Chapter 173 The Problem of Employment

Bai Zirui immediately understood after seeing his expression, and said loudly: "Master Liu, I am very satisfied with the bell-bottom pants you modified. I also ask you to make one for my sister according to her figure, and teach a few masters by the way.

I have tens of thousands of pairs of trousers for you to help me make, so that we can cooperate in the future."

Liu Hongwei was very excited after hearing what he said. He thought with excitement that this was a big business. With this business, he could buy more sewing machines to expand the scale, and even set up a small clothing factory.

He calmed down his excitement, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it right away. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

After he finished speaking, he sat down on the sewing machine again, picked up a pair of trousers and began to work on it. While doing it, he explained it to the masters. After one time, it was familiar, and after more than an hour, the second pair of bell-bottom trousers was completed.

He Yuyu saw Liu Hongwei making bell-bottom pants. He couldn't wait to take them from his hands and put them on in the lounge next to him. The curves of her hips and legs were clearly outlined, a direct display of female charm. Although she was already

The mother of two children wore a girly look. When she looked at herself in the mirror, she couldn't believe it was herself.

After remaking two pieces of bell-bottom trousers, Bai Zirui was completely confident in Liu Hongwei's craftsmanship and agreed with him to give him one yuan for each bell-bottom trousers completed during processing. This made him ecstatic, considering that these were tens of thousands of pairs of trousers that needed to be remade.

Speaker, just this one business can make him a household worth 10,000 yuan.

When he heard Bai Zirui's request to complete it within a month, he said hesitantly: "Young man, you...can you pay some wages first? I will buy two more sewing machines and ask a few old guys to help.

Your business is too big, and we don’t have enough manpower here.”

Before Bai Zirui could speak, He Yuyu said next to him: "Zirui, I remember that you sell sewing machines in COSCO Mall. Why don't you give my master a few so that he can expand the scale so that he can help you complete your order faster?"

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Liu Hongwei waved his hands in a hurry and said: "It's raining! This can't be done, sewing machines are so expensive. Young man, if you have sewing machines for sale, you can send me four units first, and the money will be deducted from our processing fees."

Bai Zirui nodded and said, "Okay! Just do as Master Liu said, and I will have four sewing machines sent to you later."

Bai Zirui negotiated with Liu Hongwei about processing bell-bottom trousers, and after chatting for a few words, he said goodbye to He Yuyu. They parted ways with He Yuyu at the entrance of Wudaokou Shopping Mall. He went to the COSCO Shopping Center in Zhongguancun and asked Cai Lijian to arrange for Liu Hongwei to bring him the goods.

Four sewing machines and 1,000 pairs of trousers were sent.

After two days of classes at school, Bai Zirui came to Liu Hongwei's tailor shop again on the third day. He wanted to know the progress of their work. At the door of the tailor shop, he found that Liu Hongwei had closed the shop.

Bai Zirui came to the door, raised his hand to seal the door and knocked on a long wooden board, "Dong...dong...dong."

After coming over for a while, Liu Hongwei's somewhat wary voice came from behind the door: "Who?"

"I, Bai Zirui."

"Oh...oh! Comrade Bai, wait a moment."

Then there was the sound of door panels being removed. Bai Zirui saw Liu Hongwei taking apart two door panels. He ducked into the door. Liu Hongwei then inserted the two door panels. Bai Zirui asked in confusion: "Master Liu, what's going on?"

?Why are you still closed?"

Liu Hongwei said with a serious face: "Comrade Bai, haven't you read the recent reports in the newspapers? The issue of hired workers is being discussed everywhere, so we'd better be careful."

Bai Zirui's heart shuddered after hearing Liu Hongwei's words, remembering the nationwide discussion triggered by this year's vigorous "seven up and eight down" employment issue.

On May 29, 1981, the "People's Daily" published an investigative report titled "A Debate About Contracting Fish Ponds" on the second page of the newspaper, triggering a stormy debate.

What is still unimaginable today is that after that, the People's Daily actually opened a column to discuss this matter, which lasted for three months. What kind of discussion was this?

That is the big discussion caused by the issue of self-employed workers. Is hiring workers considered exploitation? How many workers does it take to be considered exploitative? This year it triggered a debate that will be considered ridiculous by later generations, and even quoted from classics to create a "seven up and eight down"

boundary.

In the late 1970s, the private economy began to sprout in mainland China, with the opening of self-employed businesses, the lifting of bans on rural household industries, and the restoration of urban and rural small commodity markets.

At the end of 1979, about 100,000 individual industrial and commercial households were approved to open nationwide. Two years later, in 1981, the statistics increased to 1.01 million, an increase of 10 times. Following this, the "employed workers", a profession that has become extinct in China,

, words that were considered exploitative in the past have emerged.

Since the implementation of socialist transformation of industry and commerce in 1956, "employed labor" has almost disappeared in China, and "employing labor is exploitation" has almost become a social consensus

"A Debate About Contracting Fish Ponds" only tells the story of a farmer, Chen Zhixiong, but it touches the sensitive nerve of employment and exploitation.

In 1979, Chen Zhixiong, a farmer in Gaoyao County, Guangdong, contracted 8 acres of fish ponds. He worked hard for a year and made some gains. The next year, Chen Zhixiong expanded production and contracted 141 acres of fish ponds. The couple couldn't do it, so they had to hire people.

There is one permanent worker and 400 working days for temporary workers. In the third year, Chen continued to expand his business, contracting an area of ​​497 acres, hiring 5 permanent workers and 1,000 working days for temporary workers.

Situations like Chen Zhixiong's are not uncommon. Gao Deliang, one of the first self-employed people in Guangzhou, went to Shanghai to start "Chow Sang Kee Taiye Chicken" in April 1980. He hired six helpers in less than half a year. And AH's famous "Fool's Melon Seeds"

" Nian Guangjiu's business has been booming since it was listed, and he also hired some unemployed young people as helpers. By the end of 1979, there were 12 employees.

The actions of Chen Zhixiong, Gao Deliang, Nian Guangjiu and others have touched the most sensitive ideological nerve: in a socialist country, should there be any "employed workers" who were considered exploitative in the past?

As a result, Chen Zhixiong's matter suddenly reached the People's Daily. On May 29, 1981, the People's Daily published an article "A Debate on the Contracting of Fish Ponds", introducing the situation of Chen Zhixiong's contracting of collective fish ponds and saying,

There are differences of opinion on this matter, some are in favor of it and some are against it.

One of the focal points of the debate is: "Is hiring workers considered exploitation?" To this end, "People's Daily" opened a column "How to treat the issue of Chen Zhixiong's contracting of fish ponds" and launched a three-month discussion, quoting classics and saying "

Seven ups and eight downs."

During the discussion, someone quoted Marx's assertion in "Das Kapital" that "when the number of employed workers reaches eight, it is no longer an ordinary individual economy, but a capitalist economy, which is exploitation." This is Marx's conclusion in "Das Kapital", Volume 1, Chapter 3

The boundary between "small proprietors" and "capitalists" is clearly defined in Chapter 9 "Rate of Surplus Value and Amount of Surplus Value".

According to Marx's calculations, at that time (the middle of the 19th century), there were less than 8 employees, and those who directly participated in the production process like the workers were "intermediate figures between capitalists and workers," that is, small owners; while more than 8

People begin to "appropriate workers' surplus value" and become capitalists.

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