of the Old Guard.

The workers said hello and sat down to get back to work, while Scrooge and Terry discussed something as they walked.

"Mr. Scrooge, are you going to recruit again?" Terry told Scrooge, "Actually, the problem with our productivity is not that we don't have enough people, you know, our machines are running twenty-four hours a day, except for the necessary maintenance time, and even with more workers, there will be no higher productivity." ”

"Of course I do." "But our workers work twelve hours a day, and it's too tiring. So I'm going to bring in another shift of workers so that they only have to work 8 hours a day. ”

"So......" Terry was silent for a moment, "sir, are you going to cut their salaries?" Now they work 12 hours a day, and if it were reduced to 8 hours, they would be paid a third less. I think more workers are willing to work 12 hours. ”

"Oh, Mr. Terry, you misunderstood, I wasn't going to cut their salaries, in fact, we're making more than enough profit right now. Workers should be given a little bit to share, after all, they are also members of the company. And, you know, the current economy is not very good, and many people don't have anything to eat. We must strive to provide more people with food, which is also our responsibility to this society. Scrooge posed as a Madonna.

"Mr. Scrooge, you are really ...... Please let me salute you. "The contact time with Scrooge is not too long, and Terry, who doesn't know much about him, is really leisurely moved. Truth be told, Mr. Scrooge and Mr. Scroo were completely different from Mr. Scrooge in the past, Mr. Scrooge did not care about the working hours of the workers, and it was the norm for the workers to work 16 hours a day when he was still the boss. And he had money, in addition to selling more machines, just for his own enjoyment, he bought himself a private carriage, and when the business was at its best, he also made a plan for himself to buy a yacht, because, because he felt that owning a yacht was considered rich.

As for Mr. Scrooge, he is not only good at creating a good business, but also has a good way - you look at the competition he planned, what a brilliant advertisement, and more importantly, Mr. Scrooge is a truly pious and benevolent gentleman, he will prepare drinking water and towels for the workers at work, he will take the time to teach the workers about safety, he will equip the workers with all kinds of labor protection materials, and the wages are higher than those outside. When the economy is not good, many companies have lowered the wages of workers, and even laid off a lot of workers, and even some companies that are doing well will take advantage of the fire at this time to rob, depress workers' wages, and extend workers' working hours, such as Mr. Stru. This is not the case with Mr. Scrooge, who is now doing well, and even the workers are able to share in more of the profits...... Mr. Scrooge is such a good man.

In all fairness, Scrooge is now as clean as an angel compared to some of the tycoons of the era who "dripped blood and filth from every pore," but Scrooge himself knew that he wasn't really doing it out of social responsibility or anything. Rather, it is due to the following reasons:

First of all, in the industrial production of this era, the manual component is still very large, which makes the impact of the working state of the workers on the quality of the product very obvious. In particular, rear-loading bolt-action rifles such as the MacDonald 1857 require much higher production accuracy than those front-loading rifles. And Scrooge hasn't had time to get the big killer assembly line out, and he doesn't plan to move this thing out immediately in the short term - although the assembly line is very important for improving productivity and ensuring stable product quality, but the current demand is not the time to go to the assembly line, and the assembly line is not a thing that can be protected by patents, once it is taken out, the bigwigs in other industries are estimated to learn it immediately, which will make Scrooge encounter a higher threshold when entering these industries in the future.

Since we do not plan to go to the standardized assembly line immediately, it has become an inevitable choice to control the labor intensity and avoid excessive fatigue of workers in order to ensure quality. Now, the reputation of the MacDonald rifle has just begun, and if there is any qualitative flaw at this time, the loss will be great.

At the same time, a good reputation can also be a talisman for some events. The factory's former owner, Stru, had little ability to fight back after being blamed and attacked, and a big reason for this was that his reputation was not good before. When Scrooge was a student in his last life, he heard such a joke. said that in a school, one day the teacher was in class, and saw that Wang Moumou was asleep again, so he was furious and criticized him: "How do you know to sleep all day long, and sleep as soon as you study?" Look at the ...... of Li Moumou" and then the teacher turned around, and now Li Moumou was sleeping with his face buried in the book. Then the teacher said, "Look, everyone is reading books when they sleep." ”

When he first heard the joke, Scrooge just took it as a mockery of the teacher for being unfair, but now that I think about it, it's actually quite normal for this kind of thing to happen. If you are a teacher and you have a student who is late and absent from school for three days, then any reason he gives as to why he is absent from class will definitely be taken as an excuse by you. Even if this time he really has some good reason. On the contrary, a student who has always been serious about his studies and almost never tardily skips class, and once in a while he is late, even if he has not explained, you yourself will explain it for him in your heart, and there must be a valid reason for it. In the words of Taishi Gong, it is "self-established".

If the former owner of this factory, Stru, had a good reputation before this, it would be much more difficult to slander him and attack him. Therefore, when your foundation is not very solid, it is sometimes necessary to brush up your reputation.

"When we wait for the news of the job to be published in the newspaper, we must mention that we are fulfilling our social responsibility. It's best to find a gunman to write a long article on corporate social responsibility, and then write a list of your own names, and it would be perfect. ”

After walking around the factory twice and saying hello to almost all the workers, I went back to my office. Hagrid, who was in charge of sales, was called.

"Is this month's sales figure out? Show it to me. ”

……

Just when Scrooge was seriously studying the changes in sales figures. Joyce had just returned to his hometown in Mississippi. When he got off the train with a large bag in tow, he saw that the butler Dur was already waiting there with two black slaves leading the horses. Joyce said hello to Dürr, and the two black slaves obediently came up and took the bag in his hand.

"Master Joyce, I'm glad you're finally back." Dur led a tall, red-colored horse by the way, "The lord and the lady and Miss Alice are all looking forward to your return." ”

"Are they all right?" Joyce took the reins and turned on his horse.

"All are good, sir, madame, and Miss Alice are all very good." Durr also stepped on his horse. In this way, the two men rode slowly towards the manor, while the two black slaves trotted behind with Dür's bag.

The Joyce family's estate was called "Doolin", and it is said that the name was given in honor of their ancestors' Irish homeland. When he went to Europe, Joyce went to Doolin, Ireland, to have a look, but there was no resemblance to his grandfather's description.

Joyce rode his horse and approached the white-lacquered gate of the "Durin" manor, and at this time, an old black slave shouted in the distance: "Young Master Joyce, it is Young Master Joyce who has returned!" Then he turned his head again and shouted to the black slave who was napping by the door: "Fool! Hurry up and open the door, Master Joyce is back. ”

Entering the manor, there is a wide gallop road, and the two sides are planted with tall linden trees. At the end of the road was their small dark red two-story building. By this time, a window on the second floor had been opened, and a man was frantically waving a handkerchief at him. Joyce smiled, it was his sister Alice.

Joyce dismounted at the stairs and handed the reins to a slave, who led the horse to the stable with his head bowed and without a sound. At this time, the door opened, and Alice rushed out of the house with her skirt in her hand.

"Brother, brother!" Alice flew up like a bird, stretched out her hand, and took Joyce's arm. "It's good if you're back, I'm worried you won't make it to the Turner prom. Now it's good...... By the way, is Europe fun? Also, what does that Durin over there look like? Lilith is also going to the Turner prom, what do you think I should wear to beat Lilith? ”