Chapter 368: Wang Xin: Why Is There No End to This

Shencheng, Zhongsha Technology Park, Sister Chengzi Mobile Phone Factory Headquarters.

Outside the packaging workshop, a production supervisor in his forties, face beaming with smiles, shouted to the sea of frontline operators: "I have some good news, ahem, my throat is a bit dry."

"Brother Xiang, give me a Huazi to moisten my throat!" A young man darted out from the crowd, cigarette in one hand and lighter in the other, rushing over to fawn obsequiously.

"I remember your name is Zhu Ancheng, right?" Brother Xiang took the cigarette and lighter, asking with a smile.

"Brother Xiang has such a good memory!" Zhu Ancheng quickly raised his thumb in praise.

"Zhu Ancheng from the B7 packaging workshop, openly violating the company's safety management regulations, fined 500 yuan; second offense, treated as dismissal."

Brother Xiang held up the cigarette and announced loudly.

The smile on Zhu Ancheng's face stopped abruptly.

But smiles never disappear; they only transfer. Other colleagues in the same workshop burst into laughter, wearing expressions of watching a clown.

Zhu Ancheng dared not refute, returning to the line in a sullen mood.

"Alright, let's continue with the main business; the Big Boss just made a new decision." Brother Xiang stopped halfway through his sentence.

"Brother Xiang, speak quickly!"

"Could it be the Big Boss is coming to Shencheng for the annual meeting?"

"Don't tell me there are layoffs coming? Other factories pay 10 yuan per hour, we get 20; I'm really afraid the boss can't sustain it!"

Hearing the workers' murmurs, Brother Xiang curled his lips into a sneer, then waved his hand and said: "Sister Chengzi Mobile sold 50 million units last year, and smart speakers sold over 10 million; how could we not afford your wages?"

"Starting in February, the minimum hourly wage changes from 20 yuan to 25 yuan!"

But after he finished speaking, he heard no cheers as expected; everyone looked at each other, simply unable to believe it.

"Brother Xiang, did you say it wrong? Changed to 15 yuan instead of 25?" Someone couldn't help but ask.

"Absolutely true; President Cao just finished a meeting with us and told me personally." Brother Xiang laughed heartily.

"Damn! 25 yuan?"

"Awooo!"

"Long live the Big Boss!"

"Can I sleep with the boss for one night? Otherwise, I won't feel safe taking this money."

"Pah! Thinking of good things in broad daylight; you little rascal, repaying kindness with ingratitude!"

Everyone in the B7 packaging workshop instantly erupted in cheers!

A few dozen meters away, the B6 packaging workshop also boiled over!

Employees in the A1 SMT workshop, C6 assembly workshop, B3 screen production workshop, D9 antenna workshop, and dozens of other workshops couldn't help but make a commotion!

Brother Xiang laughed until his eyes disappeared; he had risen from a general laborer and knew the importance of hourly wages to workers.

An increase in hourly wage from 20 yuan to 25 yuan meant the base salary rose to 3,300 yuan.

One hour of overtime on a workday yields 37.5 yuan in overtime pay.

One hour of overtime on a weekend yields 50 yuan in overtime pay.

One hour of overtime on a holiday yields 75 yuan in overtime pay.

According to current factory regulations, up to four hours of overtime are allowed daily on workdays, and six hours on weekends and holidays; in a month, one can easily earn eight or nine thousand, and reaching ten thousand before tax during National Day, Spring Festival, or May Day isn't difficult.

For these assembly line workers who just screw in bolts, earning over ten thousand a month?

It is now 2013; one could say that aside from being a bit tiring, this job pays higher than white-collar workers in Yanjing or Hucheng.

The news of the wage increase at Sister Chengzi Mobile Phone Factory quickly spread throughout the entire Zhongsha Technology Park, then expanded to the Seg Software Park and Huaqiangbei, finally even hitting the trending searches.

At first, netizens didn't think an hourly wage of 25 yuan was anything special, but after calculating the overtime pay, they immediately lost their composure.

"Location: Luzhou; second-tier university humanities graduate; current position: website editor; monthly salary 4,000; no food or housing provided; no five social insurances and one housing fund."

"Crying! I work as an operations specialist in Hucheng; base salary 6,000, plus full attendance and bonuses, take-home 8,000 a month; but after deducting rent and food costs, I can't even save 4,000 yuan."

"Mama Ali P5 working dog, constantly being PUA'd by the boss; take-home just over 9,000; thinking about it, I'd rather go screw in bolts."

Netizens, eyes red, left acidic comments in the comment section.

The work rhythm of internet practitioners is usually 9 AM to 10 PM, five to six days a week, no less tiring than screwing in bolts, yet their income is actually lower than that of assembly line general laborers, truly causing a large group to break down emotionally.

"@Chen Yansen I am a loyal user of Sister Chengzi Mobile; can I get priority entry into the factory?"

"@Chen Yansen I am a graduate of the 2006 cohort of Xu Yuan; on behalf of my fellow alumni, can you prioritize my admission?"

"@Chen Yansen Having money makes you great? Do you understand you are ruining Shencheng's employment environment?"

"Who didn't zip up their zipper and let the person upstairs out?"

Not long after, netizens flocked to Chen Yansen's Weibo comment section; some were joking, while others genuinely sought employment.

Base salary and overtime pay at Sister Chengzi Mobile Phone Factory are merely the core income sources, not the entire income; additionally, there are quarterly bonuses, monthly housing subsidies at 20% of base salary, meal allowances, five social insurances and one housing fund, holiday red envelopes, free medical checkups, and various other benefits.

Calculating everything together, with four days off per month, the pre-tax salary already exceeds 10,000 yuan.

Furthermore, food and housing are provided; one can save 100,000 yuan a year.

At this time, an economics professor posted an article angrily criticizing: "The wages at Sister Chengzi Mobile Phone Factory are too high and should be lowered to a reasonable level." Immediately following, a factory owner posted on Weibo, cursing: "Sister Chengzi Mobile Phone Factory maliciously raised wages, disrupting Shencheng's employment market."

This caused netizens to burst into laughter; is there such a thing as malicious wage increases?

"If raising wages is also malicious, then let this malice come even more fiercely!"

"So angry I can't sleep! Who knows which university this dog professor is from? I suggest lowering his salary to 3,000 yuan and see if he still yaps!"

"Our county's sanitation workers only get 1,500 a month; let him try working there for a few days."

Netizens swarmed in, scolding the professor and the factory owner until they closed their comment sections, but checking their private messages revealed nothing but sweet words wishing harm upon their relatives and friends.

The two were so frightened they cancelled their accounts overnight.

On the other side.

Chen Yansen had not noticed the news online; he had pulled Wang Teng and others into a meeting that lasted all afternoon.

First, Chengzi Technology will establish the official open-source community for the Aurora Future system, namely the Aurora Future Open Source Project, abbreviated as AFOSP, targeting global development enthusiasts to promote the development and progress of the Aurora Future open-source project.

The source code repository contains all necessary components for building the Aurora Future operating system; developers can use this source code for customization and development, and anyone can download, view, modify, and distribute the source code.

Secondly, an Aurora Future vulnerability reward program has been established, with a prize pool reaching thirty million US dollars.

As long as a system bug is discovered and proof is submitted to the official team immediately, a bounty of no less than fifty thousand US dollars can be obtained.

Chen Yansen knew clearly in his heart that the more users Aurora Future OS had, the stronger its vitality would be.

After finalizing the plan with Wang Teng, he sent a video conference invitation to Mao Chaorong.

Next, Chengzi Technology will utilize Mimo short videos, the developer BBS, Facebook, Wired magazine, and other channels to fully promote the Aurora Future OS system.

"Big Lao Wang, help me win this battle."

Before walking out of the conference room, Chen Yansen patted Wang Teng's shoulder and instructed him.

"Yes, boss." Wang Teng nodded heavily.

Just now in the conference room, Chen Yansen had made his blood boil.

Damn it, overturn the dominance of Android and iOS in the smartphone field, and build a mobile phone system for Chinese people.

"Boss, the news about the salary increase at Chengzi Phone Factory has gone crazy online." Ye Qiuping, holding a document, ran over to report.

"Do you think I'm too stingy?" Chen Yansen joked.

"They are scolding you for maliciously raising salaries." Ye Qiuping said word by word.

Chen Yansen shrugged, finding it hard not to laugh; the hourly wage at Chengzi Phone Factory was only 25 yuan, and the base salary was merely 3300 yuan, so he thought it wasn't high.

"Doesn't anyone praise me?" Chen Yansen asked with a dark face.

"Everyone else wants to come to Chengzi Phone to screw bolts; your Weibo private messages have exploded." Ye Qiuping said with a helpless expression.

"You handle it." Chen Yansen said, not taking it seriously.

With someone above protecting him, what was there to fear?

Relying on Meng Yuanzhi's connections, he could walk sideways in Hui'an!

As for Cao Dahua, if anything really happened, he wouldn't be stingy; at the very least, he would get a titanium alloy urn.

Watching Chen Yansen's back, a faint smile slowly appeared on Ye Qiuping's face.

She originally thought that apart from his looks, figure, money-making ability, and emotional intelligence, Chen Yansen was a complete mess in every other aspect: playboy, pervert, and craving her body.

But looking at him now, Chen Yansen wasn't rotten enough to have sores on his head and pus oozing from his soles; at least he was truly good to his employees.

Even the couriers of Yunsu and the delivery riders of Kuipao could receive a valuable stock option reward.

At the same time.

Upon learning this news, Chen Hongwei, the host of the "Dialogue" program, couldn't help but pause; recalling Chen Yansen's remarks on the show, could the other party have done this on purpose?

Before the program aired, Chen Yansen had already created a major news story.

It was not hard to imagine how much influence the program would cause once it aired tomorrow.

"Teacher Chen, the producer is calling you to a meeting." A reminder came from outside the door.

Chen Hongwei responded, suppressed the thoughts in his heart, turned around, walked out of the lounge, and arrived at the monitoring room behind the studio.

The editor, director, producer, and others were all there.

"Someone above just called to notify us to delete all sensitive topics from this interview with Chen Yansen." The producer sighed.

If everything is deleted, what selling point does this episode have?

"Didn't yesterday's version pass the review?" Chen Hongwei asked curiously; he paused and added, "Is it related to today's news?"

"Someone above wants to use Chen Yansen as a public face, not as a cannon fodder, so naturally they want to protect him." The director said with a smile.

"There are a few shots that need to be re-recorded temporarily; Old Chen, thank you for your hard work." The producer continued.

Chen Hongwei nodded, indicating understanding; he had encountered similar situations countless times and was already used to it.

That night, on Weibo, forums, and major portal websites, discussions regarding the treatment at Chengzi Phone Factory dwindled, and relevant reports were handled with a cold shoulder.

Wang Xin, who had thought the storm had passed, immediately received news that the Tang City Market Supervision Association had received mass user complaints, demanding that Meituan issue an explanation letter and handle the local customer complaint events within three working days.

Wang Xin knew that Pei Yi had struck again, so he cursed silently: Why does it never end!

(End of this chapter)