The second signal that Hong Yanwu had been waiting for came on the tenth day when sea cucumbers became crazy again.

Because this price storm started before the National Day and went through four stages of price reduction, price reduction, price increase, and price increase again, it lasted for nearly three months. It has not only affected the normal work of various units, but also affected citizens.

The normal life has become more and more intense, and it has gradually broken through the geographical restrictions of Bincheng and evolved into a big bubble that has spread to the capital of Liaodong Province, attracting countless Fengtian citizens to come to Bincheng to participate in the speculation.

Therefore, the Bencheng City government and the fishery company cannot sit still. They dare not let the sea cucumber rise endlessly. Otherwise, the whole three northeastern provinces will be involved in the near future. At this time, they are all faced with how to solve the problem.

The first test of spontaneous market behavior.

On November 19, 1977, as soon as the sky cleared, Vice President Zhou issued an order for the divers of the fishing team to go to sea immediately. Afterwards, he made an emergency report to his superiors.

He made a detailed report on the seriousness of this incident of people participating in sea cucumber speculation, but he avoided the seriousness of the cause and only briefly brushed over his own private price adjustment. Instead, he focused on the natural disaster.

He asked his superiors to immediately provide strong support, either by deploying some light-dried sea cucumbers from Qingdao to Bincheng, or by supplying Bincheng Aquatic Products Corporation to major restaurants such as Jingcheng, Fengtian, Chuncheng, Bingcheng, Shijiazhuang, Baoding, and Jinan.

He temporarily handed over part of the task to Qingdao Fisheries Company. He said that only in this way could he put sea cucumbers on the market and try to stabilize prices.

On the same day, the Bencheng City Government also issued the "Interim Regulations on Strengthening the Management of Seafood Markets", which first clarified two items.

The first one talks about the economic aspect. It is said that private transactions of sea cucumbers have been rampant recently, and prices fluctuate greatly. This is because a natural disaster that has not happened in a century has provided a hotbed for capitalist ideas and speculation. As a result, a few people have taken advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, resulting in outrageous prices.

Market chaos.

The second article talks about the social aspect. It is said that the private speculation of sea cucumbers has seriously corroded the minds of the broad masses of people, endangered social security, and affected production and work. Therefore, it is necessary to promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages and strengthen the management of the sea cucumber market. This is the next step for the Bincheng City Government.

Something that must be done no matter the cost.

There are ten articles in total in this regulation, including economic means, administrative means, and legal means.

The first is to ban all private trading venues, strictly prohibit over-the-counter transactions, and confiscate the money and property of both parties to the transaction.

The second step is to redefine the prices of aquatic products stores. When the goods that have stabilized the market are re-listed, the price of sea cucumbers should be restored to the original price as much as possible. Taking into account the cause of the disaster and the lack of goods, slight adjustments can be made depending on the specific situation, but the maximum cannot exceed 45 yuan a day.

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Similarly, the purchasers of sea cucumbers must also be restricted accordingly. Anyone who wants to buy sea cucumbers can do so, but they must go to a state-owned store to buy it, and they must have a household registration book and a work certificate.

Finally, it was specifically pointed out that employees in all units are not allowed to engage in reselling sea cucumbers, and anyone who finds it will be dealt with seriously.

From the above points, we can see that the situation in Bincheng has not only evolved into a national sea cucumber craze. The latest price limit for sea cucumbers has also been set at 45 yuan. This completely shows that this crisis has already

To some extent, it has subtly influenced Bincheng government officials to re-understand the value of sea cucumbers.

As soon as the regulations were promulgated, newspapers in Bincheng began to create public opinion, and various units implemented the municipal government regulations step by step.

As for the specific management departments, the task is of course the heaviest. For example, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, the Price Bureau, the Public Security Bureau, etc. In addition to inspecting and closing small markets for private transactions, they also have to pursue and intercept the private transactions of sea cucumbers and strictly control them.

Regarding the last item, the specific method they adopted is that once they find out who has sea cucumbers, they will see if you have an invoice, otherwise it will be considered a private transaction.

A specific example is that a passenger from Fengtian bought five kilograms of sea cucumbers from Bincheng and was found out at the checkpoint before boarding the train. Because he did not have an invoice, he was fined 50 yuan and the sea cucumbers were confiscated.

The incident was also reported to his unit.

There were a lot of things like this at that time, and dozens of them were handled within a few days.

Therefore, under this intense and stormy strict control, sea cucumber trade decreased rapidly, and the rise in sea cucumber prices seemed to have stopped. Within a few days, the price dropped from a high of around 120 yuan back to around 100 yuan.

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For a time, many people thought that the price of sea cucumbers would drop. The atmosphere in Bincheng was very mysterious, with some trembling and some vacillating.

However, Hong Yanwu's view on this matter was somewhat different.

Although he is sure that this feast has entered the final stage, he still firmly believes that the drop in sea cucumber prices is only temporary, and that the next upward trend will not only come again soon, but may also last for a long time.

Because he looked at every speculative boom he had ever experienced, and every time the government tightened its control, the more prices skyrocketed.

Government control also has a process, from loose to strict. Only when it is completely forced to the point where there is no room left, the government will deal a final blow with a completely heavy blow.

In addition, there is another situation for the bubble to end, that is, the funds for subsequent speculation must be almost exhausted, and the market will choose to end it on its own.

In most cases, it is often the resonance of the two that can completely end a hype.

If we talk about the "sea cucumber fever" specifically, there are obviously several objective facts that prove that it is far from reaching the final moment of destruction.

First, the shortage of sea cucumbers is an objective reality that is hopeless to change in the short term. It is still a situation of more money and less material. This is by no means a substantive problem that can be solved by the intervention of a few regulations.

The current means of the second government are still limited, and if it wants to block all private transactions, the cost of governance will be too high.

Besides, in addition to those involved in governance, there are also many people involved. There are also more people who have hoarded large amounts of sea cucumbers. In order to save themselves, they will also find ways to unblock these managers in order to gain a chance of survival. Then

Those with power will inevitably want to make another fortune from this.

Therefore, when everyone hopes that the price of sea cucumbers will fall, it is really difficult to say how much principle the grassroots managers can adhere to and how vigorously they can implement the government's regulations.

What's more, having said that, it doesn't matter even if Hong Yanwu's judgment is completely wrong.

As soon as the municipal government's regulations were promulgated, Hong Yanwu, who always followed the government's developments from newspapers, immediately stopped all public transactions.

He didn't want to risk eating the "fish tail" at all.

Not only did they no longer let the "general" and the others go to the small market, he also stopped going to the guest house to sell. Even the "MLM" of "Old Fatty", Han Ying, Xiang Hong, and Fan Gang also stopped. Only the remaining goods were sold.

The method is to continue to exchange sea cucumbers for "Maotai" through Manager Xie.

Up to this time, through various channels, they have successfully distributed more than 6,000 kilograms of sea cucumbers, and currently only have about a thousand kilograms left in hand.

In terms of overall interests and safety, they have not been affected at all by the introduction of strict control measures.

In this kind of market, it is absolutely inevitable to reap huge rewards.

To say how much money they made from it, let alone anything else, it can be seen from just looking at the peripheral personnel such as Manager Xie, "Old Fatty", Xiang Hong, and Fan Gang who participated in it.

Like Manager Xie, the higher the price of sea cucumbers, the better he will do it. Although he can only spend money to buy a box of wine, having sea cucumbers is another matter. So far, he has bought more than 40 boxes for Hong Yanwu.

Maotai, I got at least 40 pounds of sea cucumber benefits from it.

As for "Old Fatty", he has extensive connections and is sophisticated. He bought three hundred kilograms of goods from his own way, and the introduction fee alone was more than a thousand yuan. Not to mention the one hundred kilograms he exchanged for wood.

The sea cucumber was also sold out, and the 10,000 yuan was firmly in my pocket.

Xiang Hong and Fan Gang had the narrowest social circle, so although they earned the least, they still had six to seven hundred yuan each.

In fact, even Han Ying should have taken a small thousand yuan, but she and the "general" were too embarrassed to ask for it, and Hong Yanwu was too busy to persuade them, so the money was temporarily deposited in the public account for her.

It should be said that these ten days have been enough for everyone involved to truly experience the taste of sudden and rich wealth.

From this we can know how astonishing the collective income of these real cargo owners, the "Hai Bangzi", can be.

In fact, so far, in addition to the inventory and plates in hand, Moutai has made a total cash profit of more than 586,500 yuan.

Of course, of this money, about 140,000 yuan was the personal profit of the "sea bumpers" from buying sea cucumbers at the bottom, and 36,000 yuan was the price of the 400 kilograms of sea cucumbers sold by Hong Yanwu on behalf of Yang Weifan. In addition,

, is the collective wealth on the public account of the "Hai Bangzi".

But this is enough to be astonishing. Excluding these, it is a full four hundred thousand!

What is the concept of money in this era?

From a specific sensory perspective, four hundred stacks of "Great Unity" stacked together are four meters long and weigh eighty-eight pounds.

According to the "Bincheng Local Chronicles", the annual administrative expenses of any urban district in Bincheng had never exceeded 200,000 yuan.

"Seafood Restaurant", the most famous high-end restaurant in Bincheng, only makes a profit of 60,000 to 70,000 yuan a year to the state.

In the best years, the largest grain-producing village near Bincheng had an annual output of 600,000 kilograms of grain, with an agricultural and sideline industry output value of only 80,000 yuan.

So with such a simple comparison, you can know how huge a fortune this is, and how shocking it is to ordinary people!

Indeed, money is a good thing. It allows people to live a good life and buy the things they want. If anyone wants to suddenly make a windfall, the most normal reaction is probably to be ecstatic.

But people often fail to see the other side of things. When the sudden drop in wealth exceeds a certain limit, it will definitely cause people to feel great psychological pressure.

On the afternoon of November 20, "General" and Han Ying were sitting on the sofa together in the study room of the "Wanghai Street" villa. They looked at the more than 17,000 yuan on the desk and couldn't help but fall into a trance.

Their expressions were a little stiff.

There is no other way. After checking the general ledger today, the payments from all parties have been collected.

There was no space left in the locked safe, and it was all filled with banknotes. There was no room for the money on the table.

This is really an unimaginable situation. But Hong Yanwu was in a hurry to send money to Yang Weifan, and left in a hurry without saying what to do with the money on the table.

"General" couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"It's too much money! It's really too much..."

Han Ying also sighed.

"I didn't expect it, it was so scary..."

After a long while, the "general" finally recovered, lit a cigarette, and discussed with Han Ying.

"I'm afraid we have to find a proper place to put the money that we can't put. On the face of it, this is a problem! Where do you think we should hide it? The kitchen or the toilet? Or hide it in the bookshelf?

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Han Ying's face turned pale, and she excused herself as if she was frightened.

"I... I think you should let Xiao Wu take it away tomorrow. It will be troublesome to put it anywhere. What if it gets wet or burned? If it is really lost, we can't explain it... How about you discuss it with him?

Now, it’s best to take away part of the money in the safe. If that doesn’t work, just give it to everyone..."

Of course the "general" knew why Han Ying was worried and quickly comforted her.
To be continued...