Scholars in the courtyard

At noon, Kazakhstan, Acre City.

Li Shengli got off the train exhaustedly, walked out of the platform, and saw the young man with round glasses who came to pick him up.

"It's so early, I thought I'd have to wait."

Perhaps the task was completed, Li Shengli was in a good mood, and joked with the young man with round glasses.

It's just that the young man didn't care about it. Seeing Li Shengli approaching quickly, "Leader, something happened!"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"This morning..."

Then the young man told Li Shengli what he heard in the morning, and the latter's expression turned cold instantly.

It turned out that this morning, a pot similar to the Friendship pressure cooker appeared in various stores in Kazakhstan, and the alliance called it the Grizzly Pressure Cooker.

And in terms of price, the Grizzlies are half the price of Friendship. The huge difference, coupled with the alliance's reputation, and the alliance's deliberate advertisements, quickly became popular in Akka City.

And the store that originally sold Friendship Pot also put a Maoxiong brand next to it. Once the prices of the two were released, people soon had a choice.

"go!"

Li Shengli ignored his fatigue and went straight to the largest commercial street in Acre City after getting in the car.

The car was quite stable, and Li Shengli walked to the shop that he often walked around on weekdays.

Before moving forward, I saw a lot of people discussing it.

Recently, I heard more discussions.

"This pot is also easy to use. Aunt Alaba next door to me bought one this morning. Her family doesn't have that much money. I didn't expect this one to be cheap."

"How does it work?"

"Auntie said it's pretty good. She has bad teeth. She can eat the food made in this pot."

"Really? You can take a look. My family saved money to buy one before, so I don't need to praise it."

Several people were talking, and Li Shengli squeezed into the crowd, looking at the friendship pressure cooker on one side of the counter, and a row of pots on the right side of it.

After looking carefully for a while, the size is about the same, the style is the same, except for the label on the front, the packaging is also the same.

A nameless fire gushed out from his chest, reaching his throat before he could hold it back.

"Is this guest looking at the pot?"

"This is a new product just launched in our store, the Grizzly brand pressure cooker, which is made of special steel in the alliance and has gone through many processes."

Seeing Li Shengli's staring expression, a girl in local clothes hurried forward to introduce him.

Li Shengli calmed down, with a smile on his face.

"Beautiful lady, I haven't heard of this grizzly pot before. Why did it come out all of a sudden?"

"Sir, you are right. We were notified of this kind of pot after the door was opened, but this pot is guaranteed by the alliance, and the quality will not be a problem. If you really need it, I can lower it a bit."

"Huh? Is the price still negotiable?"

"Yes, sir, our store manager said, we can also reduce some of it appropriately, you"

Before the clerk finished speaking, Li Shengli turned around and left.

His face was as cold as frost.

After a while, the young man with round glasses also came back to inquire about the news. The news he brought back was the same. Grizzly pressure cookers were available in stores that originally sold friendship pots. Even places that did not originally sell friendship pots were forced to put them on the shelves.

"Go, go to the business department."

Li Shengli has already understood that this is a war waged by the alliance against them, an economic war centered around the pot of friendship.

When the car came to the business department, Li Shengli saw a lot of people coming in and out, with panic and fright on their faces.

When I came to the familiar office, the door was open, and I saw seven or eight local people chattering around a middle-aged man with a square face.

"Section Chief Wang, we can't sell it at such a price."

"Wang, our order can no longer be continued, and the current goods may be lost in our hands."

"Everyone, don't rush, don't mess up."

Section Chief Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said sincerely, "Our reputation is here, and we will never let our friends suffer."

"Please trust me, trust our country, and not do things that harm the interests of our friends."

Section Chief Wang made a promise, and finally sent them away, and then he saw Li Shengli and Li Shengli at the door.

Section Chief Wang didn't speak, or he was tired after talking too much.

Sitting on the chair, picked up the cool mug and drank it clean, then looked at the two people who walked in.

"Did you see it too?"

"I saw it. We went to the store to see that the other party was targeting us specifically, and there was a shadow of the alliance in it. They were persecuting the Kazakh government."

Section Chief Wang nodded, took out a cigarette, and lit it with trembling hands.

"I know what you said, but there is no way. The other party just sees that our production capacity is limited and wants to seize the market with a large number of low-priced products."

"Today it is only the country of Kazakhstan. Tomorrow, the countries around us that cooperate with us will all be like this. Tell me, what are we competing with?"

Li Shengli clenched his fists and remained silent.

The other party is using a conspiracy to suppress others, and they have no resistance at all.

"I have already reported the situation to the country, just wait for the news."

After being silent, Section Chief Wang had no choice but to say what he didn't want. Although this would appear incompetent, it was necessary.

Sijiucheng

A figure hastily pushed open the office door, looked at the lady who was calling inside, and immediately swallowed the words in his mouth.

The lady wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and her gray hair was neatly arranged. When she saw the person coming, she just pointed to the sofa beside her, and then continued to talk.

"yes, I got it."

"Don't worry, we have already contacted the production department and will give a reply soon."

"Yes, don't worry, even if you suffer a little, it won't damage the country's reputation."

After hanging up the phone, the lady sat on the chair, the sorrow on her face disappeared, and her eyes were quickly replaced by firmness.

"Xiao Zhang, how is the situation?"

"Leader, according to the latest news we have received, half of the people want to cancel the original order, and the merchants who paid the deposit also expressed their opinions and asked for a lower price."

The lady frowned, "Have you understood the situation clearly?"

"I have figured out that the alliance has been imitating the 'friendship' pressure cooker during this time. They have already stored a lot, and with the alliance's production capacity, they will soon surpass us."

"The price they set is only half of ours, and we have no competitive advantage at all in terms of price."

"This is information collected by our comrades."

Xiao Zhang handed the report to the lady.

The lady pressed her eyes forward, then looked carefully, and finally put down the report, "What can we do?"

"Leader, if you want to solve the immediate predicament, you must lower the price."

"Reduce the price? What if the other party lowers it again?"

"This~"

The lady took a deep breath, "You also know that the cost of manufacturing pressure cookers in our country is twice as high as that of the alliance. We can't afford to lower the price."

Xiao Zhang bowed his head, but right now, there is no other way but to lower the price.

"Go get busy."

The lady stretched out her hand to let Xiao Zhang leave, and tried to find a way in the room.

Rolling mill.

After Liu Huaimin got the news, he came to the rolling mill. As soon as the car stopped, Yang Youning ran over with a serious expression.

"Old Liu, the orders are all gone."

Yang Youning's voice was tense, why did it become like this overnight?

Yesterday, I planned with Chen Gong to purchase raw materials and increase the output of the pressure cooker.

But after sleeping, the sky changed.

I received a call from the Commerce Department this morning, saying that all scheduled orders have been cancelled, and production has been suspended. We will notify you when necessary.

When receiving this call, Yang Youning pinched her cheeks, and after making sure it wasn't a dream, she asked what was going on, but the other party just replied that she couldn't sell it.

What can't be sold?
Friendship pot?
Wasn't it hot before?
Surprised and uncertain, Yang Youning hurriedly called his old brother Liu Huaimin, but the phone was busy all the time and he couldn't get through.

After waiting for half an hour, I finally dialed in, but Liu Huaimin came to say something, and I went to talk.

The two walked into the office, behind them Chen Gong and Wang Guodong rushed over after hearing the news, and followed behind.

The four of them entered the office. Yang Youning handed the water glass to Liu Huaimin, and then waited aside.

"I received a message from my superiors this morning"

Liu Huaimin told the news he knew, while Yang Youning and the other three were breaking out in cold sweat.

"Obviously, this is not a formal market competition. It is an ulterior motive mixed with alliance forces. Its purpose is to suppress our products and reduce our foreign exchange space, so as to attack our trade with foreign countries."

"This is a premeditated, war."

There was silence in the room, a long silence.

"I'm going to beat him to the gods, so I won't give people a way to survive!"

Yang Youning became violent, and the fire in his heart wished to blow up those bastards immediately.

"Bullying people, it's too bullying, this bullshit alliance is doing such a dirty trick, it's not responsible at all."

"Damn it, we managed to open up the market, and we just got bullied like this?"

Wang Guodong and Chen Gong were also indignant, but they also knew that this was just barking incompetently.

The alliance is like a mountain weighing on its head.

In particular, the opponent also has a large number of mushrooms, which is even more frightening.

"Old Yang, things are not as bad as you think."

Liu Huaimin said calmly, "Before we got to know the comrades of the First Machinery Department, do you remember the matter that was handed over to the Northwest Manufacturing Plant for production?"

Reminded by Liu Huaimin, Yang Youning remembered Yang Xiaotao's proposal, and because of this, they were praised by their superiors as 'unselfish' and 'a good brother to a worker's family'.

"Remember, we gave them part of the order at that time. What's the matter, they don't have any orders?"

Yang Youning asked strangely.

Liu Huaimin shook his head, "Not only did they not cancel the order, but they contracted all your orders."

"What? How is that possible?"

"It's possible."

Liu Huaimin said with a final word, "Our rolling mill needs ten materials to make a pressure cooker, then they use machine tools to make eight, we use ten, they use three, our scrap rate is eight , their rejection rate is only two."

Liu Huaimin said a bunch of numbers, Yang Youning and the others frowned and calculated in their hearts.

If they are all added up, the comprehensive value of a pressure cooker made by their rolling mill is 28, and that of the other party is [-].

Almost half!

"You mean?"

Yang Youning looked at Liu Huaimin in surprise.

"Yes, the superiors have calculated that the cost of the existing Friendship Pot can be reduced to more than half if the factory operates at full speed."

"This is the guarantee for us to conduct a price war with the other party."

After the words fell, the three of Yang Youning felt uncomfortable. The existence they looked down upon actually surpassed them, how could they believe it!

But that's what it is.

Only then did they seriously listen to Yang Xiaotao's words.

I thought it was Yang Xiaotao's words to persuade them, but now that I think of Yang Xiaotao's analysis, he must have anticipated the situation today, and fortunately he insisted on handing over the Friendship Pot to the Northwest No. Can't afford it.

At that time, they will lose completely.

"Old Liu, what do we need to do?"

Yang Youning reacted quickly and asked seriously.

"The higher-ups ask you to do your best to produce Flying Eagle. The opponent hasn't made a move yet, but it shouldn't be far away."

"I understand."

The three of them looked at each other, and they all knew that the Northwest Manufacturing Factory had already started a war, and they were on par with each other. If they lost the chain, they would be the country's sinners.

Liu Huaimin took a deep look at the three of them, then nodded, "Comrades, this time, please."

Yang Youning looked serious, "Don't worry, the word admit defeat is not in our dictionary."

After Liu Huaimin left, Yang Youning turned around and asked, "Yang Xiaotao, I am convinced."

"By the way, when will he come back? At this time, without him, it's always a bit uncertain."