1924 Be Tougher

The room was so quiet that the only sound was a heavy breathing.

The fifty-seven-year-old senator, who looked well-groomed, hooked his tie with one hand and tugged hard.

The tie and tight collar restricted his breathing, and he felt a little out of breath.

The eyeballs were also covered with bloodshot eyes unconsciously.

After working for most of my life, I finally reached the top, but I haven’t been free for a long time before I’m about to go down.

Who can bear it?

Leaving Congress not only means a decline in his political status, but also means a huge discount on his income!

Capitalists are very realistic.

They are not going to waste their money on someone who is far from the political center.

Soon his proud investment ability will take a big hit in the eyes of others, and his investments will no longer make that much money.

It would be a little better if he could find a state to accept him as speaker of the state assembly.

But once he has no place to go, he will soon become an ordinary person.

Federation society is such a reality, straightforward.

When a person has value, everyone will surround him.

When a person's value reaches zero, people will leave him in an instant.

The senator pursed his lips, swallowed, and said with a fierce expression, "Because of that incident before?"

"I thought it was over!"

He guessed the truth of the matter, but so what?

Gladstone looked at him, "But the antitrust investigation is not over yet!"

The senator was stunned again, suddenly a little cold, and he realized that the butcher knife held high by the presidential palace might really fall on the Jerry Dais consortium.

Only this time, I don't know how much of its flesh and blood will be chopped off.

Among these sacrificed flesh and blood, I am one of them!

Presidential Palace, President, Consortium...

His face turned red in a very short time, and you could even see the bulging blood vessels and veins on his neck!

But soon, with another sigh, all the strength was spit out.

The change in a person's appearance was completed in a very short period of time.

A few minutes ago, he was so decent, so...confident, and a little bit arrogant.

At this moment, he was like one of those losers often seen on the streets of Bupen.

Decadence mixed with a hint of despair!

Once the results of the antitrust investigation come out, "big names" must be buried with them!

He is one of the victims!

There's no escape!

You can still struggle for a while, now?

"Is there no other way?" he asked in frustration.

Gladstone was still the same as before, "This is your chance. Once they make a move, you may not be able to escape."

"But now, you have a chance."

After Gladstone finished speaking, he said no more. There were some things he couldn't help others make choices about.

After seven or eight minutes, the congressman sighed heavily and said, "Please help me arrange it!"

In fact, not only the Progressive Party, but also the Conservative Party, Lynch also greeted the short old man as an introduction, and discussed the matter on the phone with the Chairman of the Conservative Committee.

His attitude is very intuitive, he can take action, but behind it is the meaning of the presidential palace.

Whether those MPs want it or not, they have to come down eventually.

Rather than being "beaten" without face, trading political chips before one is finished is the choice a smart person makes.

However, two people did not notify them. Mr. Trueman wanted to see the result of Lynch standing with him, rather than the scene of these people collectively taking the blame and resigning.

Among these two people, one is very close to the Jerry Dais consortium, and the other is the first member to stand up and strongly oppose the professor's entry into the state Senate as speaker.

The reason why these two people are retained is because they have collected sufficient evidence...

For several days, there seemed to be no disturbance, and even Lynch did not talk about it again.

However, an investigator who was conducting an antitrust investigation at this time discovered the fact that Jerry Dyce's subsidiary was suspected of industry monopoly through an investigation that complied with the procedural procedures.

Previously, the federal government recommended that various federal industries establish industry self-regulatory groups to conduct self-examination of some illegal or unreasonable phenomena in the industry.

This kind of unofficial organization with official support has quickly taken root in various industries.

The names of these organizations vary. Some are industry guilds, while others are established in the name of "committees".

A subsidiary of Jerry Deiss called on everyone to form an "Industry Self-Discipline Committee" and occupied an important decision-making position in the committee.

At the same time, they also put forward suggestions for price unification and took the lead in implementing them in their own companies.

According to the definition in the Anti-Monopoly Law, the act of controlling commodity prices and manipulating the market is also one of the monopolistic behaviors.

Due to pressure from large consortiums, the industry dared not object to their demands for price uniformity.

And this price is often accepted by many companies, after all, they will not do anything at a loss.

This situation is difficult to define judicially. This price is negotiated collectively and should logically be regarded as the price standard within the industry.

But on the other hand, if the specific price is set by a certain company or a business group, others do not have more bargaining power.

This kind of behavior is a typical market manipulation and an absolute monopoly.

There are many loopholes in the federal judiciary, just like those cheeses with countless holes. Sometimes, without moving, a hole can be drilled out with a little force.

The investigation team directly collected these evidences as evidence of a specific monopoly industry, named this company and its parent group company as defendants, and began to enter the judicial process.

The news that the subsidiary company had been seized immediately alarmed Frank and the top brass of the Jerry family.

The main members of the families and consortiums on both sides sat together. They were really scared when they faced the federal president's sudden butcher knife, and the butcher knife that fell on them.

A real sense of fear.

Who knows how wide-reaching this case will be. If the group company is involved, fines and splits will be imposed, and the Jerry & Dess brand will become a thing of the past!

And their wealth will shrink sharply!

At the same time, they were also confused. How dare the presidential office take action against them at this time?

The core business of Jerry & Dess Group is energy, and it is the largest power supplier in the Federation.

Jerry & Dyce owns the largest power generation unit and the largest power grid in the federation. In order to cope with antitrust laws, they also split the power generation company and power grid service company into multiple companies.

It looks like big companies have been split into small companies, but in essence there is still no difference, everything is under their control.

At this time, they really want to ask Mr. Trueman and take action against them. Isn't the Presidential Palace afraid of accidents in domestic electricity consumption?

"What's next?"

A young man from the Jerry family couldn't help but ask this question.

Everyone was silent and thinking, and the atmosphere was so depressing that people wanted to say something.

He was young, so he was the first to resist and asked the question.

Frank glanced up at him and continued to think about this series of questions and the trade-offs behind them.

Then a few more people spoke up, and then someone called Frank's name.

"Frank, tell me what you think."

Now the Dais family is headed by Frank. He is not the head of the family, but he already has the prestige of the head of the family.

He didn't say anything immediately, but sorted out his thoughts before speaking slowly.

"We continue to send people to talk to the Presidential Office. This is simply a misjudgment. We have never engaged in monopolistic behavior at all!"

"Secondly, we need to contact other consortiums and cannot keep giving in."

"What happened last time was our fault, and we have paid the price for it. There is no reason to have to pay again."

"Finally, maybe we have to express our attitude."

The Jerry family member sitting on the other side of the conference table asked with some uncertainty, "What do you mean?"

Frank's expression was not as calm as before, and there was a feeling of becoming uneasy, "I heard that the generator set we introduced last time had quality problems, which caused a large-scale power outage."

"We need to arrange for people to conduct maintenance in time and restore power supply to various states as soon as possible..."

Everyone present took a breath.

Once the power supply is cut off, not only the work and life of ordinary people will be in trouble, but the businesses of other consortiums will also encounter some troubles.

In this way, they will offend more people!

"The attack range is too wide, isn't it appropriate?"

Frank's attitude is very firm, "We must make him realize that we are not little things at his mercy. It's OK if he is dissatisfied with our behavior."

"We can sit down and talk and he tells us what he wants directly, instead of just having it happen every now and then."

"As for the power used in factories, don't worry. The accident occurred only for domestic electricity, and the industrial power grid is not affected."

After much deliberation, everyone feels that we should be a little tougher.

Last time they showed that they were willing to apologize, but what they got in exchange was not the result they wanted.

Since the soft one is not enough, let’s use the hard one.

But before that, they had privately communicated with industrial zones in several states. If necessary, backup generators could be used to provide continuous power supply to ensure that production would not be suspended.

After the decision was made, everyone moved. Frank wanted to talk to Mr. Trueman in person, but was refused.

This time, they can finally sit together and talk.

Jerry Dyce's subsidiary quickly submitted a letter of protest. They did not recognize the so-called "evidence" obtained by the antitrust investigation area.

The legal team also believes that this unified price is a voluntary normative behavior in the industry, but does not believe that price manipulation does not constitute a monopoly.

And other evidence is not enough to provide more effective evidence of monopoly, so monopoly behavior should not be established...