Chapter 109: Extreme Method
“Bullsh*t!”
The man with a pointy mouth and monkey cheeks refuted Xiao Luo’s statement, “Commodities and housing prices are so high nowadays. Besides, we all have our families to think of. Who’s willing to squeeze into public housing with strangers? Who doesn’t wish to have their own home? The company earns hundreds of millions every year, so how does that justify the little we’re being paid?”
Most of the employees with wavering hearts were affirmed of their beliefs and supported the statement by cheering out loud.
“Yeah, housing prices are so high, and yet our salaries are so low. We’ve had to tighten our belts for decades just to buy a house. Who can live like that?”
“Can’t we frontline workers demand anything? Do you think that we, the workers, deserve to be squeezed into public housing?”
“We are firmly against this!”
The crowd was indignant. They felt like they were at a protest rally, continually shouting and raising their fists.
“F*ckin hell. I’ve seen shameless people before, but I’ve never seen such brazenness!”
Zhang Dashan couldn’t bear to watch any longer. He rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go after the man with the pointy mouth and monkey cheeks. With his temper, he was incapable of tolerating any of this.
Xiao Luo reached out to stop him. If he couldn’t handle a spat like this, as the company’s boss, he wouldn’t be left with any dignity whatsoever. With stern eyes, he looked at the crowd and sneered, “What does real estate have to do with me? Am I a real estate agent or the director of the National Land Resources Administration? Are you really blaming the company because you can’t afford a house? So, if you wish to buy anything in the future, let’s say a car or a villa, is the company supposed to pay those bills for you as well?”
This chain of rhetorical questions silenced the protestors. They were unable to think of anything to say that would refute these claims.
“You are dismissed now. Return to your posts, and I’ll let this go. Otherwise, be prepared to bear the consequences!” Two rays of frost jetted out from Xiao Luo’s eyes. When his temper flared, he wasn’t a nice person to negotiate with.
“Lub-dub.”
Many hearts thumped intensely, and the workers’ resolve flagged. After all, the employees at Luo’s Workshop weren’t treated all that badly. If they pulled out, they would have to start afresh, and their salaries would again return to the lowest tier.
The man with a pointy mouth and monkey cheeks shouted hurriedly, “Don’t be scared! We are many in number! He wouldn’t dare fire so many people. Otherwise, Luo’s Workshop will shut down tomorrow!”
His words enlightened the crowd. Yeah, what were they afraid of? Luo’s Workshop was nothing like its former self, and it was struggling at the brink of extinction. If the factory halted production for a day, then it would surely be a fatal blow to the business. Xiao Luo would never dare to do anything like that to them.
A boisterous voice sounded, “He’s right! There are so many of us here, so why are we afraid of one man?! We will strike unless he raises our salaries and bonuses!”
“We are against the company stealing our hard-earned money!” the man with a pointy mouth and monkey cheeks raised his fist and shouted.
The others yelled in unison, “We are against the company stealing our hard-earned money!”
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