Chapter 13 "Marrying a 90s Girlfriend"
The Lu family father and son certainly wouldn't take Ye Xiqing's few words of provocation seriously.
This world is one where strength speaks volumes. Do these two naive little girls really know what they're facing?
Compared to the Lu family, the two of them were insignificant.
So insignificant that you could crush them with a mere flick of your finger!
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In an era of limited entertainment, the Spring Festival Gala was probably the biggest entertainment event of the year, and the general public cared a lot about it.
Miao Shuangshuang is now incredibly famous, and naturally she is the darling of gossip tabloids. There were rumors for a long time that she would be on the Spring Festival Gala, and the rumors spread like wildfire, but in the end she didn't make it.
It wasn't that the Spring Festival Gala production team didn't invite her; in fact, she had already gone to the rehearsals. However, at the rehearsal, the "investors" asked her to promote their own brand during her segment, which Miao Shuangshuang refused without hesitation.
Lu Jing'an sat to the side, laughing in a rather frivolous way: "Anyway, Miss Miao doesn't have any alcohol endorsements, so why not?"
Miao Shuangshuang didn't even bother to look at it, and left with her car keys.
Whether I'm an endorser or not, who wants to get involved with your shit!
So when Lu Jing'an smugly revoked Miao Shuangshuang's Spring Festival Gala qualification to give her a hard time, Miao Shuangshuang was comfortably at home with her legs crossed, watching others perform on the Spring Festival Gala, and asking as she watched, "How's your lawsuit going?"
In Ye Xiqing's time, people didn't take the Spring Festival Gala seriously anymore, but watching it again felt different, so he enjoyed it immensely. He also replied to Miao Shuangshuang: "The court will continue the proceedings after the New Year."
Miao Shuangshuang said nonchalantly, "It's alright, don't worry about it, we'll definitely win this case."
Ye Xiqing smiled slightly; she felt the same way.
The two sisters remained calm and collected, while the other two sisters were anxious and agitated: Why are they still so composed?
The Lu family wanted to take down Qingqing Winery, so they couldn't just leave with a few harsh words at the wedding ceremony. Not long after, Ye Xiqing received a summons from the court.
Aunt Cai, who was collecting wine, came to find her in a panic, completely unlike her confident demeanor when they first met. She was pacing anxiously on the ground.
The Cai family's so-called "reselling of liquor" is, to put it bluntly, just "counterfeit."
She would collect cheap wine from elsewhere, put on counterfeit high-end labels, and sell it as high-end wine. She would sell it for less than the high-end brands, but at a better price. The price difference alone made her a fortune.
Over the years, since Ye Xiqing came into our lives, we have had a very pleasant working relationship. The Ye family's wine is truly excellent. Even if you put a label on it and sell it as an expensive wine, no one will doubt it. She just wants to sell it like this for the rest of her life.
But things can change unexpectedly. The rule for these kinds of bandit groups is that if the people don't report them, the officials won't investigate. But if the officials do investigate, they're finished in an instant.
The biggest brand of liquor in this area is, of course, Lu Family Liquor. The labels she uses are all imitations of Lu Family Liquor. Now, Lu Family is coming after her.
However, it was clear that the Lu family was not after little Karami; their swords were aimed directly at Ye Xiqing, who was building the new winery.
Aunt Cai is a shady dealer of counterfeit liquor; how can you expect her to have any conscience? To protect herself, she'll definitely drag Ye Xiqing down with her if she can.
But even without a conscience, there was still affection, so before dragging Ye Xiqing into it, Aunt Cai still spoke with her.
Ye Xiqing didn't expect her to be so "conscientious", so she nodded: "It's okay, just push all the blame onto me."
Aunt Cai, who hadn't originally planned to carry it herself, immediately left happily, dragging Ye Xiqing into the mess with a clear conscience.
Qingqing Winery had just opened and hadn't even done anything yet when it landed such a big lawsuit.
Ye Shiying also owns 5% of the winery, which is why she was so anxious that her mouth was covered in blisters. The company was owned by her daughter, and seeing her daughter fighting lawsuits every day, Ye Shimei was naturally very worried.
Seeing how anxious the two mothers were, Ye Xiqing, who had always played the role of a "caring person" at home, could not turn a blind eye.
"Auntie, Mom, just enjoy the New Year and don't think about these upsetting things."
"Everything will be resolved by next spring."
Whether these words had any comforting effect is unknown, but they did cause Miao Shuangshuang, who was standing to the side, to pause for a moment.
Turning to look at Ye Xiqing, her composure seemed genuine, as if she had absolute confidence.
But she remained calm because she knew that the Lu family was like grasshoppers in autumn, unable to hop around for long. What right did Ye Xiqing have?
Miao Shuangshuang was distracted for a long time because of this question, until Ye Xiqing nudged her with his arm.
"Is this candied fruit not good? Then try this one."
Miao Shuangshuang looked at the new pastries in Ye Xiqing's hand and realized that she had been lost in thought for so long that she hadn't even had time to swallow the fruit in her mouth.
He snatched the new fruit from Ye Xiqing's hand, feeling inexplicably annoyed.
Oh well, things will work themselves out. Instead of worrying about this, let's just watch the Lu family's downfall unfold!
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After the New Year, it's a new year again, and all walks of life are busy again, presenting a thriving scene.
On the day of the shopping festival, the calm was suddenly broken. The Consumer Association revealed shocking news: the local Administration for Industry and Commerce found that a large amount of alcohol and aldehyde substances exceeded the standard when inspecting Lujia liquor. Similar situations were also found when liquors from other places were sent for testing!
Food is the paramount necessity of the people, and food safety has always been a top priority for the people of the whole country. Lujiajiu had just invested in hosting the Spring Festival Gala, which coincided with the time when its catchy advertising slogan was known throughout the country. The combination of the two created an instant sensation.
At first, the Lu family wanted to suppress it, but as they continued to suppress it, they realized something was wrong.
The Bureau of Industry and Commerce that exposed this incident is not a local bureau of industry and commerce, and the reporter who reported it is not a local reporter either. Even if he has extraordinary abilities, he is powerless to intervene!
This time, they not only appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, but also made headlines.
The fame gained from investing in the Spring Festival Gala hasn't yet translated into profits; instead, it's already become the main attraction of the consumer festival.
With things escalating to this point, no one could possibly show the Lu family any mercy, so the reputation of Lu Family Wine was completely ruined.
Some were happy while others were worried. The Lu family was extremely anxious, but some people took the opportunity to make a fortune off the Lu family's misfortune.
Some time ago, someone revealed that a popular celebrity acted arrogantly at the Spring Festival Gala and was fired by the Gala production team.
Now, someone has revealed that the celebrity's sullen expression on the Spring Festival Gala was not due to any other reason, but because he did not want to promote Lujiajiu and was willing to give up his spot on the Gala.
Wow, there are actually such upright and incorruptible people!
Public opinion suddenly shifted from viewing her as an "actress" who didn't know her own limitations to praising her as a vanguard against counterfeit alcohol and a good daughter of the people.
Ye Xiqing was recently in a mess due to an "infringement case" with the Lu family, and now she's on the talk show "Key Points Interview".
Compared to formal news programs, this interview program is more relaxed and has a more lively effect. In an era of limited entertainment, people watched it as entertainment and would tune in every day.
Given the significance of Lujiajiu, the talk show naturally did a special feature on it, but the content of the feature was quite bizarre—"Fake Real Wine and Real Fake Wine".
At the beginning of the program, the camera went to an old man's house. Everyone was advising him that the Lu family liquor he bought was fake and that drinking it would kill or blind him, but he just clung to the bottle and wouldn't let go.
"Nonsense! How could this wine be fake? This is the best wine I've ever tasted in my life!"
Her daughter was worried that something had happened to him and was very angry, so she found a professional to examine him to put her father's mind at ease. Unexpectedly, there was really no problem!
My daughter was stunned.
Just as the viewers in front of the screen frowned, thinking this was a program trying to whitewash Lu Family Liquor, the old lady next to them shouted loudly: "What are you testing? It's not Lu Family Liquor at all; it was fake when you bought it!"
Everyone was taken aback and quickly asked the old lady for advice.
While rubbing the corn, the old lady said with disdain, "He told me like it was a treasure that he had bought Lu Family Wine, but when I asked the price, it was 78. What kind of Lu Family Wine can you buy for 78? You can't even afford the bottle!"
"So I'm not worried at all about the Lu family liquor incident. It was fake when he bought it. If there's a problem, what does it have to do with him?"
Everyone was stunned. The dramatic plot twists and turns amused not only the viewers in front of the screen but also the reporters conducting the interviews.
The short but energetic reporter continued the investigation and found the culprit behind the "fake genuine wine." Holding up the microphone, he asked, "I heard that the 'fake Lu Family Wine' that Old Man Wang bought was produced by you. Are you currently in a lawsuit with the Lu Family?"
The instigator stood in the distillery; because he was a "lawbreaker," his face was blurred with a mosaic, and his voice was muffled.
When asked by the reporter, he bowed his head with a very contrite attitude and said, "Yes."
The reporter laughed even harder: "So now it's you fighting him, or them fighting you?"
The owner of the "fake but genuine" liquor shop continued to apologize politely, saying, "They fought with me."
"Now that you know what's going on with the Lu family, how do you feel about it?"
"I regret it very much."
"Do you regret selling the counterfeit liquor with the tampered label?"
The interviewee shook his head, looked up at the screen, and said, "I regret that my genuine wine was labeled with his fake label."
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The interview made almost everyone, both on and off screen, laugh. Even the usually dignified and poised host had a hint of a smile in his voice.
"According to our reporters who visited the front lines, the liquor on the market in Lujia is full of fake liquor with excessive levels of harmful substances. The only liquor that passed the test was actually a genuine 'fake liquor'."
"After the real liquor was involved in the incident, the consumers actually escaped the disaster because they bought 'fake liquor,' which is both laughable and absurd."
"However, we do not support any fraudulent activities. Ms. Ye, who produced 'fake genuine wine,' has already been severely punished by the Administration for Industry and Commerce and has publicly apologized, promising that she will not 'affix fake labels' again. Genuine wine should also have genuine labels!"
"Now that 'fake genuine wine' has been punished, what will become of 'genuine and fake wine'? This program will continue to follow up on this issue, as well as the market chaos of 'producing counterfeit wine' and 'affixing fake labels'..."
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The program ended, and the verdict was delivered.
Ye Xiqing's act of affixing false labels could have been a minor or major offense, as the law does not punish the majority.
However, because of this incident, the social impact was still very bad. In the end, the company was ordered to pay the Lu family 35,800 yuan in compensation, and the Industry and Commerce Bureau also had to pay a fine of 10,000 yuan. In this day and age, it cannot be said that the fine was not heavy.
But every cloud has a silver lining; this outcome may not necessarily be bad.
The most popular time for a food company is probably when it has a food safety problem. Now, the Lu family's "popularity" has been shared with Ye Xiqing for a fee.
In an era of slow information flow, this was even more effective than repeated TV commercials. Knowing about the Lu family's "real and fake wine," one had no choice but to know about her "fake but real wine."
For a company eager to make a name for itself, a fierce battle is better than obscurity.
Unaffected by the situation, Ye Xiqing put away the verdict, looked at Aunt Cai who had also escaped death, and smiled, "I was punished this time, Aunt Cai, please don't do this again."
Aunt Cai nodded vigorously, she was really frightened this time. Luckily Ye Xiqing took the initiative to take all the blame, otherwise she would be the one who should have compensated the most!
But she's been doing this for years, and at her age, what new job could she possibly find?
Seeing her worried expression, Ye Xiqing smiled slightly: "Then become my distributor. We've been cooperating for so many years, I'm sure the price I'll give you will be right."
"Besides, Aunt Cai, you must be very familiar with the wine business in the area. Do you know how many business connections the Lu family has?"
"No matter how many there are, I want them all now. As for the base price of the first batch of wine, let's set it at 78."
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