"Notice to all illegal gun holders: Following the unified arrangements of the Earth Guard Corps, starting today, our bureau will start the first batch of centralized collection of illegal firearms and ammunition.
During the collection period, our bureau will collect unlimited amounts of relevant illegal weapons and equipment at the following prices.
No registration required, no records required, cash payment required.
We hope that the general public will cooperate with the Earth Guard’s illegal firearms crackdown and hand over illegally held weapons and ammunition within a time limit. After the collection period, our bureau will, under unified arrangements, launch severe crackdowns on individuals who still refuse to turn over their money.
Attached: Price list for weapons and ammunition collection.
Standard rifle: 2,700 yuan, bullets: 2.9 yuan, grenades, body armor, landmines..."
At the same time, in various bases on major planets, local security bureaus launched large-scale publicity through posting notices and online publicity.
As soon as this news was released, it immediately aroused a strong response. I don’t know how many people were running to tell each other and talking about it.
The vast majority of people did not fall into ecstasy because of this announcement—although the collection price was indeed much higher than the market price, almost 50% higher. Instead, they fell into doubts and caution.
Can such a good thing happen? really? is that a lie?
The security bureau went up on a pole to give us money? Why don't I believe it?
There was a strong wait-and-see mood, but the security bureaus in various places did not stop their actions. In various crowded areas, such as Fuxing Mall, or in traffic arteries, at the gates of security bureaus, etc., manpower and material resources were directly allocated to set up special collection points, and they began to wait for "customers" to come to their doors.
People with sharp eyes saw that at every collection point there was at least one big box, and the big boxes were full of cash!
This further relieves the concerns of those who surrender weapons and equipment.
All were paid in cash and the whereabouts of the money cannot be traced, so what are you worried about?
But most people are still waiting and watching. However, some people plucked up the courage and started trying.
For example, Lu Hong.
He now has hundreds of thousands of guns and various weapons in his hands. Of course you can sell it if you sell it slowly, but the price is not as high as here. If the seizure notice from the Security Bureau is true, wouldn't it be possible to make more money by reselling it?
He found a drug addict at random, gave him some money, and asked the drug addict to take a gun and go test the water.
The others watched nervously from behind.
The poisonous ghost tremblingly took the gun to the handover point and handed over the gun. Then, everything was just like what was written in the notice. Without any registration or any formalities, he handed over the gun with one hand and the money with the other, and the 2,700 yuan was directly given to him!
The poisonous ghost left happily, and no one followed him after that.
It's true!
This suddenly stirred up a hornet's nest.
In today's world, there are so many guns on the market, and anyone with a little bit of money has more than one gun in their hands. I bought it for less than 2,000, but now I can sell it for 2,700. Why not sell it?
In an instant, countless people rushed to the hand-in point.
"Don't be impatient, everyone, get in line, we are collecting unlimited amounts! Everyone has a share!"
Guards with guns tried their best to maintain order and prevent chaos at the scene.
At one collection point, on the first day, 2,325 firearms and various weapons and equipment were collected, and more than 8 million yuan was distributed!
There are more than 200 such collection points on Mercury, and the total number of planets in the entire solar system is more than 5,000!
On the first day, a total of more than 8 million firearms were collected throughout the solar system, and a total of more than 40 billion in funds were distributed!
On the second day, the market continued to be hot. The number of firearms confiscated in the entire solar system has risen to more than 12 million, and a total of more than 60 billion funds have been distributed.
In just two days, more than 20% of the 500 billion budget was consumed.
But Liu Kai didn't panic at all. Because he knew very well that on the first day it was mainly retail investors testing the waters, and on the second day it was smugglers waiting to see what was true and choosing to ship in large quantities.
On the third day, there won't be so many.
Sure enough, on the third day, the number of firearms collected dropped sharply to only 6 million, and about 28 billion in funds were distributed. It dropped again on the fourth day, to only 4 million, and less than 20 billion in funds were distributed.
Five days later, only 1 million firearms were collected every day, and the funds consumed were only 5 billion, and it was still steadily decreasing.
Liu Kai breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, everything was as he expected. After all the excess and temporarily unused firearms, as well as smugglers and other large-scale hoarding forces, have been shipped, the remaining firearms will have certain "rigorously needed" attributes and will not be sold easily.
For example, wealthier families use it for self-defense, or gangsters use it for gunfights.
At the same time, with the increase in the price of firearms caused by the comprehensive high-price collection by the Security Bureau, there will also be a wait-and-see sentiment in the market, and some people will be waiting to see whether the price of firearms will further increase.
At this moment, in terms of absolute numbers, the number of firearms circulating in society is still quite large, and it has not yet reached the goal of comprehensively improving the control of the Security Bureau.
"Commander Liu, the number of firearms handed over has been greatly reduced recently, and it is far from achieving our expected goals. What should we do? Do we want to increase the price to purchase them?"
Obviously, once the price increases, a group of people who originally did not intend to pay will choose to pay.
Liu Kai smiled faintly: "Price increase? No, the price must be reduced. Please inform me that the price of a standard rifle will be adjusted from 2,700 to 2,650."
"They didn't even pay the price of 2,700. Now that the price has been reduced, it's even less likely that they will pay it."
"Idiot! The more the price goes up, the less they will turn it over!"
The men left in a hurry.
The change was noticed the next day.
"Damn it, the price has been reduced? It seems that it will not increase in the future. Not only will it not increase, but it may continue to decrease! While the price is still good now, hurry up!"
There are no longer a few people who think this way. Therefore, after the price reduction, various collection points once again ushered in a wave of small peaks in collections.
After a small peak, gun collection efforts have again been weak.
Liu Kai knew that the goal of comprehensively improving the security bureau's control had not been achieved at this moment.
But the remaining people no longer take action easily, what should we do?
Liu Kai didn't panic at all. Because he knows that when the Security Bureau collects all the goods at high prices and the firearms and ammunition have a certain currency attribute, even if the gun holders don't want to hand it over, there are still people who will do it for them.
At this moment, in a certain room in the Mercury Living Base Group.
The leader of the Fire Wolf Gang looked gloomy: "All the gang's inventory has been handed over, and now there are only 100 guns left. We can't hand in any more!
We brothers can use these guns ourselves! "
Before he finished speaking, gunfire suddenly came from outside the window. There was a crackling sound, and all the top brass of the Fire Wolf Gang were shot to death.
The boss of the Hound Dog Gang was full of joy: "100 guns! Put them all away and hand them over quickly for money!"
(End of chapter)
