"You're simply mad!"
They admitted that they couldn't replicate Zhang nglong's approach! A 996 work schedule had already reduced their labor costs by nearly half, but if they followed Zhang nglong's thod, their annual profits would drastically decrease!
After all, not everyone was like Zhang nglong, who just ran a company to pass ti and for fun.
And Zhang nglong saying no to overti, that was one thing, almost just a return to the ti before 996 had beco prevalent. But double overti pay? What was that all about?
According to normal overti standards, weekday overti was 1.5 tis the regular salary, weekends twice, and public holidays three tis. According to Zhang nglong's standards, weekday overti was three tis the regular salary!
If they were just ordinary workers, they could work overti until Zhang nglong was bankrupt! Even if they wanted to compete with him, was there a need to go this far?
"Mr. Zhang, was it necessary to mock us in this manner? If your employees choose to work overti every day, even getting paid for bathroom breaks, would you pay them overti for that too?" Ma Yun asked.
"So are you saying we should learn from you, work people to death every day, and only then are we managing an enterprise properly?" Zhang nglong scoffed, "I've heard that so companies have reached a 007 work level, even working over 30 hours continuously. There was news just a few days ago about soone dropping dead, don't tell
it was their personal choice!"
Ma Yun really wanted to say that you could choose not to work 996, but there will always be people who can work 996—that is the harsh reality of this society, that's how workers are!
"As long as they work diligently, I won't withhold a single cent of the overti pay they deserve!" Zhang nglong scoffed, "As for my losses? I'm only losing a few hundred billion US dollars a year, less than one percent of my total inco. Do you think I care?
"Lose a few hundred billion US dollars a year?" Several people exchanged wry smiles.
What does "only" an? Is a few hundred billion US dollars a small amount? The few of them combined don't even make a hundred billion US dollars in a year, and that's less than one percent of Zhang nglong's annual inco?
Could he really be earning tens of trillions of US dollars a year? That's nonsense! The entire global GDP for a year is only tens of trillions of US dollars. Just last year, the global GDP reached over 80 trillion US dollars.
According to Zhang nglong's claim, did he generate most of the world's GDP? He should already be the ruler of Earth by now, perhaps even dominating the planet and leading humans in expanding and exploring the universe, not here squabbling with them.
But they believed that Zhang nglong might not make tens of trillions a year, but a few trillion was definitely possible—otherwise, how could he easily cough up a trillion US dollars to acquire shares in Tengxun and Baidu?
"It seems that this return to our country is going to change the entire environnt again!" Ma Yun and the others sighed.
Zhang nglong owned many companies, he didn't know, but he did know that currently booming enterprises like Weibo, Unicorn Technology, and Sound Forest Music were all his businesses, especially Unicorn Technology, which was already poised to rival them alongside the likes of BAT.
Once Zhang nglong's policies were publicized, they would inevitably cause a massive uproar in society and even create imnse public pressure.
Zhang nglong's companies were so big without a 996 culture. What makes you think you need it? His company pays double the statutory overti rate; do you? If not, then their employees would resign. Truly capable people are never bound by one job.
The most terrifying thing was the possibility that a vast number of talented individuals might flood into Zhang nglong's company. Although it would increase costs, it would strengthen the company's capabilities and accelerate its growth—Zhang nglong might not end up the loser!
"This lad, he's too cunning!" Thinking of this, Ma Hua and the others were secretly alard.
But they had no idea that Zhang nglong hadn't thought that much at all. He was rely feeling annoyed and wanted to try changing society a bit. As for what they were thinking, Zhang nglong had never considered it.
"Alright, everyone, since you've co here, let's not let these issues spoil our mood," Lu Fei, who was sowhat less of a capitalist among the group, said as he tried to smooth things over. "Let's talk about the auction instead!"
"That works!" Zhang nglong then started to gather their attention. "Please, take a seat, everyone. It seems like you've all heard quite a bit about this auction, haven't you?"
"Hahaha, it seems like Mr. Zhang hasn't paid much attention to this auction," Lu Fei chuckled.
"An auction is just about who has the money to win the bid. Even if you know what's being sold, what good does that do you?" Zhang nglong said. "But as long as you have the money, even if you don't know what's being sold, when the items co out, you'll still have the money to buy."
"That's true," Lu Fei sputtered, feeling embarrassed. Zhang nglong's statent was indeed not wrong, but the key was, even if you had the money, you had to spend ti gathering it.
Take Ma Yun, for example. He certainly had money, but most of the ti, his funds were hard to mobilize. If it really ca to a large capital movent, especially when the auction wasn't held in Huaxia and involved transnational capital flow, it beca even more troubleso.
This ti, for the auction, Lu Fei had prepared three hundred million Euros, but gathering that sum had taken him almost half a month.
"Mr. Zhang, how much money have you prepared this ti?" Lu Fei asked curiously.
"This..." Zhang nglong really didn't know how much money he could gather, as so far, all his major expenses had been handled by Hong Yi, and there hadn't been any transnational large capital movents. "Let
ask for a second!"
Zhang nglong called Hagen. "Hagen, I have a question."
"Mr. Zhang, whatever you need, just tell ."
"Oh, it's nothing big. I just want to know, if I want to use money, how much capital can I mobilize at any ti?" Zhang nglong asked.
"If it's about capital available at any ti within Europe, five trillion Euros should be no problem,"
"Ssst!" Hearing that amount, Zhang nglong couldn't help but gasp. Five trillion Euros. If it were compared to last year's world GDP, it could rank third, only behind Arica and Huaxia. He could actually mobilize such a vast amount of wealth at any ti in Europe.
"Do you need to use a large amount of funds?" Hagen thought Zhang nglong felt it was not enough. "Give
one night, and I can gather ten trillion Euros for you. If it's by tomorrow afternoon when the auction starts, gathering twenty trillion Euros should also be possible."
"That much?" Zhang nglong was shocked by the number.
"Of course, that's just the authority of our Doleras family alone. If you mobilize the power of the other few families together, it wouldn't be impossible to prepare fifty trillion Euros in cash for you by tomorrow morning."
"That's enough, that's enough!" Zhang nglong nodded repeatedly. Forget fifty trillion Euros, he rembered that the highest historical record for an auction so far hadn't even exceeded one billion US Dollars. Even if this auction was a bit special, a few hundred billion Euros would be enough for him to dominate the event!
Zhang nglong still had one question: could there really be fifty trillion Euros in cash available in the world?
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