Chapter 1556 - 907: Two-Day Weekend (Vote Solicitation) (Part 2)

Another judge angrily exclaimed, "To ensure everyone has work to do each day is our Wanfa Sect’s strategy for market salvation, the foundation of sect creation, the law of our ancestors. Two days of rest? How much production would that decrease? How much would labor costs have to increase to compensate? Is Tai Yue Bai going to rebel against heaven?"

Another judge spoke coldly, "What can employees do if not work? Not letting employees work every day is trampling on the rights of everyone inside and outside the sect. It’s practically anti-sect! Anti-Immortal Emperor! Anti-Kunxu! He should be immediately taken down!"

"Dual rest days? Isn’t this an evil cult thought from the Lower Realm? Can it also be spread here?"

Listening to the criticism and curses from many judges, Fa Liuyuan felt as if needles were pricking his back, with multiple pairs of eyes all directed at him.

Especially those judges backed by industries with a large number of employees, each one seemed murderous.

Fa Liuyuan sighed inwardly, "Weren’t we supposed to move towards ’distributing money’? Tai Yue Bai, oh Tai Yue Bai, what are you really thinking? Do you know how many Upper Cultivators you will offend by doing this?"

"Is it possible that this law chain won’t even pass?"

Not to mention the surging killing intent in the judges’ hearts, Fa Liuyuan himself felt uncomfortable, as the Reform Faction and even Zhang Yu’s company all have industries with a large number of employees.

"The more labor-intensive the industry, the more people affected by dual rest days, and the deeper the harm from this law chain."

"Tai Yue Bai, for the sake of reform... are you willing to sacrifice the interests of the Reform Faction itself?"

...

"Reform, naturally, should start with our Reform Faction."

Meanwhile, inside the Knowledge Law Small Building.

Having just uploaded the law chain, Tai Yue Bai slowly walked outdoors, his gaze directed at the sky within the Small Realm, seemingly trying to pierce through the layers of Kunxu and see the high Immortals, even the Immortal Emperor.

"Distributing money, indeed distributing money, but not directly distributing money, rather distributing time."

"And in Kunxu, time is money."

"Giving them more time of their own is giving them more money of their own."

At this moment, Tai Yue Bai’s demeanor became increasingly unfathomable, subtly changing from before.

Tai Yue Bai knew this was because he had originally sealed away part of his memory until just before uploading the law chain.

Also, because of this operation, it was only at the moment of uploading that he understood what law chain he truly intended to establish.

"Including dual rest days without reducing salary..."

"What will cultivators do with dual rest days?"

In Tai Yue Bai’s view, given Kunxu’s state, even if cultivators have dual rest days each week, they wouldn’t use them to rest, but to take on more work or enhance their cultivation.

"Thus... the income and cultivation within the sect would both increase for all cultivators."

Tai Yue Bai murmured in his heart, "More time they can freely allocate, more income, more cultivation... all point to one thing, that is more consumption, newly expanded markets, new jobs."

"The entire Wanfa Sect would leap to become the largest consumer market among the Ten Great Sects."

"In this way, Wanfa Sect’s influence would greatly enhance, holding dominance in trade among the ten sects, potentially trading market access for technology, using the market to punish other sects, and also to attract them."

"And within Wanfa Sect, those bearing the most cost will be the labor-intensive industries employing a large workforce. The controllers of these industries will see a definite decline in profit, and some companies with already thin margins will face closure, causing temporary unemployment for employees."

"They will be staunch opponents of dual rest days."

"But likewise, there will be supporters..."

...

In the office, Tai Yue Bai’s dual rest law was like a thunderbolt, as it challenged Kunxu’s ethics, contradicted longstanding Kunxu beliefs, and faced much attack from cultivators.

But Fa Liuyuan noticed that despite the surprise, despite the unexpectedness, more judges maintained silence beyond expectation.

At this moment, Su Xianchen spoke, "Enough, the legislation ceremony isn’t a place for your arguments and conflicts. Write your opinions in the review notes."

Yet, the enraged judges demanded Tai Yue Bai’s immediate removal or even arrest.

Faced with the aggressive opposition, Su Xianchen calmly said, "Then let’s proceed according to the rules, vote on it. If most judges agree to reject it, then Tai Yue Bai’s law chain won’t be passed."

When the voting result came out, Fa Liuyuan was shocked, "It passed... did it really pass? Most judges approved dual rest days?"

"Dual rest days? Such an evil cult thought, it actually passed in the legislation ceremony?"

Looking at the voting results, Fa Liuyuan felt an overwhelming absurdity.

But observing the judges subtly split into two factions, Fa Liuyuan gradually understood, a glimmer of realization flashing in his eyes.

Fa Liuyuan sighed inwardly, "Other industries might profit through this law chain, and those taking the hardest hits are only us in labor-intensive industries."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Bu Yuan Gui, although surprised at Tai Yue Bai’s clause, was not surprised by the voting result.

Bu Yuan Gui thought, "Dual rest days seem to boost cultivators’ incomes and cultivation, but ultimately... the boosted income will be spent purchasing our goods, and the enhanced cultivation will still serve above. The relative wealth, the relative cultivation of Lower Cultivators won’t increase, may even decline."

On another occasion, Innate Dao’s Ling Chenji saw large volumes of data and deduction results before her, and thought secretly, "After dual rest days, the main beneficiaries will be us factions, while the pain will be borne mainly by the Upper Cultivators in labor-intensive industries."