"Sue?"
Wang Jianmin never expected that this could be done, and hurriedly went to find the confidentiality agreement.
When Fu Wan asked him to sign confidentiality agreements with his employees before, he thought it was a waste of paper, but he never expected it to come in handy today.
"It's not just those two people. I'm asking you, are the canned goods produced by that cannery after its reform the same as ours?"
"More than just one!"
At this point, Wang Jianmin became even angrier. Not only were their canned goods similar to those of theirs, but the cannery had even changed its name by just one character.
They called it Five-Star Canned Food Factory, but they changed their name to Six-Star Canned Food Factory, adding one more star to their name!
During this period, Wang Jianmin was so angry that his hair turned completely white, and he also had to go to the hospital twice due to high blood pressure.
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan frowned and thought for a moment. In business, it's normal to have competitors, and she had long expected that there would be rivals.
But I never expected the other party to be so disgusting.
They not only copy the products, but also the names.
Fu Liang, who was standing to the side, had been unable to hold back any longer. When Fu Wan arrived, he had asked Fu Ming to take Ye Xiaocui and the others to visit the factory, while he followed Fu Wan to the office to see if there was anything he could help with.
Upon hearing such disgusting news, Fu Liang was so angry that he wanted to go to the cannery and demolish it immediately.
Six-star cannery? Where's your shame?!
"Ah Wan, how about we send someone to their door to warn them?"
“No,” Fu Wan shook her head. “Brother Liang, don’t do anything reckless. The crackdown on organized crime is very strict right now. I don’t want to have to go to the police station to bail you out.”
"Are we just going to let them bully us like this?"
Fu Liang clenched his fists in anger, veins bulging on his hands. He had never suffered such a loss before.
"Don't worry, how could I let them bully me?" Fu Wan turned to Wang Jianmin, "Uncle Wang, do we have any canned goods from the Six Star Cannery here?"
"Yes, yes, yes! As soon as I heard the news, I asked someone to go to the next county and bring back two bottles for me!"
After saying that, he hurriedly took out two cans of food from the cabinet. One can was already opened, and he had opened it to taste it.
Fu Wan took the can and twisted it open, and a spicy smell immediately wafted out.
Just by smelling it, I could tell that it tasted different from theirs.
Seeing this, Wang Jianmin quickly brought over a pair of chopsticks. Fu Wan picked up a piece of fish and tasted it. The fish meat was loose, indicating that it had been dead for a long time before being made into canned food.
It doesn't taste very fresh.
Moreover, the chili peppers inside have a unique spiciness. You can't see many chili peppers, but they are spicier than theirs, and the sauce is also much darker in color than theirs.
Looking at the canned food packaging, the logo of the Five Star Canned Food Factory is the same as the old one, with five stars clearly visible. The words "Five Star Canned Food Factory" were specially written in small seal script by Feng Ji at Fu Wan's request, and then printed and reduced in size.
This fake, with its six stars crammed together, looks quite strange, perhaps because they couldn't replicate Feng Ji's small seal script and instead used ordinary square characters.
Fu Wan couldn't help but laugh in exasperation; what a terrible imitation!
How much does this can of food cost?
"They sell it for 60 cents a bottle, while we sell it for 80 cents a bottle to outsiders."
Seeing this, Wang Jianmin hesitated for a moment, then asked the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time: "Factory manager, how about we lower the price too?"
Fu Wan shook her head. Lowering the price was impossible. The profit margin for canned fish wasn't very high; it was mainly about volume.
The fish used for canning were either caught by Fu Wan's family or bought directly from Fu San, so the cost was relatively cheap.
The profit margin on a single can of fish is only two or three cents. If the price were to drop further, she might as well just donate it to charity for free.
“If you don’t lower the price, tell your customers that the previous price was a new product discount, and that our canned goods will increase in price by one cent after the New Year.”
"We'll also find another lawyer to take out the patent certificates we applied for earlier and sue Six Star Canned Food Factory for malicious imitation and disrupting market order."
"Also, I'll contact reporter Su and ask if she'd be interested in doing an interview with the cannery. Whether a cannery is clean or not isn't something you can just talk about; it's something that can be shown on camera to prove it's truly clean!"
After this arrangement, Wang Jianmin's furrowed brows relaxed.
"Oh dear, I knew I had to let you do it. You're so quick-witted, while I'm just anxious and don't know what to do!"
With the problem solved, Wang Jianmin was overjoyed. He had wanted to go find Fu Wan a few days ago, but he ran into Fu Ming, who said that Fu Wan had gone on a long trip.
He originally thought that Fu Wan would not come to the cannery until after the New Year, and even if she did come, it would take a long time to resolve the matter.
Unexpectedly, Fu Wan's arrival today, and in just a few words, enlightened him.
Seeing that it was getting late, Fu Wan stood up to leave, but as she reached the door, she remembered something and turned back to instruct Wang Jianmin.
"Uncle Wang, if those customers who went to cooperate with Liuxing Canned Food Factory come back to buy our canned food, raise the price to 1.2 yuan a bottle!"
"Just like canned fruit, we'll sell it to our regular customers for three or four cents more!"
"Okay, sure!"
Wang Jianmin nodded hurriedly upon hearing this, and Fu Liang was also very pleased. It seemed that he still had a lot to learn. Fists really couldn't solve problems; one had to rely on one's brain.
After giving Wang Jianmin her instructions, Fu Wan asked when the cannery would be closed for the holidays.
Because they still had some orders to complete around the 27th, Wang Jianmin discussed with Fu Wan the possibility of letting the workers go home on the 28th.
Fu Wan naturally had no objections and instructed Wang Jianmin to contact the slaughterhouse to buy two slaughtered pigs, which she would distribute as a bonus on the afternoon of the 27th.
After explaining everything inside and out, Fu Wan then asked Fu Liang to invite Ye Xiaocui and the others to go home.
At the same time, she didn't forget to tell Fu Liang not to tell Jiang Chunlan and the others about the cannery, so as not to worry them.
When the group arrived home, it was already past five in the afternoon. Many villagers had just returned from the beach and couldn't help but joke when they saw Ye Xiaocui carrying large bags of things into the house.
"Xiao Cui, you guys went and moved everything out of the supply and marketing cooperative! With so much stuff, how are we going to make a living tomorrow?!"
"Haha, Sister-in-law Huang, look at what you're saying! It's almost Chinese New Year, we need to buy some New Year's goods!"
Besides, my son Ming is having a happy occasion, so we need to prepare something to entertain everyone!
"Wow, congratulations! You're really having a banquet? When is it? Haha, I'll have to starve myself for a couple of days to wait!"
Aunt Huang, carrying the seafood in her basket, was already making plans in her mind.
Last time, when Old Master Fu's family held a banquet for their new house, all the villagers who helped out got a share. She helped chop vegetables and also had a full meal.
Without exaggeration, it was the best feast she had ever eaten in her life.
I thought it would be ages before I could eat this again, but I didn't expect it to be here so soon!
A wedding feast is nothing like a housewarming feast. The whole village will come, there will be many people eating, and there will be wedding candy. Hey, she'll have to go hungry and have a good meal!
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