Lao Li said with a guilty look on his side, "This matter was caused by the workers under me."
Duan Mingjie: "Brother Li, it's okay. Please tell me what's going on first."
"Here's the thing..."
Previously, the workers under Tang Yi were unwilling to follow Duan Mingjie and decided to work alone. A few days ago, they had dinner with Lao Li, saying that they could not find any work and wanted to work with Duan Mingjie, but before Lao Li and Duan Mingjie could Said, those people defected to Qi Congwei.
"Qi Congwei pays 50 cents a day for big-time workers and 30 cents a day for small-time workers. The workers under me have contacts with the old guys from before. I found out after going back and forth. Now they also want me to join Qi Congwei, your old family member. After knowing the price, I’m not willing to work anymore, and I’m gathering at the construction site now, waiting for you to go back and give them an explanation.”
Duan Mingjie pursed his lips, remembering that Director Zhao had told him that it was best for the workers in his hands to come from his hometown to prevent them from being poached.
It was because he didn't understand Director Zhao's meaning in time.
Duan Mingjie looked at Lu Yao, "Daughter-in-law, I won't see you off. I'll go to the construction site to take a look."
"I don't have class in the afternoon, I'll go with you."
Duan Mingjie: "Okay."
The four people came to the construction site, and Duan Fuguo had been coordinating with the villagers.
Seeing Duan Mingjie coming, a middle-aged man said, "Duan Mingjie, I think you are too shady. You tricked us, gave us a low price, and asked us to work for you. How can you be embarrassed!"
"That's right, why are they paying 50 cents a day, while we only have 30 cents, and we are working so hard, what are we doing!"
Duan Mingjie raised his hand and said, "Everyone, listen to me."
"If you have anything to say, let us continue to do it, then add more money, otherwise we will stop doing it!"
Duan Mingjie: "Listen to me first."
"Then you tell us whether you will give us a wage increase. Before we came here, we said that you, Duan Mingjie Renyi, led us to make money, but in the end, you bullied us fellow villagers!"
"Do you still have the face to face the folks in Duanjia Village?"
Everyone said something to each other, making it impossible for anyone to get a word in.
Lu Yao looked around and saw that almost all of them were people brought from their hometown. It seemed that Lao Li had become a polished commander.
Duan Xianchen stood up and said, "Okay, everyone, stop talking and listen to what Duan Mingjie wants."
After saying that, Duan Xianchen looked at Duan Mingjie and said, "Mingjie, we are here to defect to you. You must give us an explanation for this matter."
Duan Mingjie: "Uncle, dear uncles, and brothers, please listen to me first."
"Before this, the wages at construction sites in the capital were indeed 30 cents a day for big workers and 15 cents a day for small workers. This is the unified wage rate for the entire capital. If I really lied to you, those who follow Brother Li will not follow either. I'll do it. As for someone raising wages, I just heard about it."
As soon as the words fell, the whole place turned into a mess again.
Duan Mingjie was so angry that he put his hands on his hips and wanted to hang Qi Congwei up and beat him up.
Top business doesn’t do this either.
Don’t think about the future at all!
Fifty cents a day, how can you still make money?
Duan Xianchen: "Mingjie, we believe you didn't lie to us. Now you also know other people's wages. What are you going to do?"
"That's right, now that you know, give us a wage increase quickly."
"If the wages are not increased, we will leave."
Duan Mingjie wanted to shout, I love walking away!
But reason told him not to do this.
"Folks, you won't believe me when I say I won't make any money if I raise wages, and I will even lose money."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone below sneered, "Who are you lying to if you still need to pay for compensation? I really think we have never seen the world and let you fool us!"
Duan Mingjie suppressed his anger and tried to maintain a kind expression on his face.
"Uncle, I have never thought that you have not seen the world, and I have never thought of deceiving you. If you are still willing to work with me, from now on we will pay 35 cents a day for big workers and 18 cents for small workers. If you don't pay this salary, If you are satisfied, you can go find someone with higher wages, or you can go back to your hometown, and I will pay you the wages and buy the train tickets at any time."
As soon as these words came out, no one said anything.
They are all outsiders. If they work with the locals, they will be bullied. What if they are not paid for the work?
They made a fuss in the hope that Duan Mingjie would give them a wage increase, but if they really wanted to leave, they didn't know who to go to.
Lao Li said on the side, "The wages in our capital city have always been this price, and they only provide breakfast and lunch, and no accommodation is provided. Xiao Duan has treated you well, not only providing free accommodation, but also three meals a day." , My wife-in-law made you a chicken cake a few days ago, have you ever seen anyone using chicken cakes to fool people?"
"But their wages are higher than ours! Two cents a day, which is six yuan a month! It's enough for our family to eat and drink for half a year!"
Lu Yao pursed her lips and said, "Uncle, I know everyone is short of money, but you must also understand Duan Mingjie. The four houses you live in were all bought by Duan Mingjie with loans. The houses are too expensive and I don't want him to buy them. But he told me that he brought the villagers here, so he must be responsible for them to the end, and he just wants you to have better food and housing."
When the words came to her lips, Lu Yao said that the house was bought with a loan, otherwise everyone would make trouble again.
"If you ask him why other people's wages are so high and ours are low, that's because the market price is like this and house prices are the same. If the wage he gives is high, then he has to pay out of his own pocket. They just look at us as a couple. The two of them are from outside the city and they just don’t want us to work on the construction site in the capital, so they will use any means to raise the price. But how long can they raise the price? People building houses will not give more money to workers just because they pay more. Therefore, their wages Gaodu is temporary, and when you all go there, they should lower the prices.”
Some people don’t believe it and say, “They are fools who would lose money to do it.”
"Okay, let's not talk anymore. You don't believe anything I say." Duan Mingjie put his hands on his hips and his face darkened. "While everyone is here, let's make it clear at once. You don't want to follow me, you want to follow others." Those who work for 50 cents a day, leave my construction site, pick up your luggage, and go find your new boss. From now on, I am no longer responsible for everything you do. If you want to continue to work with me, just follow the rules of the big workers, three days a day. It’s only 50 cents, and 180 cents for a small worker. I really can’t afford any more.”
Duan Fuguo was the first to say, "I don't believe my nephew would lie to me. If you want to leave, you can leave. I want to stay."
Yang Na: "We are all outsiders. When we go to find a new boss, will he sincerely support us? When the time comes, all the people who rely on us will be ours, and the good ones will all belong to locals. We are one or two hundred people, and they will let us Where to stay?”
Yang Na's words made the already shaken villagers even more afraid to go.
After everyone discussed it again and again, someone tried to raise the price, "If the big workers pay 40 cents a day and the small workers 2 cents, we will do it!"
Duan Mingjie looked over firmly, "No more, you decide for yourself whether to stay or go."
