8:11 a.m

The sun's rays were a little dazzling, and at this time, in the hall of the giant Dome No. 0 in the middle, outside the headquarters of the 9 Divisions that were connected to the Dome House in the south, near the 9th District, there were many merchants, and there were many family members, a large number of people found the convex crystals on the floor, called up chairs and sat down, and thousands of people were already sitting in the venue.

At the entrance, the merchants were inspected by the 9 section clerks, showed their identity certificates, and the certificates of the raw material suppliers, and entered the venue after passing the inspection mechanical door.

Since last year, January 1 of each year, is the pricing day of the city's raw material prices, this morning, the city's large and small raw material merchants have come, all walks of life, raw materials are related to all walks of life price fluctuations of the basic items, in terms of pricing is very strict.

The 9th Commerce Division will regulate the price of raw materials according to the scale of the market economy for the whole of last year, and according to the provisions of the Commodity Law, raw material merchants can only increase the price in the range of 101% to 200% on the basis of the fixed price.

But the annual price increase range, all walks of life raw materials are different, taking eggs as an example, last year the price of eggs wholesaled from the agricultural base, a 2 gross 6, but the price increase range fluctuates between 101% and 117%, according to the supply of the upper middle and lower three layers of the area to supply, up to 3.042 cents, once exceeded, it will suffer punitive fines.

Last year, the wholesale price of milk was 100 ml of 1 gross 6, and the price increase fluctuated between 101% and 121%.

Every year, every raw material that is not free to circulate to the local market within the scope of control has its own pricing and wholesale price floating range, which is the same in the hands of the supplier, and then will go to the manufacturer, and the manufacturer will set a market price according to the comprehensive data of the materials required to manufacture the goods, which needs to be approved by 9 departments before it can be listed, and finally to the market will change according to the local price index every month, in principle, it cannot exceed 150%.

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

All these extremely complex and in-depth regulation and control took a long time for people in 12 departments to come up with, and it really effectively stabilized the market, even in the more than a year of the Great Depression caused by urban construction, in the end, because of such strict regulation, the economy was stabilized at a certain level.

It is fortunate that there is no widespread inflation, and after the recovery of industry in the cities, there is no problem of supply chaos due to the huge demand for goods.

Most of the businessmen who come to the 9th branch want to get the price of the control pricing as soon as possible, and then they will start to plan the supply for the new year, where to supply the most profitable, how to supply to make more money, and who to do business with to make more money.

Businesses need to get first-hand information, and many businessmen have been discussing various countermeasures since last year, and how to avoid all of this.

The market pricing power has been held in the hands of the gods since the beginning of the city's establishment, and many people feel that this is only temporary, because once the city develops, the gods are trying to control the expanding economy.

Everything was as the original merchants wished, although the merchants were not given the right to set prices, but some pricing ranges would be multiplied many times in certain seasons, and in those years, Congress's liberalization of the market economy allowed the city's economy to develop considerably, and the real city was built, not the dilapidated wooden town cluster of thirty or forty years ago.

The establishment of the city's 120 districts, culminating in the formation of today's megacity, was completed by the continuous economic growth, and the merchants were the connecting points among them, and contributed to it.

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

No one wants to die, and many people seem to be a little nervous, especially those who have been hoarding goods before the city's factories started last year, including earlier, and are planning to make a lot of money, many of whom are already on the verge of a heart attack.

If the current market price was lower than their previous market price, many people would lose money, and the unease began to permeate the entire venue.

At this time, the venue began to gradually quiet, and light and shadow screens appeared around them, and Brandon, the section chief of Section 9, He Lei, the secretary, and more than a dozen directors also arrived, and they walked to the stage one after another.

Pricing power is what determines the fate of most of the merchants, and at this time, the merchants all looked at the big screen near the venue, and the pricing of some goods had already appeared.

Instantly a businessman jumped up excitedly, raised his fists and stood on the chair as if no one was next to him and cheered, there are more and more such people, this is like gambling, in business, there are also many businessmen who dare to take risks, but unfortunately, often only a few bet right.

Some people have already cried bitterly, and some people are blankly looking at the pricing and floating range of the goods in their hands in front of them, and they smirk for a while, and their smiles gradually become stiff.

Some people are happy and some people are sad, this feeling was not obvious last year, but this year it is especially strong, what has been built up with hard work, and it will be started all over again overnight, such a pricing model is a competition for the final few winners for most small businessmen every year.

Disgruntled doubts grew, and Brandon spoke.

"If you are not satisfied, please check the pricing and price fluctuation range of a product at any time, and there will be detailed markings."

At this time, many people took out their mobile phones, and everyone in the venue obtained the authority of the Congress, and soon logged in to the Congressional system and checked it directly.

A businessman looked at the pricing of Lipid 67 with a solemn face, which had a detailed record of the economic market for the whole year of last year, as well as an icon of the rate of economic change, which was useful in many fields.

Last year, the price of this coagulated 67 substance was 3.8 yuan per kilogram, and the floating price range was between 101% and 120%, but this year it was different, the price was 3 yuan per kilogram, a direct drop of 8 cents, and the price floating range was between 101% and 130%, although the highest point of the price floating range rose by 10%, but even if it was sold to the area with the greatest demand, 1 kilogram could only earn 9 cents.

At first glance, it is more profitable than last year, last year a kilogram only earned a maximum of 7 mao 6, but this is only the pricing of the results of raw material production, a kilogram contains taxes, labor costs, production costs and primary material costs, about 2 yuan, according to last year's pricing actually earned 2 yuan 5 mao 6 per kilogram.

But this year's pricing and price allowed to float in the range, excluding the cost of 2 yuan, plus 130% of the highest point of the allowed floating price range, actually only earned a maximum of 1 yuan 9.

Last year, the businessman had upgraded his raw material processing plant, added equipment, and increased the number of workers, in a vain attempt to maintain the company's steady development by relying on volume, even if the price fell no matter how much it fell, it should not be so outrageous.

Now this businessman is desperate, because the following has given the area where the supply and demand of polyester No. 67 last year is relatively large, and the number of companies engaged in the sale of this raw material is very large, which is also the main reason for the decline of this raw material.

This year's demand may be 107% higher than last year, and the demand for polyester 67 as a whole has only increased by 7%, which is bad news for this businessman, who hoarded a large number of polyester 67 last year, thinking that the market may be better this year, but the result can only smile bitterly, and it is already very profitable to be able not to lose money.

At the bottom, the analysis given by Section 2 is that labor costs may rise a little more this year, as well as the issue of taxation, if the economy is larger, the tax rate will fluctuate.

More and more things appeared in the businessman's mind, and his mind was now a mess, and his consciousness began to blur.

At this time, with a burst of female exclamations, a merchant clutched his heart and fell to the ground, and in an instant, He Lei rushed over with someone, lifting the businessman who was agitated and caused a heart attack to the side, and soon the medical equipment was brought in.

A simple heart operation, on the side of the venue, was quickly completed, and the merchant's life was saved.

"Please don't get excited! These pricing are in line with the supply and demand of the entire market structure of the bright city, there are detailed and complete data, these data can be found at any time as long as the businessmen registered in the bright city, doing business is to make money and lose, has been making money for a long time, it is impossible, at least in the bright city is impossible! ”

Brand said that many businessmen's hearts were already half cold, and some businessmen directly traded on the spot, wanting to dispose of some of the raw materials in their backlogs, because one day later, they would need to pay an extra day for the management of raw materials.

If the businessmen who are dissatisfied with the pricing power and the price fluctuation range, they can file a complaint, and within 3 months of the announcement of the price, they can find other data survey companies to be more accurate than the data given by the department, and find points that can refute the department, including the ability to predict the direction of the market more accurately than the department, and the pricing of the goods can be changed.

But this is almost impossible, and a large number of businessmen have tried it last year, and they cannot refute the analytical data given by the department, even some professional economic analysis experts, because there is no point to refute.

It's just that there is a person who has successfully grasped the place that the department has not thought about, and successfully changed the pricing of some commodities, as well as the price fluctuation range, this person is Hu Youran, but this point is debatable, because it is caused by the chain effect caused by the crime problem.

This year, there is also a discussion within the Operations Section that if the raw material market is unstable due to crime, certain pricing changes can be made, but this issue can only be discussed at the end of the year.

Brandon breathed a sigh of relief, throughout last year, almost all the people in the 9 departments worked tirelessly, analyzing as much as possible the industrial structure of all the industries in the city, the supply and demand of goods, combined with the field investigation and analysis of the 2 departments, and finally gave the pricing of all raw materials, and then the pricing of those industries above the raw materials was much easier.

Section 2 will use an economic template that has been studied and calculated in AI13 economic engineering for a long time to conduct preliminary economic analysis, and as long as the materials obtained from these big data analysis are available, Section 9 can quickly plan the subsequent pricing and price fluctuation range according to the crystallization obtained by the 9 subjects in the whole year last year.

At this time, a number of small doors were opened around the venue, and inside there were rooms on the five floors outside the dome, where merchants could directly complete many transactions, and the fair would be supervised by Section 9 to ensure that it effectively complied with the regulations.

"Okay, you can move to the private meeting room, if you need to have a long conversation today, please make an appointment in advance, and there will be free water and food delivered to the room where you are talking."

A large number of 9 section members have already taken their places, waiting at the door of each independent room, waiting for the merchants to enter, and if they have any questions about business transactions, they can consult with the 9 section members next to them until the merchants leave.

In the past, merchants were relatively free to trade goods, but there was a problem, the double problem of black market trading and black gold laundering, and the trading law was promulgated in the middle of last year, which was to put an end to the harm caused by the double problem to the urban economy.

Brandon came up with this solution, and after consulting with Section 8 and the Bar Association, such a law was finally promulgated.

Transactions must be carried out in an open and transparent manner, even if it is a private transaction, it is necessary to keep the money and goods on the transaction, because the 9th Division will conduct irregular reviews, once it is found that the transaction amount and the goods do not match, the 7th Division will directly enter the financial review, once there is a problem, the 5th Division will directly come to arrest and conduct an economic crime investigation.

At this time, many businessmen came over and took out the invitations that had been prepared long ago, hoping that Brandon and Heray, as well as the other councillors, would be able to enjoy their faces and attend tonight's dinner.

Brandon could only cope, and for the whole of last year, everyone received a lot of gifts and cash from the merchants, many of which were forcedly sent over, or they were forcibly stuffed with red envelopes at dinners.

This is very uncomfortable for Brandon and the others, most of them can only wait for a while to go back, and some parts are really irreversible.

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

Brandon looked at the people around him, and Horley smiled helplessly.

"I can only run around, after all, I have to have a good relationship with the operators of the merchant family, in order to be able to solve many economic problems peacefully, everyone work hard tonight, we will have a meeting later, and then discuss it well, who wants to go to those places, at least each person has to run more than 20 banquet halls."

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

There is no way to do this now, after all, after Alpha's toughness, some of the problems that have been squeezed out need to be cleaned up, and too rigid practices will only arouse the businessmen's stronger desire to resist, so what the 9 Branch needs to do now is to become a bridge between the businessmen and the Acting Section.

9:19 a.m

Locke. Phoebus was standing on a lawn in Phoebes Manor, a large number of reporters were making various inquiries, and Locke was just talking and laughing and dealing with them one by one.

Nowadays, the automobile industry has reached its peak, and the industry has reached its peak after just over 30 years, and 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.

It's just that some high-end cars that use light and shadow materials are still selling well, especially in the design process, the Phoebus family has achieved the extreme.

Many of the questions asked by the reporters were innocuous and most of them were more concerned about a traffic accident this morning, the first time that the Phoebus's supposedly safe and fast Hurricane series car had been involved in such a serious traffic accident.

"Ladies and gentlemen, because the matter has not yet been decided, we still need to wait for the engineers to specifically inspect the accident car, and when the inspection results come out, our family will announce the results as soon as possible, okay guys, it's not too early, I still need to go to the family company for a meeting."

Locke said, glanced at the time, just after 10 o'clock, he did not answer some follow-up questions from reporters, at this time Locke was also more annoyed, because the Phoebus family was also involved in the slave trade case last year, and the whole family was implicated, plus the price increase of some raw materials, resulting in the current Phoebis family having to lay off employees.

Nearly 3,000 employees have been cut, more than 2,000 of whom are car salesmen, and reporters are completely obsessed with it.

However, Locke still firmly believes that the automobile industry has not entered the twilight, but only a phased decline, and Locke intends to adjust the industrial structure of the entire family and develop more powerful aerodynamic cars.

The subway is also the benefit of the subway, but the car also has the benefit of the car, as long as the traffic flow in the city is reduced to a certain extent, the road will inevitably become empty, so that the traffic of the car will be smoother.

The Phoebus family has always been making private cars, and in the years of urban development, such cars were in great demand, and engineering and passenger cars were produced by large and small companies.

Because of the intervention of the antitrust law, Locke originally wanted to follow the practices of other businessmen, but was stopped by his father, and now the Phoebis family is indeed in some difficulties, Locke, as the current family, although he wants to have a good talk with his father, but his father still does not say a word.

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

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

"Zhang Yang, what should I do, my father doesn't seem to have any plans to continue to expand his business, if it continues like this, the situation of our family is not good."

Zhang Yang smiled and shook his head.

"Locke, I think it's good now, why don't we put the money into this manor for the time being? The largest resort in town? ”

"I'm just talking to you casually, are you serious?"

Zhang Yang was a little surprised, looking at Locke with a smile on his face, and Locke nodded at this time.

"I'll leave it to you, by the way, how have you been doing at school lately?"

Zhang Yang snorted.

"It's very strict, all-field college, maybe I 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 in the All-Field Academy, but Zhang Yang did not answer.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the room, Zhang Cheng walked in, looking at his old father, Zhang Yang felt a little sour in his heart, he wanted to graduate from the academy as soon as possible, and then return to Phoebus's house to take over his father's housekeeper's work, so that his father could retire and retire.

"Young Master, Mr. Field is here."

Locke's face became solemn, and before he could speak, he heard shouting outside.

"Locke, I'm coming to play with you."

After a while, Field walked in, sat down on his own, and patted the couch.

"Play? Field, why are you only here now? ”

Field sighed helplessly.

"Okay Locke, I promised you the supply of raw materials before, but now it's no problem, Lin Xiao, the president of the Industrial Association, that kid, is really a fucking bastard."

Field smiled, and didn't know what to say, after all, the current industrial association as a whole is quite strictly controlled, and their family merchants are not having a good time, and they can only continue to hold that kid.

"By the way, Field, about your sister Wilsie, I think you still have time to see her."

Field scratched his head.

"What's wrong again, she's been married for so many years."

Locke wanted to continue to say something, but finally held back, now Wilsie basically stays at home, and participates in the banquet from time to time, which is also secretive, with a somewhat strange expression, Locke has also heard his wife talk about it, Wilsie seems to have a little problem mentally, and there are some women in the family who have been in contact with Wilsie in recent years.

"Locke, I'm here today to talk to you about something else."

Locke's face became grim, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Yang, father and son, left the room, and Locke sat down.

"What the hell is going on?"

"The Hillman family has recently bought a lot of dangerous controlled substances from us, and they don't know what to do, and for some reason, you know, we can only make this transaction privately."

Locke immediately understood.

"What do you think?"

Locke snorted.

"I suggest you be careful and don't get involved, after all, the current 5 subjects are very strict."

Field laughed.

"We're old friends, Locke, if you know something, let me know, after all, your family has sold a lot of take-off and landing planes to the Hillman family."

Locke shook his head.

"What exactly do they do when they buy these take-off and landing planes, I never ask, it's also a matter of the department to ask, and now most of their family members are equipped with small take-off and landing planes, even if you ask me, it's useless."

Field looked at Locke, who didn't seem to know, so he had to stop asking.

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

Field got up, and he still couldn't let go of the raw materials of some controlled substances purchased by the Hillman family and his own family privately, this kind of thing cannot be put on the table, after all, these controlled raw materials, the Hillman family bought them at 3 times the price.

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

Field had gone out, as if he hadn't heard it.

10:35 a.m

Ke Ying looked at the thick stack of hand-copied documents next to her, and was reviewing it with her secretary Zhuo Yue, and a large number of directors were also working.

Next to it is a huge hand-copied document storage room, and the hand-copied materials need to be compared with the virtual storage materials before they can be stored.

This is the last little bit, most of the staff and officers are on vacation, the work of the 6th section seems to be a little easy in the eyes of ordinary people, but the people above are not easy at all, because these materials need to be accurately stored.

The statistical work can be completed in only four or five days a month, but it is indeed a big problem to store the database, and the six departments are already understaffed.

Now there are only more than 2,000 people, and it is necessary to count all aspects of the city, which is an extremely headache for Ke Ying, especially those crimes, the increasing number of crimes in recent years, makes Ke Ying feel a little helpless.

There are still documents coming over from the General Affairs Section, and it only takes a few hours, and the 6 Sections can have hundreds of more documents that need to be copied by hand and recorded virtually, which is the last review level of the city's documents, and there must be no problems.

"Why don't you rest for a few hours first?"

A female councillor suggested with a grin.

"You want to be beautiful!"

Ke Ying gritted her teeth, feeling that she had to finish it anyway, she still had an important date tonight.

Everyone wants to finish work quickly and have a good New Year in a few days.

At this time, a stack of materials was sent to Ke Ying by a council member, and she and her secretary Zhuo Yue continued to review it.

"What's going on?"

Immediately Ke Ying called the councillor back, this is some information from the Hillman family, the person in charge of copying it is an ordinary clerk, Ke Ying felt at a glance that the numbers on it were wrong, she was born with a keen sense of numbers, at this time everyone gathered around, these numbers did not seem to have any problems on the surface, but Ke Ying immediately pointed out the problems.

"Call that Vic. The Hillman guy called me. ”

Ke Ying said, glancing at the name of this clerk, it was a guy who was removed from the Hillman family a few years ago, passed the exam of the Department of Operations last year, entered the 6th section, and had just worked for three months.

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