Sir Chen, your wife is missing!

As soon as the charismatic Fidelia raised his hand, the voices of those people seemed to be turned off. It was just like students who were having a heated conversation after the bell rang and suddenly saw their stern head teacher at the door.

This young girl may be the key to this group of people. As long as she is captured, the workers who obey her orders will accept the proposal.

First of all, we need to eliminate the temptation of sex. Just fill her place with the heavy money in your crotch and fill her pockets, and everything will be solved.

Now there are no workers who can continue to work in Feng’s factory. If we can take over this one, at least a few production lines can be put back into operation.

As for the money, as long as we develop a small part of the large source stone vein left by my mother and pay the workers' wages, there should be some left over to upgrade the factory and equipment to ensure subsequent production.

Fidea's response was "I don't believe you."

An expected answer.

"We have already been deceived, why should we trust you again? Capitalists are all cunning foxes, and we don't want to become your prey."

"I think this is more convincing about this matter."

Feng Qingyu took out the cash from his wallet.

The new light blue banknote exudes the scent of fresh ink. It is so beautiful and light, a thousand times more attractive than the Miss World winner selected by Victoria this year.

23. Compromise

A few banknotes seemed not convincing enough, and Fidea scoffed at it.

"This amount of money is not enough to hire all of our people. It's not even enough to pay a worker a month. Miss, I hope you're not joking. It's a very tasteless act to give people hope and then destroy it with your own hands. The festival of legal teasing has long passed. We need money, and we need a work contract that can guarantee our living."

The girl had a very mature demeanor, more mature than some middle-aged people who had been working in society for many years.

She knew the real demands of her group, spoke without beating around the bush, and her momentum could overwhelm many people. Therefore, those workers were willing to listen to her command.

The girl has the qualities to be a leader.

Feng Qingyu admired her courage and immediately called the housekeeper to arrange for the preparation of cash.

There is still some money to be used at home. There is a batch of high-quality source stones that have not been sold and are hidden in an underground warehouse somewhere. Selling them to the highest-priced merchant can immediately turn them into a large sum of cash.

The current strategy is to first recruit a group of new workers to fill the vacant positions and ensure smooth production, and then pay the unpaid wages in batches to see if some of the people can be retained.

The loss of employees due to unpaid wages is inevitable, and the company's reputation will also be affected. At least the Feng family still has some foundation, and they have start-up capital and equipment to start a new business. The only thing they lack is manpower.

Victoria's human resources are more expensive than Yan's, and its population is not as large as Yan's. It is not easy to accomplish the feat of entrepreneurship.

The Feidia girl had been acting a little anxious since she saw the money, and her eyes were attracted by the light blue banknotes.

She hasn't had any income in months.

Lack of money is the biggest weakness of this group of people. Feng Qingyu believes that he can take control of the situation and take back the banknote.

"It will take some time to prepare the cash, Miss. Why don't we talk about cooperation first? Once my butler has prepared the money, you will know whether I am sincere or not. He just told me that we need to wait another hour."

Feidia took out a badly worn old pocket watch from his pocket and pressed the switch on the watch cover. The watch cover "hesitated" for a while before it popped up.

The paint on the metal strap is also peeling badly, and the first time you see it, you will feel like "it's better to change it to a new one".

It can be seen that the girl's family is not well-off, so she places more importance on money and her own interests, which is understandable.

The girl stared at the dial in a daze.

It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still a few hours before dark, so waiting an hour longer wouldn't make a big difference. Going home wouldn't change the situation, so she decided to give it a try.

"Okay. I'll wait for another hour. If you dare to play tricks on me, even if I don't do anything, those guys might not be able to bear it and smash your car... Sometimes I can't stop them."

She closed the cover of her pocket watch and sighed.

“Everyone’s patience has reached its limit.”

"I understand."

Then, Feng Qingyu wrote down a few formulas in the notebook he brought with him to calculate the wages that the workers should receive. An ordinary Victoria worker has a monthly salary of about 23000 Longmen coins. If you want them to work willingly and increase their trust in each other, the usual methods may not work.

You have to add some salary.

Increasing wages is the only way to make employees motivated. No one doesn't like money, and earning more is always good.

I have carefully looked over the pay slip that Feidia brought, and the salary is indeed at the general level, the 23000 Longmen coins calculated earlier.

Feng Qingyu plans to increase the salary to 24000 Longmen coins per person. Whether to increase the salary further will depend on the factory's performance and the workers' work situation.

If someone comes to the factory to work without doing any work and is fired after finishing the month, he or she will have to return the remaining salary.

She temporarily drafted a few important items, and the rest would be revised after the housekeeper brought the money and the old contract.

Push the written content in front of the girl.

"This is my proposal, please take a look. If you have no objection, you can convince other colleagues to accept our company's invitation. The benefit is that we will advance you one week's salary, and the rest of the salary will be paid weekly."

"Really?"

A hint of anticipation appeared on the distressed girl's face.

More than half of the factories in Victoria pay salaries on a monthly basis. Not only in Victoria, but other countries also adopt a strategy of paying salaries on a monthly basis for the convenience of accounting, to reduce the burden on financial personnel and, of course, to recruit fewer financial staff and pay less wages.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, Feng Qingyu is prepared.

"I am not a monk, and I don't lie. I swear to the God of Wealth that if I say even a single word of falsehood today, I will be punished by the God, and I will not be able to keep my wealth from now on, and I will end up penniless. What do you say?"

Although Victoria did not have a definite god in charge of wealth, the second half of the sentence was a genuine oath.

Business people are most afraid of hearing words like bankruptcy, closure and loss. It would be too much to say that she was insincere for swearing a solemn oath for a group of workers she didn't know.

The girl was moved by her words, or rather by the way she was paid. People always need money, and when they need money, they have to compromise.

"Okay, I'll go discuss it with them first."

The conversation came to a temporary halt. Feng Qingyu was sweating profusely from the heat, so he temporarily hid in the car to cool off.

The four-seater vehicle only had the last seat left, which was the front passenger seat. The driver took the initiative to hand over a bottle of mineral water, looking like a new employee in the company.

She lacks self-confidence and fails to do many things well, but the office administrator of Duolun County is willing to give her a chance. In this regard, Feng Qingyu's evaluation is "Keep doing your best".

"Your current hairstyle doesn't suit you. You should be more capable."

The driver, the new female operator, had long brown hair that was longer than her waist and thick bangs that almost completely covered her eyes.

Liking to cover your face or eyes is most likely a sign of lack of self-confidence.

"How can you complete the mission if you cover your eyes? I think you need it."

She handed the new operator a pack of black hair ties.

If you still have some of the things you bought in a boutique in your bag, sharing them with others will not affect you but will bring convenience to others.

The new operator was a little embarrassed to accept it and returned it.

"No need to give it to me...I actually have something prepared."

The sound was as soft as a mosquito's whisper and almost inaudible.

Feng Qingyu took out one of the hair ties, asked the new operator to turn around, and tied her hair into a neat single ponytail. Sometimes the right hairstyle has a great impact on mood and state.

After being "taught a lesson", the new operator became energetic and thanked her in a lower voice.

Looking at the workers under the scorching sun, she said: "We cannot change the world, we can only change ourselves and follow the trend."

Everyone is making compromises.

24. Almost there

About forty minutes later, an old car drove in front of Henry Pharmaceutical Company, making a loud noise and spewing out dark gray exhaust, contributing to Victoria's air pollution.

A middle-aged Wolper man with a somewhat haggard face, a beard on his chin and lips, and a face of about forty-five to fifty years old, got out of the car. He was very tall, wore gold-rimmed glasses, had blue eyes, and a black top hat.

A black suit, a white shirt, a black vest and black leather shoes, a wooden cane and elegant gold-rimmed glasses give him an overall gentlemanly demeanor.

He is Feng Qi, the butler of the Feng family, who was ordered by Feng Qingyu to bring a large sum of cash. This is all the funds that the family can currently use. The source stones in the warehouse have been sold out, and the next batch of mining and processing will take some time.

The suitcase filled with Longmen currency cash is placed in the trunk. Before the wages are paid in advance, the workers have to sign a work contract and verify their ID cards. Although the steps are not cumbersome, without professional human resources staff, the efficiency will be lower.

The butler is ready to be exhausted.

He walked up to Feng Qingyu, took off his hat to her, and then greeted everyone from Rhodes Island one by one. His etiquette was impeccable. If his identity was not mentioned, everyone would have thought that the visitor was an elegant nobleman.

"Miss, the funds you requested are ready. Here is the contract, please review it. Please let me know if you need anything. I need to... take a short rest now."

The intense running made the exhausted middle-aged man very tired. Feng Qingyu felt apologetic and stuffed some Longmen coins into his hand.

"Let's go to the bar and have a couple of drinks. I'll take care of things here. Thank you for your hard work."

"Miss, this..."

The housekeeper was very worried about whether Feng Qingyu could handle it well, and hesitated whether to leave.

Ever since Feng Qingyu went to investigate the spooky town of Mannheim yesterday, he had been so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep, and his mind became increasingly dazed.

Feng Qingyu is the only loyal and orthodox descendant of the Feng family. The bastard born to Feng Qingyu's father Feng Tiancheng and another woman is not worthy of being included in the family tree.

If Du Miao makes any more mistakes, even his death would not be enough to atone for the sins he has committed.

All he could do was to rush forward like a moth to a flame, knowing that there would be no good outcome.

Feng Qingyu comforted him with a smile and promised that she would go home early. In fact, her mind was full of thoughts about continuing to investigate the matter in Mannheim Town.

"Don't worry, I'm not a child, nothing will happen to me."

"..."

The butler sighed, unloaded the suitcase full of banknotes from the trunk, put it behind Feng Qingyu's car, and left after the task was completed, leaving behind a trail of extremely unpleasant car exhaust fumes.

Everyone covered their mouths and noses and waited for the exhaust gas to dissipate. Feng Qingyu leisurely counted the cash that the housekeeper brought. It was quite a lot. After paying the wages in advance, there would be some left for purchasing supplies.

The brand new contract, although it was an old version, was spread out on the stone table nearby for the workers to read.

The leader, Fidelia, was educated and could read. Although he did not go to college and dropped out of high school, he could understand every word on the contract.

Many workers do not even know how to read and can only write their own names. They need literate people to help them read the content and patiently explain the meaning of each item.

Feng Qingyu also took a copy and looked through it, and found that there were many traps in the contract. If you are not careful, you will fall into the deep pit dug by the drafter of the contract.

For example, employees can apply for four days of vacation each month on their own, but the information is written in some subtle places that money will be deducted for weekend vacations. It is expressed in an obscure and difficult to understand way, which confuses the contractor or makes him fail to notice.

At the end of the month, innocent workers will find that they have somehow violated the company's rules, had a large amount of salary deducted, and have worked for at least a week in vain.

In addition to this, there is also a deduction for being late, which is calculated by the second. It is extremely stingy.

She used a water-based pen to cross out some deceptive projects, leaving only some normal projects that did not harm the company's interests, and her harshness on the workers was greatly reduced.

It can be seen that my father is not a qualified entrepreneur, but he must be a qualified capitalist who has mastered all the tricks of withholding wages.

This is also the reason why a large number of workers leave their jobs and go to other factories to make a living.

Nearly half of the content was deleted from the contract.

Suddenly, the man with light brown hair, Fidea, slammed the contract on the table with an angry expression.

"You shameless liar!"

"Hey, why am I a liar?"

Feng Qingyu was frightened by the sudden accusation. After thinking for a moment, he did not feel that there was any fraud in the previous conversation. She promised to pay the salary in advance, and she would really pay.

The girl's anger came suddenly.

The other party pointed at the title of the contract, which clearly read "Chengye Consortium Labor Contract". There was nothing wrong with this line of words. The key point was that the consortium, that is, Feng Qingyu's company, had recently been featured in Duolun County's "Workers' Newspaper", which caused a sensation throughout the county and also had an impact on other places.

——The Chengye Group has become notorious and it is unlikely to make a comeback.

Fortune magazines and newspapers all have the same opinion and are very pessimistic about this company.

Feng Qingyu realized that he had not explained which company he was from just now, but it was too late to explain now. According to the housekeeper's feedback, except for some old workers who had worked in the factory for decades, no one else was willing to stay because of the salary and the horrific incident in the nearby tea factory.

If we can’t recruit new people, the production of a few people will definitely not generate huge economic benefits.

"What a mistake. What a mistake."

She didn't hide it on purpose, but she really forgot. Being overwhelmed by a lot of things, it's natural to forget some details.

The plan to recruit new people has been temporarily shelved.

"Forget it, let's leave it at that. We still can't trust a company that can't even pay its workers' wages. It's a pity."

"..."

The signing process came to an abrupt halt before the cooperation even started.