Bai Yu didn't see Bai's father at the dock, but she didn't pay too much attention to it.
No matter what, his father is the factory director, so he must have a lot on his plate, and there are some things he can't do himself.
Just then, Li Shuang walked over with her phone.
"Brother Yu, something's happened at our company. Why don't we go back to the company first?"
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Something happened to the company? But why don't you look worried at all? Are you sure something happened to the company?
"Shuangzi, what happened at the company? Judging from your current state, it shouldn't be a big deal. If it's not, just wait for the competition results before going back. There's no rush."
Bai Yu looked at the calm Li Shuang and didn't take what the other person said to heart.
Instead, Li Shuang suggested that they wait until the competition results were out before dealing with it, since Li Shuang, as one of the company's senior executives, had his own business to attend to during the awards ceremony later.
"That's right. The results of the competition will be out soon, so it won't be a big problem to wait a while. We also need to use the live broadcast for the problem we're facing. Let's talk about it together after the live broadcast starts."
Sigh, I was just worried about not finding a suitable candidate, and now that we've been away for a few days for the competition, this candidate has actually appeared. If I don't seize this opportunity, who knows when I'll get another chance.
"What's going on? Who's run into Mr. Li's gun again? Tell us all."
Hearing what Li Shuang said, the others present became interested. It seemed that the incident that happened to the company was not a bad thing, but rather a good thing.
What happened turned out to be a good thing, which piqued their curiosity, and they had to find out more about it.
"Well, it's nothing serious, really. It's just that the products our company was promoting were exposed as counterfeit. The actual products we were selling didn't match the descriptions, and then someone leaked it..."
Through Li Shuang's explanation, Bai Yu and the others understood the cause and effect of the matter, which can be summarized in one sentence: they were caught selling counterfeit goods.
The incident began before the competition, specifically during a live-streaming sales event during the National Day holiday. A sweater sold by their company was discovered by anti-counterfeiting agents to have no wool content whatsoever, except for its name.
The key point is that this sweater sold quite a lot at the time, with tens of thousands of units being put on the shelves one after another, and the sales volume was also very high, amounting to several million.
Then things escalated, involving millions of dollars and tens of thousands of consumers. The pressure they created, both in terms of public opinion and the law, was immense.
In addition, Bai Yu and his team organized such a high-profile fan fishing competition, attracting hundreds of millions of viewers to their live stream every day. Their company is practically always on the trending topics list.
In this situation, even the slightest mistake made by their company would be magnified infinitely, not to mention that selling counterfeit goods is already an illegal act.
At this critical juncture, this kind of thing has come to light, so their company is definitely going to be trending on social media, and probably even at number one on the trending list.
Currently, trending topics online are all about Olympic champions selling counterfeit goods, top Douyin influencers with hundreds of millions of followers selling counterfeit goods, and top live-streaming e-commerce companies openly exploiting their followers.
This is because Bai Yu didn't read the news. If he had, he would have asked the writers which eye of theirs saw Bai Yu selling counterfeit goods.
He appeared in the live broadcast room a few times during the National Day holiday, but he didn't sell any wool sweaters. Although the company is his, that doesn't mean he sold counterfeit goods!
Those professional fraud fighters are really ruthless; they deliberately chose a time when Bai Yu and the others were not at the company to expose this matter.
Bai Yu and his team were unaware of this matter before because the fishing competition was so popular that it overshadowed other news about their company.
During the lull between the end of the competition and the release of the results, those who exposed fraud started investing money in their videos, and that's how the hype started.
By the time their company found out about the situation, their company's news was all over the trending topics.
Of course, Bai Yu's company is actively responding to this situation. They released a statement early this morning through their official account, stating that they are investigating the matter.
If any consumer has any concerns about the sweater, the company can arrange a refund at any time.
This was the very thing Li Shuang needed to deal with when he returned to the company. He had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and this matter had to be handled properly.
Of course, if their company finds this troublesome after it happens, they can simply ignore it and push all the problems onto the merchant.
After all, their company has signed non-stick pan contracts with the merchants, so if there are any problems, the merchants are responsible, and it has nothing to do with them. Their role is mainly to assist merchants and consumers in resolving disputes.
However, Li Shuang's initial plan was to pick a typical case among these businesses and then take strong action against them, letting them know that the contracts they signed with their company were not just empty words, and that they would be held accountable if anything went wrong.
In this way, many unqualified merchants who want to use their platform to fleece consumers can be eliminated during the subsequent sales process.
Furthermore, the reason why Li Shuang was so calm about this incident was because their company had already conducted background checks on these businesses beforehand and knew how much wealth these companies had.
It's just a few million in sales. This wool sweater brand can afford to pay out, even ten times the amount. Their company doesn't need to worry.
As the time came to nine o'clock in the morning, their company's live broadcast room started on time.
Unlike before, this time it wasn't Zhang Yuxin and Keke appearing in the live stream; instead, it was Li Shuang and Lu Sheng.
Regardless of the situation, their company is really having problems. Under these circumstances, it's best not to let the two girls appear on camera. If they get criticized by netizens, it could really break their spirits.
Besides, Zhang Yuxin is Lu Sheng's girlfriend. He wouldn't want his girlfriend to be criticized by others. Anyway, he's already sold the sweater, so if he gets criticized, so be it. He can handle it.
As soon as their live stream started, the number of viewers exceeded 10,000 within just a few seconds, then it grew to 20,000, 30,000, 50,000, 80,000, and 100,000.
In just one or two minutes, the number of viewers in the live stream had exceeded 100,000, and the barrage of comments was scrolling rapidly. The speed was so fast that Li Shuang and Lu Sheng couldn't even see what the viewers were saying.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Li Shuang and the other person did not intend to look at the bullet comments. They didn't need to look at the bullet comments; they could guess what these netizens were planning to say just by guessing.
The discussion revolves around the quality issues with the wool sweaters their company sells, with people coming to demand an explanation or to hurl insults at them.
However, Li Shuang only needs to say one sentence to turn the tide and change the situation in the live broadcast room.
"Ahem, most of the family members have arrived, right? The popularity today is really high. It's only been a few minutes and it's already surpassed 100,000 views?"
Oh wait, that's not just 100,000 people, it's over 300,000! You onlookers got here really fast!
Of course, I know why you've come here, so I'll give a brief explanation of what's going on online and how our company is handling it.
Those of you typing away, ready to curse us, please stop what you're doing and listen to our company's proposed solution. If you're not satisfied, then you can start cursing.
Li Shuang looked at the camera and spoke slowly. As soon as he started speaking, the comments in the live stream slowed down.
Among these hundreds of thousands of viewers, there are not many who are actually victims of fraud. After all, they only sold 10,000 sweaters in total in their live stream, but the total number of viewers in the live stream was in the hundreds of thousands.
Among these people in the live stream, most are trolls, or people who resent the rich and can't stand seeing others do well.
After all, live-streaming e-commerce is incredibly lucrative, and Bai Yu's company is a leading platform in this industry, so there are just too many people who dislike them.
After noticing that the rate at which the bullet comments were refreshing had slowed down, Li Shuang cleared his throat and continued:
"Our company is aware of the allegations made by a certain anti-counterfeiting blogger today regarding the falsification of the wool sweater's composition and is conducting further investigations."
This investigation won't take too long. We could get the results today if things go smoothly, or at most two or three days. We will give you a reply then.
If the investigation results are indeed as the anti-counterfeiting activists claim—that the sweaters contain no wool or have insufficient wool content—we support refunds and returns, and will compensate the customer with a three-fold refund in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
If any family members cannot wait, you can choose to return the goods now. However, if you return the goods now, you can only get back the principal. The compensation of three times the amount will be made after the investigation results are released.
I wonder if everyone is satisfied with this outcome. If so, then we'll move on to the next thing: today we'll announce the results of the second annual fan fishing competition, and later we'll be distributing the five million yuan prize money here.
"Look, the prize money is already there. If you're interested, you can stay in the live stream a little longer to see the results of our competition."
Li Shuang explained their company's solution to the camera and also mentioned a final processing time.
After all, whether the sweaters their company sells are genuine or fake is not something that those anti-counterfeiting individuals can decide with a few words; their company still needs to investigate.
This investigation will not only involve checking the sweater processing plants, but also tracing the source of the goods, recalling some of the sold sweaters, and then conducting on-site testing.
These things all take time; three days should be enough.
A refund plus three times the compensation is required by law. Otherwise, if Li Shuang were to follow his own wishes, he would have made the manufacturer refund one and compensate ten times the compensation. Only in this way could those manufacturers who dare to sell counterfeit goods feel the pinch.
Unfortunately, the problematic item this time was a wool sweater, so the rule of refunding one and compensating ten times does not apply here. Instead, we can only offer a refund of one and compensation of three times, with a minimum compensation of five hundred yuan.
After Li Shuang finished speaking, he also turned the camera to the prize money, directly changing the subject.
As I said before, those who buy wool sweaters are a minority, and among the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live stream, they are an even smaller minority.
However, when the live streamer saw the small mountain of five million yuan in cash, the entire live stream fell into a brief silence, and then the barrage of comments exploded, so many that the live stream crashed.
For these netizens, no matter how impressive the fishing competition was advertised or how high the prize money was, it didn't matter.
But until you see the cash, even the highest bonus is just a string of numbers.
Now that five million in cash has been displayed, things are different. For most netizens, this may be the closest they've ever come to having five million in cash.
However, they failed to seize this opportunity and did not secure a spot in the competition. They could only watch helplessly as other contestants divided up the five million in cash, which felt like their own property being taken away.
It's so painful!
Seeing that the topic of the live stream had been shifted and the popularity of the fishing competition had been raised again, Li Shuang handed the live stream back to Zhang Yuxin and Keke, and asked them to announce that they could start weighing the fish.
To ensure the fairness of the competition, such an important event as weighing the fish catch should naturally be done in front of the contestants, so that the results are the most accurate.
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