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He laughed out loud and asked the workers to work harder.

Lin Shangzhou knew that no matter how high he was thrown, the workers would catch him and let him land safely.

After throwing Lin Shangzhou into the air several times, the workers let him down.

Then he told the workers the rest of the good news, which made them excited again. The result of their excitement was that Lin Shangzhou was thrown a few more times.

Hoven and a few others stood aside and laughed as they watched Lin Shangzhou being thrown into the air. Goebbels looked at Lin Shangzhou thoughtfully, then grinned and shared the joy with them.

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Chapter 51 After Victory (I)

The workers cheered happily for a long time before stopping, and then followed Lin Shangzhou, Huo Wen and Chris on the way back to the factory. Reporters from various newspapers also seized the opportunity to interview Lin Shangzhou. This time Lin Shangzhou answered their questions one by one.

In Raven's living room, the factory owner who was extremely angry with Lin Shangzhou was putting on his coat. He really hoped that what happened today was just a dream, but unfortunately, it turned out to be the opposite. This was not a dream, but a fact.

He had to accept this reality. He agreed to all the workers' demands: pay raise, reduced working hours, unionization, contract employment... He really wanted to breach the contract if he could.

But Raven knew that if he breached the contract, he would really be facing bankruptcy.

Thinking of this, he clenched his fist angrily and wanted to smash it against the wall, but when he was about to hit it, he pulled his hand back because he was afraid of the pain.

"Ugh…"

With a heavy sigh, Raven came to the door, and after opening it he saw the administrator.

"Boss...I..."

The administrator spoke nervously and stuttered. When Raven saw him, he kicked him in the stomach in anger and knocked him down.

Raven walked over to the administrator who hadn't had time to stand up yet, grabbed him by the collar and yelled:

"Why didn't you inform me in time about the workers' strike? Huh?! Do you know what they were asking for? 25 pfennigs an hour! If you had told me earlier, this wouldn't have happened, you stupid pig!"

After the strike, Raven was filled with anger, half of it was anger, and half of it was resentment. During the negotiations, he didn't dare to lose his temper because of the people from the newspaper. Now, the administrator was in trouble, and with a target to vent his anger on, Raven poured all his anger on him.

"I really don't know why I hired you! You do nothing but sleep in the office all day. Didn't I install a phone for you? Why didn't you notify me?"

The administrator looked aggrieved. His pig-like face and aggrieved expression could only be described in one word: ugly.

"I...I informed you! But by then they had already rushed in and controlled me. What could I do?!"

After he said this, Raven did remember that there was indeed a phone call before the striking team arrived at his house, but the other party hung up as soon as he picked up the phone. He was wondering what was going on on the other end, but now he understood that it was the administrator who called him.

But he called me, but he didn't say anything, which means he didn't call me...

"Get the hell out of here! I don't want to see you! The one thing Hipper asked me to do was to fire you. You are fired! Go do what you have to do!"

Raven let go and angrily wanted to leave. After hearing that he was fired, the administrator immediately hugged Raven's thighs and cried while asking Raven to give him another chance. This was his only job. How could he find another job with his body that looked like a pig...

Raven had a look of disgust on his face. He struggled to pull his legs out of the administrator's arms, then kicked him to the ground.

"Don't bother me, go ask Hipper for mercy, he wants me to fire you, get out of here!"

Raven turned around in disgust and walked out of the yard to the garage nearby. He opened the door, went in, and drove his car towards the factory.

The administrator crawled out of the yard. He looked at the cars driving away and the backs of the workers who had not yet completely disappeared. He pounded the ground hard, and after a few hits, he took a deep breath and looked at the workers who were leaving with resentment in his eyes.

"Frittz Hipper...I will make you pay the price!"

After making up his mind, the administrator got up from the ground and walked aimlessly to the side of the road.

On the other side, Lin Shangzhou and the workers were walking on the way back to the factory. Chris took Monk's car and took them back to the factory first. Then he asked the workers to sign the contract. The signing of the formal agreement requires witnesses to prevent Raven from cheating.

Lin Shangzhou was in high spirits as he accepted interviews from reporters from other newspapers, who asked him a variety of questions.

First question: Mr. Hipper, are you really Chinese?

Lin Shangzhou's answer to this question was as affirmative as possible, but he also stated that his ancestral home was in China, but his current nationality was German. His identity document clearly stated that his nationality was German and his home address was Berlin.

He also didn't know when his uncle gave him a Berlin residence permit.

The second question is: Why do you want to lead the workers in a strike?

Lin Shangzhou rolled his eyes at the reporter who asked the question, and then replied: Your newspaper boss hasn't paid you for several months, will you strike or not? He keeps exploiting you, will you strike or not?

He felt that some reporters had no way of speaking at all, and the questions they asked were like asking on the train whether one had bought a ticket, or whether one would go home for dinner during the New Year.

The third question was also the most important one. Lin Shangzhou didn’t know which worker raised it first, but as soon as someone raised it, all the reporters looked at him expectantly.

The question is: Mr. Hipper, are you a syndicalist?

Is this question really allowed to be asked???

When Lin Shangzhou heard this question, he wanted to slap the reporter who asked the question. What kind of question is this!

Faced with this incredible question, Lin Shangzhou did not answer. He certainly could not answer "yes", but he could not answer "no" either.

Will German syndicalists admit to being syndicalists when facing a journalist?

of course not.

So he remained silent in anger and walked among the workers and asked them to surround him. He did not intend to answer any questions from the reporters, each of which was a heavyweight.

Seeing the workers surrounding Lin Shangzhou, the reporters showed lost expressions on their faces, and then looked at the reporter who asked the outrageous question.

But it was not a good idea to vent their anger on others, so they changed direction and began to interview Huo Wen. After answering a few questions politely, Huo Wen smiled and retreated into the middle of the workers, letting them surround him.

At this point, the reporters gave up the interview and left one after another. They wanted to hurry back to try to get their newspapers to be the first to report the incident and publish related articles.

Of course, a few smart guys thought that they could also interview the owner of the factory, so they turned back to Raven's villa, but they came back empty-handed.

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After confirming that all the reporters had left, Lin Shangzhou and Huo Wen walked out from the encirclement of the workers.

"These reporters really don't know what to ask and what not to ask."

Lin Shangzhou complained angrily.

Hoven shrugged and said:

"It's normal for them to ask this, but it's just inappropriate at the right time."

Then he looked at Lin Shangzhou and asked, "Fritts, do you know those three people? It seems that you have a good relationship."

Lin Shangzhou nodded. He would leave after dealing with the follow-up matters. It was time to confess to the workers.

But what he said was not a confession but: "I'll tell you after I've dealt with everything."

"That's fine."

Huo Wen nodded, it didn't matter how much time he spent.

After walking for a distance on the road, Lin Wenhua and Andy ran over from the side of the team. The moment Lin Wenhua saw Lin Shangzhou, he stepped forward and hugged his shoulders and shouted excitedly: "Fuck, Shangzhou, you are so awesome!"

"You're so awesome! You led us on strike and got the boss to agree to all our demands. I never even dared to imagine that!"

Lin Wenhua was so excited that he almost kissed Lin Shangzhou on the face. Lin Shangzhou also smiled and put his arm around his shoulders and said, "You can make money now, right?"

Lin Wenhua nodded vigorously and said:

"Of course, of course. I estimate that I can earn a lot of marks in a year or two. When I go home, I can change the marks into dollars, and then I will be rich! Hahahaha, cough cough cough..."

As he was laughing, he choked on his own saliva. Lin Shangzhou reached out and patted his back. After a few pats, Lin Wenhua felt better.

"Be careful, don't choke yourself to death, don't make money but not spend it."

"No, I am your brother and I have a strong life!"

Lin Wenhua grinned, revealing a row of not-too-white teeth, and patted his chest hard.

"Brother Fritz...you are so amazing..."

Andy walked up to him and said that he had great admiration for Lin Shangzhou in his heart.

"No matter how capable I am, this strike was only made possible by everyone's efforts. Without everyone, I am nothing."

Lin Shangzhou said modestly, Huo Wen shook his head slightly and said: "But without you, what are we."

"Without you to unite us, we wouldn't even dare to resist, let alone strike."

The workers behind also nodded. The workers behind didn't know what was happening in front, but seeing the people in front nodding, they nodded too.

"Mr. Hipper, you are right. The success of the strike depends on the efforts of each of us."

"But if you hadn't organized us, Mr. Hipper, we would still be working in the factory, and we wouldn't dare to think about going on strike..."

I don't know who the two workers were talking about, but as soon as they started talking, the workers all nodded in agreement.

Lin Shangzhou turned around and walked backwards, then stepped back and said to the workers:

"Since everyone says so, I will accept the praise."

Since the workers said so, he had no choice but to accept their kindness.

More than twenty minutes later, the workers returned to the factory.

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Chapter 52 After the Victory (Part )

After returning to the factory, Lin Shangzhou started a new round of work. He first found the labor contract from the white house where workers were recruited. After Hoven, Goebbels and others confirmed that there were no loopholes in it, they prepared to distribute the contract to the workers for them to sign. However, due to insufficient quantity, Monk drove Hoven back to the newspaper office with a sample to print more contracts. Another purpose of their going to the newspaper office was to print two more formal agreements.

Lin Shangzhou organized the workers into the cafeteria and together with Goebbels he explained to them the importance of the contract, letting them know that they needed and must sign the contract. At the same time, he asked Raven for marks to pay the workers back wages that had not been owed for the past few months.

More than half an hour later, Monk and his team came back with the contract and agreement. Lin Shangzhou reviewed the agreement and signed it. Then Huo Wen took the agreement to find Raven. The extremely depressed factory owner was sitting in his office thinking about life.

After Huo Wen left, Lin Shangzhou and others organized the workers to sign the contract.

The workers lined up in a long queue waiting to sign the contract. The signing process was very fast. In less than twenty minutes, all the workers had signed the contract, including Kayden and Tis.

Huo Wen's suggestion was to fire these people, but Lin Shangzhou believed that if they lost their jobs and had nothing to do in society, it would have an impact on social security, so he let them stay. However, there was a three-month supervision period, during which their wages were halved. If no violations occurred, they would become formal workers after three months.

There was only a small stack of papers left on the table. Lin Shangzhou took out two and handed them to Huo Wen and Chris.

After signing his name on the contract, Huo Wen looked at Lin Shangzhou and asked, "Fritts, aren't you going to sign the contract yet?"

"I won't."

Lin Shangzhou shook his head slightly.

Chris looked at him in confusion, why didn't he sign the contract when everything was over?

Huo Wen looked at him, then looked at the three people from the newspaper who were talking to the workers nearby, and he understood something.

He walked over to Lin Shangzhou with a smile, put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Fritts, you are actually from this newspaper, right?"

Huo Wen pointed at Monk and the other two as he spoke. Lin Shangzhou chuckled and nodded.

"Well, I'm an employee of the newspaper."

“I came to work in the factory to investigate the workers’ conditions. At first I only planned to work for a week to see how everyone was doing and then leave. Who knew I would end up organizing and leading a strike with you guys?

Huo Wen put his arm around Lin Shangzhou's shoulders and laughed, "Boy, you're really good at hiding things..."

"No wonder you are not afraid of Cadentis, the administrators, or the consequences of a failed strike. It's because you are not a worker yourself, so you are fearless."

After hearing what Huo Wen said, Lin Shangzhou felt a little guilty. He was also a little afraid to confess this to the workers. He was afraid that the workers would be dissatisfied with him after he revealed his identity. After all, this strike was really a bit of a gamble.

"Huo Wen, I feel a little sorry for everyone..."

He lowered his head and whispered to Huo Wen. Huo Wen patted Lin Shangzhou's head and said, "Look up and see what expressions are on everyone's faces?"

Lin Shangzhou looked up at the workers in the cafeteria. Every worker had a bright smile on his face. They were either looking at their contracts, chatting with friends, or looking at Lin Shangzhou with gratitude.

"Why do you have to apologize to everyone? It is true that the strike was a gamble, but which strike was not a gamble? What's more important is that we succeeded. This is the most crucial point. We succeeded. You made the boss agree to all our demands and increased our salary by a lot."

Huo Wen patted Lin Shangzhou on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't feel sorry for us or guilty. Tell everyone who you are."

Lin Shangzhou looked at the workers in the cafeteria and nodded vigorously.

Seeing Lin Shangzhou nod, Huo Wen walked out of the table and clapped his hands at the workers to signal them to be quiet. After the workers quieted down, he said, "Fritts has something to tell us all, please listen carefully."

The workers nodded one after another. The person they admired most now was Lin Shangzhou.

Lin Shangzhou stood up, took the megaphone from Chris, put it to his lips and said to the workers: "Actually, there is something I haven't told you all."

After hearing what he said, the workers became curious. What would Lin Shangzhou say?

"As for me, I am not a worker, but an employee of the newspaper. These three are my colleagues. My original purpose of coming to work in the factory was to investigate everyone's situation. I planned to leave after working for a week, but who knew that I would lead everyone to strike."