Chapter 101 The heart never grows old (5 updates, please be the first to order~)

Li Wei knew that the existence of the goddess Janna was naturally a huge deterrent.

Letting the Piltover Council believe in Janna's existence will only benefit the Windleader's cause, not harm it.

So he told Mel unabashedly: "This blue bird is Janna's clone."

"It?" Mel was a little disappointed and instinctively questioned. But after questioning, she felt that this explanation was reasonable.

Indeed, God is proud.

How can there be any reason for a majestic goddess to end up in person?

Sending a blue bird clone to follow the chosen one is already the goddess's greatest favor.

Mel was somewhat convinced, but not completely convinced.

She was just an ordinary person who didn't understand magic. She couldn't tell whether this so-called blue bird clone was conjured by Li Wei using magic to show off and deceive.

So Mel still maintained a cautious attitude, and then with a polite smile, he tried in a subtle tone:

"Forgive my poor eyesight for not recognizing the incarnation of the goddess."

"Speaking of which, it would be great if I could be like those workers and be lucky enough to witness the miracles of the goddess Janna."

"There will be a chance." Li Wei didn't accept the move at all.

He knew that with Janna's current strength, all the "miracles" she showed could be explained by the spells of extraordinary beings.

Since I don’t have the strength to perform miracles, I simply don’t perform.

Otherwise, not only will it be impossible to convince the other party, but it may also have the opposite effect and lead to all kinds of speculations by this wise lady.

"Well, I'll look forward to that." Mel thoughtfully skipped the topic.

She was not in a hurry to test Li Wei, and just returned to the original conversation naturally: "Then Mr. Li Wei, please continue to guide me."

"No problem." Levi took Mel to continue the in-depth tour, and the group soon entered the factory.

Because it was already lunch break, the workers were not working at their posts.

But they did not disperse to rest, but gathered together for a meeting under the organization of several leader cadres.

"What are they discussing?" Mel couldn't help but wonder.

Ordinary private factories do not have such worker meetings.

It is impossible for Zaun apprentices in other factories to have such a leisurely lunch break.

She listened curiously and listened closely, only to hear the few leading cadres doing ideological work to the workers.

And the content they promoted turned out to be:

"Salary cut?"

Mel looked at Levi in ​​surprise: "You leaders, you actually plan to lower wages for workers?"

"There is no way." Li Wei explained helplessly: "Because we lacked consideration and made wrong decisions at the beginning, we increased the apprenticeship's salary tenfold in one breath."

"With our current financial situation, we simply cannot afford this level of labor cost expenditure. So we can only reduce workers' wages."

Mel can understand this very well. After all, the business owners in Piltover will try their best to reduce the wages of their workers whenever they have the opportunity.

Business owners have done similar things before.

But what Mel couldn't understand was: "In your leader's philosophy, workers should be the 'owners' of the factory."

"Since they are the ones who are 'in charge of the situation', can they agree if you cut their salary and benefits?"

As a Piltover congressman, Mel knows very well:

Welfare is easy to mention, but difficult to lower.

For example, the benefits provided to locals in Piltover are obviously staggeringly generous and should be enough to satisfy people.

But even so, as long as there is even the slightest news of a reduction in benefits, this group of "greedy" Piltover people will still jump up and complain noisily.

Well, the leaders now want to cut workers’ wages and benefits. Can they agree?

If workers disagree, what should leaders do?

Mel is looking forward to the answer to this question.

But what she didn't expect was that after the workers held a collective meeting to discuss, they didn't even give her a chance to answer this question——

Because they never refused a salary cut from the beginning.

The workers even initiated the leader's internal democratic resolution process on the spot, held a unanimous vote, and collectively passed the wage reduction with an absolute majority of votes.

"How is this possible?" Mel once again encountered something she couldn't understand.

She watched clearly the expressions and demeanor of the workers.

They were not chosen voluntarily.

They all agree with the leader's policies from the bottom of their hearts and are willing to accept salary cuts.

Mel simply couldn't imagine how these ordinary workers could behave so calmly and indifferently in the face of this huge material loss.

Don't they all love money?

"It's not that they don't love money, it's just that in their hearts, there are things more important than money."

"I've said it before - they are not ordinary workers, they are leaders."

Because the apprentices in this factory are basically leaders whose ideological consciousness has been greatly improved.

Therefore, cutting salary, which seems to be very difficult, is extremely simple to implement.

Workers are willing to understand the difficulties currently faced by leaders and work with them to overcome difficulties.

Because they themselves are the leaders.

"Workers know that we are not exploiting them for profit."

"Our leading cadres and these workers at the lowest level have always had the same treatment. When they cut their salary, we also cut our salary. We are not letting them endure hardship and enjoy it ourselves."

"We are fighting in the same trench, overcoming difficulties and overcoming difficulties together."

Levi's explanation made it even more difficult for Mel to accept it.

She asked suspiciously: "Do your leading cadres receive the same treatment as workers?"

"Yeah." Levi nodded affirmatively: "Even as the president of the association, my salary is not much higher than that of workers."

"Vice President Victor's salary is quite high. But that's because he is a scientist and has extra allowances."

Mel didn't want to believe it.

Even though this is the Leaders Association, the territory of idealists, this story of cadres and workers sharing weal and woe sounds a bit too idealistic.

Why?

Cadres are leaders and managers, why should they be treated the same as workers?

Is there anyone who is still willing to be a cadre of the leader and do things for the leader?

"If you are an extraordinary person, a scientist, or a professional who has made outstanding contributions, we will reward you with additional allowances."

"But if it is an ordinary leader cadre, it will not be much higher than the workers." Li Wei emphasized again.

Mel remained silent for a long time.

After thinking for a long time, she finally sighed: "Okay, I can believe everything you said."

"But I can tell you clearly that what you are doing is unscientific, anti-human and will definitely not work in the long run."

"People are inherently selfish. How many people can resist using power when they have great power?"

"Levi, you are too naive."

Mel shook her head repeatedly. In her opinion, the spiritual outlook shown by the leader now is just the passion of young people.

When these idealists have been in the world for a long time, they will naturally turn back into mortals.

As powerful as Noxus, isn't it now gradually destroyed at the hands of those entrenched military nobles?

History has long proven that human nature is destined to be unchangeable.

"I don't believe in people either, but I believe in God." Levi replied: "Janna will always protect us and guide us in the right direction."

"How to protect it?" Mel smiled sarcastically. She believed that even God could not solve the problems of human nature.

"Just like this -" She wanted to see a miracle, but Levi actually gave her a miracle:

I saw the blue bird flapping its wings slightly, and the looming "thin white lines" were drawn out from the bodies of everyone present.

"What are these?" Mel was puzzled.

"These are embodied beliefs. Through these 'lines', we can see how pious a person is to his beliefs."

Hearing this, Mel's pupils suddenly shrank:

Can faith still materialize? Can we still see whether we are pious or not?
To be continued...