Chapter 1488 Panic

Friday, September 23rd.

Tomorrow is the last day of the fourth round of Sino-British negotiations.

During the week-long negotiations, the two parties involved made no progress at all.

The three major TV stations in Xiangjiang all sent reporters to hold special sessions and took every opportunity to interview officials participating in the meeting, but none of them obtained any meaningful information.

After seeing this scene, until the penultimate day of the meeting, the people in Xiangjiang, who had been tense for a long time, suddenly collapsed.

Starting from the morning of that day, all supermarkets, department stores, grocery stores, etc. in Xiangjiang were all subjected to crazy purchasing by the people.

Whether it was firewood, rice, oil, salt, or various daily commodities, including toilet paper, they were all purchased by the people as if they were free of charge.

It was only 10 o'clock in the morning, and most of the daily necessities in Xiangjiang were sold out.

As for things like pork, beef, mutton, fruits and vegetables, they were all bought up before 9 o'clock.

The remaining department stores left in the warehouse were directly ordered by Governor Youde to prohibit the sale today, lest there be no sales at all tomorrow, which would trigger even more terrifying panic buying and immeasurable turmoil.

At the same time, the Chief Secretary immediately made an urgent appointment with the chairman and bosses of more than a dozen department stores and supermarkets in Hong Kong, asking them to replenish supplies as quickly as possible and strive to restore the supply of daily commodities to the people in the shortest possible time.

Then all the police in Xiangjiang canceled their vacations and were on call 24 hours a day.

Tens of thousands of police officers patrolled the streets with live ammunition. They were granted the power to shoot directly without asking for instructions in critical situations.

No wonder they were so nervous.

If it is luxury goods, such as cars and motorcycles, or clothes, shoes, socks, etc., if these are less or out of stock, they will not have a big impact on people's lives.

But now we have firewood, rice, oil, salt, vegetables, meat, fruits and vegetables, which are daily necessities. Try not eating for a day or two and see if the people will panic?

If the people have no food to eat and their lives are threatened, then it is not surprising that they do something that is not consistent with common sense.

Almost all dynasties in China were overthrown under such circumstances.

Even if such a powerful country can be overthrown, a mere Xiangjiang is nothing.

Now the Xiangjiang government doesn't want to care about the negotiation at all. They just hope that panic will not spread and cause immeasurable consequences.

At that time, they must be taking the blame!

No one wants to take this big blame!

Almost all of Xiangjiang's agricultural supplies, food, drinks and toiletries are imported.

Most of them are imported from Baodao, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, mainland China, Thailand and other places.

But everyone has a contract and a quota. Where can we find so many goods to supply the whole of Hong Kong in a short period of time?

Xiangjiang now has a population of close to 7 million. If they are not just eating, but also storing goods for winter and protecting themselves, then this consumption is even more astonishing.

Because residents simply don’t buy according to their needs, but buy as soon as they see it, regardless of whether they really need it.

This is called panic buying.

Fortunately, these people also knew in their hearts that if there was chaos in Xiangjiang, they would have nothing to gain, so as soon as they came out from the Chief Secretary's post, they immediately mobilized their own efforts to find the source of supplies.

Li Chaoren was the smartest and found Yin Jun directly.

Watsons Group, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa, in addition to Watsons hypermarkets, also has a PARKnSHOP supermarket. This and Wellcome Supermarket, a subsidiary of Land, are also known as the two major supermarkets in Hong Kong.

Basically, they account for 80% of the supermarkets in Xiangjiang.

Therefore, Parknshop Supermarket did not escape the disaster today. All the agricultural products and daily necessities that could be sold were robbed.

Moreover, according to the company's business strategy, no one reacted at first, and they replenished the goods after they were robbed. The warehouses near the supermarket were all emptied.

If Youde's office hadn't contacted quickly, I'm afraid the remaining products would have been shipped to major supermarkets and then snatched up by the public.

"So exaggerated?" Yin Jun also saw the news on TV and was surprised when he heard Li Chaoren talking about it.

"It's actually more exaggerated than what I said." Li Chaoren said with a wry smile, "This has never happened before, so our daily imports are rationed, especially vegetables, meat, fruits, vegetables, grain, edible oil, etc., all according to demand If you import too much at once, it will easily lead to waste due to spoiled quality.

I asked, and the quota imported tomorrow will be enough for 3 million people at most for one day. On weekdays, this is enough. After all, there are Wellcome and other importer channels. But that’s not what they say now. They obviously bought enough for two or three days, but they didn’t think it was safe at all. They seemed to want to buy enough for a month before giving up! "

"Do you think we have to prepare enough goods for a month?" Yin Jun thought it was an exaggeration.

Oh, Yin Jun is not just worrying about this matter.

Hutchison Whampoa is a company controlled by Cheung Kong Group, and Yin Jun is the second largest shareholder of Cheung Kong Group. Of course, PARKnSHOP Supermarket is also his business.

"Of course you won't need it for one month, but in the next three days, it's best to prepare half a month's worth of supplies for 3 million people." Li Chaoren said seriously, "Then as long as you give me these three days, I can raise supplies. ”

Yin Jun smiled, "Listening to what Li Sheng means, you are sure that I will help you prepare it, right?"

"Yin Sheng, you are not being kind." Li Chaoren also laughed, "You are much more familiar with the mainland than I am. With you coming forward, of course it will be easier to urgently transport supplies. Besides, this time, it will be huge. It’s a good opportunity, right?”

"I would like to hear the details." Yin Jun raised his hand and said.

"Except for water resources, only 20% of the supplies in Xiangjiang are imported from the mainland." Li Chao said, "As long as the mainland lends a helping hand during this disaster and gives the people of Xiangjiang great mental stability, then They will naturally have more sense of belonging to the mainland, don’t you think?”

"yes!"

Yin Jun nodded.

In fact, he thought of this as soon as Li Chaoren came to him.

In times of crisis, it is time to win the hearts and minds of the people.

If the mainland acts as the magic needle to calm the sea this time, who will dare to spread rumors in the future that the mainland will destroy Hong Kong?

If I want to destroy you, why should I provide you with supplies?

Simply cut them off, not even providing drinking water or domestic water. Wouldn't this be even more murderous?

Therefore, this is also a good opportunity to show the mainland's strength and goodwill.

"Leave it to me!" After thinking for a while, Yin Jun said, "You ask PARKnSHOP to prepare. The goods will come in a steady stream tonight at the latest."

"Okay, I'll go say hello to the Chief Secretary and the Governor and ask them to cooperate with us at the border." Li Chao said, "You also need to pay attention to the procedures and don't get caught and bark again."

"I know."

Yin Jun replied with a smile.

After seeing off Li Chaoren, Yin Jun immediately called Zhu Pingfan, the top leader in Eastern Guangdong Province.

In fact, Yin Jun is more familiar with Rui Chengzhi, the top leader of the Guangdong City government.

But first of all, Guangdong is still a bit far away from Xiangjiang, and Nanwan is the closest.

Secondly, he was worried that there were too many materials and forces that needed to be mobilized this time, and Rui Chengzhi might not be so good at it, so he went directly to Zhu Pingfan.

Zhu Pingfan was a little surprised when he received Yin Jun's call.

But after hearing what Yin Jun said about the situation in Xiangjiang and his request, a smart person like Zhu Pingfan immediately knew what Yin Jun meant.

"The faster, the better. This will have a very good effect on establishing the image of our mainland." The young man said so bluntly, "And the bigger the scale, the better."

Zhu Pingfan was very happy to hear the word "our mainland" said by Yin Jun. He thought to himself that Mr. Huo did not lie to me. Yin Jun still loves the motherland.

But what he valued more was what Yin Jun said.

After just thinking about it for a minute, Zhu Pingfan said decisively: "I understand, it is 1 o'clock in the afternoon. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, you will send a big truck into the mainland. I will open a special channel for you and return directly after loading. Come back after unloading... I guarantee you will have as much as you want, and you will never return empty!"

"You are so refreshing, you don't even care about the money." Yin Jun said with a smile.

"Money and other things are all trivial. As you said, Mr. Yin, our credibility and the confidence we give our compatriots in Xiangjiang are more important." Zhu Pingfan said, "First of all, the first batch is mainly composed of firewood, rice, oil, salt, vegetables, meat, fruits and vegetables. . You ask them to come over with an order, and we will prepare it here immediately to ensure that nothing is delayed."

"good!"

Yin Jun said cheerfully.

This is not the time to be polite. Solving the matter earlier will be more effective than saying ten thousand words.

Of course he believed that Zhu Pingfan could do this, and the Chinese people's execution ability was definitely the best.

It's like jumping into a river to plug a broken dam. Hundreds of people jump at the drop of a hat. Compared with the kind of execution, this kind of mobilization of supplies is an effort of the entire province. , simply out of the question.

After putting down the phone, Yin Jun called Li Chaoren to explain.

Li Chaoren was amazed that the matter was resolved so quickly, and he hadn't even returned to the company yet.

But neither Yin Jun nor Zhu Pingfan was joking about this matter.

So after he hung up the phone, he called the warehousing department of Parknshop Supermarket, and then called his subordinates and asked them to contact a transportation company.

Yin Jun's second call was to Le Yiling, asking her to arrange for people from Kylin TV and "Kilin Daily" to use the strongest lineup to report, so that thousands of households can watch it through the TV screen. arrive.

In such a panic environment, it is useless just to tell you how much supplies I have.

Even ancient people knew how to drive the grain truck around the streets and alleys before sending it to the warehouse. They all knew the effect of display. There is no reason why modern people can't use it.