Xue Qiandai, a woman as swift as the wind, rushed back to PAGEONE. She had only one target: that reader from before.
Huo Yunchao, not understanding why, followed closely behind.
The bookstore has two floors. The first floor has a functional area that combines a water bar and a coffee bar, and displays some humanities books.
Xue Qiandai started searching from the first floor, figuring female readers were more likely to be looking at humanities books, so she checked every shelf. But she couldn't find it.
The second floor mainly consisted of natural sciences, and Xue Qiandai continued to search line by line. Finally, in the algorithm section, she found the reader leaning against the bookshelf.
Bent over, hands on her knees, Xue Qiandai gasped for breath. Sweat poured down her forehead.
The female reader asked, puzzled, "Why are you all here?"
It's hard not to remember them; this couple is so eye-catching, especially the man, who looks like a celebrity.
Xue Qiandai pointed to the emoji on her chest and asked, "Where did you buy your emoji T-shirt?"
The reader had clearly found a topic of conversation and excitedly grabbed Xue Qiandai's hand, "You like this set of emojis too, right? What a coincidence! It was so popular before. Speaking of which, there are seven T-shirts in this set, and I had no choice but to buy them all. Oh, by the way, I bought them from Chaoku."
The meticulous Huo Yunchao discovered the crux of the problem. "Dai Dai, your emoji patterns are different."
Of course they're different. Dai Dai's emojis are drawn inside a coffee cup with long arms and legs, while the reader's only has emojis.
As for Chaoku, it's an e-commerce platform positioned as an "online version of an outlet mall." The owner is an alumnus of Tsinghua University.
The reader, clearly unaware, was completely focused on Huo Yunchao, totally hooked. "That's because we're different types."
Xue Qiandai stood next to the reader, "Take another look."
The reader suddenly understood, but was still puzzled: "What does this mean?"
Wearing the same outfit as someone else isn't scary; it's who looks worse that's embarrassing. The reader felt that the young lady in front of them had more presence than themselves.
"This means that some of us bought counterfeit products!" Xue Qiandai summed it up in one sentence.
The reader suddenly covered his face, exclaiming, "This one cost 599 yuan, and a set would cost several thousand yuan! How could it be fake!"
"How many...thousands?" Xue Qiandai asked, pointing. "Where did this unscrupulous merchant come from? He's so greedy!"
The reader, not very confident, timidly said, "Although it's a bit expensive, the quality is really... really good. I don't know what to wear every day, so I just wear them in this order."
It's both funny and exasperating.
Xue Qiande asked confidently, "Then do you know where this meme came from? Why did the designer design it this way?"
The reader shook her head. She thought it was good enough and there was no need to delve into the details.
"Then let me tell you, the original is here, the original designer is here. Some customers complained that our store's T-shirts were too ugly, so I tailored this series specifically for coffee shops. There was a little misunderstanding at the time, and I wasn't in a very good mood, so the theme for the past two days has been a bad mood. This set of T-shirts is available at the Taobao store 'Life is as beautiful as summer flowers', with a tag price of 119 yuan."
Upon hearing the huge difference, the reader couldn't help but shout, "Then I want a refund! This is outrageous!"
After leaving the bookstore, Xue Qiandai returned to her electric scooter and put on her helmet.
"Dai Dai, I'll check Chaoku later and report that plagiarist." Huo Yunchao was a dutiful boyfriend, showing concern for his girlfriend's entrepreneurial plans.
"My dear, I'll handle the debunking. You focus on Fireball, it's supposed to be released soon. Bye-bye!"
The electric scooter disappeared from sight. Huo Yunchao turned around, looked around, and dialed a number he had gotten from Gu Fan: "Hello, Captain Zheng, I have new testimony and evidence regarding Gao Qiang's case at Youyue Club."
"Okay, I'll send someone to collect the evidence later."
Then, he made another call to Gu Fan: "Senior, there's a case involving counterfeit T-shirts that infringes on intellectual property rights. I'd like to ask you to take a look and provide legal assistance if necessary."
A hearty laugh came from the other end of the phone: "Yun Chao, how much have you been supporting my business? You're always finding things for me to do. Let me tell you, I won't give you a discount just because you're my junior brother."
Is Huo Yunchao the kind of person who's short of money?
"Okay, no problem. I'll treat you to dinner sometime this week."
“I have it today.” The senior lawyer pressed on, “I’d also like to check with you on the progress of the evidence from the club.”
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Back at the coffee shop at breakneck speed, Xue Qiandai angrily threw her helmet onto one of the only two booths.
With neither the boss nor Jian Yan present, You Duoduo sensed something was amiss and cautiously approached, asking, "Who made Dai Dai angry?"
"Blue coffee, a caramel mocha, please!" Xue Qiandai shouted, rolling up her non-existent sleeves and adopting a "work hard" attitude.
What can relieve worries? Only coffee. "Duoduo, bring the computer over! Piracy is rampant these days, I'm going to crack down on it!"
Upon hearing that pirated software was circulating, Youduoduo obediently brought over his computer.
Xue Qiandai typed a series of keys like she was playing the piano, opened the Chaoku webpage, searched for emojis, and found knock-off versions popping up.
"Your coffee." Blue Mountain put down his coffee and leaned over to look at the screen.
Three heads put together.
"Si...Wen...Design, is that the store name?"
Xue Qiandai blew her bangs and slammed her hand on the table: "She still has the nerve to ask Siwen to design it? I think she's a scoundrel and a shameless plagiarist."
You Duoduo clapped, her little hands, dented and trembling.
Xue Qiandai glanced at her, and You Duoduo covered her mouth, then explained, "Dai Dai, I say you did a good job scolding me, I give you a thumbs up!"
"My bag!" Xue Qiandai commanded again.
You Duoduo obediently took out Xue Qiandai's Dionysus bag from the store's storage cabinet.
Xue Qiandai rummaged through the documents and found two business cards.
One is from Ling Yuan, the founder of Chaoku, and the other is from my senior, Gu Fan.
Unexpectedly, the resources introduced by the beauty came in handy so quickly. Xue Qiandai silently loved Huo Meiren a thousand times over.
She called Ling Yuan first: "Hello, senior brother, this is Xue Qiandai, Mr. Huo's friend."
When it's time to borrow the tiger's power, Dai Dai is absolutely uncompromising.
"I want to report a store on your platform called 'Siwen Design' for selling pirated and infringing T-shirts. Oh, and I was the original designer of that T-shirt."
Ling Yuan did not respond immediately, but cautiously replied, "We will investigate this matter as soon as possible and give Junior Sister Xue a perfect answer."
"Do you need me to provide proof of originality? I still have the hand-drawn illustrations for the T-shirts!" Xue Qiandai went all the way and was ruthless in cracking down on piracy.
"Okay, send me a copy."
For now, we should wait for feedback from Chaoku. Legal action is the worst option, as litigation is too time-consuming.
Next, Xue Qiandai delivered coffee.
At 6:30 p.m., everyone in the coffee shop had arrived, and You Duoduo had already taken on the role of "gossip" and recounted the whole story.
Jin Xiangyu immediately stated, "We must pursue this to the end, even if it means going to court."
Just then, a head popped into the coffee shop, "Is Jian Yan here?"
Xue Qiandai spotted the lunchbox in the newcomer's hand at a glance, and her expression immediately became quite interesting.
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