Chapter 38 In order to raise funds for work, a certain president actually...
After a long time, the students' discussion came to an end.
They were divided into several working groups according to their respective situations, and prepared to carry out work in three aspects: schools, factories, and Zuan communities.
The school aspect is easy to say. These young people are international students in Zaun and usually hang out in the international student circle. They know people in both their own school and other schools and can talk to them.
But when it comes to factories and communities, and how to promote the cause to Zaun apprentices, the students feel a little embarrassed.
This is not because these students are out of touch with reality and do not know how to communicate with workers.
On the contrary, these Zaun international students are not the kind of scholars who have never touched a living. Almost every one of them relied on part-time jobs and hard work to escape from the hellhole of Zaun and come here.
They have all seen what the factory looks like.
They all know very well what the workers' lives are like.
But it is precisely because of this that they know how difficult it is to spread propaganda to workers:
"Teacher Levi."
"The life of Zaun apprentices is indeed very hard. They receive a salary that is barely enough to support their family. They have to work more than ten hours a day, and they can only rest on a few holidays such as Evolution Day..."
“But even so, compared to the workers back home in Zuan, their lives are happy.”
That's right. Happiness is achieved through comparison .
Compared to Zaun's pure old British-style meat grinder where the average life expectancy of workers is less than 30... life as an apprentice in Piltover can really be considered a blessing.
Therefore, Zaun apprentices are generally satisfied with the current situation and generally have no rebellious spirit.
“And that’s just the small matter.”
"The most important problem is that the heavy work of more than ten hours a day has taken up most of the apprentices' personal time, turning them into mechanical parts in this industrial machine that do not know how to think and have no time to think."
"They are already tired enough from work. If we go to promote this to them, do they really have the patience to listen?"
"Yeah...you're right."
Levi couldn't help but think of himself.
When he was studying, he dreamed of buying a high-end computer after he started working so that he could play any game he wanted.
But after he actually started working, he was too lazy to even turn on the computer.
Every day after get off work, I would lie on the bed, watching short videos on my phone. A day passed by inexplicably, as if it had been cut away by the Crimson King.
Why?
Because the work is too tiring.
Being so tired, he didn't even have the patience to play those 3A games that required time-consuming immersive experience. He just wanted to watch some fragmented entertainment to relax his mind.
This is the case even when playing games, let alone reading, studying, and researching any profound principles.
The work of these Zaun apprentices must be ten or a hundred times harder than Levi’s previous job.
Levi suffered a lot, but he woke up and was able to use the time he spent watching videos to read and study.
He still had time to think about his ideals.
But these Zaun apprentices, apart from work, have almost no time left for eating and sleeping.
"How can we make them willingly give us some of this precious time?"
The students were all distressed.
But Levi wasn't much better.
Old problem, he has never done this before!
But he still thought of the free vegetarian meals he had with his grandmother when he was a child, the "five loaves and two fish" he had eaten at the church, the discounted vegetables he had snatched at the supermarket, and the free eggs he had grabbed at the sales meeting...
Even the useless credits he earned by sitting in various forums in college.
The things were obtained and the time was also spent.
"Since the apprentices only have time for eating and sleeping, let's start with this meal time."
Levi put himself in the shoes of the original owner, an ordinary Zaun apprentice.
How can you get your apprentices to listen to you patiently?
Of course, we should come up with something practical first.
"Let's set up a breakfast stall in front of the factory gate and sell the food half-for-half. I guarantee they will have the patience to chat with you while eating."
Levi gave a random example.
For Zaun apprentices, a free piece of brown bread is worth a thousand words.
"That's a good idea! But..."
These students are smart people, and they quickly realized: “This is going to cost money.”
Yes, fighting costs money.
Without funds, nothing can be accomplished even if we only use our love to generate power.
But where does the money come from?
These Zaun students are almost all poor, and their pockets are so clean that they can make a thief cry.
"I have it!" Victor stepped forward without hesitation: "I have been saving my salary for these years and have nowhere to spend it. I can just use it to support our business!"
"Is it enough?" Levi was worried about him.
"It's enough for now..." Victor also became distressed.
Although his salary is high and his savings are sufficient, in the long run, he alone will definitely not be able to support the operation of the entire organization.
To continue this business, they must find a stable source of funds.
"Wait... I have an idea!"
"A solution that can not only solve the funding problem, but also promote our publicity work."
Victor only thought about it for a moment and came up with a solution -
For a genius scientist like him, making money is really not difficult at all.
The reason why he didn't make a fortune before was entirely because he was too absorbed in scientific research and too neglectful of money, fame, material enjoyment, and other external things.
So when other scientists were busy integrating industry, academia and research, busy converting their scientific research results into economic benefits, and even his close friend Jess began to frequently attend various social dinners to seek benefits for the family...
Victor was still working alone in the laboratory, enjoying his research.
"After so many years of research, I have actually accumulated many inventions with practical significance."
"Steam-powered batteries, mechanical flying claws, precision joint transmission devices, intelligent microprocessors, Hextech mechanical prostheses, laser cutting machines, gravity field generators..."
"These invention patents are all in my hands!"
Victor listed a bunch of high-tech products that Levi was amazed at, just like he was naming dishes:
"We can use these research results to finance our own business, recruit apprentice workers from Zaun, and open a factory of our own!"
This is indeed a good idea.
They could use the technological advantages established by Victor's genius to earn high profits from the market and provide funds for the team. They could also use their own factory as a base camp to directly promote to the Zaun apprentices in the factory.
"But..." Li Wei still hesitated: "This factory can't be opened just like that."
"Like you said, Victor, we have the technology but no funds."
"If you want to open a factory without funds, you need to find rich people to attract investment. To attract investment from rich people, you will inevitably have to cooperate with business owners, which will allow business owners to get in touch with our business..."
“If those investors realize what we are doing, how will they react? Will we get into trouble before the factory is even built?”
That's the problem.
Those wealthy people in Piltover are the natural enemies of the Leader. Making money with them is tantamount to trying to get the skin of a tiger.
“Well, it would be nice to meet a rich man who has money, sympathizes with the workers, has experienced the sufferings of the people, and has the hope of betraying his class background, and may be on our side.”
"It would be best if we had someone who was also from Zaun and might be inspired to have a sense of national independence. And his family already has a factory and could help us start the propaganda work now..."
Levi couldn't help but think so.
As he thought about it, he discovered...
etc?
He seemed to really know this rich guy.
"Um...Seraphini?"
Levi looked at the rich young lady.
Everyone's eyes followed Levi and focused on Seraphine.
To be honest, everyone was very curious about Seraphine's identity from the moment she stepped into the classroom.
Because this girl is so beautiful and elegant, even the exaggerated outfit of a princess dress, white stockings and small leather boots can be perfectly controlled by her.
Her temperament showed that she was a daughter of a wealthy family, like a star who had just stepped off the stage. She did not look like a Zaun person, nor like a poor person.
How could such a person appear with Levi?
"Brother, this lady ...is?"
Lina finally couldn't help but ask this question on behalf of all the students.
She had originally wondered whether Seraphine might also be the chosen one of the goddess Janna and a companion of Levi in faith.
But later Lina discovered that during the process of being chosen by Janna, this young lady had no "white line" at all - she was not a believer of Janna at all.
So who is this Miss Seraphine?
"Seraphone is my friend." Levi replied.
"Friend?" Lina rolled her eyes suspiciously .
"Yes!" Seraphine not only agreed out loud, but also nodded solemnly: "Mr. Levi is my best friend!"
She hasn't been out of the house or made any friends for 6 or 7 years, so Levi is of course her best friend.
"No, not just friends..."
"He is still my only soulmate!"
Seraphine easily gets emotional when she speaks, and when she does, her big eyes flash infatuatedly.
Then Lina's expression became even weirder.
"Ahem, anyway...Seraphini's family runs a factory. Her father was also an apprentice in Zaun, and he has always sympathized with the workers."
"With the friendship between Seraphine and I, we can definitely try to find her father for cooperation..."
Levi is talking about his work plan here.
His sister suddenly jumped up from her seat as if she had suddenly realized some horrifying truth.
"Janna, by God—"
At the first plenary meeting of the Leaders Association, Lina openly slandered the president:
"Brother, you, you actually hooked up with a rich woman?!"