First of all, I feel how "remarkable" the acceptance record of Cao Dewang and his company Fuyao Glass is. In this era of external forces, an oversight in the information expressed to the outside world may get pressure from top-down public opinion. Because as far as the two labels of "factory + documentary" are concerned, the convention is a first visual sense of blood and sweat. As long as the title of the film is "XX factory", it is often to crusade against XX. So I admire the courage of Chairman Cao very much.
The documentary work created and first released by former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle can see a lot of things worth thinking about. Generally speaking, the vision of "XX factory" in the past is generally placed in Southeast Asia and developing countries, so the label Obama + American factory, before reading it, I wonder if the interesting Mr. Obama wants to play "black humor"?
"American Factory" can be used as a mirror to understand the different "characteristics" of China and the United States in terms of globalization, workers, enterprises and even families, such as militarized management work style VS lazy paddling work, labor unions led by leaders VS labor-led unions, going home once a year VS punching in and going home quickly...
From the perspective of capital, as long as it is a factory, workers must be tools, so it can be heard that Chairman Cao does not want the labor unions in American factories to climb their heads (on the other hand, in the plenary speech, he hopes to treat everyone as a part to ensure their interests) . So the target of American Factory's crusade is...?
For example, if "American Factory" is shown in the United States, should it be used as an educational film to teach today's workers, trade unions and companies to learn from us in order to keep their jobs and turn a business into a profit? Is it screened in China as a propaganda film to promote that Chinese enterprises and workers can bring practical help to capital, and to emphasize that our management is effective?
Capitalism has passed a hundred years. I believe that American business owners and former presidents should all know how to maximize their interests. If they use the symbols of Chinese socialism to contrast and discuss this content, it seems a bit "injustice". I believe that this kind of internal game faced by global factories today is not uncommon. This kind of issue can be seen from the past "XX factories". So for this kind of industrial development, there can only be what we are worthy of affirmation and what needs to be changed.
Towards the end of the film, I finally saw what I wanted to see, "Don't need all these people, they are too slow..." Yes, workers must be tools, so just use machines. Machines don't need unions, don't need years Yes, no medical insurance, just oil. Highlighting this point is what Obama, who used "HOPE" as the slogan in his campaign that day, should express, because at present, the game between humans and machines is far greater than the internal game.
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