653 Dumping (2/2)
”No, we just need to follow our plan,” Liu Hong said, slowly.
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Were those nutrient supplies really okay?
Of course they were okay.
Regardless how they were inspected, the nutrient supply was a proper product and not second grade.
Most of the survivor gatherings with size would all inspect the product in an event where a massive amount of product enter the market. Since some of the D-grade nutrient supply was made with the flesh of mutants and zombies, without the examination of toxicity, who would dare eat it? And the possibility of raiders pretending to be merchants to poison the survivors was also a possibility.
But because of the massive dump of the merchants of Federation, Qinghsan's inspection personnel tightened the examination of nutrient supply entering the market to prevent any poisonous products from entering the market.
If it were the leaders of small survivor gatherings, they would laugh in their dreams with how cheap the nutrient supply was.
But to the leaders of the more prominent locations, excessive nutrient supply would not only make people ”full”, they would make people ”bloated”…
”There are currently three nutrient supply retailers with a partnership with our cooperation that have gone bankrupt. If the nutrient supply price continues to remain low, with consideration of the margin, we must close the 100 acres mutated fruit plantation in Golden River Farm… Of course, I won't do that. But there are smaller shareholders demanding us do that,” Zhao Chenwu said.
”What do they want to do?” Jiang Chen furrowed his brows.
”Use nutrient supply to disrupt our market. Not only nutrient supply but because of the massive dump, our merchant business' sale slid by 28%, and the other non-related industries also experience downward pressure in revenue,” Zhao Chenwu said.
”Using nutrient supply to 'raid' the currency from the consumers' hands and forcefully extracting the buying power from the market. Not only is nutrient supply affected, the instant noodles, compressed crackers, canned food, and other replaceable products also experienced dramatic influence. Weapons, ammunition, and even clothes are impacted…”
”Not only that, inside the Sixth Street bank exchange, the price of land sales of Golden River Farm also slid down. Since… if Federation has such cheap nutrient supply, the raw ingredient mutated fruits are also effected.”
”Chain reaction? …it is impacting the Sixth Street six hundreds kilometers away,” Jiang Chen thought, ”But I don't understand, how they can supply the market with this much nutrient supply. Are they not afraid of going bankrupt with the dumping strategy?”
”They could use the crystals they obtained from the dump to purchase the depreciated land. In this case, they not only would not lose any money, they could gain massively.”
Jiang Chen understood with Zhao Chenwu's explanation.
No wonder he was the devious merchant, this guy instantly read through the conspiracy of the merchants of Federation.
The amount of crystals flowing the Hongchen market decreased would result in the purchasing power of crystals to forcibly increase. And nutrient supply's dump would result in the arable land depreciating, it would allow them to purchase more lands from farmers or bankrupted merchants.
Finally, they will gain a monopoly of the mutated fruits in Hongchen and in turn monopolize the nutrient supply market.
By that time, the price of nutrient supply would be determined by the merchants of Federation.
Since Jiang Chen already knew their intention, he would not let their plan come to fruition. With an idea in his mind, a smile appeared on his face.
”Gain massively? Hehe, I will make sure they lose everything.”
”Looks like you have a plan already, I won't offer my strategy then.” Zhao Chenwu had a grin on his face too.
”Of course there is a strategy, but I need your cooperation.”
”At the command of the General, at any time!”