She did not read it in detail. Instead, she flipped to the other pages and skimmed through them.
When the others saw that Zhou Ping's lips were purple from anger, they also took a copy of the newspaper.
This time, after reading it carefully, everyone realized that Li He was the culprit.
The headlines were: "The Legend of Sweatshops", "Who is the real beneficiary of sweatshops", "Why is society's wealth taken away by unscrupulous entrepreneurs".
"Why am I involved in this?" Li Aijun was so angry that he laughed because he was one of the people the newspaper scolded.
However, the main focus was on Li He and the interest group led by Li He. Wanbei Resource Recovery Company, Aijun Shoe Factory, and Hexia Furniture Factory were all scolded.
The reporter went undercover at the Aijun Shoe Factory that Li He had invested in and pointed out the poor working environment and high labor intensity.
"The workers are paid by the piece rate. If the workers want to earn more money, they have to work overtime according to the piece rate contract, forcing the workers to work longer hours …"
"The condition of the dormitory is very bad. The beds are very old, rusty iron beds. A heavier person might collapse the bed if they sleep on it. There are only two electric fans in the dormitory and they are on strike. The summer is hot and it's impossible to sleep. There is only one public bathroom and shower room on each floor. "
"The factory was built from a family-style workshop. In the beginning, the conditions in these workshops were even worse. The current" boss "of Kaipingzhi, Li Aijun, started his business by exploiting the workers …"
"Not only did this damage the dignity of the migrant workers and other groups, but it was also a slap to the related departments. Maybe it's time for these unscrupulous people to pay the price … How can we allow unscrupulous enterprises to swagger in the market? "
"In order to reap high profits, other than using all kinds of ruthless methods to exploit adult workers, they also recruit a large number of child laborers, which is even more cruel and barbaric … Recruiting child laborers is a serious illegal act and is not allowed by our country's socialist system. However, in recent years, in many areas, especially in coastal and remote areas, some enterprises and individual businesses have been hiring children and teenagers under the age of sixteen without permission … "
"Needless to say, today is a materialistic society where money is supreme and pleasure is the main focus. Ideals have been lost, morals have been disintegrated, and people care far more about money than they care about their spirit. Driven by profits, people do all kinds of bad things. The culture is corrupted by such enterprises … What we should do now is how to face this era of lack of faith."
"China's workers' labor rights and rights to life are getting less and less protected, and the Chinese are losing their dignity and being disrespected in this self-deprecation …"
"To a large extent, Li He relied on stealing from the socialist side, exploiting loopholes in the reform and destroying the socialist planned economy …"
"The current labor system and the slackness of the relevant departments have created unbridled exploitation by private enterprises. What's the difference between them and the landlords of the past …"
Li Aijun smiled helplessly. It was tough for the workers, but it wasn't the same for him. At that time, the conditions weren't good. When he first started out, he also worked with his family and relatives, doing dirty and tiring work day and night.
This report contained both truth and falsehood, but there was one thing that he could not refute, which was that he did use child labor. However, this group of people did not have the skin of artistic youths, nor were they fake scholars. They had learned to look at the world with a pair of doctor's eyes. Rejecting child labor was just hypocritical kindness. The greatest kindness was to provide these children with work opportunities and a source of livelihood.
These children had lost the chance to study and were already shouldering the responsibility of life at a young age. Their income was even the main source of income for their family. If they were chased back to the backward countryside, only poverty awaited them. They might even become homeless and beg for a living. They would also lose the chance to "learn by doing".
Furthermore, the children of the poor started to take charge of the household early. Children who were 14 or 15 years old were not considered young anymore. Once they finished school, they would be farming and harrowing the land. They matured early and were busy making a living early. This was all caused by poverty.
Su Ming also flipped through the newspaper and said with a smile, "Other than the people in the circle, not many people know about Brother Li's identity. I can only catch you guys and scold you."
He did not expect that there would be people who dared to cause trouble with Li He at this time.
Although Li He's news was popular for a while, it only exposed the clothing and textile factories, furniture factories, and shoe factories. The total output value was more than a billion RMB. They were shocked by the huge amount of Li He's assets and gave Li He the title of a billionaire. Then, they focused on Li He's charitable act of donating funds to school. The amount of donations was close to 800 million RMB, which caused a sensation at that time.
However, this was only a drop in the ocean of Li He's assets. Not to mention the reporters, even the people close to Li He might not know exactly how many assets Li He had.
Although the total assets were only a little more than a billion RMB, he was still the number one private businessman in China. Only the old tycoons like the Rong family could suppress him on the surface.
Shou Shan was also called in from the outside hall by Zhou Ping. He put on his reading glasses, smacked his lips, and said to Su Ming, "You and Pinsong go out and hide for a few days. Lu Bo is in America, so don't let him come back for the time being."
Su Ming shook his head and said with a smile, "It's not that exaggerated. Although we have done reselling in the past, Brother Li is very strict. None of us have bought any approval from anyone. The newspaper is full of groundless rumors."
Shou Shan said, "It's better to be careful. You guys have never been taken advantage of."
Fu Xia said, "If something really happens, where can we run to?"
Shou Shan was also stunned. He thought about it and said, "Then don't inform Xiao Li. We'll deal with this small matter ourselves. We can't let this newspaper go easy on them! "
It was true that the older a person was, the more timid they were. However, Boss Shou also had a temper. He was not a pushover.
"This newspaper is a weekly newspaper. It has a circulation of about 400,000 copies in the country. It is self-distributed and mainly sold in major cities along the coast." Luo Pei finally had a chance to interject.
After the end of the 1980s, the trend of self-publishing was on the rise in the country. More than 300 newspapers and periodicals out of more than 4000 newspapers and periodicals had stopped publishing by themselves. This was especially true for weekly newspapers, which were basically self-published.
Fu Xia pondered for a moment and said, "The first thing we need to do now is to minimize the impact of this incident. Let's count the number of branches and distributors in various places and buy all the newspapers that are published today."
No one had any objections. They felt that it was reasonable. Even if they bought all the current newspapers, it would not cost much.
Since they had discussed it, they each picked up their phones and began to arrange for their subordinates to carry out the task.
On this day, the happiest person was the boss who reported the stop because the Southern Daily was out of stock.
Fu Biao gave all the construction workers a holiday. As long as they could read, they would all go out to buy newspapers. Hundreds of workers sat in taxis and shuttled through the streets and alleys of Huadu and Shenzhen.
The workers were naturally happy. Usually, they were busy at the construction site and did not have the time to go out. This time, not only could they take a few hundred yuan to go out, they could also get a salary. If they bought a lot of newspapers, they could even get a reward. There was nothing cheaper than this in the world.
Of course, although they took the taxi fare, not many people actually took the taxi. Most of them took the bus. This way, they could get a few hundred yuan.
Yu Dehua and Shen Daoru were also angry when they received Pinsong's call. They were all in the same boat now. Li He's reputation being tarnished was not good for them.
He waved his hand and chased out the hundreds of administrative staff and salespeople of the Golden Deer Group. He gave an order that if there was another Southern Daily in the market, they would not have to come back!
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