Chapter 772: The previous era (please vote for the big chapter)
"Save the city?"
He Ao took a sip of milk tea and looked at Old Jieco with some confusion.
United Industries is the largest employer in Winter City, controlling almost most of the mining and industry in Winter City. The entire city is under this huge curtain.
Although United Industries' reputation isn't that bad, it can't be called a savior.
"Our generation has a unique feeling for joint industries,"
Old Jacko lifted the stove and placed it closer to He Ao. He held the tea cup and looked at the cheering scene on the TV with deep eyes.
"Many young people now feel that the United Industry is an oppressive, huge monster that eats people but does not spit out bones, but in our time, when it was first established, it placed our expectations and the expectations of the entire city."
"expect?"
He Ao held the teacup and stared at Old Jieco quietly, waiting for Old Jieco's next words.
"It's a long story,"
Old Jacko glanced at the electric kettle on the stove, "Where should I start?"
He pressed the button on the stove and turned on the keep-warm button of the kettle. Then he paused, seeming to be lost in distant memories, "Do you know the reason why United Industries was established?"
"The scattered small mining companies in Winter City are not fully competitive in the federal market and need a large company with sufficient bargaining power, so these small companies joined together to form the current joint industry."
He Ao looked at the old man and replied softly.
After leaving Willie, he also roughly searched for the history of United Industries. This is the description of its establishment background on the official website of United Industries.
But there is only such a simple sentence, and there is no mention of what happened in that era, or even the people who participated in that era.
"Is this from the official website of United Industries?"
The old man glanced at He Ao in surprise, and then moved his sight to the TV, "Few people care about this now. In fact, I think this sentence summarizes it very well. When I made this definition, I was
Next, all of us are very satisfied with this statement."
He paused, his voice a little wistful,
"In the era when I was born, Winter City did not actually have a clear 'super-large enterprise'. Countless small mining companies were panning for gold around the 'gold mine' of the Sea of Storms. At that time, there were three largest enterprises in the entire city.
"One is the Skorn Mining of the Skorn family, the other is the Storm Sea Mining, and the last one is the Frost and Snow Mining.
"Although these three companies claim to be the three largest companies in Winter City, in fact, the combined output of the three companies is less than 20% of the total energy and mineral production in Winter City.
“There are various reasons for this,
"Winter City is one of the oldest cities in the Federation that mines energy minerals. It has a very developed history of energy mining. At that time, any mining company you could find could be a 'time-honored brand' that had been passed down for hundreds of years. At the same time, each mineral company
There are often grudges between companies, making it difficult to cooperate, etc.
"However, the core reason for maintaining the disorganized state of Winter City is not these, but comes from a powerful external force."
Old Jacko looked at the man in a suit and tie sitting in the corner on the TV, the only man without a smile.
He Ao followed his gaze and looked at the man.
"The guy sitting in the corner is a representative of Rockville Energy Group."
Old Jacko slowly introduced,
“Rockville Energy Group has always been Winter City’s largest partner in the energy mining industry.
“More than 80% of the energy ore in Winter City is sold to Rockville Energy Group.
"Previously, because Winter City was located in a relatively remote location and was not within the core sphere of influence of Rockville Energy Group, they did not try to forcibly control the mining industry in Winter City, but adopted the 'divide and rule' method.
The mining company in Winter City has always been in a state of disunity.
“For nearly a century, due to the interference of Rockville Energy Group, the number of mining companies in Winter City has increased and become more and more detailed.
“Under the guidance of Rockville Energy Group, all mining companies have started vicious competition and have to sell ore to Rockville Energy Group at a price far lower than the market price.
"On the other hand, because Winter City lacks basic industry and only has mining industry, a large amount of food, industrial products, and daily necessities need to be transported through other cities in the federation.
"The Rockville Energy Group, together with several other industrial consortiums, controls this trade route and controls most of the shopping malls and wholesale markets in Winter City.
“Through its control of trade routes and sales channels, Rockville Energy Group has significantly increased the selling prices of these items. The prices of industrial products and food in Winter City are much higher than the federal average price.
"At the same time, Rockville Energy Group also spent money on city councilors and mayors, supported the city government and city council that supported them, and controlled the public opinion media to promote the group. For a long time, we did not know what happened.
.”
"But you eventually discovered the problem."
He Ao took a sip of milk tea and then placed the tea cup next to the stove to heat it up.
"Yes,"
Old Jacko looked at the figure on the TV,
"Because we gradually discovered that no matter how hard we mine ore, how hard we operate and work, we are getting poorer and our debts are getting higher and higher."
"Because I earn less and spend more."
He Ao answered softly.
Old Jieke raised his head and glanced at He Ao in surprise. He seemed to be surprised by He Ao's sensitivity. He smiled and said, "The summary is very accurate."
He picked up the electric kettle and glanced at He Ao's half-cup of milk tea left, "Would you like some more?"
"Thanks."
He Ao nodded slightly.
"Once this principle is explained clearly, it is very simple and clear,"
Old Jieke poured the milk tea into He Ao's tea cup and said slowly, "But it was difficult for us who were in the midst of all kinds of complicated public opinion propaganda at that time to judge."
After filling He Ao's teacup, he poured milk tea into his own teacup.
"In the early days of the Federation, when information was underdeveloped, the main difficulty in obtaining information was how to obtain it.
"But now, as soon as we open our eyes every day, a large amount of information appears in front of us. How to find correct and effective information in this mountain and sea of information has become a difficulty."
When the teacup was full, he put down the teapot, picked up the teacup, and continued,
“When I grew up, the news and newspapers would only tell us that the prices of items in supermarkets were reasonable because they paid such high prices, and that the low wages of mining employees were reasonable because the mining companies themselves were not profitable.
“The reason why mining companies don’t make money is because there are too many mining companies and their competition is too fierce.
"It is difficult for us to know the prices of daily necessities in other cities. Almost no media will pay attention to these. Even if there are scattered news, people will only marvel at it and then laugh it off.
"The rampant entertainment industry takes up all our free time and prevents us from thinking about complex issues.
“We couldn’t make ends meet, so we started borrowing money, and the debt just kept getting higher and higher.
“Although Winter City is not nominally included in the control area of Rockville Energy Group, in essence, it is completely controlled by Rockville Energy Group.
“All mining companies work for Rockville Energy Group, and everyone buys from Rockville Energy Group and their allies.
"The city is not making a profit, but Rockville Energy is making a profit on us."
"Of course, there are many people who have discovered the problem behind this, but in fact, most people who have discovered this problem will suffer more than others who have not discovered this problem, because they can't do anything.
"But, of all people, Scone is a special one,"
Old Jieke held the tea cup in his hand, and his deep eyes seemed to reflect some long-lasting memories.
“He is an excellent manager. As the successor of the Scone Mining Group, he showed amazing management and communication talents before he inherited the industry.
"When I first met him, he was still very young. He showed keen insight and could easily discern the deep-seated truth of things through just a few words."
Having said this, he turned back and glanced at He Ao, "Just like you."
Then he paused and continued, "Of course, he was probably much older than you are now.
“At that time, I was the owner of a small mining company. When I was still confused and felt that business was getting more and more difficult, he keenly pointed out the key to the problem to me.
"He has always believed that the reason why Winter City is controlled by others and is getting poorer and poorer despite guarding the mines is simply that the people in this city do not have the right to speak in this city.
"Although Winter City belongs to the people of Winter City in name, it actually belongs to Rockville Energy Group. The companies controlled by Rockville Energy Group control most of the mining industry and suppress Winter City's own mining industry.
Enterprises and industrial enterprises.
"He believes that the core solution to Winter City's problems lies in two points. One is to unite the mining industry and have independent decision-making power, and the other is to build Winter City's own industrial production lines and eliminate dependence on external supply chains."
"So he rebelled against Rockville Energy?"
He Ao picked up the milk tea, took a sip, and asked softly, "His method is different from others?"
After recognizing the core of the problem, the process of solving the problem is equally difficult.
If Scone can succeed, he must have his advantages.
"Yes,"
Old Jieke also took a sip of milk tea. He looked at He Ao, as if recalling some long-standing memories. He sighed softly, "You guys really look alike."
Then he continued,
“At that time, there were actually people trying to unite other mining industries, but every time they were strangled by companies supported by Rockville Energy Group before they even started.
"At that time, many people felt that with such a huge disparity in power, it was almost impossible to complete the joint mining initiative."
"Scoun is very aware of the problems here, but at the same time he also gave another opinion,
"He believes that compared with other cities controlled by Rockville Energy Group, Winter City has a certain degree of 'independence' and is naturally easier to break free from control than cities that are fully controlled.
"He believes that only cities that are completely controlled by large consortiums are almost impossible to break away from the control of large consortiums, but cities like Winter City have a chance."
Speaking of this, Old Jacko suddenly smiled and said,
"Of course, facts have proven that his original judgment was not completely correct."
He looked at He Ao, "Do you know the city of St. John?"
"Um?"
He Ao looked at old Jieco.
"It's normal not to know. It's a city in the eastern part of the Federation, very far away from Winter City,"
Old Jacko thought about it and said,
"I saw the news before, saying that the large consortium that controls the city of St. John, the Capjet Group, went bankrupt due to various reasons. The city of St. Jon has actually regained its autonomy to a certain extent, and it seems that the people in St. Jon are...
It plays a big role in it.”
He turned back to look at He Ao, and suddenly asked in a low voice,
"Willie should have told you about a person named 'K'?"
"Um."
He Ao nodded slightly.
"I knew that girl should tell you about this person. Willy mentioned the St. John City matter to me before. She said it was promoted by 'K',"
Old Jacko smiled and said,
"This little girl often talks about this in my ears, telling me how powerful this 'K' is, and pours out all kinds of stories that are either made up or not."
The old man leaned on the bamboo chair with a faint look in his eyes.
“So I went to carefully check the affairs of St. John City.
"Although there are many and complicated reasons that led to the bankruptcy of KJET Group, when I put this series of reasons together like dominoes, I found that in fact, the initial push for this series of dominoes was only
All it takes is a gentle push at the beginning.
“I don’t know if it was a coincidence or some kind of necessity, but it turns out that ‘K’ did something that both Scone and I thought was impossible before.
"Perhaps he has gone further on some roads than both Scone and I.
"If Skone is still alive now, I should be able to become friends with him."
Speaking of this, he smiled and seemed to think of Willy, "Of course, it is also possible to become a 'follower' of 'K'."
"cough,"
Then he shook his head and coughed, "It's a long way around."
Then, he said in a slightly emotional tone,
"We didn't know at the time that our judgment was inaccurate. In fact, we became more and more convinced of our judgment because we were succeeding one after another.
"After confirming that Winter City has the possibility of independence, Scone carefully analyzed the situation. He believed that Rockville Energy Group is constantly expanding, and its sphere of influence under direct control will soon truly approach Winter City, rather than like
It was far away from Winter City in the past.
"At that time, it was the time for Winter City to become independent."
He looked at the TV. A man in a neat formal suit walked up to Skone on the TV amidst cheers and stood side by side with him.
"Before the time comes, we need to make some preparations."
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