Chapter 286 Worker Transfer
Ernst's casual remark made Maine feel a little funny that he would bet on this without knowing anything about firearms. However, since his boss insisted on doing so, Maine could not say anything. He had to strictly check the results of the Mauser brothers and reject their proposals if there was anything wrong. This was his responsibility as the factory director.
Although Mayne didn't know much about gun design because he himself lacked imagination, he had an obsessive scrutiny of guns, or perhaps his rigor and rigidity were the reasons why he became the factory director.
“Your Highness, if their design proposal is flawed, I will not let it pass,” Mayne said.
Ernst said, "Mr. Mayne, this requires your help. I believe that with your more than 20 years of experience in the industry, you can help them complete the last step."
Mayne said: "For your sake, I will give them this opportunity. If they really have talent, I will strongly support them."
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Far East, Jiaozhou Textile Factory.
"The East African Textile Factory is recruiting workers. The salary is favorable, and food and accommodation are provided. You can bring your whole family to live in East Africa. This is a good opportunity. Does anyone want to go? If you do, please raise your hand." Factory Director Carlton said to all the employees at the staff meeting.
But no one raised their hand at the meeting. Although the treatment at Jiaozhou Textile Factory was not very good, it was stable, so the employees did not want to develop in East Africa thousands of miles away.
"Since no one wants to go, we can only select people by drawing lots. This is the task assigned by the higher-ups. Since none of you are willing to go to East Africa on your own initiative, then we can only rely on luck. The person who is drawn will go to East Africa with his or her entire family, otherwise you can resign early." Carlton said.
Carlton's words caused a commotion among the workers in the factory. Now everyone was afraid. East Africa was strange and far away to them. Who knew what would happen if they really went there? It would be impossible to come back by then.
One employee mustered up the courage to ask, "Director Carlton! Why do we have to go to East Africa?"
Carlton said: "Of course, East Africa is short of people, especially textile workers. You also know that the investor of Jiaozhou Textile Factory is the Hexingen royal family, and the Hexingen royal family is the ruler of the East African Kingdom. So it is the factory's decision, and it is also the kingdom's intention."
"Can our treatment in East Africa be guaranteed? Once we go abroad, no one will be able to help us!" someone questioned.
Carlton said with a smile: "Do you mean that your treatment is guaranteed here? In fact, you don't have to go too far. Go north. There are also factories invested by British people in Yantai. You can go and ask how the British treat Chinese employees, but your officials don't say a word. The same is true in Jiaozhou. To put it bluntly, the treatment of Jiaozhou Textile Factory is above the standard among similar enterprises in the Far East. It is because His Highness Ernst is kind that he gives you such good treatment."
Carlton's words left the employees speechless. Facts are facts. The thing that is most lacking here is manpower. Moreover, Carlton is a foreigner, a person that even officials have to bow to. So if they really want to bully them, they will.
Looking at the silent workers, Carlton said, "When you go to East Africa, you will become East African citizens. East Africa is a country with sound laws. The law will protect your rights, or at least everyone is equal before the law. You don't have to worry too much about the security in East Africa. The most important thing is that the prices in East Africa are very stable and cheap, unlike here where the prices fluctuate greatly. With the same salary, the cost of living in East Africa is lower, not to mention that the salary in East Africa is higher than that in the Far East."
"Director Carlton, since the treatment is so good, why don't you recruit workers from your own country, but instead recruit people from us thousands of miles away?"
Carlton said: "This treatment is very generous for you, but for our people it is taken for granted and naturally not very attractive. They are more keen on working in other industries. That is why we recruit workers in the Far East. The same is true for the construction of Jiaozhou Textile Factory, because your salary is low."
Carlton spoke frankly, but this was the situation in that era. Not to mention wages, some people who could have two meals a day were considered a well-off family.
"Okay, after all this talk, have you changed your mind and taken the initiative to go to East Africa? Don't worry, your value is not that high, and you will still be engaged in the textile industry in East Africa."
Carlton looked at the unenthusiastic employees and said helplessly, "In this case, we can only draw lots. This is fair to you. The lucky ones will go to East Africa, and the unlucky ones will continue to stay in the factory."
In the end, Carlton selected more than 3,000 people from the factory by lottery, even though they were reluctant to go to East Africa.
"Director Carlton, we can go to East Africa and bring our whole family with us. Is this true?"
"Of course, and we can guarantee their jobs and food and accommodation."
"Ah! There is such good news, why didn't you tell me just now?"
The employees originally thought that if they went there they would have jobs, and they would have to support their entire family by themselves, which would be no different from the Far East. But Carlton didn't say just now that the workers' relatives would also be provided with food, accommodation and assigned jobs if they went there.
"Ah! Didn't I tell you? I thought you all knew it?" Carlton said in surprise, "After all, this is common knowledge in East Africa."
Carlton was indeed from East Africa, so that automatically brought the Far East into East Africa.
When the workers, who had been frowning just now, heard that their families had found jobs in East Africa, they became ecstatic. Going to East Africa was not a bad thing after all.
"But let me make one thing clear. Unless someone in your family has special skills, such as carpentry or bricklaying... otherwise, you can only be ordinary farmers in East Africa." Carlton said as he looked at the workers who were whispering to each other.
As for the employees, it doesn't matter. The current situation is that some people may not be able to become farmers even if they want to. Even if they work as tenants for the landlords, they may even lose money.
"Director Carlton, is being a farmer in East Africa the same as here?"
Carlton shook his head and said, "Not really. On the contrary, they are somewhat like workers, and they also get paid."
"Does it also include food and lodging?"
"Yes."
"That's good. My family is not afraid of hardship and can work just as well in East Africa."
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The East African Kingdom recruited textile workers from the Far East to hedge against Italian textile workers. The newly planned textile factory was in Nairobi, and the influx of a large number of Italians almost turned it into an Italian city, so East Africa needed to use immigrants from other regions to dilute the Italian workers.
Therefore, some of the employees of Jiaozhou Textile Factory were transferred from East Africa and mixed with the Italian workers in the factory.
(End of this chapter)
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