"a great invention!"
"God spread the gospel to the world through the hands of Stein Ein!"
Early in the morning, all the newspapers were reporting on the deeds of a young medical scientist named Stein Ein. He discovered that a magical substance called "wine essence" could be extracted from spirits through a special extraction method. substance. This substance has a strong smell, and although it comes from spirits, it cannot be drank directly. The effectiveness of this "alcohol" is not used to satisfy the endless demand of alcoholics for spirits, but is used in medicine.
According to Stein Ein's research report, alcohol can effectively kill bacteria and some viruses on the surface of objects, and has an extremely amazing effect on cleaning open wounds. Although the irritation of alcohol will make the injured feel more severe pain, it can save many complications caused by infection.
Even federal medical scientists are crazy about this. Angel, the highest medical palace-level publication in the Federation, even proactively proposed to award Stan Ein the "Enoch Highest Medical Achievement Award" in recognition of his contribution to medicine and his achievements in the medical field. contribution.
What makes people even crazier are the bootleggers. They have finally found a way to extract high-strength alcohol without using high-value materials like dragon blood wood. Many people think that the spring of bootleggers has arrived.
"But it's not!" Dulin sat in the office and flipped through the latest issue of the newspaper sent from the imperial capital. Almost all of it promoted the deeds of Stein Ein. Even when he was a child, he secretly kissed a female classmate. After being reported, what is even more interesting is that the female classmate actually stood up and expressed that she did not mind accepting Stein Ein's love.
He put down the newspaper and looked at the woman in front of him, his agent, Sophia.
Wearing a long black dress, Sophia looks dignified and elegant like a noble woman. There is no trace of the lower class atmosphere in her body. Her smile is as always like the spring breeze when the flowers are blooming, which can blow into people's hearts. In the heart, people relax unconsciously, "Mr. Dulin, do you think this will have any impact on us?"
Sophia is sending her little daughter to school in the imperial capital this time. The Imperial Royal College of Higher Education has announced that it only accepts applications from elite elite students in the empire. However, any school that wants to become a world-class school cannot do without strong teaching staff and research facilities. allocation, and sufficient research funds. Since the Yaoxing Noble Academy was renamed the Imperial Royal Academy, the nobles have stopped donating to the academy. Therefore, this academy, known as the cradle of the Imperial Star, will also accept some students with "special talents". For example, some students Have the special talent of being "rich".
The tuition fee of 18,000 yuan per semester is enough to prohibit many middle-class people and even small wealthy people. Including various other expenses, the cost of paying to enter this school for a year is about 45,000 to 50,000 yuan. between.
Sophia's youngest daughter actually has very good academic performance. The poor family has given the family members the motivation to actively seek to change their destiny, and learning is one of them. Politicians are always promoting the dream of empire, and public opinion is constantly promoting the slogan "learning makes me rich". Many people regard learning as the ladder of destiny, although only about 5% of them succeed in the end.
Although her youngest daughter's academic performance was good, she was still a little short of the most exclusive institution in the empire, so she spent a little money to give her daughter the best opportunity, and hoped that she would become a true social elite. .
Just because Sophia didn't say it didn't mean she didn't mean it in her heart. Everything now was given to them by Du Lin. She was very grateful that Du Lin reached out and pulled her out of the quagmire when she needed help. But this is not safe. If one day Du Lin is killed or stepped on - this is not impossible. What if such a day really happens, what will she do? She will most likely go back to her old life, albeit still wealthy.
But people can't just stare at what's in their pockets, they also need to look forward. The mountain of gold will be dug out one day, not to mention that she is not too rich.
As it happened, she came to visit Du Lin and asked whether this matter would have a bad impact on their career.
Dulin threw the newspaper into the trash. The sweltering heat made him a little uncomfortable. He walked to the window, pushed it open and lit a cigarette. He shook his finger confidently, "This will not affect us. On the contrary, it will be more beneficial to us.”
He stretched out a finger and pointed at Sophia, "First, what we operate is actually a channel, not a product. You need to understand the concepts and differences between channels and products. To explain it in another simple way, We run a store with a wide audience and many customers, and merchandise is only part of our sales.”
"Second..." He took a puff of cigarette and waved his two fingers. "Not only will the new spirit purification method not have any impact on us, it will actually increase your income. Because the manufacturing cost will be reduced. , then the profit potential will be fully released. My suggestion is that you and others can slightly lower the price after the goods are available next month to attract more customers and cause market fluctuations.”
If technological upgrading makes costs lower and consumes less, it will completely disrupt the market, then the world in Dulin's dream may have been over long ago. That theory says that replacement only takes eighteen months. Doesn’t it mean that the market will explode every year and a half
In fact, there is no such statement at all. The upgrading of technology is actually a kind of shuffling of the market. The strong ones get stronger and the weak ones get weaker. In the end, the weak ones are eliminated, leaving only the strong ones, and the market is gradually solidified.
This involves more issues, such as R&D capabilities, such as marketing capabilities. Of course, these agents under Du Lin do not have access to these things now, because the guns in their hands are better than any marketing methods and R&D capabilities. They are all more advanced, but this does not prevent the entire moonshine market from being cleaned up through distillation.
Just like the monopoly business that all businessmen hope for, once the market is shuffled, it will tend to be a pseudo-monopoly, thereby making huge profits. In Du Lin's dream, there is a company that specializes in the field of daily necessities. When many people are faced with the dazzling array of daily necessities on the market, it is difficult to make a choice. In fact, if you carefully look at the authorized companies of these dozens of brands, you will find that they actually They all belong to the same family.
Shuffling, annexing, and promoting monopoly are Dulin's next steps in the bootlegging market. Although he is very clear that he cannot achieve a complete monopoly in this industry, it does not matter. As long as he occupies more than 70% of the market share, there is actually no difference from a monopoly.
Here we need to put forward another concept called inertial consumption. Habitual consumption is a very scary thing. It can affect people unknowingly, and even the affected people complete this behavior without being aware of it.
Of course, Sophia and all agents don't need to know these more complicated things, they just need to keep selling products.
Sophia breathed a sigh of relief, "I feel relieved after hearing what you said. There is one more thing about you..." Dulin nodded for her to continue. She smiled and continued: "Everyone is asking about the end of the year. Do you want to get together when the time comes?”
Du Lin was a little tempted, but after thinking about it he rejected the idea. He took a few steps back and forth and said, "The Imperial City established an organized crime investigation bureau in the first half of this year. They seem to be targeting us, so What we need most now is to keep a low profile. It is not appropriate to have such a high-profile party right now. If the time comes, I will let you know!"
This matter was also told by Kevin when Du Lin went to the imperial capital last time. As the signs of economic recovery in the empire became more and more obvious, gang forces in some places also entered a stage of reshuffle, gradually consisting of multiple loosely structured small groups. Gangs eventually evolved into powerful criminal groups. The Organized Crime Investigation Bureau was established to crack down on these gangs. Just when they were preparing to launch a ruthless investigation, Dulin became the mayor and avoided this powerful targeted investigation.
According to the laws of the empire, any official holding a public office is exempted from some criminal liability and will only be investigated after he leaves office. Before that, he can only file a case, but cannot investigate, monitor, or eavesdrop...
Thank you to the imperial laws for being so fair and reasonable!
This was the first time Sophia heard about this. She was a little nervous. Dulin waved his hand, "Don't be afraid of these people. Just do your own thing well. As for the fight, stop for the time being and wait for the limelight." Let’s talk about it later.”
If Sophia hadn't come over today, he would have almost forgotten about it. In fact, even if he forgot, it wouldn't be a big deal. Now as the mayor of Otis City, if he couldn't catch him but his agent, there would be no chance. In any sense, he could reorganize a group of hierarchical and well-organized people in a very short period of time.
"By the way, leave my phone number with your daughter. If something important happens, maybe I can help."
Sophia didn't have any random thoughts when Du Lin said this, nor did she think that Du Lin wanted to mess with her daughter. She even thought that it would be a good thing if Du Lin could like her daughter. She then left her daughter's name and phone number with Dulin.
After the two had something to eat together at noon, Dulin sent Sophia away. After all, Montel still needed her to be in charge.
I just came back from overseas. I got home at 10:30
(End of chapter)