Under such ulterior propaganda, gas masks suddenly changed from military supplies to civilian necessities, and a large number of orders flew to various manufacturers with the ability to manufacture gas masks, and many enterprises that did not produce gas masks also began to switch to the production of gas masks, after all, this thing is not high-tech, especially the production of this use, nothing more than a banana hood with glasses and a breath filled with activated carbon filters. As long as raw materials are available, most factories can produce this.

Gasol now works as a worker in a factory that produces gas masks, a factory owned by the Morgan consortium. Like MacDonald, the Morgan consortium has a number of industries in South America, including mines, including various plantations. Gasol's factory, which used to make things like raincoats and galoshes, has also switched to gas masks.

A small black cylinder was carried down the assembly line to Gasol, who picked it up, scooped the carbon from the cylinder in a vat filled with black carbon particles placed on the side of the workbench, and then put it back on the assembly line. The cylinder containing the carbon particles moved along the assembly line to the next process. It won't be long before a gas mask can be made into the factory.

Nowadays, the business of gas masks is quite good. In the past few years, thanks to the war in Europe, the US economy has been very prosperous, and the unemployment rate in the country has been reduced to an almost negligible level. Under these circumstances, the life of the American workers has also improved, and Gasol, for example, now has some savings in the bank in addition to supporting his family, which is almost unthinkable in the past. And the quality of the food on Gasol's table has also improved greatly, although it is not enough to have a chicken every day, but at least MacDonald's Spam luncheon meat and Spam ham sausage are already something that can be eaten every day. Although the intensity of work has increased due to too many orders, Gasol is still happy to have a job to do and a more salary to be paid.

In addition, thanks to the union, Gasol's factory has recently begun to offer a benefit, that is, high-performing workers can buy gas masks produced by the factory at a symbolic price. To be honest, the unions that emphasize cooperation with the factory and the boss to make everyone win-win are much stronger than the previous unions that only led everyone to make trouble, and those guys would only shout strikes or something, but as a result, they were beaten by the factory guards every time, and then the people involved with them were kicked out of the factory without hesitation......

Nowadays, due to the impact of the terrible plague, in order to ensure that there is no widespread infection at work, the factory has made such a rule: all workers must have their body temperature taken when they go to work, and no worker with signs of fever is allowed to enter the factory. It is said that in order to ensure safety, it was once proposed that workers wear gas masks to work. In the end, however, the proposal was rejected on the grounds that gas masks would cause serious interference and reduce work efficiency. At a time when gas masks are urgently needed across the United States, reducing production efficiency is absolutely intolerable.

Because the supply exceeds the demand, the price of gas masks is a little too high these days. At least for now, the average worker's family can't afford it, but it is said that as production increases, the price will gradually fall, but the sanitary conditions in the places where the workers live are already poor, and many people are afraid that they will not wait for the price to drop to the point where the workers can buy it, and they will get sick first.

"I should be doing well this month, I don't know if I can get back to a gas mask. Also, after a while, I'm going to have to go there and buy a few bottles of rum, and the radio says that hard alcohol kills viruses......" Gasol thought as he continued to work.

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In a small conference room at the headquarters of the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company, an important meeting is underway. It was a very eccentric meeting, which was attended by representatives of the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company and representatives of the North American Defense Equipment Corporation (a business affiliated with the Morgan consortium). As the two largest gas mask manufacturers in the United States, they both felt the need to have some friendly negotiations on some issues.

Rubber is not produced in the United States, and most of the rubber used to make various rubber products comes from Central and South America, as well as the Philippines in Asia. In the United States, because of the restrictions of antitrust laws, in order to control an industry, both Macdonald and Morgan still need to come up with a lot of vests, but in Central and South America, there is no need for such trouble. Over the years, relying on the powerful power of the gold dollar, relying on political donations, bribery, false accusations, murder and other white, gray and black means, MacDonald and Morgan controlled more than 80% of the rubber output in South America. In such a situation, they can completely rely on the control of the upstream of raw materials to control the production of gas masks in the United States. Under such circumstances, it is imperative that both parties negotiate fully with a view to reaching a reasonable price alliance to ensure that both parties can obtain sufficient benefits.

"First of all, on the basis of the last consultation, our upper echelons reached an intention to negotiate. At this meeting, our task is to concretize this intention into an agreement as soon as possible. Yuri, sales manager of MacDonald's Infantry Weapons Company, said in a very muffled voice.

"That's what we're here for." Over there, Davis, a representative of the North American Defense Equipment Corporation, replied in the same muffled voice. And the reason why the voices of the two people are so unclear is not for nothing, the biggest reason is that they are now wearing gas masks on their faces.

"It is based on the average amount of savings of the working class today, and the amount they are able to use. We think that if the price of gas masks is more than $60, they may be able to take another risk and not buy expensive gas masks. Therefore, we believe that in order to maximize the market, we should reduce the price to this range as soon as possible, so that although our profit margin will decrease, our total profit will be maximized. At the same time, in order to guarantee that there will be no problems with cooperation between the two of us, I suggest that the difference in the price of our workers' version of gas masks should not exceed one and a half dollars. In addition, we should join forces to raise the price of rubber so that the cost price of other companies producing gas masks for workers is not lower than your selling price. Mr. Davis, what are your thoughts on that? Yuri continued to speak in a muffled voice, and he had to speak slowly in order to make it easier for the other party to understand.

"We want your worker's version of your gas mask to cost no less than $62, and we want to be able to limit the difference between the price of our gas mask and yours to be limited to $2.5. Otherwise, we have no objections. Davis also put his own terms.

Compared to McDonald Infantry Weapons, North American Defense Equipment is much less well-known, and the corresponding brand premium is much lower. If the price of the same class of products from two companies is exactly the same, then the market competitiveness of the North American Defense Equipment Company will be significantly lower than that of the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. So, in order to secure the corresponding market share and the resulting profits, the North American defense equipment company had to make the price of his gas masks a little lower.

If McDonald Infantry Weapons is not willing to compromise on this, then the competition between the two companies will obviously lead to a price war. And in this price war, although MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company will have the advantage, this practice will inevitably cause a serious decline in the profits he has obtained, and at that time, I am afraid that even if it succeeds in squeezing other enterprises out of the market, the profits he can get will probably be less than one-tenth of the profits he can get if he reaches a price alliance as he is now. Of course, if this is a long-term business, it can be done for decades, then it is not impossible to rely on price wars, first completely defeat competitors, and then rely on monopolizing the market to gradually obtain excess profits. But everyone knows that the business of civilian gas masks was entirely brought about by this plague, and once the plague is over, this business will cease to exist. Therefore, at this time, it is more beneficial for both parties to reach a compromise between the two giants.

"This is not good, we think that ...... "allowing the other side to have more room for price reduction is also allowing the other side to have more share, which is obviously detrimental to the interests of McDonald Infantry Weapons, and there is also competition between the two sides in the price alliance."

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"Dad, we sell medicines for colds and gas masks to prevent colds. Aren't you worried that the sale of gas masks will lead to a decrease in the number of sick people, and thus a decrease in the profits from the sale of medicines? Will it ultimately lead to a decrease in total profits? In Duckburg, Gladstone's son, George MacDonald, asked, puzzled.

From this question, we can also see that the success of the MacDonald's tutor, the third generation of MacDonald, has clearly shown the lawyer's desire for other people's families to sue for lawsuits, and the coffin shop owner's hope for other people's families to continue to die in good quality.

"Oh, here's an experiment report, although it's not this virus, but it can also be used as a reference. You can take a look...... Looking directly at pages 3 to 5, it is a comparison of the effect of the veil mask and the effect of the gas mask. Greystone replied with a smile.

"Okay, Dad." George took the document and looked at it, then he nodded and said, "I see." ”

In fact, purely in terms of effect, cotton yarn masks have been quite effective, and gas masks are more effective, but in fact, compared with cotton yarn masks, the improvement of his filtration efficiency is quite limited, only a little more than a percentage. The popularity of cotton yarn masks is very simple, reducing the number of patients by one percent, or the sale of drugs by one percent, in exchange for a market that sells gas masks to people all over the United States, which can definitely make more money.