Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 438 Admiration (Debt Repayment No.12 Update)

Mrs. Nyasaran doesn't care about gold mines. During this time, Phyllis has a new job. After knowing that she is the owner of the woolen mill, Phyllis has an unparalleled enthusiasm for the woolen mill. Most of the time will be spent in the woolen mill.

Of course, Phyllis does not stay in the factory, but spends most of her time in the office, studying with Richard Hudson, the manager of the wool mill, and Ryan Nelson, the head of the technical department, how to improve the profit of the wool mill .

Most of the local sheep in Johannesburg are Merino sheep. The wool on sheep, no matter how fine it is, is wool, not cashmere. Cashmere is the wool produced by goats, which is not the same thing as wool.

Therefore, the profit of the textile factory is not too high. In order to increase the enthusiasm of the farmers for raising sheep, Rock's wool purchase price for the farmers is relatively high, which further reduces the profit margin of the textile factory.

The textile factory is a labor-intensive enterprise. There are more than [-] workers in the factory. On average, the salary of the workers is about three pounds. This salary level is not high, but considering that most of the workers in the factory are female workers, this salary level not bad.

"Currently we can only weave wool into wool and then sell it to Europe. Although our wool is of good quality, the cost itself is very high. In addition to the freight, after the wool arrives in Europe, the competitiveness is very low, so we are currently maintaining At the level of no profit, no loss." The situation introduced by Richard Hudson surprised Rock, who thought that the textile factory had been making a profit, but unexpectedly it was half dead.

Phyllis is going to come to the textile factory. As long as Roque is free, he will accompany Phyllis. Speaking of which, Roque is basically on a half-vacation now, and being with Phyllis is Roque's most important job.

This was specially approved by the mayor.

In theory, the products of the colonies should have lower costs and stronger competitiveness.

But because of the special situation in Johannesburg, the textiles in Johannesburg are not very competitive in the European market.

Don't forget that Europe is also a sweatshop now, and the wages paid to workers may be lower than those paid by textile factories in Johannesburg. Therefore, in order to increase profits, other methods must be found.

Of course, there are still ways. Rock used his brain and immediately came up with an idea: "If processing is carried out on the basis of wool, then the competitiveness of products should be further enhanced - such as ready-made garments, carpets, blankets, tapestries, etc. Wait, they all belong to the wool textile industry, so can’t we think of a way in this regard?”

That's great. Richard Hudson is also a veteran in the textile industry, otherwise he would not be qualified to be the director of a textile factory. The poor profitability of a textile factory does not mean that Richard Hudson has no choice. He just doesn't have authority, so he's tied up.

"Yes, but we need to increase equipment and train skilled workers at the same time—" Richard Hudson also had a lot of difficulties. Adding new product lines means increasing investment. In the past, Rock could not care about textiles. Factory, even if Richard Hudson wanted to do it, he didn't have the resources.

"You are the boss, you make up your own mind." Rock gave Phyllis the power. No matter what Phyllis wanted to do, Rock could just prepare the check. It was much more important to make his wife feel better than the check.

Speaking of which, Roque really wants to know whether Phyllis is a boy or a girl in her womb, but unfortunately there is no color Doppler ultrasound these days, so Roque can only go to Frank for divination if he wants to know.

No, Frank is a priest, and people don't rely on it for a living.

"It's okay, Mr. Hudson. If you need to add equipment, you'd better make a list with Mr. Nelson. I'll send someone to London to purchase." Phyllis is very polite, Richard Hudson and Ryan Nelson The expressions are a little excited.

Phyllis is now Mrs. Nyasaland, and it is not easy to respect people so much. Of course, this also has something to do with Phyllis's character. Even if it is a stranger, Phyllis will give due respect.

Rock was not polite here, and while Phyllis was resting, Rock made demands on Richard Hudson and Ryan Nelson.

"You guys take the initiative. From now on, report to Bigwei Town every other day, and try to keep your wife from coming to the factory as little as possible." Rock was still a little worried. The pollution in the textile factory is actually very serious, and there is no sewage treatment program these days, so Fei Li Whether Si can come less or less, if something good or bad happens, it will be too late to regret.

"Yes lord, we will go to Bigwig Town to report to Madam every other day." Richard Hudson knew what Rock was worried about, but Richard Hudson and Ryan Nelson could do nothing , The level of technology these days is like this, economic development and environmental protection will always be irreconcilable issues.

That is to say, Rock's requirements are so demanding, and if it is replaced by any other area, even London and Paris, people have not paid attention to environmental problems.

On the way home, Phyllis was still in high spirits.

"Now the wages of factory workers are still too low, only 36 pounds per person per year, and it is impossible to support a family. In your words, insufficient wages will affect the enthusiasm of workers, so I have to find ways to improve Workers' salaries—" When Phyllis spoke, she paid attention to Rock's expression.

There is still a huge wage gap among workers these days.

The best workers in Europe, such as jewellers, watchmakers, and precision instrument workers, earn about 90 pounds a year.

Jobs with low technical content, such as printing workers, blacksmiths, and bakers, have an annual salary of only about sixty or seventy pounds.

Labor-intensive jobs have lower salaries, such as railway workers, postmen, and coolies on the docks. The annual salary is only [-] to [-] pounds.

According to British standards, those whose annual household income does not exceed 60 pounds are considered poor, and these people account for more than 60.00% of the total population.

The situation in Johannesburg should be better than that in the UK, because workers in Johannesburg have more choices. Most of the female workers in textile factories are family members of farms around Johannesburg. They actually work in textile factories to subsidize their families. Without this job, the income from the farm is enough to support them.

If it were English or Boers, they would have hired some Zulus and started a comfortable life as a farmer.

The Chinese are not so negative. Even those hostesses with hundreds of acres of farms will do everything possible to increase the family income, which is taken for granted by the Chinese.

Under such circumstances, of course, Rock would not object to Felice's idea: "Okay, you can do whatever you want, don't be afraid of losing money, we are people with mines at home."

Rock was very confident, and if he couldn't do it, he would get a loan in the name of the textile factory, and it could also increase business for the Rand Bank.

With Rock's support, the development speed of the textile factory has accelerated suddenly, but this will not increase Rock's income. On the contrary, Rock has increased the investment of [-] pounds in the textile factory to purchase new equipment and build new plant.

It will definitely take a process to add a new product line, so don’t expect the textile factory to make money in three or two years, as long as it doesn’t lose money, it can increase the income of the farms around Johannesburg, and Rock doesn’t rely on this to make money.

On September 15th, the Johannesburg City Council voted on whether to include Chinese as the official language of Johannesburg.

Roque came to the parliament on time to attend. Although Roque was not a member of the parliament, no one dared not let him come.

On the contrary, because of Roque's baron status, Owen also added a special position to Roque next to the rostrum, which is also part of the privilege of the nobility.

Of course, Rock came to listen for a purpose, so the meaning of Rock's military uniform is self-evident.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the parliament officially entered the voting process. After successfully passing two insignificant votes, Owen announced that he would soon start voting on whether to include Chinese as an official language.

"I object!" Arnold stood up and objected regardless of Rock's murderous eyes.

"If you object, please follow the parliamentary procedures." Owen was blunt, directly ignoring Arnold's objection.

"Well, Mr. Speaker, I ask for the floor." Arnold was doing his best to get it.

"For permission, you have 2 minutes." Owen gave Arnold a chance to speak according to the procedure.

"we all know--"

"Stop, please follow the parliamentary procedures. You must enter the speaker's seat when you speak." Arnold was interrupted by Owen just as he started.

This request was very reasonable. Arnold had anger in his eyes, but he obediently left his seat and went to the speaker seat on the side of the parliament hall according to Owen's request.

"We all know that the official languages ​​of the Transvaal are English and Boer. Except for the Qing Dynasty, it is estimated that no country in the world has included Chinese as an official language. Although there are many Chinese in Johannesburg, if Chinese is included—"

"Stop, your time is up." Owen was sorting out the documents with his head down, without even looking at Arnold.

"Asshole, I haven't finished yet!" Arnold finally went crazy, and was interrupted by Owen again and again. Even the mud Buddha is three points angry, not to mention Arnold's fiery personality.

"Bang bang bang—" Owen knocked the table loudly with his mallet, and refused to budge: "You only have 2 minutes, and now your time has run out. If you still want to speak, then you have to follow the rules of the parliament. Program application, and organize your language before speaking, don't waste all of our time!"

"Asshole, you didn't give me a chance to speak at all!" Arnold had probably never been so aggrieved, and this parliament in Arnold's imagination was not at all the same.

"If you continue to be unscrupulous, Congressman Arnold Matilda, I will ask the security to take you out!" Owen's face was gloomy. If Arnold is still ignorant, Owen will really do this.

Rock really admired Owen!

　Unknowingly, it has already reached the 15th - it has not yet been paid - simply!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)