Chapter 46: Food Safety Controversy Ends
It is not that no one dares to take over. At least the Shuanghui Food Group is very interested. udia Ivan is very good at things. Although the business is not very big, thework is vast.
Through a friend''s connection with an executive of Shuanghui Food Group, udia Ivan sold the ughterhouse for a super low price of 10,000 Leva after some bargaining.
Of course, the business that has been merged is far more than just Kloo Ivan''s ughterhouse. At about the same time, the Shuanghui Food Group has merged more than a dozen nts,rge and small. The basis for the monopolistic group''s capital is already in ce.
As the food sector is wailing in Bulgaria, Shuanghui Food Group is living a good life. There is still room for growth.
Thanks to nning, several inferior products were called off and de-stocked. Even if there is stock, it can be sold out overseas through Volvo''s channel.
Now the products in hand are qualified. Wilhelm also openly invites the public to monitor the sector and wees experts and schrs to test them. Also, after shifting down the low-grade goods, the sales of middle and high-end food products are rapidly increasing.
At Ferdinand''s behest, Shuanghui Food Group adopted "cheap is not good" as the core of its propaganda andunched a campaign everywhere to instill this concept in the Bulgarian poption.
The frightened middle ss, at once, became a loyal fan of Shuanghui Food Group. The products, especially the "aristocratic exclusive", be a hot product instantly.
After all, the 19th century was still the era of the aristocracy. No one dared to mess with the goods that supplied the aristocracy. The influence of poisoning a thousandmoners is no better than one poisoned aristocrat.
Shuanghui Food Group also advocates asking the government to enact a food safetyw to regte the safety and hygiene standards of the food sector.
The food processing business led to asking the government to legite, which instantly attracted public opinion. For a while, Shuanghui Food Group became a synonym for a conscience business.
Taking the chance, Wilhelm simply stripped all the inferior products from the group''s business and got a few outsourcingpanies to produce them.
From now on, the nts of Shuanghui Food Group worldwide, all the food produced is qualified. Itys the foundation for the future food empire.
The food safety controversy is heating up, and people know a storm ising.
Just after udia Ivan sold the factory, the police seized more than fifty food processing businesses,rge and small. They arrested dozens of rogue people in business in just half a month.
Since Bulgaria does not havews rted to food safety, their conduct bes problematic.
If they need to pay a little money to set things right, ording to the usual way, it is not necessary to seal the nt and arrest people. But now, under the pressure of public opinion, no one dares to put down gently!
The government soon introduced the draft Food Safety Management Act under popr demands. However, the specific standards ofw enforcement were again controversial.
The standard is set too high, which food processing businesses can not do. Even if they barely meet the standard, the price is not eptable to ordinary people. The bar is set too low, and the people are afraid that they can not ept.
The capitalists in the food processing sector are not stupid. Now, they are naturally "all the eight immortals are showing their skills"1). They buy experts, schrs, and newspapers to guide public opinion and spend a lot of money on public rtions for the government in a vain attempt to lower the standards.
The capitalists, who are deeply involved, are trying to get away with all sorts of tricks. They are trying to lower the penalty use in an attempt to get away with it.
But clearly, they thought wrong this time. Konstantin, who was looking for a chance to enter, could not let go of this opportunity sent to his door.
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To calm public opinion, Ferdinand instructed the government to hold public debates. Relevant experts, schrs, and the press were invited to participate, and they selected several representatives from various sectors.
During the public debate, Konstantin, on behalf of the government, read out a draft of the newly enacted Food Safety Management Act.
"Mr. Konstantin, is this standard too high? Can it really be achieved? If most businesses can''t meet it by then, what will we do?" A reporter asked puzzledly.
Konstantin said confidently, "Don''t worry, these standards are made after we conducted a market survey. There are already some businesses on the market that can do it. It is technically doable, and at the same time, the cost will not increase greatly."
Kobiev (the capitalist) objected, "But most businesses can''t do it!"
Konstantin replied firmly: "What does it matter? We aim to provide the public with safe and secure food. If mostpanies can''t do it, let''s give the market to the powerful ones! It is thew of nature!"
"But what about capacity? We cannot build our business in one leap. It needs to be improved gradually to be able to meet the market demand!" Kobrev said, thrilled.
Konstantin smiled and said: "This is absolutely nothing to worry about it. Most food processing is not very hard in terms of technology. Expanding the capacity will only take a few short months. I believe that the short-term loss for the quality of life is fine with the public for the sake of life safety. As for gradual progress? Sorry that the people can''t wait any longer. Our government can''t continue to let everyone eat chronic poison!"
Just as Konstantin''s words ended, it greeted him with a thunderous round of apuse.
Kobiev saw this and went on feebly arguing, "But it would create a terrible monopoly! Think of the entire Bulgarian food market being monopolized by one or a few businesses. When the market is dead, what a terrible scenario!"
Before Konstantin could speak, Aleko jumped ahead of him and angrily questioned Kobiev: "No more terrible scenario could be worse than the present! You greedy devil! At least the food we eat is safe. Our lives are guaranteed. We don''t have to worry about going to God as we do now at any time!"
Once again, thunderous apuse rang out as Aleko''s words spoke to the hearts of everyone. Somehow someone shouted, "Get out of here, greedy devil!"
It was then echoed by the crowd, chanting in disarray, "Get out of here, greedy devil!"
Seeing the severe anger made, the frightened Kobiev fled and did not care about the purpose of today''s visit.
The rest of the course went smoothly. It was when everyone was terrified by the news reports and felt unsafe with whatever food they had except eggs.
Rich people are okay. They simply go to the countryside to buy raw materials for their own processing or go to the Volvo to buy food for the aristocracy. Some even merely changed to eat eggs so that the price of egg food soared.
But the suffering of themon people, who can not afford to buy high-grade food, eating ordinary food, is like eating poison for a long time to have lost appetite.
After the introduction of the Food Safety Management Act, Bulgariapletely banned substandard food from the market. The police became busy, seizing substandard goods and arresting rogue traders everywhere.
To meet the poption''s needs, the government also purchased arge batch of raw materials from the countryside and pushed them to the market. The general public had to do their own homemade food processing for the safety of their lives.
The good thing is, Shuanghui Food Group was prepared in advance to stock arge number of qualified food to be marketed to calm the storm.
Taking a chance to reorganize the food processing sector, Ferdinand haspleted its de facto monopoly on the Bulgarian food business.
Trantor:
1). It contains a positive meaning. Sometimes used as a negative; to express sarcasm. It is often used as a metaphor for a group of people who have their own way of doing things or have their own skills to aplish amon causegenerally used as a use or predicate.