This Game is Too Real

   Chapter 304 Where do you need a knife to cut leeks?

  Sim felt like a genius.

   With just some data on paper, he could determine the next move of his neighbors.

   After discovering the situation, he immediately arranged for his salesmen to go to the nearby mines to buy stocks of war materials such as copper ore and sulfur.

   At present, there are 1,200 tons of copper in the warehouse of the horseshoe firm. According to his calculations, the new alliance will need about 16-17 tons of copper per million rounds of full-power bullets.

   To fight a local battle, one or two million rounds of ammunition are required. To take down the entire Xizhou City, at least one or two million rounds of ammunition are required.

   After all, predators are not fools.

   These people have learned how to dig trenches and squat under the training of those legion instructors. After several months of fighting with the Snake Clan, Honghe Town and the Snake Clan have already learned how difficult those people are.

  Because the horseshoe firm has raised the inventory reserve line, increased the purchase of copper mines and other materials, and reduced the shipment volume, the current copper mine price in Honghe Town has risen by 20%, and the price of sulfur has also increased by more than 30%.

   And this is just the beginning.

He is still in the stage of sweeping the goods. When he finishes sweeping the goods, the warehouse is full of copper mines. At that time, the source of the shipment will be pinched, and the time difference between the mines to increase production will be used to make the copper price double or triple in a short period of time. question.

Of course.

   He cannot do this business alone.

  Companies do not have the right to issue coupons. It is the miners who can issue coupons, and they are just dealers sandwiched between slave owners and traders.

  If you want to raise the price of copper mines, you must at least win over one or two mine owners with enough influence to cooperate with you.

   But it's easy for Sim.

   He has always had a good relationship with the nearby mine owners, and this is not the first time they have cooperated.

  …

  The Chamber of the Horseshoe Firm.

   After listening to Sim's proposal, the man in luxurious clothes frowned slightly hesitantly.

   "...that sounds like a good idea, but not so good?"

   The name of the man who spoke was Demps, and he had a strong voice in Honghe Town and even in the Mining Association, and it was his 500 vicious thugs and the mountain of **** that provided the guarantee for all this.

   He admitted that the cakes that Sim and himself drew were indeed very tempting, even if they didn’t need to double or triple, but only increased by 20% or 30%, it was enough to make him crazy.

   However, he still had some concerns in his heart.

The   Bonechewer tribe is the common enemy of all survivors.

  If the new alliance intends to crusade against the Bone-chewing tribe, it will definitely be a good thing for Red River Town, both strategically and business-wise.

  Xizhou City was beaten down by the new alliance, the left buttocks of the Snake Clan sat on the bullet holes of those blue jackets, and the pressure on Honghe Town would be much less.

  Although the cake that Sim drew him was very tempting, Demps still instinctively felt that it was a bit unkind to backstab the "ally" at this time.

but……

  Sim doesn't think so.

"My dear friend, you must not think that this is a betrayal. The price increase is a market behavior. According to their buying method, it will be a matter of time before the copper price rises. Will you expand production if you don't increase the price? We are just Put a foot on the gas for them."

   Demps: "So they have to thank you?"

  Sim smiled and said, "Of course."

   Demps always felt that what he said was false, but he couldn't think of a reason to refute it.

   "How do you need me to cooperate with you?"

"It's very simple, when necessary, you cooperate with us to issue a production reduction announcement, whether it is a mine accident or a malfunction of the mining equipment, in short, reduce the issuance of tickets for the next quarter, but how to produce or how to produce ."

The    hand grabbed the arm of the chair unconsciously, Demps said nervously.

   "What if no one buys it?"

   They issue coupons to avoid this problem.

   There are too many uncertainties in spot transactions. When we didn’t get tickets before, everyone digs up a pile of garbage, but no one buys them at all, and we are hungry and full.

  It was not until the merchants in Honghe Town invented the coupons and stuffed the red and blue coupons into the pockets of the former merchants that they slowly lived a good life.

   It is precisely because of this that they, the slave owners, are more sensitive to the mode of ticket trading than the major commercial houses that really rely on the tickets to make a lot of money.

   Knowing what the guy in front of him was worried about, Sim gave him a confident smile.

"Don't be nervous, my friend, imagine if the new alliance goes to war with the Bone-biting tribe tomorrow, don't you need to worry that no one will buy the copper produced? Once the war machine starts, there is no reason to stop, we Just wish they were bought at 'more reasonable' prices."

   "You don't need to take any risk, and you can take the bulk of the income, let alone the problem of not being able to sell it, we are willing to serve you!"

   Hearing the last sentence, Demps finally breathed a sigh of relief and his expression relaxed.

   picked up the pipe on the table and got up from the chair.

   "Then do as you say."

   He didn't want to think about things that were too difficult, and he couldn't understand them anyway.

  The reason why these businesses exist in Honghe Town is precisely because these guys with full of ghosts can help them sell their worthless garbage at a better price.

His bionic organs, bionic companions, and even the equipment of his thugs, the mining equipment of his slaves, and the mercenaries who fought on the front lines... were all bought with money. .

   As for what is money?

   His understanding is that those red and blue tickets, the Dinar of the Legion and the Cr of the enterprise are also counted, although his intuition tells him that this is just an appearance, and it is too difficult to really figure it out.

   Demps knew very well that he didn't have that brain, so it would be better to let those who understand worry about it.

   He just needs to know that he can earn more.

   Looking at Demps who nodded in agreement, Sim stood up overjoyed and stretched out his right hand.

   "I wish us a happy cooperation!"

   "Happy cooperation!"

   sent away the mine boss.

  Sim, who returned to the office, finally did not hold back, and laughed outrageously.

   "Hahahahaha!"

   Every time he deals with those mine bosses, it is the happiest time in his life.

  Although I just gave them a sip of soup, every time I told them "you can take the big head", they nodded with conviction.

   "Copper ore, sulfur... It's a pity that they can produce their own steel and aluminum."

   restrained his laughter, and Sim, who walked to the wall, stared at the map for a moment, and continued thoughtfully.

   "How surprising...I thought they would expand westward."

  The south of the new alliance is the Boulder City, and the east is the wasteland of nearly 100 kilometers, and there is no water source.

   Compared with going north, the benefits of going west will be significantly greater.

   After all, Qingquan City is located in the middle of the southern plain belt of the river valley province. There are lakes and rivers to the west, and it is dominated by plains and forests, with only a few hills.

   And if you go north, you will be plunged into the mountains.

Why bother?

   What else could there be treasures there.

   At this time, a knock from the door of the office interrupted Sim's thoughts.

   "Please come in."

   The door opened.

   His subordinate Enjet came in from the outside with a list in his hand.

   "Boss, today's inventory data is out, and our copper reserves have grown to 500 tons!"

"very good!"

  Sim had a big smile on his face, and he was a big step closer to his 1,000-ton plan.

   "By the way, the boss... We went to the caravan in Dawn City, and heard a rumor there. I think you may be more concerned about it."

  Sim: "What rumor?"

  Enjet hesitated for a moment, then whispered.

   "...They heard from the people in the tavern that a million-ton copper mine was discovered in the mountains north of Yuanxi Town."

  Sim froze for a moment, then laughed and scolded.

   "Bullshit!"

   These sly blue gophers are pretty smart.

   It only went up by 20%, and they realized that someone was following them to sweep the goods.

   But this counterattack is really a bit of a pediatrician.

  Is it possible that the new alliance has actually discovered a million-ton copper mine?

   Of course there is!

   But the odds are too small, and the timing is too good!

  I didn’t find it sooner or later, but it happened when the copper price rose?

   And it’s still a million tons, so it must be a large vein.

   cheating ghosts!

   If a copper mine with such a large reserve is discovered, with their demand for copper, the road will definitely be repaired as soon as possible, and then there will be an outpost...

and many more.

road? !

  Sim's face changed slightly, and he returned to the map, staring at the railway line on the map.

  According to the information collected by the caravan under his firm, the new alliance has been laying a railway northward. At present, the railway has been laid from the industrial area of ​​Shuguang City to the edge of the Yumu District.

Before   , he couldn't figure out why the new alliance would go north in a thankless way.

   And now, he vaguely guessed their intentions.

  If that rumor is true...

   "Are the rumors reliable? Are there any other clues?"

   Looking at the ugly-looking boss, Enjet shook his head quickly.

"there is none left!"

   With his arms folded in front of his chest and his back to his hands, Sim, who was staring at the map, bit his thumb, his brain spinning fast.

   After a while, he calmed down.

   What if copper mines are discovered?

   Mining always takes time.

   looked back at his subordinates, and Sim immediately ordered.

   "Let our caravan pay more attention to this news, I need to know more information!"

  Enjet nodded quickly.

"Yes!"

  …

   "Have you heard? A copper mine was discovered in Yuanxi Town!"

"real or fake?"

"I don't know! I also listened to the drunkards in the road town hotel! Listen to those people, those blue jackets have the geographic information data of the era, they have already discovered the copper mine in Yuanxi Town, but they have not Sheng Zhang, I was planning to start work recently, and the news was leaked!"

   "I think it makes sense...why do they keep the railroad all the way north? Is there anything that needs to be transported there?"

   "Speaking of which, have any of you been to Yuanxi Town?"

"What are you doing in that place, there is not even a post station, and the farther north of Yuanxi Town is Chewbone. The soldiers stationed there are all New Alliance soldiers, wandering around there, be careful to be caught by spies who are looters, It will take another half a day to explain.”

   Dawn City.

  The entrance of the trading post.

   Several traders waiting for the delivery of the goods lined up and bragged there.

   They are all traders from Honghe Town, but their business is different.

   As they were chatting, a "electric mule" drove into the trading post.

   Seeing the roller-shaped equipment unloaded from the carriage by the stevedores, many people who knew the goods showed surprised expressions in their eyes.

   "Multi-cylinder hydraulic crusher?"

   "I've seen this thing. It was imported from Boulder City. I heard that used equipment costs 20,000 chips."

   "...It seems to be true."

   Next to the truck with the badge of the horseshoe company, the caravan captain's face was slightly solemn.

   That night, he reported the news to the person in charge of the business.

   In fact, he didn't need to report at all.

   Within a few days, the news of the discovery of an extra-large copper mine in Yuanxi Town spread to Honghe Town along the trade route.

As one of the main buyers of copper mines in Honghe Town, the discovery of copper mines by the new alliance is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for those big mine owners who rely on exporting copper mines for bullets, artillery shells and other industrial products. .

   When the wave broke out in Qingquan City before, the new alliance increased the purchase of copper mines. They made a lot of money from copper ore trading, and some powerful mine owners took advantage of the opportunity to increase production.

  If the price of copper mines fluctuates greatly in the future, even all the way down...

   Regardless of whether the production will be cut in the next quarter or not, for those miners, the top priority now is to take advantage of the "inflated" copper price to sell off their inventories as much as possible.

Yes.

   It looks like the new alliance is about to go to war, but it hasn't been fought yet.

  War is expected, as is copper discovery.

   These are all clues they analyzed based on limited intelligence, not official documents written in black and white.

The increase in the purchase of copper mines can be interpreted as an increase in arms reserves. Of course, it can also be interpreted as an increase in power equipment. The use of nitric acid and sulfuric acid is not only for making artillery shells, but also for pickling in steelmaking and many other industries. .

   Any logic has pros and cons.

   But one thing is likely to happen.

  If the new alliance does find copper...

   If the war is not good, we have to slow down.

  Honghe Town is not only a business, nor a mine.

   When the price of copper rose before, many people tacitly followed the horseshoe firm to scan the goods, but now they have tacitly lowered the reserve line of copper mines and threw the copper in their hands into the market.

  When the growth in shipments significantly outpaces the growth in demand, it is also obvious what happens next.

  Sim soon vomited blood and found that before he had time to backstab his neighbor, he was stabbed in the back by one of his own.

   These gang of dogs sold things in a disorderly manner, and the 20% price that he finally pushed up was beaten down again.

   The warehouse of the Horseshoe Firm is now full of copper.

  Because of the copper mine that I don't know if there is, the mine owners and business owners of the entire Honghe Town have become idiots.

Yes.

   is stupid.

   At least in Sim's eyes, these people are just a little bit smarter than donkeys, no more.

   "These stupid things, can't we just wait!"

   "What if they have copper mines? I'll assume they do! Will copper ingots grow out of the ground by themselves tomorrow?"

  The office was filled with angry rants.

   Enjet, who was standing by the side, held his breath, not daring to take a breath.

   Finally had enough to vent, Sim looked at him and said word by word.

   "How much budget do we have!"

   Enjet answered quickly.

"Without affecting other businesses...we can still buy about 700 tons," Enjiet looked at the boss cautiously, "Actually, we could only buy more than 400 tons, but recently the copper price has dropped a little, and we can instead buy more than 400 tons. Bought more..."

  700 tons!

   Compared to the nearly 10,000 tons of reserves released by these idiots, it is a drop in the bucket!

  Sim, who was so angry that he almost vomited blood, took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

   Apart from these procurement budgets, he no longer has enough coupons to buy more copper mines from the mine owners.

   Borrow someone else's ticket to buy it?

   This is not enough to borrow!

   Moreover, even if he could borrow it, he would not be able to rely on his own business to eat all the goods that overflowed from other businesses and mines.

  Once he does this, his end will be from someone who cuts leeks to someone who cuts leeks.

  Who is most worried about falling copper prices?

   That must be the person who bought it with N times leverage.

  Once other firms find out that they have a warehouse of copper mines with a lot of debt on their backs, they will definitely laugh crazy and sell more copper mines to him decisively.

   In fact, where N times are needed, as long as 80% of the copper in the market is in his hands, no matter if he adds 80% leverage or 800% leverage, he will be the picker.

   "These **** blue gophers!"

  Sim held it back for a long time, but couldn't figure out how to scold those people in the northern suburbs, and finally squeezed this sentence out of his teeth.

   Up to now, he still firmly believes that the new alliance will definitely send troops to the Bone-biting tribe.

   But what's the use of just believing?

   Can the market be influenced by one person’s cognition?

   "Old, Boss," Enjet said cautiously, "are we still buying it?"

   "Buy Nima!"

  Sim couldn't help cursing.

   Looking at his bewildered subordinates, he took a deep breath and controlled his emotions.

   "Stock reserve line remains unchanged..."

   Enjet hesitated: "The copper in the warehouse..."

  Sim said through gritted teeth.

   "Keep it!"

   He is a big money maker.

  Those foolish donkeys who have more than enough success, just sell it if they want, even if the copper mine falls to the same price as the iron mine, he will not sell it.

   This battle will start sooner or later!

   will grow back sooner or later!

  …

   "Don't you want to make a fortune with your brother?"

   "Don't blame my brother for not helping you, hurry up and buy it, you won't be able to buy it if you don't buy it!"

   Looking at the report sent by the military base in Honghe Town, Chu Guang couldn't help laughing.

The    news was that he put it right, but he didn't expect it to work so well.

  Copper ore prices fell 37%!

  The supply is quadrupled!

   And this is based on two weeks ago, the effect of the smoke bomb far exceeded Chu Guang's initial expectations.

His original intention was to hope that the price would "return to rationality". As a result, the mine owners and business owners heard that the new alliance had discovered copper mines. The horseshoe business of the mine was full of goods, and the caravan formed by the new alliance was also stuffed with cheap copper mines.

   Since copper ore is mostly in the form of sulfide, the price of sulphur has also been affected.

   Considering that their big customers may not buy these two things from them in the future, it is the safest choice to reduce the inventory when they can sell at a good price.

   But once the sell-off begins, it is likely that sentiment rather than logic will dominate the market.

   In the back, not only the major commercial houses are selling, but the caravans who come to Honghe Town also choose to wait and see if they can buy something cheaper.

   And the big consumer of copper mines like the New Alliance has naturally become the biggest winner.

   Actually knocking down Red River Town is also an option, and it won’t be difficult.

Insidious, Chu Guang sent a mission directly, and asked the players in the front line to support Honghe Town to turn their guns to attack the surrounding NPCs, tore a gap in the defense line directly, put the predators of the Snake Clan in, and then send troops to clean up the mess. .

   One regiment is enough.

  The only risk is that the Ya clan gets news from the Snake clan, and takes the opportunity to go south to fight the autumn wind, and by the way surround Wei to save Zhao.

   After all, it is not a turn-based game. When you do it yourself, the probability of others standing still is very small.

   But here is the problem.

  Because it is not a turn-based game, the war still has to be calculated according to the target of the war and the reasons.

   This reason is divided into two types: internal and external.

   Internally, the reason for freeing the slaves is enough, the support of the residents of the new alliance for him comes from the heart, and the players are also a matter of expansion.

  Use the planned vest to issue a "declaration of war notice", and even the explanation can be omitted. The best place for players is also here. If you can explain it, just use the plot to justify it. If you can't explain it, use the settings to explain.

   Lordaeron's dutiful son was able to slash his father with one sword, my manager is in a bad mood today, what's wrong with blackening and stabbing a teammate? No covenant was signed, which is very reasonable!

   But externally, this reason is hard to say.

  From Boulder City to Garbage City to other faraway settlements of survivors, although they are all opposed to looters, none of them are anti-slavery, only some recognize the legality, and some allow transactions but not private executions.

  There are many slaves in the mines of Honghe Town, and they are also looters caught by other survivors’ settlements.

   Use the reason of liberating slaves to declare them, it is better not to find this excuse at all, start the fight without a word, and the fight is over when others are stunned, and the impact of expansion will be smaller.

   Using the abolition of slavery as a pretext for war, the "debuff of diplomatic punishment" might be higher than that of the Bone-biting tribe.

Some things need soil, and advanced people can be matched with advanced ideas. Whether it is Vault 117 or Vault 401, there is only one reason for their ultimate failure in the final analysis, that is, they do not consider the actual situation of wasteland, or Considered but can not let go of the restraint of civilized people.

   What they think is good, maybe others don't.

   They can see ten years from now, but the people they manage may just want to live in the present.

   Just like Boss Xia always liked to be lazy before, although Chu Guang ridiculed her a lot, he never really threw her out.

   He wasn't born to be a manager either. Having lived at the bottom, he understood very well how she felt in that position.

   Not everything is right or wrong.

   On the contrary, Xiaoyu's well-behaved and sensible appearance makes him feel distressed sometimes.

   Looking at the manager whose face was full of optimism, Old Charlie's expression was still a little worried.

   The price drop of raw materials is certainly something to be happy about.

   But if they fall too fast, they will eventually hurt themselves.

"I have to remind you that the decline in copper and sulphur prices is due to the release of inventories, not due to the increase in production capacity. If those miners reduce production due to this, the price of copper mines may be higher than before in a few months. high."

   "You're right, so we ultimately have to handle the supply of raw materials ourselves."

  Chu Guang put down the report in his hand and looked at Old Charlie who was standing opposite the desk.

   "According to the feedback from the logistics department, we have reserved 700 tons of copper, and about 1,200 tons are on the way. These resources are enough for our consumption in the next three months!"

   With the current production efficiency of the industrial zone, it takes 16.7 tons of copper to produce 1 million rounds of bullets.

   Just to make bullets, these 1,200 tons of copper can make more than 71 million rounds.

   To hit Xizhou City, you can't use so many bullets, not even half of them.

   At the beginning, he only planned to prepare 5 million rounds of ammunition, and then he could produce while playing.

  It is expected that by the end of the war, the total consumption of ammunition will not exceed 10 million rounds.

   "...You really don't give yourself any way out."

   Looking at the surprised old man, Chu Guang smiled lightly, got up and walked to the wall, looking at the markers on the map and said softly.

   "I will liberate Xizhou from the Bone-chewing tribe within a month."

   "Our mining team will bring equipment and set off with the shells we send to the front."

   "After that, it doesn't matter whether the copper and sulfur in our neighbor's house are expensive or cheap, it doesn't matter to us."

   "We won't buy from them in the future anyway."

   (end of this chapter)