Chapter 522 Cultivating one's own power
In the next few days, Lu Liang stayed in Detroit and went with Flannery to visit state and city dignitaries.
The world-renowned industrial pearl of the last century has now fallen to the point where the government is filing for bankruptcy protection and the police station will be abolished.
The relocation of companies is the reason, but it is not the main inducement. In the final analysis, the labor unions in Detroit are too strong.
“The working week cannot exceed 38 hours, and the minimum hourly wage cannot be less than $15.”
When Lu Liang learned about the local trade union regulations, he couldn't help but sigh, which country is the country of capital?
He has no objection to the hourly wage. As long as the company can make more money, it doesn't matter if the hourly wage is $20.
But he couldn't accept the 38-hour week. On average, he worked five days and two days off, working less than eight hours a day.
The eight-hour working hours abroad is different from that in China. It includes meals and lunch breaks, which is actually less than six hours.
But just like this, the local workers are not satisfied yet.
Strikes and demonstrations are organized every now and then, and labor costs are rising day by day, so companies naturally choose to relocate.
In the past, GM had no choice, because this was the place where they made their fortune. If they wanted to leave, they would be skinned unless they died.
But things are different now. With Lu Liang, a powerful foreign aid, Flannery feels that they can jointly force the union to make concessions.
Survival or destruction,
I believe those politicians will make the right choice.
After hearing the news, Lao Te also hurried over to try to negotiate a plan that satisfied all three parties.
At the beginning, he advocated bringing in Lu Liang, including coming to help now, with only one purpose, for his re-election in a few years.
As long as Detroit, the former industrial pearl, can be given a second lease of life, Michigan will surely become a red state ironclad.
In the past few days, Lu Liang has appeared in the headlines of various states every day.
At the same time, Sun Yuchen also deceived a few fools, obtained tens of millions of dollars in investment, and returned to China.
As soon as I landed at the airport, I started live streaming on Douyin.
"Thank you for the invitation, I'm in Shanghai, I just got off the plane"
"Brothers, I'm exhausted. I just came back from New York. I'm waiting for my connecting flight now and I have to go there later. Beijing."
"I can take a special flight when I go there, but when I come back, I can only take a business class flight."
"Whose special flight? ”
"It's a turning point. You heard it wrong."
Sun Yuchen had a smile on his lips, and he had been playing the three hundred taels of silver here. The routine is not afraid of aging, as long as it is easy to use.
Because he 'accidentally' let it slip, netizens in the live broadcast room knew that the young man next to Lu Liang was him.
As a result, TRON, which soared by 1,200%, once again experienced a small market and successfully exceeded 0.03 US dollars.
Another 105% increase,
The total market value of TRON has reached US$2.5 billion.
Those investors who bought a few days ago saw their assets worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars doubling. They beat their chests with hatred and lamented that they could not buy more at that time.
Leveraging on this wave of east wind, Tron has become the leading domestic cryptocurrency, and Sun Yuchen has also been crowned the richest man in the post-90s currency circle.
He immediately called Lu Liang and asked if this scale was okay and whether he needed to be more restrained.
“Yuchen, don’t worry, what you should do now is to digest and stabilize the value of TRON.”
Lu Liang smiled and walked into the cabin while talking on the phone. He had been in Detroit for three days and he was going back to China today.
This trip was fruitful. Not only did we invite the Cadillac CT5 technical team, we also negotiated terms with the Detroit city government and labor unions.
The union’s daily activity funds are collected from workers, and workers’ money is income from labor services.
If there were no enterprises and no jobs, there would be no need for the union to exist, so they chose to compromise.
Lu Liang and Flannery negotiated and decided to imitate the domestic one.
If you train a few scabs and keep them fat, they will naturally care about the company and despise the workers.
With the union issue resolved, the factory's construction efficiency will increase, and it is planned to be completed around July this year.
"Mr. Lu, I understand."
Sun Yuchen thought for a moment and understood what Lu Liang meant.
TRON has only 10,000 users and a market capitalization of US$2.5 billion. It is like being an emperor behind closed doors at home. Only family members recognize it, but outsiders do not.
TRON can skyrocket 26 times in a few days, or it can be knocked back to its original shape in an instant. Lu Liang was reminding him not to feel inflated and light-headed just because of paper profits.
The top priority is to take advantage of this east wind to develop more new users and build infrastructure.
Only when more people participate, the market will have the capacity to take over and the market value will become more real.
“Yuchen, let’s do this for now. The plane is about to take off. Let’s talk about it when we get back to China.”
Lu Liang showed a satisfied smile. From now on, he will also cultivate his own power.
Anyway, it’s easy to help someone up, so it’s best to be a good friend. If you can’t help someone, there’s no loss.
Justin Sun is the first outsider,
but he will definitely not be the last.
"Mr. Lu, the plane is about to take off." Lin Yan came over and leaned over to help Lu Liang fasten his seat belt.
A feminine fragrance flowed into his nostrils, Lu Liang smiled evilly, and lightly hooked his collar with his fingers to take in the spring scenery.
"Bad guy." Lin Yan was full of charm, glared at Xiao Lu, stretched out her index finger and flicked Xiao Lu.
The relationship between the two is no longer a secret. Naturally, they are too lazy to hide their flirtations from outsiders.
Lu Liang stroked his straight calf, along the stockings, and was about to use the Great Desolation Prisoner's Finger.
Lin Yan's delicate body trembled, and she suddenly panicked, reminding her again: "Mr. Lu, we are really about to take off."
Lu Liang narrowed his eyes with a smile and took back his Heavenly Finger.
Lin Yan walked quickly to the purser's seat with a charming expression, as if she was running away.
Fasten your seat belt, keep your eyes straight, and concentrate on waiting for the plane to glide and take off.
She knew that the flight attendants next to her must be looking at her strangely, and even insulting her quietly in their hearts.
But she doesn’t care anymore. If she dares to do it, she will do it. Anyway, if she works for a few more years, she will resign and retire early.
There is no chance of meeting them again, so why care so much, not to mention she is still their leader.
On January 19, Lu Liang returned to the Magic City.
As we enter the twelfth lunar month, the New Year is approaching and the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger. The street lights have been hung with red lanterns early, but that’s all.
Although Magic City is not a pure immigrant city like Shenzhen Town, there are also a lot of people from other places. In the next eighteen days, people will return home one after another.
After leaving the airport, Lu Liang came to the company. Almost half of the office was filled with all kinds of expensive tobacco, tea, wine, and Chinese herbal medicine from previous years.
"Pick some and send them to your uncle." Lu Liang called Fang Shiyu and asked him to take whatever he liked, package it and send it back to his hometown.
In previous years, there were so many. His storage room had long been full, and every once in a while, he would have people clean out the expired ones.
"My dad stopped smoking and drinking. He got thyroiditis some time ago and has been taking medicine." Fang Shiyu said in a dull voice.
"When did it happen? Why didn't you tell me?" Lu Liang frowned.
"When I found out, I had already completed the operation and was discharged from the hospital." Fang Shiyu also just learned.
Lu Liang sighed and picked out a few nourishing Chinese medicinal materials: "Send it to uncle."
Fang Shiyu nodded. Lu Liang finished processing some documents and came to the private equity company on the 17th floor.
Sun Yutao was left in New York by him to be responsible for setting up an office. He should not be able to come back before the Spring Festival.
The total size of the two funds is 13.2 billion US dollars. On weekdays, without Lu Liang's instructions, they have been conducting quantitative transactions in the US stock market, which means selling high and buying low to reduce the cost of chips.
“This year’s Spring Festival atmosphere seems to be a little earlier than in previous years.”
Lu Liang walked around in a circle and returned to the office upstairs. He was not used to having nothing to do suddenly.
Xu Jiawei reminded softly: "Mr. Lu, tomorrow is the 20th."
"What's wrong?" Lu Liang was confused.
GM’s technical team will arrive on the 25th. He doesn’t remember the 20th and has something to do.
Xu Jiawei took out his notebook: "Mr. Lu, you said at the end of last month that you would go to the airport to pick someone up on the 20th."
Lu Liang suddenly remembered.
Su Wanyu and her daughter are on their flight tomorrow, and Zheng Xiaoxuan, the dog-skin plaster, has not followed yet.
It seems that the plan to create a baby can be implemented in advance to prevent the age gap between the two children from becoming too large.
(End of this chapter)