Lin Qi's Labor Value

"The value of a person is limitless!"

Perhaps influenced by Patu's "rebellion," Wo Delike, who was not originally planning to give a long speech, suddenly became quite talkative. It must be said that Lin Qi is a very amazing guy; he actually managed to persuade Patu.

By this time, Wo Delike had a general idea of how he had done it: it was all about profit.

Having discussed interests and what capitalists love most, Wo Delike wanted to elaborate, so he began with the concept of "human value."

The value of a person is infinite, and he truly believed that. When he said this, he glanced at Lin Qi, Lin Qi smiled and nodded in acknowledgment, his face radiating a harmless and sunny aura.

Seeing the little rascal's expression, Wo Delike's smile widened even more.

"We keep coming across similar messages: human potential is limitless, and in fact, human value is also limitless."

"If a worker works 365 days a year and generates one dollar of profit for us every day, then we can get 365 dollars of profit from one person."

"But if we give him some motivation, some pressure, and some opportunities, can we gain more?"

Only Wo Delike's voice echoed in the entire conference room, and everyone seemed lost in thought, contemplating the importance of money, status, and power.

Even if you fart, people will wonder whether it's a fart or a warning.

Not to mention that when he talks about these simple yet profound things now, people find it hard not to be attracted by some of the inner qualities in them and delve into them when they take them seriously.

"The answer is yes. My own company has more than 100,000 employees. It's impossible for each of them to just contribute one or two dollars to me every day. They contribute much more."

"As long as your methods are good enough, you can maximize a person's potential and turn it into value."

"The Federal has all sorts of laws that protect the relationship between employers and employees and prevent us from excessively exploiting workers for value, but there are none here, gentlemen, in Nagaril."

"We can pay those Natives one dollar a day to work for us for twelve hours a day, and then get several times their salary in profit. Many people think that's the limit."

"But gentlemen, have you considered a further question?"

"Wouldn't it be more beneficial for us to have them do more profitable work without changing their salary system?"

Wo Delike stopped there; if he continued, he would get into trouble—not real trouble, but something that would annoy him. So he shut his mouth in time.

People were still speculating about what he meant by what he seemed to be saying but hadn't finished when Lin Qi suddenly spoke up, "Can I say something?"

Everyone looked at Wo Delike. Some people who were not familiar with Lin Qi thought he was being too presumptuous, not even considering the level of the meeting, that a young man was so brazenly interrupting.

Some people looked at Lin Qi and Wo Delike with obviously conciliatory smiles; they knew some inside information, such as Lin Qi and Sai Weiruila.

"Of course!" Wo Delike generously did not pursue the matter of Lin Qi interrupting him and gave Lin Qi the right to speak.

"Thank you very much for your understanding, Wo Delike. I had some more specific thoughts after listening to what Wo Delike just said, which may not be entirely accurate, but I think the value of us sitting together lies in discussion, rather than selfishly hiding all our thoughts..."

People nodded in agreement; at least the statement was correct. But whether the important person was willing to discuss it with you was another matter entirely.

"I have roughly understood what Wo Delike said, and I also have some thoughts. My thoughts are very simple: can we use the simplest way to measure the economic value that a Nagaril Laborers creates for us?"

Before anyone could answer, Lin Qi continued, "For the same job, Federal workers are paid around $230 a month. If we use the substitution method to include Nagaril workers, we only need to pay Nagaril workers $30 a month. So, the extra $200 becomes our profit, doesn't it?"

The once noisy conference hall suddenly fell silent, as quiet as a tomb under the moonlight, exuding an extreme stillness and deathly silence.

A layer of goosebumps slowly crept onto some people's skin, like a virus rapidly climbing up their spines to the top of their heads.

Jieluno was also taken aback for a moment. He immediately understood what Lin Qi meant. He was more insightful, more specific, and more direct than Wo Delike.

Wo Delike might need to be more mindful of his manner of speaking and its impact, but Lin Qi had no such concerns whatsoever.

A Federal senior skilled worker might earn between $400 and $600 a month, but a Nagaril senior skilled worker might only be paid $50 a month.

The original expenditure was turned into profit. If these Nagaril Laborers could do more advanced jobs, their value would be amplified by the nature of the work and the rate of return. That would be the most correct way to use cheap labor.

Instead of having them do the simplest work that doesn't generate huge profits, we should let them do it here.

As Wo Delike just said, more than 100,000 people work for him. If these people are paid no more than 100 dollars a month, then Wo Delike's wealth could potentially increase dramatically in just one month.

His assets could potentially double in just one year, all thanks to a hidden profit.

Although Jieluno felt that this statement was not necessarily entirely correct, he could not find any obvious errors, but he knew that it was not entirely correct.

Even if it's not entirely correct, this statement and the idea behind it are quite unique. Jieluno carefully examined Lin Qi. He now understood what had changed Patu's stance: it was this still-rough theory, which was already beginning to shine.

Thinking about it carefully, it does seem to make a lot of sense. If a factory employs a thousand workers and is currently losing 100,000 yuan a month after paying wages, but just replaces all the workers with laborers from Nagaril, then the factory can immediately turn a profit and even earn 100,000 yuan! Ma Refake, it's an exciting feeling! Wo Delike also glanced at Lin Qi. He first frowned, then relaxed and nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with Lin Qi's statement.

"I'm young, and although I have some ideas, they may not be mature enough. If I say anything wrong, I hope everyone can point it out to me," he said, bowing slightly in politeness before sitting back down.

He was clearly saying that people should improve and revise his theory, but it sounded like he was saying, "Who dares to question me?"

His idea had a direct intellectual impact on many people, including Jieluno.

Jieluno used to only think about exchanging the lives of his laborers for endless ore, but now his attention has begun to shift from his industries to the issue of the value of labor.

Selling human labor for 200 yuan, aside from the incredibly low wages, the rest is all profit. More importantly, labor is a renewable resource; as long as people live, it can be produced continuously, unlike Mineral Deposit!

He had already implemented this approach, using cheap workers to mine and extract minerals for him. However, he never realized that this "cheapness" was actually a form of profit and applicable to all industries!

Whether Lin Qi's statement is entirely correct or whether it can be completely justified, it has at least prompted people to think.

"Your name is Lin Qi!" Jieluno couldn't help but take a few more glances at Lin Qi, who possessed everything that Jieluno envied and was jealous of.

Youth, handsomeness, confidence, and radiance—these are what the elderly envy most: time, time that money can't buy.

Lin Qi bowed again in respect, and Jieluno sighed, "Every era in the Federal has some exceptionally outstanding young people; that is the symbol of the era!"

With Lin Qi's intervention, the outcome of the proposal was essentially set: the United Development Company would adopt a more lenient attitude towards the Natives of Nagaril. As for how to help them improve their education and work skills, and how to help them realize their self-worth as soon as possible, that was another matter entirely.

Such detailed and complex issues are not discussed at the conference, as everyone has their own different opinions.

It's like some people are builders who think it's best to use labor on construction workers, while others are factory owners who believe that the greatest profits can be generated in the factory. So these things will be mentioned in the company's internal reports in each cycle, but they won't be discussed at the general meeting.

The conference will only discuss directional issues, not the details.

The meeting, which was originally thought to be over in one day, was still going on into the evening. There were some issues that were difficult to resolve accurately in a short period of time.

For example, the last topic of discussion was that the United Development Company's current momentum has exceeded people's expectations, and some people who did not get on board initially now want to get back on board, including some people from the political and business circles.

So whether or not to accept them, how to accept them, how many shares to issue if we issue more, or proportional reduction of holdings, who should reduce their holdings more and who should reduce their holdings less—these are not things that can be discussed and decided in a day, and may even take several days to reach a conclusion.

After all, this involves huge profits in the hundreds of millions, and everyone hopes to get more.