Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 147 Geoprotectionism
"Wait! Mr. Leiberdine, please wait a moment!"

"Is there anything else you want to say, Mr. Black."

Lei Boding, who stopped at the door of the private room, turned around impatiently, staring at Carter, the "culprit".If it weren't for the self-cultivation he had developed over a long period of time, Leiberding at this time really didn't even have a word.

No one will take kindly to a man who intends to infect his hometown.Even if this is just my own guess, maybe Carter's original purpose is not like this, and it doesn't work!

"Mr. Leiberding, please believe me! I really mean no harm, and we didn't come to Pearson to empty this place. You think, I just took over Forest Bank from the FDIC, and I turned around and empty this city , does it do me any good?"

Carter's back quietly crawled with a layer of cold sweat.The previous self-confidence is long gone
Indeed, their own burritos are a sharp weapon in this depression era!But this sharp weapon is also a double-edged sword!

It can cut a gap in the market like an extremely sharp double-edged sword, and form a dislocation blow to a series of rapidly expanding fast food giants such as McDonald's and Burger King.But again, it's easy to hurt yourself.
Leiberding's words instantly reminded Carter of a term: geo-protectionism!

After living in the United States for so long, Carter has gradually come to understand a problem: In this immigrant country, behind its seemingly lively singing and dancing, singing and dancing every night, and full of feasting and feasting, there are also many local protectionism, local conservative thinking.

Even this kind of division is even bigger than the unified planning, the difference between the east and the west of China, which develops first and then the west!To put it bluntly, the cities on the east and west coasts of the United States are not like cities in the same country as the cities in the south-central United States.From the scale, to the industrial structure, to the ideology and quality of the residents, etc., there are not only huge differences, but also extremely polarized distinctions.

If this burrito shop opened in New York or Los Angeles, I would never have heard what Leiberding said just now.Because these cities are already able to attract a lot of capital inflows, he is not worried that your small fast food restaurant will turn upside down at all.And people's ability to accept new things is also very strong.

Of course, this may also be because the city they live in never lacks the inflow of foreign funds.This makes their municipal government have a strong risk-taking ability, and dare to accept some new things, enterprises, etc. to enter their own territory to make troubles.They are confident that they have enough strength to protect themselves.

But in the slightly barren south-central, in a small city like Pearson.A company with exaggerated revenues really has the strength to bring down a city!
As Reberding said, when your price goes below a threshold.The result is dumping!

Thinking of dumping, Carter instantly understood why Leiberdine was so furious.Because as a Chinese at heart, he deeply understands the harm caused by dumping to the dumped place
The invasion of a large number of cheap goods will lead to the loss of competitiveness of local products, followed by a decrease in sales and a decrease in market share.The income of related industries at the same time decreased until they couldn't bear it and declared bankruptcy.

Then the entire industrial chain was bought at a low price, controlled by others, and the funds were taken away by these dumpers.Let the places that are already difficult become more and more moneyless to revitalize.
Countries face dumping and anti-dumping.Tariffs can still be used to balance this threshold, the so-called tariff protection.However, as between two cities in the same country, where does Pearson have the right to engage in tariffs? ?
Therefore, Leiberding can only use administrative orders to limit Carter's burrito invasion
But while understanding, Carter also inevitably felt a little guilty.In theory, it seems to be harmful, but it is not difficult to imitate your own burritos!Even if there are people who can't make tortillas now, it's not easy to find someone who can
In Central and South American countries, if you grab any aunt here, they can make tortillas and make them fly, at least better than Cui Fali, a fake cook.However, no matter how depressed the United States is today, it is still a paradise and a lighthouse in the eyes of many people.
"I admit that this trip was a bit hasty. I didn't think well about the preparations. Mr. Leiberding, please calm down, sit down again, and we will think of other ways. Please believe me, in protecting the city of Pearson Economic development, I agree with you in the goal of maintaining the stability of Pearson City!"

"Yeah, Hart! I was going to invite Carter to have dinner in Douglas tonight. He thought that there are still many unemployed people in your city of Pearson who have not solved the unemployment problem, so he dragged me here. We will We didn’t decide to leave until three o’clock, and we really didn’t have time to make detailed plans. We were halfway through, including Mr. Tri Farley, and Carter called us from the restaurant temporarily.”

"Yeah, they're right."

After speaking, Benjamin sighed lightly and, together with Tri Farley, tried to persuade Leiberdin to stay.Such a situation happened, which is really unexpected to everyone.

While on the road, Benjamin knew about Carter's acquisition of Forest Bank, and also about his alliance with the Atlanta branch of the FDIC to fight against the alliance of the three banks in Argyll.Knowing this, he naturally understood the root cause of Carter's sudden change of attitude when he refused to help Pearson City when they met last time.

If Carter had acquired a commercial bank, perhaps Benjamin had reason to suspect that Carter had deliberately concealed his core purpose.He just planned to come to Pearson to harvest a wave of leeks and run away
But since the acquisition is a savings bank, then cutting leeks does not exist.Compared with commercial banks, the profitability of savings banks seems to be poor, but in terms of stability, savings banks are several blocks away from commercial banks!

One is an industry that is small but can make long-term stable profits; the other is an industry that may be profitable but may go bankrupt at any time.Faced with these two choices, Benjamin believes that most people will choose the first one!
To ensure that the first choice can see results, then Carter must not be able to destroy Pearson's market.If Pearson's market collapses, how will he absorb savings and generate revenue?

"I hope so! Okay, let's talk again, but let's not talk about this restaurant business, I won't allow you to come in! This kind of shock, we Pearson can't bear it. Unless you are willing to sign a price limit agreement, otherwise you will be free." talk!"

Seeing Leiberdine take his seat again, Carter's eyeballs also rolled around.Of course, I'm not thinking about the price limit agreement. If I sign this bullshit agreement, it's tantamount to cutting off my own arms, cutting off my core advantages, and opening a fart restaurant
But when I first thought of geo-protectionism, what else seemed to come to mind?

New York?Los Angeles? ?
"Mr. Leiberding, I still want to talk to you about the restaurant"

　I'm busy today, and I just had a little accident.The rest of the updates are relatively late, so I suggest you watch them tomorrow!
　　
　
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