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Roland picked up the brick-like "magic big brother" and sent a text message to Semyon Ivanovich, director of the management committee of the Karon Industrial Zone, informing him that he was going to visit Duvalin, an industrial and technical adviser to the government of Kolas, and a master alchemist, and by the way, he was going to inspect the production work of several key factories, and asked him to accompany him. In his letter, Roland emphasized that Semyon Ivanovich himself should be welcomed, and that no other formalistic welcome pomp or circumstance should be avoided!

After saying hello, Roland had to take some time to change into a travel outfit. His Royal Highness was a well-known public figure in Krasbourg, and everywhere he went, he was met by a large crowd of onlookers, making him feel the troubles of being a celebrity. In order to avoid trouble, he had to change into a plain outfit when he traveled, and by the way, he applied a little "disguise ointment" that Nikita had prepared for him on his face.

The effect of this magic ointment is similar to the 1-ring arcane "transfiguration", which can temporarily change a person's external image, which provides great convenience for Roland Weifu's private visit. Of course, he only changed his appearance slightly, and acquaintances could still recognize it when they approached and observed it carefully, so as not to make jokes about not knowing each other in person.

After the preparations, Roland teleported directly to the gate of the office building of the management committee of the Karon Industrial Zone, where he and Semyon Ivanovich had agreed to meet, and by the time he completed the teleportation, the other party was already waiting there.

Mr. Semyon Ivanovich, director of the Management Committee of the Karon Industrial Zone, is an "old fritter" who has both management ability and no lack of officialdom experience, and after several contacts, he found that His Royal Highness the Prince is a person who is disgusted with superficial work and is pragmatic, and the welcome ceremony will only annoy the other party, so he did not disclose the news of His Royal Highness the Prince's inspection of the Industrial Zone to anyone, and came to greet him alone.

"Your Royal Highness Roland, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your demeanor is better than before!" Semyon Ivanovich was full of smiles and trotted all the way to meet him.

"Alright, let's take a few sycophants, Semyon Ivanovich," Roland interrupted the other party's long list of ready sycophants angrily, and cut straight to the point, "I greeted Master Duvalin before I came, and he said that there is still some work to be done, let me come back to him when I get to the industrial area, do you know where he is now?" ”

"Uh...... The whereabouts of Master Duvalin are a mystery in the Karon Industrial Area, and I am afraid that only the Master's donkey can find out. Semyon Ivanovich first made a joke to liven up the atmosphere, and then explained to Roland in a serious manner, "Master Duvalin's way of working is very special, he has a notepad, he writes down all the problems about materials and processes submitted by various factories, and then he locks himself and a few dwarf alchemist apprentices in the laboratory to work hard, and when he solves a problem, he checks off a record, and when all the problems in the notebook are solved, he will ride around the factory on a donkey as he does today. Collecting new problems encountered by each factory and recording them, sometimes he visits more than a dozen factories in a day, so it is difficult to determine his whereabouts. ”

"What a strange old man......" Roland shrugged, reached out and took out the magic guide intercom, intending to send a letter to Duvalin and make an appointment to meet, but after thinking for a while, he stuffed the intercom back into his coat pocket and said to Semyon Ivanovich: "It's still early, let's not disturb Master Duvalin's work first, you take me to a few key factories." ”

"Okay, which factory would Your Highness want to visit first?" The director of the management committee asked respectfully.

"Let's go to the paper mill first." Roland replied. Recently, he has been focusing on the work of press and publication, and the "Motherland Daily" and five professional periodicals have been launched one after another, which has not only enriched the spiritual life of the capital's citizens, but also brought opportunities for the vigorous development of the paper industry.

The paper mill has changed a lot from the last time Roland visited it, thanks to the rapid expansion of the press and publishing industry, the demand for paper has tripled in just one month, the size of the paper mill has doubled, the total number of workers employed has exceeded 500, and production activities are in full swing.

Although the factory director patted his chest to ensure that this was a worker's voluntary overtime, Roland quietly turned on the magic to "identify lies" and went to the factory to investigate on the spot, and the results proved that what the factory director said was basically true: the vast majority of workers are willing to work overtime, because they will get an extra day's salary for one more day, as for those workers who refuse to work overtime, although the factory director will not criticize by name, but when holding a staff meeting, he will inevitably say a few heavy words. These words can be understood as criticism, but they are also literally like incentives, which are a manifestation of the art of leadership, and in the final analysis, they can make the other party have to join the ranks of overtime, otherwise they will feel as if they are isolated by the majority of their workers.

Roland did not fully agree with this "beating the side drum" method of soft squeezing workers, but he did not blame the leadership of the paper mill, nor even asked the factory to pay an extra overtime pay to the workers who worked overtime, but only suggested that the factory's canteen add more meat on weekends to comfort the workers who worked hard overtime.

The profit rate of the factory and the wages of the workers are in contradiction. On the planet, there has been a heated debate among economists about whether to add a "social minimum wage" to the Labor Code. One of these factions is led by the economic historian Robert A. C. Allen as a representative, believes that high wages are an important factor to promote industrial technology upgrading, new technologies and new machines only have advantages in areas with higher labor costs, and are not profitable in areas with lower labor costs, so the industrial revolution always occurs first in countries and regions with higher wage levels, so it is logical that if a country wants to promote technological progress, it should increase per capita wages; However, some scholars oppose this view, pointing out that high labor prices are an important factor forcing developed countries to relocate labor-intensive factories to developing countries with lower wages, and that "deindustrialization" and so-called "industrial hollowing-out" are also the causes...... These are complicated when you talk about them.

Roland certainly sympathized with the paper mill workers who worked at least 12 hours a day and worked overtime on weekends, but he also had to admit that the Far East's industrial technology was still backward compared to other powers, and it was not easy to give up the comparative advantage of "low wages". What's more, the workers themselves are quite satisfied with the status quo, although the work is hard, but their income level and quality of life are steadily improving in a visible and tangible form, compared with overtime, in fact, most workers are more worried about unemployment.

Roland then inspected the instrument factory, the soap factory and the mirror factory, all of which have relatively high-end products and are the embodiment of the core competitiveness of Karon Industrial Zone. In particular, soap and mercury mirrors, which are mainly for export, have successfully entered the international market, and have been very popular among middle-class families in the Aarasian Empire, such as Hailan, Canaanite, Feizhen, Baoshihua and even the Yashan Empire, and orders have been pouring in.

Roland picked up the brick-like "magic big brother" and sent a text message to Semyon Ivanovich, director of the management committee of the Karon Industrial Zone, informing him that he was going to visit Duvalin, an industrial and technical adviser to the government of Kolas, and a master alchemist, and by the way, he was going to inspect the production work of several key factories, and asked him to accompany him. In his letter, Roland emphasized that Semyon Ivanovich himself should be welcomed, and that no other formalistic welcome pomp or circumstance should be avoided!

After saying hello, Roland had to take some time to change into a travel outfit. His Royal Highness was a well-known public figure in Krasbourg, and everywhere he went, he was met by a large crowd of onlookers, making him feel the troubles of being a celebrity. In order to avoid trouble, he had to change into a plain outfit when he traveled, and by the way, he applied a little "disguise ointment" that Nikita had prepared for him on his face.

The effect of this magic ointment is similar to the 1-ring arcane "transfiguration", which can temporarily change a person's external image, which provides great convenience for Roland Weifu's private visit. Of course, he only changed his appearance slightly, and acquaintances could still recognize it when they approached and observed it carefully, so as not to make jokes about not knowing each other in person.

After the preparations, Roland teleported directly to the gate of the office building of the management committee of the Karon Industrial Zone, where he and Semyon Ivanovich had agreed to meet, and by the time he completed the teleportation, the other party was already waiting there.

Mr. Semyon Ivanovich, director of the Management Committee of the Karon Industrial Zone, is an "old fritter" who has both management ability and no lack of officialdom experience, and after several contacts, he found that His Royal Highness the Prince is a person who is disgusted with superficial work and is pragmatic, and the welcome ceremony will only annoy the other party, so he did not disclose the news of His Royal Highness the Prince's inspection of the Industrial Zone to anyone, and came to greet him alone.

"Your Royal Highness Roland, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your demeanor is better than before!" Semyon Ivanovich was full of smiles and trotted all the way to meet him.

"Alright, let's take a few sycophants, Semyon Ivanovich," Roland interrupted the other party's long list of ready sycophants angrily, and cut straight to the point, "I greeted Master Duvalin before I came, and he said that there is still some work to be done, let me come back to him when I get to the industrial area, do you know where he is now?" ”

"Uh...... The whereabouts of Master Duvalin are a mystery in the Karon Industrial Area, and I am afraid that only the Master's donkey can find out. Semyon Ivanovich first made a joke to liven up the atmosphere, and then explained to Roland in a serious manner, "Master Duvalin's way of working is very special, he has a notepad, he writes down all the problems about materials and processes submitted by various factories, and then he locks himself and a few dwarf alchemist apprentices in the laboratory to work hard, and when he solves a problem, he checks off a record, and when all the problems in the notebook are solved, he will ride around the factory on a donkey as he does today. Collecting new problems encountered by each factory and recording them, sometimes he visits more than a dozen factories in a day, so it is difficult to determine his whereabouts. ”

"What a strange old man......" Roland shrugged, reached out and took out the magic guide intercom, intending to send a letter to Duvalin and make an appointment to meet, but after thinking for a while, he stuffed the intercom back into his coat pocket and said to Semyon Ivanovich: "It's still early, let's not disturb Master Duvalin's work first, you take me to a few key factories." ”

"Okay, which factory would Your Highness want to visit first?" The director of the management committee asked respectfully.

"Let's go to the paper mill first." Roland replied. Recently, he has been focusing on the work of press and publication, and the "Motherland Daily" and five professional periodicals have been launched one after another, which has not only enriched the spiritual life of the capital's citizens, but also brought opportunities for the vigorous development of the paper industry.

The paper mill has changed a lot from the last time Roland visited it, thanks to the rapid expansion of the press and publishing industry, the demand for paper has tripled in just one month, the size of the paper mill has doubled, the total number of workers employed has exceeded 500, and production activities are in full swing.

Although the factory director patted his chest to ensure that this was a worker's voluntary overtime, Roland quietly turned on the magic to "identify lies" and went to the factory to investigate on the spot, and the results proved that what the factory director said was basically true: the vast majority of workers are willing to work overtime, because they will get an extra day's salary for one more day, as for those workers who refuse to work overtime, although the factory director will not criticize by name, but when holding a staff meeting, he will inevitably say a few heavy words. These words can be understood as criticism, but they are also literally like incentives, which are a manifestation of the art of leadership, and in the final analysis, they can make the other party have to join the ranks of overtime, otherwise they will feel as if they are isolated by the majority of their workers.

Roland did not fully agree with this "beating the side drum" method of soft squeezing workers, but he did not blame the leadership of the paper mill, nor even asked the factory to pay an extra overtime pay to the workers who worked overtime, but only suggested that the factory's canteen add more meat on weekends to comfort the workers who worked hard overtime.

The profit rate of the factory and the wages of the workers are in contradiction. On the planet, there has been a heated debate among economists about whether to add a "social minimum wage" to the Labor Code. One of these factions is led by the economic historian Robert A. C. Allen as a representative, believes that high wages are an important factor to promote industrial technology upgrading, new technologies and new machines only have advantages in areas with higher labor costs, and are not profitable in areas with lower labor costs, so the industrial revolution always occurs first in countries and regions with higher wage levels, so it is logical that if a country wants to promote technological progress, it should increase per capita wages; However, some scholars oppose this view, pointing out that high labor prices are an important factor forcing developed countries to relocate labor-intensive factories to developing countries with lower wages, and that "deindustrialization" and so-called "industrial hollowing-out" are also the causes...... These are complicated when you talk about them.

Roland certainly sympathized with the paper mill workers who worked at least 12 hours a day and worked overtime on weekends, but he also had to admit that the Far East's industrial technology was still backward compared to other powers, and it was not easy to give up the comparative advantage of "low wages". What's more, the workers themselves are quite satisfied with the status quo, although the work is hard, but their income level and quality of life are steadily improving in a visible and tangible form, compared with overtime, in fact, most workers are more worried about unemployment.

Roland then inspected the instrument factory, the soap factory and the mirror factory, all of which have relatively high-end products and are the embodiment of the core competitiveness of Karon Industrial Zone. In particular, soap and mercury mirrors, which are mainly for export, have successfully entered the international market, and have been very popular among middle-class families in the Aarasian Empire, such as Hailan, Canaanite, Feizhen, Baoshihua and even the Yashan Empire, and orders have been pouring in.