Siheyuan starts from the stationmaster

Chapter 173 Employment Issues
Bai Zirui understood his expression immediately, and said loudly: "Master Liu, I am very satisfied with the flared trousers you made, and please help me make one according to my sister's figure, and teach a few masters by the way." Craftsmanship, I have tens of thousands of pairs of trousers for you to help remake, so that we can cooperate in the future."

After hearing his words, Liu Hongwei was very excited, thinking with ups and downs, this is a big business, with this business, he can buy more sewing machines to expand the scale, and even set up a small garment factory.

He calmed down his excitement, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it right away, and I guarantee you will be satisfied."

After he finished speaking, he sat down on the sewing machine again, picked up a pair of trousers and began to explain to the masters while doing it.The first time was raw and the second time was cooked. After more than an hour, the second pair of flared pants was completed.

He Yushui saw that Liu Hongwei made the flared trousers, and couldn't wait to take them from him and put them on in the lounge next to her, clearly outlining the curves of her buttocks and legs, directly showing the charm of her femininity, even though she is already The mother of two children, however, wore a girly look. She looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't believe that it was herself.

After making two flared trousers, Bai Zirui was completely at ease with Liu Hongwei's craftsmanship, and agreed with him to give him one yuan for each bell-bottomed trouser completed in processing. Horn, this single business can make him a millionaire.

When he heard Bai Zirui's request to complete it within a month, he said hesitantly: "Young man, you... can you pay some wages first, I will buy two more sewing machines, and then ask a few old guys to help, Your business is too big, and we don't have enough manpower here."

Before Bai Zirui could speak, He Yushui who was next to him said, "Zirui, I remember that you sell sewing machines in your COSCO shopping mall, why don't you just give my master some of them to let him expand the scale, so that we can help you complete the order faster. .”

Liu Hongwei waved his hands in a hurry and said, "Rainwater! You can't help it. Sewing machines are so expensive. Young people, if you sell sewing machines, you can send me four of them first, and the money will be deducted from our processing fee."

Bai Zirui nodded and said, "Okay! Just do as Master Liu said, and I'll send you four sewing machines later."

Bai Zirui talked with Liu Hongwei about processing flared trousers, chatted for a few more words, and then bid farewell to him with He Yushui.After parting with He Yushui at the entrance of the Wudaokou shopping mall, he went to the Zhongguancun COSCO shopping mall and asked Cai Lijian to arrange for Liu Hongwei to deliver four sewing machines and 1000 pieces of trousers.

After two days of class at school, on the third day, Bai Zirui came to Liu Hongwei's tailor shop again. He wanted to know about their work progress, but at the door of the tailor shop, he found that Liu Hongwei had actually closed the shop.

When Bai Zirui came to the door, he raised his hand to seal the door and knocked on a long wooden board, "Boom...boom...boom."

After coming over for a while, Liu Hongwei's wary voice came from behind the door: "Who?"

"I, Bai Zirui."

"Oh... oh! Comrade Bai wait a moment."

Immediately there was the sound of removing the door panels. Bai Zirui saw Liu Hongwei dismantling the two door panels, and he stepped into the door. Liu Hongwei then inserted the two door panels. Bai Zirui asked suspiciously: "Master Liu, what's the matter?" ? Why is it still closed?"

Liu Hongwei said with a serious face: "Comrade Bai, haven't you read the recent newspaper reports? The issue of hiring workers is being discussed everywhere. Let's be careful."

After listening to Liu Hongwei's words, Bai Zirui's heart shuddered, and he thought of the national discussion on the vigorous "up and down" employment issue this year.

On May 1981, 5, "People's Daily" published the investigation report "A Dispute About Contracting Fish Ponds" on the headline of the second page, which triggered a stormy controversy.

Looking at it today, it is still unimaginable that after that, the "People's Daily" actually opened a column to discuss this matter, which lasted for as long as three months.What the hell is this discussion about?
That is the big discussion caused by the issue of self-employed workers. Does hiring workers count as exploitation?How much labor is considered exploitative?This year sparked a debate that would be ridiculous in the eyes of later generations, and also drew a line of "up and down" by citing classics.

At the end of the 70s, self-employed entrepreneurs were opened, the ban on rural household industries was lifted, and small commodity markets in urban and rural areas were restored—the private economy began to sprout in mainland China.

At the end of 1979, there were about 10 individual industrial and commercial households approved to open nationwide. By 1981, two years later, the statistics had increased to 101 million, a tenfold increase.What followed was the appearance of "hired labor", a term that was extinct in China and was considered exploitative in the past.

Since the implementation of the socialist transformation of industry and commerce in 1956, "hiring labor" has almost disappeared in China, and "hiring labor is exploitation" has almost become a social consensus

"A Dispute About Contracting Fish Ponds" only talked about a farmer, Chen Zhixiong, but it touched the sensitive nerve of labor and exploitation.

In 1979, Chen Zhixiong, a farmer in Gaoyao County, Guangdong, contracted 8 mu of fish ponds. After a year of hard work, he made some gains. In the second year, Chen Zhixiong expanded his production and contracted 141 mu of fish ponds. One permanent worker, 400 working days for temporary workers.In the third year, Chen continued to expand his business, contracted an area of ​​497 mu, hired 5 permanent workers and 1000 temporary workers.

Situations like Chen Zhixiong’s are not uncommon. Gao Deliang, one of the first batch of self-employed individuals in Guangzhou, set up “Zhou Sheng Ji Tai Ye Chicken” in April 1980, and hired 4 helpers in less than half a year.And AH's famous "Fool's Melon Seeds" Nian Guangjiu, business has been booming since its listing, and also hired some unemployed young people as helpers. By the end of 6, the number of hired workers reached 1979.

The actions of Chen Zhixiong, Gao Deliang, Nian Guangjiu and others have touched the most sensitive nerve of ideology: in socialist countries, should there be "hired workers" who used to be regarded as exploitative.

As a result, the matter of Chen Zhixiong suddenly made it to the "People's Daily". On May 1981, 5, "People's Daily" published an article "A Controversy About the Contracting of Fish Ponds". After introducing the situation of Chen Zhixiong's contracting of collective fish ponds, he said that there were differences in this matter, with some in favor and some against.

One of the focal points of the debate is: "Does hiring labor count as exploitation?" For this reason, the "People's Daily" opened up a column "How to view the issue of Chen Zhixiong's contracting fish ponds", and launched a three-month long discussion. Up and down."

During the discussion, someone quoted Marx's thesis in "Das Kapital", "When the number of employees reaches eight, it is not an ordinary individual economy, but a capitalist economy, which is exploitation."This is the boundary between "small proprietors" and "capitalists" clearly defined by Marx in Chapter 9 "Rate of Surplus Value and Quantity of Surplus Value" in Chapter [-], "Rate of Surplus Value and Quantity of Surplus Value" in Volume I, Chapter [-] of Capital.

According to Marx's calculation, at that time (in the middle of the 19th century), those who employed less than 8 workers and directly participated in the production process like workers were "intermediaries between capitalists and workers," that is, small owners; People start to "occupy workers' surplus value" as capitalists.


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