From Chief to Ball

And after adulthood, a random disease can take away life.Bitten by a dog, accidentally punctured by a wedge, flu, tuberculosis, appendicitis, gastritis, inflammation caused by dental caries, diarrhea, typhoid, schistosomiasis, tapeworms... are basically incurable diseases.

So the 50-year-old social security is basically a decoration.Chen Jian can be sure that at most one tenth of the hired workers standing here will live to be 50 years old.

In addition to these, a system that allowed one day off each month without deducting wages was proposed, and a trade union was established in internal workshops.

These alone have caused many people in the party to shout excitedly. They have found a real broad road, and in the long-term goal of the party, they will strive for a nationwide [-]-hour work system and a symbolic social security system. Putting it on the grand century-old goal.

For a while, this kind of behavior eased the contradictions within the party, and gave the party a long-term, clear goal that could be pursued, and for the first time, the party's attention was really put on the bottom-level, penniless workers.

After the internal trade union is established, nominally employees can fight for some conditions under the unity of the trade union, and at the same time, they can apply for some things like labor protection and environmental improvement.

This is a great thing, the hired workers are very happy, and people in the party also think that this is the right way. They thought that they would build a big house happily, find people with the highest level of education to write plaques, and buy a few more Firecrackers are set off to celebrate.

But it was stopped by Chen Jian, and he set a rule against all opinions.

Everyone was puzzled, and Chen Jian said: "All these are from charity, which is too cheap, so we use the cheapest yellow paper. If we organize labor unions in other factories or workshops, we can use our own I won a certain amount of rights and interests through strength rather than charity, and I will give them the most beautiful glass windows with money."

The people in the party and the employees thought about it and felt that this was indeed the case. The employee association was completely established by Chen Jian, the owner of the workshop.Since I didn't win it by myself, and people said that I should use the yellow paper, then use it. I really don't have much right to speak.

Hu Lin was extremely excited about these small changes, and he told Chen Jian that this was the best future.If these changes become laws and the social security system is extended to the entire society and improved, it will prove that everything is hopeful, and it will also prove that the more things are produced, the more people can live better.

Chen Jian felt that there was nothing wrong with Hu Lin thinking this way, so instead of pouring cold water on him, he smiled and expressed his support.

However, in fact, Chen Jian understands that he is not a qualified capitalist at all, so he can only implement these small improvements and systems in his own workshop - not because he has a good heart, but because his workshops are all monopoly industries , without competition.

Even if these things are implemented, what should be done or what should be done, some unspoken rules of sweatshops are enough to deal with all this.

For example, textile factories never sign contracts longer than five years, because textile workers are prone to tuberculosis and fibroconiosis after five years.With the promotion of the social security system, employees will definitely have their own labor files, so when hiring, employees who have worked in textile factories for five years will not be used at all.

The same goes for tanneries, shoe factories, cement factories, etc.Silicosis in cement factories and leukemia caused by chemical pollution in shoe factories and tanneries. The unspoken rule formed is to replace people every three years. If it is not necessary, the technical backbone should not be familiar with the face, so as to avoid being diagnosed as an occupational disease.

This is just one of thousands of ways. Only by mastering the above skills in quantity can we gain a firm foothold and make a fortune in the tide of the times.Of course, if there were no social security, work-related injury, labor protection and other rules at all, these unspoken rules would not appear, but the problem is still the same-you can be fired directly if you get sick, which saves you from taking advantage of loopholes.

These struggles have only just begun, and both sides still have much to learn.

But seeing the excited faces of the crowd, thinking that he wanted to stand for the morality of the capitalists so that utopianism and reactionism would not gain the upper hand, he did not say much, but instead supported the legal struggle within the party to fight for these symbolic laws.

Even so simple, Chen Jian's regulations for these workshops are still called by many people: the hope of China, the lamp of enlightenment for the Chinese people... Chen Jian blushed and felt a little ashamed.There is no foreign enemy who can use nationalism to divert conflicts. Surrounded by mountains, Gobi and the deep sea, internal conflicts still need some people who are good at painting and whitening. .

This kind of admiration in the circle will not make those who were invited by Chen Jian to talk about the matter compromise, and before inviting those "tycoons" to talk about the matter, Chen Jian must first obtain support within the party.

Therefore, at the beginning of October, before inviting people from the cotton textile industry to discuss the matter, the Mexican Party held an internal meeting.

The more than 70 people present at the meeting were representatives of the party comrades in the entire Min County. Chen Jian specially invited the craftsman Hu Lin mentioned last time who was exiled in Min City because of the hand-operated velvet machine.

Chen Jian felt that it was time to talk to everyone, but not too deeply.

The representatives of the party group saw the cotton gin earlier than the cotton magnates outside, and the discussions that had lasted for months due to the previous napping machine finally reached a climax-no comment on the matter since returning from the capital Chen Jian, who had any opinions, was finally about to speak, and everyone felt that maybe they were finally going to tell right from wrong.

The representative of the opposing party spoke first.

"Chen Jian, comrades, this cotton gin has caused more consequences than the fleece machine. Because the fleece workers need to be apprentices for seven years, their life is superior, and many things cannot be done without them. Even if there is a rise The woolen machine and some special woolen fabrics cannot be replaced by machines.”

"The cotton gin is totally different. A gin doesn't need to be an apprentice, anyone can do it, so they don't have any bargaining power, they can't even get into a ball - there is no cotton gin's own hireling guild in the Cotton Spinning Guild , and even if they are twisted into a group, so what, just find some people to replace them."

"So once the cotton gin appears, those cotton spinning guilds will definitely adopt it. The work that originally required [-] people can be completed by one person and one machine. There will be about [-] to [-] cotton gins unemployed across the country, and they will be penniless. Wen, if you get a job, you will live, if you are unemployed, you will die.”

"The reason why we got together at the beginning was to let more people at the bottom live better. I don't know if these 8 people are considered human beings in your eyes? Whether they live a good life or a bad life, do they count as everyone?" Issues worthy of attention?"

"But the emergence of machines has indeed made people's work easier. From this point of view, this is progress."

"So, after months of discussions in our group, we came up with a solution."

"Take this cotton gin as an example. We can buy the cotton gins at the expense of those gins, but at the same time we can't let the people of the cotton spinning guild fire these gins. They still spend the money if they don't have the cotton gins. But the flower workers are easier. Fifty people buy one, so that everyone's labor is one-fiftieth of what it used to be. As long as the Cotton Spinning Guild does not fire any cotton ginners, the work of the cotton ginners is easier than before Not unemployed enough to starve to death."

"I think our first task now is to persuade those cotton spinning guilds and cotton gin mill owners to accept this opinion. There is no loss for them, they can just pretend that this cotton gin does not exist... ..."

"For the workshop owners, they have no loss. Without this machine, they have spent so much money to do so much work."

"For the ginners, it's a relief from sixteen hours of work a day. Fifty times that, that's two quarter hours of work a day."

"So, our Mexican party should not oppose machine innovation, but the first task is to persuade those workshop owners."

After these words were finished, there was some applause.

Chen Jian glanced at Hu Lin secretly, thinking that the person who is speaking now is definitely a fan of your utopianism before, and he can't help but look at the age of the speaker.

However, Hu Lin frowned, apparently not agreeing with this idea, and just about to raise his hand to signal that he was going to say something, Chen Jian held his shoulder tightly, and put down his hand calmly.

Chen Jian didn't mean to laugh at the person just now. This kind of thinking is actually very normal and in line with the times. It is also a kind of progress, and it is a trend of thought with the significance of the times.

Not only will it exist at this time, but there will also be an evolved version in the future.

Chapter 1: Repairing and tinkering is the right way for the time being

Chen Jian sat there thinking for a while, organized his words, and raised his hand to signal his objection.

After the host named Chen Jian's name, Chen Jian stood up, and the venue slowly fell silent.

"Comrades, I think the remarks made by that comrade just now represent the aspirations of a large part of our party. There may even be more than one-third of the people who agree with the idea. What they disagree with is only the practice and whether able to succeed."

"Undoubtedly, the starting point is good, which is worthy of recognition. Let's not discuss whether this approach is feasible in practice. What I want to talk about is another question."

"From the beginning of our establishment, our purpose is to discuss how to make most people live better. Everyone present will not violate this original intention, so different identities, different families, and different wealth sit under this common goal. Together."

"However, how can more people live better? I think this is like a steamed bun, which is eaten by ten people. Fairness or justice is very important, but why does it have to be one steamed bun? Why can't it be ten Steamed buns? Make more and more steamed buns so that more people can live better."

"One steamed bun is divided among ten people. No matter how unreasonable the distribution is, one person can eat at most one. But what about ten steamed buns? Even if it is absolutely average, it is still one per person."

Chen Jian glanced at the people in the venue and asked, "Give the cotton gins to the cotton gins and let them continue to do those jobs. Has the number of steamed buns increased?"

"If not, it can only be said that more people are living the same as before, not better."

"Now there are fifty cotton ginners, one of whom uses the cotton gin to gin flowers, and the other 49 do other things. May I ask if the things produced by these fifty people are more than before? This is progress. There are more and more steamed buns, so that there is a basis for saying what can make more people live better."

"The other 49 people you are worried about are unemployed and unable to make a living. This is another problem. But I firmly oppose what the comrade said just now. This is not to make more people live better, but to make more people live better. Many people live the same way as before. At least the labor income is the same as before, although it is easier, but they cannot buy more things, because the things on the market have not increased.”

"You know, we need to make more steamed buns, but also make the distribution of steamed buns fair. We must not only choose one of them and completely ignore the other."

"Is this unsolvable? On the whole, this issue still needs to be considered by everyone, but this individual matter is not unsolvable."

"The total number of cotton gins in Min County is about three to four thousand. If the total amount of cotton remains the same, then once the cotton gin is promoted, only eighty people will be needed."

"What about the rest of the people? They can do other things. I'm planning to build a canal. I think everyone knows that building roads and rivers is a good way to make the city more convenient and prosperous. I don't think everyone knows this. would object."

"Some people may ask, what will happen after repairing?"

"It will take at least one year after the repair is completed. One year later, the cotton gin will be promoted. Have you ever thought that those farmers who are unwilling to grow cotton will be willing to grow cotton because cotton is profitable?"