Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1728 Take the initiative

In late February, Winston returned to London, and when he returned to southern Africa, it was already March No. 20.

Over the past month, the economic crisis has continued to simmer, the U.S. stock market crash has continued to spread, and various industries have been affected. More and more banks have been closed due to runs, a large number of businesses have closed down, workers have lost their jobs, and the queues for relief food have reached several blocks. .

Britain was not spared either. The coal industry, which had just resumed production, became the hardest-hit area. More and more unemployed people were registered in the labor market. On March 500th, Nyasaland Company wanted to recruit two cleaners in London. There were [-] resumes, many of whom were elites before the economic crisis broke out.

Southern Africa is also inevitably affected by the economic crisis.

However, compared with the United States and the United Kingdom, southern Africa is more capable of coping with the economic crisis. When the economic crisis just broke out, Roque instructed southern African companies to gradually reduce the employment of African workers and leave more job opportunities for southern Africans. Some jobs are more intensive, and the salary is lower. It is better to have a job than to have no job.

"More use of southern Africans will definitely increase the cost of the company, thereby weakening the competitiveness of the company, and the consequences will be unimaginable—" Henry is not willing to do this. In Fawalt Steel Group, the proportion of African workers accounts for more than 70.00% .

Christian is afraid to speak. In the field of construction, the proportion of African-American workers is higher, exceeding 90.00%.

Stoudemire and Owen did not speak. There are also a large number of African-American workers in their companies. It is precisely because of their huge cost advantages that companies in southern Africa can easily compete in international competition.

Owen owns the largest aluminum processing industry in Southern Africa, and can be said to be the "King of the Aluminum Industry" in Southern Africa.

Stoudemire and Rock jointly own the Katanga Copper Mine, and Stoudemire is now the chairman of the Johannesburg Mining Union.

"I don't mean to completely fire all African-American workers, but to leave as many high-skilled positions as possible to southern Africans." Rock's companies used to use a large number of African-American workers, and now the situation has been greatly improved. Great improvement, jobs with a little bit of technical content, companies under Roque's name will try to use southern Africans as much as possible.

The higher the technical content, the higher the income, and some southern Africans are still willing to accept it.

As for those who are unwilling to accept, Rock is not reluctant. Most of the southern Africans have farms waiting to be inherited at home, and at least their lives can be guaranteed.

Rock is concerned about the newcomers who have just immigrated to southern Africa.

In southern Africa, free farms are no longer used to attract new immigrants. These people are relatively weak in fighting the economic crisis and need the help of the federal government. Rock has set up several departments for this purpose to provide the unemployed to the greatest extent possible. help.

Although southern Africa is less affected by the economic crisis, there will certainly be businesses that will close down during the economic crisis.

Especially those young people who have just stepped out of school. Graduates from Nyasaland University are certainly in demand, but not from other schools. Rock also needs to plan ahead.

Just yesterday, Roque instructed the Federal Congress to urgently pass the "Industrial Organization Act" and "Agricultural Protection Act", which mainly provide support for small businesses. Although large companies are important, small businesses with less than ten workers cannot be ignored either. Moreover, there are still many such small enterprises in southern Africa, and most of the private farms fall into this category.

While promoting legislation, Roque is also preparing to set up a resource protection team to recruit young people who are unemployed. Their tasks are tree planting, forest protection, flood prevention, water and soil conservation, road construction, forest fire prevention lines, and forest watchtowers, etc. , this plan is expected to absorb 100 million people to join, and the scale can be further expanded if necessary in the future.

Southern Africa has a population of just over 7000 million. Considering the stable social structure and developed economic strength, during the entire economic crisis, the unemployed population is only about 200 million. Rock's "Resource Conservation Team" plan is enough to cover most of the unemployed population.

"Lock, we are not opposed to hiring southern Africans, but you also know that hiring southern Africans is not just about increasing costs—" Stoudemire also objected. African-American workers working in southern Africa cannot enjoy all kinds of benefits in southern Africa. Legally guaranteed, if a Southern African is employed, the added expense is more than just a salary.

Southern Africa established a minimum wage and maximum working hours guarantee system a long time ago. Under normal circumstances, the minimum weekly wage of a southern African cannot be lower than two rands, and the weekly working hours cannot exceed 48 hours. The conversion is Eight-hour working system, with one day off per week.

Of course you have to be willing to work four days a week, or 12 hours a day.

Don't think that there are no such positions, there are more extreme ones.

Like a train driver.

For train drivers in southern Africa, if they are running a long-distance train, they will work for three days and rest for three days. Of course, the work here is not 72 hours in a row, and the maximum working time per day is no more than 12 hours.

As for the ocean-going freighter, it is a special case. Once it goes to sea, it takes one or two months. The working hours are long and the rest time is also very long.

"Cecile, we can't always put our profit point on the squeeze of African-American workers." Rock is demanding. This is the first time that Rock has actively touched on this issue in 20 years.

Rock's request is very simple, capital? From the first day of appearance, dirty blood flows from every pore.

The same is true in southern Africa.

The rise of southern African capital is based on the exploitation of African-American workers.

In the past, southern Africa was not qualified to raise this question. European and American countries have accumulated hundreds of years. It is indeed difficult for southern Africa to compete with European and American companies without some unconventional means.

The situation is much better now. With the rise of the automobile and aviation fields, southern African companies already have certain technological advantages. Coupled with the resources controlled by southern African capital, they can already compete head-on with European and American companies. At this time, the profit point should be placed on In terms of the squeeze on African-American workers, the pattern is indeed a bit small.

"You mean to completely give up our human resources advantage?" Stoudemire was surprised, and Henry was also taken aback.

"Do you still remember the League of Nations attack on us some time ago?" Rock stated the facts and made sense, and both Stoudemire and Henry nodded.

"If we have been relying on squeezing African-American workers to maintain profits, then this problem will always exist. If Southern Africa wants to really rise, it cannot give people a handle on these aspects--" Rock is firm, but it is not Henry Jr. Sensible, but it was too easy to make money before, and Stoudemire and Henry were unwilling to give up this part of the profit.

"We already have great advantages in many fields, such as raw materials, we can obtain raw materials from the Southern African Union at the lowest price, which is our greatest advantage; another example is technology, after 20 years of accumulation, our enterprise We have already mastered many advanced technologies and are leading the world in many fields. We can definitely gain more profits by virtue of advanced technologies—not to mention, the large-scale popularization of machinery has the possibility of replacing manpower in more and more fields. , so we have to do this." Rock is firm, and some companies in southern Africa are indeed a bit too much.

A fact that cannot be ignored is that not all business owners are happy to see technological progress. There are many mine owners in the Rand Gold Mine who would rather use African-American workers than upgrade equipment and still use the most primitive way to mine gold.

The reason is simple. Mining machinery is very expensive, but African-American workers are very cheap. Therefore, many mine owners would rather be less efficient than buy mining machinery.

So the crux of the problem is that there are enough African-American workers available in southern Africa. If southern Africa does not allow the employment of African-American workers, then those mine owners will have to upgrade their mining equipment and reduce the number of workers. This will greatly increase efficiency and at the same time , It will also play a huge role in promoting the mining machinery industry.

The more mining machinery is sold, the more advanced the technology will be, the more steel will be used, and the more oil will be sold.

That's why Roque insisted on doing so.

Henry obviously figured out the relationship, so Henry didn't speak.

The food production company under Stoudemire's name is a labor-intensive industry, so Stoudemire will object.

To put it bluntly, it is all about interests.

"Economic crisis is dangerous, but it is also an opportunity. We need to use this period of time to complete industrial upgrading, gradually eliminate outdated production capacity, improve production efficiency, research more advanced technologies, produce better products, and provide customers with better services. Only after the economic crisis is over can we complete the overtaking of the old continent and the United States.” Rock’s ideals are big, and the sun never sets on an empire?World Police?
Feng Shui turns around, this year to my house.

It is also time for Southern Africa to step up to the world stage and shake things up.

"Cecil, haven't you made enough money in these years? You are absolutely right to listen to Locke." Henry was persuaded by Rock that he had not made less money in these years.

"Standing and talking without back pain, who would think that money is too much? I still think that Rhodes University will surpass Nyasaland University one day, and I also want to provide a better life for Rhodesians. You think I make money Why? I want to be responsible for the 500 million Rhodesians!" Stoudemire is not the same as before. As a human being, you have to be a little ideal, otherwise it is no different from a salted fish.

"Then it's such a pleasant decision, Cecil, you are in charge of the Rand mining area, Henry, you are in charge of the Fawalt Steel Group, and Christian, don't think I can't see you if you don't talk, within half a year, The southern African workers in Christian Construction Company must reach more than 50.00%." ​​Rock assigned the task, and the consequences of not completing it would be very serious.

(End of this chapter)