Chapter 120: Loser
Two days later, the new Flying Chamber of Commerce's factory on the outskirts of Bonta City welcomed a special guest.
"Miss Sevigny, please see, these two workshops are the current factories of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the building under construction next to them is our new magic machine shop. According to the deadline given by Director Riley, it will be ready for use within this month. Xu Yi stood in the square outside the workshop, introducing Sevigny to his side one by one.
Wayne Riley, who was on the side, heard Xu Yi mention his name, and immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, if nothing else, we can call it a day at the end of the month." β
Severny glanced at the magic machine tool workshop, which covers an area of no more than 1,000 square meters, and then looked at the new workshop next to it, which is obviously nearly ten times larger, and frowned: "Can such a big house be built within a month? Even if it is built, it can't be put into use so quickly, right?" President Xu, are you too anxious?"
Xu Yi shrugged: "If it weren't for Director Riley's insistence on ensuring the quality of the project and not discrediting their Amla Guild, I would even ask him to complete this project in the middle of the month." β
Director Riley heard Xu Yi inadvertently praise himself and Director Amrley, and immediately burst into joy.
Judging from Xu Yi's attentional and even somewhat respectful attitude, although this Miss Sevigny looks young, she must be a person of great status, and if she can leave some good impressions in her heart, it will be a good thing for both Director Riley and the Amrley Chamber of Commerce.
"President Xu, although His Majesty the King's request for time is relatively tight, I hope that you will not be under too much pressure and cause an accident. What if those workers were hurt by this? His Majesty and I will be uneasy. Sevini looked at Xu Yi and said sincerely.
Xu Yi was slightly stunned. Looking at Sevigny, I saw that her expression was very sincere. It didn't seem like he was saying polite words against his will, but after thinking about it, he nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, Miss Sevigny, I take the safety of my workers very seriously. In addition, I am very confident in the competence of the Amrley Chamber of Commerce and the director of Riley, so there should be no accidents. β
Director Riley immediately reciprocated and said, "Miss Sevigny, you don't know, if you want to talk about the treatment of the employees under him, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is a good one." Don't say that there is no chamber of commerce in Bonta City that can compare. I'm afraid that there is nothing that can compare to the entire Lampari Kingdom. β
"Oh?" Seviney looked at Director Riley and asked with interest, "What is the treatment of the employees of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and why do you say you think it's so good?"
Director Riley glanced at Xu Yi, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he smiled and said, "Not to mention anything else, the workers of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce only have eight fixed working hours a day, which is no other chamber of commerce can compare." β
"Eight fixed working hours a day?" Sevigny looked at Xu Yi in surprise. "President Xu, is this true?"
Xu Yi smiled and nodded.
Of course, Sevini knew that Xu Yi would definitely not lie to her about such an easy thing to find, and she was even more surprised.
"Why is there such a rule? Although employees also need a break period, they only have a fixed eight hours of work. Don't you think it's too little? Don't you think it's a waste of time for your employees to give them so much time to rest?"
Xu Yi's expression was a little strange, thinking that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was now working overtime every day because there were too many orders. If you put it on the earth, you will definitely be scolded as an unscrupulous capitalist, and you can't imagine that you will be questioned here for giving the workers too much rest time and wasting their wages.
"This ...... Miss Sevigny. Workers are human beings, except for work. They should also have their own personal time. In fact, Director Riley is not right, because the work of the Chamber of Commerce has been too busy recently. Workers have to work overtime every day, and there is not so much time to rest. β
Without waiting for Sevigny to speak, Director Riley couldn't help but say, "Come on, President Xu." The workers of your chamber of commerce don't want to work overtime, and some of my workers even want to switch jobs to your chamber of commerce after hearing your workers mention their overtime pay. β
"Overtime pay?" said Severny again. "What is this?"
"Uh...... In addition to the eight-hour working day, if workers are required to work, they are paid additional remuneration, which is called overtime pay. Xu also explained.
Severny looked at Xu Yi with a strange expression: "President Xu, you are really a strange president, your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is also very strange, it is the first time I have heard that the employees of the Chamber of Commerce have overtime pay." By the way, President Xu, I can take the liberty of asking, these ...... of your Chamber of Commerce What is the monthly salary of the workers?"
"It's nothing presumptuous, it's not a secret. Xu Yi smiled and said: "If it is a fixed eight-hour working time and no overtime, the wages of the workers in these two workshops are about eight gold coins." As for these two months, because there is a lot of overtime, it is generally between ten and sixteen gold coins. β
"So much?" Sevigny's eyes widened slightly, and after a moment's thought, he turned to Director Riley and asked, "Mr. Riley, may I ask what your workers are paid each month?"
Director Riley smiled bitterly, glanced at Xu Yi with some resentment, hesitated for a moment, and then hesitated to reply, "This...... The salary is different depending on the type of work, and it is about ...... a month at present. It's about four to eight gold coins......" Seeing Seviny's somewhat strange eyes, Director Riley couldn't help but argue, "The price given by our AmritΓ© Chamber of Commerce is already high enough, and other workers who build houses like us are at most six gold coins a month! Miss Sevigny, can you compare our chamber of commerce with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, President Xu ...... He ......"
"What's wrong with me?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.
Under the forced gaze of Xu Yi and Sevigny, Director Riley laughed dryly for a long time, knowing that he couldn't hide after all, so he lowered his voice and said, "This ...... President Hsu, Miss Sevigny, don't say I'm saying it. In fact, many big bosses of the chambers of commerce in Bangta City said when they talked about President Xu in private...... It is said that President Xu is completely a loser......"
"Loser?" Xu Yi smiled dumbly: "Give the workers a higher salary." Are they losers? I think they're too stingy, right?"
Director Riley waved his hand again and again: "President Xu, you can't talk nonsense. Actually, if you want me to talk about it. You're a bit of a loser. It's just some ordinary employees, do you need to pay them such a high salary? Not to mention that your new flying chamber will offer such a high salary to employees. What about the other chambers of commerce in Bunta? You know, my workers have even protested to me several times. If it weren't for President Crews' promise that he would give them a salary increase in the future, I'm afraid these workers would have quit a long time ago. β
Xu Yi looked at Director Riley, who was a little indignant, and thought to himself that these words were not what Director Riley meant, but the instructions of President Cruise, which could also be regarded as a small warning to himself from other chambers of commerce in Bonta City.
Xu also dismissed this.
Compared with themselves, these guys can be regarded as out-and-out capitalists who squeeze the blood and sweat of the workers.
Of course, on the Sainz continent, what these guys do is normal. However, Xu Yi's approach is really a little too abnormal, and it is not surprising that these people's opinions are aroused.
But Xu Yi didn't intend to change it according to their wishes.
Judging from the historical development of industry on the earth, it is not appropriate to desperately lower the wages of workers, because this is actually contrary to the law of social and economic development, and will inhibit economic development.
If the general public does not have enough economic ability to buy goods, it means that the mass economic market is not active enough, but it will affect the circulation of goods, and thus affect the profits of the chamber of commerce that sells goods, and eventually form a vicious circle.
And like the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the wages of workers have been moderately raised. This makes it easier for workers to have enough economic strength to meet the basic needs of their families and to buy the rest of the commodities, which makes it easier to promote the circulation of commodities and accelerate economic development.
For example, the two hundred human workers who are now working in the production workshop of the domestic magic machine. Because he can get a salary of more than ten gold coins from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce every month, not only has his family life improved greatly, but he even has money to buy some small toys for the children at home.
These toys are not produced by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, though. But the chamber of commerce that produces these toys has benefited from this, which has made the chamber more profitable. As a result, more jobs will be created and the economic income of other people will be increased.
And so on and so forth. Eventually, the new flying chamber will also benefit from this.
Take the magic fan as an example, in fact, a magic fan only costs two gold coins, if the per capita income of Bangta City can reach the level of the workers in the production workshop of the household magic machine, then in fact, every family can afford to buy one.
In this way, in the small city of Bang Ta alone, the new Fei brand magic fan can sell tens of thousands of units, instead of just thousands of units like this summer.
Xu also felt that people like President Cruise might not understand these truths, and he did not plan to waste time explaining these great truths to them, and the best way was to do it directly.
These guys are likely to understand when the tangible benefits are presented to them.
As for now, Xu Yi has no intention of changing his approach.
After quickly turning these thoughts in his mind, Xu Yi paused and smiled at Director Riley: "It's okay not to do it, our Chamber of Commerce is preparing to expand the scale of production, and now we are planning to recruit some more workers." If your workers don't want to do it anymore, I'd welcome them to join our chamber of commerce. β
Director Riley suddenly changed color: "President Xu, what do you mean by this?"
Xu Yi laughed, patted Director Riley on the shoulder and said, "It's not interesting, it's just a joke." Don't worry, Director Riley, please tell President Cruise that since our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has joined the Chamber of Commerce, it will not make it difficult for everyone. Since the wages of the workers have risen, it is impossible to lower them for no reason, but in other aspects, we can cooperate more, as long as everyone earns gold coins, even if they all pay the workers a little higher, it is not a very difficult thing to accept, right?"
Director Riley looked at Xu Yi, his face uncertain.
This Xu Yi, is this talking about cool words? (To be continued......)