Chapter 251: Giving Every Fishing Enthusiast in the World an Identity

The visitor was in his fifties, his face bearing the traces of the frost of time, but his movements were still very agile. When shaking hands with Li Dongling, his palms were rough with quite a few calluses, clearly having done a lot of heavy labor.

"It's not hard work. There are so many people in the factory still waiting for my news!"

Chen Guangwei, who had rushed over through the dust, looked at Li Dongling in front of him and said.

Li Dongling saw the vigorous style of Chen Guangwei and knew that what he said was not false. He let him and the accompanying personnel from Guangwei Company enter the Dongling High-Tech headquarters.

When Chen Guangwei was young, he raised pigs for a living, led a construction team, and was also a village head. He built spring factories and clothing factories run by the village, making the income of the local village far exceed that of the surrounding villages.

Speaking of which, Chen Guangwei is very similar to the current General Manager of the Torch Group, Zhang Xiaocheng. Both are the kind of people who can carry a thousand-jin burden on their shoulders. When the predecessor of Guangwei Company, the Petrochemical Scientific Research Equipment Factory, was on the verge of bankruptcy, Chen Guangwei was transferred to take over the Petrochemical Scientific Research Equipment Factory in the town.

It looked like a promotion in rank, but at that time, the Petrochemical Scientific Research Equipment Factory owed a debt, and it was only one step away from bankruptcy.

Chen Guangwei cut off many businesses of the Petrochemical Scientific Research Equipment Factory and retained the glass fiber cloth business, which is the main material for making fishing gear. At that time, Laizhou was under the leadership of the municipal government, undertaking fishing gear production for Japan and South Korea—to put it bluntly, it was OEM for Japanese and South Korean fishing rod factories.

But among so many fishing rod OEM factories, Guangwei could kill its way out, which is enough to show Chen Guangwei's ability.

When Chen Guangwei walked into the Dongling High-Tech headquarters, he couldn't help but look at the company in front of him. Honestly, before coming, after receiving the invitation letter sent by Dongling High-Tech, Chen Guangwei was a bit suspicious of whether he had encountered a fraud.

After all, Guangwei Company, although it cannot compare to overseas fishing gear giant companies, has the title of the number one domestic fishing rod manufacturer in the country.

But this title is very loud in the domestic fishing gear industry, but compared to Dongling High-Tech, it is far inferior. After all, Guangwei is still working for Japanese and South Korean fishing rod factories, but Dongling High-Tech has already started to fight with overseas brands, and it is not at a disadvantage. Dongling High-Tech is a special existence in the entire country, and Shenzhou, Yindiao, and Xiaolingtong are household names!

Chen Guangwei looked at the Dongling High-Tech headquarters office. The decoration style inside does look very high-end. What makes Chen Guangwei care more is the people working here. Their spirit is obviously different from those office workers he has seen in other companies. Even a small employee is obviously more confident.

But apart from the decoration, what makes Chen Guangwei more curious is how such a grassroots office building can sell products to Europe and America, earning more than 1 billion USD in foreign exchange for the country every year!

Entering the office, Li Dongling glanced at his assistant Su Chicheng aside and said to Chen Guangwei, "Factory Manager Chen, you've worked hard all the way. Do you want to rest for a while? We will hold a welcoming banquet for Factory Manager Chen tonight!"

"No need for such trouble. I, Old Chen, have an impatient temper. If things are not done well, I have no heart to eat!" Chen Guangwei waved his hands repeatedly.

Li Dongling nodded and didn't speak empty words, directly saying to Chen Guangwei, "I am very happy that Factory Manager Chen can come. Guangwei is now the number one domestic fishing rod factory!"

Chen Guangwei heard this, but did not feel proud, but rather self-deprecatingly said, "I heard that Li Zong likes fishing. You should also know that Guangwei has some achievements in domestic fishing rods, but compared to Japanese fishing rod factories, the gap is too big!"

Chen Guangwei led the production line of the first domestic fishing rod in Guangwei. This is also the first time that domestic fishing rods can be produced by themselves, without relying on imports, and the price of fishing rods has also been reduced a lot.

Placed in the domestic fishing gear industry, Guangwei is already a leader-level existence, but placed in the overseas market, Guangwei only has the threshold to enter the low-end fishing gear market.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. If the first step has not been taken, how can we talk about thousands of miles away!"

Compared to Chen Guangwei's helplessness, he felt that Li Dongling seemed to be more optimistic about domestic fishing gear.

"Li Zong, I really don't know what kind of cooperation project you invited us here for this time?!"

Chen Guangwei couldn't help but ask Li Dongling. Facing the invitation from the number one company in the domestic technology industry, Chen Guangwei had no choice at all. He only knew that Li Dongling intended to cooperate with him on some projects, but what specific cooperation, Chen Guangwei did not know.

Li Dongling heard this, took out a plan, and pushed it in front of Chen Guangwei. Seeing the words "Draft of the Mainland Fishing Association" on it, Chen Guangwei couldn't help but look at Li Dongling with suspicion.

But then, Chen Guangwei picked up this plan. After reading it, Chen Guangwei understood that Li Dongling was preparing to form the Mainland Fishing Association. Such an association, if it wants to be promoted to the whole country, needs official certification. From the beginning of its establishment, it needs the consent of the departments in Yanjing.

For others, forming an association might be a bit difficult, requiring layer-by-layer approval. If any link is delayed, it might take a few years.

But forming the Mainland Fishing Association was initiated by Li Dongling, so there is no problem. It is just an association where fishing enthusiasts gather. It is impossible for the Yanjing side to delay this plan.

After reading the draft, although Guangwei is a fishing rod manufacturer and deals with fishing enthusiasts every day, Chen Guangwei couldn't help but sigh that Li Dongling has raised the height of domestic fishing by a large margin. Others fish at most to bait and compare who catches the bigger fish.

Li Dongling is going to directly create a fishing association and give every fishing enthusiast in the world an official identity. In the past, when going out to fish, one might be said to be not doing one's proper job, but as long as one brings out the identity of a member, director, or vice president of a certain local branch of the Mainland Fishing Association, it instantly becomes high-end.

Holding a national fishing competition and issuing a certificate of "Fishing Master" also gives domestic fishing enthusiasts a hope. They are not fishing blindly, but honing their skills for honor.

If Li Dongling wanted to use the fishing association to circle money like some associations that hang sheep heads and sell dog meat, then relying on the fishing association, it is estimated that they could circle a large sum of money every year. For example, if you want to join the fishing association, you have to pay money; if you want to participate in the competition, you have to pay money; and you have to buy the fishing association's designated equipment, etc. Then it is estimated that circling a few "small goals" mentioned by Boss Wang of Wanda every year is not a problem.

But Li Dongling forming the Mainland Fishing Association is not to circle that money. In the final analysis, how much money can you earn by cutting the leeks of the fishing association members? And you have also ruined your reputation. It is too unworthy for Li Dongling.

Putting down the plan, Chen Guangwei said, "If domestic fishing enthusiasts hear about the establishment of the fishing association, I am afraid they will all applaud, especially the identity of a 'Fishing Master'. No fisherman can refuse it!"

"However," Chen Guangwei asked Li Dongling hesitantly, "I don't know what relationship this fishing association has with Guangwei Company?!"

"I want Guangwei's fishing rods to become the brand partner of the Mainland Fishing Association. In the future, Guangwei fishing rods will be one of the prizes for the fishing competitions held by the fishing association!" Li Dongling said.

Chen Guangwei heard this, and his eyes suddenly lit up. If Guangwei can become the brand partner of the fishing association, it will be of great benefit to the sales of Guangwei fishing rods, especially since he just saw on the plan that the fishing association is preparing to broadcast the finals of the national fishing competition in cooperation with TV stations. Then the Guangwei brand may appear on provincial TV stations or even CCTV. The improvement in the popularity of the Guangwei brand does not need to be mentioned.

But after the excitement, Chen Guangwei was a bit helpless and said to Li Dongling, "Thank you, Li Zong, for your kindness, but 'virtue does not match the position, virtue is thin and position is respected', I am afraid it will be a disaster. Now Guangwei has not reached the time to compete with Japanese and South Korean fishing gear. I am afraid it is better to choose the fishing rods of the Japanese Toray Company as prizes for the fishing competition!"

This is not Chen Guangwei's "longing for others' ambition and destroying his own prestige", but the fact is that now Japanese carbon fiber fishing rods are indeed the overlord of the entire fishing gear industry. Guangwei's glass fiber cloth fishing rods are indeed difficult to compete with carbon fiber fishing rods. The gap between the two is too big.

Li Dongling looked at Chen Guangwei in front of him. In this world, there are few people who can face their own shortcomings, and it is even rarer to be able to face shortcomings, change shortcomings, and strive to catch up with opponents.

Now Li Dongling somewhat understands why Guangwei can catch up with Japanese and American opponents.

Laughing, Li Dongling said, "Japanese and American fishing rod technology is more advanced, but I think domestic fishing rods are more suitable for domestic fishing enthusiasts!"

Knowing what Chen Guangwei was going to say, Li Dongling reached out and said, "Now, Guangwei's fishing rod technology and materials are indeed not as good as foreign brands. This is also the reason why I asked Factory Manager Chen to come over.

I want Dongling High-Tech to invest in Guangwei. For this reason, Dongling High-Tech is preparing to build a carbon fiber laboratory to research domestic carbon fiber materials with Guangwei, so that domestic fishing enthusiasts can use domestic carbon fiber fishing rods. I don't know if Factory Manager Chen is interested in letting Guangwei join this laboratory?"

Li Dongling's words were like a thunderbolt, exploding in Chen Guangwei's heart, causing Chen Guangwei's heart to set off a stormy sea. He, who had experienced the frost of time, also lost his color at this moment.

"Li Zong wants to research carbon fiber cloth?" A strange flush appeared on Chen Guangwei's face, clearly in a state of extreme excitement and tension.

What is carbon fiber cloth? It is the king of current materials, and its status is no less than the Mount Everest of the current fishing gear industry. Chen Guangwei dreamed of researching Guangwei's own carbon fiber fishing rods, but Japan and America, although they did not reach the point of strictly sealing the carbon fiber cloth technology and not letting a piece of cloth flow out, also strictly restricted the scope of use for the carbon cloth sold to other manufacturers.

Even when using carbon cloth, there must be personnel from companies like Toray to supervise, and they send people down to check at any time to verify whether the amount of carbon cloth used matches the fishing rods. Buying things back and still being supervised when using them is very aggrieved.

But even if the conditions are so harsh, it is not that you can buy carbon cloth if you want to. Even if you work for companies like Toray, they have to pick and choose.

Chen Guangwei of course also wants Guangwei to enter the carbon fiber fishing rod market, but with Guangwei's technology and family background, it is not to say that it is a risk of nine deaths and one life, but basically it is a risk of nine deaths and one life, which also made him hesitate and unable to make a decision.

Now, suddenly hearing from Li Dongling that he wants to research carbon fiber, how could he not be excited!

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