Chapter 3739 Automation and Cheap Labor

The existence of three fixed space gates allows a large amount of cheap labor to be continuously transported back to Myriad Realms Civilization.

Although the Myriad Realms civilization has developed over the years, and many facilities in all walks of life have been automated, many human jobs have not been eliminated on a large scale.

What's the reason here?

With the automation of a large number of industries, a large number of people in all walks of life have been unemployed. This situation has happened in their civilization of the world.

Things are also very realistic.

To give a simple example, a factory worker earns 5,000 yuan a month and works ten hours a day.

And if this money is used to maintain the operation of automation equipment.

This equipment can run twelve hours a day, and even in a rush state, it can run 24 hours a day.

And the equipment controlled by this intelligent system has a much lower chance of error than manual labor.

Under this premise, the working hours are longer than you, the work efficiency is higher than you, and the cost required is similar to or even less than the cost of hiring a worker.

Why would a large factory with capital still hire workers?

At that time, as soon as these automation equipment was put into the market and popularized, a large number of factories in the civilization suddenly experienced large-scale layoffs.

For a time, the unemployment of a large number of people directly caused social unrest.

Luo Ji, who confirmed the situation at the time, was also a little confused, and then quickly asked Ye Qingxuan about the situation.

Because this part is also mainly in charge of Ye Qingxuan.

As for Luo Ji's questioning, Ye Qingxuan seemed to be mentally prepared, so she spread out her hands, and while placing a document in front of Luo Ji's eyes, she said...

"In this era of improved technology and civilization, and a large number of industries have entered the era of automation, it is inevitable that some basic labor will be eliminated, but rest assured, this state will not last long."

While speaking, Ye Qingxuan directly helped Luo Ji turn the document to the third page.

Needless to say, Luo Ji already understood what Ye Qingxuan meant, and quickly focused his attention on the third page of the document.

I saw that there were statistics on the number of layoffs and the total number of workers in many large and small factories and enterprises so far.

Even, for the convenience of comparison, Ye Qingxuan helped him mark the size of those factories.

Afterwards, Luo Ji soon discovered a very miraculous phenomenon.

That is, from the perspective of the number of people, it is those large factories with hundreds of thousands or even millions of workers, and the number of layoffs seems to be more, but from the perspective of proportion, it is those small and medium-sized factories. The ratio is larger.

However, these small and medium-sized factories cannot be ignored.

Although the number of jobs and employees that can be provided in a small and medium-sized factory is far less than that of those large factories, there are many small and medium-sized factories!

The whole civilization and countless small and medium-sized factories add up, and the number of layoffs is very staggering.

Luo Ji, who found out about this situation, was tired after a busy day, and was too lazy to think about it by himself, so he directly threw the question to Ye Qingxuan.

"Qingxuan, what's going on?"

"In fact, this matter is not complicated. Just looking at the daily operation and maintenance costs of automated equipment, it is naturally cheaper than labor costs, and there are many advantages. In the long run, as long as there are no accidents, using automation The price/performance ratio of the equipment is definitely higher.”

"But the money for purchasing equipment is not a small amount. The initial investment in purchasing is not something that some small factories can take out all at once. Therefore, the poorest small factories still have to rely on manpower to operate."

"I understand this, but what about those big factories? In terms of proportion, the layoffs of those big factories are not even comparable to many medium-sized factories."

After listening to Ye Qingxuan's explanation, Luo Ji raised his doubts again.

In this regard, Ye Qingxuan's face was full of meaning.

"The reason is also very simple. Of course, big factories can afford large-scale purchases of equipment, but people in big factories are not stupid. They can't be stupid and start purchasing automation equipment on a large scale without thinking about it. The factory's way of doing things is usually to talk to the staff first."

Hearing this, Luo Ji raised his eyebrows, he understood...

"Suppose an automated device corresponds to a staff member with a monthly salary of 5,000. If the staff member is hired at a loss, how about reducing the monthly salary of the hired staff to 4,500, or even 4,000?"

"As long as the wages drop, the cost of hiring staff will drop. In this way, the cost-effectiveness of manpower can be slowly reflected again."

This time, Luo Ji understood completely.

And Ye Qingxuan continued to say...

"So, don't worry, in the final analysis, the investment in these automation equipment only makes those jobs that can easily be replaced by machines cheaper, but it will not be eliminated."

"This is an inevitable and unavoidable consequence of the highly developed technology."

It has to be said that this is a very real problem.

Those who set up factories are not for charity. Under the circumstance that there is a machine that can do better than you and save more cost than you, a labor force with little content, his advantage should be from Where is it reflected?

In the face of this era of large-scale automation, people who are not enterprising will face an increasingly difficult environment, even if they will not be completely washed away by the wave of this era.

If you want to ride the waves, the only way is to keep improving yourself...

And this group of people transported back from the magic civilization has naturally become the cheapest labor force of their Wanjie civilization.

Cheap enough to only need three meals a day and a place to stay.

According to the rules, aside from individual criminals and war criminals, ordinary cheap labor must work for their Myriad Realms Civilization for five years.

During this five-year period, if you perform well at work, you can shed this status and become a full-fledged citizen.

After that, whether they want to sign a contract, get a normal salary, and continue working there, or give up their job here and find a new job on their own, it's up to them to choose.

According to Luo Ji's many years of experience, most of them would choose to stay there.

The reason is very simple, because when confirming the identity of the population, they have already screened the population of these empires once.

Needless to say, talents, even those with a skill have been screened out in advance.

Those who will be missed are only a few.

Basically, what will be classified as cheap labor is really just some cheap labor.

As I told you before, there are actually a few meals left to eat during the Chinese New Year. This year, it’s not easy to pick a day when everyone is free (covering his face and crying) It’s already March, and this wave is The old cat treats guests to dinner at his own house, so there are only two shifts today. After this meal, there should be only one meal left at my uncle's place, and this year's New Year's greetings will finally come to an end~