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Chapter 635: The East Wind Overwhelms the West Wind

The anti-dumping lawsuit was won!
Torch Group's annual shipments exceed 1.5 billion lighters!

When Yan Lixiang saw the news reported by the central media's financial channel, he was stunned and his whole body was cold. He couldn't believe it. How could this happen suddenly?

The news reported was very brief, but the amount of information was so huge. Why did the old European Lighter Association suddenly withdraw the lawsuit?

In addition, Torch Group's sales volume skyrocketed, and Yan Lixiang was sure that something happened that he didn't know about.

Then, he couldn't help but think of the post he saw on Tianya Forum today. Could it be that the Torch Group really relied on a vest to wipe out the old European lighter industry?

Yan Lixiang felt that the three views and ideological imprints he had re-formed over the years had also suffered a severe impact.

"The Torch Group ranked first in the global lighter industry patent application list last year, and applied for more than 300 exclusive patents in lighter materials, processes, technologies, safety, liquid compression technology, etc.

Torch Group announced that it has reached a comprehensive cooperative relationship with European lighter manufacturer Global Trade and has begun cooperation with companies such as France Bic.

In addition, Torch Group plans to launch a new generation of environmentally friendly lighter technology, including a biodegradable casing that can be degraded in the natural environment, safe deflation technology, a more efficient ignition system, and cleaner energy.

Yan Lixiang is not an insider in the lighter industry, but he heard something special from this news. It seems that Torch Group is preparing to do something fancy.

And if you are someone in the lighter industry, you would probably know immediately that Torch Group is preparing to establish new lighter standards!

In the past, the right to speak on lighters has always been in the hands of companies such as old Europe, America, and Nippon Benz, which have constantly used lighter safety issues to control domestic lighters.

Now, Torch Group has decided to take the initiative, raise the banners of environmental protection, clean energy, carbon emissions, etc. in advance, establish standards, and then seize patents.

At that time, it will be the turn of Torch Group to hold high the banner of environmental protection and disgust its opponents. They will take advantage of their opponents whenever they can. If they cannot kill them, they will at least disgust them to death!

"Tonight, our CCTV-1 will launch a special program on the anti-dumping lawsuit against domestic lighters. Everyone is welcome to watch!"

The TV program had already been skipped, but Yan Lixiang sat there blankly. He didn't need to look at the TV stations or inquire about the news to know that public opinion was probably in an uproar.

Without even looking at Tianya Forum, Yan Lixiang could guess that 99 people had sent him private messages in the background, all mocking and making fun of him.

As for the articles he wrote, they are expected to be a disaster again. Even his pen name "Ming Deng" needs to be temporarily put aside, otherwise it will probably be abolished again!

Yan Lixiang didn't understand why, in recent years, he had repeatedly failed in any project related to Dongling Hi-Tech or invested by Li Dongling.

He couldn't understand why Li Dongling was different from those bosses. Other companies would kneel down when they saw overseas brands, but Li Dongling, on the contrary, surpassed those foreign brands. He really didn't understand why this kind of thing that went against the will of heaven happened. He felt like he was restrained whenever he met Dongling Hi-Tech.

"Jingle Bell!"

The phone rang, and after Yan Lixiang answered the call, the other end only said one sentence, "Our newspaper has stopped accepting your submissions!"

The phone fell weakly on the table. Yan Lixiang knew that he had been abandoned by the newspaper media again. He was not surprised by this because he had experienced it before.

Yan Lixiang slumped down in the chair helplessly. All his efforts in the past few years were in vain. He just didn't know if his friends in Japan would be willing to help him again this time...

When the central media's financial channel reported that the domestic lighter industry had won the anti-dumping lawsuit in old Europe, the news was quickly reprinted by major TV stations.

This news is big news for all walks of life. As for saying that it will completely change the brand's disadvantages facing overseas brands, that is of course impossible.

However, with this precedent in place, brands in various industries know that when facing overseas brands, they have a chance of winning and can stand up and fight with the opponent instead of having to kneel down all the time!
This piece of news means even more to the lighter industry. From now on, the Lighter Import and Export Association established by Torch Group will have the power of life and death over the lighter industry!

The Inland Lighter Import and Export Association will no longer be an empty shell, but will have real power to direct decisions on lighter companies. Lighter companies that undertake foreign orders must go through the Lighter Import and Export Association. Anyone who dares to oppose it will forget about taking overseas orders and exporting.

“We were able to win this antitrust lawsuit thanks to the support of the Lighter Import and Export Association from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Economic and Trade Commission, the Foreign Exchange Department, the Customs Department and other departments!

This anti-dumping lawsuit should have been won by domestic lighters. From the aspects of technology, patents, product structure, materials, and subsidies, the foreign lighter industry has no evidence to prove that domestic lighters are being dumped!

Of course, according to the agreement reached between the Inland Lighter Import and Export Association and the Old European Lighter Association, domestic workshops that copy and imitate foreign lighter brands will be closed down to maintain the normal order of the lighter industry..."

On TV, Gu Dayang, representing the anti-dumping litigation lawyer team, was being interviewed after the central media's news broadcast.

This time, Gu Dayang basically became a god in one battle. He won the first anti-dumping lawsuit in the country. No matter how he won, winning is winning!

The victory in this lawsuit also basically established Gu Dayang's position as the number one person in the inland foreign trade official legal community.

The bonus from this lawsuit alone is enough for Gu Dayang to live on for the rest of his life. He has already established a school of thought in the legal field. In the future, when the country formulates foreign trade-related laws and regulations, or when any domestic industry is involved in an overseas antitrust lawsuit, the first thing that comes to mind is to ask Gu Dayang to come out. Such a reward is worth everything he has done for the anti-dumping lawsuit.

"The Torch Group really won the lawsuit!"

Inside Xinhai Company, Huang Guangze looked at Gu Dayang who was being interviewed, with a hint of disbelief and sigh in his words.

After the Torch Group was established and before it announced the anti-dumping lawsuit against the European Lighter Association, no one thought that it could win the case.

Including Huang Guangze and other domestic lighter practitioners, because there has never been a precedent before. How can Torch Group do what no one has been able to do before?
But now, Torch Group has really done it. The east wind has overwhelmed the west wind. In the field of lighters, domestic products have defeated foreign products, and on the territory of old Europe!
“The Torch Group is really going to be successful. I heard that the goods of the Torch Group can directly enter old Europe through the Hungarian Global Trade Company!
Orders from old European lighter companies such as BIC, Cliff, Dunhill, and Grasshopper must also go through the Inland Lighter Import and Export Association before they can be delivered to the OEM factories.

In the future, Torch Group will have the final say in the domestic lighter industry!"

When talking about Torch Group, Huang Guangze's words were full of sighs, but also a little worried. It is easy for anyone to not be worried if they have a huge monster on their head.

"This is what Torch Group deserves. If you can win the anti-dumping lawsuit for domestic lighters, you can also become the leader of the domestic lighter industry!"

Huang Xinhai is quite open-minded. It's not that he is no longer worried about Torch Group, but he knows that worrying is useless.

Torch Group now has the ability to take over any domestic lighter manufacturer, including Xinhai, but since Torch Group has not taken action against them, it means that it does not value this small amount of money.

After all, from the fact that Torch Group entered the old European market, it can be seen that Torch Group has big ambitions. What it wants is the huge overseas market and foreign exchange, and it really can't afford to pay attention to these trivial things.

“Moreover, the domestic lighter industry does need a leader like Torch Group who can maintain order.

I heard that in Dongou and other places, many manufacturers that made counterfeit and knock-off foreign brand metal lighters have been shut down. I feel that the spring of the metal lighter industry may be coming!"

Huang Xinhai had a rather sharp eye. When he saw that Torch Group was clearing out those counterfeit metal lighters in the name of the Lighter Import and Export Association, he had a hunch that Torch Group was driving other manufacturers into the metal lighter market.

Torch Group is clearly not going to give up the disposable lighter market to other companies. This will be Torch Group's backyard in the future.

But for Xinhai Lighters, there is good news: there are no longer so many counterfeit metal lighters that are sold at very low prices.

In the future, metal lighters will become a competition in terms of brand, technology, and design. For Xinhai, which has its own brand of metal lighters, it may be able to get a piece of the pie!

……

In Shanghai, Huang Gaoqun also saw Gu Dayang on the central media TV station. His face was gloomy and he finally sighed.

Huang Gaoqun was the person who had argued with Gu Dayang on TV before. He bet that Torch Group could not win the lawsuit, while Gu Dayang supported Torch Group.

The two argued fiercely at the time, and Huang Gaoqun even made a bet of 500,000 yuan, threatening that if Gu Dayang could win the anti-dumping lawsuit, he would lose 500,000 yuan to Gu Dayang and go back on TV to apologize to Gu Dayang in person.

But now, the winner has been decided, and Huang Gaoqun even learned from some of his own channels that Torch Group not only won the lawsuit, but also won a great victory, and obtained far better conditions than the news seen by the outside world, such as the right to speak in the old European disposable lighter market!
Huang Gaoqun had a worried look on his face. Five hundred thousand yuan was nothing to Huang Gaoqun, who had worked as a legal consultant for large companies for many years and had fought many foreign trade lawsuits. He could get tens of thousands of yuan for each lawsuit.

But Huang Gaoqun really couldn't bring himself to apologize in person. He never thought that he could actually win this lawsuit. There had never been such a precedent before.

But Gu Dayang was about to return to Shanghai after his interview with the central media. If Gu Dayang brought up this matter himself, he would be even more embarrassed.

"Donate 500,000 yuan to East China Law School in the name of Gu Dayang!"

Huang Gaoqun called in his assistant, "Also, book a private room for me at the best restaurant in Shanghai. Contact Gu Dayang and I will personally welcome him."

In the box, it is better to apologize to Gu Dayang than to embarrass himself on TV. Huang Gaoqun is just worried whether Gu Dayang will let him go.

……

Pingyang, the entire Torch Industrial Park, was filled with cheers. The people working on the production lines could not feel whether they won or lost the anti-dumping lawsuit, but they could feel it when the Torch Group gave out bonuses!

This wave of bonuses is the bonus for OEM production of black label lighters during this period. The entire Torch Group production line has been running almost non-stop to increase production capacity.

When Li Dongling arrived at the technical department of Torch Group, there was cheering inside, which shows how much bonuses Torch Group has distributed this time.

"Director Li!"

When they saw Li Dongling, Zhou Wenyan, manager of the technical department of Torch Group, and others immediately came forward to greet him.

(End of this chapter)