Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

"Just explain your ideas, purpose, objectives, form of existence, and operating model clearly. Then recruit those who are willing to join, and select team leaders or similar individuals based on their voting results. Wouldn't that be great?"

"Can anyone join?"

"As long as you have no bad records or criminal history, it's entirely voluntary."

"Then, what is the meaning of our existence?"

"Ok?"

"What I mean is, if this group can manage so many things, then what are we factory managers supposed to do?"

Jiang Ming realized that he hadn't actually figured out the group's role.

I just don't know how many people are like him.

"Your responsibilities as the factory manager are to oversee production and complete the factory's production tasks, including managing workers, finances, and maintaining machinery, equipment, and facilities. These are mainly production-related aspects."

This group and its leader are responsible for other matters, including understanding the workers' situation, organizing cultural learning, and paying attention to the workers' lives, with a focus on the workers' lives and learning.

Unlike the shogunate, Kaigoshima did not engage in rampant exploitation and disregard for the lives of its workers. However, there were communication barriers between the upper and lower levels. We did not understand the grassroots level, so we needed an organization to take on this task.

This doesn't conflict with your factory manager's duties. They simply oversee different aspects. Our management is broader and more detailed than the Shogunate's.

"But, but..." he seemed to say something else.

"Furthermore, there is no rule that the factory manager cannot participate in the mutual aid group, nor is there a rule that the factory manager cannot serve as the leader of the mutual aid group. You are perfectly free to join it."

However, this is a huge challenge for your workload.

"Huh? Can the factory manager participate too?"

"Who told you that you can't? Is it written in the rules?"

He paused for a moment, as if he really didn't.

"I understand, Lord Jiang Ming. I will go back and find a way to implement it."

Jiang Ming watched as he suddenly realized what was happening and then left happily.

It's unclear how many people he represented or who he was representing when he came to ask this question.

"I hope this work will proceed smoothly."

After all, this is his first step.

Later, we can build a union based on this group.

And then……

On the other side, when the people at the construction site saw the assembly plant manager return, they eagerly gathered around him.

The factory is not yet completed, and the selected workers are still busy with construction work.

This construction site has both workers and managers from other places.

They were all full of doubts about this new thing, so they came together to discuss it, and finally elected the factory manager of the assembly plant to go and inquire.

"So, what did Lord Jiang Ming say?"

"This group is just an additional function. As expected of Lord Jiang Ming, he is indeed different from those big shots in the shogunate."

"No, don't just keep praising it. Everyone knows that. Be more specific. Tell me in detail."

Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, he explained Jiang Ming's interpretation and his own understanding.

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent.

"I've made up my mind. I'm going to sign up and join the mutual aid group. I'm also going to run for group leader."

Before everyone could react, the assembly plant manager spoke first.

Chapter 32 The Creation of Heaven and Earth, Part 1

"Aoki, shouldn't you reconsider? There's a lot of work involved, and you'll be held accountable if you don't do it well. Why bother with all this? It's better to avoid trouble."

Aoki is the surname of the assembly plant manager.

Aoki's old friend, now his colleague at Coral Palace, offered this advice.

"I've thought it through. This mutual aid group might indeed be a burden for me, but as long as it can help more people and fulfill its original purpose, then it will all be worth it."

Do you still remember Ogawa?

"Of course I remember. Those guys from the shogunate took Ogawa to Futabasa. Ogawa was corrupted by the god and suffered a lot of injuries. They just sent him back and ignored him! Isn't it because Ogawa was disappointed with the shogunate that we chose to come to Kaigi Island?"

"Yes, that's right. Isn't that precisely the purpose of establishing the mutual aid group? To prevent Ogawa's tragedy from happening again."

"But……"

"There are no buts. Perhaps, we can give the artisans... no, the workers, the right to speak, to respect their ideas, and to face their needs."

This is perhaps what Lord Jiang Ming hoped for, and it's what distinguishes the Coral Palace from the Shogunate. None of us want the Coral Palace to become the next Shogunate, right?

"..."

A moment of silence fell over the scene.

Upon hearing this, the people present understood the original intention and significance of establishing this mutual aid group, and the factory managers also began to understand this structure.

It unites with the workers, speaks for them, and fights for their interests.

The emergence of this organization meant that workers had the power to participate in management, and at least within the factory's management system on Haizhi Island, they had a significant voice.

This change was so enormous that it was unprecedented in the history of Inazuma.

This is the first time in history that craftsmen—now called workers—have gained the right to speak out, the right to fight for their rights, and the right to participate in social and political activities.

The working class has gained its own clear political status.

And it's not low!

The enormous changes left both workers and factory managers bewildered and at a loss.

The workers were stunned by the enormous surprise and disbelief, and were so overwhelmed that they hesitated to move.

The factory managers had previously wondered, besides whether this could be done well, what else would the workers do if they were given such great power?

How can they command these workers?

But now, these questions have been answered.

Perhaps they will no longer be high-ranking officials; they will integrate into the working class and become part of it.

Because the existence of mutual aid groups serves as a banner that marks the direction and defines the bottom line, no one can... at least not openly oppose them.

Otherwise, it would be "incorrect".

They could be replaced by "the right" people at any time.

Their power is greatly constrained.

What Jiang Ming made very clear was that the workers were just the beginning, not the end.

Jiang Ming did not choose to hide this fact.

Because this is just a new method, a new practice, and it doesn't involve anything deeper yet.

Not to mention that others might not even believe this endeavor will succeed.

Secondly, making people's lives better is a shared political correctness, and there's nothing wrong with saying it.

Especially after Xin Hai's support.

Xin Hai also publicly expressed his support for this decision, suppressing some of the dissenting voices within the Coral Palace.

Is it worth it?

Is this appropriate?

This question was on everyone's mind.

"Um, I'll join." The sudden voice broke the silence.

People looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man.

"The reason I came to Haizhi Island is very simple. A lot of my family's land was taken away, and the little land left was not even enough for me to fill my stomach. I also incurred a large debt in order to eat, so we came to Haizhi Island."

My lords, you are the lords of the Coral Palace, but I am a peasant who has gone hungry. I know what hunger feels like, and I know what happens when you are targeted by those skinners.

Before, I had no choice; now that I have this opportunity, I don't want anyone like me to appear again.

"And I."

"Count me in too."

People began to follow suit and sign up to join the mutual aid group.

But ultimately, they are just a few, at most a minority.

Many more people are still observing.

The turning point came a few days later.

The assembly plant manager, Aoki, was transferred by Sangokami to serve as the head of the newly established production department.

He was promoted just a few days after being appointed as the assembly plant manager, when his own plant was still a construction site.

It's a step to success.

Although he was still a lone commander, it didn't stop it from causing a sensation among the crowd.

People don't know how much this is related to his active participation in mutual aid groups, but the timing is so coincidental that it's hard to say.

Besides those who were already committed to a sense of responsibility, people with other motives or simply looking to try their luck also began to sign up enthusiastically.

One problem this brings is that the review process becomes significantly more difficult.

It's difficult for people to tell whether these people come with the intention of helping others or with the intention of using it as a stepping stone to promotion and wealth.

Those who signed up to join the group a few days ago became the darlings, with the review process greatly simplified and they even started taking on some roles within the group.

Those who joined before Aoki's promotion were either idealists with a high sense of responsibility and mission, the kind of people who "cannot let others suffer like they have," or they were simply intelligent enough.