Chapter 1,233: Fierce Fight! Master and Disciple 53 (Part 2)

8:11 in the morning

The sun was a little dazzling. At this time, outside the headquarters of Section 9, which had five domes connected to each other, merchants kept entering the lobby of the giant dome No. 0 in the middle, and there were also many family members. A large number of people found the convex crystals on the floor and moved out chairs to sit down. Thousands of people were already sitting in the venue.

At the door, merchants were checked by Section 9 staff, showing their identity certificates and raw material suppliers' certificates, and entered the venue after passing the inspection mechanical door.

Since last year, January 1st of each year has been the pricing day for the city's raw material prices. This morning, all the big and small raw material merchants in the city came, from all walks of life. Raw materials are basic items related to the price fluctuations of all walks of life, and the pricing is very strict.

The 9th Commerce Section will regulate the price of raw materials based on the market economic scale of the whole year last year. According to the provisions of the Commodity Law, raw material merchants can only increase the price by a maximum of 101% to 200% on the basis of pricing.

However, the annual price increase range is different for raw materials in various industries. Take eggs as an example. Last year, the wholesale price of eggs from agricultural bases was 0.26 yuan per egg, but the price increase range fluctuated between 101% and 117%. It can be supplied according to the three levels of supply, up to 0.3042 yuan. Once it exceeds, it will be punished with a fine.

Last year, the wholesale price of milk was 0.16 yuan per 100 ml, and the price increase range was 101% to 121%.

Every year, each raw material that is not regulated and freely circulates to local markets has its own pricing and wholesale price fluctuation range. This range is the same in the hands of suppliers and distributors, and then it will be in the hands of manufacturers. Manufacturers will set a market price based on the comprehensive data of materials needed to manufacture items. This price needs to be approved by 9 departments before it can be listed. Finally, it will change according to the local monthly price index when it reaches the market. In principle, it cannot exceed 150%.

However, there will also be real-time regulation in the local area. The prices of items sold in most stores will change to a certain extent every month, and the final regulation will be based on regional supply and demand.

All these extremely complex and in-depth controls were thought up by people from 12 departments after a long time. They really stabilized the market effectively. Even during the more than one year of the Great Depression caused by urban construction, the economy was finally stabilized at a certain level because of such strict controls.

It was a blessing in disguise that there was no large-scale inflation. After the industrial recovery of the city, there was no supply chaos caused by the huge demand for goods.

Most of the merchants who came to the 9th department wanted to get the price of the control pricing as soon as possible, and then they would start the supply planning for the new year, where to supply the most profitable, how to supply the goods to make more money, and who to do business with to make more money.

Merchants need to get first-hand information, and many merchants have discussed it. Since last year, everyone has been discussing various countermeasures to avoid and deal with all this.

The market pricing power has been in the hands of the gods since the beginning of the city. Many people think that this is only temporary, because once the city develops, the gods will have no way to control the ever-expanding economic volume.

Everything was just as the merchants had hoped. Although they were not given the right to set prices, some price ranges would multiply many times in certain seasons. The relaxation of the market economy by Congress in those years allowed the city's economy to develop rapidly, and a real city was established, rather than the dilapidated wooden town community of thirty or forty years ago.

The establishment of the city's 120 districts and the formation of today's giant city were completed with the continuous increase of the economy, and the merchants were the connecting point and made an indispensable contribution.

However, the city's supervision has now reached a very strict level, and many of the methods used by merchants in the past have failed. Some large and medium-sized merchants have begun to transform after experiencing pain, but most small merchants are now on the verge of death.

No one wants to die, and many people look a little nervous, especially those who hoarded goods before the city factories started last year, including those who planned to make a lot of money earlier. Many of them are about to have a heart attack.

If the current market pricing is lower than their previous market pricing, many people will lose money, and the mood of uneasiness began to permeate the entire venue.

At this time, the venue gradually became quiet. Light and shadow screens appeared around. Brandon, the head of Section 9, and Secretary He Lei, as well as more than a dozen directors, also arrived and walked onto the stage.

Pricing power determines the fate of most merchants. At this time, the merchants all looked at the large screen near the venue. The prices of some commodities have already appeared.

In an instant, a merchant jumped up with extreme excitement, raised his fists and cheered on the chair. There are more and more people like this. It's like gambling. In business, there are also many merchants who dare to take risks. It's a pity that only a few bet right.

Some people have burst into tears, while others look at the pricing and floating range of the goods in their hands blankly. They smile foolishly for a while, and their smiles gradually become stiff.

Some people are happy and some are sad. This feeling was not very obvious last year, but it is particularly strong this year. What has been built with hard work has to be rebuilt overnight. This pricing model is a competition for the final few winners for most small merchants every year.

There are more and more dissatisfied doubts, and Brandon spoke up at this time.

"If you are dissatisfied, please check the price and price fluctuation range of a commodity at any time. There will be detailed markings."

At this time, many people took out their mobile phones. Everyone in the venue obtained congressional authority and quickly logged into the congressional system to check it directly.

A businessman looked at the pricing of Condensate No. 67 with a serious face. There are detailed economic market records for the whole year of last year, as well as icons of economic change rates. This Condensate No. 67 is useful in many fields.

Last year, the price of this condensed fat 67 substance was 3.8 yuan per kilogram, and the floating price range was between 101% and 120%, but this year is different. The price is 3 yuan per kilogram, which has dropped by 80 cents directly. The price floating range is between 101% and 130%. Although the highest point of the price floating range has increased by 10%, even if it is sold to the area with the largest demand, it can only make 90 cents per kilogram.

At first glance, it is more profitable than last year. Last year, a kilogram only made 76 cents at most, but this is only the pricing of the raw material production results. One kilogram contains taxes, labor costs, production costs and primary material costs, which is about 2 yuan. According to last year's pricing, it actually made 2.56 yuan per kilogram.

But this year's pricing and the range of price fluctuations, minus the cost of 2 yuan, plus 130% of the highest point of the price range allowed to float, actually only made 1.9 yuan at most.

Last year, this businessman had upgraded his raw material processing plant, added equipment, and increased the number of workers, hoping to rely on volume to maintain the company's stable development. Even if the price drops further, it should not be so outrageous.

Now this businessman is desperate, because the following has given the areas with relatively large supply and demand of polyester No. 67 last year, as well as the companies engaged in the sale of this raw material. The numbers are very large, which is also the main reason for the decline of this raw material.

According to the estimated value given by the 2nd department, this year's demand may be 107% higher than last year, and the demand for the entire polyester 67 has only increased by 7%. This is bad news for this businessman. Last year, he hoarded a large amount of polyester 67, thinking that the market might be better this year. As a result, he could only smile bitterly. It was very profitable to not lose money.

At the bottom, the analysis given by the 2nd department is that this year's labor costs may rise a little more, as well as the issue of taxation. If the economic scale is larger, the tax rate will fluctuate.

More and more things appeared in the mind of this businessman. At this moment, his head was in a mess and his consciousness began to blur.

At this time, accompanied by a burst of female exclamations, a businessman covered his heart and fell to the ground. In an instant, He Lei rushed over with people and carried the businessman who was emotional and had a heart attack to the side. Soon medical equipment was brought.

A simple heart surgery was completed quickly at the side of the venue, and the merchant saved his life.

"Please don't get excited! These prices are in line with the supply and demand of the entire market structure of Brilliant City, and there are detailed and complete data. These data can be checked at any time by any merchant registered in Brilliant City. Doing business is about making money and losing money. It is impossible to make money for a long time, at least in Brilliant City!"

As Brand said, many merchants were already half disappointed, and some merchants directly traded on the spot, wanting to deal with some of the accumulated raw materials in their hands, because one day later, they would have to pay one more day of raw material management fees.

Seeing that many merchants looked bitter, they still started to discuss with a smile. If merchants are dissatisfied with the pricing power and price fluctuation range, they can file a complaint. Within 3 months of the announcement of the pricing, they can find other data survey companies to make more accurate data than the data given by the Action Department, and find points that can refute the Action Department, including being able to more accurately predict the direction of the market than the Action Department, and then they can change the pricing of the goods.

But this is almost impossible. Last year, a large number of businessmen had tried it. They could not refute the analysis data given by the Operations Department. Even some professional economic analysis experts found it difficult to refute it because there was no point to refute it.

However, there was one person who successfully grasped the place that the Operations Department had not thought about, and successfully changed the pricing of some commodities and the price fluctuation range. This person was Hu Youran, but this point was still debatable because it was caused by the chain reaction caused by the crime.

This year, the Operations Department was also discussing that if the raw material market was unstable due to crime, certain pricing changes could be made, but this issue could only be discussed at the end of the year.

Brandon breathed a sigh of relief. Last year, the people in Section 9 worked almost non-stop, analyzing all the industrial structures and supply and demand of goods in the city as much as possible, combined with the field investigation and analysis of Section 2, and finally gave the pricing of all raw materials. The pricing of industries above raw materials was much easier.

Section 2 will use an economic template that has been studied and calculated in ai13 Economic Engineering for many years to conduct preliminary economic analysis. As long as we have the materials obtained from big data analysis, Section 9 can quickly obtain the results based on the efforts of Section 9 throughout the last year. The crystallization is used to plan the subsequent pricing and price floating range.

At this time, many small doors were opened around the venue. Inside, there were rooms on the 5th floor outside the dome. Businessmen could complete many transactions directly here. The transactions would be under the supervision of Section 9 to ensure effective compliance. specification.

"Okay, everyone can move to the private conference room. If you need to have a long conversation today, please make an appointment in advance. Free water and food will be delivered to the room where everyone is discussing."

A large number of Section 9 staff members have already taken their places, waiting at the door of each independent small room, waiting for the merchants to enter. If you have any questions about business transactions, you can consult with the Section 9 staff members next to them until the businessmen enter. Until leaving.

In the past, merchants were relatively free to trade goods, but there was a problem. The dual problems of black market trading and black gold laundering. Since the middle of last year, the Trading Law has been promulgated. This is to prevent the dual problems from affecting the urban economy. harm.

This method was thought up by Brandon. After discussions with Section 8 and the Lawyers Association, such a law was finally introduced.

Transactions must be conducted in an open and transparent manner. Even if it is a private transaction, the money and goods involved in the transaction need to be retained, because Section 9 will conduct irregular reviews. Once the transaction amount and goods are found to be inconsistent, Section 7 will They will go directly to conduct a financial review. If there is a problem, Section 5 will directly arrest and conduct an economic crime investigation.

At this time, many businessmen came together and took out the invitations they had prepared, hoping that Brandon, He Lei, and other directors would honor them and attend tonight's dinner.

Brandon could only cope with it. Throughout the last year, everyone had received a large amount of gifts and cash from businessmen. Many of them were forcefully given, or they were forced into red envelopes at dinner parties.

This is very uncomfortable for Brandon and others. Most of them can only wait for a period of time and retreat, but some parts really have no retreat.

"What should I do now? I have received more than 200 invitations!"

Brandon looked at it, then looked at the people around him, and He Lei smiled helplessly.

"I can only run around. After all, I have to have a good relationship with the managers of the business family, so that I can solve many economic problems peacefully. Everyone, please work harder tonight. We will have a meeting later and discuss it carefully. , who wants to go to those places, at least each person has to visit more than 20 banquet venues. "

Brand said, and the group began to return to the conference room at the back to discuss.

There is no way to do this now. After all, after Alpha's toughness, some problems that have been squeezed out need to be dealt with. Being too tough will only arouse a stronger desire for resistance among businessmen, so 9 subjects are now What needs to be done is to become a bridge between business people and the industry.

9:19 am

Locke Phoebus stood on a lawn of Phoebus Manor. A large number of reporters were asking various questions. Locke just answered them one by one with a smile.

Nowadays, the automobile industry has reached its peak. This industry has reached its peak in just over 30 years. Because of the opening of the subway, some people have begun to use the subway instead of driving, because the subway is faster and can Save a lot of time.

However, the sales of some high-end cars that use light and shadow materials are still relatively hot, especially in the design process, the Phoebes family has achieved the ultimate.

Many of the questions asked by reporters were insignificant, and most reporters were more concerned about a traffic accident that occurred this morning. This was the first time that Phoebes' Windrush series cars, which are said to be absolutely safe and fast, had such a serious traffic accident. ACCIDENT.

"Everyone, because the matter has not been finalized yet, we still need to wait for the engineers to specifically inspect the accident car. After the inspection results come out, our family will announce the results as soon as possible. Okay everyone, it is getting late, I still need to Go to the family company for a meeting.”

Locke said and looked at the time. It was just after 10 o'clock. He did not answer some follow-up questions from reporters. Locke was also quite worried at this time because the Phoebus family was also involved in the slave trading case last year, and the entire family was affected. Implicated, coupled with the price increase of some raw materials, the Phoebes family is currently forced to lay off employees.

At present, nearly 3,000 employees have been cut, of which more than 2,000 are car salesmen. Reporters are obsessed with this matter.

However, Locke still firmly believes that the automobile industry has not entered the dusk, but is only experiencing a periodic decline. Locke plans to adjust the entire family's industrial structure and develop aerodynamic cars with more powerful performance.

The subway also has the benefits of the subway, but cars also have the benefits of cars. As long as the traffic flow in the city is reduced to a certain extent, the roads will inevitably become empty, and the traffic of cars will be smoother.

The Phoebus family has always been making private cars. In the years when cities were developing, the demand for such cars was very large, and cars for engineering and passenger use were produced by companies of all sizes. .

Because of the intervention of antitrust laws, Locke originally wanted to follow the practices of other businessmen, but was stopped by his father. Now the Phoebes family is indeed in some difficulties. As the current family, Locke wants to have a good talk with his father. , but my father still didn’t say a word.

After getting rid of the reporter, Locke sighed helplessly. The housekeeper Zhang Cheng was already waiting. At this time, Locke glanced at Zhang Yang, who was more than 10 years younger than him, and smiled and asked him to follow him to the office.

As soon as he entered the office, Locke sighed helplessly, and Zhang Yang poured tea for Locke.

"Zhang Yang, what should I do? It seems that my father has no plans to continue to expand his business. If this continues, our family's situation will not be good."

Zhang Yang smiled and shook his head.

"Locke, I think it's pretty good now. How about we work together and temporarily invest the money in this manor? Make it the largest resort hotel in the city?"

"I was just talking to you casually, do you take it seriously?"

Zhang Yang was a little surprised and looked at Locke, who was smiling. At this time, Locke nodded.

"Leave it to you. By the way, how have you been at school recently?"

Zhang Yang hummed.

"It's quite strict. It's a full-field academy. I probably won't have much time to come back next year because I have to take new courses."

Locke nodded. Although he asked Zhang Yang what kind of courses he had taken at the All-Field Academy, Zhang Yang did not answer.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the room, and Zhang Cheng walked in. Looking at his old father, Zhang Yang felt a little sad. He wanted to graduate from the college as soon as possible, and then return to Phoebus's house to take over his father's role as housekeeper. Work allows my father to retire and take care of himself.

"Master, Mr. Field is here."

Locke's expression became serious, and he heard shouts from outside before he could speak.

"Locke, I came to play with you."

After a while, Field came in, sat down and patted the sofa.

"Play? Field, why did you come here just now?"

Field sighed helplessly.

"Okay Locke, I promised you the supply of raw materials before, but now there is no problem. Lin Xiao, the president of the Industrial Association, is a fucking bastard."

Field smiled and didn't know what to say. After all, the current industrial association as a whole is very strictly controlled. Family businessmen like them are not having a good life, and they can only continue to support the boy.

"By the way, Field, regarding your sister Wilsie's situation, I think you still have time to visit her."

Field scratched his head.

"What happened again? She has been married for so many years."

Locke wanted to say something more, but finally held back. Nowadays, Wilsey basically does not leave the house. She attends banquets from time to time, and she is secretive, with a strange look on her face. Locke also heard his wife say, Wilsey seems to have some mental problems, and some women in the family who have been in contact with Wilsey in recent years have mentioned this.

"Locke, I came here today to talk to you about other things."

Locke's face became serious. Zhang Cheng and Zhang Yang left the room, and Locke sat over.

"What exactly happened?"

"The Hillman family has recently purchased a lot of dangerous controlled substances from us, and they don't know what they are going to do. And for some reasons as you know, we can only carry out this transaction in private."

Locke understood immediately.

"what do you think?"

Locke said with a hum.

"I suggest you be careful and don't get involved. After all, Section 5 is very strict now."

Field laughed.

"We are old friends, Locke. If you know anything, please let me know. After all, your family has sold a lot of lifts to the Hillman family."

Locke shook his head.

"I never ask what they do when they buy these lifts. If you do, it's a business matter. Now most of their families are equipped with small lifts. It's useless for you to ask me about this. "

Field looked at Locke. He really didn't seem to know, so he could only give up and stop asking further.

"Let's eat here. Let's go out for a walk. I have a plan that I want to talk to you about. I hope to hear your opinion."

Field stood up, but he still couldn't let go of the raw materials for controlled substances purchased privately by the Hillman family and his own family. This kind of thing cannot be put on the table. After all, the Hillman family owns these controlled raw materials. Bought at 3 times the price.

"I think it's better for you to go and see your sister."

Field had already gone out, as if he hadn't heard this sentence.

10:35

Keying looked at the thick pile of handwritten documents next to her, which she was reviewing with her secretary Zhuo Yue. A large number of directors were also working.

Next to it is a huge handwritten document storage room. The handwritten documents need to be compared with the data that have been put into the virtual database before they can be stored in the database.

This is the last bit. Most of the section members and officers are on vacation. The work of Section 6 seems a bit easy in the eyes of ordinary people, but the people above are not at all relaxed, because these materials are Accurate storage is required.

The statistical work basically only takes four or five days to complete every month, but warehousing is really a big problem, and the 6 departments are already short of manpower.

There are only more than 2,000 people now, and it is necessary to collect all the information of the whole city. This is a very headache for Ke Ying, especially those crimes. The increasing number of crimes in recent years makes Ke Ying feel helpless.

There are still documents coming from the General Affairs Department. It only takes a few hours for the 6th department to have hundreds of documents that need to be hand-copied and virtually recorded. This is the last review checkpoint of the city's documents and materials, and there must be no problems.

"How about taking a break for a few hours, Ke Ying."

A female director suggested with a smile.

"You wish!"

Ke Ying gritted her teeth and felt that she had to finish it anyway. She had an important appointment tonight.

Everyone wanted to finish the work quickly and have a good New Year.

At this time, a pile of information was sent to Ke Ying by a director, and she and her secretary Zhuo Yue continued to review it.

"What's going on?"

Immediately, Keying called the director back. This was some information about the Hillman family. An ordinary clerk was responsible for copying it. Keying felt that the numbers on it were wrong at a glance. She was born with a keen sense of numbers. At this time, everyone gathered around. These numbers seemed to have no problems on the surface, but Keying immediately pointed out the problems.

"Call the guy named Vic Hillman over to me."

Keying said, and took a look at the name of the clerk. He was a guy who was expelled from the Hillman family a few years ago. He passed the exam of the Operations Department last year and entered the 6th Department. He has just worked for three months.

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