Chapter 731: Are You Willing to Accept a Monopoly Jiagu?
Without the slightest precaution, the biggest melon in the business world this year was suddenly produced.
Shortly after Jiagu announced its financial results, a domestic law firm represented more than a dozen rice companies and soybean food processing enterprises to accuse Jiagu of "abusing its dominant market position" with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and filed three administrative litigation requests: "filing an investigation against Jiagu", "ordering the cessation of illegal acts", and "administrative punishment".
In a specific statement, the law firm stated:
“...... The domestic edible oil market is almost stagnant, but on the contrary, the market share of Jiagu edible oil is rising, and now it has accounted for 30% of the share of small packaged edible oil, and the growth is still not in sight; it is stronger in rice, Jiagu has occupied nearly 40% of the market share of packaged rice; and now Jiagu is developing rapidly in the flour industry, trying to replicate the advantages of rice and edible oil.
But what supports Jiagu's strong share is Jiagu's monopolistic strategy.
Jiagu monopolizes 80% of the country's production of domestic soybeans, and Jiagu controls more than 7 million hectares of planted area for rice...... Through conditional trading, differential treatment, and double squeezing peers in the industry, all non-Jiagu companies either choose to give in or stop cooperating with the production areas controlled by Jiagu, and Jiagu is so domineering.
This behavior has a multifaceted anti-competitive effect, which will seriously eliminate and restrict competition, resulting in insufficient competition, and has also become the last straw that crushes the survival of many small enterprises. The market regulation department shall stand up and intervene, and the law shall make a ruling.
At the same time, we continue to convene enterprises that have been damaged by Jiagu's abuse of market dominance to join and jointly strive for a level playing field for the industry, including but not limited to: filing anti-monopoly administrative lawsuits with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and filing anti-monopoly civil lawsuits with the people's courts......"
After the SAIC confirmed receipt of the administrative lawsuit and began to evaluate the lawsuit report, Jiagu was once again pushed to the forefront of public opinion.
If the previous topic of "whether Jiagu pretends to be poor" was more lively among netizens, this time, it is the carnival of all the media.
After all, those who do media are in pursuit of big news.
Their enthusiasm erupted when they realized that the case was likely to be the first alleged monopoly lawsuit in the history of Chinese agriculture.
"Jiagu", which has always been a hot spot, has a rare corporate "lawsuit", coupled with "monopoly management", it is simply not too lively.
"The honor of Jiagu, the wail of the industry?"
"The Jiagu we are after, is the truth like this?"
"Is it full competition? or monopoly suppression?"
“......”
Overnight, the wind of public opinion seemed to have changed.
Not only Jiagu was caught off guard, but more people who ate melons were also inexplicably surprised, one moment ago they were still singing praises for Jiagu's huge revenue, there was no rumor, why did "Jiagu suspected of monopoly" become a hot spot the next moment?
The most important thing is that Jiagu has always been a model enterprise in the minds of the Chinese people. In other words, this image is not even just a legitimate business, but even a moral model - the money donated by Jiagu and the poverty supported by Jiagu all prove this.
In fact, it can be seen from the standpoint of the report that even the media that don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement are concerned about this, so there are few people who directly condemn Jiagu, so that it covers all kinds of public opinion guidance.
But there are always some media who like to play the routine of pulling one faction and fighting another, and have chosen a position in this wave of craze as early as possible.
The editorial office of a major newspaper in the south.
Yang Bo, a reporter who is known as "the best person who knows Jiagu", took the manuscript he had written, and happily found the editor-in-chief, and said with a smile: "Look at the manuscript I just wrote, and publish it while it is hot, it will definitely be well received." ”
The editor-in-chief put down the document and took Yang Bo's article in his hand.
Glancing at the editor-in-chief who was frowning and reading his manuscript, Yang Bomei thought: Let's take a serious look, let's see that we are the people who know Jiagu best, just with our professionalism, this time we will definitely be able to counter Wu Lei of the opponent unit. Hmph, isn't it just luck, why can I be known as Jiagu's "queen reporter"? This time, if I help the company attract Jiagu's advertising investment, I should also get a few big smiles from my boss.
The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and when he thought of the year-end awards, he almost burst out laughing.
The editor-in-chief quickly finished reading the manuscript, squinted his eyes and said: "The manuscript is good, Xiao Yang, you deserve to be the reporter who knows Jiagu the best in the group, and it is reasonable." ”
Yang Bo suppressed the smugness in his heart and smiled: "That's a must." In my opinion, this monopoly accusation against Jiagu is nonsense. Isn't it the most common form of 'contract farming' that Jiagu controls the production area, and Jiagu prefers to place orders with seeds and technology as deposits, let the cooperatives plant them, and then ......purchase them at the contract price."
"But when the volume reaches a certain height, the rules of the game change. The editor-in-chief interrupted Yang Bo's words and said meaningfully: "Let me say so, Jiagu's volume is too big. Just as a star with too much mass can distort space and bend light, Jiagu's entry has distorted the path of too many people. ”
Yang Bo realized that he was afraid that he had guessed the wrong editor-in-chief's thoughts.
The editor-in-chief's words were a bit obscure, and Yang Bo didn't fully understand them, but there was one thing he seemed to understand: "In other words, this time we are on the side of anti-Jiagu? But didn't you say before that even if you write an anti-Jiagu article, readers won't be happy to read it?"
"I said that, but now it's muddy. The editor-in-chief still said mysteriously, and then said: "Just tell me, change the direction, you still have unexplored places." ”
Yang Bo was excited, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, there are many." ”
The editor-in-chief actually asked casually, if Yang Bo answered no, he would immediately arrange for someone to discover. The reason why Yang Bo is still preferred is because he does have the deepest research on Jiagu, and even if it is "smeared", it can be "blackened" more deeply.
The editor-in-chief hesitated for a moment and said, "Reserve half a page for you, you wrote the manuscript, bring it to me first." ”
"Yes, I'll go now. Yang Bo replied with a wry smile.
"The tentative title is this: "Are you willing to accept a monopoly of Jiagu", you have to reveal a point in the article - the vast majority of the world's food supply chain has been monopolized by a few food companies, and Jiagu is one of them. With such a high degree of concentration, if there is a major safety accident in the production process of these companies one day, wouldn't the consequences be unimaginable?" the editor-in-chief set the theme in a few sentences.
Yang Bo was stunned for a moment.
At first glance, the editor-in-chief's point of view seems to make some sense.
However, such a choice is diametrically opposed to his recognition of Jiagu.
The editor-in-chief also seemed to see Yang Bo's entanglement, and said lightly: "Xiao Yang, you have to know who you work for, is it for Jiagu?"
“...... I understand. ”
This damn conscience!
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