Seeing Yuan Dashuo's movements, Fang Lang also leaked a smile, and although Mayor Ewald Dursley, who was beside him, couldn't understand what the two were saying, he also laughed when he looked at the expressions of the two.

Just when Fang Lang was about to chat with this simple man a few more words, Chen Hongqing's voice came from behind him.

"Boss, you've finally come to our factory to have a look."

Hearing Chen Hongqing's bitter and hateful voice, Fang Lang turned his head and saw that Chen Hongqing was already very different from the first time he saw him.

I still remember the first time I saw him, I thought he was an old man in his fifties and sixties, and I kept calling him Mr. Chen.

But after these months of cultivation, the other party looks more than ten years younger, and the whole person is a little radiant.

Fang Lang stretched out his right hand to Chen Hongqing and smiled:

"Haha. With Manager Chen here, it doesn't matter if I come or not!

Haven't you seen the factory for a few months, isn't the factory already running?"

Chen Hongqing saw Fang Lang again, he looked very excited, saw Fang Lang stretch out his hand, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold it tightly.

It seems that there are a thousand words to confide in Fang Lang.

Noticing Mayor Ewald Dursley, who was beside Fang Lang, hurriedly nodded to Mr. Mayor and said a few polite words.

Fang Lang saw Chen Hongqing greeting Mr. Mayor in Portuguese with a strong accent, and nodded secretly.

It seems that everyone is learning Portuguese at a good pace!

"Boss, this is all thanks to your support and the help of Mr. Mayor.

Our Daqing Yarn Mill was able to operate in such a short period of time."

Chen Hongqing's traditional politeness in his hometown, listening to Fang Lang's ears, still seemed very kind.

"What is the output of our factory now?"

Fang Lang still has to express his concern about the situation of the factory.

"Boss, now our Daqing Yarn Factory has a total of 50,000 spindles, and in the early stage, because the workers were not very skilled, they could only produce less than 15 tons of cotton yarn per day.

But rest assured, as our workers become more and more skilled, we will be able to produce eighteen tons of cotton yarn a day."

In fact, Fang Lang was not familiar with the production scale and output of this kind of cotton spinning mill at all, and he didn't even understand the so-called tens of thousands of spindles.

When I heard that I could produce fifteen tons of cotton yarn a day, I thought that the output would be about four hundred and fifty tons per month.

I don't know how many pieces of cloth can be woven.

But seeing Chen Hongqing's expression, he knew that this output must not be low.

Fang Lang nodded and asked:

"Is the sales of the product okay?"

"Of course, boss.

We use the most advanced machines in the United States, and the yarn is spun quickly and well.

We have signed a supply contract with Global Trade, and the United States will receive as much as we produce, and we don't have to worry about not being able to sell it."

Chen Hongqing said with a smile on his face.

Fang Lang frowned and said:

"We're all exporting cotton yarn directly, haven't we started weaving?"

Noticing Fang Lang's frowning action, Chen Hongqing's smile quickly retracted, and he said in a low voice:

"Boss, our textile mill is still under construction, and the mill is not expected to be in production until the end of next month.

The equipment of the printing and dyeing factory is still being purchased.

It is expected that the production of complete cloth in Natal will take place until the end of September."

Fang Lang also knew that he was still too anxious, and nodded apologetically at Chen Hongqing.

Looking at Mayor Ewald Dursley, who was beside him, he asked:

"Mr. Mayor, how much can we get in the average annual cotton trade volume of Natal in previous years?"

Mayor Ewald Dursley didn't understand why Fang Lang suddenly asked himself this question, but fortunately, cotton was an important export commodity for Natal, and Mr. Mayor was still able to know this amount.

Speak directly:

"Our annual average in Natal

The volume of cotton traded is 160,000 tons!"

Fang Lang turned his head to Chen Hongqing and said:

"Do you hear that? With such a high cotton yield, you can't digest this bit of production capacity at all! Our production scale will continue to expand.

We will strive to export most of the cotton in Natal into finished cotton cloth or garments in Natal, so that we can maximize our profits."

Chen Hongqing obviously didn't expect Fang Lang's appetite to be so big, but after hearing this, he felt very uplifted.

Hurriedly nodded yes.

Then Fang Lang pointed to the workers in the workshop and said:

"I saw the workers in our factories working in such an environment, without even masks, which is not good.

We are not a sweatshop, every skilled worker is the wealth of our factory, and we must protect the health of our workers.

By the way, has the group company issued a notice to set up a labor union within the factory?"

Fang Lang and Mayor Ewald Dursley, accompanied by Chen Hongqing, walked into the production workshop, and the floating objects in the air made Fang Lang's nostrils itch and he felt the urge to sneeze.

"It's the boss, I'll arrange for someone to buy masks right away.

We have received the notice from the group.

And it's already being executed."

"Hmm! Very well, the textile industry is a labor-intensive industry, there are a lot of workers, and the role of trade unions is very huge.

Regarding the procurement of masks, you should not be directly involved.

Let the unions submit applications and procure and distribute them, so as to enhance the cohesion of our own unions among our workers."

Chen Hongqing didn't quite understand what Fang Lang meant, why this kind of thing was not directly carried out in the name of the company, but had to go around in a circle and hand it over to the trade union to do.

Isn't this equivalent to giving up the opportunity to buy people's hearts?

"But why is that?"

Fang Lang smiled and didn't speak, Mayor Ewald Dursley, who was on the side, was thoughtful after hearing Fang Lang's words.

He is a member of the SPD, and he has recently heard about a trade union organisation that the Labour Party has created and is telling about development.

But listening to the dialogue between Fang Lang and the two, the trade union of the Daqing Yarn Factory was obviously not organized by the Labor Party, but seemed to be organized by the Fangyuan Group itself, which made him very puzzled.

Fang Lang smiled, first patted Chen Hongqing's shoulder and said:

"Don't worry! We definitely have a purpose in doing this, you just have to make sure that the union president is our own man."

Chen Hongqing nodded again and again:

"Boss, don't worry, the chairman of the labor union of our factory is a brother who was rescued from the mine with me, and he is absolutely loyal to the company."

I didn't expect the chairman of the trade union of Daqing Yarn Factory to be a Chinese, but if you think about it, you can understand that the Chinese must be Chinese the most.

What's more, it's still an old brother who has suffered with him.

patted Chen Hongqing on the shoulder and smiled:

"That's fine, just make sure that the union is our own people, and we won't be afraid of the union's prestige among the workers, understand?"

Mayor Ewald Dursley, who had been with Fang Lang, heard the words of the two.

Slightly surprised, he asked:

"General Fang, was the trade union organization in your factory established by your company itself?"

Fang Lang then remembered that there was an outsider beside him, if this guy was a member of the Labor Party, wouldn't he expose the plan of the Fangyuan Group?

However, after carefully looking at the other party's expression, he only saw a curious look, so he asked tentatively:

"I don't know which party Mr. Mayor is!"

As soon as Mayor Ewald Dursley heard Fang Lang's words, he understood what the other party meant, and hurriedly smiled:

"Don't worry, I am a member of the SPD, not Labour.

I ask you because, a few days ago, a trade union was set up in our joint venture sugar factory, but this trade union was the Labour Party

Behind the scenes.

We're being asked to reduce our working hours to 10 hours, and I'm having a headache!"

Only then did Fang Lang remember that he and Mr. Mayor had set up a joint venture sugar factory in Natal, but the major shareholder of this sugar factory was the other party, and Fangyuan Group only sent financial personnel to this factory.

It now seems that Mayor Ewald Dursley has also realised that the purpose of the Labour Party's union formation is not simple.

After thinking about it, Fang Langyou asked:

"Jada Brooke is a member of which party?"

"He is a member of the National League."

After Fang Lang heard that neither of them was a member of the Labor Party, he groaned slightly:

"I think the establishment of the trade union is irreversible.

But we, the factory owners, could not be easily manipulated by the Labour Party, so we at Fangyuan Group directly set up a trade union organization of our own.

I suggest that Mr. Mayor and Mr. Speaker can join us and go to our headquarters in São Paulo to participate in our company's own trade union organization training.

When your people understand how our own trade unions work, they will no longer see them as beasts."

Mayor Ewald Dursley, although he was a little skeptical, still chose to nod his head in agreement after considering Fang Lang's ability.

After receiving Mayor Ewald Dursley's question, Fang Lang turned his gaze to Chen Hongqing again:

"How many workers are there in our factories now?"

Chen Hongqing was thinking about why Fang Lang asked Mr. Mayor and Mr. Speaker to arrange people to study in the group's trade union, and what was the purpose of this trade union.

I almost didn't react to Fang Lang's question, and it took a long time before I said:

"Ah! We now have a total of 1,000 people working in two shifts."

This number of workers is not large for a labor-intensive industry.

According to Fang Lang's predictions, in the future, Natal alone will have at least 100,000 workers in the textile industry, and with these 100,000 textile workers, it will drive many other industries in the surrounding area.

For example, in the downstream garment industry, Fang Lang cannot do all the industries by himself, his goal is to master large enterprises by himself, and then support some small and medium-sized enterprises.

And the garment industry is the easiest to develop.

And then there are other service industries, as long as there is a sufficient population in a place, there will definitely be a huge market, and once the market is formed, capital will naturally move closer to this side.

Once capital comes in, the local economy will naturally start to flourish.

Of course, it is not enough to have people, these people must also have the ability to spend, that is, to have money to spend.

"What is the approximate salary of the workers? Will you be able to support yourself?"

Fang Lang is still very concerned about whether the workers can earn money, only when they earn money, will they have the ability to consume, and only with the ability to consume can they bring the economy of a place to life.

His purpose was never to make much money for himself, his purpose was to raise enough Chinese middle class.

"Boss, each worker's monthly salary is now about two hundred and eighty Cr$ Cruzeiro, and of course there is no problem in supporting himself.

In fact, most of our Chinese wages are deposited in the bank and not withdrawn, and everyone eats and lives in the factory, so there is no need to consume at all.

I learned that the locals were already living very well if they were able to get so much money every month.

That's a very high wage in the whole of Natal."

Chen Hongqing didn't know what Fang Lang's purpose was in asking about the workers' wages, but he knew that Fang Lang was not a stingy person, and he would definitely not be angry about the workers' wages.

Note: The Cruzeiro was the currency unit of Brazil from 1942 to 1967;

The author found that in 1948, 1 dollar could be exchanged for about 18.5 Cruzeiro,

Workers in textile mills earn about $15 a month

Right.