Free Web NovelChapter 379: Chapter 379: Stopping the Trouble
"You’re Xu Da’s relative, aren’t you? Is that why you’re all helping Shen Zhengfeng try to ruin this factory?"
Li Tao panicked. "I... I’m not!"
Qin Jiao continued, "I can understand why you and Xu Da would want to help Shen Zhengfeng give me and Shen Yi a hard time. But have you ever thought about this? If you really cause so much trouble that this garment factory is forced to close, the ones who suffer won’t just be me and Shen Yi, but also the several hundred workers here!"
Her gaze swept over the crowd as she said, her voice soft but incredibly firm, "Back when my mother-in-law divorced Shen Zhengfeng, she asked for the paint factory. But Shen Zhengfeng refused. He said he would only give her the garment factory. At that very moment, he had already given up on all of you. Now, the fate of every worker in this factory is tied to me and Shen Yi. All this time, Shen Yi and I have been working tirelessly to bring this factory back from the dead and make it profitable. When the factory makes money, your own wallets will get fatter."
Qin Jiao paused here for a moment, letting everyone digest this obvious point.
Once it seemed the crowd had processed her words, she pointed a finger at Li Tao and said, "This man, by stopping you from working properly, is cutting off your livelihood. If you have no money, how will you support your wives and children? How will you pay for medicine for your families, put clothes on your backs, and food on the table? Tell me, what in life doesn’t require money?"
"But... but they said you two don’t know how to run a business! That this factory will go under sooner or later!" someone piped up cautiously.
Qin Jiao’s gaze landed on the speaker, and she smiled. "Anyone who speaks up at a time like this is probably in the same group as Li Tao and Xu Da. But I can answer your question. See this truck? This is a done deal, and there will only be more and more of these in the future. So I just want to ask you all: do you want to follow me and Shen Yi, and make big money with this factory, or do you want to keep causing trouble?"
The expressions on every face began to soften.
’It was true. They’d had their doubts before, thinking the factory was no longer profitable. How could two kids, not even forty years old combined, possibly bring a whole factory back from the dead?’
But right now, the workers who had already returned to their posts were bustling with activity every day. Not only had they been paid their wages, but they were also supposedly getting overtime pay for night shifts.
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’Seeing a huge truck of clothes being shipped out meant the clothes had been sold. And if they were sold, of course they’d be able to get their regular wages!’
The workers looked at the beautiful young woman—oh, their deputy director—who had just laid out the stakes so logically. Every word she spoke had struck a chord with them.
"Director, our group wants to resume production! We can start today!"
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Most of the workers began to respond enthusiastically. Qin Jiao’s gaze swept over them, and she noticed that while some people clearly wanted to resume production, their group leaders remained silent, their eyes darting about evasively.
Qin Jiao raised her hand to quiet the crowd. She said, "The groups that want to resume production will continue to operate as they were, with the same group leaders. We will make changes later, once other evaluation systems are in place. All group leaders should come to the office at 1:00 PM to register and receive new work assignments."
Her gaze swept over the workers who looked frustrated because their own group leaders had not spoken up. "If your group leader does not agree to return to work," she continued, "then the group members can go register at the office as individuals, right now. You will be reassigned to new work groups, and we will select a suitable new leader for you."
