Chapter 393 This is the power of science
Lin Wen walked out of the office, and the people behind him were all petrified as if they were illuminated by Medusa.
This is a true dimensionality reduction attack, and this method cannot be found in any economics book.
Because the essence of economic transactions is fairness.
But Lin Wen was not fair.
There is no way around it. Lin Wen wants to be a good person, but he has no choice. Otherwise, he will not be able to lower the price of grain.
According to the imperial bulletin, the empire consumed as much as 1.7 billion tons of grain a year.
The so-called food shortage means that the supply of grain is insufficient to meet the demand, but there is still a considerable amount of grain at the bottom of the market.
Lin Wen only has less than 20 million tons of grain in his hands, and it is difficult to break into such a huge market with conventional means.
Therefore, it is necessary to rely on exchanges and the power of futures to break through the grain market.
Futures can be said to be one of the greatest inventions in human history.
Its essence is human expectations of money.
When expectations are visible, prices rise; when expectations are not visible, prices fall.
When the credibility of the Nadao Grain Exchange was established and people rushed to buy the grain futures contracts sold by Lin Wen, the grain prices in the market would no longer meet expectations and would fall, and the fall would get faster and faster, until the bubble burst and panic occurred.
At that time, all interest groups that hoard grain will suffer huge and irreparable losses.
The essence of this operation is to quickly establish credibility.
Shang Yang's methods are never out of date.
Use ultra-short-term futures to quickly establish credibility and use ultra-large-scale shipments to quickly lower prices.
If the goods are not enough, a blank check will be issued.
But I won’t pay you when it’s due. What can you do?
Come and kill me.
This is the real strength of Lin Wen. If a normal person played like this, he would have exploded on the spot and spiraled into the sky.
Ha ha.
This plan cost me a lot of energy at that time.
Lin Wen has always advocated a return of favor to these evil interest groups, using the most despicable means possible, without ever talking about morality or ethics.
How can one repay kindness with evil?
Anyway, there is no bad fate.
Hahaha.
Lin Wen smiled brightly.
You scum who use human lives to speculate on food, are you trembling?
Afterwards, Lin Wen went to inspect the new factory.
The mission of 30 million artillery shells given by the Empire has long been completed, and Changshan County has completed the mission perfectly.
Not only that, thanks to the efforts of Yang Shaohu, Huang Mingxiao, and the nine-member team of the Refugee Management Committee, the production organization has been reformed and optimized many times, which has greatly improved production efficiency.
Ultimately, an additional nine million shells were produced and sold to the Imperial Army and various regions.
This part is very profitable, with the net profit of each shell being around 100 yuan, which means a net income of more than 900 million yuan a month.
Although no tasks were submitted this month, the net profit was originally expected to exceed 4 billion yuan.
However, Lin Wen announced that the refugees' unpaid work period had ended and their wages would be calculated starting this month.
Based on the basic labor wage, each person gets eight hundred.
There are as many as five million refugees working in the new factory area, and their wages alone are 4 billion, which directly eats up all the net profits.
Not only that, Changshan County has welfare benefits, and once these amounts are taken into account, the loss will still be over 10 billion.
Only Changshan County is willing to do this kind of completely unprofitable deal.
The reason is that manual assembly and production of artillery shells is inefficient and the profit margin is low. Otherwise, such a profitable business would not have fallen into the state of being left unattended, giving Changshan County an advantage.
But for Lin Wen, losing money is not a big deal at all. As long as he doesn’t lose it to the capitalists, it doesn’t matter if he becomes a pauper.
Yang Shaohu and others were also inspired by this and tried their best to optimize the process, save costs and improve efficiency.
Lin Wen took an inspection tour and found that the atmosphere in the entire new factory was quite good. The workers were enthusiastic and passionate, labor slogans were heard one after another, and the work was both efficient and economical.
Lin Wen saw someone collecting the broken iron slag and putting it back into the furnace for reuse.
Someone has also developed a method to save electricity. The machine tool's threading cutter only rotates two and a half circles, and the last cut is made by itself.
And so on, too numerous to mention.
Lin Wen was very happy after reading it. If the living environment was not too bad, the cost of living and working would definitely increase.
Yang Shaohu said, "Chief Lin, this is a window period. Once the salary is paid this month, although most of it will be saved, it is not a problem to spend a few hundred. This is more than 1 billion in consumption, which can greatly revitalize Changshan County's economy."
Lin Wen scratched his head. Changshan County was extremely short of supplies right now. Although a large number of small vendors from other places had flocked in, overall, there was still nothing available.
These five million people only have the ability to consume today.
If Changshan County doesn't have anything, they can only buy it from outside. Wouldn't Changshan County lose a great opportunity for development?
Judging from Changshan County's current consumption level, a gross profit of more than 1,000 yuan a month is enough to support a store.
Previously, more than 500,000 workers and more than 40,000 county government staff gave rise to a large number of barbecue stalls and grocery stores, and also gave rise to Xiao Xiao's success.
This time it is the consumption of five million people. To put it mildly, it should be no problem to support tens of thousands of families.
Changshan County is about to prosper.
Lin Wen was itching to scratch his head and asked, "What are your thoughts?"
Yang Shaohu said, "Hurry up and attract investment. Such a good environment will definitely attract many businesses. Changshan County is relatively isolated, far away from the war, with good public security and order. Many people will definitely come."
Huang Mingxiao also said excitedly: "Yes, yes, we can build a business district. We want to have those large shopping malls, amusement parks, and all those modern things."
Lin Wen nodded, it finally came to this.
It is inappropriate to use administrative power alone to manage these details of people's livelihood. It would be a waste if administrative resources could not keep up.
The best way is to maintain basic order and allow businesses to develop healthily under this order.
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After leaving the new factory, Lin Wen went to the food factory.
The factory currently covers an area of more than 10,000 acres and consists of more than 70 factories of various sizes, producing all kinds of food from canned fish to pastries.
Especially in the flour food area, the air is filled with the aroma of baking and a wide variety of processed foods are available.
Most of the factories here are small ones run by individuals, contracted by several craftsmen and displaying their skills. Lin Wen tasted a piece of malt sugar bread, which was so sweet that it almost melted his heart.
After reading it, Lin Wen immediately found Zhao Pengyuan, the director of the Imperial Assets Office who managed Changshan County’s assets.
"You should directly transform the Changshan County Food Factory into the Changshan County Food Base, relax the capital entry threshold, and provide small loan discounts for artisans. But you should refuse the entry of large capital, refuse forced acquisitions and mergers, and prohibit monopolies."
Zhao Pengyuan was stunned. "Chief Lin, I just negotiated several big deals."
Lin Wen sneered, "Let them go. I want to mass-produce processed food. Do I really need them?"
"Okay, okay."
Zhao Pengyuan had no choice but to agree, after all, it was County Chief Lin's request.
Lin Wen walked out of the office and felt for the first time that Changshan County was really about to take off.
But this feeling was immediately interrupted. Zhao Pengyuan rushed out of the office and shouted, "Chief Lin! This is bad! Our cargo ship carrying coke has been detained. The steel plant is running out of coke and they have no fuel."
Then the phone in his arms rang. He reached out to pick it up and it was indeed Qin Luoshuang.
"Lin Wen, the cargo ship I used to purchase coke from abroad has been detained by the Council again. They want to shut down our steel plant."
Lin Wen frowned and asked, "Is it not available in China?"
"The domestic coal industry stopped selling to us a long time ago, and we have been buying from abroad."
Lin Wen sneered, "If you can't defeat them by sending troops, you want to defeat them by blockade?"
Qin Luoshuang and Zhao Pengyuan asked together: "What should we do?"
Before Lin Wen could reply, Yun Zhixing came running over again, shouting, "Chief Lin, the Council has reported that if we want to restore the coke supply, we must trade the Flying Sword Workshop's production formula. How should I respond, Chief Lin?"
Lin Wen was so angry that he laughed: "Qin Luoshuang, didn't you collect evidence yesterday?"
There was a slight sense of foreboding on the other end of the line, and the answer was slow: "...Yeah."
"Pick out a few photos of those demons and monsters dying in their most horrific ways and send them to Yun Zhixing. Tell them that if they don't pay a ransom of 100 billion within three days, I'll chop them all up like this, leaving no one alive."
There was a sound of slapping foreheads coming from the phone.
"Well, you're always like this, and I can't get rid of you."
Click, the phone was hung up.
Zhao Pengyuan said anxiously, "Chief Lin, what about the coke? If the Changshan County Steel Plant stops production, our losses will be huge!"
Lin Wen patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, I have a way."
After leaving the county hall, Lin Wen took a special car to a secluded valley.
"Go back." Lin Wen said to the special car driver.
The driver of the special car asked a rare question: "Chief Lin, how are you going to get back?"
Lin Wen smiled and said, "I have a scientific approach."
After the special car left, Lin Wen walked into the valley, chose a relatively clean open space, and used a spell that had been dormant for a long time.
[Black Stone Dust Falling]: A light grey Jindan stage spell that consumes 45% of the Yuan Spirit and summons the black stone dust to fall.
The so-called black stone is coal.
This spell is used to adjust the five elements environment. Lin Wen used it twice to cause dust explosions to destroy the enemy.
Coke is solid carbon that has been removed from the carbonized state after distillation.
But what the spell summoned was pure coal of a higher quality, completely free of impurities.
There was a flash of light, and thick black powder began to fall from the sky, and a thick layer of carbon powder soon accumulated on the ground.
When the spell ended, a mountain of coal had formed.
A rough estimate is that there are at least a thousand tons of coal.
In other words, 23% of the soul can be exchanged for one thousand tons of coal.
To be honest, it’s a bit of a loss.
But it doesn’t matter. Changshan County’s path to self-reliance will never be interrupted.
Lin Wen looked into the distance and sneered.
Did you see it?
This is the power of science.
Changshan County will not be defeated.
(End of this chapter)
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