Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 639 - 260: The Tycoon Way
Su Ziceng’s thoughts and energy had never been as abundant as they were now. The words she spoke were not even organized—they slipped out spontaneously. In just a few moments of conversation, she took on a workload almost four times greater than others, but none of these seemed to be the issue.
When she had booked her flight ticket, ready to head to the nearest Russia, a troublesome sleeper finally popped up in front of the Espr train that was "rumbling" towards the road of prosperity.
"The inventory in Bianjing City is running out," Sister Mu got a call from the warehouse, she instantly checked the inventory in Mo City, "Mo City and several other main neighboring cities also don’t have much left."
"What about the factory side?" Espr adopted and integrated the same comprehensive logistics management system as Walmart, as soon as clothes are sold off the shelves, the corresponding manufacturer in Mo City would receive new orders immediately, replenishing the shelves straightaway. It shouldn’t be possible, as Sister Mu said, for multiple cities to nearly run out of stock.
"I’ve already contacted the Sewing Masters and Pattern Masters in charge in Mo City. They have been working with me for more than a decade. A few days ago, they turned off their phones without prior agreement, uncontactable. It wasn’t until just now that I found out through their relatives that they had jumped ship to ZARA." Sister Mu already knew when she received the news, it must have been ZARA playing dirty again.
"They pull this trick again, aren’t they afraid we’ll sue them," after listening, Lin Ying just wanted to chop up Wen Maixue and the others with a pig-slaughtering knife, these people always pull tricks at critical moments.
"No way, I’ve looked at the labor contracts of those masters, they only specify a compensation amount for breach, but there were no non-compete or confidentiality agreements signed," the loopholes in Country Z’s law are really not small, Jim was now missing the sound legal system of the United States, where even a fall at someone else’s doorstep can make the homeowner unable to getaway.
"So we just let them wreak havoc like this, we’ll end up overwhelmed by production without our main Sewing Masters and Pattern Masters," Sister Mu also regretted her earlier carelessness, she too had studied abroad and surprisingly neglected such an important labor clause.
"We can find more people," Su Ziceng’s initial panic had subsided, with the vastness of Country Z, how could she possibly fear the inability to find people.
"Just like this, how can we find people immediately, and to add fuel to the fire, many of our workers have been swayed too, saying they want a raise or else they will resign collectively." Sister Mu was troubled, thinking that running a larger store comes with countless problems, she never had to use this much brainpower when she started "Admiration."
"We can’t raise wages anymore," Jim knew the dangers of raising wages recklessly, wages could go up but could never come down. If they blindly raise wages now, it would not only offend the government and local businesses that had issued warning notices but also indulge the workers.
"I feel like we’ve become capitalists now," Lin Ying tried to lighten the tense atmosphere with a joke.
"Since we’ve become capitalists, let’s just go all the way," Su Ziceng said with a relentless tone, "First find the workers who led the demand for a wage increase, fire them, then issue a notice stating if the commotion continues, the entire factory will be laid off."
"Ziceng," Jim exclaimed, Su Ziceng’s current stance was totally that of a ruthless magnate, "I know you’re angry, but if we fire them, who will produce for us? We can’t all be up to it, can we?"
Sister Mu and Lin Ying pondered Su Ziceng’s words. Her temper had always been fierce, but it had changed a lot over the years. Could it be that the incident with ZARA had provoked her?
"Jim," Su Ziceng rested her hand on Jim’s shoulder, speaking in a tone like good brothers, "You still don’t understand the people of Country Z, below the big stick are filial sons, and you don’t understand women enough, women often say one thing but mean another, I’m not actually going to fire them."
Women always understand women, when they heard what Su Ziceng had said, Sister Mu and Lin Ying finally understood.
The news exploded in the Espr factory in Mo City early in the morning, saying that the union chairman had been fired. Then a notice was posted: "To those who do not follow discipline and engage in passive slowdowns, the same measures shall be taken, with severe punishments without relent." The effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkey was very good, those demands for wage increases quickly faded away, after all, Espr’s pay was above the local average and the benefits were also very good.
