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Trade sanctions are a double-edged sword. It hurts others and yourself.

It has only been two months since the trade conflict between the United States and Europe broke out, and both sides felt a little overwhelmed. Manufacturers from all over the country complained and felt incomprehensible about the government's actions.

Modern society is a tightly structured industrial chain. Any problem with any link will directly affect the economic development of the entire society.

On the surface, the total retaliatory tariffs of both sides are only a dozen or more than two billion US dollars, which is far from enough compared to the production value created by joint manufacturing every year.

But in fact, the impact of excessive tariffs on the manufacturing industry is extremely huge.

Due to excessive tariffs, European and American manufacturing industries have to give up their other markets and find another market. Before the market development, they had to endure the pain of a sharp decline in output.

The decline in production also directly affects the income of manufacturing workers. Hundreds of thousands of workers are angry at the decline in wage levels.

Its marginal effect also reduces the family income of these workers, thereby reducing consumption, and affects the overall income of other industries.

The manufacturers' transfer of the sales market has caused a sharp decline in sales of the original market occupants, which has triggered a series of chain reactions.

Moreover, the sanctions themselves, in the hearts of the mutual citizens, also cause their expectations for the future economics to be reduced, causing serious consequences again.

The financial market is terrible, the stock market has suffered heavy losses, investors have no confidence, and panic selling occurs...

In the past two months, both European and American sides suffered heavy losses due to the trade war.

In order to find a way out, Europe and the United States decided to reopen negotiations to resolve the trade dispute between the two sides.

The core of the problem is still in personal computer sales.

The United States cannot give in to this point!

The computer industry is the foundation of the US's strength, and it will never allow the loss of this position.

But Europe also understands that without its own personal computer industry, it will always be subject to the United States. Now it is finally easy to produce a joint manufacturing industry. It is now quickly swallowing up the computer market in the United States with an unstoppable momentum. How could they break their own hands before they were happy?

Besides, European computer companies are competing in accordance with the principle of fairness. What reason do they have to interfere with them?

The two sides argued and finally decided to form a joint investigation team to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the European Union Computer Company to determine whether there were unfair behaviors.

The first thing they went to was PB company.

Of course, the investigation requires submitting relevant company information and reports. PB company cooperates very well and has prepared all the information. From the reports, there is no violation of any violation, and only the performance of theirs is gradually rising. The current monthly shipments have reached nearly 300,000 units. This makes the United States look jealous and jealous.

Investigators from Europe looked happy and looked at each other and smiled.

That's the end of the American courtesy. They immediately proposed to check the company's source of goods, list details, worker salary details, equipment lists and other information that they did not need to provide, saying that they had doubts about the company's costs and expenses and believed that the report data was very likely.

The company's board members looked very ugly, and Heddle even looked angry and had a gloomy face.

But after the persuasion of European investigators, they still provided relevant documents. However, it also shows that these are company trade secrets and are required not to be taken out of the company and can only be reviewed in the company.

A week later, the joint investigation team looked at all the documents and the information obtained from this can only show that PB company's cost control is too good!

From purchase to production to delivery to factory operation, the investigators found no waste in the entire process, and they could be said to have brought the efficiency to the extreme.

The company has tens of thousands of employees, of which more than 7,000 are engaged in sales, delivery, after-sales, maintenance and other work. There are only more than 2,000 workers in the assembly plant.

No researchers.

Without senior researchers, there is no need to invest in large research expenses. This savings of land can account for more than 30% of the computer's price!

At PB, U.S. investigators did not get what they wanted.

In the second stop, they chose one of the main components of the computer, a German land main board manufacturer. PB company may be just an assembly factory. If joint manufacturing needs its brand, it would be understandable without researchers. But motherboard manufacturers, also claiming to have their own patented technology, cannot be without R&D personnel, right?

German landmaster manufacturers welcomed them into the company with a fake smile.

It is already rare to be able to give them a smile, although it is a fake smile. No manufacturer will like irrelevant outsiders to go to their own territory and see everything clearly.

German manufacturers had already known their requests, and did not talk nonsense to them, and directly sent all the resources departments to them. Then they said, "You can see for yourself!" and then slammed the door and left.

The joint investigation team smiled bitterly, and German manufacturers were not welcome, even blind people knew that they were clear.

With so many people, the manufacturer didn't even deliver a cup of coffee to them, so he asked them to sit and observe the various piles of documents.

This time, the investigation will probably be very difficult!

But they were wrong. When they first read the information, the US investigator who was responsible for reviewing the personnel file list exclaimed: "What, there are only 204 people in the entire company? How is this possible?"

Everyone in the land was shocked.

When they entered the company, they seemed to feel very quiet, a little strange. They didn't look like a super-large processing company that produced hundreds of thousands of land a month. At that time, they were embarrassed because of the factory's attitude, so they didn't pay special attention to this phenomenon. But now they realized that this is very different from what they are used to. Seeing the lively scenes of people coming and going in other large enterprises.

The investigation team quickly checked the company's personnel information.

There are indeed only two hundred people in this company!

More than 100 of them are R&D personnel. From this perspective, motherboard manufacturers attach much importance to R&D sites than other manufacturers.

As for the production workers, there are only more than 30 people!

There were five people in the sales department and eight people in the materials procurement department. There were more than ten people in the maintenance department. The freight was entrusted to the logistics company, but there was no customer service department...

In addition to the R&D department, the department with the largest number of people is actually the company's guards, with more than 40 gun-equipped guards responsible for maintaining the company's safety.

From any perspective, this company is like a specialized production workshop. Many of them must have local departments in other companies, but they have not formed them.

It seems that its only purpose is to provide a computer motherboard to PB company!

The US investigators were overjoyed. Finally, we were able to catch your tail. We don’t believe it. As a normal manufacturing company, only about 200 people can produce tens of millions of computer motherboards every month?

Let's go and cheat!

There is something wrong with this. As long as you find specific clues, hehe, look at your European side. What else can you say?

"Let's go! No need to read the information. Let's go to the scene and see how they produce the motherboards that supply the world's needs!" The head of the US investigation team stood up happily and walked out.

The other American members also followed out with a breeze, leaving only a room of frowning European investigators behind them.

They also don’t believe that manufacturers can produce hundreds of thousands of motherboards every month with such a small number of people, which are used by PB companies for assembly.

Could it be that they really aim to seize the market and use dumping to produce, and the real production line is not here?

But, you know that we are going to investigate. Why don’t you pay attention? Even if you are decorating the store, you should get more people and fool the Americans first!

Why are you so stupid?

They stood up helplessly and walked out of the manufacturer's room specially prepared for them.

What's the point of staying here? When they go out, they have a situation. They can help them to relax and say a few good things to the manufacturer. Besides, they can't let them stay in the house at this time.

The office building of the company is very quiet. According to the personnel information I just checked, there are only a dozen administrative personnel in the company. Piao Tian Wenxuecai knocked on the general manager's door, but found that the other party was listening to music. He was leisurely and contented, not like working.

From the company building, opposite is the company's research institute.

Compared with the deserted administrative building, there are people coming and going there, which are even more popular.

"Let's go there first to take a look." The head of the US investigation team deliberately pretended not to know where the research institute was. He talked to himself and went in that direction.

The general manager sneered and stopped him: "I'm very sorry, it's our research institute, which involves commercial secrets. Please stop. If you want to investigate and research investment, we can provide a relevant funding list, but the specific research project will not be convenient to disclose it to you."

The head of the US investigation team touched his nose, looked at the research institute that was close to him, shrugged his shoulders, turned around and led the way by the general manager, and walked towards the factory where the production line was located.

They walked a short distance and there were fierce quarrels coming from the direction of the institute.

The general manager glanced at the head of the US investigation team and rushed over quickly. European investigators were stunned and followed closely.

At the door of the institute, a group of US investigators surrounded two guards and made noises loudly. One had multiple blood stasis on his face and his clothes were torn to pieces. The US investigators leaned on his companions in a sluggish manner. The nosebleed was still flowing down.

"What's going on?" A burst of anger burned in the heart of the general manager, and he asked in a deep voice.

The US investigators rushed up and shouted to the general manager in a fierce manner: "How can your guards beat our investigators unscrupulously? Please give us an explanation! If we cannot satisfy us, we will directly announce your company's behavior to the outside world and launch an investigation."

The general manager didn't even look at them, stared at the two guards and signaled them to explain the process.

"They forced to enter the institute. We stopped it. While pushing, one of them wanted to climb over the wall from behind while we were not paying attention. As a result, our patrol guards found out that they were thieves and had a small conflict with him." A guard briefly described the incident.

"Nonsense! It's clear that you are hindering our investigation and hurting our investigators, how can you reverse right and wrong? General Manager, if you have this attitude, I can only express regret to you that we can only stop the investigation of your dumping behavior because of your failure to cooperate, and submit reports that are not conducive to you." The head of the US investigation team rushed up and intimidated hard.

The general manager glanced at him and said sarcastically: "Sir, we were walking side by side just now. Then we heard a conflict here at the same time. Why don't I know the whole process, but you know clearly what happened? Could it be that this whole incident is your first director?"

"Of course not! I just...judged based on common sense. Our investigators will never act like climbing over the wall." The head of the US investigation team was robbed by him and was speechless for a moment. Then he stammered.

European investigators saw his performance and didn't understand what he had. They all accused him angrily.

The general manager was too lazy to talk to him, so he came to the door of the research institute. Enter his password on a password disk, open a partition, and leave the large LCD screen behind him.

"Click out the video of what happened just now and let the gentlemen see it."

When the US investigators heard this, their faces changed drastically and turned around to look for surveillance probes.

They just discovered that the institute did not install a surveillance probe, so they were fearless to use various methods. If they wanted to enter the institute, they did not hesitate to have conflicts with the guards and make things worse in order to turn things around. But unexpectedly, in this secret place where the institute seemed to be unprepared, there was also a probe they had not discovered. This time, they couldn't steal the chicken. A handful of rice turned around.

"Forget it, just a little conflict. Just forget it." The head of the US investigation team quickly said that he should go to the factory to inspect immediately and not get entangled with these details.

The general manager insisted on the truth and immediately used the telephone next to the screen to notify the replay surveillance.

In the video image, all the actions of the US investigators were truthfully reproduced, including the attacked investigator. When he was discovered by the guard, he first took action, but was beaten up by the guard. The beating made him bleeding from his nose.

All European investigators glared at the members of the US local investigation team with contempt.

General Manager - pointed to the US investigators who caused trouble: "You are unpopular people, please leave our company immediately. If you don't leave, I will summon the guards and force you out!"

The head of the US investigation team's face turned red and said furiously: "This is unacceptable. They are just performing their duties. You cannot unreasonably drive them out of the investigation team. If this is the case, there is no need to continue this investigation. I will submit an investigation report on your company immediately."
To be continued...