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A Factory Manager's Positive Attitude Towards Dafa Leads the Factory to Operate Better and Better By a practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) In a small city in northern Mainland China, there is a
factory manager who has a good attitude towards Falun Dafa, and his factory is
operating better and better. About two or three years ago, this factory was not booming at all, similar to
the other enterprises in the nation. The profits were not good, and spirits were
low among the workers. They came late and left early. Some did not even come to
work. The higher level management wanted to merge the factory with others or
sell it out. In this situation, a certain Dafa practitioner (we will refer to
him as 'A') did not drift with the current. He did what he supposed to do. He
came to work regularly, and was very strict with himself all the time, in every
aspect. He did not come late or leave early, always took on the dirty and heavy
work and never bargained over his salary. However, he did gather some opposition among his co-workers, who were upset
with the factory. Those co-workers felt that 'A' was foolish. He wouldn't give
the manager a hard time like they did. They thought it was alright not to work
since they did not get paid enough. However, some co-workers who had a sense of
justice, and especially the factory managers, had all silently thought over in
their heart about the important role 'A' had played. From their admiration, one
could see that they thought workers like 'A' were really the factory's mainstay.
They commented, "Those who have learned Falun Dafa are really good." Practitioner 'A' was later arrested twice by Jiang Zemin's regime as part of
the persecution of Falun Dafa. He was sent to a detention center. The factory
manager went everywhere, tried everything, and asked others for help by any
possible means in order to free 'A' because he had done so well at work and had
made such a good impression. The manager even went to the police station and
other related official departments for help. When 'A' was still imprisoned, the
manager was very worried and got sick. Without even waiting for an intravenous
injection in the hospital to finish, he continued to run around trying to find
ways to get 'A' out of the detention center, and he did not rest until 'A' was
released. After 'A' got out of the detention center, he returned to work as usual. But
due to persecution from local authorities, his duties had been changed, and his
monthly salary was dropped from 1,700-1,800 yuan (1) to 200-300 yuan. After
several months, 'A' didn't think too much about it, since he took money and
wealth lightly. But the manager felt sorry for 'A,' and was afraid that he would
leave the factory. So he talked with 'A' several times to comfort him. He urged
'A' over and over again, "You should never give up Dafa. You should surely
continue to practice." The factory manager knew in his heart that Falun
Dafa is good. He thought that as long as 'A' continues practicing Dafa, he would
try to keep 'A' from leaving the factory. The manager often told others,
"Everyone who's learned Dafa is good! If every worker in our factory
learned Dafa, that would be wonderful! It is a pity that there are only two
practitioners here!" Because 'A' and the other practitioner in the factory often clarify the facts
about Dafa, and spread the teachings of Dafa in the factory, and also because
the manager highly praises Dafa in public, Dafa truth clarification materials
can be sent to everyone in the factory, from the manager to the common workers.
No one reports on the practitioners. Since the manager treats Dafa and the Dafa practitioners well, he has been
rewarded with good fortune. While many other factories in the city are not
running well, this factory prospers, and the economic profits increase day by
day. Customers come to order goods in an endless stream, the workers' wages have
all been increased, and the public sentiment is also positive. Another thing worth mentioning is that the factory manager was not in good
health before. He took a lot of medicine, and was known as a "medicine
basket" (2). Now he is in great condition, and no longer needs to take so
much medicine. (1) yuan: Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese
urban worker is about 500 yuan. (2) "medicine basket": the term is used to describe someone who
takes all kinds of medicine all the time due to illness. Posting date: 6/25/2004 |