Chapter 1042: Wind Direction
Since the establishment of the automobile manufacturing and R&D center, it has been 11 months a year.
Initially, this inexplicable organization was just a big pie drawn by a liar in the eyes of other branch of the Ruan Chamber of Commerce. After countless years of business, who has ever heard of that thing called a 'car'. Therefore, no one is optimistic about the investment of the two brothers, Nguyen Van Viet and Nguyen Van Zhao.
Besides, the branch that is in charge of the Chamber of Commerce's minerals has been in a desperate struggle more than once from the past to the present. But none of them succeeded, and there were only failed investments that invested more resources but did not realize a return on the money.
However, less than two years later, things are completely different.
In the past, the most troubling problem was how to transport the output of the mine. The successive heads of this branch tried to improve mining methods, build roads, etc., and even spent large sums of money from the dwarves to buy rudimentary metallurgical methods to turn raw ore into ingots and transport them. However, a lot of effort was spent, and the effect of improvement was quite limited.
However, a transport vehicle called a 'truck' can transport a considerable amount of metal ingots without a large amount of manpower and animal power. And send it to the holy city of Estali in an endless stream to build more vehicles.
In the beginning, such a change was not seen by other family members. Because it was a matter of Ruan Wenyue's branch, whether it was good or bad had nothing to do with them.
Moreover, every year when the harvest season came, the two brothers always begged for help, hoping that the other families would let him exchange ore for grain to feed the large number of men who mined for him. This is another reason for Ruan Van Viet's branch to be separated and unable to raise his head in front of other divisions.
Transactions within the Chamber of Commerce will never be more profitable than selling to outsiders. For other divisions, in exchange for items that need to be processed before they can be used. That's even more annoying than chicken ribs.
But when Nguyen Van Viet sent trucks to bring back a large amount of grain from the same bottom of the chamber of commerce, everything changed.
The area under the administration of the branch at the end of the same column was quite fertile, and the grain output was quite gratifying, and it belonged to a newly developed land. The downside is that it's quite far from populated areas, which means they have to travel longer distances to find buyers.
Moreover, the newly developed land also means that there is a lot of undeveloped natural environment around it. If it were on Earth, there would definitely be environmentalists who would have jumped out to call for protection. But in the maze, this means that there are many devouring dangers from nature. Therefore, if this branch wants to deliver food security to other places, it can only send more guards.
More manpower means more consumption in the transportation process. After all, humans or animals also need to eat, and it is impossible to keep them on an empty stomach, and they have to carry things and deal with the dangers encountered during transportation. Often, when food is delivered to its destination, there is no one in ten.
However, there is a ceiling on the price of food, and buyers cannot allow sellers to offer unacceptable prices for various reasons. Unless this is a monopoly market, or a famine or food disaster, it is possible to let the seller shout the price all over the sky, and the buyer can only swallow bitterly. In fact, the Nguyen Thi Chamber of Commerce is quite large, and none of the customers who come into contact with them can only buy enough food from afar.
This means that not only this branch may lose money every time it sells grain to a distant place; Even buyers don't necessarily buy it. If the grain is not handled properly, or if there is a defect in the delivery process, it will be broken. The buyer will also doubt how much food can be eaten from too far away.
Later, the branch would rather let the grain rot in the fields as compost than spend manpower to harvest it all. Because within the range of grain they can accept, the purchasing power of buyers is far less than their output. At this time, Ruan Wenyue traded with real money and silver, and also stated that the transportation was up to them to figure out their own way, how could the same relatives not agree.
When trucks joined the pack of food, things were completely different from what everyone had imagined. Exactly how much was shipped, when it arrived, and using the forum to communicate, this information was easily known to others within the Chamber of Commerce.
Of course, trucking is not completely cost-free, but the consumption is completely different than that of traditional human-eating horses. Because the delivery requires fewer manpower, the time required is much shorter.
Within the Nguyen Chamber of Commerce, it has its own set of methods for settling accounts. The geometry of profits and costs are also clear to those who understand. Compared with traditional transportation methods, trucks represent a wider market hinterland and lower transportation costs.
What businessman does not pursue to reduce costs and increase profits. This year of fandom, don't say anything about secrecy. Especially if everyone is a family, even if they don't deliberately listen, there will be people who proudly show off their exploits everywhere. So it didn't take much effort, and everyone knew where the key was.
Car. Or to put it more clearly – trucks.
The Nguyen Van Viet brothers also said that the Automobile Center is developing vehicles for agricultural use. Then he said a bunch of unexplained conditions, and drew a pie that no one had ever seen. Although most people still don't understand, everyone who is separated knows one thing, and this time it really turned the two brothers over!
Since there are profits to be made, as a member of the Ruan Chamber of Commerce and members of the family, of course everyone will think about how to get a piece of the pie.
Some people choose to be close, and cooperative. But there are also those who choose a different path, and that is to seize it all. Whoever called the division to which the two brothers belonged has always been the object of contempt.
Even if they have a chance to turn around today, the project they run is not the most important food for the family. In the cognition of the older generation, who are more rigid in their thinking, no matter how much Ruan Wenyue's status is improved, it will not be much higher.
So the focus should be on the exchange of information between the different parts of the country – a function that has now been replaced by forums, but there are still people who like to fart face-to-face – and the exchange of agricultural products. In fact, there are several undercurrents connected to each other under the countertop.
As the center of the storm, the Nguyen Van Viet brothers will of course hear some rumors. Some of them came from the separation families who wanted to make friends with them, some of them came from the dark stakes they had laid, and even some of them came from those who had intentions and took the initiative to release the news themselves.
In the past, such signs would have been seen as a crisis. All kinds of benefits should be promised out immediately, hoping to exchange for the support of other families to tide you over. Or directly to the few who are ready to put pressure on them, hoping that they can exchange for a way out.
Today, however, the brothers are not too worried. They reciprocate the same kindness to all who show goodwill, but nothing more. He didn't deliberately contact any party, nor did he bow to those greedy relatives. The two brothers, Nguyen Van Viet and Nguyen Van Zhao, just chatted with every relative who came to the door and expressed interest in the truck to answer their doubts.