Chapter 945 No Wonder some People Say He Is a Capitalist

The first branch factory became busy quickly after the Spring Festival.

The main factory couldn't wait to transfer Zheng Qiang, a master from Jilin University, to the first branch factory, and then kept urging the first branch factory to help the main factory complete the expansion of 1041 automobile production as soon as possible.

The two production lines imported from Japan also arrived one after another, along with the German engineer Ludwig from the Lighthouse Mitsubishi Factory.

As soon as Ludwig arrived at the first branch factory, he immediately attracted crowds of people to watch. Even Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang's severe scoldings could not stop everyone's enthusiasm for "watching the Western scene". If they were not allowed to get closer, they would stay away. look.

This cannot be said to be rude to the young men in the first branch. In fact, foreigners coming to the mainland these days are not as rare as three-legged toads, but they are definitely as rare as giant pandas. If you take a few glances, you will come back. Isn’t it just a way to brag with your friends?

"Hey, did you know that we have a crooked fruit engineer in our factory? He has yellow hair and a big nose. He wears a shirt in the cold spring weather. His hairy chest is really resistant to freezing."

"Did you know? He used to be a West German, and he worked in Santana's factory, and then he went to the Lighthouse. It's really weird. Wasn't it the Lighthouse that defeated them before?"

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In the days when Ludwig first arrived in the mainland, he was actually very uncomfortable. Anyone who was surrounded by people like this all day would be anxious.

But when he organized the equipment and the production line together with the workers, especially after drinking together, this taciturn and old-fashioned West German gradually fell in love with these flower growers who laughed whenever they saw him.

【They are all kind-hearted. 】

This is what Ludwig said to Li Ye the most.

The second thing Ludwig said the most was "raise wages."

On this day, after Ludwig and the technical team of the first branch completed a wave of technical demonstrations, he brought Zheng Qiang, who temporarily acted as his translator, to find Li Ye again.

As soon as we met, this guy said bluntly: "Mr. Li, the production conditions of your car factory are far lower than the standards I confirmed with you before.

So I have to work ten times as hard to get him to reach normal production, and my salary must be increased. This is the respect we have for each other."

Li Ye sat on the chair, looking at Ludwig in front of him and complaining in his heart.

[What the hell, isn’t it said that Germans are all old-fashioned and rigorous science and engineering men? Why is this guy so frivolous? 】

The production process and production conditions of the first branch factory are definitely not comparable to those of West German Volkswagen and Japanese Mitsubishi, but they are already quite good in the mainland.

And with a learning attitude, Professor Zhao took the lead in forming an excellent technical team for Li Ye. Most of the work was done by engineers and technicians from the mainland. Ludwig, the chief engineer, absolutely did not need to pay anything. twice the workload."

So Li Ye waited for Ludwig to talk about his hard work, and then asked to the point: "Mr. Ludwig, as far as I know, you only work eight hours a day now. If You have to put in ten times the workload, eighty hours a day?”

Zheng Qiang glanced at Li Ye and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

In the past few days, technicians and workers in the mainland have been working twelve hours a day to implement the two production lines, but Ludwig adhered to the eight-hour work system in accordance with the contract.

So when Li Ye scolded the other party, Zheng Qiang felt very relieved.

But Ludwig did not hesitate and said to Li Ye: "Mr. Li, the intensity of mental work is invisible, but if you give me a raise, I am willing to work the same hours as Engineer Zheng."

[Are you really causing trouble on purpose? Or is it that Zhizhizi can’t turn around when speaking? 】

Li Ye was angry and laughing, guarding Zheng Qiang himself, you said that as long as your salary is increased, you will work the same hours as others, how much salary does Zheng Qiang get? Not even one-twentieth of yours, right?

But considering that when Li Ye first met Ludwig, Ludwig was collectively ignored by his colleagues, it seems that it is not difficult to understand Ludwig's workplace emotional intelligence.

"Ludwig, we have a contract. In the past few months, you only worked in Japan for twenty days, and we still gave you a full salary. So tell me, what is the reason why you suddenly suddenly Becoming so greedy?"

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Ludwig was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that Li Ye, who had always been good-tempered, suddenly became so fierce.

At this time, he suddenly recalled the scene when Li Ye took his arm and negotiated terms with him when he jumped off the building.

At that time, he asked for a high price of 10,000 US dollars per month, and Li Ye was about to throw him away - then you might as well die!

That's why he later asked for $7,000 a month.

Looking at Li Ye's appearance now, Ludwig suddenly panicked.

[He won’t throw me away again, right? 】

So, Ludwig finally blushed and told the truth: "I only needed the minimum living allowance at that time. I owed US$350,000, and the annual interest was more than 40,000 US dollars.

I still have two children to raise, and my wife and children also need the most basic shelter. I can’t let them wander on the streets.”

Li Ye had a sullen face and said coldly: "You don't have enough money, so you just say it's not enough. Why do you say ten times the amount of labor? That we are backward here? If we are not backward here, we still need you to do it." What?"

"After you came here, you only work eight hours a day. At this rate, when can my two production lines be operational? I have no income, how can I give you a salary increase?"

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Li Ye's sarcasm and scolding made Ludwig blush, and the translator Zheng Qiang next to him felt sorry for this West German guy.

After all, he was an international friend who left his family and career to work here, which was not easy.

So he said to Ludwig in not very fluent English: "You can bring your family to our flower-growing home. The prices here are low, and there are schools specifically for foreigners' children."

Ludwig shook his head bitterly: "Zheng, thank you, I know."

Zheng Qiang was a little puzzled. He thought that Ludwig could bring his wife and children to the mainland, and even after paying off the debt interest with a salary of 7,000 US dollars, he could live a fairy-like life.

Li Ye smiled and explained to Zheng Qiang: "Do you think that all the bankers in the Lighthouse are kind people? Do you think they are like the mainland. If you don't pay back the money you owe to the bank, they can't kill you?"

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After Li Ye's words made Zheng Qiang understand the darkness of the free world, he still gave Ludwig a chance.

"Ludwig, if you can learn Chinese well and put the two production lines into production smoothly, we will consider giving you a bonus at the end of the year."

The disappointed Ludwig immediately asked Li Ye: "How much is the bonus?"

Li Ye said seriously: "The minimum is 50,000 US dollars, and if you work well, there is no upper limit."

"Ou Ke, I will learn Chinese well and work well!"

Ludwig, who was quite frustrated just now, immediately became motivated and readily agreed to Li Ye's conditions.

Is it difficult to learn a foreign language? Is it difficult to work hard?

It's ten times easier than dealing with those bankers' collection bills!

Even if Li Ye only gave him an extra 50,000 US dollars, the principal of the debt could be reduced by a large amount, and the remaining debt would become less and less, rather than increasing with interest.

However, Li Ye's two conditions made Zheng Qiang a little disappointed, because as Ludwig's translator, he could learn first-hand experience. If he was no longer needed as a translator in the future, he, Zheng Qiang, would not be able to rank among a group of associate researchers and researchers.

Li Ye noticed Zheng Qiang's strangeness, so he kept him and asked, "What's wrong, Zheng Qiang? Is it because Ludwig's salary is too high that you are psychologically unbalanced?"

"No, no, no, we are not psychologically unbalanced. Ludwig does have abilities that we have never seen before. I am just confused. Why do you force him to learn Chinese well?"

"Isn't it simple?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Giving him an interpreter will make him think he is a 'distinguished guest', but after he learns Chinese, he will be a worker in the first factory like us,"

"If he always relies on the interpreter, if there is a problem with the work, it is easy to argue about the language barrier,"

"But if he understands Chinese, even if I speak to him in Xichuan dialect, it is his responsibility if he doesn't understand!"

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Zheng Qiang was stunned.

Because he suddenly found that Li Ye, who was "extremely kind" in the hearts of the workers, actually had such a narrow-minded and insidious side.

[No wonder some people say that he is like a capitalist. It turns out that there is a reason. The more such capitalists, the better. 】