The New

"This time I recruited a total of about 1,300 people..." Asier was still a little troubled when he talked about this, because Lin Qi's requirements for him were much higher than this, but he could only select this many people after picking and choosing.

For example, you can't hire someone who is too thin. These people are generally not healthy and can't do physical labor. Hiring them would be a burden.

If he gets sick, we'll have to treat him; if he unfortunately dies in the factory, that will be another problem.

Following this turmoil, Nagaril has indeed changed somewhat, becoming more sensitive on certain issues.

For example, those hooligans are also unacceptable. Nagaril has its share of thugs and hooligans. Every society has good people, but also bad people.

These people won't work in peace; they just want to freeload food and wages, and incidentally extort and blackmail other workers.

If we recruit this group of people, the entire factory will soon be in turmoil.

Minor ailments like these were not counted in Asier's recruitment of workers, which resulted in him recruiting only a little over 1,300 people, but these 1,300 were all good, strong young men.

Everyone looked energetic and strong; they should be excellent workers.

Lin Qi nodded noncommittally and then brought up the real purpose of sending him to recruit workers in various places. "How was the publicity?"

Asier's expression was somewhat strange, but he still nodded. "Overall, the results are good. Some of the workers we recruited came voluntarily, not from the people on site."

At this point, Asier couldn't help but ask, "Boss, how did you come up with this idea?" He added, "I mean, printing those words on clothes and giving them away to other people at half price?"

Before Lin Qi came to Nagaril, there was a Family Workshop plan in Sabine City.

At the time, the mayor asked these businessmen to quickly come up with a plan to solve the employment problem and help families in need get through the crisis. Compared to the donations and supplies from others, Lin Qi gave them a good job.

On the one hand, he bought large quantities of raw materials and cheap machines from closed and bankrupt factories at almost no cost, and then rented the machines to families who needed work, giving them the raw materials on credit for almost no cost, and letting them produce according to Lin Qi's requirements.

For each garment produced, after deducting the cost of the garment, Lin Qi only needed to pay these people a fee ranging from a few tens of cents to one or two dollars.

It may seem like a genuine charitable endeavor, but those machines also incur depreciation and rental costs, making Lin Qi's actual costs lower than people imagine.

These clothes, each worth tens of cents, were once piled up like mountains. Some people even laughed at him for making a failed investment to curry favor with the mayor. But those people never understood that doing business is not just about short-term performance; you should look to the future.

Those clothes that were once considered failures and trash by many are now not only selling well in Nagaril, but have also begun to appear in the Amelia Region, as well as some more distant areas.

Its winning formula is its affordability. In Nagaril, a not-so-new piece of clothing costs around 300 Galil, but these high-quality single garments from the Federal cost less than 200 Galil, and people with a little money are willing to buy one.

As for the words on these clothes, such as "Blackstone Group," "Blackstone Fund," "Blackstone Security," and many similar company names, the locals don't consider them a flaw at all.

Some people even believe that only with these words can it be said that the clothes are from the Federal and of excellent quality, and that wearing such clothes has become a trend.

With Asier starting to recruit workers everywhere in a big way, and with news about Lin Qi and his connection to "Blackstone" frequently appearing in newspapers, it became a natural thing for some people to gradually accept Lin Qi and his company.

When people heard that Blackstone was hiring, people wearing various Blackstone company Dog Tag and clothing proactively appeared before Asier and expressed their desire to contribute to Master Lin Qi.

Asier's admiration for Lin Qi was beyond words; anything he felt shouldn't be so easy could be accomplished effortlessly by Lin Qi.

Lin Qi didn't find it particularly amazing; it was just a very simple action—to make a deeper impression.

When a person walks into a place and immediately notices the pattern or text that the designer wants them to see, they will see the same thing at every step they take.

He himself might not be so clearly aware of the wonder of it all. From initially not paying attention, to becoming familiar with it, to starting to actively want to know more, by the time he left the place, he already had a very deep preconceived impression.

Then, through continued contact, this concept is reinforced, and soon these people will spontaneously develop an almost instinctive trust in certain patterns or words.

This is very basic, but the principle it uses gives people a very sophisticated feeling. It is called "continuous psychological suggestion" or "reinforcement suggestion," which is a branch of psychology.

He didn't let Asier do this, but instead entrusted the Sabine City Hall to directly liaise with the Provincial Governor Drag. This would also demonstrate friendly international relations, and the freight would be paid from the Federal National Treasury, so Lin Qi wouldn't have to pay an extra fee.

So, these clothes are actually a type of high-profit product, but many people just don't realize it.

Lin Qi certainly wouldn't boast about such a small trick. He smiled, skipped over what should have been Asier praising him, and continued talking about work.

"The Cement Factory needs to be put into operation as soon as possible. We can use other people's raw materials first. In short, we need to build up the roads in the city as soon as possible. I don't want these things to be delayed for too long!"

"Nagaril lacks everything except manpower. If each person can work on one meter of ground every day, as long as we have enough people, we can finish all the work in one day."

"That's exactly why we're here. Also, I need you to tell those workers that we plan to select a group of hardworking, dedicated, and high-performing workers to receive more advanced technical training at the Federal."

"Once they return from the Federal, their salaries will be at least double what they are now, but their overall promotions and base pay will remain unchanged—this is extra!"

Lin had high hopes for Asier. He had decent personal management skills and was a local, which made him difficult to replace in the short term.

After discussing the future development plans with him for a while, Asier got up to take his leave.

After the turmoil ended, there were some countries in which he could no longer understand them, and he needed to work twice as hard to keep up with the situation.

Asier went home. He had been away for a long time and hadn't been back until today, so he went back to visit.

For him, it was hard to explain how his family members made him feel. At first, he was disgusted by them and resented the things they did that only tyrants and villains would do, but now he didn't hate them as much.

As soon as he got home, he was greeted by his brother's wife, whose expression was somewhat strange. Soon after, his father and his brother appeared, their expressions seemingly serious. He wasn't sure if it was serious or not, but he knew something was definitely wrong.

After everyone was seated, his father spoke first, "She's pregnant..."

Asier was taken aback at first, then looked down at the woman kneeling beside him, holding a fruit platter for him. He felt... a little unbelievable.

He couldn't resist for just one night, but that was it...

He quickly turned to look at his brother, who said directly, "I haven't touched her during this time, so we wanted to ask you what you plan to do."

"We've heard that in the Federal, a person can only have one wife, so we need to hear your opinion."

As a man, and not a very assertive one at that, Asier's first thought was to deny that he had gotten his brother's wife pregnant, but he quickly dismissed the idea.

In Nagaril, if a woman becomes pregnant with a child not belonging to a family member, she will be hanged and beaten to death; this is a power granted to them by the gods.

If he doesn't admit it now, that woman will soon end her life, a consequence Asier cannot bear and a shadow he can never overcome.

In a daze, he thought of that night, when a tenderness he had never felt before descended upon him in this way.

You should know that his wife in the Federal weighed twice as much as him and was bent over. That was definitely not gentleness; it was being cruelly violated and then subjected to malicious ridicule.

Unlike that night, for the first time, I felt surrounded and embraced by warmth.

"I might be staying here for a long time, so..." He turned to look at the woman, "Let him be born."

Asier's father and brother both nodded slightly, and then his father said, "In that case, from today onwards she is your wife."

As a Nagaril People, Asier still couldn't stand the local customs. He had spent too long in the Federal Federal, where he had grown up during the most crucial period of his life, receiving advanced social culture and education. This made him instinctively dislike such things.

However, he acquiesced, not wanting his selfishness to cause a woman and his child to leave this world, which he felt would be unfair to them.

He was also secretly excited; he was going to be a father, a feeling he had never experienced before.

His real wife was too obese, making pregnancy too risky, so doctors told them they would likely never have children. He was desperate at the time, but now, it seems like everything is back to normal.

He reached out and touched the woman's hair, feeling a strange sense of peace in his heart.

A family is only complete with children!