Return to the exciting era of 1999

Chapter 2327 Rocket Parts Price Increase

"Mr. Ji, there are three large domestic automakers ready to cooperate with us, mainly in the satellite business for unmanned driving. What do you think?"

Shortly after seeing off the Indian customers, Li Dongxin sent documents and videos to Ji Donglai.

Above, the top five domestic private car companies sent a list of core business cooperation, the most important of which is the construction and manufacturing of navigation detection satellites.

According to the latest satellite launch price announced by Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing, it is 10% cheaper than Starlink, and the prices of satellites of other organizations are even more incomparable.

In particular, Ji Donglai's reusable rocket engine project has reduced the launch cost to an outrageous level. Starlink is still occupying outer space. Every large enterprise with dreams is hoping to compete for its own position in space. Otherwise, it will only be able to rent satellites from others in the future, and the risk of information leakage is very high.

"Brother, this is the day we've been waiting for. Let's talk. If there's cooperation, we'll do it! Only by mass-producing things can we lower our prices. Musk is really smart. He used mass launches to lower the prices of satellite manufacturing parts. We must do the same."

"Also, tell President Hua to raise the prices of some of the components provided to Starlink. Increase the shipping price by at least three times. We will not renew our contract with them after it expires. We should not make things for others when we can make them ourselves."

"Also, some of our materials are no longer allowed to be exported from now on, and the price for selling them abroad will increase fivefold!"

It could finally be opened, and Ji Donglai breathed a sigh of relief.

From now on, the core business of the entire enterprise will be transferred to high-tech, especially satellite and space resource development. The resources involved in this aspect in low-end manufacturing must be increased in price.

Since 2012, Yiyuan Equipment Manufacturing has been cooperating with some large domestic automobile companies in the parts business, especially in the production of some key parts. Ji Donglai knows very well where these real customers come from.

Since the successful launch of the starship, more and more complex parts drawings have been transferred to several companies in Shanghai. Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing, relying on its strong design and manufacturing capabilities, has successfully overcome one design and manufacturing problem after another by using Xinyu Machine Tool's five-axis linkage and 3D printing technology.

Over the years, Huayan Baoliang has made a lot of money through these businesses, and it is also based on these components that Ji Donglai's rocket design and manufacturing technology has advanced by leaps and bounds.

From now on, the processing of these parts will only be for internal use and not for external use. Although Huayan Baoliang was not satisfied when he received the notice, he smiled again when he saw the order from Li Dongxin.

"It has to be Donglai. He made his own company smaller, but he made our entire camp bigger. Why didn't I see that my junior brother was so awesome back then?"

According to the information reported by his subordinates, Ji Donglai will build at least fifteen satellites this time, and they will be large ones. This means that Huayan Baoliang’s company business this year is guaranteed.

"Donglai has great ambitions. You should communicate more and don't worry too much about gains and losses. Donglai's companies are the most productive now, and the rest of the manufacturing industry is expected to shrink. Donglai's wife is pregnant again. If you have nothing to do, ask her to visit you instead of just spending every day at home eating, drinking and having fun."

Li Qingfu looked at his son-in-law's smile and knew that his choice back then was correct.

Looking back, Ji Donglai was just a small equipment manufacturer back then. He would bring businesses to his company to do business, and personally ride his bicycle around the factory to inspect. Ji Donglai treated things that others didn't want as treasures.

Many leaders of the group treated Ji Donglai as a beggar. Many of them are now in prison and many are retired. Throughout their lives, no one will remember where these people came from.

Let’s look at Ji Donglai, who led a group of young people to overcome difficulties and achieve what many people in China could not do, and caught up with or even surpassed the vast majority of century-old companies in European and American countries.

From the time Ji Donglai started his business to now, it has only been more than 20 years since his founding. This is hard to imagine.

"Dad, if you come here recently, you may get into trouble. My classmates said that some companies on the other side of the ocean are eyeing Donglai, especially the major shareholder behind Donglai. The funds of this company have always been located outside the mainland."

"Such a low tax rate is something that the entire industry is very envious of, and this time Donglai has cut off supply to foreigners, which is a big deal!"

Hua Yan Baoliang took out a document and handed it to Li Qingfu. The other party was stunned. He took the document and read it from front to back, with anger on his face.

"Nonsense, complete nonsense! All the money from Donglai was used back in China. What about the people mentioned in the article as Donglai? Which one of them is not the little prince or the white gloves? And that juice factory was sold four times, and the country stopped it."

"If it hadn't been stopped, all the money would have been taken away. The media is getting more and more shameless and is becoming more and more like foreign media! They are changing concepts and confusing right and wrong. These unscrupulous media should be uprooted..."

According to this manuscript, the author of the article described Ji Dong as a scum who spent money in China and abroad.

Some people even compared Ji Donglai to several rich young men in the Republic of China who specialized in emptying the country.

Because Ji Donglai's registered place is in Hong Kong, with a 5% tax rate, his profits are very high. In addition, he has been lending money to the company over the years and has earned a lot of money. He has countless luxury houses and cars, and he has made a lot of money by clearing out large businesses at critical moments.

He is simply a pure vampire. Some people even compare Ji Donglai with the boss of Zhengtu, and bluntly say that Ji Donglai's financial institution is a vampire that squeezes every last penny out of ordinary people.

"I'm not worried about that. What I'm worried about is that someone might take advantage of me. You know, the chief engineer of the rocket that Donglai recruited offended someone who is now in a high position. If someone really makes a fuss about this, I'm worried that Donglai will be in trouble."

"It's easy to find a pretext to accuse someone of something, and Donglai is reckless in his actions, and he has offended many people over the years. Mr. Tu has passed away, and if he were still here, these things would be easier to handle..."

As a person on the ropes, Huayan Baoliang is very concerned about Ji Donglai's future. After all, most of his company's business still depends on Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing.

Apart from anything else, the industrial software developed by Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing is widely used in Huayan Baoliang’s company.

The steelmaking losses at the steel plant jointly established by Li Qingfu and others have been very large in recent years. Through cooperation with Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing, the efficiency has now increased by 20%. What is this?
Quality improvement.

The corresponding energy consumption has been reduced even more, and this alone is enough to kick the steel plant off the environmental blacklist, which is excellent.

"Remind Donglai that young people need this kind of tacit understanding between each other. Donglai will have a way to deal with it!"

Thinking of the various situations Ji Donglai is facing now, Li Qingfu has no choice.

Domestic companies that have made some contributions are constantly criticized in the West, from the initial Hanxian to the current Yiyuan Zhizao. As long as they have business conflicts with Western companies, they will inevitably be included in various lists.

An hour later, Ji Donglai received a call from Li Qingfu. Facing his old friend, Ji Donglai smiled.

"You're late. Europe has already started, and the language used is very strong. But it's not a big deal!"

Ji Dong glanced at the European media reports on another large screen, most of which were negative reports about Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing.

The difference is that these reports emphasize the lag of Jidonglai Technology, which cannot be compared with Europe and Musk's company and is only suitable for manufacturing parts.

A certain company even filed an anti-monopoly lawsuit against Yiyuan Zhizao in Europe, which is fatal.

The article accurately points out that Ji Donglai dumped some cutting-edge components on European and American countries in the past, and is now using his monopoly position in various industries to raise prices for profit.

This practice is not allowed in the entire industry. Based on the old formula, a large group of people began to investigate the European headquarters of Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing, even though those departments were only in the financial industry and had nothing to do with manufacturing.

Privately, these companies are still contacting Yiyuan Zhizao. As long as Yiyuan Zhizao reduces the price of these components to a "reasonable" level, these sanctions can be lifted immediately and the investigation can be stopped.

"How are you going to deal with Donglai? These guys are shameless now, it's not easy to deal with them!"

Looking at the document sent by Ji Donglai, Huayan Baoliang's face looked ugly. This document listed Huayan Baoliang's company as the number one target for sanctions. In the eyes of these people, Huayan Baoliang is Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing.

"I just have a monopoly, so what? If you have the guts, come and investigate me and sanction me! They also have high-end machine tools like DMG, so they can process these parts themselves, there's no need to come to us!"

"It's because the products they make are astronomically expensive, even ten or twenty times our price, so they have no choice but to come to us. You still want to get a big bargain? No way! My staff just compiled a new catalog for you. The prices of these parts have all been increased. Send it to our distributors in Shanghai and Los Angeles. If they dare to lower the price, their global agency rights will be revoked."

Sanctions? Ji Donglai has never been afraid of them.

After so many years of selling at very low prices, you must now make money. Besides, you must find a suitable processing and manufacturing company in a short period of time.

The thumb-sized stainless steel bolts used in rocket engines are made by Yiyuan Zhizao for $5.50 each. The cheapest bolt in Western countries costs $120 each, but Ji Donglai has increased the price tenfold to $55 each, less than half the price in Western countries.

The other party is still making a lot of money, but they just don't want to share it with Ji Donglai. If the other party continues to impose sanctions, Ji Donglai doesn't mind expanding the restricted sales list. Let's see who gets hurt then?

According to information obtained by Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing, there are at least 20 satellites that need to be launched into space this year, and many of the core components inside them still need to be ordered from Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing.

(End of this chapter)