Rong Yan avoided Fu Jingsheng and moved down.
She moved to the middle of the bed and used a pillow to separate herself from Fu Jingsheng.
The man shifted to the side, one leg hanging outside the blanket, and the sheep he had been counting for so long finally fell asleep.
Before dawn, Fu Jingsheng was awakened by his cell phone ringing.
Having suffered from insomnia for most of the night, the man had a headache and reached for his phone.
The caller ID showed the name of the operations manager, and the man had a bad feeling.
Afraid of waking Rong Yan, he went to the bathroom to listen in.
Sure enough, the manager brought bad news early in the morning.
Fu Jingsheng quickly washed up and rushed to the company.
The live stream has been suspended for a few days. Last night, the after-sales customer service received several calls, all about clothing quality issues. This time, the problem was with a brand that had been featured in a recent live stream. The streamer promised a tenfold refund for any counterfeit products.
Several people reported that the clothes faded due to sweat after only a few days of wear. They later compared them with genuine products at the official store and found that they were not authentic, demanding a tenfold compensation for the counterfeit.
The operations department checked the batch of clothes that had been sold and found that there were at least 2,000 pieces.
Zhou Hongmei, the head of the quality department, has been going bald lately. They've already increased the intensity of inspections, so why are there still problems? However, this time the brand counterfeiting isn't the quality department's fault; the brand promotion department bears the main responsibility.
Sweat can cause clothes to fade, which is a quality issue, yet it wasn't detected during testing.
Zhou Hongmei even suspected that the company was being targeted. Ever since Fu's started broadcasting, there have been constant problems in the live broadcast room. Fu's products rarely had problems before, and she was in charge of the entire quality department. Why is it that the goods sold in the live broadcast room are not right?
Zhou Hongmei had mentioned this to He Wei, who had the same suspicions, but couldn't find the reason.
When Fu Jingsheng arrived at the operations department, several leaders were there. They hadn't slept all night and came to the company immediately after hearing their subordinates' feedback. They had already checked the situation themselves and found that there was indeed a problem with the clothes in the warehouse.
The sale of counterfeit brands as genuine products is no longer just a matter of "one fake product, ten times the penalty".
"What happened?" Fu Jingsheng asked, standing there.
The manager reported the situation and concluded by saying, "Although the supplier compensated for the losses, it's astonishing that we didn't detect the counterfeit goods in such a large live-streaming room and still managed to sell them. Consumers may not think we are innocent; they might even think we colluded with the supplier beforehand and are now shifting the blame onto the supplier after being discovered."
He Wei frowned: "The manufacturer is on their way. They say it's the same product as the one sold in the department stores. We'll discuss the specifics when they arrive."
"Boss, we're in the wrong this time. There are indeed issues with the warehouse inventory that customers have reported. The logos look exactly the same, but upon closer inspection, they are different from the printing on the genuine products. If we had known, we wouldn't have held a brand-specific event. We should have just used our own labels, and then we wouldn't have had any complaints."
Fu Jingsheng calmed everyone down and told those who hadn't slept the night before to go to the rest room to rest, and that they would hold a meeting to discuss the matter once the supplier's representative arrived.
He went to the warehouse himself to see for himself what was going on with the recent shipments.
There were security guards outside the warehouse and employees on duty inside. In theory, there was no possibility of deliberate switching. Moreover, it was a brand event with tens of thousands of clothes. Switching would be a huge undertaking and could not be done without anyone noticing.
Excluding internal causes, that leaves only external factors: the supplier was selling counterfeit goods.
Fu Jingsheng assigned the task to the public relations manager: regardless of the outcome, draft an apology letter stating that as an online platform, it was their fault for not noticing the abnormality of the goods in a timely manner.
The Fu family will not shirk responsibility; they will compensate where appropriate and punish where necessary.
Fu Jingsheng planned to contact the genuine brand during his work hours to sincerely apologize. Selling counterfeit goods involved infringement, and what was worse, the counterfeit goods had quality problems, which had a negative impact on the original brand.
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Tiancheng Di'an Club.
Li Yun and Hu Yu drank all night.
The two sat in the private room, their faces crinkling with smiles.
A message came from someone planted at Fu's supply factory: "Successful."
Hu Yu poured Li Yun some more wine: "President Li, it seems that Fu's live broadcast room will never be able to resume broadcasting. Ni Shang has recently received a lot of positive reviews. You haven't seen what everyone is saying."
"How so?" Li Yun asked, clinking glasses with Hu Yu.
"Of course they're saying that Fu's clothes are garbage. They suddenly went online just to make money. They have no bottom line. Unlike Yunshang, their quality has always been high, and they insist on offline sales. What you see is what you get."
Li Yun laughed heartily: "A win-win situation."
"Senior, you really helped me get revenge this time. I've been suppressed by the Fu family for years." Hu Yu suddenly changed his tune.
Li Yun patted the man on the shoulder: "Don't let anyone know about our identity."
Hu Yu asked curiously, "You really only got involved with the Fu family for money?"
Li Yun thought Hu Yu had guessed something and was about to explain.
Hu Yu continued, "Is it because back in school, I always bought you Cokes, and you wanted to help me?"
"Yes, thanks to Coca-Cola." Li Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Yun's father was originally a manager of a private company. Due to vicious competition between two companies, his company lost. As a result, the boss took his anger out on his father, blaming him for the product quality issues at the time. Not only was his father fired, but he also didn't receive any compensation and left with a mountain of debt.
Later, Li Yun's father became despondent, drinking heavily and beating Li Yun and his mother every day. Unable to endure the domestic violence, his mother took poison and died. From then on, Li Yun harbored hatred for all private business owners, so he devised a plan to collect confidential corporate data and sell it to competing companies.
Watching the dogs fight gave him a sense of satisfaction, like he had finally gotten his revenge, and he became increasingly addicted to it.
On the surface, he was a businessman who took money to solve problems for others, but in reality, his heart was already twisted.
"Without the monetization from the live streaming room, the Fu family is pretty much finished. They're done for, hahaha." Hu Yu's smug laughter filled the private room.
Li Yun raised his glass: "Cheers!"
In contrast to the two people in the club, the Fu Group executives were a completely different story. They were all overwhelmed with work, and even though Fu Jingsheng told them to rest, they didn't stay idle in the lounge.
The group discussed what had happened, trying to find some clues.
He Wei stood among the group of people, listening to their analysis.
After a heated discussion, someone asked He Wei, "Manager He, is it possible that the supplier is deliberately trying to cheat us? In recent years, Fu's and Yunshang have been fierce competitors, and Yunshang has always been suppressed by Fu's, especially in the previous bidding, where it lost to us. Yunshang's vice president is known for being narrow-minded. Is it possible that she bribed the supplier to deliberately falsify documents to harm us?"
He Wei was shocked.
The others readily agreed.
That makes sense. Unless they're bribed, who would dare to impersonate a brand? The promise of tenfold compensation is made by the supplier. If they know they're counterfeiting, yet promise tenfold compensation, aren't they just courting disaster? It's different if they have someone backing them up.
"I'll go find President Fu and check if Yunshang and Ziyi have any cooperation." He Wei went to find Fu Jingsheng.
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