Chapter 1245: The Mouse in the Skunk

On January 5th, in the afternoon.

The door of the smoky conference room was opened from the inside, and the fresh air shocked everyone, and they quickly left the 'chimney'. '

After smoking second-hand smoke for two days in a row, Li Zitao also felt itchy throat, so he asked someone to buy some dried honeysuckle and hawthorn in water to drink.

Concerning the skunk's plan for this year and the development focus of the next few years, a conclusion was reached in two consecutive days of meetings.

Skunk's advantages in spaceflight will continue to expand, and the research and development investment in power and new products will not stagnate. 25% of its profits will be invested in research and development to ensure its leading position in aerospace kinetics.

There is nothing to say about this. The Skunk Works International R&D Center, together with its four major studios, will conduct different researches based on the needs of different fields.

At the same time, United Airlines will officially change its name to Boeing, and the Skunk Works will be merged into the company, and the Boeing R&D Center will become the two pillars of the company's different departments.

The Boeing R&D Center is a research and development institution for private needs, while the skunk is more inclined to military needs.

Therefore, the McDonnell Studio, which is responsible for Gulfstream's follow-up research and development and private business, will complete the preparations for merging into the Boeing R&D Center in the next two months.

The outside world has no way of knowing these news. It can be predicted that once the news of Boeing's annexation of Skunk is released, it will immediately set off a huge wave in the stock market.

Boeing's shares will usher in a new wave of surge, but with Li Zitao holding 80% of the shares alone, I believe that the stock market will break the head because of the priority of each share.

Li Zitao is considering whether to sell part of the stock to increase the proportion of shares in circulation while earning some pocket money.

However, after learning that the shareholding employees intend to sell part of the shares, the proportion is not less than 2%, he gave up his previous thoughts.

For the current skunks, the improvement and follow-up research and development of jet engines are the most important tasks at hand, not one of them.

The original test machine has not been mass-produced until now, mainly due to the complexity of the process, many parts of the engine need to be completed by hand, and the price of the finished product is too high.

In order to achieve mass production, there are still many problems to be solved one by one. At the same time, the continuous research and development of the engine, including the appearance modification of the experimental model, cannot be stopped.

Douglas Studio was responsible for the exterior design and modification project, and they decided to improve on the Skunk's most successful product, the 'Lightning'.

So far, the progress of the project is progressing as expected. As for the final effect, we still need to wait until the second-generation jet engine is completed and installed on the aircraft for test flight.

On the contrary, Skunk's layoff plan has been completed smoothly so far. About 30 people "resigned" from the skunk, and the skunk provided an additional 6 months of compensation for the other party out of humanity and contribution.

The two sides are in harmony, get together and break up easily, and no one will force anyone, which is completely beyond the expectations of the media. Li Zitao is no exception to this, because these people not only received 6 months of compensation, but also a letter of recommendation from Kelly Johnson, the head of the skunk.

The experience of working in the Skunk Works International R&D Center is a gold standard in the same industry.

Getting Johnson's personal recommendation letter is equivalent to stamping the recommendation letter with the approval and recommendation from the skunk. It is no problem to get a good job and salary.

They were all treated wonderfully while working at the skunk, no one wanted to tear their skin apart in this situation, the problem was solved perfectly.

But workers in front-line manufacturing plants think otherwise.

Their jobs aren't irreplaceable, especially the guys who are there to make a living out of it.

In addition, this dismissal investigation, interviews, and other problems were also found.

Some people lend usury in the factory, replace the bank to replace the salary checks for employees, earn the difference, and affect the normal operation of the factory.

The loan sharks were the Francesco brothers. With their daring characters, the two brothers monopolized the four major manufacturing plants of the skunk. When they found out, the business had already involved the two chassis production plants of Aegis Motors.

At the same time, they also exchange checks for employees. Their work checks are issued every Friday, but if they want to go to the bank to change the checks into money, they have to wait until Monday.

In this case, they will not be able to take their wives and children to eat a good meal every weekend, or soak in bars, go to a strip show, or have a close dance...

In short, it is difficult to move without money. No one wants to lie at home during the two days of vacation, and then change the check into money and give it all to their wives after work.

Everyone knows a truth, there is no free lunch in the world. So this 'business' is naturally charged.

8% of the check amount, a year ago people would say he was crazy, this is naked robbery...

Now, the same is robbery. It's just that the robbed people are willing.

The current economic growth in the United States is exploding. After experiencing the Great Depression, war and a series of tortures, people want to learn to enjoy themselves even more.

Especially for young people returning from the war, there are two things in life that are not available, sex and alcohol. And the weekend is their only chance, and no one wants to miss it.

As a result, they were taken advantage of by speculators like the Francesco brothers. Things were going well, it was a private decision of the workers and had nothing to do with the company.

But the change came after one worker complained about the charges, and others began to feel the charges were unreasonable. They decided to "revolt" against exploitation, and threatened the other party to reduce the price by non-replacement, preferably below 5%.

Interests are always the source of conflict. The Francesco brothers found out what was going on after noticing that fewer and fewer people came to exchange for two weeks in a row.

Then, the workers who joined together were severely beaten by his subordinates, and the other workers fought against each other because of this, and had a big melee with each other.

About 200 people were involved, and more than 70 were unable to go to work due to serious injuries. But even so, this matter was jointly suppressed by the foreman and the Francesco brothers.

More than 70 people sounds like a lot, but it is not that much when divided into six factories. So it wasn't until the Human Resources Department started interviewing the workers that someone accidentally made a slip of the tongue.

The other party thought that he was fired because of the previous conflict, but in fact, the senior management knew nothing about it before he spoke.

But now they want to solve this problem, what the Francesco brothers are doing is shaking the foundation of the skunk, like a mouse drilling a hole, every day, a little, a little, a little more...