"Interested in working with me?"
Wang Yu's question immediately made Nie Gaocheng on the opposite side become serious.
Not just Nie Gaocheng, but all the disabled people from Taiping Village behind him also stood up in a rush, their eyes fixed on Wang Yu.
Their gazes were all very unfriendly!
"Huh? What are you guys doing?"
Seeing the aggressive group, Brother Hu was startled.
He quickly brought his two subordinates to block in front of Wang Yu.
What? Are they looking for a fight?
That won't do. The young factory director is now their boss and benefactor. In Jiangyang County, you can touch anyone but Wang Yu!
Brother Hu and the others glared angrily, and even Han Jun and Feng Daochun became tense.
"Don't be so nervous, we don't have any deep-seated hatred."
Wang Yu showed no sign of tension at all. He directly pulled away Brother Hu and the others who were blocking him.
He looked directly at Nie Gaocheng and the others, appearing to be quite interested.
"Looking at your expressions, it's as if we have a hatred as deep as the sky and as wide as the four seas. Don't get so worked up!"
Wang Yu said with a smile, but the people from Taiping Village opposite became even more tense, even showing hatred.
"So, you've gone to so much trouble, and you still want us to work for you!"
Nie Gaocheng directly spat, his face looking very unpleasant.
"What's wrong? I'm asking, what are you guys going to do?"
Brother Hu interjected from the side.
"Our young factory director thinks highly of you, that's why he's giving you a chance to work. This is a great opportunity.
Others would have to have ancestors' graves smoking for eight lifetimes to get such a chance!"
Brother Hu's words, coupled with his ferocious expression, had no persuasive effect at all. They even made him seem like a villain's henchman.
It was as if when Huang Shiren was taking Xi'er away, his thugs would say the same thing, that it was your blessing that our master fancied you.
It felt like forcing a good woman into prostitution... cough cough!
"Spit!"
Brother Hu's words made Nie Gaocheng spit out a mouthful of saliva.
Wang Yu reacted quickly and dodged sideways, but his trouser leg still got splashed with saliva.
"You ungrateful wretch!"
Brother Hu was furious and rolled up his sleeves, ready to make a move.
"You shut up!"
Wang Yu kicked him impatiently, finally realizing that this guy was counterproductive.
"But young factory director, he..."
"You go wait outside."
After shooing him away with a casual kick, Wang Yu thought for a moment, then took out five hundred yuan bills from his wallet.
"Here's 500 yuan. Go book a restaurant.
It doesn't need to be luxurious, but it must be clean, hygienic, and taste good.
I'll be treating everyone here tonight. There are quite a few people, so remember to book a place with ample space."
Wang Yu instructed Brother Hu and sent him away.
"What, are you trying to bribe us?"
Nie Gaocheng looked at Wang Yu with a cold sneer. His actions and instructions were done in front of everyone, with no intention of hiding anything.
"Do you think a meal is enough to make us work for you?"
Nie Gaocheng's tone was indignant, and the others around him also glared angrily.
Of course... there were still some people who looked enviously at the crisp hundred-yuan bills.
"It's not bribery, it's just fate that we met. Just a meal. Anyway, none of us are lacking a meal, are we?"
Wang Yu said with a smile, then looked at Nie Gaocheng and waved for Han Jun and Feng Daochun to move aside.
"Can you tell me why you're so angry when I suggest you come and work for me?
Are you unwilling to work at my car factory?"
"Bah, what kind of bullshit work!"
Before Nie Gaocheng could speak, a hunchbacked young man behind him shouted.
"You black-hearted vampires, you say you're inviting us to work? You're actually just trying to use our status as disabled employees to apply for government subsidies?
The Metallurgy General Factory was like this, and so were the previous factories!"
The hunchbacked youth said coldly, looking at Wang Yu as if he had killed his father and taken his wife... in short, he was full of hatred and anger.
"You make us do the dirtiest and hardest jobs, and the living and working conditions are worse than for pigs and dogs. We brothers can accept all of that. As long as we have a job, no matter how hard or tiring, we are willing.
But even so, you scumbags still find ways to bleed us dry and deduct our wages!"
The hunchbacked youth became more and more angry as he spoke, and others around him also echoed his sentiments.
"Exactly! The Metallurgy General Factory was even worse. They even framed one of us for theft and fired everyone without any wages!"
"Deducting and delaying wages, framing and slandering."
Wang Yu nodded thoughtfully. He finally understood.
This could only mean that the Metallurgy General Factory and other factories that had employed them had acted too excessively.
They merely wanted to use their status as disabled people to get government subsidies, offering pitifully low wages, and then there were various delays and deductions.
Not to mention Fang Zhongtian, that scoundrel, who even came up with the idea of framing them for theft to avoid paying that little bit of money!
If one were to describe it, it would be like a despicable act of beating the blind and cursing the mute, wouldn't it?
Generally, no one would stand up for these disabled people.
Even if someone did, the Metallurgy General Factory was not someone that anyone could easily provoke, let alone now that they had the backing of the powerful Sanjing conglomerate.
They were now like a snake bitten by the grass, fearing the well rope for ten years!
"So... this is also why you snatched our convoy before?"
Wang Yu asked directly.
"That's right. Fang Zhongtian said that only if we obeyed him could we get back the wages that were rightfully ours!"
Nie Gaocheng nodded, his face full of helplessness.
"I know we're being used as scapegoats, but we brothers are really short on money, and some of us even need to take medication constantly for treatment, so we have no choice!
In short... all the mistakes are my fault. If you have any problems, just come to me. I'm willing to go to jail. But to ask us to jump into the fire pit again, that's absolutely impossible!"
After saying all that, Nie Gaocheng was resolute, leaving no room for negotiation.
"I understand."
Wang Yu nodded.
"I get what you mean... So, may I ask, how much wages did the Metallurgy General Factory owe you, and did you eventually get paid?"
"Over forty brothers, worked hard for three months, over two thousand yuan."
Nie Gaocheng said helplessly, his tone full of sorrow.
Three months, over two thousand yuan, and over forty brothers?
Wang Yu shook his head slightly. Averaging it out, that's only a little over ten yuan a month per person?
Although the cost of living wasn't high in those years, a regular worker would at least earn tens of yuan a month.
As for a large factory like the Metallurgy General Factory, it wouldn't be any lower.
The steel mill was on the verge of collapse before, yet they still got 20 yuan a month!
Looking at it this way, Fang Zhongtian was indeed a scoundrel who lived without doing human things.
Wang Yu sighed and pointed to one of his subordinate employees.
"Tell him, what's your monthly salary?"