"This is simple, just say it's to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival," Wang Yu said without thinking. It was already getting hot in June, the perfect time for zongzi.
"Um... we already distributed the Dragon Boat Festival holiday bonus, which you personally approved. You said the original 100 yuan per person was too little and increased it to 200 yuan per person. Have you forgotten?" Old Ma said cautiously.
"Uh, it seems like that's how it happened?" Wang Yu was stunned. He remembered that this had indeed happened. At that time, he was busy dealing with the people from the Ice Bear Kingdom and had casually given the order.
"Then... then..." After thinking for a moment, Wang Yu simply said directly, "Then let's celebrate Father's Day." He remembered that Father's Day was also in June, so that would be it. Last time it was Children's Day, this time it's Father's Day, no problem!
Father's Day? Everyone was stunned. This overseas festival was not very well-known at the time, but some people did know about it. Liu Lu then explained it to everyone in a low voice.
"A father's love is like a mountain, vast and deep. Hmm, give everyone 200 yuan bonus, and an additional 50 yuan for those who are already fathers, so they can take their children home to eat something good and buy some new clothes," Wang Yu said directly.
"Um... Little Factory Director, isn't the number 250 unlucky? How about 248?" someone interjected and suggested.
"Ah? It does seem a bit unlucky. Then let's add 100 yuan for every father to make it 300 yuan, and 200 yuan for other ordinary employees," Wang Yu thought for a moment and waved his hand directly, "Let's do that. Don't be stingy with the money given to the employees. You should look at the benefits created by this. Looking at the entire province, or even the entire country, how many companies can match the diligence, responsibility, and positive attitude of our employees?"
Wang Yu's words were not boasting at all, because the extremely high salaries and benefits he provided made all the workers work very diligently and proactively. They even competed with each other every day to figure out how to improve the factory's efficiency and save money. For example, an old worker had previously proposed an improvement for the casting of the internal cylinder of their micro gasoline engine, which alone could save hundreds of thousands of yuan in costs per year! This was enough to cover Wang Yu's salary many times over! Moreover, in other aspects, there were various improvement plans to continuously perfect the products and optimize costs. Even the material losses during the production process were being minimized, and these were all done voluntarily by the employees! This kind of situation only happened in Wang Yu's car factory. Try doing this in Zhao Tao's agricultural machinery factory or metallurgical plant! The workers wouldn't care about the factory's profits as long as their salaries were not cut!
Hearing Wang Yu's instructions, everyone nodded in agreement. Although the little factory director's measure of distributing salaries and bonuses on a whim seemed foolish, giving away the money he earned to others, it was undeniably a brilliant move. As the old saying goes, "He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world." With the workers united and working together, this was probably one of the reasons for the car factory's rapid development!
After Wang Yu finished giving instructions and arranging all the work, he immediately summoned Andre, the factory's technical experts, and a team of experienced workers to start working overtime on new products. He needed as many and as good new products as possible to participate in the East Continent Industrial Expo, to make a splash and establish his reputation!
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Wang Yu's side had calmed down, but the factory and its surroundings were in an uproar. The reason was simple: their salaries had increased again?
"That's not right! Why is our salary so much higher this month?" Immediately, some workers noticed something was wrong. Workers were always most sensitive to their salaries, especially since Wang Yu, as the factory director, had openly and directly published all the salary calculation methods. Everyone clearly knew their corresponding basic salary and bonus coefficients, plus overtime pay for extra working hours. They could calculate how much money they would receive with a simple calculation. This was also the source of the workers' enthusiasm: earn based on their abilities; the stronger and more hardworking they were, the more they earned!
However, many people now found that their salaries had increased?
"That's not right, was there a mistake in the accounting?" some workers questioned. They were very simple and cherished the job Wang Yu had given them, so they naturally didn't want to take money they shouldn't have.
"Bullshit, are you implying that everyone in our finance department is a freeloader and unworthy of the little factory director's trust?" the finance department member responsible for distributing the money said indignantly, "Let me tell you, this time when you received your salary, the little factory director gave you an extra bonus, saying it's for a festival. Do you know what festival it is? Father's Day!"
"Father's Day? I've never heard of such a festival before?"
"Nonsense, this is a very popular festival overseas. For those foreigners, it's as important as our Spring Festival!" someone started to brag, pretending to know.
"So that's how it is. The little factory director is truly knowledgeable, knowing overseas festivals. But are those foreign devils... cough cough, friends, so filial to their fathers? I thought they were all ignorant of the Five Constant Virtues!"
"You don't know anything. The little factory director said that a father's love is like a mountain, vast and deep. That's the importance of Father's Day. What those foreign... friends think is not important. Anyway, if the little factory director says so, it must be so!"
"That's right, everyone gets 200 yuan for the festival, and an extra 100 yuan for those who are fathers, totaling 300 yuan. The little factory director is giving you this money to take your children home to eat and wear well, so don't spend it all on the dining table."
"That's really great! Long live the little factory director!"
"I'm going home now to buy new toys for my child. The little factory director is truly our great benefactor!"
"Haha, I'm not married yet. I wonder which young lady would like to spend Father's Day with me next year?"
"I suspect you're being lewd, but I have no proof!"
"Hahaha!"
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The joyful voices of the workers spread far and wide. When it was finally time to get off work, the workers hurried home. Those with wives and children went to prepare some good dishes to improve their meals. Those without wives and children went to work hard to find one. And as the workers of the car factory received their salaries and went on holiday, a very important event occurred throughout Jiangyang County!