The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

In the past, the villagers' market points were usually far away from their homes. By the time they arrived at the farm with their burdens, the chickens and ducks had already digested a lot of food.

For sellers, it is indeed not cost-effective not to feed them, and they may not be able to sell them.

What's more important is that buyers don't buy them to eat immediately. It's very common to keep them for a few more days.

Buyers are also people who go to the market. On the way home from shopping, the chickens and ducks that have not been fed are already empty. The chickens and ducks squealing all the way are very annoying.

Of course, the actual distance is very short, and there are many people who feed them vigorously in order to sell more money.

After the lifestyle changes, these old rules must be changed, otherwise they will be criticized by people of the new era.

Party Secretary Gao felt that he should not be overfed, and he was also particular about people and not taking advantage of others.

Gao Jiande asked eloquently, "Are the people from the steel rolling mill coming here now?"

Party Secretary Gao responded: "They haven't set off yet. Today is a big truck from the Transportation Department, which will arrive later."

Normally, he is quite active in working, let alone just running errands. Gao Jiande promised: "I'll tell you right away."

Secretary Gao expressed concern: "Be careful on the road, don't fall."

Gao Jiande said as he walked: "Don't worry. I'm such a big person, I can't fall."

Not only the Xiangyanghua brigade, but also the entire production brigade of Dongfeng Commune received a call from the steel rolling mill.

A new situation arose. Chen Guodong, the head of the Purchasing Section 3, approached Li Ming to discuss supplies for the New Year.

The two of them calculated it together, and after asking Director Li for instructions, they planned to transport the supplies from the countryside back to the city before the documents were sent to the grassroots.

As for future purchases, I plan to use the name of the ham sausage processing factory.

It is a normal production task for the processing plant to purchase some meat. If you put the application report in, your superiors will definitely approve it.

As for vermicelli, mushrooms and other local specialties, we can only play by ear.

The mainland has issued new regulations, causing a lot of commotion.

The same goes for Hong Kong City.

The impact of last year's events is still brewing.

Federal Building, Central.

Lou Xiao'e ordered: "The Hong Kong government's amendments to the Factories and Industrial Business Ordinance have come into effect."

"We don't have 16 or 17-year-old teenagers as full-time employees. I won't talk about the situation of teenagers."

"All branches must strictly implement the working hours of female employees, and no violations of the regulations are allowed."

Manager Wen Guangshun responded: "There will definitely be no violations in our instant noodle factory."

"The Hong Kong government's regulations stipulate that female employees' working hours this year shall not exceed nine and a half hours a day and 9 hours a week."

"Our company's standards are 8 hours and 48 hours, which are much stricter than the Hong Kong government's regulations."

Manager Lin Changjiu also said: "The employees in the ham sausage factory follow the production team. Even if they want to work overtime, the people on the next shift will not agree."

Ni Xiu of Mars Trading continued: "Although we will go overtime, we do not have female staff."

"Our company's drivers and porters are rewarded for their hard work, and many of them actively ask to work overtime to increase their workload."

Hong Kong City's regulations currently only protect female employees and teenagers under the age of 18. Divided into two years, the upper limit will be set at 9 and a half hours per day first, and then reduced to 8 hours per day.

There are no mandatory working hours for male staff, and Sunday is not a natural day off. If you want to take a day off, you can only take unpaid leave.

Even though it is so imperfect, it is still a great improvement.

Lou Xiao'e warned: "We still need to advise them to rest more and pay more attention to their own health."

"The money is earned, but the body is broken. The money earned may not be enough for them to treat their illness."

Ni Xiu nodded repeatedly and said, "I will remind them and make sure they have enough rest time."

Lou Xiao'e turned to everyone and said: "The Hong Kong government and the Legislative Council are discussing a large number of new employment regulations."

"When new regulations are announced in the future, you must review whether your internal regulations are in compliance with the regulations."

"Okay, Chairman." The neat reply was loud.

After many meetings, managers have developed a tacit understanding.

Turning points are not something to be talked about lightly.

"Industrial Employment (Paid Holidays and Sickness Allowance) Ordinance", "Employment Ordinance (Maids and Nannies, etc.)", "Workers' Compensation Ordinance", "Clean Air Ordinance", "Patient Registration Ordinance", etc.

This large number of regulations legalized workers' interests.

With these regulations, workers in Hong Kong City do not need to ask for the kindness of business owners. Their rights and interests are stipulated by law, and they are the responsibilities and obligations that business owners must fulfill.

My elder brother-in-law, who was suffering from jet lag, also came to the meeting, "After a few months of absence, Hong Kong City is going to change drastically! Will it affect the company's operations?"

Tang Hongde from the gift company said: "Director Lou, these changes will not affect us."

"The promulgation of the regulations has raised the labor costs of other companies, but it is beneficial to our company."

The uncle thought for a moment and said, "That's really what happened."

"It has been said before that the benefits provided by the company are too high, which leads to high labor costs and affects the company's competitiveness."

Wen Guangshun said with a smile: "Other factories have increased wages and benefits, and the labor costs are similar to ours. Compared with us, they are still a bit behind.

Lin Changjiu said with confidence: "When the gap was even bigger before, our technology and scale could steadily overwhelm them. Now we are not afraid of their competition."

"Before, there were only a few factories in Hong Kong that implemented an 8-hour or 48-hour work system. Our welfare benefits were outstanding."

Chen Shimou of the packaging factory added: "There are only a few now. I can count them on both hands."

From 68 to 70, it was the intersection between the mainland and Hong Kong.

Not only are Hong Kong workers' salaries higher than those in the Mainland, but their welfare benefits have also begun to catch up and surpass those in the Mainland.

Coupled with the relatively low prices of electronic products and large items, the overall quality of life has begun to significantly surpass that of major cities in the mainland.

The skyrocketing real estate prices have widened the wealth gap between the two parties.

Before this, the working-class people in Hong Kong felt envious of the treatment of mainland workers.

After that, the working-class people in the port city felt condescending and superior.

In Hong Kong City, people come here just to make money and make a living. It is a place where everything is focused on money.

If you don’t have money, you will be looked down upon.

Since the mainland is already backward.

People in Hong Kong City no longer refer to themselves by the names of their hometowns. There are fewer names such as Shunde people, Xinhui people, Chaozhou people, etc., and more and more people call themselves Hong Kong people.

Many of the younger generation were born and raised in Hong Kong. Without the indoctrination of their elders, they are even less likely to have a favorable impression of a hometown they have vague impressions of or have never seen before.

They identify themselves more as Hong Kong people.

Both the Yingguo people and the major families are very happy to see such a change in the situation. Let the salarymen think they are superior to others and no longer at the bottom. This will satisfy their sense of vanity and they will not be so trouble-making.

Of course, after a few decades, when the Mainland prospers again, the sense of loss among working-class people will be particularly great.

It feels like others can't help with this, and they can only rely on themselves to slowly adapt to it again.

The changes among the working-class people in Hong Kong City have also brought about changes that may be good or bad. Gangs have become more complex, making bribery and undercover operations much easier.

Gangs no longer rely solely on fellow gang members, but more on developing new members through new relationships such as neighbors, classmates, and friends.

The role of fellow villagers holding together for warmth has weakened, and it is more about fighting for money and gain.

'Hairong Labor Service Company' is clearly at the forefront of this trend.

The entrance hall of Wan Chai Market.

Ah Rong saw his good brother coming back and said, "Ah Hai, where did you go this morning? I looked everywhere for you and couldn't find you."

Ah Hai said casually: "I accompanied Huang Fuyi out for a while. What's the matter?"

"The new batch of 50 people have been trained in basic English and can be arranged to board the ship to Australia."

"This matter is easy to handle. According to the original arrangement, we won't do it once or twice."

"It's not because you have suggestions for improvement. If you tell me earlier, I can make improvements earlier."

Although this brother has no brains, he listened to others' advice and Ahai smiled and said: "No, the current process is already perfect, there is nothing to improve."

Ah Rong replied: "Then I will send people on board the old way."

Ah Hai sighed: "We still need to transport more people to Australia."

"Not to mention the capitation fee for each delivery, the several thousand yuan in management fees I receive every month can support a dozen brothers."

"If there are thousands of people in Australia, we can collect tens of thousands of management fees every month regardless of drought or flood. With hundreds of brothers, we can take over the entire Wan Chai."

This is talking about the elite backbone, not the kind of temporary workers who help make up the momentum.

Ah Wing complained: “The Hong Kong government must be blamed for this.”

"We send people out to work, but the Australian government prevents them from entering. I can still understand."

"The Hong Kong government is preventing me from going. What the hell is wrong? It's just because I'm full and meddling in other people's business."

Ah Hai has read more books and remembers what Lawyer Liang and others said, "Each country and region has signed an agreement, and each region has the obligation to manage it."

"We don't have to worry about the Hong Kong government. We can send people out according to our own methods. There will be no problem."

The export of labor generally requires negotiation between the two regions before the labor can be arranged.

The name of 'illegal immigrants and part-time workers' has the prefix 'illegal'. In fact, it not only violates the laws of the country of destination, but also does not comply with the laws of the country of departure.

It's just that many countries where the departure point is located have chosen to lie down and ignore it.

For example, the Latin Magnesium State was messed up by the Magnesium Country.

In this era, many leaders with ideas and abilities have been defeated by the Meg Guoguo.

Since the Magnesium State has destroyed other people's countries and has no hope, it is only natural that the people who pulled the magnesium will run away to the Magnesium State. It is the Magnesium State's own fault.

When it came to the interests of sending people to Australia, Ah Rong asked with concern: "You accompanied Huang Fuyi out. Did he tell you about Director Li's next investment in Australia?"

"The renovation project of the farm is almost completed. As you said before, the farm does not require many manpower for farming."

Ah Hai personally presided over Australian affairs, and he naturally knew it well, "I didn't ask too much. But I definitely don't have to worry about work."

"Workers in Australia now only live in work shacks. In the future, it will take a lot of manpower to repair houses."

"The roads have not been repaired either. It takes a lot of time to repair the dirt roads."

Ah Rong took a rare moment to use his brain and asked, "With such a large-scale construction project, won't the Australian government care about it?"

Ahai explained simply: "Australia seems to have three levels of management. In fact, the federal government is too far away. There are only two levels of management: state and local."

"The state government is responsible for major public affairs such as public security, primary and secondary education, hospitals, road transportation, fire rescue, water, electricity and natural gas."

"There are various names at the local level, including city, county, district, city district, region, and town. They are all at the same level and are not subordinate to each other."

"Broome, which has only a few thousand people, is called a 'county' by name. There is a council and a mayor who take care of the affairs of the entire county."

"As long as taxes can be paid, Broome County Council still hopes to have outsiders come, especially rich people who can bring investment."

Ah Rong was a little dizzy after hearing this, and only remembered the last thing involving money, "You mean you only need to bribe the local councilors and mayor, and you don't have to worry about the rest?"

Ah Hai continued to explain: "Things like immigration are under federal control. As long as we don't cause trouble, they won't bother to deal with it at the local level."

"Director Li's farm is undergoing extensive construction work, and the supplies he needs are all ordered from merchants in the town. They are proper big customers."

"In addition, the people we sent before did not understand English. They stayed in the camp and farm all day and did not go to the town to disturb the local residents."

"There is no problem with public security, and the state government is too lazy to take care of it, so everyone is in peace."

Ah Rong asked doubtfully: "Now that this group of people understand English, are we going to let them go out to work?"

Ah Hai said patiently: "Their English proficiency is not good enough. They have to continue learning English when they go to Australia."

"Now in Australia, we work during the day and study English at night. Only those who pass the exam are allowed to leave the farm."

Ah Rong originally wanted to go to Australia to learn more, but his head suddenly became very heavy, "Silly Qiang and the others are studying in Australia every night!?"

Ah Hai knew why his brothers had such a big reaction, and he laughed and said: "I didn't force them to learn, but those who can't learn are not allowed to go out."

"Idle time is idle. Apart from playing cards and watching TV, they are basically learning English."

Traveling thousands of miles to work in a completely unfamiliar place is hard to say about your moral character, but people with this kind of determination are generally more motivated and will try their best to seize the opportunity to climb up.

Tuition fees in Hong Kong are very expensive, but you can learn English for free in Australia. Even if you don’t succeed in Australia, returning to Hong Kong is a great advantage.

The entire economy of the port city is closely related to foreign trade. The common language of foreign trade is English. People who understand English will have better job opportunities than most people.

Similarly, those who work as domestic servants and do odd jobs for Yingguo people and other foreigners can get a much higher salary than in Chinese families.

The Hong Kong government's recruitment notices for various civil servants are only published in English newspapers. Only those who have no connections can know that there are positions open for recruitment.

Ordinary people want to move up, but they encounter thresholds and connections everywhere.

Even Xingchen Company often uses internal recommendations to recruit employees.

The Xingchen Company's managers' meeting has concluded.

The managers dispersed in twos and threes.

Huang Fuyi, who had been silent in the meeting, invited: "Boss Lou, are you busy? I'd like to invite you for afternoon tea."

The eldest uncle smiled and said: "Want to kill me with afternoon tea? I tell you no way."

"I have prepared some good wine and am waiting for you to come back and taste it."

Huang Fuyi whispered again: "I have something to discuss with you now." (End of Chapter)