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Chapter 293 Tomorrow Group's Solution (4000)

Someone suddenly stood up to object, and a noisy discussion instantly broke out in the main hall. Those noble officials who did not know the truth whispered to each other, confused and puzzled by this sudden change.

You know, the process and standards for conferring the title of "Lord" have always been set by Emperor Bradley himself, and the candidates who can participate in this banquet have all been approved by the emperor himself. The so-called nomination and voting are just a formality, because the candidates have already proved their sincerity and qualifications through substantial donations.

According to convention, it is not decent to take money and not do anything.

Seneschal Villalba was obviously shocked by this sudden opposition, as he had never encountered such a situation before. He turned to look at Emperor Bradley on the throne, trying to get instructions from him.

However, the emperor did not give any clear instructions, so Steward Villalba turned to the old noble who objected and said seriously: "Baron Donovan, please state your reasons. But please remember that in this solemn palace, in front of the great emperor, every word you say must be supported by facts."

Baron Donovan straightened his hunched back and spoke in a loud and firm voice, "Your Majesty, what I said today is based on irrefutable facts!" He pointed at Irina and continued, "Aksalan Irina and her Tomorrow Group have posed a threat to the empire that cannot be ignored. They have almost monopolized the market for all high-end machinery manufacturing, and one-third of the empire's power plants are under the control of the Tomorrow Group."

"More than that..." Baron Donovan seemed a little hesitant. He paused for a moment, then emphasized again, "More than that, there's something else..." His eyes were flustered, as if he had forgotten the words he had memorized.

At this time, a noble stepped forward and said in a sonorous and powerful voice: "Your Majesty, please allow me to add. Last quarter, half of the 10,000-ton ships launched in the empire were manufactured by shipping companies directly or indirectly controlled by Tomorrow Group. What is more worrying is that Tomorrow Group is actively acquiring Adam Shipping Company. If this move is successful, Tomorrow Group will control three-fifths of the empire's large-scale shipbuilding industry."

Another nobleman immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Tomorrow Group used a low-price strategy to impact the market, causing a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises to fall into trouble or even go bankrupt. Subsequently, Tomorrow Group acquired these enterprises at low prices, causing a large number of workers to lose their jobs. If they are allowed to continue to expand, it will not only cause a wave of unemployment, but also firmly control the lifeline of the empire's energy and machinery manufacturing."

The nobles stated the astonishing scale of the Tomorrow Group one after another, and those cold figures shocked everyone present.

Although Helot already knew the size of Tomorrow Group, he was still shocked by its amazing strength. He admired his mother's business talent, but was also worried about her safety.

How could the Empire tolerate the existence of such a consortium with such a strong influence in the fields of energy and mechanical manufacturing?
Helot looked at Emperor Bradley, only to see him listening to the nobles' accusations with an expressionless face, tapping his fingers lightly on the armrests of the throne.

Suddenly doubts arose in his mind.

Does the Black Gold Group really possess such enormous power?

He thought about it for a moment and roughly understood the truth behind it.

The accusation against Tomorrow Group was actually a play carefully planned by the emperor. The Black Gold Group was just an unwitting pawn in his hands to contact the nobles for the current situation.

When Emperor Bradley achieved his goal, the Tomorrow Group also hated the Black Gold Group and the nobles who made the accusations.

As the allegations against Tomorrow Group intensified, Helot knew he had to take action.

Otherwise, my mother would probably not have been able to leave the palace.

"Your Majesty, I also believe that the Tomorrow Group has become a potential threat to the stability of the empire."

Helot's remarks immediately silenced the nobles who were accusing the Tomorrow Group.

Now even the head of the Claulund family has denounced the Tomorrow Group. It is not as simple as Irina not being able to obtain the title this time. If the Tomorrow Group is split up, everyone can have a full meal at this grand banquet.

Emperor Bradley smiled and asked Helot: "I heard that Tomorrow Group has a very large investment in Hog ​​Town. Don't you want to defend Tomorrow Group?"

Helot answered sincerely, "Your Majesty, I am studying energy mechanics. I know very well that the current expansion of Tomorrow Group is not their initiative, but an inevitable result of market laws. However, this result poses a threat to the stability of the empire. Even if Tomorrow Group has no intention of using monopoly resources to endanger the security of the empire, the powers and obligations granted to the Claulund family by the Imperial Constitution require me to remind Your Majesty.

Even if the Claulund family suffers losses as a result, it is what I should do."

Emperor Bradley asked: "Why do you think the expansion of Tomorrow Group is not their own initiative?"

Helot bowed and said, "Please allow me to ask your Majesty. If there are two steam engines of the same price, one with 123 horsepower and the other with 120 horsepower, which one would you choose?"

Bradley the Great replied: "Of course I'd choose the one with 123 horsepower."

Helot smiled and said: "This is the cruel reality of the energy machinery market. When a more efficient product appears, no one will pay attention to other products. Even if it is only 3 horsepower less, it will not be competitive. The speed of energy machinery technology iteration and update is very fast. Enterprises that cannot keep up with the speed of technological upgrading will naturally be abandoned by the market, and the vacant market share will only be filled by Tomorrow Group's products."

Emperor Bradley listened to Helot's analysis and nodded silently.

Energy machinery is a new field. It has only been around for a hundred years, but has entered a period of technological explosion in the past 10 to 20 years. More than a decade ago, mechanical cyborgs could not reach the level of the first generation of extraordinary cyborgs. Now, not only have the third generation of extraordinary mechanical cyborgs been developed, but the fourth generation is already in sight.

Products produced by new technologies are constantly updated, and those with insufficient technical level will of course be abandoned by the market.

However, even if the Tomorrow Group is not actively monopolizing the market, its current scale and the industries it controls have made Emperor Bradley feel a sense of crisis.

Of course, it was impossible for him to change his mind because of Helot's explanation.

"But it is an indisputable fact that the Tomorrow Group is too large, and it has caused a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises to go bankrupt. You also said that the Tomorrow Group has posed a threat to the stability of the empire. Tell me your solution."

Helot replied: "Split up the Tomorrow Group!"

This is the answer that everyone who accuses Tomorrow Group wants.

Now the patriarch of the Claulund family has pointed out that the Tomorrow Group is doomed today!
Emperor Bradley was very surprised by Helot's answer.

Just now, Helott's defense of Tomorrow Group's monopoly behavior was obviously an attempt to help exonerate it, but why did he suddenly change the subject and want to "split up Tomorrow Group"?
Emperor Bradley asked Irina, who had been silent, "Irina, do you have anything to say about Mr. Claulund's proposal?"

Irina saluted and replied, "As Mr. Claulund said, Tomorrow Group is not trying to monopolize the market. It is caused by our rapid technological upgrading. If splitting up Tomorrow Group can solve the problem, I am certainly willing to accept Mr. Claulund's proposal."

Irina also realized that she had run into a carefully set trap. If she could get out of it unscathed, she could give up part of the assets of the Tomorrow Group.

However, Emperor Bradley has been slow to make a verdict.

He kept thinking about what Helot had said.

Tomorrow Group has no rivals in the field of energy machinery, and its rivals who cannot keep up with the technological iterations are complaining bitterly. The once old Black Gold Group has been pushed to the brink of bankruptcy. If the Imperial Heavy Industry Committee did not have mineral resources and the status of Rust Nobles, it would have been eaten up by Tomorrow Group long ago.

Energy machinery technology is iterating too quickly. If the Tomorrow Group is split, the result will inevitably be technological dispersion.

And this world is not just about the Glory Oath Empire. After the split of Tomorrow Group, who can replace Tomorrow Group?
Rust aristocracy?

Or the Black Gold Group?

If they had the ability to replace Tomorrow Group, they would not be thinking about merging with Tomorrow Group now.

Emperor Bradley knew the capabilities of the Rust Nobles and what the Black Gold Group was like. If the Empire's competitiveness in international energy machinery was given to them, they would be able to move from the first echelon to the second echelon, or even the third or fourth echelon.

After weighing the risks of splitting up the Tomorrow Group, Emperor Bradley asked Helot: "Besides splitting up the Tomorrow Group, is there any other way?"

Helot secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that Emperor Bradley was actually well aware of the significance of Tomorrow Group to the empire, otherwise Tomorrow Group would have been split up long ago.

It's just that his mother has made too much news for her election recently and has invested a lot of money everywhere, which made Emperor Bradley feel threatened by Tomorrow Group, so he came up with the idea of ​​taking risks.

Now, as long as Emperor Bradley knows the particularity of the energy machinery field, he will naturally re-evaluate the indispensability of Tomorrow Group to the empire in international competition.

Then give him the real answer.

Helot pretended to think for a while and replied, "I think the Empire can increase taxes on all high-tech products."

Bradley the Great said: "That's a very novel point of view. Keep talking about your ideas."

Helot continued, "The Empire has always supported the development of emerging industries by reducing taxes. It is your foresight, Your Majesty, that has created the Empire's current prosperous economy and strong national strength.

I think that some sectors no longer need to use low taxes to reduce costs to improve competitiveness. Instead, we can increase taxes on high-tech products to reduce their competitiveness in low-end markets. This way, the country's tax revenue will increase, and small and medium-sized enterprises will not go bankrupt in the competition of technological iteration. "

After Helot's suggestion, Emperor Bradley's thoughts suddenly opened up.

He found himself in a misunderstanding, that is, the empire's current prosperous business was achieved through tax reductions and exemptions, so he got used to using this policy all the time.

I have never thought of suppressing competitiveness through price and taxation.

Business ministers may have thought of it, but they dared not mention it.

Imperial taxation needs a comprehensive adjustment!

"Anything else?" Emperor Bradley felt that Helot had not finished speaking, so he continued to ask.

Helot went on to say, “I think since Empire has made Tomorrow Group so much money, Tomorrow Group should also take more responsibility.”

"What responsibility?"

“Open up some technologies to other energy machinery companies for a fee.”

"for example……"

Helot replied: "For example... the third generation of extraordinary mechanical transformation technology."

When Helot said this, everyone in the hall seemed to be under a time-stopping spell. They stood there in a daze, unable to believe their ears.

Even if the Tomorrow Group is split up, they will not share the third-generation extraordinary mechanical transformation technology.

Emperor Bradley turned to Irina and asked, "Is Tomorrow Group willing to share the third generation of extraordinary mechanical cyborg technology for a fee?"

Irina already understood Helot's idea, and she replied: "Tomorrow Group is of course willing to share the third-generation extraordinary mechanical transformation technology. We are also willing to help companies that want to cooperate with Tomorrow Group and upgrade their industries.

This market is very large and is still growing. It can accommodate Tomorrow Group, the Imperial Heavy Industry Committee, and the Black Gold Group. We also hope that they can become competitors that Tomorrow Group must pay attention to, so that we have the motivation to continue to develop new technologies. "

In the current situation, Tomorrow Group will not be able to survive without spending some money.

Compared with the integrity of Tomorrow Group, abandoning some technologies is a minor loss. After all, no matter how advanced the technology is, it will become outdated one day.

And since they have technology that can be purchased, will they still invest money and manpower in research and development?

Can they fully understand and further develop the purchased technology?

As long as Tomorrow Group can maintain its integrity, it can maintain its technological leadership and always be the first to eat the cake. And those who buy "new" technology from Tomorrow Group will eventually become more and more dependent on Tomorrow Group to allocate them markets and rely on Tomorrow Group's technology.

Giving up now is for the sake of gaining in the future.

After hearing Irina say in person that she was willing to share the third-generation mechanical cyborg technology and more advanced technologies.

The atmosphere in the entire palace hall changed, and the light projected from the dome felt much brighter.

The third prince Terenas stepped forward, saluted to Emperor Bradley, and said, “Mr. Claulund’s proposal is simply the perfect solution.

Not only can it increase the Empire's tax revenue and solve the difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises, but it can also allow the Empire to have three powerful energy machinery groups: the Imperial Heavy Industry Committee, Tomorrow Group, and Black Gold Group. "

Emperor Bradley also showed a satisfied smile.

A perfect solution indeed.

As long as the Tomorrow Group does not dominate alone, it can be balanced by other energy machinery groups. At the same time, the Tomorrow Group also retains its overall research and development capabilities, continues to maintain its leading position in the world, and guarantees the Empire's demand for cutting-edge weapons.

(End of this chapter)