The departure of the Eternals is silent.

But the change has made sensitive people a little confused.

That night, Ludon found Albert and briefly said something to the other party,

"They're ready to go, it's all planned, and you should be mentally prepared."

Ludon confessed,

"When the world changes, so will the company, the Bird Bookstore and the Inquisition will leave the company, and some of them will continue to stay on this planet and continue their mission. The other part will follow in the footsteps of the Eternals and witness the wider heavens and the earth.

Without them, you have to be psychologically prepared that in the face of full market competition, the company's greatest advantage is gone.

How to say it's like you were originally playing a hanging game, and suddenly the account was blocked, and it was gone, and everything started from scratch. ”

If it's just the departure of the Strange Bird Bookstore and the Inquisition, it's okay and acceptable.

What is really tricky is the change in the external environment.

The previous company, with the blessing of the Eternals, was considered invincible, no one dared to attack the company, and in any field, the company was invincible.

Nowadays, the world has changed, and any small rich man dares to argue with the company.

Not to mention, before this, the aftermath of the storm against Ludon still caused the company to fall into a heavy blow, and it has not yet recovered.

Albert nodded his head and gestured to himself in understanding.

He was ready to accept the change in the world.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the new headlines on the newsstand every day:

"Express! Express! The House of Lords passed a firearms control agreement that allows civilians to legally carry guns."

"Chemist Wright insists that his products should be used for treatment, especially to remove drug dependence!"

"Today's news! The latest product of the umbrella company, let you say goodbye to cough drops with zero side effects! ”

"Is the lung disease related to smog in St. Peter's Sanatorium?"

"As violent clashes continue to rise and the new Chief Inspector is removed, will Chief Inspector Field be able to return to power?"

“.”

The news in the newspapers, flooding people's eyes with any time that can be filled, seems to want to steal all attention.

It's hard to get really useful information from a lot of news.

Time will check everything.

News that can be remembered by future generations has enough gold content.

None of this affected Ludden's life, though.

The godfather of the Santa Fe neighborhood is missing, some say he died, some say he escaped, and some even say there was never a godfather.

He is still the director of the orphanage, and there is only one child left in the orphanage, and the coming-of-age ceremony will be completed in two years.

In the company, Luden still has enough voice.

Everyone knows that there is nothing wrong with choosing Mr. Ludon as the leader.

At least not wrong for now.

Albert's life did change, though.

The prophecies of Luton and him came true, more or less.

He found that his control over the company had declined significantly, the workers on the mine were getting less money, productivity was slowly declining, and it was difficult for Albert to ensure that how much money would go into the workers' pockets if they were given more money.

The end result may be that he spends more money in exchange for less output.

A guy named Taylor approached Albert.

He was one of the economists the company funded, and during the last Great Depression, Albert stopped Taylor's grants, giving Taylor a sense of human reality.

Fortunately, Taylor survived, albeit not decently.

Due to the oppression of life, Taylor was unable to study economics calmly, and his research progress was delayed for a long time.

In short, Taylor put a report in front of Albert.

"Piece-rate wages?"

Albert remembers that Taylor had been working on it.

Albert had a bad opinion of Taylor's level of research, Taylor's estimate of steel production was completely wrong, and he did not see any clues about the imminent economic crisis.

It's just that Albert has no prejudice against people.

He read Taylor's article carefully and felt that there might be some truth in it.

The next day, one mine switched to a piece-rate wage system.

Albert found that the day's production more than doubled!

A week later, the vast majority of the company's manual labor jobs were changed to piece-rate wages.

A month later, the market was full of piece-rate payrolls.

Just one mine was enough to give Albert a headache.

The original cash cow has now changed, and it is a little difficult to maintain the balance of payments, which is still feedback on the books!

If you really go to the inventory, you may find that there will be a lot more inexplicable losses in the mine!

Even more troublesome is technical!

The company has always adhered to the strategy of high R&D investment and has been invincible.

Many new products have opened up markets that have allowed the company to obtain enough profits.

However, Albert ran into a new problem.

Some directors on the board of directors asked a professional accounting team to calculate whether the company's R&D costs were too high.

This proposal did not really appear on the board of directors.

However, the appearance of this bill alone has already explained a lot of problems.

It's not the same as before.

Albert could clearly feel that the company was like a monster, and although this monster was under his control, the monster gradually gained its own consciousness and carried everyone forward.

Including Albert.

This monster seems to corrupt people's souls, change people's minds, and turn their best friends against each other.

Albert had to make the company make enough profits.

Otherwise, sooner or later, the board of directors will have to replace him as CEO.

In addition to internal matters, outside of the company, Albert also had troubles.

He needs to socialize more, deal with people he doesn't know well, or even some hate, and do things that are a waste of time.

Moreover, Albert has a request for others, and the other party naturally has various conditions.

For example, this time, Albert wanted to ask a promising quartermaster to give him some attention in the order of arms.

The other party's young wife makes an absurd request to meet the legendary Mr. Luden.

This order is very important for the company, and it is related to the profit of several production lines in the next five years.

If the order is passed on to the company's competitors, Albert will have a hard time.

In desperation, he visited Mr. Ludon and informed him of the situation.

Luton agreed.

Isn't it just watching a show together?

What's the big deal?

On this day, at Albert's invitation, Ludon was ready to get into a carriage and go to the theater.

"What's going on tonight?"

Ever since he began studying mathematics, Ludon has not been to the theatre very often, and he doesn't know what popular plays have been made in recent years.

"I hear it's a comedy, Mr. Luden."

Todd took out the ticket stub and read out the name on it,

"Our Cousin of the Fog."

(End of chapter)