Chapter 217 Paying Wages

Ten days later, when Mike took time out to come to the factory after training again, the place had changed drastically.

Dozens of wizards are scattered and busy in the huge factory. They are divided into groups of five and stay at different positions, responsible for different production steps of Dolphin's magic drink. Compared with the huge factory building, this assembly line and the scattered workers are obviously very small, which also makes this factory very empty.

This factory had been completed 8 days ago. Speaking of which, Mike had to praise the wizard construction team. The efficiency was simply unmatched.

The day after the factory was established, Mike asked the Weasley brothers to bring the employees they had previously recruited into the factory, sign the magic contracts one by one, and then start the production of Dolphin's Magic Drink.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the basic labor contract, the contract that Mike asked these employees to sign also had an additional confidentiality contract, the content of which was that once the signatory leaked any information about the formula of Dolphin Magic Drink, To compensate 'Los Santos Non-Liability Unlimited Magic Company' 100,000 gold galleons.

The huge compensation of 100,000 gold galleons scared many people away, but more people signed the contract without hesitation. Because the fundamental reason why they came here is just to find a job.

Thanks to this confidentiality contract, the operation of this factory is not as cumbersome as Mike and the others at school. Instead, it is directly made into an open assembly line, and the efficiency is greatly improved.

In addition, after discussing with the Weasley brothers, Mike also designed the factory's shift head to be three shifts, that is, the remaining more than 100 people were divided into three groups, corresponding to three different time periods to allow the factory to Maintain 24-hour non-stop working status.

Yes, you heard it right, divided into three groups to work in three shifts.

This means that these workers have to work seven days a week with no rest days.

The workers initially complained about this, but their complaints disappeared after hearing that the basic salary was 30 gold galleons plus food and housing.

Although these thirty gold galleons may not be much per month, even these Muggle-born wizards can be found outside, but it is the same as food and accommodation. This system will undoubtedly save them a lot of money. overhead.

This means that these people can have deposits.

As for savings, the temptation is huge for a person who spends all his salary every month or even fails to make ends meet.

Mike walked in the factory and inspected the hard work of the employees of the "Los Santos Responsible Unlimited Magic Company". Contrary to what Mike expected, the employees did not react much to the arrival of his big boss. Most of them pretended not to see it and just immersed themselves in processing the raw materials. Even the few more casual employees just nodded slightly to Mike as a greeting.

Mike did not feel any dissatisfaction with this, but nodded with satisfaction, because this happened to prove the hard work of these employees.

In fact, these employees also have to work hard because their wages are directly linked to the amount of work they complete, which is the so-called piece rate.

The piece rate system means that the more you do, the more you earn. It is because of this rule that all these employees work hard like chicken blood.

According to calculations by George, who is temporarily acting as the accountant, the employee who worked the hardest this week and earned the most earned a weekly salary of 12 gold galleons, of which 5 gold galleons were piece-rate bonuses.

If this model employee can maintain this efficiency in the next few weeks, his monthly salary will reach about 50 gold galleons, which is already on par with the low-level clerks in the Ministry of Magic.

This is something that ordinary wizards who are born as Muggles and are not strong enough to have a good job would not even dare to think about it.

However, what they didn't know was that the salary standard set by Mike and the Weasley brothers from the beginning was actually 50 gold galleons per month.

This means that the so-called piece-rate bonuses are actually what Mike and the Weasley brothers took out of the employees' original wages. The purpose is to make these employees become emotionless tools and work hard.

As for what if some employees are so unbelievably efficient at work that their piece-rate bonuses far exceed the level of 20 gold galleons?

Just kidding, the more they do, the more Mike makes as the boss! Mike wished that everyone in the factory could receive a monthly salary of well over 50 gold galleons, so that the more money he could make!

Of course, Mike is not a devil and would not dare to do the bad things he did in the black factory in his previous life.

For example, if your piece-rate bonus is incredible this month, then Mike will definitely not do it if I lower your unit price next month. And he also strictly prohibited the Weasley brothers from doing this, because it was an extremely dishonorable behavior.

Mike's purpose in opening this factory was not just to make money, but to gather people's hearts and unite those wizards who were born as Muggles and lived a difficult life.

Although these people may not have high individual strength, they are still a considerable force when united. At least they can be used as cannon fodder.

In an environment like a closed factory, Mike can easily brainwash these workers with a few tricks and make them worship themselves, so that others will obey him.

Some people may find it difficult to do this, but in fact the human brain is simpler than you think, and it is even easier to be confused.

Mike remembered that he had seen a movie called "The Wave" in his previous life. This movie tells the story of a high school teacher who made his students become his fanatical followers through some simple arrangements in just three days.

Even when the teacher finally repented and decided to disband the Inspur organization he founded, some fanatical believers came out to stop him and wanted him to continue leading the Inspur organization.

This is only in an open campus. Mike is confident that with his own strength and means, coupled with the fully enclosed environment of the factory, he can do what that teacher did.

Although Mike doesn't want to engage in the "slanted swastika" spirit, a certain degree of personality worship is still needed, because this will greatly improve the factory's work efficiency. Even in the future, when Mike needs these people to engage in other dangerous jobs, they will I won't hesitate to implement it.

At the same time, Mike had also arrived at the conference room in the factory.

The conference room of Dolphin Factory is magnificently decorated, with a huge conference table placed in the center of the conference room.

"Busy man, you're finally here!" As soon as Mike entered the conference room, George, who was sitting on the wooden conference chair with his legs on the conference table, said, "You are so cool, just leave the factory to us and don't care. Now, do you know how tired we are during this time?"

"Yes, Mike, you are not being a good friend by doing this!" George on the side also echoed, "We will be sad if you don't give us some bonuses!"

Facing these two living treasures, Mike could only smile and shake his head, casually threw a bag of traceless stretching spells on the conference table and said: "Sorry, my practice has reached a critical stage during this period, so I can only Please. As for the bonus you mentioned, I’ll give each of you an extra 50 gold galleons.”

As soon as these words came out, George and Fred immediately cheered, and they all rushed towards the traceless stretch spell bag on the conference table. After opening it, no one grabbed a handful out.

Mike did not look at how much money the Weasley brothers had earned. After sitting down at the top of the table, he crossed his legs and said, "I just saw it. The employees are working hard. So this week How many magic drinks have we produced?"

Hearing Mike start asking serious questions, George and Weasley also became serious. After they put away the gold galleons they got, they said: "During this period, the workers still don't trust our company, so many The workers' enthusiasm for work has not yet been mobilized. This has resulted in our factory's output being relatively average, with only about 4,000 bottles of Dolphin's Magic Drink produced in one week."

After listening to the two people's reports, Mike immediately lowered his head and made calculations.

If you calculate based on the wholesale price of a bottle of 2 gold coins, excluding 10% tax, workers' wages and material costs, then he can earn almost more than 10,000 gold galleons a month.

In other words, he can basically recoup the construction cost of this factory in one month.

Mike nodded with satisfaction. To be honest, he was very satisfied to be able to achieve this. After all, the monthly income of more than 10,000 gold galleons was already very considerable. He never viewed Dolphin's Magic Drink as a lucrative industry from the beginning.

So Mike stood up and said to the two of them: "Very good, for the time being, I am very satisfied with this output. Then you go and notify all workers to gather in the auditorium, including those night shift employees who are still sleeping. I’m going to give them their first paycheck there!”

Upon hearing this, the Weasley brothers quickly got up and ran outside to carry out the orders given by Mike.

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Half an hour later, the originally empty factory auditorium was filled with people.

These workers were chattering away and looked extremely excited because they were about to receive their first weekly salary in the Dolphin factory.

After everyone arrived, Mike slowly walked from the backstage to the podium. Although the originally noisy sounds in the auditorium did not disappear entirely, they also weakened a lot.

Mike stood on the high podium and looked at the people at the back of the crowd who were still talking and couldn't help but shake his head.

It’s simply self-deception.

They thought Mike couldn't see them standing in the back row, but in fact Mike could see them very clearly.

But Mike didn't say anything and just started the speech he had prepared.

"Everyone, today is the seventh day that you have come to our company in Los Santos. This is a critical day because you are about to get your first weekly salary."

After speaking, Mike untied the traceless stretching spell bag and dumped all the gold galleons inside on the podium, forming a hill made of gold galleons.

At this moment, the entire auditorium fell completely silent, and even the people in the last row who were still chatting looked directly at the pile of gold Galleons.

Immediately afterwards, a cheer louder than before came from every employee's mouth. They danced and squeezed forward one by one, with greedy smiles on their faces.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Mike quickly snorted. With a flick of his wand, a wall of fire composed entirely of blazing flames was erected, surrounding the employees.

At this time, all the employees were dumbfounded. Looking at the flames emitting astonishing heat, the greedy smiles on everyone's faces instantly turned into endless fear. Everyone was retreating, and soon they were separated from the originally loose team. The shape is squeezed into an oval.

"I hope everyone here can figure out their own position! You have all signed a labor contract with our Los Santos company. Our company is a reputable company. We will never deduct what is yours." Mike After a pause, he raised the wand in his hand and said again, "But if you touch something you shouldn't touch, then don't blame me!"

Following Mike's movement, the wall of fire surrounding everyone in the audience suddenly surged, its color changed from red to purple, and the heat emitted was even more astonishing.

The people trapped inside cried out in horror when they saw this, and squeezed in even harder.

Seeing this, Mike also pulled up a smile on his lips. He waved his wand and removed the wall of fire. Looking at the still surprised people in the audience, he said: "Since everyone has no objection to what I said, let me announce some good news. In view of the fact that everyone has no objection to what I said. Everyone did a good job this week, so everyone will receive a gold galleons bonus this week.”

After Mike released the good news, the people in the audience did not react much. They had not yet reacted to the panic just now, and Mike did not care. With his rich life experience, he understood the thoughts of these people at the bottom of society. .

The benefits are only the benefits you get in your hands. No matter how much you brag about the rest, it will be useless!

So he continued: "I won't say any more nonsense. Next, my name will be called to collect my salary!"

George stood up on the side, took out the salary list that had been prepared long ago, and started to roll call. Shuke and Beta also appeared next to the pile of gold galleons and gave out gold coins according to the amount reported by George.

"Harrison Carter, 13 gold galleons!"

As Percy's loud voice echoed in the auditorium, the audience was still silent, and no one came up to collect their wages.

After a long time, a young man timidly walked onto the podium.

Shuke, who had been ready for a long time, didn't waste any time. He snapped his fingers and saw 13 shining gold coins flying out of the pile of gold coins and into the hands of the young man.

The young man looked at the gold galleons in his hand in disbelief, feeling the heavy weight. The expression on his face slowly began to change. The initial fear gradually turned into ecstasy, and he bowed several times to Mike. Then he quickly ran down to the podium.

However, at this moment, Mike's voice suddenly rang.

"Wait! Come back first! The matter is not over yet!" Mike frowned and said, "Besides, have I seen you somewhere?"