"What's going on? Are they no longer using our Electronic Grade PI Film?"
Tian Feng Zhangnan, chairman of Tian Feng Chemical—known as the "President" in the Little Country—quickly learned of the developments in China and could not help feeling puzzled.
According to the intelligence he had received, Fei Yang Optics had imported quite a bit of Electronic Grade PI Film produced by Tian Feng Chemical over the past few days. It was clearly meant for producing FY-01, that high-performance optical material. There was no reason for them to remain unmoved after Tian Feng Chemical and King Material jointly leaked the news.
Electronic Grade PI Film came either from Tian Feng Chemical or King Material. It was generally traded through domestic agents. The agents represented their Electronic Grade PI Film and paid cash, while domestic companies traded with the agents on credit terms or through bank acceptances. The agents earned considerable profits in the middle while also bearing a certain risk of bad debts.
Ordinary PI Film could be produced domestically. Only high-end PI Film used for high-precision, highly reliable applications in the electronics industry—also known as Electronic Grade PI Film—could not yet be manufactured domestically and had to be imported.
Anything imported left records. Every batch, even every square meter, was recorded, making it possible to trace which customer ultimately received the goods.
This was not the result of Tian Feng Chemical taking the initiative to investigate. Rather, every time the agents sold a batch of goods, they had to proactively report who the goods had been sold to, how they would be used, what end product they would ultimately be used in, the order quantity, delivery schedule, and so on. The information had to be extremely detailed.
That was the tyranny of powerful suppliers. If you did not provide