Chapter 166 Comprehensive Confiscation
"Notice to all illegal gun holders: Following the unified arrangements of the Earth Guard Corps, starting today, our bureau will start the first batch of centralized collection of illegal firearms and ammunition.
During the collection period, our bureau will collect unlimited amounts of relevant illegal weapons and equipment at the following prices.
No registration required, no records required, cash payment required.
We hope that the general public will cooperate with the Earth Guard’s illegal firearms crackdown and hand over illegally held weapons and ammunition within a time limit. After the collection period, our bureau will, under unified arrangements, launch severe crackdowns on individuals who still refuse to turn over their money.
Attached: Price list for weapons and ammunition collection.
Standard rifle: 2,700 yuan, bullets: 2.9 yuan, grenades, body armor, landmines..."
At the same time, in various bases on major planets, local security bureaus launched large-scale publicity through posting notices and online publicity.
As soon as this news was released, it immediately aroused a strong response. I don’t know how many people were running to tell each other and talking about it.
The vast majority of people did not fall into ecstasy because of this announcement - although the collection price was indeed much higher than the market price, almost 50% higher. Instead, they fell into confusion and caution.
Can such a good thing happen? really? is that a lie?
The security bureau went up on a pole to give us money? Why don't I believe it?
There was a strong wait-and-see mood, but the security bureaus in various places did not stop their actions. In various crowded areas, such as Fuxing Mall, or in places such as traffic arteries and security bureau gates, manpower and material resources were directly allocated to set up special collection points and began to wait for "customers" to come to their doors.
Sharp-eyed people saw that at every collection point there was at least one big box, and the big boxes were full of cash!
This further relieves the concerns of those who surrender weapons and equipment.
All were paid in cash, and the whereabouts of the money cannot be traced, so what are you worried about?
But most people are still waiting and watching. However, some people plucked up the courage and started trying.
For example, Lu Hong.
He now has hundreds of thousands of guns and various weapons in his hands. Of course you can sell it if you sell it slowly, but the price is not as high as here. If the seizure notice from the Security Bureau is true, wouldn't it be possible to make more money by reselling it?
He found a drug addict at random, gave him some money, and asked the drug addict to take a gun and go test the water.
The others watched nervously from behind.
The poisonous ghost tremblingly took the gun to the handover point and handed over the gun. Then, everything was just like what was written in the notice. Without any registration or any formalities, he handed over the gun in one hand and the money in the other, and the 2,700 yuan was directly given to him!
The poisonous ghost left happily, and no one followed him after that.
It's true!
This suddenly stirred up a hornet's nest.
In today's world, there are so many guns on the market that even anyone with a little bit of money has more than one gun in their hands. I bought it for less than 2,000, but now I can sell it for 2,700. Why not sell it?
In an instant, countless people rushed to the hand-in point.
"Don't be impatient, everyone, get in line, we are collecting unlimited amounts! Everyone has a share!"
Guards with guns tried their best to maintain order and prevent chaos at the scene.
At one collection point, on the first day, 2,325 firearms and various weapons and equipment were collected, and more than 8 million yuan was distributed!
There are more than 200 such collection points on Mercury, and the total number of planets in the entire solar system is more than 5,000!
On the first day, a total of more than 8 million firearms were collected throughout the solar system, and a total of more than 40 billion in funds were distributed!
On the second day, the market continued to be hot. The number of firearms confiscated in the entire solar system has risen to more than 12 million, and a total of more than 60 billion funds have been distributed.
In just two days, more than 20% of the 500 billion budget was consumed.
But Liu Kai didn't panic at all. Because he knew very well that on the first day it was mainly retail investors testing the waters, and on the second day it was smugglers waiting to see what was true and choosing to ship in large quantities.
On the third day, there won't be so many.
Sure enough, on the third day, the number of firearms collected dropped sharply to only 6 million, and about 28 billion in funds were distributed. It dropped again on the fourth day, to only 4 million, and less than 20 billion in funds were distributed.
Five days later, only 1 million firearms were collected every day, and the funds consumed were only 5 billion, and it was still steadily decreasing.
Liu Kai breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, everything was as he expected. After all the excess and temporarily unused firearms, as well as smugglers and other large-scale hoarding forces, have been shipped, the remaining firearms will have certain "rigorously needed" attributes and will not be easily sold.
For example, wealthier families use it for self-defense, or gangsters use it for gunfights.
At the same time, with the increase in the price of firearms caused by the comprehensive high-price collection by the Security Bureau, there will also be a wait-and-see sentiment in the market, and some people will be waiting to see whether the price of firearms will further increase.
At this moment, in terms of absolute numbers, the number of firearms circulating in society is still quite large, and it has not yet reached the goal of comprehensively improving the control of the Security Bureau.
"Commander Liu, the number of firearms handed over has been greatly reduced recently, and it is far from achieving our expected goals. What should we do? Do we want to increase the price to purchase them?"
Obviously, once the price increases, a group of people who originally did not intend to pay will choose to pay.
Liu Kai smiled faintly: "Price increase? No, the price must be reduced. Please inform me that the price of a standard rifle will be adjusted from 2,700 to 2,650."
"They didn't even hand it in at 2700. Now that the price has been reduced, they are even less likely to hand it in."
"Stupid! The higher the price, the less likely they will hand it in!"
The men left in a hurry.
The next day, people noticed this change.
"Fuck, the price has been reduced? It looks like it won't go up in the future. Not only won't it go up, it may even go down! Hurry up while the price is still good!"
There are many people who think this way. So, after the price reduction, each collection point ushered in a small peak of handing in again.
After the small peak, the work of collecting firearms became weak again.
Liu Kai knew that at this moment, the goal of comprehensively improving the control of the Security Bureau had not been achieved.
But the rest of the people no longer made a move easily, what should they do?
Liu Kai was not panicked at all. Because he knew that when the Security Bureau collected firearms and ammunition at a high price, and firearms and ammunition had a certain currency attribute, even if the firearms holders didn't want to hand them in, there would be people who would do it for them.
At this moment, in a room in the Mercury Life Base Group.
The Fire Wolf Gang leader looked gloomy: "All the stock in the gang has been handed in. Now there are only 100 guns left. No more can be handed in!
These guns are for our brothers to use!"
Before he finished speaking, gunshots suddenly came from outside the window. After a crackling sound, all the high-ranking members of the Fire Wolf Gang were shot dead.
The Hound Gang leader's face was full of joy: "100 guns! Collect them all and quickly hand them in for money!"