Chapter 355: The Helmsman (Seeking Support for the New Book)
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Although it was close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the "Autumn Tiger" still showed its power - the thermometer rose by almost 10 degrees at noon, and from 10 a.m. onwards, the sun's rays dispelled the freshness of the autumn day, like an umbrella held up for half a day, and the mercury column of the thermometer still rose to 34 degrees, and people felt the threat of a heat wave even more unbearable.
In Changsha City, there is a lot of anxiety everywhere, the sound of car horns, the bells of horse-drawn carriages echo in the streets, and the bell of bicycles is indispensable.
Even in places such as Nanjing and Wuhan, the progress of street correction has not been smooth, and because of this, traffic jams in the city have become a normal thing, even if the police have cracked down on the "encroachment" of street shops on the street, they still cannot solve the problem fundamentally.
The traffic jam in the old city is restricting the development of the old city little by little, and the corresponding development of the new city with the railway station or dock as the core is extremely rapid, but the old city is still the old city and is still its bustle.
While the traffic is jammed on the street, there is also a group of tea customers in the teahouse with many coffee tables and chairs on the side of the street, where they are talking; The sound of "bonds", "railways", "gauze" and "futures" shook people's ears, and there was a greeting from Xiao Er in the middle.
In recent years, the domestic market has become more and more prosperous, especially since the Land Law fundamentally restricts the purchase of land in the countryside, and the surplus capital of industry and commerce, as well as rural capital, can only pour into the industry - either to buy bonds issued by the state, or to buy shares in state-owned enterprises, or to invest in partnerships.
Five years ago, the most sought after stock in Hunan was coal mines, and Hunan's anthracite was second only to North Korea's best-selling coal. In addition to the stocks of those rubber companies in Nanyang, the most sought after are the stocks of the gauze factories or the stocks of the railway companies, in short, the imperial court's annual investment in the industry of more than one billion yuan has directly spawned the prosperity of the current market. Of course, one of the more important reasons is that this teahouse is only a hundred steps away from the stock exchange, and naturally there is a group of speculators in the market who gather here.
Passing through the sounds of "bonds", "railways", "gauze" and "futures", Liu Yulin naturally walked to the private room on the second floor of the teahouse, which was finally quieter than downstairs.
But as soon as he entered the door, two voices greeted him at the same time:
"Yikes! Brother Liu! Good come, please! ”
This unanimous call worked at once like a forbidden spell; The voices of people who were arguing about something immediately stopped, many faces turned their ways, and many eyes shot at Liu Yulin, who was standing by the door. The problem that was still sticking to Liu Yulin's mind disappeared immediately. He smiled slightly, his eyes swept over the faces of the people, and he walked up to the group of people, patted one person on the shoulder with his left hand, and grabbed one of the hands stretched out to him with his right hand, and said as if relieved:
"Aren't you talking about bonds and stocks here? Well, I'm a layman, at most I can buy some shares of a railway company with some salary, which can be regarded as an investment. ”
The man raised his eyebrows and laughed as if he didn't believe it, but his opportunity to speak was snatched away by the young man who stretched out his hand to Liu Yulin:
"It's not stocks, it's not bonds, we're here to talk about the current price of grain, and you, the section chief of a provincial grain company, have something to say. Let's sit down first. ”
"Hey! You're always in such a hurry! ”
"Can you not be in a hurry, although this grain is not futures, but everyone knows that this year's harvest is a good harvest that has not been encountered for decades, if the grain price is eighty percent of last year, not to mention anything else, the people have money in their hands, and what kind of cloth, soap or something will sell well when the time comes......
But this is not the case, as long as the peasants have money in their hands, those things will naturally not worry about the market, and when the corresponding factories and companies will naturally increase their production and profits, for them speculators, this can mean wealth.
"Tell me, what do you all want to know?"
Liu Yulin didn't talk about any secrecy, let alone put up any show, of course, he would only reveal non-confidential information, that is, those that were public.
"Don't worry, Brother Liu, if you feel embarrassed, the brothers will never ask again!"
As soon as one of them finished speaking, the other asked.
"This year's grain price has just begun to fall so much, Your Majesty is really so angry?"
"Don't be angry, if you put it aside, maybe they will order to cut off the heads of those profiteers, but they are too much, they can press a dollar, this is not forcing the common people to pawn their daughters!"
"But no, according to me, the most unconscionable in the world are those profiteers, last year's Changsha flood, they were able to raise the price of rice to 12 yuan, if it weren't for the cheap grain transferred by Brother Liu, this Changsha might have to starve to death!"
It is true that these people never mind dealing with grain merchants, as long as it is profitable, as for the life and death of the common people, they do not care much, after all, they are not those social elites, let alone well-known gentry, and they also do not want to enter any advisory council or be any counselor.
Therefore, naturally I don't pay attention to any reputation.
"Come on, come on, don't talk about others, didn't you lend them a sum of money a while ago, what's the matter, it's all floating now......"
Sure enough, before his words fell, someone next to him immediately exposed his mask, and the person didn't think anything about it.
"In business, it's all business!"
A sentence that is all business is the best excuse, and this will be asked again.
"Brother Liu, then according to you, this time the company is really ready to open the acquisition? At 8% of last year's grain price? Last year's food prices weren't low......"
"Not up to eighty percent of the peak!"
Shaking his head, Liu Yulin replied directly.
"This protective price is set according to last year's national average price, which is almost equivalent to about 60% of last year's price, but this is not low......
"It's not, it's not the bottom, it's not the bottom, it's the current price, as long as you open it up, the people will naturally have money in their pockets, but it's ......"
The voice was slightly suppressed, and someone tried to ask again.
"Is it really a takeover? No restrictions? Does the company have that much money? Also, how do you store and transport so much food? ”
This is their primary concern, and they fear that this is only a temporary measure, just as in the past when prices were stabilized, the aim is only to maintain prices within a reasonable range, not to raise prices to protective prices.
"There is no company, but don't forget ......"
Taking a sip of tea and looking at everyone, Liu Yulin smiled slightly.
"But the bank has! How to save, how to luck, this kind of thing, you don't need to worry about it...... Since we can bring grain into Hunan, we can get it out and sell it! ”
"Cost!"
Ding Renjie, a Ph.D. in economics from Northeastern University, was also one of the first PhDs in China, and because of this, they were not only regarded as "treasures" by various universities, but also valued by government agencies.
"In the past, grain companies can use imported rice and wheat to stabilize grain prices, because the import price is low, such as Nanyang rice, the price of rice is only equivalent to sixty percent of domestic rice, even if it pays a certain freight and loss, it still has a certain profit margin, but now large-scale acquisitions, such as storage, transportation and other problems, will increase operating costs, after all, the provincial company does not actually have many warehouses, unless large ports, stations do not have the ability to store for a long time, therefore, The government must be prepared to lose 30%! ”
What is 30%?
It could be one or two hundred million yuan, or even more, what does this amount to? It is equivalent to the cost of seven "Sengoku-class battleships", or rather, the successor ship of four "Sengoku-class battleships" with 33,000 tons of "Han"-class battleships. This loss is indeed not something that China can afford!
In other words, the government is willing to take responsibility.
It is precisely because of this that Ding Renjie, as an adviser to the government, will try to persuade His Majesty to change his original intention, after all, the price is too high in comparison, and of course, more importantly, now that the market has recovered, it is time for the government to withdraw from the intervention in the market. Of course, it is more important to reduce losses as much as possible.
"Loss-making ......"
After pondering for a moment, Tang Haoran said.
"A certain loss is acceptable, after all, now we are engaged in a war!"
War!
Now Tang Haoran prefers to see this matter as war.
"A war that is related to the stability of the countryside in the next ten or twenty years, in any case, we must defeat the speculative heart of those grain merchants, and only in this way will they buy according to the protective price set by the government in the future, instead of competing to lower the price and take pleasure in squeezing the peasants!"
"However, Your Majesty, it must be taken into account that they have already purchased a huge amount of grain at a low price, and they do not have any losses compared to the government!"
In Ding's view, in any case, the government failed to teach the profiteers a lesson.
"Even, if the purchase is liberalized, what if those profiteers want to sell the grain they bought at a low price to the grain company?"
"Dr. Ding, don't forget, it's not those profiteers who control the market, it's us!"
With a cold smile, Tang Haoran's gaze glanced into the distance.
"The government's intervention will be all-encompassing, not only to the sellers, but also to the buyers, in addition to the normal grain storage needs, the government will require public officials, employees of public enterprises to buy grain at affordable prices from grain companies according to the size of their families, as well as the corresponding food for factory canteens, and will also ask them to assist the government in purchasing grain from grain companies, and I will not ask ordinary people where they buy grain, but I will encourage them and encourage them to work together with the government......
His lips pursed slightly, and Tang Haoran's expression looked extremely serious.
"As long as these markets are mastered, then the domestic grain market will now tend to be saturated, which will inevitably affect the supply of this year's grain market, and the central government will issue a guide price in the future, and any behavior below the guide price will be regarded as dumping ......."
This is also aimed at suppressing grain merchants, of course, only by using market behavior to suppress, rather than blindly using administrative means, which of course will inevitably be used.
"Considering the capacity of the market, in the next three to four months, there will be no large-scale demand for grain in the market, which means that there will be a backlog of grain in the hands of domestic grain merchants, and as for their desire to sell grain to provincial companies, it is simply impossible, because the company is buying according to last year's farmer's tax compliance certificate, and we only need to hold on for four months......"
What is the bottom of the kettle!
Tang Haoran didn't know, but he knew that how to give the grain merchants the maximum blow, of course, through market behavior, not "copying" their homes.
"As for those grain merchants, they can't support them for three to four months......
Most of the capital used by grain merchants to purchase grain is through private financing or bank loans, and if the grain is backlogged in the warehouse, then every day of backlog, they will pay a huge amount of interest, which is the most fatal blow to grain merchants!
"Your Majesty, what about after four months?"
"Banks will force debts, and creditors will force debts! If they don't pay yet, the courts will auction off their assets, and in short, the market will eventually solve all the problems, and the government will lose ......."
After a moment of silence, Tang Haoran said in a calm tone.
"Sometimes, the government has to bear a part of the loss, after all, the government needs to bear some responsibility, the responsibility to the people, we can not only consider the problem from the perspective of profit, after all, the government is not a businessman, to a certain extent, this time the loss is for the long-term interests of the future, in short, this time must completely dispel their speculative heart, only in this way, those grain merchants who have been beaten will obediently buy food according to the government's guide price every year, instead of arbitrarily oppressing the people, If the government does not say anything, how will the people trust us in the future? How can they trust the government to protect their interests? ”
Walking forward silently, Tang Haoran did not look back at the thoughtful Ding Renjie, but just walked forward silently along the pebble path in the garden, at this time there was only one peasant problem in his heart, as the emperor of this empire, there were too many problems for him to consider.
Now facing the unknown future, he can only carefully steer forward with this huge ship in charge...... (To be continued.) )