Chapter 392 Lin Wen's Dimensionality Reduction Attack
When Lin Wen arrived at the entrance of the County Government Hall, he happened to meet Lao Xie and Lei Tiantong discussing the auction with a large group of people.
Because there were so many valuable items looted from Shizhou, in addition to precious metals, there were also many artworks, jewelry, and so on.
The valuation and sale of such items is very complicated. Since Changshan County currently has extremely poor external relations, entrusting the sale is unreliable and requires commission.
After careful research, they decided to hold a public auction in Changshan County to sell some hard-to-sell items.
Old Xie said complacently, "Chief Lin, these are all my ideas. Old Lei is stupid and doesn't have such flexible thinking at all."
Lei Tiantong didn't care about Lao Xie's showing off.
He knew very well that in the Finance Department, Old Xie would always go against his opinions in order to show that his position as director was well-deserved.
It even went to the extent of going against common sense. One time, he casually said that the lunch in the cafeteria would taste better with less salt, and Lao Xie insisted that the chef put more salt.
Slogans such as "too much salt will lead to high blood pressure, high blood pressure means more energy, and when you are energetic you don't need to sleep" and "why sleep more when you are alive, you will sleep forever after death" have been shouted out.
Ever since the spoils from Shizhou poured in, the Finance Department has been working overtime like crazy. Although the overtime pay is sufficient, no one can endure this kind of 007-like overtime.
In addition, the lunch boxes at noon were so salty that no one could eat them except Lao Xie. In less than a week, a large number of people fell ill.
In the end, it was Lei Tiantong who came up with a solution. He discovered that the root of Lao Xie's fear was that Lao Lei would do too well and his position would be unstable.
So they took advantage of the situation and promoted the idea of working overtime and eating a lot of salt, and specifically noted that this was the opinion of Lei Tiantong, director of the Finance Department.
Sure enough, Old Xie immediately thought that this was Old Lei's attempt to make a comeback and launch an attack, so he immediately did the opposite. He publicly listed the nine major dangers of eating salt and asked the canteen chefs to cook dishes with just the right amount of saltiness. He never put too much salt, as it would make the food so choking that people could not eat it.
It was also announced that overtime should not exceed 36 hours per week. The right way is to combine work and rest, concentrate on work and work efficiently.
Sure enough, after the new measures were implemented, the patients in the Finance Department recovered one after another, and the office efficiency increased steadily. Old Xie was smiling and finally returned to normal. He was even willing to talk to Old Lei at work.
The relationship between the two returned to what it was before.
Since then, Lao Lei has completely controlled the working methods of the Finance Department. Whatever Lao Xie does well, he does it silently without saying anything.
Whenever Lao Xie did something poorly, he would immediately summarize it and put forward his own suggestions, and Lao Xie would immediately turn in the right direction and rush forward.
As a result, the work of the Finance Department became smoother and smoother, Old Xie smiled more and more, and the relationship between the two became more and more harmonious. Sometimes, Old Xie would even invite him to have a bite to eat - you know, in the past, it was always Old Lei who treated everyone, and Old Xie was stingy.
The same goes for this auction. Lao Lei directly suggested not to hold the auction. Lao Xie's eyes lit up when he heard that. The auction was a good idea, which could solve the current problem of the Finance Department in selling stolen goods.
So they immediately decided not only to hold the first auction in Changshan County's history, but also to hold it on a grand scale, and to make it a prosperous and lively event.
Old Xie kept bragging, but Lin Wen ignored him and looked through the auction plan they had prepared.
This was a very conventional plan. Lin Wen read it halfway and then threw it away: "This plan is invalid."
Old Xie was shocked: "Why? We've been working on this for a long time, and we've even started planning..."
Lin Wen had a lot of things to do, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him and said directly: "Do as I say. Remember what I say."
Several counters and staff nearby immediately took out their notebooks and pens and pretended to listen attentively.
"First, choose a super large venue. The bigger and more gorgeous the better."
"Change the name to something more sensational, like the First Auction Across the Eternal Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."
"The publicity budget is too low. Increase it tenfold. We need to promote overseas as well, and translate it into at least several hundred languages. Note that most of the overseas publicity actually takes place in China."
"Every auction attendant and staff member must hire a professional performance master. Their facial expressions must be extremely exaggerated. They must be arrogant and condescending before the opening, gasp in shock during the auction, and be dejected and terrified after the auction."
"The most important thing is that it has to be classy. It absolutely has to be classy. Whether it's the decor, the staff, the atmosphere, the lighting, the commentary, everything has to be classy."
Old Xie was completely confused and asked, "What is 'big'?"
Lin Wen was a little impatient, but still said, "Describe to me your daily life ten minutes after you got up today."
Old Xie scratched his bald head and said embarrassedly: "I just ate something wrong yesterday and got an upset stomach. I kept pooping in the toilet..."
"Alright." Lin Wen raised his hand to stop him. "Let me describe this in a different way. Listen carefully."
Take a deep breath and step forward.
He stopped at the seventh step and spoke in a slightly sad tone.
"The white paper on my fingertips is like the wings of an angel, untainted by the mundane world."
"Cold, numb, and with a disturbing throbbing sensation."
"I owe myself an apology and am beginning to feel the pain for my careless indiscretion yesterday."
Lin Wen glanced at Old Xie's dull eyes and asked, "Do you understand?"
No one answered. Everyone looked the same as Lao Xie. Only Lao Lei said softly, "Style, packaging, atmosphere."
Lin Wen laughed. Lao Lei's voice was so soft that only he could hear it.
"Brand." Lin Wen added in a voice that only he could hear.
Their eyes met, and everything was said without words.
"Then let's do it."
Lin Wen said with a smile. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something: "Oh, one more thing. These are spoils after all. Some people might be hesitant. You need to subtly emphasize in your publicity that we maintain strict confidentiality. Guests can hide their identities and cover their faces to participate."
Lei Tiantong said, "Chief Lin, the auction must be registered with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and supervised by tax officials..."
"Oh," Lin Wen interrupted him. This was Lao Lei's fault, his inability to break free from the rules and regulations. "Let me ask you, whose industry and commerce are responsible for this?"
"Changshan County Industry and Commerce..."
“Whose taxes are they?”
Lei Tiantong already understood what County Chief Lin meant. "But if we do this, you will be held responsible."
Lin Wen laughed and said, "If the County Governor doesn't take the blame, who will? You, the people working under you? If I give you the blame, can you handle it? I'm directly responsible for any mistakes you make, and I'm also indirectly responsible because I'm the County Governor."
After saying that, he ignored everyone's idiotic expressions and turned away.
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The auction was just a side event, Lin Wen’s real target was Xiao Xiao.
The Nadao Grain Exchange is the top priority of this trip.
Destroying the empire's grain market will inevitably bring him a huge amount of good karma, as well as a large amount of money and hatred. It is the most important part of his plan.
The establishment of a grain exchange is the most important point in this link.
The so-called exchange is a platform for trading commodities and a supermarket that influences the price of a certain commodity.
For example, the transaction prices publicly announced by the former London Metal Exchange are widely used as benchmark prices for world metal trade.
Lin Wen named it Nadao because he hoped that it could become a dominant exchange like Nadao, form a monopoly, and control the pricing of grain.
At least it should be able to influence food pricing.
Xiao Xiao was in the Planning Bureau office. This man had basically not changed from when he first came to Changshan County. He still had flowing hair, a high nose, bright eyes, fair skin, rosy lips, and the air of a lion dog.
It’s just that the once aristocratic atmosphere disappeared in the long-term confrontation with small vendors.
Lin Wen once set three strict rules for the Planning Bureau:
1. Violent law enforcement is not allowed.
2. No abusive language or insults are allowed.
3. Confiscation or forced payment is not allowed.
Xiao Xiao has to manage all illegal operations, road occupation, littering and other illegal activities within the scope of these three rules.
This is more than just a headache. If you don't have the power to enforce the law, who would be afraid of you?
Xiao Xiao had come to Lin Wen to protest many times, but Lin Wen's response was: "Incompetent people like to make excuses. If you can't do it, let me do it."
Xiao Xiao is extremely strong-willed and can never stand hearing words like "you are incompetent, you can't do it", or "you can't do it".
In his opinion, this is equivalent to bowing to fate and saying goodbye to the goddess.
This is absolutely intolerable.
So, this doctor of economics who graduated from the highest university in the empire took a large group of officials to the streets to conduct investigations. He sat among the small vendors for half a month to understand their behavior, thoughts, and ideas, and even personally did the work for a while.
Then he suddenly understood.
The vendors are not looking for trouble or causing trouble for the county government. They just want to make more money because it is easier to sell here, more convenient here, and it saves effort here.
The solution is simple. First, plan the market and let business be done where it should be done.
Second, it increases the cost of doing business in places where business should not be done.
For example, use infrastructure or urban decorations to influence the location of stalls.
Form a pipeline or stand in position in advance, do not set up stalls, or manually watch, which will affect business, or divert people at the intersection and stop the customer base.
If you are pushed or beaten, it is of course illegal and the public security will handle it.
In this way, Xiao Xiao fought a battle of wits and courage with the vendors under the rules set by Lin Wen, and even took part in the battle himself to confront the shrew.
The scene can only be described as eye-catching.
He also deeply appreciated the profoundness of the wisdom of the masses and benefited greatly from it.
After this period of tempering, Xiao Xiao finally understood why many of his previous theoretically impeccable and perfect policies ended up in a mess.
It is because he treats people as a bunch of data in economics and uses imagination to determine their behavior.
Policies are about people. If policies don’t understand people, it would be a miracle if they don’t fail.
Xiao Xiao, who had a sudden realization, felt that his skills had greatly improved. When he was about to find Lin Wen to carry out his grand ambitions, Lin Wen suddenly called him and gave him a great and earth-shaking task. This made Xiao Xiao so excited that he couldn't contain himself.
During this period, Xiao Xiao has been frantically preparing for the exchange.
An exchange is no ordinary thing. A powerful exchange can influence the prices of an entire country or even the world.
Its establishment was very cautious. If Changshan County did not have independent economic rights, this thing would have to go directly to the Supreme Council for approval.
The approval process alone used to take more than half a year, but now it only takes a minute.
Xiao Xiao printed out all the documents and stamped them herself.
The process is completed, but there are more challenges in actual construction. If a new exchange wants to quickly establish a strong influence, commodity sources are necessary.
Xiao Xiao specially built the exchange not far from the grain warehouse.
Firstly, it is convenient to transport, and secondly, seeing is believing.
When Lin Wen came in, he was reviewing the building blueprints for the exchange. Seeing County Governor Lin coming, he immediately jumped up and said, "County Governor Lin, you've come just in time. Let me introduce you to my grand plan."
Xiao Xiao's whole body exuded the greasy smell of someone who hadn't bathed for ten years. He turned around and shouted, "Come here."
Everyone in the office gathered together. Most of them were very young. Xiao Xiao said proudly, "These are my seniors and juniors. They are all top students who studied under the economics master Yan Yili."
"Hello, County Magistrate Lin." They said in unison.
Lin Wen took a quick look and found that his demeanor was basically normal, but he was very respectful to Xiao Xiao and rather perfunctory towards him.
Lin Wen didn't care and said, "Talk about the plan."
"Good!" Xiao Xiao was very excited. This was the first time in his life that he led such a major event. It was a major turning point in his destiny. How could he not take it seriously?
"We plan to build the exchange here. Here are the blueprints and the construction schedule. I will have it completed in a month..."
"No," Lin Wen interrupted him immediately. "Build it for me within a week. The building must be high-end and classy, with the best water, electricity, communications and network security."
Xiao Xiao opened his mouth a few times like a fish that had just landed, and said blankly, "How can we build it in a week?"
"Use prefabricated panels and steel pipes to build the skeleton, seal it with soil, and I... the Java engineering team will come over to petrify it."
Lin Wen can still afford the amount of spells for a building.
Xiao Xiao was stunned. It felt different from what he had imagined. He had originally planned to launch a huge and earth-shattering plan, and County Chief Lin knelt down in submission.
Unexpectedly, I encountered setbacks at the very beginning.
It doesn't matter, this is just construction engineering, not my field.
Xiao Xiao calmed down and continued, "After it's completed, we plan to trade in physical goods first, and then gradually gain control of futures trading rights. The price will start at 4,000."
Lin Wen shook his head: "Too slow, just smash it through, start selling from 2,000, and start trading futures from the beginning."
As soon as the words fell, the colleagues behind him showed a mocking expression. Xiao Xiao said helplessly: "Chief Lin, do you know what futures are?"
Lin Wen said: "It's the expired goods."
Xiao Xiao's senior brothers, junior brothers, junior sisters, and junior sisters all laughed. One of them, with a big red nose, said, "Chief Lin, the principle of futures is very simple. It means I buy one ton of grain at the current price, and you give it to me in a year. The contract for this ton of grain for one year is the futures contract."
"Buying and selling futures means buying and selling this contract."
A freckled woman sneered, "Headmaster Lin, you are an outsider, so don't try to command the experts."
Lin Wen glanced at her and sneered, "Tell me what futures are."
"Didn't you understand?" The freckled girl repeated it again and taunted, "Do you understand, County Governor Lin?"
Xiao Xiao wanted to stop him, but she didn't know what to say. Lin Wen said coldly, "What's the difference between this and expired goods?"
The freckled girl was stunned. After thinking carefully, if she bought it now and it was due for delivery in a year, wouldn’t it be expired goods?
But this sentence was so simple that the group of people only came to their senses now. County Chief Lin actually described what futures are in concise language.
The man with the big red nose coughed and said, "Then you should know that the core of futures trading is reputation. Without reputation guarantee, no one will trade with you."
A guy who was still holding a fan in winter laughed and said, "So, we must first make physical products and accumulate credibility."
Lin Wen sneered: "If there is a group of idiots in the world, it is you academics."
This hit everyone's face reddened. Big Red Nose said angrily, "What's your opinion? Tell me."
Xiao Xiao suddenly thought of something: "Do you want to sell short-term futures?"
Lin Wen nodded.
Xiao Xiao said hurriedly: "We have this plan. Look, this is a futures contract that will be redeemed in one month. We will directly take out the contract and sell it. The price is 4,000 per ton..."
Lin Wen shook his head and raised a finger: "One day."
Everyone was stunned. Xiao Xiao muttered, "One-day futures?"
Lin Wen smiled and nodded. "Yes, in one day, you can come to us with the deed and pick up the grain. One deed covers ten tons and only sells for 20,000 yuan, which means 2,000 yuan per ton of grain on average. If we sell 100,000 deeds a day, I ask you, is there anyone willing to buy?"
Xiao Xiao swallowed, her voice hoarse: "Yes, of course."
This is simply picking up money for free. After they get the deed, they will wait at your door and take the grain away the next day.
The gross profit of a deed is 40,000, which is faster than robbing money.
"We sell this type of futures for five days. After five days, the number of futures orders per day will drop to 1,000. We will then switch to selling three-day futures, which means we will deliver the goods after three days."
"At the same price, selling 100,000 tickets a day, I ask you, is there anyone buying them?"
Xiao Xiao's face was bitter, and the people around him all looked as if they were struck by lightning.
"Yes," he said.
"Five days later, we'll focus on selling ten-day futures, and we'll continue selling them in this way until we reach twenty days, one month, six months, and one year. Is there anyone willing to buy?"
Xiao Xiao felt that the sky was spinning, the earth was spinning, and the people around him were spinning.
That's not how economics works.
This kind of ambition to swallow up the world and the thinking of using force to defeat cleverness deeply shook his soul.
"No, that's not right!"
Red Nose suddenly shouted, "We don't have that much food! I calculated that we need to sell 5 million tons of food in the first round, and we only have less than 20 million tons of food, which can only last until the fourth round, which is 20 days of futures. What about the fifth round of one-month futures?"
Lin Wen sneered, "Rob! Are my 400,000 troops on the front line just eating for nothing?"
Red Nose choked for a moment, and suddenly all his pride was shattered into pieces. This person was not on the same dimension as them at all.
"and."
Lin Wen smiled happily and pointed his finger at the half-year indicator.
"Who told you I would cash in on futures contracts six months from now?"
(End of this chapter)
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