Chapter 678 Solving the Problem
In Chongqing, Boss Dai also heard about the food war.
The food war in Shanghai is so big that the Chinese people are most interested in this kind of thing, not to mention that newspapers are covering it overwhelmingly.
Many ordinary people heard the name of Ishihara Trading Company for the first time.
They are no strangers to grain merchants. They are a group of profiteers. Especially recently, the price of grain has been rising continuously across the country. Many people hate it when they talk about grain merchants.
Now some people are taking action against the unscrupulous grain dealers, and many people are applauding them.
I wish Ishihara Trading Company could come to them and suppress their food prices.
Those who understand a little bit are very surprised. What trading house can stand alone against all the grain merchants in Shanghai?
They don't know the Ishihara Trading Company, but they know that grain merchants in various places are all people with a good background and a lot of money.
Not to mention Shanghai.
This time Shiyuan Trading Company was not fighting against one grain merchant, but all grain merchants in Shanghai. That would be even more difficult.
It was written very clearly in the newspaper that Shiyuan Trading Company wanted to dominate the grain business, but the Shanghai Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce did not agree, so Shiyuan Trading Company released grain at a low price to force these grain merchants to go bankrupt.
"Ling Yun's plan has really benefited the people."
Secretary Qi said with a smile, and Boss Dai also had a smile on his face: "This is a good move. We defeated those grain merchants. From now on, we will have the final say in Shanghai's grain."
What Chu Lingyun did was also beneficial to him.
"Yes, we will be able to get some food at a low price then, especially rice, which is too expensive now."
Secretary Qi nodded. The price of rice has skyrocketed. It has increased tenfold. Not to mention the common people, even they feel it is expensive.
But no matter how expensive it is, they still want to eat it. They are not used to eating rough rice like the common people.
"Don't worry, when Ling Yun wins, we will have a steady stream of rice."
Boss Dai is looking forward to it. If he can get rice at a low price, it will be very profitable. The most important thing is that rice is a hard currency that everyone needs.
Unlike Ke Gong, he only saw benefits and calculated how much money Chu Lingyun could make from food after his success. He had no idea that Chu Lingyun's move was for the common people to have food.
Different concepts naturally lead to different ideas.
Shanghai, Shiyuan Trading Company.
"No one is seen."
Chu Lingyun said to the other party's secretary that these grain merchants knew they were in a hurry and came to see him. They had been there a few days ago and asked him if he still wanted the goods at a 30% discount.
He sells it at 20% off and gets it at 30% off. Are you stupid?
No, no one else will see you either.
"Yes, boss."
Fang Shiyi left quickly, and the grain merchants outside quickly became disheartened. Ishihara Trading Company no longer collected grain in the original way, and Shiyuan Heng disagreed with them.
Including President Wang.
Many grain merchants were devastated and suffered heavy losses this time. Now that the Spring Festival has passed, Shiyuan Trading Company had released so much goods before, and the common people still had some surplus grain in their hands.
The larger ones will last for a year, and the smaller ones will last for one month.
Mainly because they were frightened by the high grain prices before. Now the grain prices have indeed come down, but it is not the grain merchants who have lowered their prices, but the Ishihara Trading Company deliberately releasing grains to suppress the grain prices.
Once the Ishihara Trading Company ceases, grain prices may return to high prices at any time.
There is food in hand and no panic in mind.
What's more, Chinese people have the habit of saving food.
Grain is good, but it cannot be stored for too long.
Even if you have a better warehouse and take good care of it, if it is stored for a long time, it will become stored grain and become more likely to deteriorate.
Grain merchants can trick people into selling their stored grain, but after all, it is not that easy to sell.
Chairman Wang seemed to have lost his soul. Ishihara Hiroshi's absence from him proved that he did not want to negotiate with him and wanted to beat them to death completely.
"Go back and open a warehouse to store grain. The price will be lower than that of Shiyuan Trading Company."
President Wang gritted his teeth. He must withdraw the funds as soon as possible. With so much food in his hands, once he collapses, it will all become someone else's wedding dress.
Selling grain at low prices, Ishihara Trading Company will not remain indifferent, this is a fire pit.
But he had no other way out now, even if he knew it was a pit of fire, he still had to jump down.
As President Wang sells grain at low prices, major grain stores swarm in. President Wang sells grain at a lower price than Ishihara Trading Company without any warning, which makes many people in the Grain Merchant Chamber of Commerce dissatisfied.
At this time, the Chamber of Commerce existed in name only.
"Ishihara-kun, they have lowered their prices, do you want to arrest them?"
Takemoto has been responsible for monitoring these grain merchants to prevent them from taking drastic actions. As soon as they lower their prices, Takemoto will come over and report.
"What are you catching? I'm a businessman, so just use the businessman's method."
Chu Lingyun shook his head, Takemoto lowered his head and said nothing. Yes, Ishihara Hiroshi is a businessman, and a very shrewd businessman.
No matter how many grain merchants there are, they cannot be Ishihara Toru's opponent.
If you dare to confront Hiroshi Ishihara in business, you simply don’t know how to write the word “death”.
"Daze, find out immediately, what is their grain price?"
Chu Lingyun picked up the phone and informed Daze, and it didn't take long for the news to come through.
Some people sell grain at 1.20% or 1.90% off the market price, or 1.70%, and the lowest is 1.50%, that is President Wang.
All of them have a lower price than Ishihara Trading Company and want to ship the goods as soon as possible.
But at this time, even if it is cheap, it is not so easy to ship.
As for other places, no one can transport it out without formalities.
Even if there are procedures, Ishihara Hiroshi doesn't agree, and their goods still can't get out.
Shuicheng Jun and some members of the literary club were rubbing shoulders and staring at all the roads in and out of Shanghai.
With them here, it's useless even if you complete all the procedures. They will find reasons to detain you, and they won't let you go anyway.
"Xintian, let me know, we will release grain at a discount."
Chu Lingyun called Xintian and asked for a price reduction. I have been waiting for you for a long time and I am waiting for you to reduce the price.
I hope smart people will buy more food this time. The food crisis is not just now, but will last for a long time.
"What, they lowered the price again and changed it to 10% off?"
A day after President Wang shipped the goods, he received desperate news. Ishihara Trading Company followed suit and lowered the price even more severely, directly to 10% off.
This price is equivalent to a reduction to the previous normal price.
It drops further and is even lower than in previous years.
"Master, he is trying to force us to death."
The steward shouted angrily, and President Wang waved his hands feebly. The fire pit was a fire pit. How could he let him pass smoothly?
They can also lower their prices, but once they lower their prices, Ishihara Trading Company will inevitably lower their prices again.
Ishihara Trading Company is different from them. They want to make money, while Ishihara Trading Company wants to defeat them.
"Inform all people from the Chamber of Commerce to hold a meeting."
President Wang had a painful expression on his face. He must surrender. If he doesn't surrender, there will really be no scum left.
The price of food dropped to 10% off, and the people went even crazier. Smart people quickly bought more and saved it. If they couldn't eat it all, they could sell it when the price of food rose in the future.
There are also many people who are waiting and watching, not understanding that such a price is only temporary.
If it weren't for the price war between merchants, there would not be such grain prices.
"President Wang, Old Li jumped into the river."
The grain merchants did not come all the way, but only half of them came. They lost confidence in Chairman Wang.
One person said gloomily that Lao Li was the first grain merchant to jump into the river.
He borrowed a lot of usurious loans and could not repay them when they were due. His house, land, and all the food were taken away by the loan sharks.
After losing everything, he still owed a lot of debt.
The loan shark threatened him that if the money was not paid, his family would be used to pay off the debt. His wife was worthless, but he still had a daughter and a son.
The loan shark wanted to sell them to pay off the debt, but it still wasn't enough.
Unable to withstand such a blow, Lao Li jumped into the river and committed suicide.
He is the first, but not the last.
"Whoever has a way to see Ishihara Hiroshi, we admit defeat and let him do whatever he wants, as long as he gives us a way to survive."
President Wang said slowly that Ishihara Trading Company had lowered its prices again, and they had found out clearly that the group of smugglers who did not do anything had followed suit and lowered their prices. Now they are not taking away the goods, and the whole world is going crazy to collect grain.
They collected enough grain, which was not enough for the whole country, but it was more than enough for one Shanghai.
Now that they can't get their food out, if they continue to wait, they will be dead.
"President Wang, it's Ishihara Hiroshi who wants us to die this time. Can't you be more responsible and find a way to get rid of him? Then everyone can be saved?"
One person said bitterly, and President Wang immediately looked at him.
Get rid of Ishihara Hiroshi?
This man is dead. The grain merchants are not working together. What he said today will definitely be known by Ishihara Hiroshi.
Even if he surrenders, he will definitely die.
If he could really solve the problem by killing Ishihara Hiroshi, he would have done it long ago. If he assassinated Ishihara Hiroshi, they would definitely be the unlucky ones.
This is someone who doesn’t know much about Hiroshi Ishihara, or doesn’t know him well enough.
Not to mention them, even the people behind them dare not do this.
"Is there anyone who can see Hiroshi Ishihara? Please. The lives of everyone here are now in the hands of Hiroshi Ishihara. We must see him."
Selling grain at low prices is of no use, they have no other options.
Keep the prices low and they will die faster.
Because others will be lower than them, and they won’t even be able to sell it at this price.
Those who do their business do not owe debts. Many of them owe money to loan sharks. These loan sharks also have deep backgrounds. It is easy to force them to death.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything.
If they could see Ishihara Hiroshi, they would not come here and would have gone to beg for mercy.
"I'll think of something."
President Wang was even more lonely. He ignored these people and left in a hurry.
He wanted to find more connections to help him plead for mercy, and beg Ishihara Hiroshi to spare his life, and the conditions were whatever Ishihara Hiroshi could do.
At Shiyuan Trading Company, Chu Lingyun was holding the phone.
"They have so many magical powers, how could their relationship end up with you?"
Chu Lingyun smiled and said that Abe called him because he was interceding for the grain merchant.
General Matsumoto and several important military officers with whom he had a good relationship all called before.
"There is an old saying in China that it is better to make friends than to make enemies. They are still very sincere. Ishihara, accept them as soon as they get along. Just let them go."
Abe chuckled and said that he helped to speak because he got a benefit.
Otherwise he would definitely not be involved in such a thing.
"I'll give you face, but they can only sell their goods to us. The price should be reduced by half of our sales price. After all, we also have to make money."
Chu Lingyun relaxed. The grain dealer was almost hit by him. Now that there are so many people distributing grain, he has long canceled the previous purchase limit.
The food that the common people should save has already been saved, but Chu Lingyun can't do anything about the food that should not be saved.
"Okay, thanks."
Abe hung up the phone with satisfaction, and Ishihara Hiroshi agreed to give him an explanation.
At half the current price, these grain merchants would lose their pants.
I've said it before, why bother? I asked you to buy it at 30% off but you won't sell it. Now I can only sell it at half discount. If I hadn't come forward, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to sell it at half discount.
"Okay, I'll be there right away."
Not long after Abe hung up the phone, he answered another call.
The head of the headquarters, Hiroshi Maeda, called and wanted to see him for an interview.
"Let Ishihara Toru control food prices?"
After listening to what Hiroshi Maeda said, Abe's eyes widened. He did not expect that the head of the headquarters would actually make such a request.
"The Prime Minister requires that Shanghai must be stable. Food prices are too high, which is not good for us."
This request is indeed an order from China.
The battle between Ishihara Trading Company and Shanghai Grain Merchant even alarmed the top domestic officials.
They were worried that after Ishihara Heng monopolized the Shanghai grain market, he would raise grain prices very high.
If the people don't have enough to eat, there will definitely be trouble.
"Headquarters chief, you should go and talk to Ishihara Hiroshi about this. I just begged for mercy for those grain merchants and I can't open my mouth."
Abe shook his head and said, he would not do such an offending thing.
The most critical reason is that there is no benefit for him to do so. Abe has never done anything that is not beneficial.
"Okay, you can help me make an appointment with him."
Maeda agreed. He understood Abe's temperament. Abe was the Prime Minister's cousin. Maeda would not force him to do anything he didn't want to do.
"no problem."
Abe stood up and left. Trouble has arisen for Koishihara. Let’s see how he responds.
The price limit in disguise is just poaching Ishihara Toru's flesh. Maeda is probably very depressed. If he takes such a job, he will definitely offend Ishihara Toru.
Ishihara Hiroshi is now full-fledged and is not inferior to him at all. Moreover, they are on the same front.
"Half discount? Master, we will go bankrupt if we do this."
At President Wang's house, the housekeeper exclaimed that President Wang, through connections, finally got Abe to persuade Ishihara Hiroshi and be willing to let them go.
"Just keep your life."
President Wang is very tired. Bankruptcy is not a problem. His family has a big business and there are thousands of acres of fertile land. However, this time he gave half of the food to Shiyuan Trading Company. He has worked for nothing for so many years.
Not only that, he will have no chance to do the grain business again in the future.
Ishihara Hiroshi finally defeated them, how could he give them a chance to make a comeback?
"yes."
The butler reluctantly responded. He understood that the master was right. If he continued to fight against Ishihara Trading Company, the next issue would not be about money, but whether he could save his life.
President Wang ignored the others and sold all the grain in his hands to Ishihara Trading Company at half price.
During the handover, his heart was bleeding.
A lifetime of hard work has become someone else's wedding dress.
He has legs, but he can't even count his arms. He has no choice but to admit defeat.
Chairman Wang's defection announced the end of the grain war. The Grain Merchant Chamber of Commerce was completely defeated. More people began to look for Ishihara Hiroshi and others, hoping to sell the grain in their hands as soon as possible.
You can still get some money if you sell it, but if you can't sell it, just wait for the loan sharks to come to your doorstep.
"Yes, I understand, thank you Ishihara-kun."
Xintian received a call from Chu Lingyun, asking him to notify the smugglers and fully liberalize the situation so that everyone could receive grain from these grain dealers.
The price is half a percent and cannot be higher than this price.
After hanging up the phone, Nitta sighed.
It’s okay to be dissatisfied with Ishihara Hiroshi. Ishihara Hiroshi doesn’t eat alone. If people eat meat, he will take them to drink soup, and it is soup with meat.
The grain business is also very profitable. This time they defeated the previous grain merchants, and it is definitely impossible for them to enter the grain business again. In the future, Shanghai's grain will be controlled by them.
This is a big cake, but Ishihara Hiroshi unexpectedly shared it with them.
Their help this time was not in vain. The small amount of money they lost in the early stage was nothing. Compared with the future profits, it was just a drop in the bucket.
Nitta called them one by one and told them to open the harvest.
However, the price of grain harvesting must be controlled, only half of the current selling price.
They get the grain at this price and sell it later when the price increases. It is definitely a bloody profit.
Those who received the notice were surprised, as if gold bricks had fallen from the sky.
They only helped Ishihara Hiroshi. Ishihara Hiroshi took them to sell goods and made them a lot of money. If Ishihara Hiroshi had something to do, they had to help.
The result was good, this was not help at all, but Hiroshi Ishihara led them to find a new way to make money.
Everyone understands how profitable food is.
Now that Ishihara Hiroshi is here, everyone is free to collect grain, but the price must be as they say. If you don't agree, you don't have to sell it. As long as your grain store dares to lower the price, we will continue to lower it.
They are definitely not afraid of price wars.
Now most of their ships are transporting grain, and they are not short of money, so what if they lose money?
Anyway, everything will be paid back in the end.
Anyone who lowers the price will follow suit. Their receiving price is half of the selling price. These grain merchants will not be able to sell much grain by lowering their prices, but will instead lower the price of the grain in their hands.
In the end, it's them who will pay.
"You surnamed Wang will not die well."
A grain merchant stood on a high building in the concession, his face full of despair.
Chairman Wang surrendered, and the Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce was instantly disbanded. He received the goods late and the prices were very high. The cheapest ones were also higher than the current retail price.
The goods received later were 60-70% of the previous market price.
If he sold it at half the previous market price, he couldn't even pay back the money he owed.
This time it was completely over, there was no way to survive.
After scolding President Wang, he closed his eyes, jumped down from the building, and died on the spot.
He is not the second, but the fourth.
There were quite a few grain merchants who committed suicide during this period, and they were all forced into desperate situations.
With tears in their eyes and gritted teeth, the major grain dealers sold their grains one after another, and more than a dozen smugglers ate the meat with open bellies.
They even took over their warehouse, changed the name, and turned it into their property.
"Maeda wants to see me?"
Chu Lingyun was surprised when she received Abe's call.
He has a good relationship with Maeda. Maeda is from Konoe, and because of his relationship with the Hosokawa family, Maeda takes good care of him.
However, he did not miss a penny of the money that should be given away.
"Yes, it's because of the food. Just pay attention."
Abe still has some conscience, he has made so much money from Chu Lingyun, so this is a free reminder.
"Thank you, senior brother, I understand."
Chu Lingyun hung up the phone. Maeda came to him because of the food problem. Is it because of the movement of those grain merchants?
No, if it was to help make peace, Maeda would make a phone call instead of meeting in person.
Besides, those grain merchants don't have that much energy, and Maeda won't go against him because of them.
Not a grain merchant, but because of grain.
Chu Lingyun probably knew what was going on.
"Shi Yi, follow me to the Liaison Department."
Chu Lingyun called Fang Shiyi. Maeda wanted to see him and had to go. It happened that he wanted to sleep, so Maeda brought a pillow.
The grain merchant retreated, and he would have the final say over Shanghai's grain supply.
It's him, not them.
The smugglers all followed his lead, and his control was much stronger than President Wang's.
Food prices will definitely rise next, which is exactly what Ke Gong is worried about.
Ke Gong understood that Chu Lingyun's real purpose was not to make money, but to serve the people.
But from the perspective of outsiders, he just wants to make money, destroy his competitors, and occupy the grain market.
If he doesn't raise his price, others will think he is a different person.
As for the problem that Mr. Ke couldn't think of a solution to, Chu Lingyun didn't take it seriously at all.
He has so much experience in later generations and has experienced the Internet explosion. There is more than one way to solve such a thing.
The ultimate goal is to benefit the people, and Chu Lingyun will not change this original intention.
If he wanted to make people starve to death just to make money, then he might as well not have traveled through time.
"Hello, Mr. Maeda."
When he came to the Liaison Department, Chu Lingyun was directly received by Maeda. He had the qualifications.
"Ishihara is here, sit down."
Maeda is very polite, he is from Konoe, but Konoe-sama suddenly resigned, and he has been keeping a low profile recently.
However, Konoe-sama will definitely come back, and it won't be long before he returns to the position of Prime Minister.
"I heard from senior brother that you have something to do with me?"
Chu Lingyun asked with a smile. His relationship with Abe was not a secret among the senior officials of the Liaison Department and there was no need to hide it.
"Yes, Prime Minister Abe personally called. He hopes that food prices in Shanghai can be stable and not too high."
Maeda went straight to the point and explained the situation. As expected, Chu Lingyun was not surprised. Maeda was looking for him because of the price of food.
Food prices were too high, which was not conducive to Japanese rule.
The name Liaison Department is rather strange, but it can be regarded as the actual manager of the city.
They bear the responsibilities of the government.
The military is dispatched to control the army, and the liaison department is responsible for people's livelihood.
"You know, I lost a lot of money this time."
Chu Lingyun smiled and replied, he is Ishihara Hiroshi now, so he cannot agree to this request directly.
"I understand, but from now on the grain business will all belong to you, and you can still make money back."
Maeda nodded. Negotiating with Ishihara Hiroshi would not be easy, but as long as he convinced Ishihara Hiroshi, he would be able to control the price of food.
Once Hiroshi Ishihara nods, others dare not disobey.
"How much do you want us to sell for?" Chu Lingyun asked.
“How about five times the current price?”
Maeda asked tentatively, and Chu Lingyun smiled. The current price is five times, which is equivalent to half of the previous market price.
This is a bit too much. You didn’t care when people sold it so expensively before. Now I want to sell it, but you restrict me from selling it at a low price. Why, I, Ishihara Hiroshi, can’t compare to those Chinese grain merchants?
"Mr. Maeda, this is impossible. I cannot agree to your request."
Maeda was not surprised when Chu Lingyun refused. He was currently doing business with Hiroshi Ishihara, demanding high prices and paying back the money on the spot.
"Then how much do you want to sell?"
Maeda asked proactively, and Chu Lingyun stretched out three fingers: "Three times as much as before."
three times?
Maeda was stunned. The people were miserable at the previous price. If it were to increase three times, many people would really want to rebel.
"No, absolutely not."
Maeda immediately refused. Ishihara Hiroshi was indeed very black-hearted. These black-hearted businessmen had no regard for the life and death of the common people.
During this period, some people actually praised Shiyuan Trading Company for selling grain at low prices. They had no idea that what they were taking now was poison.
Ishihara Hiroshi will let them spit out their money with profit.
"Mr. Maeda, I am a businessman, and businessmen pursue profits. I lost so much in the early stage to help you stabilize Shanghai. I will make a little more in the later stage, but not too much."
Chu Lingyun replied with a smile, and Maeda shook his head again.
"Absolutely not. The price is too high and too many people will starve to death. I can't explain it to the superiors. The best you can do is maintain the previous market price."
"Ishihara, there are many opportunities to make money. Your business is very profitable now. Even if you use the previous market price, it won't take long for you to make back the money you lost. This is something arranged by the Prime Minister personally. Don't make it difficult for me."
The price has tripled. Toru Ishihara is really crazy.
Sure enough, a businessman really dares to do anything when it comes to profit, so he is not afraid that hungry people will rob his granary?
"But you are making things difficult for me."
Ishihara Hiroshi shook his head and did not let go. Maeda thought for a moment and said again: "Three times is definitely not enough. You can increase it by 50% based on the original market price. This is the bottom line."
It is simply impossible not to let them make money. This is indeed his bottom line. Food prices are too high, which affects not only the common people.
The impact in all aspects is great.
High food prices will drive up animal prices. When the time comes, people will no longer be able to survive and will have to rebel.
Although there are still concessions, people in the concessions always adapt to the changing circumstances, and their prices are higher.
"Mr. Maeda, since you are unwilling to give in, let me make a suggestion. How about you listen to it?"
"Okay, you say."
Maeda made up his mind that he must not let Ishihara Tōru raise the price of grain too high. As a last resort, he would use his power to force Ishihara Tōru to compromise.
He is not afraid of the lawsuit going to China. After all, Hiroshi Ishihara is too greedy and has gone too far.
"There are many kinds of grains. Don't worry about the price of rice. Just follow us. For other fine grains, we will maintain the previous market price. As for coarse grains, I can make concessions and continue to sell them at the current price."
"What do you mean?"
Maeda was stunned. Is this classifying grains and selling them separately?
Will the price of rice increase but that of coarse grains remain unchanged?
But since there is food, people will definitely buy whole grains. Who will buy rice?
Maeda couldn't understand.
He really didn't understand that since he was born into a noble family and had never experienced hardship since he was a child, why would he not eat ground meat as a typical person?
Let him try eating whole grains. He won't be able to bear it after two meals and will definitely not continue to eat.
But for ordinary people, coarse grains are something that can keep them alive.
"The price of rice is set by ourselves, and other fine grains remain unchanged. According to what you said, I will increase it by 50% at most. I will liberalize the coarse grains and sell them at the current price, so that the people can eat and there will be no trouble. I
You can still make money.”
Chu Lingyun said calmly, Maeda didn't understand economics, and he was the head of the headquarters just for appearance.
Counting on him to lead Shanghai well is simply not possible.
"You can still make money by selling grain at low prices?"
Maeda asked confusedly, is this Ishihara Hiroshi, who actually agreed to continue selling grain at the current price?
This price is a loss.
Even if you only have whole grains, you won't make money.
"I'm not doing this for you, so that you can explain to the Prime Minister."
Chu Lingyun didn't explain. There was no need. If he didn't understand, just let him wait. He would understand later.
"This is what you said, so do it."
Maeda really didn't understand, but he knew that this result was most beneficial to him. His purpose was to stabilize grain prices in Shanghai and avoid causing trouble.
With low-priced food, nothing will happen.
"Okay, then I'll go back first."
Chu Lingyun stood up. The food war was not over yet, but it did not affect his layout.
"Ishihara, I hope you can understand that this time it was arranged by the Prime Minister himself, not me."
Maeda explained that he really did not want to be an enemy of Ishihara Hiroshi.
If he had no other choice, he would not intervene.
"I understand, don't worry."
Chu Lingyun left with a smile. Maeda still didn't understand, so he simply called Abe to the office and told him the entire negotiation process between himself and Hiroshi Ishihara.
"Abe, is Ishihara Tōru stupid? You want to continue selling food at a loss?"
Maeda took the initiative to ask, and Abe's eyes lit up at this moment. Ishihara was indeed a business wizard, and he actually came up with such a way to get the best of both worlds.
"He is not stupid at all. No one is smarter than him. This trick is really powerful. You don't have to worry about domestic accountability. With Ishihara here, there will be no chaos in Shanghai."
Abe replied with a smile, Maeda frowned, still didn't understand why Abe said Ishihara Hiroshi's move was powerful?
Selling grain at low prices without making money, how great is it?
Seeing that he had not figured it out, Abe asked directly: "Headquarters chief, who are these people who eat coarse grains?"
"Must be the poor people."
Maeda did not hesitate, while Abe nodded: "You are right, since they are poor, how much money do they have? The price of food has really risen too high. Shouldn't they be able to afford it? Besides, the price of coarse grains is already cheap.
, even if it goes up, it won’t be as much as what you can earn from rice.”
In this era, the prices of coarse grains and fine grains are indeed very different, especially now.
The main reason is that whole grains are too unpalatable. Unlike the coarse grains of later generations, they have been processed. The wowotou of this era can not be said to be used as bricks, but eating one bite will definitely cause throat irritation, and it will not work without drinking water.
Bitter taste and difficult to swallow are typical characteristics of whole grains.
Except for those poor people who eat it to survive, most people don't eat it at all.
They didn't have much money and couldn't make much money from them. Ishihara Hiroshi gave up this market and focused on fine grains, especially rice.
If you want to make money, you have to start with rich people. He strongly agrees with this. He is like this. Who can find him to operate? Who has no money?
If you have no money, how much oil can you squeeze out if you squeeze it hard?
Rich people are different. They have to buy in order to maintain their lives.
A lot of people drink expensive red wine, not to mention the rice that must be eaten every day.
They have a lot of money. If you don’t make money from them, how much can you get from Mudleg?
A thousand poor people are not as good as one rich man.
Ishihara Hiroshi’s suggestion seems like he suffered a loss and helped Maeda, but in fact he got a big advantage. Just wait, the price of rice will rise crazily next.
"Is this really the case?"
After listening to Abe's explanation, Maeda somewhat understood, but still couldn't fully understand.
"Don't worry, I suggest you buy some rice first, otherwise the price of rice will cause you pain in the future."
Abe stood up with a smile. He was going to buy rice. He didn't want to make money with rice, but he also didn't want others to make too much money from him.
He only eats rice, not whole grains at all.
Guaranteed update, I have a social event tonight, I can’t update it, I will update it tomorrow.
This chapter has been completed!