The infinite journey of the original torture

He looked very excited, grabbed Li Wei's arm and wanted to say something, but seemed to think of something, and took it back abruptly.

"Go, go in and talk!"

The old man took Li Wei to the center of the abandoned processing workshop, where there were already three people in different costumes waiting.

The identities of the people here include technicians in the largest assembly line factory, bank managers, the youngest son of the chairman of the largest publishing house in Black Rock City, and the head chef of the largest restaurant...

The people here are the core members of the organization, responsible for monitoring the operation of the entire movement and making effective deployments in a timely manner.

In this process, Li Wei played a lucky assembler who entered the inner circle, participated in and ensured the smooth implementation of the Victory Day plan, and was responsible for contacting the teachers of the college.

The Victory Day plan was not proposed by Li Wei, but the information obtained by Thomson, the youngest son of the chairman of the largest publishing house in Black Rock City, and it was decided after voting by the 5 people present and all senior members.

Because it is to let the people of the empire awaken independently, in this process, Li Wei only selectively guides and gives some suggestions as a mysterious person.

The contents of the little book are enough to broaden the horizons of the people of the empire, see a broad road, and understand how to fight for their own rights.

"I've already contacted the college. On Victory Day, all the children will see it. As long as we succeed this time, we can take the first step to victory!" After seeing the four core members, Li Wei's face showed Excited, he lowered his voice and said.

"it is good!"

"Okay!"

"Well! The future is promising!"

"We will definitely win!"

The four can become core members not only because they are passionate, but because they all have calm heads and meticulous thinking.

To ensure that the academy is only planting the seeds of awakening for the future, now it is even more necessary to calmly carry out the plan step by step.

Chef Jobav, who was slightly chubby, clapped his hands and said, "Let's talk about the current progress. We don't have much time. We should exchange information as much as possible to ensure that the plan is carried out perfectly, which is the top priority!"

The identities of the five people are very different. Chef Chopper is the temporary leader of the team. Although he is only a cook, he also likes reading very much on weekdays. His talent for overall management is also really good, which convinced the five people. .

Thomson raised his hand first, and said seriously: "There is no problem on our side. The materials and printing machines are all ready, and there is still some content to be printed in the corner of the newspaper the day after tomorrow. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Don't worry about printing, you can wait for old Bert to mobilize the workers first." Jobafu nodded.

The old man who greeted Li Wei came in was old Bert. Although he looked kind, he was very serious at this time, "Don't worry, everything is ready!"

Hayden, the bank manager in a suit, also raised his hand. His voice was very thin, even somewhat feminine, "The president has already approved the loan plan...is it really all right?"

He was a little hesitant. After all, if such a loan plan was released, once a large number of workers defaulted, many people might go bankrupt and be sold as lifelong slave labor.

"Don't worry, the follow-up has already been arranged." Jobafu had a resolute expression on his face, with a firm light and unparalleled determination in his eyes, "Unite all forces that can be united. Slaves are also human beings. They are just Being exploited to the extreme by those hateful capitalists. If this continues, everyone will become slave labor of those people, including our descendants!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was strong at this time, Li Wei clenched his fist and stretched out, sonorously and forcefully said: "We will definitely win!"

"We will win!"*4

[211.Chapter 208: Small Loans]

On December 1012, 12 in the imperial calendar, the largest bank in Black Rock City opened a small loan with low interest, which was used to provide a loan amount twice the average income of workers to workers who were in urgent need of money.

The daily interest is as low as 0.5%, and you only need to repay 20% every month, and the remaining money can be divided into 24 or [-] installments to pay back slowly.

The emergence of such micro-loans immediately made some workers in financial difficulties ecstatic.

If they take a loan at the maximum amount of 240 silver coins and use the 240 silver coins to repay 20% next month, they will have an income of 20 silver coins this month. If they cannot pay the installment next month, they can continue Pay back [-]%, and extend the installment.

Most workers don’t really understand the meaning of such a small loan, but under the advocacy of some people who have received money from the bank, the loan has only been opened for one day, and the threshold of the Black Rock City Raben Bank has been broken!

One after another, workers who didn't know how to use their brains borrowed more money than they had worked hard for three months. After receiving the money, the first thing they did was to buy food that was already lacking in the city.

Victory Day is the most important holiday in the empire. Although Black Rock City is almost no more than Victory Day, the workers still regard Victory Day as a day worth celebrating. It is also right to buy more food for preparation.

Not only were the big capitalists not worried, but they also praised the chairman of Raben Bank fiercely. They rarely make money from these poor workers on weekdays, but after the emergence of small loans, Raben Bank A large amount of silver coins stored in the bank flowed into the market, which stimulated a small wave of consumption.

The workers asked for food, so the largest grain merchant in Black Rock City opened the grain depot and sold it to the workers at three times the market price.

The workers asked for decorations for Victory Day, and the market raised the price of the goods by 20%!

The workers went to the restaurant to eat extravagantly, and the restaurant raised the price of the dishes by 50%!

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the bank building, the chairman of Raben Bank looked at the workers on the commercial street who were numb to consumption, and he was almost happy. The loan money was only one-third of the idle assets stored in Raben Bank.

After releasing it in the form of small loans, it can not only stimulate consumption, but also continuously create wealth for him.

Putting money into the market, instead of causing him to lose, actually doubled his assets virtually.

Thinking that there would be a large amount of silver coins in the vault when the payment day came, the fat chairman wanted to give the person who proposed this plan a gold coin!

……

The turmoil of micro-loans continues to ferment, and more and more workers are envious of those who have received money from their peers, and turn to follow the trend to make micro-loans.

Black Rock City has a population of more than 800 million, and the proportion of workers is close to 65%. Among these people, 50% have taken out loans, and the number is still rising.

It's not that they don't know that they have to pay back the money they borrowed, but under the secret push of some people, everyone has an idea that I can pay it back.

At the same time, a secret organization carried out a series of tasks with the cooperation of a united member.

Peace cannot be exchanged for a struggle without bloodshed. They cannot be honest people all their lives. They want to show those capitalists the fists of grandpa workers.

One afternoon before the scheduled rest day in Black Rock City, workers who had worked all day wiped off their sweat, turned off their machines, and prepared to leave the factory to relax in the wine street and red light district.

But just as they were about to step out of the factory, Hans, the usually dog-like supervisor, stopped in front of the factory gate with documents, and shouted to a group of tired workers: "You all have to stay and work overtime today! Extend five hours After get off work, everyone go back and turn on the machine!"

The workers showed angry expressions, but they had no choice but to return to their stations in order to keep their jobs.

Although they complained a lot, it's not like they haven't experienced such a thing, and most of them endured it. Anyway, tomorrow is a rest day, and they can still spend the money from the loan tomorrow.

In this way, the workers were busy until the early hours of the morning, and just before the end of get off work time, the supervisor appeared again with a very ugly expression, and announced the bad news to the workers who had shut down the machines, "Tomorrow's rest day has been cancelled, and it will be delayed by one day." Come back to work after hours, and those who are late will have to deduct money!"

Whoa!

Now, the workers are in a state of distress. Overtime work is acceptable, but even the fixed holidays have been cancelled, and they are not allowed to rest!

"Bastard Hans, I think your skin is itchy, don't you! Do you dare to say it again!"

A circle of tall and burly workers surrounded Supervisor Hans, and the crowd was so angry that some even lifted Hans' collar and roared.

Hans also cursed in his heart, and shook off the hand that was holding his collar with displeasure, and shouted: "This is an order from the big boss, do you think I want to work overtime!"

"Fuck you, what else do you do at work besides sleeping? It's not that you can just swear at random, right?"

"Hans, I greet your family!"

"***!"