industrial overlord

Chapter 695
Four large ore trucks slowly drove into the town of Santa Ana and stopped in the middle of a large open field surrounded by ropes.A group of porters surrounded them, knocked down the baffle of the truck, and unloaded a large pile of cardboard boxes of different sizes from the truck, piled them in the middle of the empty field, and piled up a hill in an instant.

Countless Santa Ana residents gathered outside the rope circle, staring intently at the goods in the empty yard.When the staff began to disassemble the cardboard boxes and take out various products from inside, the crowd began to boil:
"It's Chinese!"

"My God, so many Chinese goods!"

"Yino, have you seen that scarf? You promised me that you would give me a Chinese scarf when you got married!"

"Dad, I want that toy bulldozer..."

Lin Zhenhua only heard that Chinese goods are regarded as luxury goods in Bolivia when he visited Guzman. They can only be bought in big cities like the capital Sucre, and the locals are proud of owning a piece of Chinese goods.This information inspired Lin Zhenhua. As a Chinese-funded enterprise, the most indispensable thing is Chinese products!

After Lin Zhenhua returned to the mine, he immediately called various domestic related households to learn about the supply of goods.It must be too late to temporarily mobilize goods from China. Lin Zhenhua's idea is to ship those goods to other countries in South America.

Chinese businessmen are everywhere, and in South America, there are already countless Chinese supermarkets and Chinese trade cities.Lin Zhenhua's old friend Qi Zhongmou opened a wholesale market for Chinese commodities in Peru. When he received a call from Lin Zhenhua, without saying a word, he directly dispatched dozens of containers of daily commodities and sent them directly to Mutong Iron Mine.

In addition, Jiankang Home Appliances and Daxiong Home Appliances also have several branches in South America. Regarding the matter of Lin Zhenhua, An Yan and Xiong Lijun naturally regarded it as their own business. A large number of salespersons were dispatched to Mutong Iron Mine to help with sales.

The iron ore has a huge transport fleet, and their previous task was to transport the iron ore from the mine to the railway line.Since the railway has not yet been fully repaired, it is necessary to use cars for transshipment in the middle.Whether it is train wagons or trucks, they are all transported in one direction, and they can only be empty when they return, so that they can bring these Chinese goods back, and even the freight can be saved.

After confirming the supply of goods, Lin Zhenhua began to arrange people to go around the mining area, threatening that in order to improve the life of the miners, the mining company specially dispatched a large number of Chinese goods to the small towns where the miners lived for sale. The price was only the CIF price of the goods in Peru, not plus any profits.In addition, all miners can enjoy a [-]% discount with their work permits, and there is no limit to buying more...

This last provision sounds at first sight entirely superfluous.In these small towns around the mine, more than half of the young and middle-aged people are miners. Since there is no limit to the number of [-]% off each work permit, anyone who wants to buy Chinese goods can’t borrow a work permit to rub the miners What about benefits?
But what Lin Zhenhua wants is this effect. He wants the miners to feel the connection between themselves and the mine, and to create a mentality of "I am a miner and I am proud".During the strike period, I am afraid that everyone can taste one or two of the mine's special discounts of [-]% off with their work permits.

If you are stubborn and just don’t want to cooperate with mines, and treat welfare as dung, then it doesn’t matter. Your wife, children, parents, and neighbors will probably brainwash you and tell you how good Chinese mine owners are and how close they are to the people.If you are still ignorant, then someone will naturally put a label on your head with S written on the left and B written on the right. It is said that this is a curse word in Chinese dialect.

Since there are no large enough stores in the local area, all Chinese product sales activities are carried out outdoors.A few ropes are pulled, and a circle of shelves welded with iron bars is placed around it, and then the goods are placed. This is Mutong's characteristic supermarket.The residents of Santa Ana Town don't mind this, it doesn't matter if the venue is a little rough, the key lies in the quality and price of the product.

"Such a beautiful T-shirt only costs 15 bolivianos!"

"You miscalculated. You only need 12 promises to buy a miner's license."

"No, I must buy 10 pieces, two for each family member."

"You are stupid, there are not only T-shirts in the market, don't you see that other clothes are also very beautiful?"

Conversations full of happiness like this filled the entire sales scene. The commodities provided by the mining company were so cheap that they could only be described by the words "outrageous".The sales price of Chinese-quality goods is not only lower than the same Chinese goods in the Sucre market, but even cheaper than those low-quality goods produced locally in Bolivia. How did such a great thing happen to me?
It's better to be alone than to be happy together. Who doesn't have three relatives and four friends, so the town residents who got cheap one by one began to call their relatives and friends living in other places: good goods, cheap, come quickly!

Countless cars and pickups rushed towards Santa Ana and other mining towns from all directions.Immediately afterwards, large trucks appeared one after another, and various people jumped out of the vehicle. Everyone's eyes did not look like good people, and a bulging snakeskin bag was carried on their shoulders. When you look at it, you can find that it is filled with bundles of banknotes.

"I want 200 jackets! 400 electric kettles!" The owners of the snakeskin pockets pushed through the crowd and shouted at the store staff.

"Bah! This is a damn businessman!" Someone discovered the secret, and it turned out that it was the wholesalers around who smelled the smell and rushed over.

Due to the traffic congestion in Bolivia, the quantity of Chinese goods is relatively small, and the price has always been relatively high.The mine sells these Chinese goods at the cost price, which is nearly half lower than the market price. Of course, the wholesalers will not miss it.They want to buy the goods from here and resell them elsewhere to earn the difference.But in this way, the vital interests of the residents around the mine will be touched.

"Go away, this is a discount given to us by the mining company, do you want to be ashamed?"

"Are you from the company?"

"Who lent the miner's certificate to these businessmen? Confiscate this miner's certificate and fire him!"

The miners and their family members stood up one by one and condemned these outsiders confidently. At this moment, they regarded themselves as members of the mine from the bottom of their hearts. They belonged to the same family as the mine. As for the others, hehe, You are not eligible.

At any time, when external conflicts arise, internal conflicts must be put aside.The emergence of out-of-town wholesalers has made miners aware of the difference between inside and outside, so they are closely united around the company and jointly prevent outsiders from prying corners.

The antagonism between the trade union and the mining company was completely disintegrated. The miners set up porcelain with the Chinese managers of the mine who were acting as guest salesmen, promising to resume work immediately, promising that they would never quarrel with the mine again, and promising who would fight with the mine. If you do it right, you are right with me... Well, for the sake of my good attitude, can you help me choose an oversized cotton T-shirt with the pattern of the Great Wall of China printed on it from the stockpile.

The ground is full of morals!
Canelas stood a hundred meters away from the store, bleeding from distress.As the leader of the trade union, he once carried out a lot of propaganda among the miners to slander the Chinese mine owners, describing the Chinese as demons who eat miners' meat and drink their blood.Having said that, he really couldn't be ashamed to let him go shopping for cheap and beautiful Chinese goods like everyone else.Although he never felt that the face was an important organ, slapping his own face in public is still a very painful thing after all.

Canelas's wife is not as enlightened as he is. After trying to ask for a miner's certificate from Canelas, she decisively found her girlfriend and went shopping with her husband's miner's certificate.In this world, there is nothing that can stop women from snapping up bargains, not to mention that what Canelas insists on is only his so-called political beliefs.Political beliefs, have you ever met a woman who cares about political beliefs?
"Teresa, isn't your husband also from the mine? Why don't you use his miner's certificate?" The best friend teased Mrs. Canelas knowingly.

"Maria, don't mention that bastard. He insisted that he was unwilling to accept bribes from the Chinese. He said that the Chinese bought these products to buy people's hearts." Mrs. Canelas said while holding a Wearing a small flower hat made in Wenzhou, I showed it to my companions: "Maria, do you think this hat suits me?"

"Very suitable, you look at least 10 years younger in this hat... By the way, Teresa, ask your husband, how long is the union going to continue the strike? I don't want the Chinese to be squeezed out by the union Well, I don't want them to go, just for the sake of this beautiful little pan. Teresa, look, this pan has a non-stick coating on it."

"Really, this frying pan is so cute, I want to buy one too....As for that bastard, don't worry, if he dares to push the Chinese away, I'll beat him to death with the frying pan!"

"Shooting people with a frying pan is really a good idea. I'll try it when I get home."

Yep, a bunch of Bolivian red wolves are freshly baked.

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"Mr. Lin, you succeeded." The old man Guzman stood in the distance, wearing a Chinese-made peaked cap on his head, holding a Chinese cigarette in his hand, and said to Lin Zhenhua beside him.

"Improving the lives of miners and their families is what we should do." Lin Zhenhua said modestly and proudly.

Guzman said: "Now the entire town of Santa Ana has been moved by you. You can ask everyone to resume work immediately. I don't think many people will refuse."

Lin Zhenhua shook his head and said, "Mr. Guzman, do you think we should bypass the union and ask workers to return to work?"

Guzman hesitated for a moment, and said: "If you do this, it may lead to the division of the labor union, but this result is not good. Everyone is now attracted by the benefits you provide, and may be willing to accept you temporarily, but as long as The union is still controlled by people like Canelas, and they will organize new strikes in the future."

"That's what I'm worried about." Lin Zhenhua said frankly, "Mr. Guzman, I hope to use this opportunity to completely solve the problem of the trade union. What do you think?"

"Do you want to ban trade unions?" Guzman asked, and he couldn't tell whether he should support the Chinese to ban miners' trade unions. Although he didn't like trade unions very much, he always felt that a union would be at ease.

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's not a ban, but a reorganization."

"You want to support a union that obeys your leadership?"

"Not to obey our leadership, but to obey the interests of the mine and the miners themselves." Lin Zhenhua corrected with a smile, "Mr. Guzman, I am also a worker, and I know that the interests of workers and the interests of the company are inseparable , the existence of trade unions should be to coordinate the relationship between workers and enterprises, not to destroy this relationship. If the trade unions blindly believe that it is their responsibility to only blackmail the enterprise, the final result is to drag down the enterprise, while the welfare of workers There is no guarantee. I hope to establish a new trade union that can protect the interests of both mines and miners.”

Guzman asked: "So, how can I trust that you will not manipulate this new union?"

Lin Zhenhua asked back: "If I want to manipulate the trade union, do I still need to expend so much effort? Mr. Guzman, you told me last time that the mine owners in the United States and France are not afraid of the trade union at all, but the trade union is afraid of them." , at their mercy, why is that?"

"Because... because the mine owners have colluded with the local gangsters." Guzman replied.

Lin Zhenhua pointed to the bustling business scene in front of him, and said: "If the goods we sell to the miners this time are handed over to gangsters and sold in the market, they can earn more than double the profit. Think about it." , if we do, will it be difficult to get the mafia to solve the union problem for us?"

Guzman was speechless, he knew what Lin Zhenhua said was right.Regardless of the superficial appearance of trade unions, their power is insignificant in front of real big companies.Big corporations can buy off gangsters, hire mercenaries, and bribe union leaders. With all these tactics used, the union will naturally surrender.

Lin Zhenhua would rather invest money to improve workers' welfare than resort to various unscrupulous means, which has already shown a kind of sincerity in doing things.What's more, Lin Zhenhua has already promised that within the next year, the construction of miners' residences in Santa Ana Town will start. This is a great thing that previous mine owners have never done.

"Mr. Lin, I would like to believe in your goodwill. Well, I still have some prestige among the miners. I will propose to reorganize the union and choose a union that is willing to develop together with the mine." Guzman said.

"Thank you." Lin Zhenhua held Guzman's hand tightly.

(End of this chapter)