After years of silence, the entrance of Meikangda Home Appliances Co., Ltd., which had just been renamed Tongtai Industrial Co., Ltd., suddenly became bustling with activity. A large crowd gathered there, pointing and discussing the large sign that had been erected that morning.
There were even quite a few media reporters who had secured advantageous positions, ready to report on the scene with their cameras.
The main reason for attracting so many people was the large sign that had been put up at the company entrance that morning. In red letters on a black background, it read: "Due to the need for business expansion, we urgently recruit 6 general workers for the workshop. Requirements: illiterate, no education, physically intact, over 1.63 meters tall, deaf-mute, priority given to those aged 20 to 45..."
If it were just that, it wouldn't be so surprising. In this era, many companies understand the need to 'take social responsibility,' and with many local governments having employment quotas for the deaf and mute, it's not unusual for companies to specifically recruit them.
However, the key point was the salary and benefits clearly stated after the simple and clear recruitment conditions: "Monthly salary of 15,000 to 20,000 yuan, 4 days off per month, meals and accommodation provided..."
This caused a stir in the local area.
A monthly salary of 15,000 to 20,000 yuan is something that many executives in small and medium-sized enterprises might not even earn, and Tongtai Industrial Co., Ltd. was offering such conditions for a few general workers!
Was it a gimmick or real? Was it a thousand gold to buy a horse's bone, or just a way to fool people?
Regardless of whether it was real or not, once the news spread, it immediately attracted many people to come and watch, even drawing the attention of the media.
Seeing the crowd outside the company, Zhang Xinjian, who had been woken up by a phone call early in the morning and rushed over, hid inside the factory with Yang Chen, smiling bitterly and saying, "Mr. Yang, if this continues, they'll break down the gate!"
"Even if we try to stop them, the onlookers won't be stopped!" Although Yang Chen said this, his expression was very pleased, and he didn't feel that he had made any wrong decision.
Seeing Yang Chen's nonchalant attitude, Zhang Xinjian couldn't help but say, "Even if the workshop production positions may have some impact on the workers' health, as you said, they can recover after a period of adjustment... But the salary offered is really... a bit too high, isn't it?"
Actually, Zhang Xinjian wanted to say it was 'a bit too ridiculous,' but out of respect for Yang Chen, he could only express his dissatisfaction indirectly.
How could a workshop worker's salary be even higher than a department manager's? A monthly salary of 15,000 to 20,000 yuan would allow a comfortable life anywhere, let alone in a small place like Jinzhou?
But Zhang Xinjian didn't know that in the early hours of the morning, Yang Chen and Hou Xunan had conducted several trial productions. Although the restructured nanoceramic powder was successfully produced, they also discovered many problems that they hadn't anticipated.
First, the sound explosion produced when the energy particle emission device collided with the impact plate was so loud that it was almost deafening. It felt as if one was always on a battlefield, with the sound of explosions ringing in the ears!
Hou Xunan had some background in metaphysics, and although his cultivation wasn't high, his mental strength was much better than that of ordinary people.
Even in such a situation, the sound produced when the simplified energy particle collider was activated still left him disoriented and with a buzzing in his ears! If an ordinary person were to work on site, the rupture and perforation of the eardrums would be almost inevitable.
Second, the principle of the energy particle collider producing restructured nanoceramic powder is to use the force generated by the intense collision of energy particles to crush the ceramic fragments in the metal basket into powder, and to reconstruct the powder form of the ceramic fragments in a specific environment during this process, ultimately obtaining the powder product.
However, after the energy particles are emitted, they produce many variant and dangerous free energies that escape from the machine and spread around, causing some negative effects on the human body!
This was one of the consequences confirmed by Yang Chen after three trial productions.
Based on the intensity of the free energy and the working time, Yang Chen concluded that a person with a relatively strong physique could only work continuously for four hours and then rest for eight hours to barely rely on their own physical condition to alleviate the negative effects of the free energy on the body. After working continuously for two months, they would need to rest for more than a month in a special adjustment environment to completely eliminate the damage caused by the variant free energy to the body!
Considering all these factors, Yang Chen finally set the monthly salary at 15,000 to 20,000 yuan. According to the highest salary of 20,000 yuan, a worker could earn 120,000 yuan in six months, including work and rest. Although 120,000 yuan is not much, it is enough to improve the living conditions of a poor family.
The profit from restructured nanoceramic powder is astonishing. If not for the concern that a higher salary might cause unnecessary trouble, Yang Chen might have set the monthly salary at over 30,000 yuan!
Therefore, Yang Chen's attitude on this issue was firm. In response to Zhang Xinjian's indirect expression of dissatisfaction, Yang Chen only smiled and did not explain... explaining too much about metaphysical methods would only make it harder to understand!
Seeing that Yang Chen only smiled and said nothing, Zhang Xinjian felt somewhat helpless.
Before leaving Jinzhou, Zhu Rongqiang had repeatedly emphasized to him that Yang Chen was the boss of Tongtai Industrial Co., Ltd., and the Zhu family was only a minority shareholder with no direct decision-making power!
A higher authority can crush a lower one, let alone when Yang Chen was the boss of the company? Helplessly, Zhang Xinjian could only shake his head and turn to the production workshop where soundproofing operations were being carried out.
Inside, a machine that looked strange to him was quietly placed. When he came over in the morning, he had circled the machine several times. When he reached out to open the door and take a closer look, Hou Xunan, who was guarding the machine, stopped him and kindly reminded him that the machine was strictly confidential and no one except the workshop workers was allowed to touch it!
If he couldn't touch it, he could at least take a closer look at the few pounds of ceramic powder that Yang Chen and Hou Xunan had produced in the early hours of the morning, right?
A sample had already been sent to the laboratory for final data testing. The few pounds of ceramic powder that Zhang Xinjian had were carefully stored, waiting for the test report to be divided and sent to several production companies that had been contacted in recent days!
Several executives gradually left Yang Chen's side, and only the vice president in charge of human resources, Tang Moxuan, stood solemnly on Yang Chen's right side. After checking the time, he said to Yang Chen, "Mr. Yang, it's time... can we start?"
"Okay..." Tang Moxuan chuckled, but he felt very awkward! It wasn't like interviewing college students, graduate students, or doctoral students; interviewing deaf-mutes required the boss to personally do it?
Meanwhile, Zhang Xinjian, who had entered Workshop No. 1, was squatting in front of a stainless steel basin, gently touching the white and fine ceramic powder inside, not knowing what he was thinking.
A few executives who had entered from outside also came to Zhang Xinjian's side. One of them complained in a low voice, "What is Old Zhu doing... just a young man who knows nothing, giving orders blindly! Running a company is not running a charity, hiring deaf-mutes as general workers for 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a month... I think he's just a fool!"
Hearing this, Zhang Xinjian's face darkened slightly. He turned to see that the speaker was Chen Yabin, the vice president who had just been transferred from the northeast a few days ago.
Zhang Xinjian patted his hands and stood up, saying, "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute! Our boss is not as simple as you think... Is 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a high salary? It's a no-cost business with huge profits... a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan would be just a drop in the bucket!"
"What do you mean, Old Zhang?"
"See that machine?" Zhang Xinjian pointed to the rectangular machine that looked like a drum washing machine and asked.
"I see... but we're not allowed to get close, what do you want to say?" Chen Yabin was puzzled.
"We've already done a trial production in the early hours of the morning. This basin of nanoceramic powder was poured out from that machine." Zhang Xinjian's eyes sparkled as he asked, "Did you see the power cables?"
"Uh..." The executives were shocked to find that the machine was just sitting on the tiled floor of the workshop, with no wires at all, looking very conspicuous!
Chen Yabin asked subconsciously, "Could it be that it has its own power source, running on fuel?"
"There's no smell in the workshop, what fuel could it be running on?" Zhang Xinjian squinted and said, "Our boss is not as simple as you think! Old Zhu himself has already told us that we are only responsible for sales and the development of subsequent products, and the raw material powder... don't ask, be careful not to get yourself into trouble!"
Chen Yabin and the others immediately felt a chill, exchanged glances, and nodded without a word... recently, the Zhu family had suddenly secured many major projects and deals that had been stalled for a long time, and there were rumors within the company that the Zhu family had received help from some mysterious forces, a realm that was untouchable and unexplored for them!
Although they didn't know much, hearing the rumors often, they could still make some vague speculations...
At this moment, not only Zhang Xinjian, but also Chen Yabin and the others were secretly pondering... could their new young boss, who was so young, be one of those legendary omnipotent... metaphysical masters?!