Time passed slowly, the mechanical clock hanging on the wall clicked, and the gears twisted and turned rhythmically.

Miris looked at the three empty wine bottles in front of him, and looked at the clock in a daze, it was already 11 o'clock.

The prosperity of the glorious industrial past continues to come to Miris's mind, and he still clearly remembers that his father took him to visit the production workshop of the factory when he was a child, and the emotion and joy he still remembers.

The truth of prosperity must decline Miris understands, the era of the most prosperous industrial momentum is a few decades ago, my father and 12 branches signed a contract to provide large-scale reclamation machinery, but after the completion of the reclamation of the agricultural base in the east, they began to transform into some small and medium-sized machinery, but the good times did not last long, in terms of technology manufacturing, there are no mature companies at all, and the products are not competitive in price, they invested all their money in the research of large-scale reclamation machinery in order to be able to win the contract for the reclamation of the eastern grain base.

Over the years, the scale of the company has been shrinking, especially in the past year, the situation has become worse and worse, because a large number of illegal products have poured into the three pieces of household appliances and machinery, construction machinery, and cooking machinery in the city.

Because there is no need for production workshops, no workers, and no need for technical taxes, and the most important thing is that these illegal machinery products flowing out of the upper layer are technically even better than those of middle and bottom companies, and all the science and technology required for the parts and components that need to be manufactured are shared in the city, and once these technologies are used to make a profit, they need to pay high technical taxes, but in the application of technology, large companies with more scientific and technological talents obviously occupy an advantage. And these illegal machinery are all flowing out of the hands of this layer of technicians.

It's just a short period of time, the low-end machinery market has been occupied by this group of guys more than half, no matter how difficult it was, in the low-end machinery market, Millis's company Brilliant Industry still has the ability to occupy a certain market in the fierce competition, but several medium-sized enterprises like their company have all been transformed, as early as a few years ago.

"Don't hold on, I think it's better for you to transform to make food or something as soon as possible, at least your company still has some foundation."

A boss next to him sighed, Miris shook his head, a month ago, a person in charge of a chain restaurant came to the company, when Miris could not hold on, hope came, they needed 100 sets of kitchen cooking machinery, and finally the price of the two sides reached 3 million, and Miris also made the cooking machinery they needed according to the requirements of the other party, a few days ago the contract was originally to be signed, the factory can start work immediately, and the wages of employees can be paid, at this juncture, The list flew.

Originally thought that the good luck of Miris, because of the fact that he learned that he was going to establish an agricultural base in the barrier area, the brilliant industry was originally mature and field-tested large-scale machinery technology, which can come in handy, as long as he actively contacted the secretary of the 13th section, Le Xiao, he could always take a part, and the company could return to its previous glory, and Millis also promised them when some old employees had no choice but to leave, once the company improved, they would definitely be hired back, and make up for some benefits.

Thinking of this, Mirith wiped his overflowing tears, his eyes were red, there are not a few people like Mithri, some are raw material processing companies, some are raw material procurement companies, and there are companies that produce micro parts, engineering companies, etc., more than 600 companies almost cover most of the industries in the middle and lower levels.

Seeing this, some people also cried, and the crying began to spread, but no one cried, just sobbed, everyone present knew what those big companies had done, it had been difficult in the past few months, but the big companies did not give them a way to live at all, and began to suppress some industries, destroy the supply chain, and the problem of their own business failure, as well as the deterioration of the overall market environment, and the shrinkage of the market scale.

The operation of capital is like this, rolling around in the market, willing to gamble and lose, so many of their enterprises may not add up to a large enterprise at the upper level, and when the small capital encounters a large capital squeeze, there is no other way except to cry weakly.

Some of the people present have already sued a number of large companies, but they are afraid that they will go out of business before the materials are ready to be debated and decided by the Law Office.

Large companies can burn money to constantly squeeze the market, so that these enterprises that are already suffering because of economic problems will burst, they only need to take over the market after these enterprises are in ruins.

Everyone present thought about how the department would help them, and let them survive temporarily after collecting the money, but the deteriorating market was like a cancer, and it would gradually make all their companies die.

Miris was not reconciled, he even thought about what the situation would be like later, the attitude of the Operations Division has always been like this, and it will not be so miserable to act early and find out the source of the deterioration of the market, but he will not do anything, he does not believe in the Operations Division, but now he has to rely on the Operations Division.

"What are you crying about? Now is not the time for you to cry and lift up your heads. ”

A slightly majestic voice sounded, and the businessmen in the venue all raised their heads, looking at Locke Jiahui who walked in directly, many people looked a little panicked, and hurriedly wiped the tears on their faces.

"Your Excellency, may I ask?"

Miris stood up, looking drunk, and the person next to him hurriedly pulled him, but Miris shook off the two hands that were holding him.

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"The problem has been there for a long time, I have reported it to your affairs department many times, illegal goods, but you have let it go, isn't it caused by your affairs department?"

Millis couldn't hold back the anger in his heart any longer, he wanted to say everything he wanted to say, but Locke didn't answer, just stared at Millis with a frown.

"Proof! You always tell me that you want me to give evidence? Every item in our company has to be taxed, and these taxes paid out add up to enough for us to get through this crisis, proof? Isn't what we're suffering now proof of? Your Excellency, tell me, even if you come up with the money to allow us to temporarily fill some of the holes, what will happen next? How are we going to survive? My father is still in the hospital, he has long been exhausted and can never come back, and our company has laid off nearly half of the old employees, many of whom are in their twilight years, what will they do with the rest of their lives? Please answer me, Your Excellency, this is not my question alone, but the doubts in the hearts of all of our more than 600 companies present! ”

Millis's eyes widened, and he stared at Locke on the stage with an angry face, at this time Locke let go of his frowning brow, he stood up straight, bowed, and everyone was a little stunned for a while, Locke laughed and shook his head.

"First of all, I would like to give you the most sincere apologies for the pain you have suffered during this time.

Locke pressed his hands on the table, and the smile on his face disappeared for a moment.

"What do you think about this issue? The market environment is constantly changing with the development of the city, there are the best times, there are naturally the worst times, the 120 districts of the city, but also determine the size of the market, not to mention the failure of your business strategy, it is true that the black industry has had an impact on you, but have you ever thought about it, in this zero-sum game, who is the victim? ”

Locke's words were unclear, and Millis shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Some people make profits, and naturally some people lose, and now we are the losers, and those with vested interests are probably having a celebration banquet, answer my question, Your Excellency, what do you see?"

Locke did not answer, but sat down, clasped his hands together and stared calmly at the businessmen present.

"If you want to catch the black industry, all of you here, most of you are probably also contaminated, in this zero-sum game with no winners, everyone is a victim, not only you today, have you ever thought that you will have this day, the big fish will eat the small fish, the bigger fish will continue to eat the smaller fish than yourself, one day, only the strongest and largest fish will be left in a pool, it will naturally starve to death, I don't want to elaborate on the superfluous, is there a problem with what we have been doing?"

As soon as Locke's words came out, they immediately triggered a flood of voices.

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Locke slammed the table, and the room fell silent.

"You are all vested interests in such a system, the gainers in this zero-sum game, and the losers."

Locke pointed out the window and said with a pause.

"In the Barrier Zone! When you are in a good situation, on the one hand, you are enjoying the good market brought about by the control of the Acting Division, and on the other hand, you are criticizing the Acting Division, when we do it right, no one will remember, and when we do it wrong, no one will forget, you only remember your own pain, only know that you have received damage in this shock, your interests have been damaged, but what about us? All of our 14 departments, everything we have done, all the blood and sweat we have paid for the development of the city over the years, all this you can choose to ignore, because it is as it should be, because of a bunch of damn tax numbers, so you should feel that we should solve everything and pave the road for you, and you can always walk on this flowery avenue, and when we need you to do something for the city, what are you doing? What is the reason that the situation at the bottom has not changed for so many years? Because you have never thought of building a good market foundation for the bottom even a little, but only think about profits, interests."

Locke stood up excitedly, glancing angrily at everyone present, and holding up a hand at them.

"I'm here to discuss with you today to solve the problem, because then we will propose a reasonable and effective solution, and you can all participate, everyone can work together to solve the problem, we can leave you alone, wait for tomorrow you to submit your own bankruptcy application, if anyone still wants to question now, or even with distrust, uncooperative attitude, please get out immediately, Section 8 Chief is already waiting outside, he can accept your bankruptcy application now."

Locke said, his face softened a lot, and he sat down quietly.