1929 I am a chaebol in the United States

The next day, Lu Chen had just stepped into the factory when he was blocked by Fu Mingzhuo who was waiting at the factory gate. Lu Chen looked at Fu Mingzhuo who was blocking him and asked:

"Why are you blocking the door?"

Fu Mingzhuo said to Lu Chen:

"I'm waiting for you."

Lu Chen asked in confusion: "Why are you blocking me?"

Fu Mingzhuo said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Boss, you don't have anything to do in the factory anyway, why don't you lead the team to recruit workers today?"

"You want me to go recruit workers? I'm the boss. Do you want me to personally handle such a trivial matter? Why don't you just arrange some people to go there?"

Lu Chen said unhappily.

Fu Mingzhuo said with some embarrassment: "They all have their own things to do. They can't leave. You are the one with the most free time in the factory right now."

Lu Chen was a little unhappy when he heard Fu Mingzhuo's words. He said, "Why am I free now? I've been working so hard for this factory. Look, my hairline has gotten much higher."

Fu Mingzhuo complained in his heart, you sit in the office all day long, and ask us to do things when there is something to do. What do you want? Fu Mingzhuo said:

"If you don't want to go, then I can only ask your uncle and aunt to go. The others in the factory really can't leave."

Lu Chen didn't dare to let his parents go. He looked at Fu Mingzhuo and asked, "Is there really so much going on in the factory? There aren't even a few recruiters left?"

Fu Mingzhuo said: "The factory is really busy now. After the nylon workshop started operation, more than 100 employees were assigned to the original 300 employees. Originally, the textile factory had more than 200 people in production, but now the nylon workshop has divided it. I transferred workers from other workshops in the factory to the textile factory, but it still cannot make the textile factory fully productive. There is still room for people there."

Lu Chen didn't expect the factory to be so short of staff. He said angrily, "What were you doing recently? Why didn't you recruit people in advance? Why did you wait until now to recruit people?"

Fu Mingzhuo said quickly: "Boss, I arranged for people to recruit some time ago, but I didn't recruit many. I don't know why, those Chinese workers just don't want to come to work here."

Lu Chen asked:

"How do you recruit people? Why is no one willing to work for us?"

Fu Mingzhuo said: "Those who went to recruit workers said that the gang members in Chinatown would not let them recruit workers there, and they were all driven out. They could not recruit many people outside Chinatown."

Lu Chen remembered that no one stopped him the last time he recruited Li Qiang. He asked with some doubt:

"Are those people just slacking off? This didn't happen when I was there last time."

Fu Mingzhuo said: "It may be that we recruited too many people there some time ago, which caused dissatisfaction among those gangs."

Lu Chen didn't have time to worry about why these people couldn't recruit people. The first priority now was to ensure the normal operation of the factory. He asked:

"Then how many more people do you think are needed to meet the factory's production needs?"

Fu Mingzhuo said: "The textile factory needs another 50 to 60 people, and the other workshops need another 40 to 50 people. If you take into account the expansion of production, it will basically be enough if you recruit 200 people now."

Lu Chen didn't expect his factory to develop so fast. The factory originally had only 100 people, but now it has grown to a scale that requires people. Now there is such a shortage of people, the production of the factory will definitely be delayed, and if the production is delayed, he will make less money.

After some thought, Lu Chen finally reluctantly agreed to recruit people himself.

Lu Chen was still planning to go to Chinatown to recruit people. Thinking of what Fu Mingzhuo had just said, he felt that he should be prepared so that if he encountered gang members, he would have ways to deal with them.

He thought that he definitely couldn't do it alone, so he called Qin Jian over.

"Qin Jian, go gather all the brothers together. We are going to Chinatown today."

Qin Jian and his team have been in charge of security at the factory, so they have heard a lot of information about Chinatown. He felt that it was very dangerous to go there, so he contacted Hans and asked them to bring their weapons with them.

Hans received Qin Jian's message and quickly rushed over with his men.

Lu Chen thought that he had to recruit a lot of people this time, so he found a few trucks, and then took Qin Jian and Hans to Chinatown.

This time when Lu Chen came to Chinatown, he did not choose to stop the car outside Chinatown, but drove directly into Chinatown. He thought about the information he had gathered last time, and then found a place with a good flow of people in the territory of the Huaqing Gang, and put up a sign more than one meter high with the words "recruitment" on the side of the road.

Such a big sign would definitely attract people's attention. Passers-by on the street kept looking at Lu Chen, but no one came to ask.

Lu Chen looked around for a while and found that no one came to apply for the job. He felt a little strange. Why did these people just look at him but not ask questions? Lu Chen scratched his head, not understanding.

Lu Chen waited in front of the recruitment counter for a long time but no one came to apply for the job. Lu Chen became anxious. He thought he would not return empty-handed this time. If he returned empty-handed, Fu Mingzhuo would definitely laugh at him to death. He gritted his teeth and decided to take the initiative.

Lu Chen took the initiative to stop a middle-aged Chinese man who was looking in his direction.

"Hello, brother. I see you are staring at us. Are you looking for a job?"

The middle-aged Chinese man looked at Lu Chen with sudden realization and said, "So you are here to find someone to work for you."

Lu Chen nodded quickly: "Yes, we are here to find someone to work for us. Are you interested?"

The middle-aged man was very excited when he heard that someone was recruiting workers. These damn years were simply making it difficult for people to survive. There was nothing to do at the dock now. He had not made any money for several days, and his family had not eaten for several days.

He asked excitedly, "You guys are from that dock, how much can you pay me for moving the goods for a day?"

Lu Chen quickly explained: "Brother, we are not from the dock, we are a factory, and we are planning to recruit people to work in the factory."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, the middle-aged man frowned and said:

"Factory? Don't factories hire foreigners? Why are you recruiting here?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Our factory is different from others. We also recruit Chinese people. And we recruit a large number of Chinese people."

The middle-aged man was very excited to work in a factory. He knew that the wages of foreigners working in factories were much higher than his wages at the dock. He swallowed and asked, "How much can we earn working in your place?"

When Lu Chen heard that the middle-aged man was interested in going to the factory, he immediately introduced: "Different workers in our factory have different wages. Apprentices are paid 1 yuan a week, ordinary workers are paid 2 yuan a week, and skilled workers are paid 3 yuan a week."

The middle-aged man frowned. He calculated in his mind that if he went to the factory, he would only be an apprentice, which means only one yuan a week. One cup of Pu'er wheat costs more than 1 cents, and then coal and other things are added together. His family's living expenses are or cents a week, so he would have some money left over after one yuan. To be honest, he was tempted.

(For your information, in the United States, one bushel is equivalent to 35.238 liters (metric system). One liter of wheat is approximately equal to 30 kilograms. You can refer to the price list I posted in the circle for prices.)

But the middle-aged man still wanted to know more, so he looked at Lu Chen and asked, "But I don't know anything. What can I do in your factory?"

Lu Chen said quickly, "It doesn't matter. Our factory will teach you. When you go there, we will have a master to teach you. At this time, we will pay you as an apprentice, about 1 yuan a week. When you are familiar with it, your salary will increase to the salary of ordinary workers, which is 2 yuan a week. If you can pass the test, you can also become a skilled worker, and your salary will increase to 3 yuan a week."

The conversation between Lu Chen and the middle-aged man attracted many people to watch. Seeing a group of people gathered here, the Chinese people's nature of loving to watch the excitement made more people gather around Lu Chen and the middle-aged man.

After hearing Lu Chen's introduction, many of the onlookers began to become excited.

Suddenly someone in the crowd asked loudly: "Young man, is what you said true?"

When Lu Chen saw so many people gathered around him, he was thinking about how to promote his company to these people. When he saw someone asking a question, Lu Chen quickly said:

"Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people. What I said is true. Besides, I drove here. How could I possibly lie to you?"

When the crowd heard Lu Chen say that he came by car, they began to look around, but they didn't see the car that Lu Chen mentioned. Someone in the crowd immediately asked:

"Young man, you are not lying, where is your car?"

Lu Chen quickly pointed in the direction of his recruitment sign and said to the crowd:

"Brothers and sisters, if you don't believe me, you can look over here. There are several cars parked next to the sign over there. They are the ones I and the people from our factory drove here."

People looked in the direction of Lu Chen's finger and saw Lu Chen's car parked on the side of the road. Everyone was shocked. After all, Lu Chen and his team didn't just drive one or two cars. Lu Chen drove two four-seater cars and five trucks this time.

When people saw so many cars, they began to believe the treatment that Lu Chen introduced. After all, in this period, the Chinese who could afford to drive a car were all big shots. Lu Chen not only had cars, but also so many cars came. This proved that Lu Chen had strong strength.

Then someone in the crowd immediately asked, "Can I work in your factory?"

There were quite a lot of people around Lu Chen. He looked around but couldn't see who said that. Lu Chen took a quick glance and saw that there were about 100 to 200 people at the scene. Lu Chen thought that even if all these people went to his factory, he could still take care of them. So Lu Chen simply replied:

"No matter who you are, you can come to work in our factory. We are still short of people. I want you all if you are willing to go."

Hearing Lu Chen say this, the crowd said, "Then I'll go."

"I'll go as well."

"And I."

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Seeing people's enthusiasm, Lu Chen immediately said:

"Brother and sister, don't worry, just follow me over there and I'll register your names. After registration, I'll take you to our factory."

After saying that, Lu Chen brought his people to the recruitment desk and asked Qin Jian to arrange people to register these people.

Lu Chen looked at the people who registered, with a satisfied look on his face. He thought to himself, recruiting people is not a difficult thing. So many people have signed up in such a short time, and I don't know how those recruiters work. Are they all like the person he saw last time, sitting there like a Buddha?

Lu Chen was very confused. He had already told Fu Mingzhuo about this last time. Why were they still so slow in recruiting people?

Qin Jian and his team quickly registered the people at the scene, and Lu Chen began to organize these people to register.

After Lu Chen and others got on the truck, he drove the car and led the convoy out.

Just as Lu Chen and his team were about to drive out of the street, a burly man with bare chest and a group of people blocked the way of Lu Chen's convoy.

The sturdy man walked in front of Lu Chen's car and yelled at Lu Chen in the car: "Boy, you have recruited so many people here. If you want to take them out, pay the head fee."

Lu Chen looked at the strong man and thought that he had already recruited all the people. As long as he brought them back, his mission for today would be completed. He didn't want to get entangled with these people, so he asked, "How much is the head tax per person?"

The strong man folded his hands and said, "One dollar per person. I'll let you out if you pay me."

Lu Chen frowned. He originally thought that if these people didn't ask for much money, he would give it to them. But he didn't expect that they would ask for one dollar each. Why didn't these people just rob them? He asked, "One dollar each. Are you crazy because you are poor? Who the hell decided this?"

The sturdy man said arrogantly: "This is our Tiandihui's territory. Of course it was reserved by our Tiandihui. What? Don't you plan to pay the money? Then don't even think about leaving."

After saying that, the sturdy man waved his hand, and immediately hundreds of Tiandihui members armed with knives, guns, sticks and clubs appeared at the street corner, blocking the way of Lu Chen and his group.

Lu Chen's heart sank. He had never expected that he would come to the Tiandihui's territory to recruit people. He looked gloomily at the Tiandihui members blocking the way in front of him, thinking about how to get these laborers away.

Seeing that Lu Chen didn't respond for a long time, the strong man became impatient. He slapped Lu Chen's car with both hands and shouted:

"Hey, kid, have you thought it through? Are you going to pay the money or not?"

Lu Chen was startled by the burly man's behavior, then he realized that this man actually dared to shoot his car. He remembered that he had asked Qin Jian and others to bring weapons when he went out.

He looked at the burly man gloomily, and then said to Qin Jian coldly: "Qin Jian, inform the brothers to show their weapons and then shoot to warn these people. If they don't get out of the way, don't blame us for being rude."

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Qin Jian immediately stretched out his hand from the car window and made a few gestures. After the people in the car behind saw Qin Jian's gestures, they took out their submachine guns and pointed them at the group of strong men.