The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 449 Scoundrel
"Mr. Murakami, what makes you say that?" The salesman quickly bowed: "Toray Chemicals has always treated its customers with the utmost respect and has never dared to be disrespectful."

Murakami shook his head: "Do you even believe that yourselves? Our small companies' orders are always at the very end of the queue. Even when our customers are running out of raw materials, you refuse to ship in advance. And you still have inventory in your warehouse. Don't think I don't know that."

The salesman was speechless. He wasn't a newbie who had just joined the company. He understood the ins and outs of the business. It was simply that the higher-ups wanted these small companies to give them some "tribute."

"I will report this to my superiors." The salesperson bowed again. "The section chief sent me here this time to see if Mr. Murakita needs anything else. As for the price, we can discuss it."

Murakita waved his hand: "It's no longer needed. I've already ordered the carbon fiber we need from elsewhere. Your company has indeed been disheartening these past few years."

The salesperson, Jing Tian, ​​was extremely anxious because he was about to lose the order and would be the one to take the blame.

“We can talk things over, Mr. Murakita.”

Mr. Murakita shook his head: "I have already signed a two-year contract with them. They even invited me to come and inspect the place. It was our first time working together, and because they didn't give me a discount, they still sent me an extra ton. Mr. Ida, such respect is truly touching."

Murakita didn't say anything, but packed his things and said, "Iida-kun, I have other things to do. I'm flying to China for an inspection tomorrow, so I won't be able to entertain you."

Koida returned to the company dejectedly and told Section Chief Fujitora that they had really lost this client this time.

Fujitora was furious and berated the salesman mercilessly. Ida could only keep bowing and apologizing, saying "hi" repeatedly, even though he knew in his heart that it wasn't his fault, but rather the result of their section chief's insatiable greed.

After venting his anger, Fujitora seemed to realize something.

"That's not right. In our country, besides Toray Chemical, which other company can produce carbon fiber? Who do they order from? It can't be the Americans, can it?"

Jing Tian chimed in, "The US carbon fiber industry has been in decline for a long time. In recent years, they've been importing carbon fiber from China. Could he be importing it from China?"

At this point, Ida clapped his hands: "I remember now, Mr. Murakita said he was going to fly to China to investigate. It seems that they have indeed reached a cooperation agreement with China's carbon fiber company."

Fujitora stroked his stubble, striking a pose reminiscent of Kogoro Mouri, and said, "China? That backward country, do they even have carbon fiber? Even if they did, could they reach our level?"

Fujitora has already climbed to the position of section chief, and he knows that he can't climb any higher with his abilities, so he's basically giving up.

In the Japanese business world, working at a company is basically a lifelong commitment. As long as Fujitora doesn't make any mistakes, he can retire comfortably here.

Therefore, he lost all ambition and focused his energy on making extra money. He didn't understand the current carbon fiber market and was still living in the past.

But Ida still wanted to improve, so he had a great understanding of the international carbon fiber market.

“Section Chief, the US has been importing carbon fiber from China in recent years.” Jing Tian tentatively said, “China has had an authority in this field named Liu Hua. He runs a carbon fiber company and is said to be researching T1100 strength carbon fiber.”

Fujitora flew into a rage, slamming his fist on the table: "Damn it! They're scum of the Empire! How can they, as citizens of the Empire, not support domestically produced goods?"

Jing Tian curled his lip, thinking to himself: When they supported domestic products back then, did you ever treat them as subjects of the empire? When you were taking their extra money, why didn't you care about their support for domestic products?

Peng Tenghu had originally planned to give Murakita a good scolding the next day, hoping to make him realize his mistake and turn back to support domestically produced carbon fiber. However, Jingda told him that Murakita had gone to China for an inspection and was taking a flight that evening. He could only reluctantly give up, but thanked him and vowed that he would definitely go and give him a good scolding.

When Liu Hua went to the flower farm in the north of the village for an inspection, he had people accompany him to eat, drink, and have fun. Of course, everything was within the legal limits, which made the old man very happy.

Drunk at the dinner table, he told the Taiyi Group staff, "I'm going to work with Taiyi Group for life. To hell with that damned Toray Chemicals. They never respect people."

Once Murakami had his fun and returned to Japan, Fujitora indeed came to visit, angrily denouncing Murakami as a scoundrel.

"Fujitora, when you took my money, why didn't you call me a scoundrel?"

A single sentence from Murakita sent a chill down Fujitora's spine.

Murakita sneered, "If I were to report your private acceptance of kickbacks to your company, I don't know if you would still be able to stand in front of me with such self-righteousness."

Fujitora returned in a sorry state, and Murakita didn't complain to him. After all, he was just a small distributor, so the loss was no big deal and wouldn't have much impact on Toray Chemical.

But Fujitora never expected that the door would be pried open, and closing it again wouldn't be so easy.

The real estate and stock markets in Japan are booming right now, and capitalists are pouring their money into them.

Therefore, the real economy needs to save money, and having a cheap supplier is very beneficial for them.

As the business in the north of the village grew bigger and bigger, his trading company gradually eroded the carbon fiber market in Xiaodongyang. Several years later, Dongli Chemical's carbon fiber had completely lost its absolute control over the market.

This is the so-called "a thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by a single hole," which is the most vivid illustration of this.

These days, Liu Hua is busy watching the Olympics at home. For a while now, everyone's been talking about the Olympics, specifically the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Watching the athletes' dashing figures on TV, Liu Hua couldn't help but think of what happened at the end of last year.

At the end of last year, Li Ning Group wanted to purchase a batch of carbon fiber from Liu Hua for research on sports equipment.

Liu Hua immediately thought of the Olympic athletes who were preparing for the Games, and contacted Li Ning himself.

"Mr. Li, how about we go for something bigger? Let's add some technological sophistication to our athletes for this Olympics."

Li Ning had just moved his company to Beijing and had heard of Liu Huawei's reputation in a small area. As a former Olympic athlete, he naturally hoped that our national team athletes could achieve better results.

"Mr. Liu, what kind of technological content do you want to increase?"

(End of this chapter)