Industry Rivals

"Ah, shibal!"

In the headquarters building of Tian Le Material Technology Co., Ltd. in the provincial capital of Su Province, Jin Mingcheng, the head of the Research and Development Department, angrily hung up the landline phone in his hand.

Sitting in front of his desk was Piao Enxi, the head of the Strategic Investment Department.

"What did the other party say?"

Seeing Jin Mingcheng so angry, Piao Enxi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and ask with a serious expression. Although he had guessed the answer in his heart, he still couldn't help but ask in person and hear Jin Mingcheng's answer with his own ears.

As expected, Jin Mingcheng glanced at him and said fiercely, "That brat, he actually hung up on me directly and didn't talk to me at all."

"What?"

Piao Enxi was immediately astonished, and then also greatly angered, following up with a curse, "Ah, shibal, how dare he be so rude!"

Tian Le Material Technology Co., Ltd. is not a domestic enterprise, but a branch established in China by Stick Country. However, in recent years, with the gradual expansion of the domestic market, the weight of this branch is even heavier than that of the headquarters, so much so that the organization and scale here account for more than 60% of the entire company.

Like many material companies, Tian Le Material is also a large listed company that is unknown but has a huge scale.

But outsiders may not know, while people in the optical material industry do know that Tian Le Material is a very powerful multinational material giant. Although it is not as good as Eagle Country's King Material, it is also the third-ranked giant, fiercely competing with the second place in various areas.

The second-ranked material giant is Tian Feng Chemical, which is doing well in the small days.

In the domestic market, King Polymer Optical Film is the first-class high-end material, while Tian Le Material and Tian Feng Chemical are second-class, with no distinction between them. Almost all well-known mobile phone, computer, and TV brands, except for OLED screens, use materials from these three companies for their mid-to-high-end models, either King or Tian Le Material and Tian Feng Chemical.

Qian Jia and Di Guang have developed well in recent years, showing a faint momentum to catch up with Tian Le Material and Tian Feng Chemical, but this gap cannot be surpassed in a short time.

Sometimes, a material's surface performance can be comparable to that of Tian Le Material and Tian Feng Chemical, but when actually used, the difference is reflected in the subtle details.

Either various reliability issues arise, either major problems or minor flaws, or the problems of others are very small, while your problems are very large, which is really annoying.

Or, during the mass production process, batch accidents are prone to occur, leading to the recall of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of mobile phones, resulting in heavy losses.

The moment Fei Yang Optics appeared in the news, the department responsible for collecting competitor information within Tian Le Material noticed it and reported the situation to the Research and Development Department and the Strategic Investment Department.

Jin Mingcheng and Piao Enxi, one the head of the Research and Development Department and the other the head of the Strategic Investment Department, immediately sat together after receiving this information to discuss how to handle it.

The first thing to do is to get in touch with Fei Yang Optics, especially to get their materials.

They actually don't care about Fei Yang Optics, but they care about the joint efforts of Hua Long, Zhong Wei, Qian Jia, and Di Guang. The fact that these four companies have joined forces to open Fei Yang Optics clearly isn't a joke, but they are serious about it, and they are probably aiming for something big. After all, these four companies are both customers and competitors, and their relationship is extremely complex.

Being able to bring these four companies together, it is clear that this Fei Yang Optics has extraordinary material technology!

Qian Jia and Di Guang are not to be feared; their technology cannot catch up with Tian Le in a short time. But Hua Long and Zhong Wei are currently two important customers of Tian Le Material and cannot be lost.

Unexpectedly, after finally privately contacting several companies and getting Zhou Feiyu's contact information, with one phone call, Zhou Feiyu hung up without saying a word after hearing it was Tian Le Material. This greatly angered both Jin Mingcheng and Piao Enxi, and the national essence of Stick Country immediately blurted out.

Piao Enxi thought for a moment and asked, "Minister Jin, do you have a way to get the other party's materials?"

Since the other party is also in the optical material business, they will inevitably compete with them. Originally, they wanted to contact them normally to see if they could invest a little. Competitors can also be invested in, as long as the price is right.

Now it seems that it is obviously impossible; they are probably targeting them.

Constantly speculating on others with malice is Piao Enxi's strength.

Jin Mingcheng answered without hesitation, "It might take some time. The news I have now is that Fei Yang Optics has just launched a very powerful material, which is currently being applied in a certain project of Hua Long Technology. But according to my estimation, this material should not have been mass-produced yet."

Piao Enxi was a little skeptical: "How confident are you?"

Jin Mingcheng snorted, showing his dissatisfaction at being distrusted, and replied indifferently, "They haven't been on the market long enough."

"OK!"

Piao Enxi shrugged, realizing she had said the wrong thing, but didn't explain. She said, "Minister Jin, please hurry up," then got up and left.

"Ah, shibal!"

Jin Mingcheng opened his mouth and let out another national essence, but this time he didn't say it out loud, just moved his lips silently.

At the same time, at Tian Feng Chemical's domestic headquarters in Modu, a regular meeting of department heads suddenly went off-topic because of this news, turning to discuss how to deal with the issue of "Fei Yang Optics."

A group of people spoke one by one, each saying their piece.

But when it was the turn of Watanabe Jiro, the domestic head of the Research and Development Department, the situation immediately changed.

Watanabe Jiro was clearly dismissive of the information reported by the Sales Department. He scoffed loudly, "Can the people here develop any good materials? They are indeed diligent, capable, and work hard, but material research doesn't succeed just by relying on these. Do you gentlemen think they can develop high-end optical materials that surpass our Tian Feng Chemical? I don't believe it. I'd rather believe that I have developed materials that surpass King Polymer Optical Film."

As soon as he said this, the entire conference room fell silent for a long time.

The Research and Development Department is the core department of the entire company, responsible for technology. When the head of the Research and Development Department jumped out and said this, it was difficult for others to speak up for a while, as speaking would be questioning the strength of the Research and Development Department.

To question, at least it must be a higher leader or someone with stronger technical capabilities than the head of the Research and Development Department, otherwise, keep quiet.

"Watanabe Jiro, you underestimate people too much."

The head of the Sales Department replied with some dissatisfaction. This news was reported by him for discussion, and it was vetoed by Watanabe Jiro before it was even discussed, which made him lose face.

Watanabe Jiro sneered and said, "I am familiar with the culture here. What they love most is face. This time, I think it's just their means of playing tricks to disrupt the optical material market. We don't need to disrupt our pace for such news; that would be truly not worth the gain."

The Sales Department head argued, "This is an emerging competitor. Shouldn't we learn about them?"

Watanabe Jiro smiled contemptuously, waved his hand, and said, "Absolutely not necessary! Just like luminous materials, for decades, the luminous materials here have been purchased using our company's luminous patents. Without patents, they can't even produce a single piece of luminous material. Their optical materials are the same; the PI Film they use is also purchased from our materials. If we don't sell PI Film, they can't produce even one square meter of optical material."

As soon as he said this, the head of the Sales Department was instantly speechless.