391: Chapter 271: Greed 391: Chapter 271: Greed After the dical, sports and other public welfare industries were eroded by various churches, the food industry, which was originally a private enterprise, beca even more so.
However, considering the relatively scattered and low-risk reality of the food and food industry, if you really lower your head to do business, the return would be even lower.
Besides, everyone has their own preferences and dislikes when it cos to taste.
It is not realistic and aningless to create a unified taste for everyone…
“…Gourt Association is just a neutral evaluation agency.
We rate the food, snacks, and hotels in the city to facilitate custors in choosing consumption places and help rchants in pricing…”
The “tour guide” leading the way was incessant in his speech, but Lu Ping’an heard the unspoken ssage hidden in his words.
“We don’t produce products, but we do produce standards…”
This place is the Ancient City Gourt Association headquarters, and at the sa ti, it is a 17-story office building under the “King of Harvest and Gourt” Church…
At this point in ti, the building itself serves as a landmark in the Ancient City, which is rare for the area, and showcases its excessive wealth.
Producing standards is more profitable than producing goods, but to be honest, there is an essential difference between them and the capitalists of a certain age…
They choose to control everything!
“In the Ancient City, we have four large food factories, including more than 30 well-known products such as puffed food, pesticide-free green products, health care products, and so on.
In this year’s annual tax report, our group ranked seventh in the entire Ancient City…”
As a subsidiary of the King of Harvest and Gourt, it is natural to produce real gourt food, but they also set up “specifications” and “standards” in the process.
As it happened, when Lu Ping’an went to buy a bun that day, he saw a bun shop owner proudly displaying the “Gourt Association B-level” certificate.
By the way, the owner was quite bold in introducing himself as having purchased the production equipnt and food formula from the Gourt Association’s subsidiary…
In other words, they controlled everything from start to finish.
With the standards, upstream and downstream equipnt, evaluation chanisms, hit products, and downstream food stalls, their control was even more terrifying than a monopoly…
They had an excellent reputation among civilians, and the devotion of the Gourt God to food prevented any quality accidents for many years, while ordinary restaurants frequently faced problems.
Tie Zheni, as the honorary chairman of the Gourt Association in this region (not limited to the Ancient City) and the chairman of the super enterprise idele Gourt Company, showed just how rich he was.
Now, this “Director Liu” was repeatedly stressing the tax contribution of his own group, as if subtly warning Lu Ping’an and others to be mindful of the impact and not to ss around.
“…Forget it, I’m too lazy to beat around the bush.
Our purpose for coming here, you must already know.”
“Of course, I’ve naturally heard of your great na, the shadow captain of Zion Team 3.
Moreover, between our previous Chairman Tie…
you know, in so sense, we have a deep connection.”
Lu Ping’an nodded, he was too lazy to play gas as well.
“You should know about the ‘Black Letter’ incident that happened a day ago.
Anyway, we need to settle the dispute…”
The Black Letter incident refers to a sudden incident that occurred a day ago in the Trading Land.
Soone in the Trading Hall loudly demanded that they trade with the local Special Service Team and the Bureau of Anomaly Managent, or else they would cause a terrorist attack similar to the “TV Tower Battle.”
At that ti, there just happened to be a captain in the Trading Hall, who tried to talk to her, and then…
“Damn, it’s the wanted criminal Fang Wen.”
It didn’t take much for her to reveal her identity and present a black letter, demanding the return of her “baby’s” wreckage, including what was taken by Tie Zheni and Liu Zibei.
Indeed, Lu Ping’an’s idea was extre…
The Gourt Association wouldn’t care about the people’s lives and wouldn’t be threatened, but the Bureau of Anomaly Managent would be.
He could just directly force the Bureau of Anomaly Managent into action.
At the ti, there weren’t many people in the Trading Hall, but as long as Tie Zheni, the person currently in charge of the Gourt Association, was ntioned, it would be too normal for him to know about the matter…
After all, they were wealthy and had no shortage of informants.
The Bureau of Anomaly Managent urgently held a eting, also calling Lu Ping’an and Xia Qin to ask about the situation.
The developnt of the incident was within Lu Ping’an’s plan.
Now, the Bureau of Anomaly Managent didn’t want to fight Fang Wen to the death over so “trash”, but what about the part taken away by the Gourt Association?
Then, as Lu Ping’an anticipated, the task of negotiating with the Gourt Association was assigned to the Special Service Team Three, specifically naming Lu Ping’an and Xia Qin as the responsible parties.
This was not by chance or simply the decision of the Bureau of Anomaly Managent, but…
“…If you have any losses during the negotiation, you can report them afterward.
As long as it’s not excessive, we can compensate…”
There are so things that, even if you don’t say them, the superiors already know deep down.
Hiding spoils of war is a common practice among frontline warriors.
If you were to strictly enforce the rules and force everyone to hand over their spoils, not only would it dishearten those risking their lives in battle, but it would also give rise to a series of potential problems, such as decreased motivation to work effectively.
When Tie Zheni fell on the battlefield during the final battle, the spoils captured by the Bureau of Anomaly Managent only included so low-level items related to him – clearly sothing was wrong…
Now, several leaders in both the special service teams and the Bureau know that Team 3 has gotten quite wealthy after this battle, with several team mbers using silver equipnt.
Moreover, when the Gourt Association accepted Tie Zheni’s remains, they also demanded so “precious items”…
Obviously, these items beca spoils for Team 3.
According to the unwritten industry rules, there’s nothing wrong with this—everyone does it.
An increase in the strength of the Special Service Team is good for the ancient city, especially after Team 3 proved their loyalty and power on the battlefield.
But now, since there’s a need to negotiate with the Gourt Association, and the other party may use the “spoils of war” as a bargaining chip, the task is naturally handed over to Team 3.
“…
You guys go handle it.
If it’s not too excessive, we can make up for it afterward…” The leader’s words, when translated, roughly an this.
Now, Lu Ping’an has co to negotiate, and it’s all about how big the other party’s appetite is.
“…
Our President Tie lost three silver taboo items on the battlefield…”
Well, it seems their appetite is quite big.
“So junk for three pieces of silver?
Did you take the wrong dication?” Lu Ping’an is very straightforward, looking at them with a bewildered expression.
“That’s not just junk, that’s the peace of the ancient city.”
Director Liu, who is smiling confidently, had already discussed this decision with his team.
Their bottom line is two pieces of silver, especially one set of kitchen utensils belonging to President Tie.
Their insider knew the situation as soon as the letter arrived at the Bureau of Anomaly Managent, and they surveyed the scene, confirming that the target indeed had President Tie’s legacy in hand.
If it weren’t for the fact that the possessors were special agents, they would have already demanded the items back.
Hearing this, Lu Ping’an laughed.
This was exactly as they had expected.
Lu Ping’an originally planned to negotiate privately with the Bureau of Anomaly Managent, trying to bypass the Gourt Association’s informants and reduce negotiation costs, but then Xia Qin said,
“Don’t be silly; they know more than the Special Task Team captains.
No one knows how many people within the Bureau are on their side.
No news can escape them.”
As for their offer…
“Everything, they’ll definitely want everything.
They’ve never suffered a loss.”
At that ti, the naïve ow casually added a comnt.
“After handing over the two silver items, will the Bureau compensate us?”
“What are you thinking?
Buying a rock with gold and then trying to get reimbursed for the price of the gold by showing the rock to your superiors?
Not only would people question your abilities, but they would also question your intelligence.”
Most of the expected events occurred, with the only difference being…
“I thought President Tie only had two silver items on him.”
“Oh, I might have rembered wrong.
But I think three pieces for President Tie’s worth isn’t too much.” Director Liu’s eyes flashed with greed.
The only thing they miscalculated was probably the extent of their greed.
How can we even negotiate like this?
There’s no way to negotiate?
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