Chapter 639: Vegetable Prices Soar

Netizens were talking a lot, but Yang Chen was smiling and appreciating the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" in the collection room of Tomson Yipin.

Mu Zihan on the other hand was watching the public opinion on the Internet, and asked Yang Chen in confusion, "Master, in fact, you can hide this calligraphy privately from the beginning and not show it to others. Why do you Are you going to take it out for everyone to see? Is it really because you think everyone is qualified to see this kind of national treasure?"

Yang Chen replied with a smile: "The fact that I have "Lanting Collection Preface" in my hand cannot be kept secret forever. The news will leak out one day. Once everyone knows that a treasure of this level is in my hands, they will definitely force me to They asked me to hand it over. Rather than being forced by them to take it out, I would like to take the initiative to show it to everyone. Later, Jones and Lawrence sent me an email and asked me to hand over the things to him for sale. Suddenly I thought of a golden cicada escaping its shell. method. That’s why the following things happened.”

Bai Zihua: "In fact, everything is in the master's plan. They are just the master's pawns."

Mu Zihan: "Oh, so that's it. Fortunately, I never think about why the master does this, I just follow orders. Otherwise, I really wouldn't think of these things, which may affect the effectiveness of my execution of orders."

Yang Chen smiled and put away the "Preface to the Lanting Collection".

Everyone knows that the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" was burned to ashes in the sewers, and Yang Chen can safely own it from now on.

The Internet spreads quickly.

News of Jones and Lawrence's arrest spread to the United States.

His brother, Mills Lawrence, got the news.

Although Mills Lawrence ostensibly severed ties with Jones Lawrence.

But in fact this is just a way for Mills Lawrence to protect his younger brother.

Now that his younger brother has been arrested in Daxia, and he is not allowed to be released on bail, this makes Mills Lawrence very angry.

The company itself has a bad reputation, and Mills Lawrence's own ass is not clean, so he doesn't dare to come to Daxia to ask for people.

After thinking for a day, Mills Lawrence came up with a way to avenge his brother.

The younger brother was captured by Yang Chen's people and handed over to the police, which is equivalent to Yang Chen harming him.

Mills Lawrence put all the responsibility on Yang Chen.

"Since my brother was arrested because of the calligraphy worth one billion meters of gold,

Then I want him to give me this billion of gold! Mills Lawrence muttered quietly.

However, if he wants to deal with Yang Chen, he must have a reasonable excuse.

If he took action directly, everyone would definitely think that he was trying to avenge his brother.

Isn't it contradictory to say that I am severing ties with my brother and at the same time want to avenge him?

Mills felt that he should not be too anxious about this matter and must find a suitable opportunity before he could take action against Yang Chen.

If an employer hired them to deal with Yang Chen, that would be perfect.

Then he could attack Yang Chen in the name of official business.

But where can such an employer be found?

…

This winter is extremely cold.

Many vegetable farmers did not make sufficient preparations, causing vegetables to freeze to death in the vegetable fields.

In the past week, vegetable prices have been rising day by day.

Take lettuce, for example. It used to cost two pieces per pound.

Now it's great, it's gone up to six yuan a pound.

A medium-sized head of lettuce costs nine yuan, which is enough for one person.

If it is a family of three or more, this one stick is not enough to eat, and you have to buy two sticks and fry a big plate.

One meal cannot support lettuce, so we have to make some other dishes.

Then let’s have a cauliflower. Good guy, it’s still more than six yuan per pound. A large cauliflower costs more than ten yuan.

If you can’t afford cauliflower, why don’t you just eat Chinese cabbage?

Good guy, a head of cabbage costs more than ten yuan.

Then I'll boil some spinach and eat it.

Good guy, 15 yuan a pound.

This damn thing is more expensive than pork, how can you afford it?

The increasingly expensive vegetable prices soon aroused public complaints.

"I really can't afford to live. Last year, meat was ridiculously expensive. It cost more than 40 pounds a pound. I couldn't bear to eat it once every half a year. This year, it's the other way around. Meat is cheap, and vegetables are ridiculously expensive. It costs 100 yuan a day for a big family. The food is not enough, which is outrageous!”

"I couldn't afford meat last year, and I can't afford vegetables this year. It's fair."

"These wholesalers are really evil. The Chinese cabbage grown by my grandfather is not easy to sell for only 2 cents per catty. In the supermarket, it is sold for more than 4 yuan per catty. It is a money grab."

"Vegetable farmers can't sell, and we can't afford food. What's the problem?"

"I'm a wholesaler, so I really don't blame us. The weather is too cold this year, and vegetables in many places have rotted in the fields. We can indeed get goods at cheap prices now, but we can foresee that in the near future, there will definitely be Prices rise due to shortages. Then we have to stock up now and store the collected goods for a while to deal with shortages in the future. This leads to a serious shortage of vegetable supply on the market, and prices naturally go up. "

"Let me tell you this, I collect it from vegetable farmers all over the country for ten cents per catty, and then wholesale it to vegetable stall owners. The vegetable stall owners then sell it to end consumers, and it costs at least one yuan per catty to make some money. Because after I collect it from the vegetable farmers, I have to transport and store it, and there will be natural wear and tear. I wholesale it to the local Erdao dealers, and it costs at least 50 cents per catty to make money. The Errendao dealers then sell it to the vegetable stall owners, and there is a middle price. There will also be losses, etc., and you need at least 8 cents per pound to make money. If the vegetable stall owner wants to make money, he must sell one pound per pound. With the market situation this year, everyone should tighten their belts. It is impossible to solve the problem in a short time. Unless the national team is out of the game, the inventory will be sold to alleviate the urgent need. It will take at least three months to wait until the next crop of vegetables is on the market, and it may be better by then."

…

It's been a long time since I've gone home for dinner, so Yang Chen deliberately took time to go home and have dinner.

Dad, mom, and sister went to the supermarket to buy a lot of Yang Chen's favorite dishes.

My mother complained: "The price of vegetables really changes every day. If we were still the same family as before, we would definitely not be able to survive."

Dad complained: "Go to your mother's house tomorrow and don't be reluctant to eat because the food is expensive."

Yang Yue asked Yang Chen with a puzzled look on her face: "Brother, why do you think the price of vegetables suddenly became so expensive?"

Yang Chen: "House prices have fallen a lot, and the real estate industry has encountered a cold winter. Some funds have flowed out of the real estate industry and entered the food basket."

Yang Yue: "Ah? Isn't it a good thing that house prices have fallen? Why is this happening?"

Yang Chen: "The main reason is that the real estate industry is too huge, and every move can affect the development of the economy. Let me give you an example. If the banknotes issued by the central bank are 1 trillion, according to the previous economic structure, there will be 800 billion The flow into the real estate industry has pushed housing prices to continue to rise. All other industries combined have consumed the remaining 200 billion. Now that real estate regulation has reduced housing prices by 20%, it means that 160 billion funds have flowed out of the real estate industry. What are you thinking about? Can the industry withstand the impact of this 160 billion capital? In the past, 200 billion capital could meet the development needs of all other industries. Now that 160 billion capital is suddenly squeezed out of the real estate industry and allocated to other industries, it will inevitably push the prices of other industries to soar. . Look, now it’s just the price of vegetables that is rising. Soon, the prices of rice, noodles, water, electricity, gas, etc., which are related to people’s livelihood, will rise in turn. This is the negative impact of the sharp drop in housing prices.”