Migrant Emperor

"Mike, I remember that I initially hired you to maintain order in the factory. Now, could you please explain what happened today?"

Luigi had a golden handlebar mustache and was slightly plump. His golden hair was neatly combed and stuck to his scalp. He was wearing a green waistcoat and a pair of brown corduroy trousers.

At this moment, he folded his hands and looked at Mike quietly with his light blue eyes, waiting for an explanation.

"Sir, I'm wearing Chanel today."

Mike stood up and turned around on the spot, showing Luigi his white suit.

"Who would fight while wearing Chanel?"

Luigi waved his hand at him helplessly. "All right, all right. You can go and attend to your business. I'll call you if there's anything else."

After watching Mike leave the room, Luigi put on a smile again and looked at Yin Xiu, who was sitting there without saying a word.

"Mr. Yin Xiu."

He extended his hand. "I've had high hopes for you since a long time ago."

"I know, Mr. Luigi."

Yin Xiu also shook his hand. "Although this is the first time we've met and talked, I know that you've always thought highly of me."

Luigi's eyes were still squinted. After withdrawing his hand, he sat back in his chair and lit a cigar for himself.

"Congratulations, Mr. Yin Xiu. You've obtained a legal identity and will be protected by the law from now on."

"Protection?"

Yin Xiu didn't express his agreement or disagreement. Then he raised his head and said to him seriously, "Mr. Luigi, I'm here to resign. According to the legal requirements, if I resign on my own, I need to compensate the factory with one month's salary, and I've brought the money with me."

Luigi quickly pressed down on Yin Xiu's hand that was reaching into his pocket.

"Mr. Yin Xiu, there's no rush. I've prepared a new contract for you, which increases your salary by 50%."

He pushed a contract in front of Yin Xiu, but Yin Xiu didn't even look at it and just put it aside.

"Fifty percent more? As far as I know, in the industrial parks around To Kwa Wan, no senior technician's salary is less than twenty dollars a month, right?"

Luigi looked troubled. After pondering for a while, he said, "Twenty dollars is the salary for Western technicians. Local Chinese people have never received that much money."

"Well, there is one now."

Yin Xiu cracked his knuckles. "Moreover, I'm asking for twenty-five dollars a month."

"Twenty-five dollars!?"

Luigi snapped the cigar in his hand into two pieces, but he quickly calmed down and showed a professional smile.

He reminded cautiously, "After you obtained a legitimate identity, you no longer need to pay half of your salary to the intermediary every month. Do you know that?"

"I know."

Yin Xiu nodded. "So what I mean is, twenty-five dollars, not a cent less."

Luigi frowned. He stood up, leaned forward, and stared straight at Yin Xiu with his light blue eyes, trying to see something from him. But after a long time, he still gave up and sat back in his chair.

Business matters should be solved by the means of businessmen.

"At this price, I can hire two more technicians like you."

"You can indeed, Mr. Luigi." Yin Xiu nodded. "I sincerely wish you could find two technicians who not only understand Western languages but also can communicate fluently with the Chinese workers in the factory and are very familiar with the blueprints. After all, you know that most of the workers in our factory are illiterate and can't even tell the top from the bottom of a blueprint."

After saying this, he got up and was about to leave.

[One, two...]

Before he could count to three in his heart, Luigi grabbed his hand and invited him back to his seat. At the same time, he personally poured a cup of coffee and placed it in front of Yin Xiu.

"Mr. Yin Xiu, this price is indeed too high. But out of respect for you..."

Luigi patted his chest vigorously, as if he was trying to swallow something down.

"I promise you, twenty-five dollars a month, and the other benefits will be the same as those of a senior technician."

"Thanks."

Yin Xiu nodded in satisfaction and added, "Oh, by the way, I'm a Taoist priest now. In the future, I may be delayed for some time because of my Taoist cultivation. I hope you can be understanding, Mr. Luigi. If there's anything wrong, you can directly deduct it from my salary."

"Ten days!" Luigi stretched out both hands. "I'll give you ten days of annual leave. If it's not enough, you can tell me."

"Great! No wonder everyone says that Mr. Luigi is the best boss in To Kwa Wan."

Luigi didn't respond to Yin Xiu's insincere praise. He just raised the coffee cup and took a big gulp. The bitterness filled his throat.

"By the way."

Yin Xiu's expression suddenly turned cold. "Mr. Luigi, do you know where the intermediary who sold me to the factory is?"

Almost a year ago, when Yin Xiu first opened his eyes and found that he had time-traveled, he was full of excitement, thinking that he was going to make a name for himself in a different world and start a new life.

Unexpectedly, he was registered as a "slave laborer" by the intermediary.

Other workers, although they were also tricked into coming to Hong Kong Island from other places by the intermediary with a combination of coaxing and deception.

But they already had a legal identity when they registered. Apart from having to bear the "introduction fee" that would take several years to pay off, they were no different from local residents in other aspects and were free to come and go.

Yin Xiu was proficient in mechanical engineering in his "previous life". In terms of basics, he was already much better than those workers who could barely read, which was why Mike said he had good aptitude.

However, because of this status as a slave laborer, even though he was a senior technician, his salary in the factory was almost the same as that of an ordinary worker. And because of that unscrupulous intermediary, his salary was actually half less, and his income was even lower than that of an ordinary worker.

Just at the mention of that intermediary, his face turned icy cold.

Luigi was obviously also intimidated by Yin Xiu's expression. After hesitating for a while, he said, "That guy is called Blind Biao, I think. He has always been in contact with Mr. Brian from the Human Resources Department. Other people don't know him. But you know, Mr. Brian has already gone back to Ingilia."

Seeing that Yin Xiu's expression was still displeased, he added, "How about I write a letter to Brian and ask him to provide some clues?"

"No need." Yin Xiu shook his head. "Blind Biao, huh? I'll find him myself. Oh, and that Li Yuanliang. I beat him up pretty badly. What do you think should be done about it?"

Luigi didn't care and said indifferently, "That scoundrel? His brother-in-law offended Chief Inspector Lei and was transferred to guard the reservoir. I'll fire that piece of trash later."

"Good. Then if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

Luigi didn't react for a moment and quickly stepped forward to ask, "Mr. Yin Xiu, what are you going to do next?"

Yin Xiu glanced at him. "What's the matter, Mr. Luigi? Do you have something else?"

Luigi waved his hands repeatedly. "No, no, nothing else. I just wanted to ask what your next plan is, Mr. Yin Xiu?"

Yin Xiu spread his hands impatiently. "What else can I do? Go to work. Will you support me if I don't work?"

After saying this, Yin Xiu didn't even look at him and turned around and walked out, leaving Luigi, who was sweating profusely.