Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

As for why the workers were unwilling to talk to them, there were many reasons. It could be that the workers were wary of outsiders, it could be that the factory had regulations that did not allow workers to talk to outsiders casually, it could be that scabs were watching the workers, and of course it could be all three.

Monk put his face on the table in distress, but his eyes lit up when he saw Lin Shangzhou. He quickly sat up and held Lin Shangzhou's hands.

"Fuck, what are you doing!?"

Lin Shangzhou was startled by his sudden action, and quickly pulled his hand out, looking at Monkie warily.

"Fritts, the most idle people in the entire newspaper are you and Paul in the story editing department..."

Speaking of Goebbels, Munch glanced at Goebbels who was still in deep thought and lowered his voice and said, "Paul has a weak leg and can't go into the factory, so can you please help us and go into the factory to help us investigate the living conditions of the workers in that factory?"

"I really beg you..."

"Forehead…"

Lin Shangzhou looked at Monk's sincere request and fell into hesitation. He was indeed very free, and it was not impossible for him to work in a factory, but he did not have a good impression of working in a factory. He worked in Foxconn during his college summer vacation, and when he came out of the factory two months later, the only thought in his mind was that he did not want to work in a factory again.

Although the machinery factory at that time was different from Foxconn, he was somewhat repulsive to this term.

"Please do us a favor. The editor-in-chief will be very happy if he sees us complete the work."

Monk continued to plead sincerely.

After hearing Monk mention the editor-in-chief, Lin Shangzhou made up his mind. He decided to repay the editor-in-chief for writing him a letter of introduction, so he went into the factory to complete the investigation task.

"Okay, okay, I promise you."

"Really, thank you so much!"

Meng Qi laughed happily. Lin Shangzhou rolled his eyes at him and said, "But let me make it clear first. I didn't agree to this for you. I agreed to this to repay the editor-in-chief for his kindness to me."

"It's okay, it's okay. The editor-in-chief will be very happy when he knows about your situation. I will pay for your food for a month after you leave the factory!"

Meng Qi patted his chest and promised. Seeing his promise, Lin Shangzhou smiled evilly and said:

"You said it yourself, don't regret it later."

Monkey nodded vigorously, and he was mentally prepared.

Lin Shangzhou then reported the matter to the deputy editor-in-chief. As Goebbels' article received more and more positive feedback, the deputy editor-in-chief also agreed that he could conduct the investigation and write the investigation report on behalf of Monch and others.

On the way home from get off work in the evening, he told Letitia about this matter.

"If you work in the factory, you won't be able to accompany me to and from get off work soon? Those bad guys are waiting to make trouble for me. What will I do if you leave?"

Letitia pouted and said unhappily that on her way home from get off work these few days, she saw some of the hooligans from that day trying to approach her, but because Lin Shangzhou was there, they just watched her in the alley.

If Lin Shangzhou left, he would definitely be in trouble again.

"Well...I'll find a way."

Lin Shangzhou scratched his head and said awkwardly that he seemed to have forgotten about this matter this morning...

"Well, anyway, I hope you can come up with a solution, otherwise your lovely roommate will be gone when you come back from the factory!"

Letitia curled her lips and quickened her pace to walk in front of Lin Shangzhou. Lin Shangzhou was looking for a feasible solution in his mind, but he hadn't thought of it yet.

Before returning to the apartment, the two saw Wolfgang smoking at the door. As Letitia approached Wolfgang, she frowned, covered her nose with her hand and dispersed the smoke drifting towards her. When Lin Shangzhou smelled the smoke, he couldn't help but frowned.

The smell of secondhand smoke is a bit strong.

When Lin Shangzhou saw Wolfgang, a solution came to his mind.

"Mr. Wolfgang, I have something I would like to ask you for help."

He said to Wolfgang, who glanced at him, took a deep puff, finished the rest of the cigarette, and threw the butt into the trash can beside him. He spit out the smoke that had passed through his lungs to the other side, then turned to look at Lin Shangzhou and asked:

"What is it? Just tell me. I will help you as long as I can."

Wolfgang's good attitude made Letitia envious again. She wondered why she couldn't meet such a good friend.

"It's like this. I want you to help protect Letitia on her way to and from get off work. I won't be able to protect her for a while due to work reasons, so I want to ask for your help."

"Let me protect Miss Adolf to and from get off work?"

Wolfgang thought for a few seconds, then shook his head.

"I don't have the time, but I can find someone to help."

"Really? Thank you so much."

Lin Shangzhou thanked him, and Letitia beside him also thanked him.

"Wait for me at the door for a while, I'll go and bring her over."

After Wolfgang finished speaking, he walked to the other side of the street. Lin Shangzhou looked in the direction he was going and saw a bar on the other side of the street.

(That's Mr. Wolfgang's bar. I'll go check it out when I have time.)

A few minutes later, Wolfgang pulled a red-haired woman out of the bar, or to be more precise, dragged her out.

He dragged the woman to Lin Shangzhou and Letitia, and Wolfgang said to them, "Let me introduce you. This is Catherine, my friend, and we used to work together."

When Lin Shangzhou heard Wolfgang say that the red-haired woman named Catherine was his colleague, he was immediately relieved. She was a soldier, and a member of the Storm Commandos, so it would be easy for her to beat up a few gangsters.

It's just that Catherine's appearance seems a little unreliable.

Catherine lowered her head and hit Wolfgang's right arm with one hand, saying in a daze.

"Wolfgang! I was having a great time drinking, why did you pull me out! Burp~"

"Don't be drunk, I just told you I need your help."

Wolfgang took Catherine's arm away expressionlessly, pointed at Letitia beside him and said to her: "This girl is the one I asked you to protect."

Catherine suddenly raised her head and looked at Letitia. This raised her head and Lin Shangzhou saw her appearance. She was a thoroughly mature queen, the most feminine woman he had ever seen. However, she did not impress him because she was not on his XP.

"Are you the girl who wants me to protect you?"

As Catherine spoke, she staggered to Letitia and looked at her closely.

"Yes, Sister Catherine, my name is Letitia Adolf, you can just call me Letitia."

Letitia swallowed and said to her.

Hearing Letitia address her, Catherine laughed excitedly.

"Hahahaha, you have a very sweet mouth. Just because you called me sister, I will protect you from now on!"

After she finished speaking, she hugged Letitia, pressed her into her arms and madly ruffled her hair.

"Come, let me hug you. Tell me if anyone bullies you, and I'll send him to see God..."

Seeing Catherine like this, Lin Shangzhou looked at Wolfgang with a strange expression, but Wolfgang still had no expression.

After rubbing Letitia for a while, Catherine let her go and turned to look at Lin Shangzhou.

"Are you the friend of Captain Cecilia that Wolfgang was talking about?"

Lin Shangzhou nodded.

"Yes, Miss Catherine, my name is Fritz Hipper, just call me Fritz."

Letitia, who was let go by Catherine, was tidying up her messy hair. Thinking of the two lumps of soft flesh that her face had just touched, she stretched out her hand and gestured at her chest.

I felt inferior after the demonstration.

Catherine looked Lin Shangzhou up and down with a scrutinizing attitude, which made him feel uneasy. After looking him over, Catherine said to him:

"Not bad... You should do the same in the future. If someone bullies you, tell me and I will send that person to see God."

"Thank you."

Lin Shangzhou thanked her with a twitching mouth. He believed that what Catherine said about "sending that man to see God" was not a joke but the truth.

With Catherine's help, Lin Shangzhou could enter the factory with peace of mind. When he returned home in the evening, he was ready to enter the factory and was waiting to go to the factory tomorrow.

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Chapter 39 Entering the Factory

On the morning of March 17, Monk drove Lin Shangzhou to a machinery factory on the outskirts of Strasbourg. He parked the car at a nearby intersection and drove forward because he was worried that the guard would see Lin Shangzhou getting out of the car and become alert.

"If you walk a little further you will see the factory. Get off here."

He turned and said to Lin Shangzhou, who nodded, opened the car door and got out.

"If life in there is really difficult, remember to get out in time and don't tire yourself out."

Monkie rolled down the window and gave Lin Shangzhou instructions.

"Well, see you later."

After saying goodbye to Monkey, he walked out of the street and headed towards the factory.

Before coming here, he was worried that the factory might not accept workers, but Monk told him that the factory was recruiting when they visited it before, so there was no need to worry about this problem.

When he arrived outside the factory, Lin Shangzhou saw the security guard sitting on a chair flipping through a novel in his hand. Next to him was a big dog lying on the ground with its head raised and staring at him vigilantly. From its appearance, it looked like a German Shepherd.

Lin Shangzhou walked up to the guard and greeted him.

"Hello."

He glanced at the novel the security guard was reading. It was a book he wrote.

The guard looked up at him warily. After seeing that he was Chinese, he hesitated and said:

'Ah...are you...are you here looking for a job?

"Yeah, yeah, I heard the factory is hiring recently, so I wanted to come and take a look."

Lin Shangzhou nodded repeatedly.

"Then you've come to the right place. The factory is hiring recently."

The guard stood up and opened the factory gate. After opening the door, he said to Lin Shangzhou:

"Go ahead. Do you see that white house over there? Just go in and register."

Lin Shangzhou walked to the door and looked in the direction the guard pointed. He saw a small white house, nodded and walked towards it.

After Lin Shangzhou left, the doorman closed the door and sat on the chair to continue reading his novel. He never dreamed that the person who just walked past was the author of the novel in his hand.

Lin Shangzhou walked on the road in the factory and looked around. There were three large factory buildings in the north. It was obvious that that was where the workers worked. To the east of the large factory building was a smaller flat-roofed building. The words written on the sign next to it indicated that it was a canteen. To the west of the factory building was a row of flat-roofed buildings, which seemed to be the workers' dormitories. Next to the dormitories were two large toilets. To the east of the factory was a very tidy two-story building, which might be the office of the management staff.

The factory is quite large and the environment is acceptable.

Lin Shangzhou came to the white house and knocked on the door. After getting permission from the person inside, he pushed the door open and walked in.

There was a table in the house, and behind the table sat a middle-aged man with a shrewd look and a pair of glasses.

"You are…"

The man with glasses looked up at Lin Shangzhou in confusion, and when he saw that he was Chinese, he understood his purpose in coming here.

"You're here to work as a worker, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm here looking for a job."

Lin Shangzhou nodded.

The man with glasses pointed at the roster and pen on the table and said to him, "9 pfennigs an hour, including food and lodging, work from 7am to 12pm, 2pm to 6pm, 7pm to 9pm, 11 hours a day. If you can accept this, sign your name and go to Workshop No. to report to Foreman Kaiden. He will take you to the dormitory to find a bed, and then you can start working."

(hiss……)

The treatment of the workers made Lin Shangzhou gasp. 9 pfennigs an hour, eleven hours a day, such a heavy workload could only earn 1 mark rounded off, or 7 marks a week.

It has been two months since Lin Shangzhou traveled through time and space, and he has a clear understanding of money and consumption levels. 7 marks a week can keep a family from starving or freezing to death and have a certain surplus, but that's all.

The newspaper's minimum weekly wage was 15 marks, and he could earn about 10 marks a week in that restaurant, but he only earned 7 marks a week after working hard in this factory. Lin Shangzhou already had an opinion of this factory in his mind.

"Don't you need to sign a contract?"

Lin Shangzhou asked, if the workers did not sign a contract, there would be no protection at all, and he could guess whether the workers in this factory had signed a contract. From the large number of names on the list, it could be seen that not many workers signed the contract.

"You want to sign a contract? If you sign a contract, your salary will be one penny less, and food and accommodation will not be provided. Are you sure you want to sign it?"

The man with glasses asked.

After hearing his answer, Lin Shangzhou had already thought about leaving. Signing a contract would reduce the salary by one penny and not provide food and accommodation. The factory's purpose in doing this was obvious, which was to prevent workers from signing contracts.

Most workers certainly don’t quite understand what a contract means. Some may not even know what a contract is. In addition, signing a contract means a reduction in salary and no food and accommodation. Most workers will definitely choose not to sign a contract.

However, the purpose of his trip was to investigate the living conditions of the workers. Although he could get a glimpse of it from the words of the man with glasses, if he wanted to really understand it, he still had to live with the workers.