Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

8 o'clock in the morning.

Le Xiao got up from the bed. She was too tired yesterday. Although she had slept for seven hours, she still felt very tired. She pressed her aching legs and then lay down. Michelle said that she would get the general manager at 9 o'clock. Ke, it's only been a few minutes here, and Le Xiao plans to take a nap again.

But Le Xiao felt something was wrong as soon as she lay down. She sat up anyway. Everything that happened during this period really seemed like a beautiful dream. Le Xiao also felt very strange because everything went too smoothly. In the past Those obstacles that always appeared have now disappeared.

Le Xiao didn't know what was going on, but the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt. His abilities were indeed limited, but he was the one leading the city's direction now.

"Am I a hidden genius?"

Le Xiao sat up with a smile. She got up directly. A few minutes later, Le Xiao went out. As soon as she came to the street, Le Xiao saw the entrance of the embassy full of people. Some businessmen were waiting and wanted to be alone. Talk to the people at the mission.

Because the formal talks will officially start at 2 noon, the members of the diplomatic mission will enter the Capitol Building at 12 o'clock and spend every day in the Capitol Building. They will not return to the embassy until the first round of formal talks is over.

As soon as Le Xiao walked to the street, a bunch of people from the 5th department came over and formed a human wall. Reporters swarmed in. Le Xiao could only stop and briefly answer some questions. After knowing clearly that the first round When the person in charge of the meeting was Le Xiao, the reporters began to ask some questions again.

Le Xiao could only leave with the help of Section 5. It was already 8:40 when she arrived at the General Affairs Section. Le Xiao walked slowly to the food table, and the head chef leaned over and said.

"Eat more today, and stay in the halls of Congress for the next few days."

Le Xiao hummed. She was a little uneasy now and didn't know how to talk to the other party.

After a hearty breakfast, Le Xiao went upstairs and entered Locke's private lounge at 9:10. She looked awkwardly at Michelle who was processing documents at her desk.

"Secretary-General, that's me"

"I already told you to come here at 9 o'clock."

After Michelle finished speaking, she sent a document to Le Xiao and asked her to read it as soon as possible.

Le Xiao sat on the sofa and turned on the light and shadow screen. As soon as she opened the file, Le Xiao panicked, because it was all filled with specific food products from Brilliant City. There were many, and there were also production companies, etc. Le Xiao swallowed One mouthful.

"Secretary-General, do you want to write down all these things?"

Michelle took a look and said.

"You read it first."

Le Xiao could only look at it carefully. After looking at it for a while, she felt dizzy. However, there were many things she had eaten before, because the price of canned food was cheaper than some fresh food.

So when Le Xiao was working in the past, she would often take advantage of the special prices and buy a lot of canned food to put at home, which could at least satisfy her cravings, especially canned meat. Le Xiao had eaten several kinds, and it was quite common.

Le Xiao didn't know why Michelle let him see these product lists. There were complete information about the products, a lot of price comparisons, price fluctuations and so on.

Usually some meat or vegetables in Bright City that are approaching their expiration date are processed into cans and stored in order to avoid food waste.

The most typical one is liquid food, because it is easier to sell in large quantities, and only a small part will be made into canned vegetables or meat.

After half an hour, Le Xiao finished looking at the products, then walked over and asked.

"Secretary-General, I've finished reading."

"Give your opinion."

Michelle asked, Le Xiao thought for a while and said.

"Should start with some meat."

Michelle nodded and then said.

"Now the output of canned meat has been constant, but the market feedback is not very good. Because of the existence of liquid food, the sales of canned meat have been slow over the years. So let's start with meat. This is what you need today. The facts stated.”

Le Xiao nodded in understanding. She felt that it was not too difficult. At this time, Michelle frowned slightly.

"Haven't you found the problem yet?"

Le Xiao shook her head and Michelle said.

"If you had money and could eat fresh meat every meal, would you buy canned food?"

Le Xiao shook her head. She realized what Michelle wanted to explain and said immediately.

"It means people from the Skyland Space Country want fresh meat?"

Michelle hummed and then said.

"Currently, our city's daily meat production capacity can only supply 30% of the people, and if we give them part of it, these shares will fall. The decline means that those who could have eaten meat every day will be dissatisfied. This is very important for For cities, there is some harm.”

Le Xiao nodded, and Michelle stood up and opened a large light and shadow screen, which showed the overall sales share of meat after leaving the warehouse in recent years. Basically, less than 0.5% of the meat left the warehouse every day.

This 0.5% of the meat can basically be emptied out within three days, and in the end only a few scraps, or the remaining parts of the meat used in some cities that day, will enter the canning industry for processing and preservation.

Michelle called up some things that the envoys and businessmen discussed at last night's banquet. Fresh meat accounted for a relatively high proportion.

"So they should need fresh meat and eggs and milk at the beginning, but for this kind of supply, production capacity cannot be increased in the short term. So you have to find a way to make trade-offs."

Le Xiao thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a compromise for the time being, so she asked awkwardly.

"Secretary-General, what should we do?"

"So a compromise is needed, using fish as a resource that can be farmed to trade. But this is a compromise that can only be worked out after the two parties have discussed canned food."

Le Xiao smiled and nodded. It is true that fish is a good way to transport farmed fish directly to Tianji Space Country. Le Xiao thought that there were a lot of canned fish in the past.

Because fish has the smallest share of sales in the meat market, and its breeding is also the lowest cost. On the contrary, the cost of other multiplied meats is very high. If a new factory is to be built, a large amount of resources will be consumed.

"If you know why you have to compromise, or if you know that you want to expand production capacity, you can easily achieve it with light and shadow technology. But why do we still deliberately slow down production capacity?"

Lexiao scratched her head and asked after thinking for a while.

"Why?"

"Because our goods must have value-preserving properties, so as not to harm the original market of Bright City. For a simple example, if there is a piece of candy, it originally cost 1 yuan, and many people are in demand, but if 1 yuan candy starts Mass production, the price dropped to 80 cents, and finally overcapacity reached 10 cents, and the equipment factory and personnel for producing candy have doubled many times, so the factory's profit is almost gone now, how can it support such a large group of people? What about the volume? Layoffs? Just close some factories, then the initial investment of manpower, material, land and resources will be wasted."

Le Xiao understood and nodded immediately.

"That is to say, we can't produce too much, nor can we produce too little. We can meet some of their needs, but we can't satisfy them all, right?"

At this time, Le Xiao had an idea in her mind. She didn't know why before, but the price of meat always couldn't go down, even though there was so much.

After entering the business department and understanding some things, Le Xiao found that it is easy to increase the production capacity of meat, but now Le Xiao understands why the daily supply only satisfies 30% of the population.

Once production is expanded, the price of meat in the market will fall, and the price drop will lead to vicious competition. The originally gradual meat market will definitely have problems. In the end, it is the merchants, those with large businesses, who will suffer a huge impact. The big businessmen may be fine, but the small businessmen will definitely be doomed.

Michelle continued.

"So during our talks, we must ensure that our products can maintain their value from the beginning, so that we can gradually develop a good business model. Otherwise, once there is overcapacity, even if we can make internal jokes, it will create a very vicious cycle of waste. ."

Le Xiao now feels confident. She understands why it was so difficult for middle- and lower-class merchants in the city to do business before. Because there was overcapacity, the market was completely saturated, and things could no longer be sold.

But the same is true for the current deal with Asgard. There cannot be large-scale dumping. Otherwise, the economy of Brilliant City will definitely have big problems again.

"If you understand, then take a closer look at those products and select some cans with good value for money based on your knowledge. We must strictly control the quantity of foreign trade products. Once the production is too fast, it will cause urban In order to make profits, businessmen in the city are recruiting people on a large scale to expand production capacity. This situation will cause a devastating blow to the city once the other party's dependence on our products decreases."

Le Xiao returned to the sofa and continued reading. She felt confident. It turned out that business transactions were such complicated matters and could not be done too quickly or too slowly.

She must always be wary of those profit-seeking businessmen. Le Xiao's head hurts when she thinks of this, because over the years, she has clearly seen how those businessmen use the goods in their hands to turn people into slaves again and again. .

Le Xiao shuddered when she thought of the faces of the merchants at the banquet last night, because the merchants had smelled the smell of money, and they would definitely try their best to sell their goods to the Sky Space Country.

"By the way, Secretary General, the other party should have the same idea."

Michelle smiled.

"Of course, do you think the other party has less experience than us?"

Le Xiao shook his head. Indeed, although Asgard only has a population of 3 million, it seems that their social structure is very stable, and there should be no major problems.

Because X has already said this, the society of Tianji Space Country has been very stable since a long time ago, and the ordinary people there basically have no worries about food and clothing.

Le Xiao continued to read, and she listed some foods that she had ideas for. She planned to see what the other party needed during the formal meeting later, and then bring out the products she recommended.

After Michelle finished the work at hand, she stood up and said.

"Read it carefully. If you think of something, write it down first. Wu Lei will come over later."

Le Xiao hummed, she was a little confused as to where Wu Lei had gone.

At this time, in the section chief's conference room, Wu Lei was listening to Zi Yu'er and Ye Jiao explaining some things. Basically, the situation of today's meeting has been decided. Next, Wu Lei needs to remember what the two secretaries said. Point, when Le Xiao is talking to the other party, he can assist from the side.

Wu Lei basically slept for less than 3 hours last night in order to memorize all the information about Asgard. In order to avoid making mistakes, Wu Lei really felt a little tired now.

"Okay, that's it for now. Go and rest for three hours."

As Zi Yuer said, Wu Lei felt relieved and walked out of the section chief's conference room. He went directly to the General Affairs Department. As soon as he entered, he saw Le Xiao lying on the sofa, holding a small biscuit in her hand, looking at the light and shadow screen with a smile. .

"Why did you come here?"

Wu Lei laughed helplessly, and then sat next to the sofa. Only then did Le Xiao get up. He couldn't tell the pain.

"I've been here since 4 o'clock this morning, and I've been here ever since."

Le Xiao swallowed. Thinking that Wu Lei would cooperate with her in today's formal meeting, she hurriedly stood up and pinched Wu Lei's shoulders.

"Sorry, my memory is not very good. I have to rely on you for a lot of things."

Wu Lei sighed and said.

"I'm going to take a good rest for a few days after this busy period is over."

Le Xiao nodded.

"Indeed, we are all too busy during this period. I think we should go to Phoebus Resort Hotel to have a good rest for a few days."

Wu Lei looked at Le Xiao and shook his head.

"You want to rest? Impossible."

Le Xiao smiled awkwardly.

"It seems so."

The two discussed for a while, and Wu Lei lay down on the sofa and fell asleep. Le Xiao felt energetic now and continued to read some things that needed attention in the meeting.

At this time, in the Central Park past the conference hall, an area has been allocated to the people of the mission. They will live here, and the people in the General Affairs Department are busy.

There is only one meeting every day, starting at 2 o'clock and ending at 6 p.m., and then the other times are when the members of the mission and some people from the department, including the businessmen's families, discuss some plans. After the discussion that day, some transaction plans will be drafted directly. , wait until the next day’s meeting to start discussing more details.

The meeting will continue until the two parties complete the initial product transaction. I don’t know how many days it will last, Le Xiao said helplessly.

"When will it end?"

At this time, King Xue walked in the office and smiled.

"Secretary Le Xiao, how do you feel?"

Le Xiao quickly stood up and bowed, King Xue smiled and pressed his hands on Le Xiao's shoulders.

"Don't be too nervous, just relax."