On April 30, the State Railway Group disclosed its financial results for the first quarter of 2023 and 2024.
In 2023, the operating income will be 1,245.4 billion yuan and the profit will be 3.3 billion yuan. The operating income in the first quarter of 2024 will be 283.3 billion yuan!
Seeing this information, netizens commented that the nest was directly blown up, trillions of yuan in revenue, and the profit was only 3.3 billion yuan, the profit margin was too low, so it was good to hand it over to private enterprises, and it was up to you.
It may be that I have heard the criticism of netizens, and the National Railway Group has complied with public opinion, in order to increase the profit margin, is it okay for me to raise the price?
The price of popular lines will increase first, and other lines will follow, which is the next routine. It should be that they are worried about a large-scale and comprehensive price increase, which is difficult for the masses to accept. It seems that China Railway Group still considers the acceptance ability of consumers, step by step, it is not so annoying!
Don't think that the price increase of bullet train tickets is incredible, regardless of the people's livelihood and suffering, people have a realistic and theoretical basis!
Why? Because this is in line with the law of supply and demand in the market! Supply exceeds demand, so why can't prices be raised?
Don't you know that after the pre-sale of bullet train tickets on May Day and April 30 is turned on, it will be in seconds? Recently, 12306 also released a message to teach everyone how to grab tickets and how to wait for tickets!
Although many people commented afterwards that the section tickets were all out in seconds, there are still full tickets from the departure station to the terminal station.
Here's what China Railway Group said:
But it's undeniable that you didn't get a ticket?
That's right, whoever said that the National Railway Group is at fault, that is, it does not understand the market economy and the basic principles of economics!
You are an economic layman who doesn't know anything, so what qualifications do you have to comment on my price increase, right?
I am a liberal arts student, and although I have studied political economy, I have long forgotten to go to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after many years of work!
However, I still studied logic, and I would like to ask, why the price increase? Does it matter if you can't buy a bullet train ticket if the price increases? Is it possible to buy a ticket home if the price increases?
The main reason for the price increase may be that it involves high costs, resulting in low profit margins. Is the State Railway Group a public welfare central enterprise? Probably not! Then the pursuit of profit rate is reasonable!
And the price increase is the most direct and easiest solution, and I don't have to worry about the sales problem after the price increase, is a 20% price increase a big deal for people who can't buy tickets?!
As for the price increase and the purchase of tickets, it is even more incompatible, whether the tickets rise or not, the tickets are not sad or happy, if you don't buy them, he will buy them, and the bullet train tickets are still a seller's market, and he has the final say!
In fact, from the perspective of ticketing software program processing, there are still ways to solve the problem of seconds, such as selling tickets multiple times, leaving some tickets home for those who missed the first time!
The price increase is not the most annoying thing, but the inability to buy tickets is. I think even if the price rises by 20 percent, you may still not be able to buy a bullet train ticket on the next May 1st and 11th day.
Disbelief, run!