Chapter 1170: Chapter 1168: Another Step Forward in Production

Watching Lynch speak nonsense with his eyes wide open, Mr. Wardrick couldn’t hold back any longer; he found Lynch so amusing.

Even more amusing was the anticipated reaction of the people, like watching a farce with the best actors, the best script, and the best content. How can one not laugh?

Severa shook her head, "I don’t quite understand."

Mr. Wardrick looked at his daughter. He enjoyed this kind of atmosphere; as a father, imparting his experience and knowledge to his child, he felt proud and honored to be a father.

"What did he just say..." He intended to repeat Lynch’s words but feared he couldn’t help laughing; he just smiled lightly and waved his hand, "Alright, I won’t repeat those words. It’s roughly about the issue of rest and efficiency."

"You know, he’s revealing a message: if workers are given enough rest time, they can surely complete their daily tasks quickly and well..."

Severa hadn’t caught on yet, "What’s the problem with that?"

Mr. Wardrick nodded, "You certainly haven’t been to the lowest-level factories, nor do you know that our factories allow a defect rate. The higher the technology content of the product, the larger the allowable defect rate."

"For some top-tech production work, due to production technology limitations given our current technological prowess, the defect rate can exceed ninety percent!"

"Even up to ninety-nine percent—if the production line can produce one or a few qualified products each run, it’s considered successful production."

"Ordinary lower-level factories are the same; even the least technically demanding factories have a defect rate of about ten percent."

"Adding the different standards of factories or regions, in reality, the qualified rate is not as you see it; not every product is qualified."

At this point, Mr. Wardrick finally finished laughing, "Don’t underestimate waste products. You must know, when a factory produces a substandard item, it isn’t just a loss of raw materials."

"It causes the factory to lose a day’s time, a day’s cost of running various machinery, and possibly, but not necessarily, start-up testing fees."

"Moreover, its greatest loss is labor costs."

"It may be just a ten-cent defect, but that single defect can cause capitalists at least a hundred dollars in losses!"

"Over the years, the major direction in industrial reform has been to increase the qualified rate and reduce the defect rate."

"What scientists and advanced machinery and production methods cannot achieve, if possible just by giving workers an hour of rest each day..."

Mr. Wardrick couldn’t help but laugh again, "Then this would be the greatest industrial invention of the century!"

Yes!

One of the greatest inventions in the development of industrial civilization this century and indeed of humankind!

Seeing through the coldness and cruelty behind Lynch’s nonsense in an instant made Mr. Wardrick laugh. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

He thinks Lynch is a born capitalist... no, he should be a politician, he shouldn’t waste his talent!

Severa gradually understood, "You mean... this might become the method of counterattack for this strike?"

Mr. Wardrick thought for a moment, nodded and then shook his head, "Not necessarily. Not everyone can understand the meaning and value of this approach, and sometimes people create trouble not for a specific reason—they simply want to stir things up."

Mr. Wardrick grasped the changes in society very accurately, from the Great Depression to the current economic recovery period. The working class has made too many concessions in front of capitalists.

This is also the inevitable result of the trend of the times; the Federation has sixty million people, but society may only provide three to five million jobs, meaning many people don’t have work.

Along with business closures, many welfare gaps arise; to continue working, many people are pushed to the limits.

They proactively request lower wages and longer working hours, making too many concessions.

Now that the economy has improved a bit, workers have always had the thought in their minds that they want to reclaim something, so they stir things up to make the factory owners and entrepreneurs understand their demands.

The Workers’ Union also needs to show its significance and value, so under several factors, the upcoming strike is triggered.

Regardless of whether Lynch’s "answer" can address the reasons for the strike, the strike will inevitably proceed; their primary conflict is not with the issues they present but with the attitude of labor and employers.

These complexities, Severa does not understand; she is the Consortium’s Princess and doesn’t fathom the intricate relations within.

This also makes Mr. Wardrick laugh heartily and genuinely applaud Lynch’s genius.

He stated that at least his factory would not have anyone striking, and he not only avoids losing his interests but might even save more costs; this bastard is truly a devil.

Mr. Wardrick doesn’t even need to think to realize that once Lynch’s "standard" is born, it will absolutely be a nightmare for the workers.

For instance, everyone has a minimum defect rate every production cycle. Producing more defects will result in fines or even dismissal.

Lynch cleverly diverted part of the "defect" responsibility; originally, the factory shouldered the loss for the defects produced by workers. Now, a considerable portion of this responsibility will fall on the workers, and the total defect rate will decrease.

This also means a shorter production cycle for the factory, lower costs for raw materials, and other expenses.

When workers believe Lynch gives them what they want and reciprocate with Lynch’s "trust," they will soon find themselves royally screwed.

And there will be nowhere to reason with; it all began in the name of "for a more efficient work," so they have no grounds to oppose these things.

The Federation’s capitalists do not have too stringent demands on the qualified rate produced by workers; as long as defects aren’t deliberately produced, it’s fine.

However, after this event, some things might become relatively troublesome, but... who cares, Mr. Wardrick is just happy!

On TV, Momo couldn’t find anything wrong with Lynch’s statements, so she skipped this somewhat disconcerting Q&A.

"So, you support the workers’ demands?" she asked tactfully.

Lynch pursed his lips and answered tactfully, "What I support is the progress of production models."

As if he neither asked nor answered anything!

All of it is nonsense that’s not nonsense!

The subsequent questions became more smooth and straightforward; Momo once again sensed an unbeatable dominance in Lynch.

Thus, she rarely slowed the rhythm in her lead program.

In fact, she didn’t want to; she just didn’t want to ask too much, say too much, or be wrong too much.

Even less did she want this to become her black history someday in the future.

The broadcast was very successful; it even set the annual viewership record tonight, which of course was partly because Lynch was the protagonist of the episode.

Many people, those big capitalists, either don’t like appearing on shows, almost never appearing on any shows.

Or they have nasty personalities, often telling jokes that are displeasing—mainly displeasing to the lower social masses.

So compared to these people, Lynch is much more popular.

He occasionally participates in show recordings, exhibiting genuine emotions and never hiding his joy, anger, or sorrow, and boldly speaks the truth.

Moreover, he is handsome, gentle, a wealthy man from the Federation’s lower levels, always caring about everything at the bottom!

Just like the incubation park on the show, even the least educated lower-level assembly line workers understand the park’s special significance.

It can make company formations—perhaps previously impossible—possible, turn factories that existed only in imagination into reality, and directly or indirectly create a large number of jobs for society.

And all of this is due to Lynch’s love for everyone!

What a noble sentiment!

At the end of the program, Momo asked Lynch if he had anything to say to the audience. Lynch thought seriously for a while, and his expression gradually turned serious.

"If you don’t work hard, dreams will forever remain fantasies."

"If we strive and struggle, even if dreams can’t come true immediately, at least the distance between us and the dreams will be closer."

"Every step added together is the future!"

"No matter if you know or don’t know me in front of the TV, I only have one piece of advice for everyone—"

"Don’t let laziness trample our lives!"

Momo started clapping, some staff members started clapping, and even some viewers in front of the TV started clapping.

No matter how long this excitement, this motivation lasts, at least right now, they are full of energy, and that’s enough!

After the TV broadcast, heated discussions quickly arose in society about whether workers should receive more rest time and whether the current work-time structure is reasonable, becoming the focus of debate.

Some media seem to enjoy stirring things up, collecting information on production accidents in recent years, and listing the hidden dangers and risks of fatigue work in production.

It not only endangers the workers’ health and even lives but also causes capitalists to lose a great deal of money.

After all, according to the Federation’s laws, factories are responsible for accidents occurring at work!

Society’s attention intensifies the accumulation of power, and soon, the first wave of a grand strike began.

No different from before, in the second week of each month on the weekend, a grand strike parade begins.

The parade lasts three days, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

People hold signs saying "I want a break" or "Production accidents are many due to fatigue" while marching on the street, shouting slogans to protest. If some of them weren’t holding beer and fried chicken, it would be even better!