Factory Crisis

Wijaya then changed his clothes and feeling hungry he headed to the kitchen, where his mother's cooking was waiting for him.

There is fried chicken with chili sauce and vegetables, which is available at the table. Taking rice from magic com, Wijaya immediately ate it with gusto.

"Yes, this is the taste of mother's cooking... exactly the same as before," praised Wijaya as he ate with gusto.

Not long after he finished lunch, Wijaya then helped his father who was currently preparing to go sell typical food from the Patih Kingdom.

Namely meatballs, a food made from flour and meat, which is served with noodles, vegetables and bean sprouts and then drizzled with hot water from beef broth.

It's really appetizing food, and can be found everywhere in the Patih Kingdom, be it on the side of the road or even a five-star restaurant.

Now for more than 10 years the father has been selling meatballs using a wheelbarrow, traveling around the village where he lives.

Selling delicious meatballs to his loyal customers, his father's meatballs are famous in Wijaya village because of his patient prices and delicious taste.

They call the meatballs that Wijaya's father sells as (bakso pakde), referring to the polite word for uncle in the regional language of Patih's Kingdom.

While helping his father prepare, Wijaya who knew the future, then chatted with his father.

Now it's less than an hour for his father to go to trade, "Dad...how many kilos of merchandise did you bring today?" asked Wijaya.

"Same as usual, around 3-4 kg," answered his father again.

"Why don't you bring more?" asked Wijaya again

"That's enough, don't be too greedy, besides there are other meatball sellers besides father who sell," answered the father again in a relaxed tone.

Wijaya was aware that his father was the type of person who was content and afraid of taking big risks, so it was natural that his father would talk like that.

Even though he knew, if his father wanted at least the meatballs his father could bring were between 5-7 kg, and that had the possibility of being finished in 1 day.

As for how many bowls the father can sell with meatballs weighing 3-4 kg, it is around 80-90 bowls, the unit price of which is 5 dollars for one bowl and if multiplied by 80-90 bowls, then the father's income is.

400-450 dollars a day, which is quite a large figure for an ordinary worker who works in a factory at the minimum wage determined by the government.

It ranges from 1500 -2500 dollars per month, excluding overtime pay, so if there is additional overtime pay factory workers will get wages of 3000-3500 dollars a month.

As for the father, who produces 400-450 dollars a day, if multiplied over a month, you will get at least a salary of 13,000-13,500 dollars, this has not been deducted from capital and if the father's merchandise does not sell.

From the assumptions that Wijaya can get, at least his father can definitely pray for a net income of 4500-5500 dollars a month.

Which is quite a large number for most workers in their city, of course this is provided that the father's merchandise sells well and sells out every time he trades and he doesn't take many days off in a month.

But as the saying goes, people who trade will not always be busy, there will be quiet moments and certain moments that make them unable to produce the same profit as the day their trades were sold.

So in this case the father's income will decrease to 3000-3500 dollars a month.

Moreover, apart from his father who works, Wijaya's mother is also an employee of a large garment factory in their city which is only about 2 km from his house.

And his mother used to earn money

2000-3000 dollars a month, which makes their family quite well off compared to many neighbors from the Wijaya family.

Sometimes there is only 1 worker in 1 family, of course there are also those who are more capable and richer than the Wijaya family.

And they are one of the landlords around the Wijaya family who have businesses, renting houses and apartments, which many of these landowners do taking advantage of their good location.

There are at least 6 large factories that accommodate tens of thousands of workers in the area around where they live.

Even so, in fact if Wijaya remembers correctly, the money his parents earned was spent only on helping their relatives in the village and also on their family's needs.

And this is what caused a deep wound in Wijaya's heart. He still remembers how well his mother and father helped their siblings, but then when Wijaya's grandfather and grandmother died, his father died 1 year later.

The relatives were treated well by their families Even being shameless people, there was never any news from them and even sadly, when hisfather died none of their relatives in the village came to visit.

Only a handful of relatives in the same city came to help, this was the feeling of heartache that Wijaya received and he could never forget it.

Because when they are down, those who have been helped disappear without a trace and always make excuses when asked for help.

What a hypocritical human being!!! Shameless, it's true as the saying goes, if you want to know who really cares when you're in trouble, then look when you're down and out, who's still generous with their hands and willing to ask for help from you.

Because those are the people who really care about you, and Wijaya really puts those words in his heart.

Returning to the economic conditions of the Wijaya family, which can be called a fairly good economic class, with a house to live in, plus both parents' earning jobs and the family's savings in the bank, as well as a motor vehicle as a means of transportation.

The Wijaya family can be said to be very good. But expenses are also not cheap, with Wijaya going to college and his younger sister entering high school, it is clear that his family still needs a lot of education costs.

Luckily, his younger sister and he were smart enough so that later, his younger sister got a scholarship from school, and if he remembered correctly he would also get a scholarship in the 4th semester because his GPA was good and he was active in organizational activities.

But even so, this happy family will only last 1 year, because then one by one the trials come.

The mother will be fired by the factory, because the factory where the mother is located is going bankrupt due to gambling debts from the factory owner's son.

So then the bank confiscated the factory and fired thousands of workers who depended on the factory.

With no compensation whatsoever, other than old age insurance paid by the factory.

On the other hand, his father will start to experience symptoms of illness, and rest for almost the next 6 months, which practically means that his family's income will greatly decrease and change.