Even the security guards were reluctant to leave their jobs easily.Take Jacob, for example. He considered this job so promising that he wanted to do it for a lifetime.Instead of struggling in other companies, he preferred to relax at the Innova Group.After all, standing guard at the gate didn’t require any technical skills.With a laugh, Sam said, "You see, due to the foreign virus, many companies have cut back on personnel expenses. We also had plans to do the same, but it remained just a plan."Later, the head office issued a statement. Not only did we not cut back, but we even increased the budget slightly."Themos is being unreasonable about this. He says that while everyone else is cutting personnel costs, we’re increasing ours, putting them in a bad light."I heard he even formed a union to come after us!"The Innova Group's high spending on employees had always been criticized by other companies.Over the years, the Innova Group's provided salaries and benefits becam

Was it even possible that this idea came from the union?When Themos organized this qualifying conference, it wasn't to improve the wages and benefits of workers nationwide. Frontier Tech itself was already cutting back on personnel expenses. Yet, he quickly became the national representative for workers. At least, the title sounded somewhat intimidating.Many things often hid secrets unknown to the public. Take the workers' conference organized by Themos, for instance. Outwardly, it was promoted as being for the welfare of workers, to fight for their deserved rights. But who really knew the true purpose?No matter what, Themos certainly gained both fame and fortune. In the future, when people mentioned this event, they would likely regard Themos as a pioneer. When Donald finished speaking, thunderous applause followed.Many representatives were excited. Themos was a prominent figure in the domestic chip industry, with the backing of Salt City's mayor. The workers' future looked

When everyone finished speaking, Sam stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen! As I mentioned earlier, some of you come from the very bottom ranks of your companies!"The reason Mr. Ford says what he does is that the current economic environment is tough, and funds are tight. However, the Innova Group has ample funds, and maintaining such benefits is not an issue at all!"He’s worried that the company won't be able to sustain this, so he's setting the stage for a pay cut!"Sam chuckled. "Of course, I believe Mr. Ford has a solution to this, which is to announce a pay raise after this conference!"Themos recoiled at the suggestion. 'A pay raise?! Frontier Tech doesn't have the funds! How could we possibly raise salaries? It is utterly impossible!'Sam had cleverly put him in a tough spot.'Don't you despise the Innova Group's benefits? Aren’t you preparing for future pay cuts? Well, I'll make sure you can't cut salaries! Have the guts not to cut wages! Raise them instead! If you d

Faced with so many people, Themos didn't dare to lose his temper.Donald frowned and asked, "Mr. Ford, is this really happening?"He hoped that the two companies could engage in fair competition in Salt City without resorting to stealing technology and causing a scene.Regarding the incident where Sam was stabbed, Donald had no knowledge of it. He was also unaware of Frontier Tech stealing technology from Frontier Digital—this was the first time he was hearing about it.Such issues usually didn't arise out of nowhere. If Sam dared to speak out, he must have been prepared to confront Themos.However, Themos didn't dare respond. He had assumed the issue was long gone and didn't want to bring it up. Now, with Sam bringing it up, his face turned grim.The conference was now spiraling out of Themos' control.He angrily left, saying, "If this is how it’s going to be, you can play by yourselves! I'm not playing along anymore!"Supposedly discussing workers' welfare, and now you're tal

"Life and death are in the hands of God, and riches are a gift from above. If someone's time is up, it’s not on us," the old man said.Upon hearing this, Eric became displeased. 'These old geezers clearly don't care about the lives of their fellow countrymen.'The Combat Department's quarantine measures were highly effective, but if the virus spread, who knew how many people would perish?However, Eric didn't show his anger. Instead, he asked, "Sir, have all your people returned? Are there any more coming back? If there are, we need to be prepared to receive them."Hearing this, the old man laughed and pointed at Eric. "Young man, you are quite considerate!"There are no more of our people coming back, but many others like us are eager to return. If we establish a foothold here, they will surely follow!"Eric understood. These old men were just the vanguard. More people would return, regardless of their nationality, as long as they had connections here. "Heh!" Eric stood up.