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    Under such ulterior motives, gas masks suddenly changed from military supplies to civilian necessities. A large number of orders flew to various manufacturers capable of manufacturing gas masks. Many companies that did not originally produce gas masks also began to switch production.  A gas mask, after all, is not a high-tech thing, especially one produced for this purpose. It is nothing more than a banana hood with glasses and a breathing port filled with an activated carbon filter.  If you want to read a book, as long as you have the raw materials, most factories can produce it.  Gasol is now working as a worker in a factory that produces gas masks. This is a factory owned by the Morgan consortium.  Like McDonald, the Morgan consortium also owns many industries in South America, including mines and various plantations.  The factory where Gasol works was originally a manufacturer of raincoats and overshoes, but now it has also begun to produce gas masks.  A small black cylinder came to Gasol along the assembly line. Gasol picked it up and scooped out the large cylinder from a large bucket filled with black carbon particles placed on the side of the workbench.  carbon pellets and then put it back on the assembly line.  The cylinder containing carbon particles moved along the assembly line towards the next process.  It won't be long before a gas mask can be manufactured and shipped from the factory.  The business of gas masks is quite good nowadays.  In the past few years, thanks to the war in Europe, the U.S. economy has been very prosperous, and the unemployment rate in the entire country has been reduced to the point where it is almost negligible.  Under such circumstances, the lives of American workers have also improved. Take Gasol as an example. In addition to being able to support his family, he also has some savings in the bank.  This would have been almost unthinkable in normal times.  Moreover, the quality of food on Gasol¡¯s table has also greatly improved. Although it is not as good as having a chicken every day, at least McDonald¡¯s Spam luncheon meat and Spam ham sausage are available.  It's something you can eat every day.  Although the intensity of work has increased due to too many orders, Gasol is still very happy to have work to do and more salary to earn.  In addition, thanks to the Tory union, the factory where Gasol works has recently begun to provide a benefit, that is, workers with outstanding performance can purchase gas masks produced by the factory at a nominal price.  To be honest, today's trade unions that emphasize cooperation with factories and bosses to achieve a win-win situation for everyone are much stronger than the previous trade unions that only led everyone to make trouble. Those guys only shouted strikes and so on, but the result was that they were beaten every time  The factory guards gave them a good beating, and then everyone involved with them was kicked out of the factory without hesitation Now, due to the impact of the terrible plague, the factory has to ensure that there will be no large-scale riots during work.  infection, the following regulations were made: all workers must have their temperatures measured when coming to work, and any worker with signs of heat is not allowed to enter the factory.  It is said that in order to ensure safety, some people once proposed that workers wear gas masks to work.  But in the end, this suggestion was rejected because gas masks would cause serious interference and reduce work efficiency.  At a time when the entire United States is in urgent need of gas masks, reducing production efficiency is absolutely intolerable.  Because demand exceeds supply, the price of gas masks is now too high.  At least for now, the average working class family is still unable to afford it, but it is said that as production increases, the price will gradually come down. However, the sanitary conditions where workers live are already poor, so many people may not be able to wait until the price drops.  When workers can also buy it, they will get the disease first.  "My performance this month should be pretty good. I wonder if I can get a gas mask. Also, after get off work, I have to buy a few bottles of rum over there. The radio said that strong alcohol can kill viruses" Gasol also thought like this while continuing to work.  ¡­ ¡­ In a small conference room at the headquarters of McDonald Infantry Weapons Company, an important meeting was taking place.  It was a very odd meeting, attended by representatives of the McDonnell Infantry Arms Company and representatives of the North American Defense Equipment Corporation, a conglomerate affiliated with Morgan.  With gas masks selling like hotcakes, as the two largest gas mask manufacturers in the United States, they both feel the need to have some friendly negotiations on some issues.  The United States does not produce rubber in the United States. The rubber used to manufacture various rubber products basically comes from Central and South America, as well as the Philippines in Asia.  In the United States, due to the restrictions of antitrust laws, both McDonald's and Morgan need to come up with a lot of vests to control an industry, but in Central and South America, there is no need for such trouble.  Over the years, relying on their strong gold and dollar power, relying on political donations, bribery, false accusations, murders and other white, gray and black means, MacDonald and Morgan have controlled more than 80% of South America's rubber output.  .  Under such circumstances, they can rely on their upstream control of raw materials.?, to control the production of gas masks in the United States.  Under such circumstances, it has become a top priority for both parties to conduct full negotiations in order to reach a reasonable price alliance to ensure that both parties can obtain sufficient benefits.  "First, based on the last negotiation, our superiors reached an intention to negotiate. At this meeting, our task is to concrete this intention into an agreement as soon as possible." Yuri, sales manager of McDonald Infantry Weapons Company  Said in a very slurred voice.  ¡°That¡¯s what we¡¯re here for.¡± Over there, Davis, the representative of North American Defense Equipment Company, replied in the same vague voice.  The reason why the two people's voices are so unclear is not without reason. The biggest reason is-they are all wearing gas masks on their faces.  "Based on the average amount of savings of today's working class and the amount they can use. We believe that if the price of gas masks exceeds 60 US dollars, they may take risks to use masks and will not buy expensive gas masks.  . Therefore, we believe that in order to maximize the market, we should drop the price to this range as soon as possible, so that although our profit margin will decrease, our total profit will be maximized. At the same time, in order to ensure that both of us.  If there is no problem with cooperation between companies, I suggest that the price difference of our worker version of the gas mask should not exceed 1.5 US dollars. In addition, we should also join forces to raise the price of rubber so that other companies can produce gas masks for workers.  "The cost price is not lower than your sales price. What do you think about this, Mr. Davis?" Yuri continued to speak in a vague voice, and he had to speak very slowly in order to make it easier for the other party to understand.  "We hope that the price of your worker's version of the gas mask cannot be lower than $62. In addition, we hope to be able to allow the price difference between our gas mask and yours to be limited to two and a half dollars. In other respects, we do not have  Objection." Davis also laid out his own terms.  Compared with McDonald Infantry Weapons Company, North American Defense Equipment Company is much less well-known, and the corresponding brand premium is also much lower.  If the prices of the same type of products from the two companies are exactly the same, then the market competitiveness of North American Defense Equipment Company's products will be significantly lower than that of McDonnell Infantry Weapons Company.  Therefore, in order to maintain corresponding market share and the resulting profits, North American Defense Equipment Company must make the price of its gas masks slightly lower.  If McDonnell Infantry Arms is unwilling to compromise on this, then the competition between the two companies will obviously lead to a price war.  In this kind of price war, although McDonald's Infantry Weapons Company will have an advantage, this approach will definitely cause a serious decline in the profits he obtains. By that time, I am afraid that even if it succeeds in driving other companies from  Being squeezed out of the market, the profit he can get is probably less than one-tenth of the profit he can get after reaching a price alliance like today.  Of course, if this is a long-term business that can last for decades, then it is not impossible to consider relying on price wars to completely defeat competitors and then gradually gain profits by dominating the market.  But everyone knows that the business of civilian gas masks was entirely brought about by this plague. Once the plague is over, this business will cease to exist.  Therefore, at this time, reaching a compromise between the two giants is more beneficial to both parties.  "This is not good, we think" Allowing the other party more room for price reduction means allowing the other party to have more share. This is obviously harmful to the interests of McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. Both parties in the price alliance  There is also competition.  ¡­ ¡°Dad, while we are selling medicines to treat colds, we are also selling gas masks to prevent colds. Aren¡¯t you worried that the sales of gas masks will lead to a decline in the number of sick people, thereby reducing the profits from selling medicines? Ultimately, the total number of  Are profits declining?" In Duck Castle, Greystone's son George MacDonald asked with some confusion.  From this question, we can also see that the success of the McDonald family's tutoring, the third generation of McDonald's has clearly shown that lawyers hope that other families will litigate, and the coffin shop owner hopes that other families will continue to work.  The good qualities of dead people are constantly lost.  "Oh, here is an experimental report. Although it is not about this virus, it can also be used as a reference. You can take a lookjust look at the third to fifth pages, which are the effects of veil masks and gas masks.  Compare." Graystone replied with a smile.  "Okay, Dad." George took the document and read it, then he nodded and said, "So that's it." In fact, in terms of effectiveness, cotton masks are already quite effective, and gas masks are certainly more effective.  Effective, but in fact compared with cotton gauze masks, the improvement in filtration efficiency is quite limited.??Only a little over 100%.  The popularization of cotton masks is very simple. If you reduce the number of patients by one percent, or reduce the sales of medicines by one percent, in exchange for a market that sells gas masks to people all over the United States, you can definitely make more money.  of money.  
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