Fu Jingsheng had already suspected Yunshang, but he had no evidence to prove that they were the ones behind it.
He checked the Yunshang website using his alternate account and found that, as expected, Yunshang's rating had increased significantly during the period when the Fu family was in trouble, with most comments criticizing the Fu family and praising Yunshang.
Therefore, the biggest beneficiary of the Fu family's troubles must be Yunshang. Two thousand pieces of clothing, even if they are fake, would only amount to two or three million yuan. But by removing the Fu family as a competitor, Yunshang can earn at least tens of millions more a year.
Using three million to aim for ten million every year is clearly not a bad deal.
However, Fu Jingsheng could not find any evidence that Yunshang had caused trouble. The supplier was selected by the Publicity Department and kept secret from the outside world. How did Yunshang know that the Fu family and Ziyi were cooperating?
He Wei knocked on the door three times.
He saw Fu Jingsheng in front of the whiteboard, holding a pen, with the words "Yunshang" circled on the whiteboard.
"Boss, you're thinking of going to Yunshang's place too?" He Wei asked.
Fu Jingsheng put down his pen: "Sit down, I just wanted to talk to you."
The two agreed that they should start by examining the relationship between Yunshang and the supplier Ziyi.
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When Rong Yan opened her eyes to check the time at Yushui Bay, several news articles appeared on her phone's homepage.
The woman clicked on everything related to the Fu family, scrolling through each entry, her gaze growing increasingly somber.
She zoomed in on the logos of the genuine and counterfeit products, and sure enough, they were easy to distinguish. At that moment, Fu Jingsheng was probably at the company dealing with some business, so it wasn't convenient for her to call and ask.
Rong Yan took a screenshot and sent it to Ye Jianming to check the marketing account's ID first.
To recover from the grief of losing Gu Hannian, Ye Jianming keeps himself very busy every day. He used to avoid going to coffee shops, but now he goes there every day.
It seems that he can only feel at ease in a coffee shop.
He received a message from Rong Yan. He was making coffee at nine o'clock, just as the shops in the city center were opening.
After making his own coffee, Ye Jianming sat down to read the message Rong Yan had sent.
Has Fu's online channels run into trouble again? The man read the news, and his first reaction was that someone was deliberately smearing him.
He called Rong Yan and they met at a coffee shop.
Rong Yan left without eating breakfast, taking her laptop with her.
She discovered that the news about counterfeit branded products deceiving consumers had also made her a target of criticism.
Not long ago, she used her author's account to speak on behalf of Fu, so netizens seized on this point, saying that how could an author with millions of readers lead the charge, causing everyone to believe Fu again, which was very disappointing.
People left comments demanding that the young man apologize.
Rong Yan had many emails in her inbox that were defamatory towards her, but she only opened them and glanced at them briefly.
Ye Jianming asked his butler to send his computer to the coffee shop.
When she arrived at her sister's computer, Rong Yan stood at the door for a moment. After resting outside, she noticed that the flower stand had been freshly painted and the flowers on it were in full bloom. She thought she could see her sister watering the flowers.
"Rong Yan." Ye Jianming called out when he saw her.
Upon hearing the sound, Rong Yan entered the store, turning back every few steps.
"Jian Ming, you look great." The woman asked her friend first, "Is this coffee for me?"
"Yes, is it alright for your first time making something this complicated?" Ye Jianming used to be able to brew a coffee, but now he can even make flower patterns.
Rong Yan smiled, but her heart ached slightly. He must have channeled his longing for his sister into the coffee.
“Jianming, you’ve matured.” Rong Yan said, but she didn’t say the next part. She hoped that Ye Jianming would still be the carefree boy he used to be, even if he was idle all day, but not as preoccupied as he is now, looking unhappy.
“You’ve always been mature, you just used to act crazy. Now you have something to do, Rong Yan. Let’s get back to the point. What are your thoughts on the Fu family’s counterfeit brand issue?” Ye Jianming discussed it with Rong Yan while waiting for the computer.
Rong Yan spent the entire morning at the coffee shop, while Ye Jianming called the restaurant next door and had two dishes delivered.
Ye Jianming couldn't find any problems with the person who exposed the counterfeit and shoddy products.
Those individuals all made normal purchases, so it's highly unlikely they were deliberately trying to smear the company.
"Is it possible that Fu's quality control was really lax this time?" Ye Jianming asked.
Rong Yan sighed: "With problems arising one after another during the live broadcast, Fu Jingsheng's quality requirements are getting higher and higher, and quality control cannot be relaxed."
"Even the boldest employee wouldn't dare to pass off a counterfeit as the real thing, right? And if I'm wrong, even the head of the PR department wouldn't dare to do that, right?" Ye Jianming's implication was that Fu Jingsheng might know about it and deliberately pass off inferior goods as superior ones, not expecting someone to compare them.
“Impossible. Fu Jingsheng would never deliberately choose counterfeit or shoddy products and ruin his own reputation. He values quality more than profit. He would rather not make money than sell counterfeit goods.” Rong Yan knew Fu Jingsheng well.
Ye Jianming shrugged: "That means the supplier tried to pass off inferior goods as superior ones, but who knew they would be discovered so quickly."
Rong Yan shook her head again. She couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong, but she had a feeling that it wasn't that simple.
After ruling out that it wasn't malicious slander from netizens, Rong Yan had lunch with Ye Jianming, then called Fu Jingsheng before going to the company.
Zhao Fei, the boss of Ziyi, arrived at Fu's company with the quality manager and the production manager.
Several people sat in Fu Jingsheng's office and answered questions from Fu's senior executives one by one.
Zhao Fei swore that the brand's order materials, processes, and labels were exactly the same, but the goods received by Fu's were indeed from their own company. How could there be two different qualities in the same batch?
During the recess, Fu Jingsheng and several senior executives of the company discussed the matter and unanimously agreed that Zhao Fei's team seemed to be unaware of the situation. Furthermore, Hu Yu, the vice president of Ziyi, was not present today. Could it be that Hu Yu was behind this?
After a 20-minute break, the two companies resumed their meetings. He Wei, under the pretense that there might be a problem within his own company, hinted to Zhao Fei to also investigate.
“Mr. Zhao, we are investigating the cause internally. The inventory does indeed match the consumer feedback. I don’t know if your company has any more inventory. You can check to see if the problem is at the source, during transportation, or when it reached us.” He Wei’s words were relatively tactful.
Before Zhao Fei came to the Fu family, he had already ordered people to investigate and found that all the clothes had been shipped out and were all with the Fu family. The production quantity and the shipment quantity matched perfectly. Moreover, several thousand pieces of clothing were deliberately made into a batch of substandard products to replace the qualified ones. This would require a lot of manpower and resources. Who has the ability to do this?
"President Fu, to be honest, before coming here I had already checked the internal situation and got a pretty good idea of what was going on. But since there's been a problem, there must have been some things that weren't done properly. I'll go back and continue to investigate to confirm that this batch of goods was sent from our factory. I won't renege on the compensation." Zhao Fei took responsibility.
The meeting lasted another hour and a half before everyone left, exhausted.
Fu Jingsheng had originally intended to invite Zhao Fei and the others to stay for a meal, but with a loss of several million, Zhao Fei was clearly not in the mood and was eager to go back and deal with the problem.
Rong Yan waited in the lounge for a long time until Fu Jingsheng finally finished his work, and then she went to the man's office.
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