Sun Xue quickened her pace and walked quickly towards the crowd.

The sound of quarrel gradually became clearer in her ears...

"They don't pay me wages, and they force me to work overtime every day. Is this job still doable?"

"That's right. Landlords in the old society didn't exploit people like this..."

"If anything happens to my son, I will fight my boss to the death!"

"I quit! Whoever wants to do it can do it!"

……

Hearing this sound, Sun Xue realized that something had happened at the construction site, and she immediately trotted towards the crowd.

When she rushed over breathlessly and pushed through the dense crowd, she found that

The construction workers and the site contractor were surrounded by the crowd.

A worker recognized Sun Xue and immediately called out:

"The big boss is here."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Sun Xue and rushed towards her like a tide, surrounding her tightly, with anger written all over their faces.

This scene frightened the construction worker greatly. He squeezed next to Sun Xue, looked at everyone and said nervously:

"What do you want to do? Stop messing around!"

"What do you want to do? Pay our wages. We don't want to do this job anymore!"

"Yes, pay your salary immediately!"

"I'm so tired that I'm vomiting blood, what the hell is there to do!"

……

Someone took the lead in denouncing the incident, and the scene immediately became a mess with everyone talking at once.

Everyone was very excited and looked like they were ready to eat someone.

Sun Xue was frightened by the scene before she knew what was going on. She said with a cheerful face:

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me."

The workers simply didn't listen to her. Their voices of condemnation grew louder and louder, soon drowning out her voice...

"Stop arguing, I'll take care of the salary issue right away!"

Sun Xue yelled at the top of her lungs, and the crowd gradually quieted down.

She cleared her throat and said soothingly:

"Everyone, don't get excited. If you have anything to say, talk it over. I will pay you all your wages today."

"We should have been paid long ago, why are you still delaying it? Are you trying to delay paying us? If we don't go on strike, are you not going to pay us?"

Admiral Sun Xue explained sincerely and patiently, "Listen to me, you misunderstood. I was just about to settle everyone's wages. To be honest, the company's funds were indeed a bit tight some time ago. I know everyone is waiting for the money urgently, and I am really sorry."

Someone immediately stood up and said, "We have been paid a full cent, and we don't plan to work here anymore."

"Yes, once the wages are settled today, we will pack up and leave immediately. I don't believe that we can't earn this much money by physical labor."

Many people immediately responded, "There are plenty of construction sites in Quancheng City, we won't have trouble finding buyers."

Hearing these voices, Sun Xue was really a little scared. If these people quit on impulse, wouldn't the project be paralyzed immediately?

She quickly exhorted with a smile on her face, "Masters, I know you all work very hard. I promise you that no matter how tight the funds are, I will prioritize your salary every month."

Sun Xue thought that the workers were striking because of wages. She thought that as long as this issue was resolved, everyone's emotions would calm down.

Unexpectedly, someone immediately jumped out and said, "We won't work even if you pay us on time. You are even more ruthless than the capitalists. I have worked overtime for one and a half months in three months."

"Me too. I've worked overtime for 20 days this month alone. We are human beings, not machines. Who can bear this?"

"Xiao Li is an example. He is thin to begin with, and he worked overtime until 10 o'clock last night. Why did he vomit blood this morning? It's because he was tired from working overtime recently!"

At this time, a man in his forties walked up to Sun Xue, his eyes red. He looked Sun Xue up and down and threatened:

"You are the boss! Let me tell you, my son is only 20 years old this year, he is not married yet, and he has just been sent to the hospital. He was forced by you to work overtime and vomited blood. I will go to the hospital to see him now. If anything happens to him, I will never forgive you!"

After saying that, the man stormed out of the crowd.

Only then did Sun Xue realize that the workers' strike was not just about wages.

The real fuse was that a man named Xiao Li was hospitalized for vomiting blood due to overtime work, which aroused everyone's dissatisfaction and ignited the resentment that had accumulated in everyone's hearts for many days, leading to a collective strike.

At this time, someone informed Wang Ke about this.

As soon as he heard that the workers were going on a collective strike, he rushed to the construction site.

Sun Xue quickly calmed everyone down. "Masters, I know everyone has been very busy recently. In order to catch up with the progress of the project, we often arrange for you to work overtime. I hope you can understand. We will try not to arrange overtime for you in the future."

"Your company is always looking for ways to exploit workers, asking them to work overtime at every turn. This is a bad idea from that bastard Wang Ke we hired."

A voice rang out from the crowd:

"Who are you calling a bastard?"

The next second, Wang Ke squeezed into the crowd and appeared in front of the man who was speaking.

The man glared at Wang Ke and said fearlessly:

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong? Wasn't it you who came up with the bad idea? Now you've made him vomit blood and put him in the hospital. If anything happens, you can't escape!"

Wang Ke said in an aggressive tone, "Do you know what this project is? It's a National Games project, and it's your Quanzhou City image project. Isn't it normal to need to work overtime? Besides, we have discussed it with you in advance and paid you overtime. You have to work overtime if the job requires it."

"You are exploiting workers in disguise. We don't want to work overtime and we don't want to earn your overtime pay. You are the typical person who talks without any pain. You sit in the office with an annual salary of millions. Why should we listen to you and work overtime? Anyway, we will stop working after we get paid. You can make anyone work overtime if you want."

The other workers responded in unison, "Yes, we're done. We can make anyone work overtime if they want."

Sun Xue saw that the workers' emotions had stabilized, but unexpectedly, Wang Ke's words once again aroused everyone's dissatisfaction.

She quickly stepped forward to persuade them, "Everyone calm down. We asked you to work overtime recently because the project schedule is tight. I promise you that I will try not to ask you to work overtime in the future."

After Sun Xue said this, the noisy crowd quieted down a lot.

She now had only one thought: to calm the workers down first, and then decide whether to work overtime or not.

"That's what a boss would say." Someone in the crowd said immediately.

Wang Ke felt that he had lost face. He looked at Sun Xue, shook his head helplessly, and walked out of the crowd.