Upon receiving notification from his employees regarding the online controversy, Bai Yu immediately went to the company to investigate the situation.
After reviewing the document, Bai Yu immediately learned the main point of contention between the two sides: the protection of the large yellow croaker.
In short, they are a bunch of saints. They believe that Bai Yu and others' fishing is destroying the ecology of the large yellow croaker, especially that king of large yellow croaker, which has grown to nearly 20 pounds. They don't know how many years it will take for it to grow.
With these self-righteous individuals taking the lead, some people who resent the rich and feel unbalanced have also emerged online and joined in criticizing Yuxue Shipping Company.
After all, the profits from catching a large yellow croaker in one net are simply too high, reaching tens of millions, which would leave anyone bewildered.
Bai Yu really didn't know what to say to these online trolls. Yellow croaker is just a food, after all. For humans, yellow croaker is meant to be eaten.
Furthermore, after so many years of development, the number of large yellow croakers is no longer what it was a few years ago. Although these creatures are still very rare, they can now be caught on a large scale.
After all, if these creatures were truly rare, or even endangered, we would have already included them in the protected list.
Therefore, all Bai Yu and his colleagues can do in the face of these online controversies is to pretend they don't see them and ignore them.
However, while these guys are a bit of a nuisance, it's not necessarily a bad thing for Bai Yu and his team. After all, the greater the controversy, the more attention their company will receive, and the more customers they might attract.
So, for Bai Yu and his group, these trolls had somehow done a good deed.
It's just that this kind of money is a little hard to earn; you earn money by being scolded.
As time passed, their company soon received its first customer, who contacted them directly via private message on Douyin and got straight to the point about buying large yellow croaker.
Bai Yu didn't pay much attention to this business that came to him, and instead handed it over to Li Shuang to handle.
Of course, Bai Yu wasn't idle either; he also had things to deal with, but relatively speaking, he was more relaxed, as there were many things he didn't need to do personally.
As a boss, you should naturally enjoy the benefits that a boss should have.
Over the next two days, the official account of Yuxue Shipping Company performed steadily, posting photos of the fish caught in succession.
For Yuxue Shipping Company, their official account is more like a business development platform. Whenever they release a product, potential customers from all over the world will contact them to inquire about the product price and then place an order.
In just a few days, Yuxue Shipping Company made another tens of millions of yuan, most of which were purchased large yellow croaker.
Don't let its high price fool you; this stuff may not have a huge market, but it sells quite well nationwide, especially in upscale seafood restaurants in inland cities, where people are very interested in these large yellow croakers.
By December 22nd, all the fish brought back by the Yuxue fishing boat had been cleaned and packaged, and their company was ready to start live-streaming sales.
Bai Yu watched the entire live-streaming sales event from beginning to end, and for their company, it was another big profit.
Of course, the money their company earns is what they are entitled to earn; they will not earn a single penny of money that is not theirs.
For customers who buy seafood from Baiyu's company, they all make a profit.
Although Baiyu's company sells relatively expensive seafood, if you take their products to the market and compare them with those of similar quality, you'll find that Baiyu's company's products are the cheapest.
After all, Bai Yu's company truly achieved self-production and self-sales. Most of their products were caught by their own fishing boats, truly eliminating middlemen from taking a cut.
In this situation, their company's products are sold at prices only slightly higher than the wholesale price, but far lower than the market price.
Through this wave of live-streaming sales, their company's account gained hundreds of thousands more followers. Money isn't the most important thing; followers are what truly matter.
Even through this period of live-streaming sales, other brands have witnessed Yuxue Shipping Company's sales capabilities. This was especially evident after their recent seafood-themed event (even though seafood is their only product).
During their break, another company actually approached them, wanting Bai Yu and his team to help sell their goods, and offering a high fee for a sales slot.
When they heard that the other party was offering a slot fee and that they wouldn't be responsible for any subsequent product issues,
To be honest, Bai Yu was stunned. He couldn't understand what kind of thought process led someone to say that if they bought a product from him, he wouldn't have to take responsibility for it.
What is the other party really thinking? Fans place orders for products through his live stream based on their trust in him, right?
If there are quality problems with the product, he is responsible from every perspective. In serious cases, his company may even face legal consequences, and the person in charge may even be imprisoned.
So when Bai Yu heard the other party say that their company only needed to sell and that they didn't need to worry about the follow-up issues, he was very curious about how the other party operated and how they avoided assigning responsibility.
However, before Bai Yu agreed to carry the goods, the other party certainly wouldn't explain in detail, but would just vaguely say that they would carry them over.
In response to this situation, Bai Yu naturally had someone check the other party's company qualifications and product quality.
You wouldn't believe it until you investigate. Bai Yu had someone in the company look up a company that sells wool sweaters, bought one from them, and then sent it to the relevant agency for testing.
Then they discovered a problem: this sweater wasn't completely unrelated, but it was still unrelated. The entire pure wool sweater couldn't be tested and no wool could be detected.
How can Bai Yu possibly sell this kind of product? This is pure fraud.
That's why, after discovering this, Bai Yu immediately pulled Li Shuang and the others aside for a short meeting to discuss the matter.
After observing the other party's actions, Bai Yu sensed a significant crisis. He realized that once they became greedy for the stall fees and promised commissions, they would be doomed.
If any problems arise with the products they sell, their company will be the first to bear the pressure of public opinion, and all the goodwill they have built up will be lost, leading to the company's decline.
So when Bai Yu held a meeting with Li Shuang and the others, he mainly discussed this point: their company currently has no plans to sell other products, since their manpower is still very limited and they can't sell them all even if they wanted to.
However, as time goes on, their company will definitely not only sell its own products. They will definitely take on other businesses in the future. This is not something they can choose not to sell. There are some things that they cannot decide.
For example, as the live-streaming e-commerce industry has developed better and better, many live streamers are now helping farmers sell their products.
Although Hainan Province is a tourist province, it is also an important agricultural production base in my country, especially in the fruit sector, where Sanya has a very high fruit production.
If someone asks their company to help farmers sell their agricultural products, do you think they should accept the offer or not?
You should know that by then, it won't just be some individual agricultural product vendor coming to you, but very likely some local grassroots officials.
Do you think they're accepting the call, or are they accepting it?
Besides fruit, there are other products that might also come knocking on our door.
Therefore, in order to avoid future sales mishaps, Bai Yu is taking precautions and is now forming two teams!
One is the product selection team. This team doesn't need to be built in a hurry; it can be built gradually. This team is mainly responsible for selection, including verifying the product quality and company qualifications of the other party.
Even the samples provided by the other party are subject to prior use and testing by the product selection team, who also need to endorse them for the final sale.
The second team is a legal team, mainly responsible for reviewing cooperation issues with companies that have partnered with them, and for clearly specifying the responsibilities of both parties in the contracts.
For example, if a product has quality problems, compensation should be made in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. If it is due to be three times the amount, the compensation should be three times the amount; if it is due to be ten times the amount, the compensation should be ten times the amount. If the company fails to compensate, it has the right to pursue legal responsibility against the other party.
The company's personnel will also be investigated to determine if there were any irregularities in the review process; if so, they will also be held accountable.
Bai Yu didn't believe it. With so many restrictions in place, even if their company started selling goods from other companies in the future, could they really run into problems?
Of course, while the product selection team bears certain responsibilities, their compensation is also very high; otherwise, why would they take the risk to do this job?
According to Bai Yu's plan, if they were to successfully build the product selection team, he intended to pay the team members an annual salary, with a base salary of 200,000 yuan per year, plus commission from the sales.
He simply couldn't believe that with such high salaries, they wouldn't be careful when selecting products.
It's fine if they don't put in the effort; at worst, they can all be sent to jail if something goes wrong. After all, the benefits and risks are proportional. Damaging the company's interests is, to some extent, already a violation of the law.
After listening to Bai Yu's explanation, especially considering the precedent of a livestreamer selling bird's nest on a certain platform, Li Shuang and his team naturally took this matter very seriously.
Although the bird's nest incident on Kuaishou didn't have a significant impact on the streamer—only resulting in a loss of tens of millions of yuan and a two-month suspension of her livestream—she continued streaming after the suspension ended.
However, it has still caused some irreparable damage to his reputation and public image. At least now, among casual fans online, people don't have a very good impression of this streamer.
However, take Bai Yu as an example. Although he is now involved in live-streaming e-commerce and has a company, he has separated his live-streaming from his personal account. Therefore, his reputation is still quite good.
For a major blogger, especially one who primarily operates on short video platforms, it's extremely rare to find someone like Bai Yu who doesn't advertise, doesn't do live streams, and doesn't have a product showcase.
Regardless of whether Bai Yu appears in other live streams, his own account has never broadcast. Also, regardless of the relationship between Yuxue Shipping Company's account and Bai Yu, at least his own account has no advertisements.
With live streams every few days, Liu Tianyu and his team had sold almost all the goods they brought back. After a week of rest, at the end of December, they set off again in their fishing boat, the Yuxue.
This time, they plan to catch another boatload of goods before the Lunar New Year, hoping to make a profit before the holiday.
Of course, when they return with the goods next time, the money they earn won't be based on this year's performance, but will be counted in 2021.
Watching the Yuxue fishing boat disappear from sight again, Bai Yu also had the idea of going out to sea, but he wasn't going out to fish, but to go fishing.
He hasn't been out to sea for a long time now, and he usually relies on videos of beachcombing to keep his account's traffic going. But this can't go on forever; without any good content, his traffic will eventually drop.
So Bai Yu had the idea of going out to sea to fish, and he didn't plan to go with his own people, but rather to find some outsiders, or people who were not in their industry, to go out to sea together.
To add some video footage to their fishing trip at sea.
After having this idea, he immediately approached Li Shuang, told him about it, and asked him to make arrangements to find some fans and take them out to sea for fishing.
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