The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 405 Ginger is still old and spicy

After returning from a tour of the academy, everyone was silent for a while. The impact of the scene just now was too great for them.

Before, they only knew that the steam engine was very easy to use, and all kinds of machinery driven by the steam engine were also very efficient.

But they don't understand how complicated the manufacturing process of these machines is.

Today they finally saw it.

A loom driven by a steam engine actually needs hundreds of different parts, and the precision requirement is less than [-]mm.

Although they can't understand it, it doesn't prevent them from knowing that these machines are so advanced that ordinary people can't do it.

The main reason is that the price is expensive, and if it is broken, it will cry to death.

All workers have to be trained to work, and it's not just general training.

What if they are competitors, faced with this situation, want to open a new factory?
Don't think about it, it must be poaching skilled workers from the opponent.

It can not only save time for training workers, but also hit opponents.

Even, even if there is no competitor poaching people.Will skilled workers be willing to be exploited?
Where can they go without a full meal?
Knowing this, no one objected to Chen Jingke's high salary and high benefits.

In fact, Chen Jingke was just trying to trick them. For ordinary factories, skilled labor is indeed very important, but it is far less important than what he said.

Otherwise, where did those assembly line workers come from in the previous life?
He just wants to use the information gap to bluff this group of future capitalists and formulate a relatively high salary package.

This is very important.

As first movers, they set standards that others will unconsciously imitate.

Sometimes many seemingly nonsensical standards will be continued.

It's like the width of the train is determined by the horse's ass, sometimes things are so nonsensical.

But he knew very well that one day these people would wake up, and maybe they would overthrow the rules made today by themselves.

So it is necessary to put a layer of shackles on everyone so that they dare not do this.

And he had already prepared this layer of shackles.

"Our high salary and treatment are visible to everyone, and other people will be surprised and ask why we pay such a high salary to a group of working servants."

"How will we answer then? We can't tell them, because these craftsmen are very important to us, and we have to charge a high price to keep them?"

The others couldn't help but nodded, it was indeed the truth.

If you say that, how can you manage those workers if their tails are not up to the sky.

"So we need a suitable reason, a reason that makes everyone speechless and gives us a thumbs up."

"After thinking about it, I finally found the reason from Taoist teachings."

"What is the purpose of our Taoism? To relieve the suffering of all living beings and bring happiness to all living beings..."

"Then we give workers high wages, which is derived from the teachings of the teachings, and we are following the teachings..."

"Not only do we have to explain this to others, but we even have to write this point in the workshop management rules so that all workers can understand it."

"In this way, those workers will also appreciate Taoism and become followers of Taoism."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all praised this as a good method, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.

After such an operation, this rule was successfully passed and became a unified management standard for the entire workshop area.

Fearing that someone would go back on his word, Chen Jingke immediately took the entire set of rules to Mochizuki Tan's office.

"Yihe, add a new issue right away to introduce this rule. Remember, you must praise it fiercely, focusing on the good deeds of Taoism."

Yihe just flipped through the pages and understood what he meant, and said, "You are afraid that someone will go back on their word, and you want to make this matter a foregone conclusion, right?"

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "Yes, the publicity of this matter is well known to everyone in the world. I think whoever dares to go back on his word will drown him with spitting stars."

The key point is that this set of standards was formulated under the guidance of Taoist teachings. If you suddenly repent, do you want to violate the teachings?
Hehe, I'll give you another chance to think about it, do you want to violate the doctrine?
Of course, there is another purpose, to publicize this matter to the world.

Whoever opens a new factory in the future, others will use this set of standards for comparison.

If their salaries are too low, they may not be able to recruit so many skilled workers.

The total population of the early Tang Dynasty was only more than 3000 million, and there were urgently needed populations in the major vassal states that were about to be enfeoffed... People are a scarce thing.

No capitalist dares to say that if you don't do it, some people will do it, let alone say that [-] is a blessing.

Because they really can't find anyone to work for.

So I am not afraid of them forcing workers to involve.

Even when Chen Jingke sold the machine, he could force them to sign a contract.Workers must be paid according to this set of standards, otherwise the machine will not be sold to you.

You want to ask why?
I am from Taoism, and the machine is also made by my Taoism...all of this is God's will...you don't have to buy our machine if you have an opinion.

Does Datang have a second factory producing machines?There is nothing except the Ministry of Industry.

If you don’t buy mine, you are useless, you can only watch others open new factories and make a lot of money.

If you want my machine, you have to obey the rules I make.

In this way, this set of standards can be popularized smoothly and become the basic employment guidelines.

As for offering such a high salary package at the initial stage, will it affect the expansion of factories and restrict the development of industrialization?

It can only be said that it is completely overthinking.

Datang is unique in the world and has no competitors. There is plenty of time and space for development, and there is no need to engage in involution to achieve industrialization.

By the time other countries and forces reacted, Datang had completed industrialization and laid a solid foundation.

All that's left is to breed the population vigorously, and then push the world across the world.

Of course, this is all a matter for the future, and it is better to make this rule a certainty for now.

Yihe naturally wouldn't object, and said, "Then I'll invite a few famous experts to write reviews, focusing on the guidance of Taoist thought."

Chen Jingke gave a thumbs up and said, "Editor-in-chief Yihe is amazing, so I will do as you say."

Yihe laughed and said, "Don't just boast, let's be practical."

Chen Jingke said vigilantly: "I have no story, don't ask me for it."

Yihe said earnestly: "Is it so difficult for you to write a story? Look over there, there are all manuscripts that have been eliminated... Quan Datang does not know how many people want to publish their works on Mochizuki Tan."

"We receive nearly [-] manuscripts of various kinds every month, and in the end, less than [-] are successfully selected."

"Now there is a ready-made opportunity for you to be on the Mochizuki Talk, but you don't know how to cherish it. If you let them know, you don't know how angry you will be."

Chen Jingke rolled his eyes, and said: "Find out your identity, I appointed you as the editor-in-chief, be careful, I will remove you."

At this time, someone next to him said: "Yes, the real person should quickly remove her and let me be the editor-in-chief."

The others booed one after another and said, "Yes, yes, I will take her as my role, and I promise not to ask you for novels."

Yihe glared at everyone, and said ferociously: "Do you want to rebel? All work overtime today, and you are not allowed to go home until you finish your work."

"Haha." Everyone laughed, and the office was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Chen Jingke is also very satisfied with the atmosphere here, which is what a literary magazine should be like.

Many people gave up the opportunity to become an official and stayed here, largely because of this atmosphere.

Of course, another reason is status.

Mochizuki Tan is the only one in the country, and even the most ordinary editor has a very high social status.

Now they go out and say to others, I am the editor of Mochizuki Tan, the county magistrate of Chang'an should pay him more respect, and the senior officials of the department should give him some face.

And great Confucian scholars of various schools and factions are very polite to them.

This is influence.

It is difficult for them to obtain such a status after being an official for a lifetime.

In the long run, as long as they stay in this position, their descendants will also benefit from it if they become officials.

There are immediate interests and long-term interests, and this group of people is naturally happy.

Looking at the manuscripts piled up in front of him, Chen Jingke said thoughtfully: "There are only a dozen of you, can you handle so many manuscripts?"

Yihe said: "Working overtime is barely manageable. The real problem is that we don't have enough space."

"Many of the eliminated manuscripts are actually high-quality articles, but due to the limited space, only [-] articles can be selected..."

"Although we implement the policy of selecting the best from the best, this will cause us to miss a lot of talents and readers to miss a lot of excellent concepts."

"In the long run, it will also make many talented people who are always close to lose confidence in us."

Chen Jingke boasted: "I am very pleased that you can notice this. It shows that you have been making progress, and you have no idea of ​​resting on your laurels. Letting you be the editor-in-chief is the right choice."

Now Mochizuki talk is booming, and its influence is getting bigger and bigger every day.But she can see the crisis under the prosperous appearance, which is indeed a manifestation of her ability.

Yihe was very happy to be praised, but still said modestly: "Stop praising me, the most important thing now is to find a way to solve this problem."

Chen Jingke nodded and asked, "Is there anything you can do?"

Yihe said: "I discussed this problem with everyone, and there are two solutions."

"The first is to restrict submissions. Some people create fast and are frequent visitors to journals. Regulations can be made that they are not allowed to be published in journals again within a certain period of time."

“After we discussed it, we agreed that a quarter is the most appropriate cycle. This can make room for others and force them to excel.”

Chen Jingke thought for a while and said: "One quarter is too long, let's wait for another period. And don't directly say that it is to make room for others, just that the review speed is limited."

Yihe nodded and said, "Okay, let's try it first. The second way is to split it up and separate the novel into a journal."

Chen Jingke directly denied: "Splitting is not feasible."

Yihe asked puzzled, "Why?"

Chen Jingke explained: "The market is not mature enough to support this kind of professional journals."

This involves the subdivision of periodicals, just like in the previous life, various impurities were separated, such as children, literature and art, painting, medicine, comics, military weapons, novels and so on.

But this is a subdivision that only appears after the market matures, and there is no such condition at present.

For example, starting a medical journal now is destined to hit the street.

Like novels, it seems that each issue of good fiction receives widespread critical acclaim.

But in fact, most of the people who buy Mochizuki Tan are to appreciate the poems and articles above, and reading novels is just incidental.

If it is really split up, the sales of novel periodicals will be very low, which is not conducive to the development of novels.

The spirit of this era is empty, and any literary work can become everyone's spiritual food.

Even people who don't like novels can't help but read them when they see excellent novels appearing in front of them.

After a long time, they will get used to the existence of novels, gradually no longer hate them, and even like novels.

The truth is the same. People who don't like poetry will also read all the poems after buying Mochizuki Tan for the sake of reading novels.

After a long time, it is very likely that you will gradually fall in love with poetry.

Therefore, comprehensive journals are currently the most suitable.

After listening to his explanation, Yihe suddenly realized, and said: "So that's the case, I thought it was too simple."

Chen Jingke encouraged: "But your idea of ​​​​splitting the journal is very creative. You can keep this plan and implement it in the future."

Yihe said with some regret: "The long-distance water cannot quench the near-thirst. Now what we need to solve is the immediate problem."

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "You only think about splitting up, why don't you think about supplements?"

Yihe asked suspiciously: "Supplement?"

Chen Jingke said: "Yes, now that the issue is once a month, if it is changed to a half-monthly issue, wouldn't there be fifty more articles?"

Yihe was overjoyed at first, but immediately said: "Our name is Wangyue Tan, if we change it to every half a month, it won't be worthy of the name."

Chen Jingke said dumbfoundedly: "Why are you confused now, just change the name to Banyue and talk about it."

Yihe shook her head and said, "No, no, Banyue Talk is not good. Moreover, Mochizuki Talk is of great commemorative significance, so it would be a pity to give up like this."

Chen Jingke thinks so too, after all, the name of the first journal is of great significance.

After thinking for a while, he said, "How about giving the supplement a new name, and publishing it on the first of each month is called Shuoyue Tan."

Yihe said: "Wangyue Shuyue, okay, this name is good, let's call it Shuoyue Tan."

Chen Jingke continued: "In order to highlight the characteristics of the two journals, certain differences need to be made in the content."

"For example, Shuoyue Tan tends to focus on novels and poems, and the length of policy articles is less. Mochizutan's articles are more in length, and poems and novels are less in length."

"In this way, when the conditions are ripe and need to be split in the future, we can rely on the inherent customers and quickly stabilize our position."

Yihe said happily: "This method is good. You really deserve to be a real person. We are not as good as you in terms of journal understanding and planning."

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "No, it's equally important to be able to find the problem. You can find out the dilemma Mochizuki is facing and find a way to solve it. It's already very powerful."

He didn't want to flatter each other, and didn't give Yihe a chance to speak, instead he said: "If you make two journals, your workload will increase greatly, and it's hard to take care of it with the current manpower alone."

"So, it's time for our magazine to expand."

(End of this chapter)