Half of the chaotic May finally passed without any danger. Except for the occasional students who continued to marche and demonstrate, workers insisted on strike, and merchants took the opportunity to raise prices, and nothing extraordinary happened in the peaceful Beijing city.

However, in this time and space, Beijing is not called Beijing now, but Peking. With Zhong Yang's meager historical knowledge, he didn't know how Peking was later changed to Beijing.

With Liu Jinyang's efforts, the Hongfa Cigarette Manufacturing Factory funded by Zhong Yang was finally officially completed. There are three cigarette production lines in total, with a daily output of about 2,000 boxes of cigarettes packaged in soft paper boxes. The production of cigarettes requires basic energy, and an average of 1 base value of basic energy is consumed for every 10 boxes. Each 10 grams of standard tobacco can produce a pack of 20 cigarettes. The packaging of soft paper boxes mainly includes 10 packs and 20 packs. In addition to ordinary cigarettes packaged in soft paper boxes, there is also a kind of high-end cigarette packaged in iron box.

With the recommendation of Liu Wanhe, Zhong Yang was able to get to know Fei Liqing, director of the Beijing Government's Commerce Administration. After some bribery, he finally got the license to run a cigarette factory. This also cost Zhong Yang 5,000 silver dollars, which made him sigh that these officials really dared to ask for money. They said it was 5,000, and they were not allowed to bargain! This was silver dollars, not the yen that was a mess in later generations!

But under the eaves, how could Zhong Yang not bow his head. He had to pay the money honestly and pay a smile. After many twists and turns, the cigarette manufacturer finally settled it, but another problem began to bother Zhong Yang. That is, Liu Jinyang came back to report and said that the factory could not recruit people.

Due to the image of the strike trend, the working class went on strike one after another. Although many foreign businesses also suffered heavy losses, the national bourgeoisie in the country was the real trouble.

Many foreign merchants have their core industries not in China. When they encounter such a large-scale strike wave, they make less money at most. But the national bourgeoisie in China is different. Their foundations are all in China, and many people even invest in factories through loans. When encountering such a large-scale workers' movement, their losses will be a damaging move.

If workers do not produce, the factory will not sell products, but the materials have been purchased. This is the backlog, and the stagnation of capital circulation will cause huge production costs. This is tantamount to injury for national enterprises that are already facing the impact of foreign capital.

But they cannot complain, nor do they complain. If they don’t force themselves on their heads, they will be labeled as traitors. Later generations said that China’s national capitalists were naturally weak and afraid of things, so the achievements of the National Revolution were repeatedly stolen by ambitious people. In fact, this kind of accusation is simply nonsense. How could a businessman and a worker consider the same thing?

The proletariat such as workers and peasants have no choice but to do so because of their poverty. This is the natural butt that determines the head. They sit in a low position and naturally will not think about things further away. And what about the national capitalists in China? They want to seek benefits for their families and consider feeding the entire factory owner. Although the cruel nature of exploitation has not improved at all, is this meaningless to the country?

Which of the capitalist or a worker represents the advanced productivity of society? Western Europe explained the problem hundreds of years ago with undisputed facts. As early as 100 years before the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the world had entered the era of comprehensive business.

Even in the next 400 years, the world will still be dominated by commercial civilization. When human survival needs are still at the forefront, the general trend of commerce occupying the trend is unchanged. Without a circulating business environment, no country can be strong for too long. Looking at history, where are countries that do not respect commercial freedom now? Looking at the original time and space, what is the world's number of countries that lack a business operation environment?

In this time and space, although the businessman who had originally had a low status in society finally improved because of his support for the Xinhai Revolution? But has it really improved? Anyway, Zhong Yang did not see it.

At the Beijing Business Association, Zhong Yang pledged 500 silver dollars, saying that he wanted to support the patriotic movement with practical actions. Those who did not pay were equivalent to traitors. As for how much money the Chamber of Commerce presidents took out to give to the Student Federation, no one dared to ask because the president was Duan Qirui's relative.

The Workers' Union Federation in Beijing is not a fuel-efficient lamp. It threatened to strike and continued to stop work without paying a raise or improving the benefits. Zhong Yang's recruitment notice also did not call the leaders of the Workers' Union and did not recruit enough personnel. Many workers wanted to come, but were persuaded to leave by a group of guys wandering outside the factory gate.

"What are these things? Who are we operating legally? "

After receiving a report from the team responsible for recruiting workers underground, Zhong Yang and the other three felt very angry.

"Zhong Yang, why don't I go and discuss with the people in the Federation of Trade Unions. This will not be a solution."

Chen Ze was also worried about the difficulties the factory is facing now. It was not that it could not recruit people, but because of the lack of skilled technical workers. It would cost considerable to train farmers from the countryside or gangsters wandering in the city to become qualified production workers, but Hongfa Cigarette Factory can't afford to wait now.

"Oh, the people from the Federation of Trade Unions are asking for an outrageous price. We will give in this time and they will reach out to you next time. How many times can we afford it?"

For the lack of qualified workers, Zhong Yang also wanted to solve this problem quickly. However, he still couldn't recruit enough workers after paying twice the salary of ordinary workers. The one behind the scenes is the so-called Beijing Workers' Union Association, referred to as the Federation of Trade Unions.

"I don't plan to go to the Federation of Trade Unions for now. I want to find Boss Liu first and see what he says."

"Okay, then you go and talk to him first. Just leave the factory affairs to me and Jinyang."

Chen Ze also agreed with Zhong Yang's words. It was so easy to bow his head to compromise with the people of the Federation of Trade Unions, and it would be difficult to deal with it in the future.

Although the core members of the Federation of Trade Unions are also from the working class, they seem to have the prototype of a political party. Some people are rumored to be progressive ideas passed down from Tsarist Russia. Zhong Yang also sneered at the behavior and faces of these people. They have propaganda personnel in none of their factories, promoting the idea that the working class should unite.

In fact, they use strikes as a threat to blackmail merchants. Although it has indeed made the exploitation of capitalists more restrained to some extent, most of the time, they are just rats who are greedy for money and good things. When Zhong Yang used to take history classes, every time he saw the result of a strike, these people who took the lead in causing trouble were bribed.

At that time, Zhong Yang was wondering, such a plot was always so entangled, and it turned out that the essence of the Federation of Trade Unions was like this.

That night, Zhong Yang made an appointment with Liu Wanhe on the phone to go out to the Grand Hyatt Hotel to have a meal in the evening, and talked to him about the factory. Liu Wanhe also agreed to Zhong Yang's request with a smile. The relationship between the two is still quite harmonious now.

That night, Zhong Yang was drinking and drinking. Zhong Yang, who had never liked drinking, had to drink with Liu Wanhe. Next to him was the more famous socialites among the four upper-class celebrities. Zhong Yang spent 500 silver dollars to come back to accompany him. Liu Wanhe hugged him, hugged him, touched him and kissed him, and had a lot of fun.

Zhong Yang is quite shy and is teased by everyone for this. It’s not that he is just a serious person, but that he is a otakus and is not adapted to this kind of scene. Although the socialites are beautiful, they are all things that can be used to ride thousands of people. Zhong Yang really respects them.

The discussion with Liu Wanhe did not achieve the most ideal result. Liu Wanhe agreed to help solve the workers' problems, but also asked Zhong Yang to hand over all the goods Hongfa was sold to him. Zhong Yang was unacceptable to this condition, because many of his original profits would fall into Liu Wanhe's hands.

Although the relationship between the two is pretty good, business is business, and friendship is different. After hesitating for a while, Zhong Yang cautiously rejected Liu Wanhe's "good intention", but also expressed his willingness to give 30% of the goods priority purchase rights. After some controversy, the two finally reached a cooperation agreement.

Liu Wanhe is responsible for recruiting workers, while Zhong Yang must give priority to Liu Wanhe 40% of the Hongfa Cigarette Manufacturing Factory's products. He also helps Liu Wanhe establish a similar cigarette manufacturer and provide corresponding technical services in the future.

After discussing the business, the two started to eat and drink again. They didn't leave separately until they got drunk. Zhong Yang was not optimistic about the outcome of the matter.

In this era, the situation in the entire society was much worse than Zhong Yang imagined. In the entire society, there were too few educated people. Especially the lower class of society, such as the working class and the peasant class, the literacy rate was terrible.

Because workers work in the city, they are much better than farmers in terms of literacy rates, but they are not much better. The lack of books and knowledge makes them more impulsive than farmers. And after seeing the colorful life in big cities, they are also more ambitious than the peasant class.

To be honest, civilians who were not well-educated lived in such an era of order, chaotic and social turbulence in the early Republic of China. It is hard to imagine that they would hope to make a fortune through hard work and wisdom.

More people, inspired by a fanatical so-called progressive idea, want to overthrow the capitalists who are sucking blood on them and become the masters of this country!

Compared to working hard and getting rich through hard work, such simple and direct slogans are undoubtedly more encouraging to the hearts of the working class. Don’t imagine how noble human beings are. If you carefully look at history, you will find the dirty and unbearable hidden between the lines. Especially in this deformed society that has been savagely enslaved by Jiannu for hundreds of years, it is not surprising that no matter how ugly things happen.

The development of the Federation of Trade Unions is actually no secret? But who is willing to deal with it? Anyway, in this era, political forces with various slogans are not a strange thing for China's land. The warlord government has no time to pay attention to such trivial matters, as long as you don't make things bigger, you can do whatever you like.
Chapter completed!