I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 328 - 326: As the President, It’s My Duty

"Bigger than the lottery? What do you mean?" Everyone’s interest was piqued instantly.

"Our company must have offended someone!" Berenice said.

"What?"

"Offended who?"

"Is it serious?"

For these workers, their job was their only means of providing for their families. If the company suffered a setback because it had offended someone, the impact on them would be enormous.

"We’ve offended the world’s richest man, Zhang Menglong!" Berenice said, "None of you can let this slip, I called you here first because I trust you!"

"Zhang Menglong? That Huaxia guy?"

The group immediately lowered their voices. They were not unfamiliar with the name; it had appeared in the media just a few days ago, even capturing photos of his meeting with the Duber family, America’s most powerful clan, who treated him with great respect.

"You may not know this, but Mr. Zhang Menglong isn’t just the world’s richest man; he’s also the chairman of Silicon Moonlight!" Berenice said.

"He’s the chairman of Silicon Moonlight?"

"No wonder!"

"Could it be that he’s come to America this time to deal with us at Qualcomm Electronics?"

As employees of Qualcomm Electronics, they might not understand some internal logics, but it was common knowledge within Qualcomm that one of its directors had tried to force Silicon Moonlight to stop selling high-end chips to Huaxia’s interior.

It was said that the director was humiliated by Zhang Menglong and kicked out of Silicon Moonlight’s board of directors.

The conflict between Qualcomm Electronics and Silicon Moonlight could almost be described as irreconcilable!

If it were the Silicon Moonlight of the past, that would be one thing; after all, they couldn’t produce Crystal Chips themselves, and without the supply from Qualcomm Electronics, the company was practically doomed, so a broken relationship wouldn’t matter.

But with Zhang Menglong taking over as chairman of Silicon Moonlight and even claiming that he would conduct his own R&D, it was a completely different story. Anyone in the world who knew of Zhang Menglong was aware how rich he was, a sum that remains unknown to this day!

"That’s right, he’s come to deal with Qualcomm Electronics!" Berenice said, "But this is an opportunity for us!"

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"Our opportunity?"

"Exactly!" Berenice said, "Mr. Zhang Menglong just approached me, hoping I could help him with a task."

Berenice roughly recounted his recent conversation with Zhang Menglong, of course, deliberately omitting some details about the compensation.

"He’s ruthless!"

"In Huaxia’s words, it’s like killing a thousand enemies and harming ourselves by eight hundred!"

"That’s only how it seems to you," Berenice said, "To Mr. Zhang, twenty billion US Dollars might not even count as a drizzle. Mr. Zhang cares only for results, not money!"

"So, you’re saying, we just need to incite a workers’ strike to threaten the company’s top brass, to make some concessions to Mr. Zhang, is that it?"

"Once it’s done, each of you will receive a reward of one million US Dollars!" Berenice said, "And Mr. Zhang promises that if Qualcomm falls, he’ll help us find other jobs, with no less compensation than we have now!"

"One million US Dollars?" Everyone was ecstatic. With that money, they could even consider retiring on the spot!

"I’m in!"

"With a deal this good, only a fool would pass it up!"

"I’ve long wanted to quit working for these vampires!"

"Alright, then tomorrow we will..."

...

"Duke, have you heard? The engineers at Crystal Mechanics got a raise recently!"

"Really? How much did it increase?" asked an engineer named Duke nonchalantly. In their eyes, those small companies around them couldn’t possibly raise their wages to the level of Qualcomm Electronics, no matter how much they increased. And this Kla Machinery was just a small company with a scale of a few million US dollars.

"It doubled, the salary for engineers went up to 4000 US Dollars!"

"What? 4000 US Dollars? How is that possible?"

"I also thought it was impossible at first, but I have a friend who works there. He told me that they did indeed raise the salaries!"

"Bang!" After speaking, he slammed his fist hard on the table, "It seems our company’s boss is really tight-fisted. I’ve been an engineer here for ten years, and my salary is just 4000 US Dollars!"

Although Duke was still looking down and working on his own stuff, it was obvious that his expression had changed!

The engineer who was spreading the news sneaked a glance at Duke’s expression and then revealed a sly smile. He was one of the union members who went to meet with Brenner yesterday!

However, this was only the beginning of the spread of the news...

"What? The production line engineers at Sidac Electronics got their salaries raised to 5000 US Dollars? That’s on the same level as our mid-level engineers!"

"The salary increase at Onic Communications is even more outrageous! Their assembly line workers’ salaries have gone up to 4000 US Dollars, mid-level engineers to 6000 US Dollars, and senior engineers have reached 8000 US Dollars!"

"Why? Why are the assembly line workers’ salaries higher than our engineers’?"

The next morning, a piece of gossip gradually spread among the employees, and naturally, Brenner was the one who spread it.

But seeing is believing, most people thought the reliability of this news wasn’t high, so they didn’t pay too much attention to it.

However, in the workforce, there are always some people who delve into matters too deeply, and some of them started inquiring about the salary and benefits of nearby enterprises through their own connections.

And to their astonishment, the results they got were exactly the same as those being circulated within the company!

The employees of Qualcomm Electronics, doing some of the highest content work and creating the most profit for the company, were receiving the lowest wages in the whole town!

Instantly, the crowd was seething with anger!

"No way!" A union member suddenly put down his work, "Why should we endure such exploitation? We should demand a raise from the company!"

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But when the first person voiced their inner thoughts, the others quickly let go of their caution.

"That’s right! We have to uphold our rights! Why should we put up with this kind of injustice?"

"A friend and I came to Silicon Valley Town together, I went through several rounds of interviews to get this job, working overtime almost every day, while he just took an ordinary job, leaving on time every day, and now he makes 1000 more US Dollars a month than I do! Why?"

"The company must have faked their profits! All that money must have gone to the shareholders!"

"We need to protest against the company!"

"Exactly! We can’t be submissive lambs, or else the company’s exploitation of us will only get worse."

"We need a representative to negotiate with the company on our behalf!"

"Who’s willing to go?"

"Don’t we have a union? Let the union people do it!"

Suddenly, dozens of eyes focused on Brenner, who was silently working among the crowd.

"Brenner, you’re the President of the Qualcomm Electronics Union, you should represent us and talk to the company!"

"That’s right! We all support you! With us behind you, the company wouldn’t dare do anything to you. You just need to speak out for all of us!"

Amidst the clamor of the crowd, Brenner revealed a profound smile, but he quickly suppressed it.

With an exceedingly noble tone, Brenner said, "Since everyone trusts me, as the President, it is my duty!"