It's okay for me to bully my wife for the sake of the young master's dignity, right?

Chapter 184 [045] Harmless Factory Tour
The crystal processing factory does not have dinner until 21 p.m. so that the workers can stay up all night. If they eat too early, they will get hungry.

Qin Jiandan led Ding Ling into the factory without anyone stopping them.

This is very strange. There are a lot of phlogiston crystals stored in the factory, and there is a risk of being robbed. Usually, they hire regular city police to act as security like the Polytechnic University.

If the foreman took into account that the Night Dragon Society guards rented the staff dormitory, it would not be impossible to save money on hiring security guards, but he started working in the middle of the night and had a falling out with the guards...

Qin Jiandan thought of a possibility, that is, in order to retaliate against him, Ding Chun had reached a cooperation with the Ni'an Society and the Olive Group in the container house opposite. After the foreman learned of this situation, he believed that once the Yelong Society smashed the factory, the Olive Group would stop it.

Humph, you actually dared to cooperate with the Nyan Society. This is not just a matter of exploiting the workers. According to my master's standards, you deserve to be killed.

The front half of the crystal processing plant is mainly composed of two assembly line conveyor belts. More than 40 workers sit on the outside of the conveyor belts and manually assemble the phlogiston crystals flowing in front of them into the battery casing.

In order to dispel the workers' sleepiness, the conveyor belts were painted blue, and the red phlogiston crystals were transported on them, which was very dazzling. The air-conditioning ducts on the high ceiling were painted yellow, and under the strong light, they simulated the sunlight that never stopped day and night.

Ding Ling was a little timid:
"This is the first time I've gone this deep..."

The machines stopped roaring, but only the large crystal cutting machine at the back of the factory stopped, while the quieter conveyor belts continued to work. Although it was dinner time, the workers who had not received their lunch boxes still could not stop working.

Phlogiston crystal is a very special material. Not only should we avoid using high technology when mining, but we should also rely on manpower when processing it, otherwise it will lead to unexplained quality deterioration. The automobile factories in Huanshi City are basically fully automated, but the crystal processing factories are backward and labor-intensive industries.

The phlogiston crystals on the conveyor belt are covered with a layer of cutting dust. Workers wearing heavy protective clothing need to wipe off the dust, carefully place the crystals into the plastic shell and finally tighten them with a screwdriver.

The workflow doesn't sound complicated, but the workload is huge, and if you are a little slow you will miss the phlogiston crystal on the conveyor belt.

All the workers are male. In order to save costs, crystal processing companies usually separate men and women from each other in factories by arranging workstations and protective clothing in a unified manner. Because of the huge differences in body shape, the Furui people will face considerable discrimination in employment.

The workers were fixed to their workstations with electronic anklets, which was not only hard work but also undignified. Qin Jiandan heard that they only had one opportunity to apply for a toilet every two hours, and there were cameras monitoring the entire process in the toilet. Once the time limit was exceeded, the workers would be urged to pull up their pants.

In order to prevent overtime in the toilet, most workers wore adult diapers under their protective clothing, but they were often deducted money, which was euphemistically called "donations". The workers, who were burdened with heavy mortgage loans and children's education, dared not resist and allowed the capitalists and their lackeys to exploit them.

The low-quality lunch boxes were finally distributed, the conveyor belt stopped completely, and the workers were able to take a moment to breathe.

The foreman ordered everyone to watch the replay of the previous final of "Superman Arena" while eating. The pictures appearing on the big screen in the workshop attracted Qin Jiandan's attention.

"Superman Arena" is the most popular entertainment program in Huanshi City. Ten contestants with unique skills will fight to the death in complex terrain. The one who is still standing at the end will be awarded A-level resident status and a prize of tens of millions.

No matter what serious crime the contestants have committed, they will not be held accountable until the end of the competition. In history, many notorious bounty criminals have participated in "Superman Arena", and quite a few of them have successfully cleansed themselves up after winning and became inner city nobles in a dignified manner.

It’s just that most of the contestants have become remnants at the hands of the strong. In the most recent competitions, the eldest son of the Ding family’s head, “Ding Jinwei”, has won three consecutive championships. The audience suspected that there was a shady deal going on, and his popularity has declined.

The replay of the final played on the big screen in the workshop was a bloody scene where Ding Jinwei used his supernatural powers to force five muscular opponents to kneel down in front of him, eventually breaking their knees and dying on their knees.

"Did you see that?" The foreman, who had already had a big meal in advance, smiled grimly:
"The eldest son of the Ding family doesn't even have to lift a finger to make the vicious bounty hunter die like a dog. This is the power of his ability "Imperial Pressure"!"

Qin Jiandan has been very interested in cracking the principles of supernatural powers recently, and he couldn't help but watch the TV screen a few more times.

Ding Jinwei has a typical Ding family appearance, full of the ancient and desolate feeling that Nuwa did not shape when she created humans. In one word, it can be summed up as "ugly".

Ding Ling and Ding Chun are good-looking because their mother is a beautiful woman. As many as 97% of the people in the Ding family and the Luo family have poor looks and are known as the ugly aristocrats in Huanshi City.

At this time, Ding Ling bravely said:

"Ding Jinwei once proposed to Mu Yue as the eldest son of the Ding family, but Mu Yue rejected him outright, and the two of them never had any contact after that..."

"What?" Qin Jiandan immediately became furious. "Who the hell is he? How dare he propose to me before me?"

Ding Ling couldn't help but tell the gossip, and shrank back, with the rabbit ears on his head drooping:

"Mu, Mu Yue has never met him. The eldest son of the Ding family also asked his elders to propose marriage on his behalf. This was just an unsuccessful political marriage. Young Master, please don't hit me..."

Humph, what political marriage? Ding Jinwei must have seen Mu Yue's big breasts in a magazine or on a TV show, which gave him evil thoughts!

Watching the video replay on TV again, Ding Jinwei's personal information appeared in the lower right corner of the screen. Qin Jiandan discovered that this guy was at least 10 years older than Mu Yue.

Damn it! You still want to be the "old cow eating young grass"? You are old and ugly and still thinking about Mu Yue. I will beat you to death if I have the chance in the future!
The final video was coming to an end, and the foreman pressed the replay button, allowing the workers to once again enjoy the scene of Ding Jinwei crushing the contestants:

"Hahaha, did you see that? The power of the Ding family is at its peak, and the eldest son of the Ding family has unrivaled supernatural powers! This factory is the property of the Ding family. Since the Ding family has contracted it to me, I am the owner here! There is only death if you resist me!" Qin Jiandan was almost amused: With my master here, how dare a mere Ding Jinwei claim to be "unrivaled"? And how is your "imperial pressure" supernatural power better than Alexander's time supernatural power?

The foreman sits in the supervisory position between two rows of conveyor belts. There is a row of red buttons on the operating panel in front of him. As long as he presses them in sequence, he can use electronic anklets to shock the workers with the corresponding work numbers.

There is only one company in Huanshi City, but it has many subordinate enterprises. These enterprises are managed by members of the three major families as nominal managers and factory directors, but the actual operation is contracted to foremen and other people.

This is essentially no different from the spider web tunnel where the mines are contracted out to slave owners. The workers on the ground are just given a nicer name, not as blatant as "mining slaves."

Qin Jiandan thinks this kind of "optimization" in name is very hypocritical. If you call it "technician" instead of "slave labor", does that mean the capitalists' exploitation of you no longer exists? If you call it "donation" instead of "fine", will you be happy when your deserved remuneration is deducted?

It’s not that the foreman didn’t notice Qin Jiandan and Ding Ling, he just ignored them on purpose and focused on improving the workers’ eating efficiency and subsequent work efficiency.

Qin Jiandan took the initiative to walk towards the foreman's seat, and Ding Ling followed behind him quietly like a little animal.

"Why did the factory suddenly start working overtime all night? Who gave you the order to work overtime?"

Qin Jiandan stared down at the foreman, the red-edged dragon emblem on his chest reflecting a dazzling metallic luster.

The foreman swallowed to moisten his throat, then he raised his head courageously:

"The Young Master of the Night Dragon Society can't stop the factory workers, right? The tasks given by the superiors are urgent and the time is tight. If the targets are not met, there will be punishment. It's not like we haven't worked overtime before. This is not just for the Night Dragon Society."

The foreman was a middle-aged man with a fierce face, wearing goggles with red lenses on his nose and thick lips like an ancient ape. His clothes were obviously different from the gray protective clothing of ordinary workers. They were a pair of blue technical cloth dungarees and an orange rubber top.

It seemed that Ding Chun had made some promises to the foreman in advance. He was very brave and actually restarted the conveyor belt of the assembly line in advance while talking to Qin Jiandan:

"Everyone, keep working! Those who haven't finished their meals are considered passive workers. If you don't throw away your lunch boxes immediately, you will have to donate 200 yuan to me!"

Qin Jiandan remembered which button was used to "start/stop" the assembly line. He sneered and said to the foreman:

"My little brother rents your workers' dormitory. You are violating the contract by making noise and disturbing their sleep. Stop the assembly line now and let the workers go home!"

The foreman argued with sweat on his cheeks:
"The only contract for renting the dormitory is between me and the editor-in-chief, and it doesn't mention the noise issue. Also, the Night Dragon Society guards can't sleep well because they have nightmares, it has nothing to do with our overtime work!"

Qin Jiandan once again confirmed that the foreman and Nian would be secretly colluding. The fact that the younger brothers were attacked by supernatural powers and had nightmares was not spread everywhere, so logically, the foreman would not know about it.

"You don't want to stop working, right?" Qin Jiandan walked towards the production line on the right side of the factory:

"Working overnight in such hot weather, even if the workers didn't die suddenly, the production equipment would easily overheat and malfunction..."

The crystal processing factory has been in operation for some years. Many of the equipment are aging. The metal main shaft of the conveyor belt is exposed, rotating continuously with a dizzying spiral.

Qin Jiandan silently exhaled icy cold air from his fingertips, accurately pouring it into the tiny cracks in the metal main shaft. The instantaneous temperature difference immediately expanded the cracks into large fissures that affected the operation.

"Kacha kacha——"

Amid a series of teeth-grinding noises, the production line on the right side of the factory was completely paralyzed, and the workers had nothing to do, so they all sat in a daze at their workstations. Some took the opportunity to eat a few bites of the food they hadn't finished.

"What did you do!?"

The foreman jumped down from his supervisory position in a rage and inspected the damage to the assembly line:
"You dare to destroy production equipment in the inner city? I'm calling the police! The young master of the Night Dragon Society cannot go unpunished!"

Qin Jiandan spread his hands to show his innocence:
"Which eye of yours saw me destroying the production equipment? I didn't even touch your production equipment, did I? If you don't believe me, just check the surveillance video."

The foreman was very angry. Qin Jiandan had clearly used some strange internal energy to paralyze the assembly line, but the camera could not capture the martial artist's breathing of true energy, so there was no evidence at all.

After contracting the factory, the production equipment becomes the foreman's private property. Workers stop working because of equipment breakdown, and they lose real money every second.

The foreman gnashed his teeth and asked Ding Ling behind Qin Jiandan:

"Did you see that? This guy is destroying your mother's factory! Hurry up and testify for me so I can call the police and have him arrested!"

Ding Ling shook her head hastily. She didn't dare to look the foreman in the eye. She could only look up at the ceiling with her hands behind her back.
"I, I didn't see anything. I'm just a harmless little rabbit. I came here because the young master wanted to visit my mother's factory. I absolutely...absolutely didn't intend to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble!"

(End of this chapter)