Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 529 Tieba (Baidu's online forum)
Uncle Chen has made fishing rods all his life and knows all the parameters inside and out.

The moment I got my hands on the nine-meter fishing rod, I frowned.

So he simply took the people outside and tied a brick to them to check the curvature.

"The third quarter was a bit tough."

"The design drawings came from Japan, and they sell them for a high price, charging us 1,500 each," Qin Dahe sighed.

Although the island nation's economy is declining, its fishing gear industry has strong technical capabilities; there's no other way.

"It has carbon fiber mixed in, so the waist strength is okay." Uncle Chen frowned and shook the rod head a couple more times.

"If I were to do it, the cost would be around a thousand yuan."

"More than a thousand?" he said in surprise. "The island nation said that if you order in large quantities, they can give you at least eight hundred per piece."

Selling it for 800, they still need to make a profit; the cost definitely won't exceed 600.

That's a huge difference.

“My production line uses old, imported equipment with outdated technology. Many of the raw materials are sourced from abroad, and they are very expensive.” Uncle Chen carefully put away the fishing rod and handed it to Hanwa. “That’s their strategy.”

"On the one hand, they sell us raw materials at high prices, and on the other hand, they try to suppress us by impacting the price of composite material fishing rods."

Although Guangwei has a carbon fiber production line, it cannot currently produce high-carbon rods. The carbon fiber produced in the factory can only be mixed with glass fiber for use.

Any slight sign of trouble will be suppressed.

Pure glass rods are inexpensive, but require a lot of labor. Given the low cost of domestic labor, they can still hold their own in the market.

It's important to know that before Guangwei's fishing rod production line was established, all fishing rods in China were imported.

After putting the fishing rods in the car, it was already 10 o'clock. There was the final tomorrow, so everyone stopped chatting and went back to their rooms.

Back inside, Qin Dahe connected his laptop to the internet and started posting today's photos on the forum, explaining that he had come to Taihu Lake.

His largest fan base is in Hubei, where almost everyone knows him, and his CDs sell the fastest there.

The underwater camera issue has also been released, prompting everyone to continue paying attention.

Other fishing tackle manufacturers might not be willing to invest in this, as it would cost a lot of money and be expensive.

After he posted the message, many night owls left comments asking him why he only caught so little fish that day.

Just pretend you don't see it. Who can guarantee that it will keep rising like crazy every day? That would be making a fortune.

He couldn't sleep at this hour, so he went online to look up information about sea fishing. He'd never done it before, and if he wanted to have a good time in Shenzhen, he'd have to do some research.

The final match tomorrow starts at 8:30 a.m., and he just needs to arrive before the end of the final match in the afternoon.

Unfortunately, while you can still find people on forums for freshwater fishing, there's really not much information written about sea fishing.

Some of them are foreign language websites. He can speak English, but reading the text is still very difficult for him.

"Damn it, when is Tieba going to be released?" He lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and pondered for a moment.

Baidu Tieba seems to have been created by Baidu, but it doesn't necessarily have to be created by Baidu. QQ has a huge user base, with over 100 million users, basically covering the majority of netizens.

I acted on my idea immediately and wrote a short essay for 003. Baidu Tieba is much more useful than online forums.

Setting up a fishing or sea fishing spot makes it much easier to ask someone for advice.

Unexpectedly, 003 was still awake at this hour and started asking about some details on the forum.

Modern internet companies are like concentration camps for nerds; it's common for department heads to lead the way in working 007 (24/7). It would be strange if any internet company's tech department didn't have beds available.

Of course, the overtime is intense, but the pay is also intense, with stock options and bonuses being offered frequently, the kind that are actually paid out.

This is much better than in later generations, where cattle and horses are made to work but are scrimped and saved on food.

Since Qin Dahe's ideas were all very brilliant, they naturally valued them and started chatting immediately.

"The main goal is to bring together netizens from various niche areas so that they can find like-minded friends and speak freely."

"As long as that can be done, that's fine."

"For example, I like fishing, so I can immediately find the 'Fishing Forum' and browse other people's posts."

On the other side of the computer, a tech guy with dark circles under his eyes pushed up his glasses and began recording what Qin Dahe was saying.

"Can anyone create it?"

"Yes, anyone can be a moderator, but we could add a review process to prevent bringing in any bad influences," Qin Dahe reminded him.

There are all sorts of weirdos out there these days, and it would be a huge loss if the website got shut down over something so trivial.

"Xiao Qin, come to Shenzhen next month, let's talk?" The man typed thoughtfully, wanting to meet this part-time consultant. His ideas had repeatedly aligned perfectly with QQ's development, and had been invaluable in increasing user engagement.

"Haha, okay, I'll definitely come over."

"By the way, after chatting for so long, I still don't know your name." Qin Dahe was a little embarrassed.

It's embarrassing to admit, but after I sent them my long essays, they didn't really follow up. At most, I'd discuss some details over the phone.

He does know 001, Pony Ma, but he has no interest in befriending these internet giants, nor does he want to be a big shot.

Here, 001 and 003 refer to 10001 and 10003, respectively. The numbers before 10,000 are for registration by genuine customers.

"My surname is Xu, just call me Brother Xu."

"Okay, Brother Xu, let's do this on Tieba if we can. It should be of some use."

He didn't know the specifics, but back then he frequented gaming forums and welding forums, so there was definitely a lot of traffic.

When I returned to the forum after the conversation ended, quite a few people had already asked questions about the underwater detector.

"It's this late, aren't you going to sleep yet?" Qin Dahe typed with a smile. One guy was particularly active and replied to his posts several times.

"I slept in a bed I had stayed in the night before, and I can't sleep."

As for the strategy, it's really hard to say.

When he was raising the nests, he couldn't go to sleep until he was completely exhausted every night, otherwise all he could see when he closed his eyes were the nests.

"The underwater camera is still under research, and the price is estimated to be around five or six thousand yuan. There won't be too many in stock."

"Damn, that's so expensive."

When others saw the price, they immediately lost interest.

Qin Dahe chuckled and turned off the computer to go to sleep, but the little rascal snored so loudly that it took him a while to finally fall asleep.

The next day, I slept until eight o'clock before getting up.

I didn't see my brother; he probably went out for breakfast.

Children with intellectual disabilities are the least able to stand being hungry.

After washing up, he went downstairs to the restaurant, where Hanwa was sitting and eating heartily.

"Brother, this is delicious." He pointed at the xiaolongbao and grinned sheepishly.

"I'll go order some."

We definitely had to have xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), boiled dried bean curd strips, shrimp noodles, and a plate of pickled vegetables.

He was so hungry that he started eating without a care for appearances.

The soup used to cook the dried bean curd strips should be chicken broth, but the dried bean curd strips were a bit tough, and there were too few ham strips, so it didn't have much flavor.

The shrimp noodles were alright, but the xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) were so sweet they were sticky, making him cringe. They weren't even as good as the xiaolongbao from Siji Chun.

The best part was actually the pickled mustard greens; it was more comforting to eat them with noodles.

Sure enough, you have to go to a restaurant to eat; Holiday Inn can't possibly offer anything that good.

After finishing their meal, the two brothers set off for the final competition venue.

The competition venue was on the other side of where we were fishing yesterday. The car was parked.

Holding the badge given to him by Da Liu around his neck, the staff let him through immediately.

Once inside the venue, I didn't see many people; only the organizers and TV station staff were on the sidelines.

Less than half of the guest seats have been filled.

That's normal. The final lasts seven or eight hours; we can't expect everyone to just sit on the sidelines and watch the whole time.

Each angler had a sign behind them displaying their catch, and Qin Dahe noticed that they were all caught with eggs.

It's only nine o'clock now, and the competition has only been going on for half an hour. The preparations, such as baiting, have just been completed.

However, anglers are not allowed to communicate with others outside of their rest time. Da Liu and the others nodded and continued to stare at their floats.

All ten domestic competitors used silver carp and bighead carp bait, and the bass angler was eliminated in the semi-finals.

The anglers from the island nation and Taiwan looked constipated. They only learned after arriving at Taihu Lake that the mainland had changed its fishing methods, and their chances of winning this round were slim.

(End of this chapter)