Darkstone Code

During the second half of the celebration, the Governor finally had the time to talk privately with Lynch about some of his ideas.

"What do you think about bringing those Nagariel people back home?", the Governor seemed very tired. Since the afternoon, he had been moving among various sponsors to thank them for their support and then went through the most tense voting process.

After the results came out, the tight string suddenly loosened, and deep fatigue was evident on his face.

Nevertheless, he still forced himself to sit with Lynch to discuss these issues. This break, who knows when they will meet again next time, they could only communicate by phone at most.

While the phone can communicate, there are some things that are best said in person.

After Lynch's previous conversation with him, he basically already had some ideas, such as using cheap Nagariel labor mixed into domestic factories to lower the cost of starting operations and help businesses get back to work quickly.

This is also the thought of many entrepreneurs. When they heard that Nagariel workers only require thirty bucks a month, they were stunned.

Domestic workers demand at least a two to three hundred bucks salary a month, with various additional expenses, cannot work more than ten hours a day, require a meal with meat, and occasionally a mood upset results in a big strike or protest demonstration. Sometimes business owners feel they are the disadvantaged side.

If they could use these Nagariel laborers to work for them, then undoubtedly, even if doing the least profitable thing, there would certainly be ample profit.

The Governor also thinks this is a good thing. The most important thing now is to resume work, get the factories running, and once they are operating, it means an increase in fiscal numbers, which will also make him look better.

So he discussed these matters with Lynch, hoping to get the opinion of this "expert".

Lynch disappointed the Governor by shaking his head, "This is impossible, Your Excellency. We must know that for every foreign labor used domestically, it means that a Federation citizen lost a job opportunity."

"Disregarding whether using foreign labor complies with the constitution and the Federation laws regarding providing job opportunities, just the Workers' Union and those unemployed workers can bring us new troubles. If another destructive protest erupts at this time, it will be disastrous for us."

The Federation's ordinary citizens have already expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Federation Government spending money to help Nagariel development, but they can't change it. Fortunately, some good news constantly coming back suppressed people's rage that easily erupts in despair.

If at this time more cheap Nagariel labor were to replace domestic workers, taking their jobs — even though they are currently unemployed,

they certainly would not sit idly by. It's highly likely under the Workers' Union's call, an upheaval of crazy protests and even destructive demonstrations would occur, and the Governor who caused all this would become a sinner!

At this point, the Governor clearly realized the problem. He then asked, "Is there any way to solve these problems? I mean, it's impossible for everyone to go to Nagariel to find work, right?"

"I read your interview in 'Oula Ninety Points' and know some of your thoughts. We can mobilize merchants to explore opportunities in Nagariel, but what about ordinary people?"

In the Governor's view, this is likely an unsolvable issue. Merchants go out to find opportunities, they can open factories and trade, but what can ordinary people do?

Even if they find a suitable job, it's impossible for everyone to go out, still leaving a large number of people in the country waiting for relief.

Lynch shook his head again, "The natives in Nagariel are very stupid, they haven't had a high education, and haven't even attended technical schools, they can only engage in the simplest production jobs, anything slightly technical won't do."

"In two to three years, Nagariel will have a significant shortage of skilled positions, when I say skilled positions, it's basically a lack of skilled workers."

"What these skilled workers do is simple; just being a role model, showing Nagariel people how to correctly participate in the production processes. Anyone with three to five years of regular job experience domestically can undoubtedly find work in Nagariel."

"As for another issue, I've repeated before, let Nagariel people feed our people."

"Four Nagariel laborers plus one Federation worker have monthly expenses about six hundred bucks, reducing worker costs by nearly over a thousand bucks compared to using all Federation workers, releasing our profit margins."

"We can ensure the various welfare benefits Federation workers should enjoy remain unchanged, and also release enough space to lower the hard requirements for profit, Nagariel has at least a hundred million labor, they can feed us all."

After listening, the Governor asked, "Then what about the work? Money doesn't appear out of thin air, I also believe Nagariel can't have so much work for us to do, otherwise there is no need for us to develop their country over there, just keep these funds domestically."

Lynch extended a finger and drew a circle on the tabletop, "There are countless opportunities worldwide, Your Excellency."

"Defeated countries, victorious countries, those Neutral Countries, any country that needs development and labor will be our clients, an ordinary person, as long as having three to five or a dozen Nagariel cheap labor in hand, can accept jobs worldwide, everyone is boss!"

Actually Lynch, or the main labor market, is in countries that have experienced war.

A large number of young and strong men were sent to battlefields by their countries not long ago and died, permanently consumed, leading many countries to severely lack labor, even women have become the main labor source.

At this time, this cheap labor appears, surely becoming something urgently needed by governments of various countries.

If it weren't for the international ban on slave trade, they might have conducted slave trade on a national scale, but soon Lynch will solve these problems for them. Federation foremen and Nagariel people will soon spread around the world, scavenge money, and send back to the Federation, ensuring the Federation's economy will once again prosper.

Listening to Lynch talk about some details, the Governor was very moved, he asked, "If I want to achieve this, what should I do?"

Lynch leaned back slightly, crossed his legs, lit a cigarette, "Unconditionally support me!"

Just as Lynch and the Governor were discussing how Nagariel and the Federation use Nagariel to quickly restore economic prosperity, something was happening in Nagariel.

"Why is my wage almost halved!"

On a construction site, a Nagariel worker suddenly shouted in discontent while waiting in line to receive his pay, and soon those queuing to collect their salaries also gathered around.

This worker held a payroll slip, with which he could receive a day's wages from the accountant.

Initially, they worked on the construction site for a daily wage of one hundred twenty-one Galil, which is pretty ordinary, as most people with regular jobs earn about this much daily.

No one had much to say, at least it was a job. Many people couldn't earn this much in a day in the past.

But things have been increasingly off recently.

The day before yesterday, wages dropped from one hundred twenty-one Galil to one hundred Galil; yesterday it dropped to ninety-five Galil; today this worker only had seventy-eight Galil, he couldn't tolerate dwindling pay any longer.

Tomorrow, the day after, will it get even less, to the point where he works for nothing?

The shouting young man stood before the pay table, clutching seventy-eight Galil of notes and coins, glaring at the accountant behind the desk, angrily shouting, "Did you take my share!"

Influenced by this young man's shouting, more people gathered, they all ran over asking others what happened then stood behind the young man to support him.

If the young man's wages decreased, it means everyone's wages decreased again, dozens of Galil might be insignificant to Federation people, but to Nagariel people, this represents a day's survival need.

Twenty Galil is enough to buy some food to fill their stomachs, this isn't a small amount!

As more people gathered here, some Nagariel people evidently holding higher status than ordinary workers came over from afar waving sticks.

Using locals to manage locals is a very effective tactic, only when locals give locals a hard time do people not resent foreigners, and indeed locals can harshly treat locals. Those who can't be tough would never be supervisors helping foreigners manage local labor.

The crowd was soon dispersed by the sticks, and once people stopped causing commotion, the accountant slowly stood up; he glanced at these natives, a hint of contempt flashed on his face.

Not knowing what came to his mind, he couldn't help but chuckle twice, then said, "It's not me deducting your wages, but now the Galil to Federation Sol exchange rate has improved, previously one hundred twenty Galil exchanged for one Federation Sol, now only seventy-eight Galil can exchange for one Federation Sol."

"We are foreign enterprises, so the daily salary calculation is done according to Federation Sol. Federation Sol isn't the legal currency here in Nagariel, so to respect the law and national sovereignty here, we convert Sol to Galil and settle with you."

"We are legal and formal enterprises, the amount you previously got, you still get that amount now..."