Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 677: Worry not about scarcity but about inequality

Twenty to thirty thousand people gathered together, and the road in front of the Agricultural Association was already blocked.

However, the rally was very peaceful, which is in line with the character of Thai people, who do things in a leisurely and unhurried manner, and even protests are Buddhist-like.

Look at the demonstrations in Thailand. Sometimes they are very funny. Some protestors kneel directly to the people being protested, as if to say, I kneel for you, just agree to my request!

Then the people being protested also knelt down towards the protestors, saying that I will kneel down for you too, but I just won’t agree!

The demonstrations and protests instantly turned into Shandong people’s New Year greetings.

As a reporter for the newspaper, Papin was sent by the editor to conduct interviews on the spot.

Papin came to a farmer and asked, "Where are you from?"

"We are from Lopburi Province, Wan Mian District." The farmer answered.

"You came here to rally, do you have any demands?" Papan then asked:

"We want agricultural machinery!" the farmer continued: "The Agricultural Association spent 5 billion baht to buy agricultural machinery, but we didn't get a share. We ask the Agricultural Association to allocate agricultural machinery to us!"

"As far as I know, the contract for this 5 billion baht order has just been signed, and production of the products has not yet started! Isn't it too early for you to come over and ask for agricultural machinery now?" Papan asked.

"Morning? I think it's already a little late! The Agricultural Association has promised to give priority to providing agricultural machinery to Dacheng Mansion. The number of this batch of agricultural machinery is only 4,000 units. If you don't come to ask for it, I'm afraid you won't be able to get even one.

Yes." The farmer said.

"4,000 agricultural machines? How did you know?" Papin asked.

"Agricultural experts said so!" the farmer replied.

"What the experts say may not be right! What if they are wrong?" As a reporter, Papan's word "question" is engraved in his bones.

The farmer replied: "How much does a rice harvester cost? Agricultural machinery companies also clearly mark the price. How many agricultural machinery can be bought with 5 billion baht? You can tell by just calculating. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can also deceive people!"

Papan nodded. The mathematical question was indeed irrefutable, so he then asked: "Then how many of these 4,000 agricultural machines do you think should be allocated to you?"

"Our rice planting area in Lopburi Province is so large. If you want me to see it, we should give us all 4,000 agricultural machinery." The farmer said.

"Then have you ever considered what the farmers in other provinces should do?" Papan asked.

The farmer also felt that this request was a bit excessive, so he said: "Then give us half of Lopburi House!"

There are a total of 77 provinces in Thailand. Except for those provinces in the south with relatively small rice planting areas and the remote mountainous areas of the Golden Triangle, there must be 50 provinces that are the main rice-producing areas. If half of the agricultural machinery is allocated to Lopburi Province,

The other forty-nine mansions haven’t caused a huge commotion yet!

Obviously, this farmer's request is simply impossible.

"It seems that this opportunity to protest will not be over for a while!" Papin thought to himself.

…

"Yes! Please rest assured, I will solve it as soon as possible." President Song'en put down the phone with a sad face.

Then President Song En said: "The minister said that Mr. Prime Minister has begun to pay attention to this matter. He wants us to resolve the farmers' protest immediately."

"Just like how we dealt with the farmers in Dacheng Prefecture, we said that we would allocate agricultural machinery to them first and send them away?" Nakun asked.

President Songen pondered for a moment and then said: "It would be okay if it was just a farmer from Dacheng Prefecture. Now farmers from several prefectures have come, and we cannot promise that everyone will be eligible for priority distribution. And farmers from some prefectures

, one or two thousand units are needed at one go, how can we have so many agricultural machines to share with them!"

"This farmer's rally is just a matter of worry about not being able to get agricultural machinery. Speaking of the quantity of agricultural machinery, the contract we signed with Kubota is not for 4,000 units, but for the supply of a minimum of 10,000 agricultural machinery."

Nakun continued: "Why don't we tell the farmers gathering this news first? In this way, more farmers will be distributed with agricultural machinery, and maybe they will disperse and go home."

"Okay, let's talk to the leader of the farmers first and tell us that the purchase this time is 10,000 units, not 4,000 units. Let them go home and wait in peace." Song En gave instructions.

…

The Thais are not taken advantage of. They also know that Japanese agricultural machinery is so expensive that only 4,000 units can be sold for 5 billion baht.

Therefore, when signing the contract, the Thais were the first to request that the quantity of this agricultural machinery order should not be less than 10,000 units.

Thais also want to take advantage and buy high-quality Japanese products at low prices.

The labor cost in Japan is so high. Kubota will definitely lose money if it accepts orders with this quantity, so Kubota thought of a move and transferred the order to Dayang Machinery Group.

Kubota is responsible for providing core components such as engines, and Dayang Machinery Group is responsible for production. This can greatly reduce production costs and complete the supply quantity of 10,000 units.

At that time, the price of Chinese agricultural machinery of the same specifications was only about one-third to one-half of that of Japanese products. Moreover, with a huge order of 5 billion baht, the production scale was relatively large, which could further reduce costs.

Therefore, with this order, Kubota can still maintain a good profit, and it can also occupy the Thai market, and Dayang Group also makes a profit.

However, those agricultural experts did not know the details of the contract. They calculated based on the normal quotation of Kubota agricultural machinery, so they came to the conclusion that 5 billion baht could only buy 4,000 agricultural machinery.

…

In the conference room of the Agricultural Association, Nakun showed the agricultural machinery purchase contract to the farmer representatives from each province.

"Not 4,000 units, but 10,000 units?" a farmer representative asked doubtfully.

"Of course, this is a contract. It's written in black and white! Just look at it if you don't believe it!" Nakun pointed at the contract and then said: "We have 10,000 agricultural machines to give to everyone, so there is no need for you to be in a hurry. Why not go home first?"

.As for the distribution of agricultural machinery, let’s wait until the agricultural machinery arrives.”

"If there are 10,000 units, our Suphan province will not be able to get 3,000 units!" a farmer representative said immediately.

"We in Surin Prefecture also need 3,000 units!" The farmer representative next to him also said.

"The land area of ​​our Nakhon Ratchasima Province is larger than that of your Suphan and Surin provinces, so we need 4,000 units!" the third farmer representative said.

"There are only 10,000 farm machines in total. If you three houses are divided, what will happen to the rest of us?" the fourth person said.

The fifth person immediately said: "Ten thousand agricultural machines, on average, there are 200 in one house. You just say three or four thousand. Do you really think we are transparent?"

"Our rice planting area in Nakhon Ratchasima Province is so large, how can we get enough points for 200 agricultural machinery? Even the village chief can't get enough points!"

"Your Nakhon Ratchasima Province has a large rice planting area, and our Prachinburi Province has a large rice planting area! It is normal for us to ask for more."

"According to what you mean, we guess that in a small place like Nauvoo, we can't separate it!"

Several farmer representatives started to argue.

Looking at this scene, Nakun's heart was filled with helplessness.

"It seems like there is no way to send these farmers away unless the distribution issue is resolved!"

…

In the hotel room, Yue Ping An was on the phone with Li Weidong, reporting on the situation in Thailand.

"Don't worry about scarcity but worry about inequality, don't worry about poverty but worry about insecurity. The wisdom of Confucius more than two thousand years ago is still full of philosophy even today."

Yue An'an said with a long sigh, and then said: "There are 77 provinces in Thailand, of which there are about fifty provinces, all of which use rice as the main crop. There are 10,000 rice planting agricultural machinery, divided into fifty provinces. Where?

Enough points?

When it comes to dividing things, you are not afraid of less distribution, but of uneven distribution. If some people get more and some get less, those who get less will naturally have objections.

I remember when I was still in the company 20 years ago, the factory had to pick and choose the fat and thin pork during the Chinese New Year. Anyone who got the lean meat would definitely be unhappy. In the end, all the lean meat was given to us young people.

I complained to the logistics section chief for a whole year about this matter!"

Li Weidong smiled and replied: "I was better than you at that time. Although I was still young at the time, I was the dispatcher of the transportation company. Any good things would pass through our hands first and be taken care of first.

If the selection is taken away, the general manager of the company will have to line up behind our dispatcher."

"Yes, you are a transportation company. In the era of shortage of supplies twenty years ago, truck drivers were more popular than university professors. There is no shortage of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, sugar and tea for you!" Yue Ping An said.

Li Weidong continued: "What's that saying? Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. We front-line drivers and dispatchers are quite wealthy in terms of material, but the things we receive from the logistics side are not that good either.

When I first started working, I was doing car repairs. I remember that during the first Mid-Autumn Festival, the mooncakes given to me were all burnt. My dad retired at that time, and the mooncakes given to me were fresher than those given to me.

.

However, the company cafeteria was also criticized by the leaders because of the pastry of mooncakes. Later, the company cafeteria simply stopped making mooncakes and directly issued mooncake tickets and asked us to go to the supply and marketing cooperative at the grain and oil station to collect mooncakes."

"Yes, when I arrived at the ministry, all I was given were shopping coupons from shopping malls, and I rarely gave out physical items." Yue Pangan paused and continued;

"This is what Confucius said, don't worry about scarcity but inequality. If you give out pork directly, there will definitely be fat and thin, and it cannot be distributed evenly. If you give out shopping vouchers, even if you give less, it will be at least fair.

Employees will have no objections."

Li Weidong continued: "Some people get more and some get less. This situation is better. But if some people get their share and some don't, then it will be a big trouble!

There is a big difference between someone eating meat and me drinking soup, and someone else eating meat and being hungry. If someone else eats meat and I drink soup, I will feel dissatisfied at most, but dissatisfaction will most likely accumulate until a critical point.

break out.

But if others eat meat and I starve, that would be a fatal thing! In ancient times, those hungry farmers would have dared to rebel directly! Many dynasties in China were eventually destroyed at the hands of hungry farmers!

Although farmers in Thailand will not go hungry, those farmers who cannot get farm machinery will really recite a few words of Amitabha and then accept it calmly! In the face of real benefits, I don’t believe that Thai people will really be so Buddhist!"

Yue An'an asked: "Chairman, when do I go to talk to someone from the Thai Agricultural Association?"

"Don't worry, aren't there 10,000 agricultural machines now? Let's find those experts to write a few articles and re-analyze how to distribute the 10,000 agricultural machines. Let the bullets fly for a while." Li Weidong replied.

…

The number of agricultural machinery increased from 4,000 to 10,000, and a new distribution plan given by agricultural experts immediately appeared in the media.

But after many calculations of these distribution plans, we finally came to the conclusion that there are not enough points!

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality. If you distribute one million to one million people, and each person has one dollar, then these one million people will not have any objection;

If you pick one person among the one million people and give him all the one million, then the 9,999,999 people who did not receive any money will curse the shady people!

Three people make a tiger, and when most people start criticizing the shady side at the same time, even if it is not a shady side, it becomes a shady side!

The farmers in Thailand can accept that no one can get a share. But some people can get a share and some cannot, which is completely unacceptable.

More importantly, only a small number of people can receive agricultural machinery, while the vast majority of farmers cannot receive agricultural machinery, which exacerbates the unfairness.

The more unfair it is, the more dissatisfaction it will arouse, so more farmers will gather to protest.

If I don't make a fuss, I will definitely not be able to get the farm machinery, so why not make a fuss and take a gamble on "what if".

Different voices gradually emerged. Some farmers said that it would be better to cancel the agricultural machinery contract and use the 5 billion baht directly as a subsidy to rice farmers on a per capita basis. Then everyone would be happy.

Of course, the ruling party will not do such a thing. If it does, it will be tantamount to handing over the evidence of "vote bribery" to the opponent party, and it will also use taxpayers' money to openly bribe the vote.

After all, it is too blatant to directly use taxpayers' money to buy votes for yourself. Smart politicians will not do this.

Even if we really want to use taxpayers' money to buy votes, we can't do it so blatantly. We have to make some adjustments, such as proposing a subsidy bill, going through parliamentary procedures, etc.

Thailand's opposition parties also jumped out at this time and began to criticize the 5 billion baht agricultural machinery order. The matter was getting worse and worse.

…

Song En returned to the office with a gloomy face.

He had just returned from the Ministry of Agriculture, and the minister scolded him and asked him to resolve the farmers' protest within a week.

This 5 billion baht agricultural machinery order was originally intended to show goodwill to farmers and consolidate rural votes. Unexpectedly, it caused a large number of farmers to protest because of distribution issues.

If the matter is not handled properly, it will not only fail to show goodwill to the farmers, but will offend many farmers and lose a large number of votes.

Seventy percent of Thailand's population are farmers. If you offend farmers, why not choose a woolen yarn?

Therefore, Song En knew very well that if he could not resolve this matter satisfactorily, not only would he be unable to retain his position as Chairman of the Agriculture Association, but also his superior, the Minister of Agriculture, would be unable to retain his position.

But it’s hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. Ten thousand farm machines are not enough to distribute to the farmers in 77 prefectures!

"Otherwise, we might as well just cancel this order. If everyone doesn't buy it, there won't be any trouble!" Song En thought to himself.

At this moment, Nakun knocked on the door and walked in.

"Don't bother me if you have nothing to do! If something happens, don't bother me even if it's not important!" Song En said angrily.

Na Kun hesitated for a moment, and then said, "President, do you still remember Mr. Yue, the general manager of China Fukang Agricultural Machinery Company?"

Song En subconsciously looked at the closet behind him. There was a set of famous brand suits, which Yue Ping An had given him not long ago.

As the president of agriculture, there are many companies that come to give gifts, such as agricultural machinery companies, seed companies, fertilizer companies, pesticide companies, etc. Even construction companies will give big gifts to Nakun in order to build reservoirs and other irrigation facilities.

This kind of gift of famous brand suits is usually just to make acquaintance with Song En and leave a good impression on Song En, so that it will be easier to deal with Song En in the future.

If you really want to ask for help, you can't just give me a suit so shabby.

Song En is currently overwhelmed by the protesting farmers, so he has no intention to meet with foreign entrepreneurs, so he shook his head: "Don't you see so many farmers rallying outside? How can I have the intention to meet with foreign enterprises recently?

Please help me find an excuse to push it off!"

"President, Mr. Yue said that he has a way to help us solve our current predicament!" Na Kun continued.

"What did you say? Say it again?" Song En immediately became energetic.

Nakun had no choice but to elaborate: "Mr. Yue came to see me this morning. He said he had a way to help us solve this farmers' rally!"

"What can I do?" Song En asked immediately.

"Mr. Yue said that as long as the 5 billion baht order is given to their Fukang Agricultural Machinery Company, the problem will be solved." Nakun replied.

"It turns out he's an order rusher!" Song En curled his lips and continued: "You believe him when he says he can solve the problem? Nakun, you trust others too easily, especially businessmen, and you are even less trustworthy! I think he

Just for this five billion baht order!”

"President, I have inquired about it. Fukang Agricultural Machinery is also a large-scale agricultural machinery company in China. I think their person in charge should not be so talkative." Nakun said, leaning forward.

He lowered his voice and said:

"And we can't find a solution to the problem for a while, so why not spend some time and meet this Mr. Yue, just in case he can really help us solve the problem! Even if he really wants to deceive you.

, you will lose at most ten minutes of time!"

Song En frowned and thought for more than ten seconds. He felt that Na Kun's words made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's arrange for me to meet Mr. Yue!"

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Nakun nodded and quickly walked out of Song'en's office.

After closing the door to Song En's office, Na Kun touched his pocket, where there was an envelope containing money.

Then Nakun muttered in his heart: "Mr. Yue, you did not spend this money in vain. I have already taken care of the matter for you! Whether you can win this five billion baht order depends on your own ability!"

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