Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 690 The spring blindness and cognition of self-employed people

"Bang bang, bang bang, bang bang..."

The express train from Yangcheng to the capital was speeding through a wilderness. After passing through the Lingnan region, there were finally some winter scenes.

Looking through the mist-filled train glass, the outside is gray and white, like a large natural refrigerator, freezing the withered trees and grass to the point where they no longer exude any vitality.

Depressed everywhere.

It’s not a beautiful scene, but for many inland-born people like Li Jiankun, if they don’t feel any chill during the New Year, it will always feel a little less interesting.

Generally speaking, cold is also an important part of the flavor of the New Year.

Unlike the cold weather outside, the temperature and atmosphere in Car No. 11 where Li Jiankun is located can be described as fiery.

During the Spring Festival, the number of people returning to the interior from the southern coast increases year by year, just like migratory birds, but in the opposite direction. This year seems to have reached a tipping point where many people are finally without seats.

In the past few years, Li Jiankun has not seen such a scene. Everyone usually has a seat, and they can always buy sleeper tickets. On the contrary, the trains from the capital to Yangcheng are always full every time.

Li Jiankun is thinking that starting from next year, if he has to return to the inland from Yangcheng next year, he will try not to consider the train as a travel method and book air tickets at least one month in advance.

Because the scene of "dense crowds surrounding the train" that many children in later generations have only seen in photos will be staged before long.

In 1984, the first batch of migrant workers will enter the city.

The flight attendant girl who was selling newspapers had just spent a lot of effort and shouted "Excuse me" dozens of times to cross the carriage with difficulty.

Li Jiankun, who also took care of her business, was holding a newspaper in his hand and predicted that within five minutes, there would definitely be an explosion in the carriage.

In fact, it only took a minute and a half.

"Haha, haha!" A big brother in a leather jacket stood up from his seat excitedly and suddenly laughed for no reason in the eyes of others, as if he had gone crazy.

"Let go, let go! Let's see who dares to point fingers at me from now on!" A young man with a bookish air and a thin cheek held the two corners of the newspaper tightly with trembling hands, his eyes filled with tears.

"We don't have to hide around anymore, we can do business openly and honestly in the future!" This is also a big brother, one of the most well-dressed people in the carriage, shouting with arms raised.

Everyone's attention was attracted by this sudden change. As they looked around, they quickly found out that the excited people had one thing in common - they all had a newspaper in their hands.

It was obvious that the newspaper published some great news that was closely related to them and was good news. Most of the passengers in the carriage are self-employed people traveling around.

Many people regretted not buying the newspaper, but there was no way to call the girl selling the newspaper back, so they could only politely borrow it from someone who had the newspaper and look at it.

Not long after, the whole carriage burst into cheers and cheers, and many people shed tears of joy.

Some of them were educated youths who could not find work after returning to the city, so they could only respond to the call and become self-employed.

There are also urban residents with poor families who, forced to make ends meet, apply to become self-employed.

There are also people who want to get rich quickly but don't meet all the conditions, so they secretly sell goods everywhere.

But without exception, no matter how rich they are, they have never been looked down upon by most people.

After a person has enough food and clothing, his biggest need is to be respected, but they cannot get it. Now, this news in the newspaper brings them hope——

If most people start doing business, who can look down on whom?

"Brother Kun, what did the newspaper say?" Chen Yajun asked. He was too lazy to read. His head hurt when he saw the dense words, and he just wanted to know the result.

"Policies have been liberalized, and private economic development is now encouraged, and everyone can do business." Li Jiankun replied.

"No wonder." Chen Yajun suddenly realized, then closed his eyes and continued to squint. It had nothing to do with him. He thought: I don’t need encouragement to make money.

"Let me tell you, what does 'no hiring' mean?" A passenger stood up from his seat, poked at the news article in the newspaper with one hand, looked around, and asked people.

"Literally, you are allowed to set up workshops and shops, but you are not allowed to hire small laborers."

"No, there are people running workshops there for a long time. I think there are more than one or two people there."

"It depends on whether they are members of your own family. No matter how many people you have, it won't matter. But the nature of hiring outsiders is different. That's called exploitation!"

"No, no, no, someone opened a restaurant in our town, and all the guests were outsiders. We often have big-brimmed hats there to eat, and nothing happened. It's impossible to let go and go back."

Everyone was talking about it. For those who want to do big business, this is undoubtedly a very critical issue, but the newspaper did not make it clear. "There is a limit here." At this time, next to the "back"-shaped seat on the middle side of the carriage, a middle-aged man with an old scholar's temperament suddenly spoke.

In fact, self-employed people have noticed these people for a long time. Judging from their clothing and temperament, they are undoubtedly cadres.

Now when they heard the eldest one speak out, the self-employed people all quieted down and listened attentively. Clearly view the other person as an authority.

This made the middle-aged man very useful, and he did not hesitate to explain: "For those of you who want to work in handicraft workshops and shops, whether or not to hire workers is not actually the key point. The key point is whether it will cause exploitation. If it causes exploitation, it is the responsibility of the capitalists." Behavior, I don’t need to say the latter.

“So where is the line?”

He asked himself and answered: "In fact, it has been defined in "Das Kapital". "Capitalists" and "small proprietors" are clearly distinguished in "Das Kapital". The current policy liberalization is to encourage you to become small proprietors and diversify the economy. Development catalyzes endogenous power.

"What is a small proprietor? The definition in "Das Kapital" is: a person who employs less than eight people and directly participates in production himself, so that his identity becomes an 'intermediate figure between capitalists and workers', that is, he is a small proprietor.

"On the other hand, if you hire more than eight workers, it will inevitably lead to exploitation, and you are a proper capitalist. Please bear this in mind!"

The self-employed people in the carriage all showed expressions of astonishment, and many of them thanked him profusely.

Li Jiankun couldn't help it. If the person who said this was a self-employed person, he wouldn't say anything. That's not the problem. Although he understood that the rebuttal he wanted to make might not have any impact, he still wanted to correct a manager's perception.

"Your understanding of Capital may be a bit scripted."

Swish!

Just when everyone was expressing their gratitude to the middle-aged man and happily thinking that they had finally figured out the secret, such a discordant voice suddenly appeared, making all the self-employed people look sideways.

The middle-aged man and his colleagues all held up the small table with their hands and stood up to follow the sound and looked around. When they saw clearly that the person speaking was a young man with a hairless mouth, their expressions were a little unsightly.

"Young man, what do you have to say?" the middle-aged man asked nonchalantly.

"It's not about having high opinions," Li Jiankun smiled and waved his hand, and replied gently, "I just think that whether it is enough to constitute exploitation is a very complicated issue. It cannot be judged just by a paragraph in a book, but it depends on the employer. His actual behavior: Did he provide reasonable wages, did he set working hours in accordance with the law, and did he make his employees feel exploited..."

"You, you, you, you are bold!" The middle-aged man was furious, pointed his finger and shouted, "Are you questioning "Das Kapital"?"

A young man next to him helped: "Who do you think you are? What do you think it is useful for?"

Chen Yajun and Jin Biao couldn't sit still. They wanted to stand up and fight back, but Li Jiankun raised his hand to stop him. He looked at the middle-aged man and said seriously:

"I'm not questioning Capital. In its era and context, it undoubtedly had very good educational significance and guidance. But you must understand that the times are constantly developing, and many things are changing. Everyone understands the principle of advancing together, and we should not stick to the rules in this matter."

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

But the anger of his colleagues has not diminished. "How dare you say that studying the knowledge of Capital is a rut!"

Li Jiankun glanced at the scolding young man and said, "Then I dare to ask you, when was Capital written?"

"Nineteenth Century."

"So yes, the division between capitalists and small owners that the person next to you just mentioned was also calculated based on the situation in the middle of the 19th century. It has been a hundred years now. Is it really appropriate to use the standards of a hundred years ago to frame the present? "

"What is inappropriate, it is great knowledge, visionary..."

"Xiaohua." The middle-aged man interrupted the emotional young man, "What he said makes sense. Don't argue and let me think about it."

The young man was still angry and glared at Li Jiankun fiercely. The middle-aged man was deep in thought.

The self-employed people looked at the middle-aged man and then at Li Jiankun, and they were all confused. Someone asked weakly: "Who should we listen to?"

Li Jiankun replied: "Listen to them and follow the theory of 'seven ups and eight downs'."

The middle-aged man looked sideways with surprise on his face, staring deeply at Li Jiankun.

He finally understood that this young man with a high level of education was not trying to explain policies to self-employed people, but wanted to teach them...or change the managers' perceptions. And it was clear that if the perceptions could not be changed from the management level, Those who do business will only make mistakes if they act according to their concept of “advancing with the times”. "

not simple.

If the carriage wasn't too crowded and even the aisles were filled with people, he would have liked to go over there to get acquainted and talk about this issue.

Indeed... there is a certain truth, the middle-aged man thought. Falling into deep thinking again.

(End of this chapter)