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Chapter 743: Take precautions before they happen

Li Dongling supported Guangwei Company in developing carbon fiber technology and invested a lot of money in it, not just to make a fishing rod.

In the future, Dongling Hi-Tech's products, whether mobile phones or other electronic products, or entering the automotive industry, will also need to use carbon fiber materials.

Even in the future, the domestic military industry, such as Chengfei and several other domestic fighter jet manufacturers, including rockets, missiles, protective equipment, etc., will need to use these technologies and will definitely place purchase orders from Guangwei.

There will be no loss, for sure. As long as they can develop carbon fiber technology, both fishing gear orders and military orders will come to Guangwei Company like a flood.

For Dongling Hi-Tech, Li Dongling invested in Guangwei not only for returns, but also to avoid being controlled by others in the future.

Whether it is Japan or America, they are all good at manipulating people. As long as the companies in these regions have mastered exclusive technology, they will try their best to manipulate it. Sometimes, even if they have the goods, they will deliberately be reluctant to sell them, or even hold on to them, just to raise the price.

Just like before, when Dongling Hi-Tech launched the Shenzhou digital cordless phone, Toshiba kept controlling Dongling Hi-Tech on the phone chips, either raising prices or out of stock.

If Dongling Hi-Tech is subject to the control of Japanese Toray Industries, American DuPont and other companies in terms of carbon fiber, it is guaranteed that the other party will cause trouble every other day.

"Guangwei will finalize the technical process as soon as possible and start mass production!"

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Chen Guangwei nodded repeatedly. The research and development of T300 carbon cloth had made progress, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

From the first time Chen Guangwei met Li Dongling, Dongling Hi-Tech began to invest in Guangwei and spent money to let Guangwei develop carbon fiber technology.

In a blink of an eye, two or three years have passed. The total amount of money invested by Dongling Hi-Tech and the funds invested by the Hanxi Joint Laboratory in the carbon fiber project in cooperation with Guangwei has exceeded 400 million yuan.

This is just the investment from Dongling Hi-Tech. On the Guangwei side, Chen Guangwei is also tightening his belt.

Guangwei is now the largest fish rod shipper in China, and is also one of the few companies in China that manufactures carbon fiber fish rods for fish rod manufacturers such as Nippon Benz. Guangwei is profitable in terms of revenue.

But he spent even more. Apart from the funds to keep Guangwei Fishing Gear running normally, Chen Guangwei invested the rest of the money into the research and development of the T300 project.

If it weren't for Dongling Hi-Tech's help, the T300 carbon fiber project alone would have drained Guangwei dry. I don't know how long the entire R&D project would have been delayed.
For the T300 project, Guangwei also bought a carbon fiber pre-impregnation production line from Nippon Benz and Toray at a high price, manufactured fishing rods for Nippon Benz and Toray, and then carried out reverse engineering before finally figuring out the way.

"But, Mr. Li..."

Chen Guangwei said with a little hesitation, "If Guangwei announces that it has developed the T300 carbon fiber technology, then we will probably become a rival to Nippon Toray!"

The Japanese company Toray is very wary of Guangwei, fearing that Guangwei will have its own carbon fiber technology and threaten Toray's position.

To this end, it provides carbon cloth to Guangwei for OEM fishing rods, and has special personnel to review the production of fishing rods, how much carbon cloth is used, how much loss there is, how to store the remaining carbon cloth, etc. Toray keeps a close eye on all of this.

“Now, Japanese companies such as Toray and DuPont are rumored to have already mastered the T700 technology.

Even if Guangwei can mass-produce T300, there is probably still a big gap between its technology and that of Toray and DuPont!"

Chen Guangwei expressed his concerns. Once they turned against Toray, Guangwei would definitely be suppressed by the other party. They would stop allowing Guangwei to manufacture fishing rods and start blocking Guangwei technically. This would definitely not be good news for Guangwei.

When Li Dongling heard this, he turned around and glanced at Chen Guangwei. It was not his fault. In this era, those who hold this view are the "mainstream". Domestically, whether state-owned or private companies, they are all worried about competing with overseas companies and are afraid before the battle even begins.

"Mr. Chen, if Guangwei gives up developing its own carbon fiber technology, will Toray hand over the technology and production line to Guangwei?
In the future, can Toray provide Guangwei with carbon cloth at a favorable price, without raising the price at will, and guarantee the supply? ! " Li Dongling asked calmly.

When Chen Guangwei heard this, he opened his mouth, but finally shook his head. Based on his understanding of Nippon Benz Toray Industries and their character, if they didn't use carbon fiber cloth to control Guangwei, it would not be Nippon Benz.

"Is there anything in this world that can be avoided by hiding?"

“As long as Guangwei can develop T300 carbon cloth and start mass production, the low- and mid-end fishing gear market will belong to Guangwei in the future.

We will have a firm foothold in the carbon fiber market and one day we will be able to compete with Toray in the T700 or even T800 high-end carbon fiber market!"

Li Dongling said that according to the nature of those giant companies overseas, anything that domestic companies can mass produce will instantly change from a high-end product to a cheap commodity. T300 carbon fiber cloth has been hyped up over the years. A T300 carbon fiber fishing rod has been hyped up to tens of thousands of yuan, and it is still in short supply, and sometimes it is not sold to the domestic market.

But as long as Guangwei starts mass production, the price of T300 carbon cloth will start to plummet. However, given Guangwei's production cost, it is not difficult to snatch the T300 carbon cloth piece of cake from Toray.

In the future, we will compete with Toray in the T700 and T800 fields, and that will be the time to see the real results!
The opening of the National Fishing Competition has raised the popularity of fishing in China, especially in the southern region. The ratings of the fishing competitions broadcast by the central media and Hanxi TV were unexpectedly good, which was somewhat beyond the expectations of the TV station.

Originally, the central media and other TV stations broadcast the fishing competition because of the existence of the National Fishing Association. In addition, Dongling Hi-Tech was the largest sponsor of this year's competition, so the competition was broadcast. The TV stations did not want any ratings.

But now, the ratings of the broadcasted fishing competition are not worse than those of other sports events. This made the director of the sports channel of CCTV Media think of what Li Dongling said at the opening ceremony of the National Fishing Competition.

"Fishing is the most popular sport", is this true?
During these few days, Li Dongling has been in Yuhe Leisure Resort and he has not seen what the scene in Pingyang city is like.

But in recent days, the Yuhe Leisure Resort has been completely packed with people watching the fishing competition.

No one knows why a bunch of grown men like to watch another group of men sit there fishing for hours, but it happens!
With so many people pouring in, they all have to spend money to some extent. The revenue of Yuhe Leisure Resort in the past few days has basically hit a historical high. The situation in Pingyang City is probably basically the same.

Li Dongling looked at the crowds of spectators surrounding the fishing ground and sighed softly. This might be a rare "peaceful" day this year and in the next one or two years.

In the second half of the year, Soros and the Wall Street vultures will be here, and I don’t know how many people’s livelihoods will be affected. If we hold fishing competitions again, I’m afraid that not so many people will watch them, or they will no longer be interested in paying attention to these events.

After taking a last look outside, Li Dongling stood up and walked towards the hotel in Yuhe Leisure Resort, where someone was already waiting.

Tan Yunfan sat in the hotel's reception room with his back straight. Even though he had already retired from the army, the habits he had formed over the years were ingrained in his bones, and he was afraid that he would never be able to change them.

Tan Yunfan is 1.72 meters tall, which is completely different from the tall people who fly planes in TV dramas. Tan Yunfan has a very sturdy figure.

The door was pushed open, and Tan Yunfan stood up. He was about to raise his arm out of habit, but the visitor grabbed his arm first.

"Captain Tan, right? I'm glad you're here!"

"Mr. Li!"

Tan Yunfan also reacted at this time. After shaking hands with Li Dongling, he also took a look at the man who might become his employer in the future.

Looking at the person in front of him with a warm smile, Tan Yunfan felt that he seemed a little younger than what he saw in newspapers and on TV.

Before coming, Tan Yunfan had read some information and reports about the person in front of him. The director of the Aviation Administration who called him personally also told him who would be the captain this time and who would be the people who would ride on the plane he would fly in the future.

In the words of the director of the Aviation Bureau, no matter what time, there must be no mistakes in the plane he is flying, otherwise it will not just be one person who is affected, but the lives of many departments, units, companies, and employees will be changed!
Moving his eyes from Li Dongling, Tan Yunfan saw Yang Zhigao who had been standing silently beside Li Dongling. From Yang Zhigao's position, he felt a familiar breath and knew that the other party's background was probably the same as his.

Li Dongling was also looking at Tan Yunfan in front of him. Li Dongling found a crew for Li Dongling's Gulfstream private jet through Gu Xiguang of the Economic and Trade Commission and then the Aviation Administration. The captain was Tan Yunfan, and he was basically the head of the crew.

Bodyguards and drivers are people who are entrusted with your life and property. Only the most trusted people can serve in these two positions, because if something goes wrong, it can be fatal!

As for the captain of a private jet, there is no need to mention it. At an altitude of 10,000 meters, the control of the aircraft is entirely in the hands of the captain.

As for Tan Yunfan, Li Dongling must meet him in person before he goes to Gulfstream for training.

"Captain Tan, there is no need for me to say anything extra. I'm sure you should know something about the situation here!"

Li Dongling said that he had obtained some information about Tan Yunfan, including his family situation and relatives.

But the background check was done by the Aviation Bureau. To be honest, the fact that they could recommend Tan Yunfan to Li Dongling as the captain of his private jet was equivalent to the Economic and Trade Commission, the Aviation Bureau, and even Tan Yunfan's number before he retired from the army, all endorsing him.

If something goes wrong with Tan Yunfan while flying the plane, the first people who should be worried would be those who endorse him!

(End of this chapter)