Chapter 634 Why can’t we admit the gap?
This post was sent by a person who works in the border area of Heilongjiang Province, threatening that Torch Group and domestic lighter manufacturers are trying to bring lighters to old Europe one after another.
“When did Torch Group sell its machines to the old European market?”
“Isn’t the inland lighter industry currently in a lawsuit with the old European market?”
After seeing one post after another asking questions, the person who posted this replied to another post, "Black Label Lighters, people from Torch Group, all the goods shipped from Suifenhe are labeled with Black Label Lighters!"
"Black label lighters are from the Torch Group?"
"What is the origin of this brand?"
When he saw the words black label lighters, Yan Lixiang's heart immediately skipped a beat. He had inquired about it. According to the news, I know that the Black Label brand is very popular in old Europe. Many domestic OEMs are manufacturing for Black Label.
But when it comes to the relationship between Black Label lighters and Torch Group, Yan Lixiang has no idea. He has never even thought of Black Label lighters and Torch Group together.
“Black Label is a brand that has recently emerged in old Europe. Nowadays, old Europeans are using it. Brands like Bic have been sold out by Black Label!
I just came back from Spain last week. My uncle owns a supermarket in Spain, and all the lighters he sells are black label.
The commission for black label rebates is very high. If you can find a channel, the purchase price is 0.1 US dollars. A black label is sold for one dollar, and the net profit is 0.9 US dollars. My uncle’s store relies on selling black labels every day. If you bid, you can earn thirty or forty dollars!
The other supermarkets I have been to are all similar. They all sell black label lighters. All other brands of lighters have disappeared and no one is willing to sell them! ”
On the forum, a person who had just returned from Spain talked about the situation of black label lighters in old Europe on the Tianya Forum.
Nowadays, one computer Ten thousand yuan, and a network cable costs several thousand yuan. The Internet fee provided by Yinghaiwei to household users in cities such as Yanjing is 6 yuan per hour
To be honest, those who can fill the Tianya Forum now are those who have a certain financial strength or have a good family background. Those who are busy with their stomachs do not have the opportunity or conditions to access the Internet now.
This is like, decades after the previous life, many people mentioned World of Warcraft. They had the impression that there were many big bosses who played World of Warcraft and had strong financial strength. In fact, it was the same reason. Those who could surf the Internet there were at home. The economic conditions are quite good.
Now on the Tianya Forum, no one knows whether there is a boss, a university professor, a scholar, a certain unit, etc. under the vest. Of course, when you scold someone, you don’t care who the other person is, but the forum There are indeed a lot of big guys who are pouring water on them.
“Is it so profitable to sell lighters in Spain?”
“You don’t even look at how much a lighter sells over there. A lighter in China only costs one yuan!”
After seeing this person who had returned from Spain speak, a discussion about overseas immediately appeared on this post.
Going abroad is hot now, but social topics are also what countless people yearn for. It seems that one can make a fortune by going abroad, live in a wild country, and marry a foreign horse.
Now I see that selling lighters can earn dozens of dollars a day, equivalent to 300 yuan, which seems to prove the rumors that gold is everywhere overseas.
If I were to be normal and see that the post was crooked, with so many people talking about overseas life and being envious of the modern life overseas, Yan Lixiang would probably be able to turn into a foreign expert and give some advice, but now he has no idea at all Don't want to water it.
"What does Black Label lighters have to do with Hanxi Torch Group? Black Label is an old European brand, and its technology is far superior to Torch Group!" Yan Lixiang replied below the post.
But no one seems to care about this post. People in the forum seem to be more interested in overseas and have no interest in Torch Group, Black Label and the like.
Until Yan Lixiang was about to turn off the computer in disappointment, he saw a bell symbol with a red dot appearing on the computer screen. He knew that someone had replied to his post, so he quickly opened the background post.
“I am from a research institute under Sinochem, and our unit has a cooperation project with Torch Group in the areas of butane and hydraulics.
I think the relationship between Black Label lighters and Torch Group is very special. It may even be the vest company established by the latter in old Europe.
Because the Black Label appeared so strangely and without any warning, it suddenly launched low-priced lighters on a large scale.
Lighters priced at US$0.1 each, as well as Black Label's ultra-high production capacity. As far as I know, in the global lighter industry, only Torch Group and the manufacturers that have relocated to Hanxi Torch Industrial Park can take advantage of the entire Torch Group's lighter industry. chain, reducing costs to this point.
No other lighter manufacturers, whether foreign or domestic, can reduce the cost of disposable lighters to less than one yuan! ”
When he saw this technical analysis post, Yan Lixiang’s ideological stamp was a little shaken, but more of it was panic and anger.
You know, he had just written it After finishing a newspaper article that praised Black Label and belittled Torch Group, he was now told that the Black Label that he boasted about saving the domestic lighter industry was the vest of Torch Group.
Can't Yan Lixiang accept it? This, this was beyond his imagination. In his heart, he really believed that foreign lighter technology was far ahead of domestic ones, and it was impossible for China to surpass foreign countries.
Now he was told that the Torch Group relied on a vest brand and used price wars to sweep the old European disposable lighter market. This was really hard for Yan Lixiang to accept.
“That’s nonsense!”
“Do you know where overseas lighter technology has reached? Do you know the true level of domestic lighters?” “No one dares to face up to the gap with overseas lighters. Can the company make craftsman-level products?”
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Looking at the almost hysterical replies on the other side of the computer, and the continuous posts, Yuan Quan, who was in the research institute and was surfing the Internet on the research institute's computer, shook his head.
He did not lie to Yan Lixiang who was opposite him. Yuan Quan was indeed engaged in research and development at a research institute under Sinochem.
When Yuan Quan first came to this Sinochem Research Institute, the conditions here were very poor and the funds were seriously insufficient. However, since he cooperated with Torch Group and developed projects such as lighter liquefaction, compression, and liquid formula for Torch Group, his research So we began to switch from shotgun to cannon, and funds continued to arrive.
The computer Yuan Quan is using now was also donated by the Torch Group. He uses it to check some overseas information online. Of course, in his spare time, he can't help but go to the Tianya Forum to help him improve his account level...
Today’s post happens to be the one that Yuan Quan is most familiar with, so I will say a few more words. He only analyzed from a technical perspective the relationship between Black Label, a lighter brand that appeared inexplicably, and the Torch Group. The relationship is really too subtle.
However, Yan Lixiang didn't want to believe it, so Yuan Quan didn't bother to refute it. The other party stopped talking about technology and started to play the free-spirited test, so it was useless for him to say anything else.
Many people simply don’t look at how many new global patents Torch Group has registered, how many new technologies it has launched, and how many industry-related papers the R&D personnel working at Torch Group have published since its establishment.
The person who opposed Yuan Quan was only willing to compare domestic lighter technology with foreign countries three or even five years ago. At that time, the Torch Group had not even been established yet. Yuan Quan What else is there to say.
"Yuan Quan, the technical engineer from Torch Group will come over for a meeting later. Don't forget!"
As soon as Yuan Quan closed the web page, the director of his research institute came over to inform him to participate. Meeting.
"What is the Torch Group here for this time?"
Yuan Quan originally asked casually, but the words of the director of the research institute left him stunned.
“The news came from Sinochem’s headquarters. I heard that Torch Group wants to cooperate with the headquarters to build a new energy company to manufacture and supply butane for Torch Group!”
“What? ?”
Yuan Quan asked in shock, “The original energy production plant of the Torch Group Industrial Park has only been in operation for a long time. How can it not be enough...”
Looking at the main generals of his own research institute, the director of the research institute looked around and saw no one, and then said to Yuan Quan mysteriously, "This news has not been announced to the public yet, so you can't spread it randomly!
< br>I heard from the headquarters that Torch Group will continue to expand its production capacity. Not only will the third phase of the project be launched, but it is also said that the production capacity will be sprinted towards the annual shipment volume of three billion lighters. ”
< br>After saying that, the director of the institute left with a smile. What he told Yuan Quan was not a leak or anything. The subtext was to tell Yuan Quan that in their institute, both the future and the money were promising. , Let Yuan Quan stay at the research institute with peace of mind, but he cannot run away.
As a unit that cooperates with the Torch Group, the more popular the Torch Group's lighters are sold, the more funding the institute will naturally receive, and the more salary and bonuses it can get.
The rise of a company can really drive upstream and downstream industrial chains and change the living conditions of relevant practitioners, especially those like Torch Group, which will change even more people!
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On the forum, he responded to dozens of posts one after another. For Yan Lixiang, who has never been very fast at typing on a computer, this time it was a super long performance.
By the way, Yan Lixiang typed using the Tianya Pinyin input method launched by Tianya Company. For this reason, when he bought a computer, he also bought a Shenzhou USB flash drive. Now he buys a Shenzhou USB flash drive and sends it to Tianya. Input method activities continue.
In fact, Yan Lixiang knew roughly which company developed these things, such as input methods and USB flash drives, but he pretended not to know, because if you don’t use these things, they are really not available in China. As a substitute, he can't be allowed to use Wubi. At his age, he can't learn that thing...
Seeing that the other party didn't reply, Yan Lixiang felt a sense of victory and only felt a sense of anxiety.
Full of depression, Yan Lixiang kept a straight face while eating. His wife and children did not dare to talk. Yan Lixiang had a bad temper, and if he got into trouble, his relatives would disown him and curse him to death.
Having just eaten a bowl of rice, Yan Lixiang's mood improved slightly, but then the news uploaded by the Central Media Financial TV Station made Yan Lixiang feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
“The latest news from the inland commerce department, the Inland Lighter Import and Export Association has formally reached an agreement with the Old European Lighter Association, and the Old European Lighter Association has officially withdrawn the anti-dumping lawsuit against domestic lighters!
This is the first time that domestic lighters have won an overseas anti-dumping lawsuit!
In the future, domestic lighter manufacturers will be able to sell to the old European Union after being approved by the Inland Lighter Import and Export Association.” >
"Hanxi Torch Group announced that it will achieve its annual output value of 1.5 billion lighters ahead of schedule!"
(End of Chapter)