After Jiang Xiaobai returned to Huaqing Building, he asked Zhao Xiaojin to deliver today's newspaper.

"By the way, go and collect newspapers from other places, especially those from the capital and the south. It doesn't have to be today's, just the latest ones will do."

Jiang Xiaobai ordered again.

"Okay." Zhao Xiaojin responded and turned around and went out. She didn't ask why. Jiang Xiaobai had the habit of reading newspapers.

The current affairs and politics at this time were all hidden in the formal lines of newspapers.

So the first thing Jiang Xiaobai does when he comes to Huaqing Building every day is to read the newspaper.

Rising prices would be normal in later generations. It would be strange if prices did not rise. But in this era, it would be very subtle.

Maybe some big event in history is going to happen.

I didn't experience this era in my previous life, so I learned about some things from books and the Internet, so there may be something missing.

There may be some that I can’t remember clearly, but now that I’m reborn in this era, I have to figure it out, otherwise I’ll feel uneasy.

Soon, Zhao Xiaojin came in holding a pile of newspapers.

"Director Jiang, the newspapers above are from Beijing and Magic City, and the other newspapers are below." Zhao Xiaojin put a pile of newspapers on the table.

Jiang Xiaobai raised his head and said: "Okay, you go out and find out how much the prices in our Dragon City have increased compared to the end of last year. They are mainly vegetable prices and various daily necessities."

"Ah?" Zhao Xiaojin was stunned, a little strange, he didn't understand what this was for.

"Go ahead, you can bring two more people to help and figure things out." Although Jiang Xiaobai heard from the man at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative that the prices of various daily necessities have increased, he didn't know exactly how much.

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He wanted to determine what happened by gathering more information.

"Okay," Zhao Xiaojin turned around and went out, holding a notebook and pen in hand.

Jiang Xiaobai leaned on the table and read the newspapers one by one.

The metropolitan newspaper in Longcheng also reported some news about rising prices, but the tofu cubes were all slightly larger, and the specific reasons were not clearly stated.

There were no other newspapers either. Jiang Xiaobai opened some newspapers in the capital.

Likewise, news of rising prices was found between the lines.

However, it is obvious that it has not attracted people's attention. It should be said that this price increase has not affected people's lives, and the price increase is still within a controllable range.

Jiang Xiaobai opened some newspapers in Magic City again, and this time Jiang Xiaobai's eyes narrowed and he saw some news.

In the Magic City newspaper some time ago, Magic City adjusted the retail prices of 280 types of commodities. The newspaper listed some commodities.

There is no doubt that most of these commodities are small commodities or daily necessities, and the price increases range from 20% to 30%.

Jiang Xiaobai flipped through the newspaper a few more times and continued to sort out his thoughts.

In the afternoon, Zhao Xiaojin reported on the situation. A large number of small commodities and daily necessities in Helongcheng had increased in price, but the magnitude was not large, remaining between 10% and 15%.

But Jiang Xiaobai still had no eyebrows. Why did the prices of some daily necessities suddenly increase?

After making a cup of tea, Jiang Xiaobai's eyes froze when he inadvertently glanced at one of the messy newspapers on the table.

Among them, the five big black characters on the newspaper caught Jiang Xiaobai's attention: "Dual-track price system."

This is a southern newspaper, reporting an incident that happened in Jinling.

Because of the dual-track price system, many units and state-owned institutions have devoted themselves to buying and selling materials, taking advantage of the dual-track price system to make profits.

There are 1,000 tons of steel in Jinling, which have been speculated 129 times, and the price has increased nearly three times. 83 departments were involved in this matter.

There is also a folk proverb below: "One billion people, 900 million have fallen, and there are still 100 million who are looking for it."

Looking at this report, Jiang Xiaobai's brain seemed to suddenly have a flash of lightning, and he remembered.

Think about the reason for the current price increase.

What happened in 1988 is an event that is deeply remembered by people all over the country. It is not only an event that has a greater impact on ordinary people, but also on some companies.

That is "price breakthrough". To talk about "price breakthrough", we have to start with the dual-track price system in previous years.

To put it simply, the same product has two different prices in the same place at the same time.

For example, if there are two different traffic rules on the road at the same time, you can imagine the chaos on the road.

The same goes for the dual-track price system. It was originally intended to protect state-owned enterprises, but now, in 1988, the drawbacks of the dual-track price system have become apparent.

Indiscriminate price increases and arbitrary charges for production materials, of course, this does not happen in a day.

The same product in the same city may cost three yuan in the east and one yuan in the west.

By 1988, it had reached a point where it had to be solved.

The news about Jinling Steel in the newspaper that Jiang Xiaobai read is just one of the typical cases. There are countless such chaos.

Therefore, the dual-track price system needs to be integrated and supply improved.

This is the root cause of "price breakthroughs", and the first impact of price breakthroughs is rising prices.

Thinking about the "price breakthrough" and the "panic buying crisis" that followed, Jiang Xiaobai frowned.

The failure of price breakthrough this time will not only bring about the impact of unsalable goods, but also change many policies.

1989 was another cold winter for townships and private enterprises.

But this is the last time, just get over it.

Seeing that it was getting late outside, Jiang Xiaobai probably packed up the newspapers on the table, then got up and went home.

In the evening, I told Zhao Xinyi about the rising prices. The specific reasons involved some national policies. I told Zhao Xinyi that Zhao Xinyi didn't know much about it.

However, I still told Zhao Xinyi that I estimate that prices may still rise, so I would like to stock up on more necessities for life while there is no price increase now.

Zhao Xinyi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give the money to Xiao Cai and let her sell it."

"Yeah." Jiang Xiaobai is actually not afraid of rising prices, but is afraid of panic buying caused by price breakthroughs.

However, there was no way to tell Zhao Xinyi about this unforeseen matter. She could only stock up on some things for her family because she was afraid of rising prices.

But not only the family, but also Huaqing Holding Company must actively deal with the possible impact of this price breakthrough, Jiang Xiaobai thought to himself.
Chapter completed!