industrial overlord

Chapter 330
Hearing Hornby's words, McVeigh's face was flushed, and he said: "Mr. Hornby, don't you really care about Tiger's survival? It's not good for Tiger to continue to drag on with the union. .”

It’s okay if he doesn’t mention Tiger, but when he mentioned Tiger, Hornby immediately became angry. He pointed at McVeigh’s face with a finger and shouted: “McVeigh, you still have the right to mention Tiger to me.” Is it? Your father is an old worker who started a business with me and established Tiger. Without Tiger, he would have no money to support you bastards. Now that you have grown up, you still take over your father's position Entered Tiger, but look at what you did, which thing is for Tiger's sake!"

McVeigh said: "Mr. Hornby, you can only blame yourself for this. Our union's request is legal, and you are the one who did not cooperate with the union."

Hornby said: "I know you have a union, but what has your union been doing all day long? In just three years, you have asked for five wage increases, increased paid holidays, and given your union Funding for activities. Do you take my old Hornby for a bank by asking again and again?"

McVeigh said: "Mr. Hornby, you should know that you can make millions of dollars in profits a year, and we poor workers can only make 2 dollars a year. We just ask you to add 20 dollars to us. Is it just a weekly salary, is this very difficult for you?"

"Of course it's a difficult thing!" Hornby said. "It's true that I earn millions of dollars a year, but don't you see the responsibilities I have to bear? I have to pay for the renewal of factory equipment, and I have to undertake various It is a business risk. If you encounter an economic crisis and the factory loses money, you can leave at any time, but I have to fill in this hole. You say that a worker’s weekly salary increases by 20 dollars, but if it is put into the entire company, it is more than 100 million a year U.S. dollars, do you want me to give all my profits to satisfy your greedy demands?"

"You could actually raise the price of the refrigerator a little bit," McVeigh said.

"If the price could be raised, I would have raised it. But if the price is raised, our products will not be sold at all, and the company will still go bankrupt at that time, do you understand?" Hornby said.

McVeigh was actually just a punk. He was able to become the head of the union only because he dared to make trouble.Every time he led the workers to strike, Hornby made concessions, so many workers supported him.When it comes to business management, McVeigh doesn't know anything about it.

But Hornby couldn't be reasonable, so McVeigh had to go back to the old way of cheating. He shrugged and said: "Mr. Keep going, I think Tiger Company will go bankrupt."

Hornby smiled and said, "McVeigh, are you threatening me?"

"I'm just stating a fact."

Hornby said: "McVeigh, if you think that a strike can make me surrender, you are wrong. If you don't want to work, I can naturally find someone who is willing to work, and you will lose these job opportunities."

"What? You want to fire us?" McVeigh's face changed slightly.

"You can also understand it in this way." Hornby said, after talking with Lin Zhenhua just now, he was very confident.Before that, every time workers went on strike, he had to give in because he couldn't just watch his company collapse.Every time he thinks, maybe it is time to increase the wages of the workers. Now that the prices are so high, the workers' income may really not be enough.However, his retreat did not make McVeigh and others understand, on the contrary, it made them worse.

Just before Lin Zhenhua and the others arrived, Hornby was still wondering if he should give in again, but the advice Lin Zhenhua gave him made him figure it out. He had other choices. Why did he have to accept this little beast like McVeigh What about your anger?
At this moment, a person flashed out from behind McVeigh. This was a young black man who looked handsome.He stepped forward and said to Hornby, "Mr. Hornby, if I'm not mistaken, you were threatening to fire the head of the trade union of Tiger Company just now."

Lin Zhenhua looked at the black man, and his heart skipped a few times for no reason.He felt that this person's face was very familiar. Of course, he didn't know this black man in this life, but in his previous life, on TV...

"Who are you, sir?" asked Hornby politely, who did not know the black boy.

"My name is Sisay, and I work for a non-governmental organization in Chicago. Our organization provides vocational training for disadvantaged groups. This time, Mr. McVeigh invited me to come and provide them with some legal guidance." The black guy introduced himself.

Lin Zhenhua, who was watching the fun from the sidelines, couldn't help laughing. It really was him. This world is really amazing.Two years ago, at the exhibition in Frankfurt, Lin Zhenhua met Pyuzin, who will be in charge of Russia in the future, and today he met here with the American leader Cice 20 years later.The name Xisai also has a free translation in Chinese, which is called Guanhai, because its English word is actually SeeSea.

At this time, Brother Guan Hai still had no idea how he would be in the future. He graduated from the University of Chicago four years ago and was unemployed after graduation. Now he can only earn a living in an NGO.However, from Lin Zhenhua's point of view, Xi Sai's ability has been fully revealed at this time.

"Mr Hornby, I remind you that it is against the law to dismiss a worker without cause, especially if the worker is the leader of the union organizing the strike, and that by doing so you would be suspected of interfering in the affairs of the union. If this unfortunate event It happened, and I'd be more than willing to represent McVeigh and sue you in state court." Sissey threatened politely.

Hornby smiled coldly and said, "Mr. Sisay, you are mistaken. I have no intention of firing McVeigh. I will not get involved in a lawsuit."

"Then I'm very relieved," said Sisay, smiling, thinking that his threat to Hornby had worked.

Who knows, before the smile on Sissey's face receded, Hornby added: "Although I don't plan to fire McVeigh, it doesn't mean that McVeigh will not lose his job. I think he and his union Allies, you'll be out of a job in two months."

"What do you mean?" McVeigh asked.

Hornby said: "My meaning is very simple. I have decided to close the Tago factory from now on. Mr. Sisay, is there any law that stipulates that an owner cannot close his factory?"

"Close the factory?"

Hornby's words shocked several union leaders who came with McVeigh.They knew very well that if the factory was closed, Hornby would have reason to lay off a large number of employees, and only a few people in the entire factory would need to be left to watch the gate.They are all workers who have worked in the Tiger factory for many years. Once they are laid off, they will lose their living security.

They were all the instigators of the strike, but they had to admit that Old Hornby was a very good employer who took good care of the workers and paid higher wages than other factories.They went on strike again and again, just thinking that they could get more wages once they went on strike, but they never thought that the final result of going on strike would cause the entire factory to close down.

Everyone began to figure that if the factories closed, they would have to find new jobs.The new employer will definitely not be as easy to talk to as Hornby, and the salary will definitely drop a lot.In the Taige factory, they were already doing well. If they went to a new factory, they would probably have to lower their eyebrows and be pleasing to the eye as a newcomer. What kind of feeling would that be?

"No, no, Mr. Hornby, this kind of threat of yours will not work against us." McVeigh stammered, and he believed that what Hornby said just now was just a matter of luck. Just scare them.In McVeigh's view, it is absolutely impossible for Hornby to close the Tago factory. The factory can still generate profits for him, so how could he be willing to close it?Tiger brand refrigerators are quite well-known in the American market. If the Tiger factory is closed, the value contained in this brand will be completely wasted. With Hornby's rationality, this account will not be ignored. .

"Little McVeigh, do you think I'm threatening you?" Hornby laughed. Seeing McVeigh's pale face, Hornby felt an unprecedented sense of refreshment.

"Mr. Hornby, shutting down the factory is not good for everyone." McVeigh persuaded with a earnest look, "Actually, there are many things that can be discussed. Well, well, I admit that our trade union This time the request is a little higher, maybe we should not ask for an increase of 20 dollars a week, we can take a step back and drop it to 10 dollars, what do you think? If you agree, we promise to return to work tomorrow. "

"No, I won't agree to it even if it's 1 dollar." Horn said coquettishly, "If you don't want the Tiger factory to close, then let your people resume work immediately, as long as there is a bastard still there Strike and I'll make all of you bastards unemployed."

"I don't believe it!" McVeigh yelled. "Old Hornby, I don't believe you're going to watch your own efforts break down. I know that you created the Tiger brand, and you compare it to your own. You still cherish your own life, you will never throw it away!"

"Who says I'm going to get rid of the Tiger brand?" Hornby laughed contemptuously. "On the contrary, I'm going to make the Tiger refrigerator the most competitive refrigerator in the US market. Except, I've been affected by it." Enough of you, I will move the factory to a place where there is no strike!"

(End of this chapter)