Chapter 394 Three Worlds (I)
Southeast Asia.
Annam, Saigon.
In a shoe factory, Ruan Anhe worked for 12 hours with lingering fatigue on his face. This shoe factory is a contract manufacturer for Nike.
The assembly line where Ruan Anhe works operates in two shifts, and he can earn a little more money by working the night shift.
"Salaries have been paid. Come and get your pay slip." The finance department's voice .
When he heard about the salary payment, his steps became lighter and he quickly trotted to the finance office.
At this time, there were already hundreds of workers waiting in line in the finance office.
More than half an hour later, it was Ruan Anhe's turn.
"Employee number and name."
"3306, Ruan Anhe."
The finance department wrote a number directly on the pay slip.
Ruan Anhe took the salary slip, which showed 8.6 million (equivalent to 2,580 Chinese yuan, about 164 gold yuan). This was his salary for working 30 days this month, 12 hours a day.
After receiving the pay slip, Ruan Anhe returned to his dormitory.
Several workers in the same dormitory saw him coming back and asked, "How much are you paid?"
"8.6 million, how much do you have, Xiaohu?"
A young man with a tattoo of the Bayern football team logo on his arm said in dismay: "7.5 million, for the whole family! I was late twice this month and was deducted 300,000."
"This salary is useless. I plan to quit and go to Siam next month." Another young man said indignantly.
Huang Xiaohu immediately became interested: "Alu, do you really want to go to Siam?"
The young man became emotional: "Why not go? Haha, am I going to continue to be exploited by those family shovelers here? I would rather be a dog at the Sapiens company than stay here any longer. Damn! I work so hard for only 7 or 8 million a month. Do you know what the minimum wage at the Sapiens company is?"
They certainly know what the minimum wage is at Sapiens.
Calculated in terms of purchasing power, 500 gold yuan is equivalent to at least 40 million Annan shields, and this does not include various hidden benefits.
Not only is the income in Annan low, the prices are also very high.
An ordinary local box lunch costs 45,000 to 60,000 Annan dong, and the housing price in Saigon has reached 45 million to 50 million Annan dong per square meter. Even if you don’t eat or drink, you will need to work for 57 years to buy a 100-square-meter house.
With income so low and prices so high, it's simply despairing.
The neighbors next door have a very good standard of living, and anyone with a little idea would not stay but would find ways to leave.
"I have discussed with several people from the same village that I will take my family to Thonburi by boat after I get my salary next month."
Ruan Anhe hesitated: "But isn't there a strict crackdown on illegal immigration recently?"
"Those idiots are really despicable. They actually set up checkpoints at the border." Huang Xiaohu also looked angry.
In order to prevent population outflow, Annan recently restricted people from traveling to Siam on the grounds of cracking down on illegal exit.
In fact, they were forced into this desperate measure because they had no other choice.
Because in the first half of this year, 8.71 million people were slured away by Sapiens Company, plus the 6.52 million who left last year, there are now more than 15.23 million people working for Sapiens Company.
This caused Annan's total population to drop from 99 million to 83.83 million.
If this continues, everyone will run away without anyone having to do anything.
The neighboring Khmer and Lan Xang Kingdoms were almost destroyed.
The total population of Cambodia plummeted from 15.3 million to only 4.21 million; the total population of the Lan Xang Kingdom plummeted from 7.3 million to 1.08 million.
The reason why these two places have such crazy population loss is that they have land borders with Siam or are separated by the Mekong River.
As for the Siamese branch of the Zhiren Company, basically everyone was accepted, so the people there fled from one village to another.
The situation was like a person whose carotid artery was pierced, and a large amount of fresh blood gushed out.
The Lan Xang Kingdom and Cambodia had thought of ways to deal with the problem, and even sent out troops to block the border, but the army was also made up of people.
Those soldiers from poor families not only let people pass secretly, but also took the lead in running away.
And then nothing happened . After the Lan Xang Kingdom and Cambodia realized that they could not stop the bleeding, they simply lay down and lifted the border blockade.
However, with the large-scale outflow of population from their territory, the per capita arable land area has increased, the contradiction between population and land has been reduced a lot, and with the influx of a large amount of capital from the Far East, they finally managed to maintain their situation.
However, the population of Annan was too large, with 99 million people squeezed into a narrow strip of land. In addition to their special internal conditions and the fact that they did not border Homo sapiens, it was inconvenient for them to escape. Therefore, they did not have a large population siphoned off at once like the Khmer and Lan Xang Kingdoms.
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Hulu looked out the window and whispered, "There are fishing boats in Saigon that can take people over. Each person costs 5 million."
"Is it reliable?" Ruan Anhe asked quickly.
"Don't worry, a classmate of mine went there on a fishing boat before, and he told me this route." Hulu was very sure.
Huang Xiaohu thought about it, then gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "How many people can that boat take?"
"There are 30 people, and the ship owner is also worried about accidents, so he asked us to find familiar relatives and friends. He won't take strangers. There are still 13 places left."
Huang Xiaohu made a prompt decision: "Give me six seats and I'll give you the money in a few days."
"no problem."
Ruan Anhe also said: "I want 5 seats too."
The three of them made plans to run away with their families at the beginning of next month.
The other side.
Inside the general manager's office of the shoe factory.
General Manager Ruan Guoxin's face was as dark as a cloud: "How many people have escaped?"
Wu Kedong, the head of the Human Resources Department, replied helplessly: "15."
Ruan Guoxin cursed angrily: "Can't these peasants work properly? We've raised their wages, but do they deserve the trust of the factory? This is outrageous. Damn the Homo Sapiens company."
"How about a raise in wages? Or adjust the shift schedule to three shifts?" Wu Kedong suggested cautiously.
Ruan Guoxin refused : "Wage increase? This is already the highest in Saigon. If it increases again, I will just close the shop. Three shifts is not an option. This will increase labor costs by 50%. I can only operate three shifts if I reduce wages."
“……”Wu Kedong also looked embarrassed.
You want the horse to run but don't let it eat grass. Isn't this bullying honest people?
Suddenly, Ruan Guoxin thought of a solution: "Lao Wu, why don't we hire a few more security guards, lock the dormitory door, confiscate everyone's cell phones, and make it impossible for them to leave the factory?"
Wu Kedong's eyes widened: "You are really smart."
Although he wanted to curse, Wu Kedong held back and tried to persuade them kindly: "Manager, this is against the law. If the workers start making trouble, the factory may not be able to be saved."
"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. I'm so mad !"
Suddenly, Ruan Guoxin's phone rang. He took a look and then waved to Wu Kedong: "You figure out a way to deal with this matter. Give me a solution tomorrow."
"Uh... okay!" Wu Kedong left the office helplessly.
When he walked out of the office, he closed the door and spat inwardly: "Bah! I won't serve you anymore."
And inside the office.
Ruan Guoxin answered the phone: "Baby! What's the matter?"
"I miss you! You haven't come to my place for three days." A coquettish female voice came from the other end of the phone.
"I have too much to do at the company. I will come to see you in a couple of days and buy you an LV bag."
"No, honey, I want a BMW, is that okay..."
"BMW? Sure." Ruan Guoxin was very generous.
"Thank you honey, I love you so much!"
"Haha, I've booked a Michelin restaurant the day after tomorrow, so you have to behave yourself then."
