Carrying a Jurassic on me-Chapter 1297 - 635: Reorganizing the Jerky Factory

The new beef jerky factory was built in a location slightly east of the center of the small island, originally intended for a future wastewater treatment plant in the southeast corner for convenient drainage. However, now that they had taken over the Meat Processing Factory, this place would likely be cleared out after the New Year.

Leading a group of people to the workshop entrance, Yan Fei told everyone to wait outside and entered with just Pang Fa and Heizi.

It was just after the start of the afternoon shift and it was clear that some people were not yet in the groove. As soon as Yan Fei stepped into the workshop, he noticed that while some were working, they were also discussing something. Only after listening for a moment did he learn that they were talking about the tiger he had led past earlier, and were now plotting to go see it later.

Yan Fei didn’t care who they were, he pointed a finger and reprimanded, "Why aren’t you few wearing masks while working? Spitting and splattering, can that meat still be made into beef jerky for people to eat? You want to see the tiger, huh? Take that meat and feed it to the tiger, and then you can enjoy the show!"

Since he was there to back Pang Fa, the big factory manager, he had to act the part, and these unlucky souls just happened to stumble into the line of fire. There’s a local saying: don’t hit the diligent or the lazy, target those who lack awareness.

And that was Yan Fei.

Regardless of whether these people were usually hardworking or slackers, by chatting away incessantly today despite his visit, they were asking for trouble for not having the sense to behave.

Without further ado, Yan Fei turned to Pang Fa and ordered, "Take down their names. After they feed the meat to the tiger and come back, dock ten dollars off each of their pay for violating the production regulations. They also wasted raw materials, so deduct the cost of the beef as well. If they have any complaints, they can keep them. Anyone who’s unhappy is free to quit."

His crude and straightforward approach caused the rest of the still-working employees to fall silent instantly. Those who weren’t wearing masks, or who had pulled their masks down to their necks, hurried to put them on properly, heads bowed.

A few felt Yan Fei’s actions were absolutely to their liking. These people were Old Xing and the ones he’d later recommended. Now, they all appeared busy with heads down, but internally they felt immensely relieved.

The temperament of Old Xing and those he recommended was well-known. Being reliable was the baseline expectation and they were all technically skilled. But when it came to social interactions, they fell short.

With so many new people joining, these old employees had automatically been promoted to the management level.

It was easy to imagine, these once humble and compliant workers were noticed by others only when their tasks called for it. Generally unnoticed, they even lacked the influence of the factory’s troublemakers. Now, suddenly tasked with managing, they were finding it increasingly tough to handle the original factory workers.

Now, seeing Boss Yan come in and immediately discipline a few who didn’t follow the rules, felt incredibly satisfying.

Yan Fei glanced around and, seeing that everyone else had started working diligently, he felt somewhat content. Just then, he noticed two female workers with unnatural expressions on the other side. On closer inspection, he knew the reason and asked, "Didn’t the factory give you enough to eat at noon?"

One of the female workers was in her fifties and the other younger, in her thirties. They became frightened at his words. The older worker started to plead, "Boss, I was wrong. I won’t dare do it again, please let this one go, don’t dock my pay, okay?"

Her accent wasn’t clear, not just because she was wearing a mask but also because her mouth was stuffed with beef jerky. And since beef jerky wasn’t like cotton candy that melts in your mouth, it required quite some time to chew.

It seemed they were sneakily eating while working and, seeing Yan Fei coming and beginning by disciplining the rule-breakers, they were too scared to chew openly. But they couldn’t swallow, so they had to keep it in their mouths, thinking the mask would hide it, not realizing Yan Fei would notice.

Yan Fei was unsympathetic, "Dock ten dollars, Pang Fa, make a note."

The woman continued to beg, "Boss, I really won’t dare again, please just this once, I’ll take double the punishment if I do it again, please, my child is about to get married, now..."

Yan Fei cut her off, "Enough, no more. Your child’s wedding won’t miss these ten dollars. Take this as a lesson, work well from now on and you’ll earn it back."

The woman looked like she wanted to plead again, but another worker muttered, "Sister Ling, why are you begging him? It’s just ten dollars, if it’s docked, so be it!"

Someone dares to talk back?

Yan Fei’s face grew colder, "You think ten dollars is nothing? Then let’s make it fifty for you. If that seems too little, keep talking!"

"Ah?" The worker’s mouth hung open, but she quickly stayed quiet, taking the hint.

Seeing they were no longer protesting, Yan Fei turned to the group that had been talking earlier; they were still standing around. He frowned, "Did you not hear what I just said?" ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Seeing no escape, a few of them started reluctantly gathering the unprocessed beef, preparing to feed it to the tiger. But one younger worker, visibly resentful, was haphazardly tossing things about in frustration.

Yan Fei exploded, "You have a problem with it, huh?"

Turning to Heizi, he ordered, "Those can just feed from outside the fence, but let him deliver inside, have Old Gao supervise it."

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