The 105th day of being eavesdropped
Professor Yamamoto came in the afternoon and brought a translator.
The translator was a little embarrassed, and it was obvious that it was not appropriate for the two of them to come to someone else's house to eat on New Year's Eve.
He Chunlian was very generous: "Sit down, sit down, don't be polite, we have wrapped the dumplings, and I will fry some meatballs later, and then we can start eating."
"Auntie, then happy New Year."
The translator Li Xing took the gift he bought and gave it to He Chunlian.
He Chunlian was stunned for a moment, and smiled and waved his hand and said: "Why be polite, everyone who enters the house is a guest, why bring a gift."
"This is also what Mr. Yamamoto meant." Li Xing explained quickly.
Yamamoto nodded slightly and said something. Li Xing translated it, "Mr. Yamamoto said you must accept it. This is his little intention."
Since he has said so much, it would be inappropriate to refuse.
He Chunlian smiled and put it away. She asked Gu Jinshui to greet them and went to the kitchen to fry meatballs. Liang Ying and Gu Yinxing went in to help. Gu Yousi was watching TV there and had no interest in Yamamoto's arrival.
Gu Yinxing leaned against the kitchen door and looked towards the living room. He couldn't help but gossiping, "Mom, this Japanese looks quite friendly, and at first glance, you really can't tell that he is Japanese."
"What can you see with your eyes?" He Chunlian asked, and her hands quickly squeezed out meatballs and fried them in oil.
"That's not the case."
Gu Yinxing smiled and secretly ate a meatball, "My eyesight is very good, I can see that the meatballs fried by our mother are particularly delicious."
There was laughter in the kitchen.
Gu Jinshui had nothing to talk about with Yamamoto Yagen outside. He finally waited for He Chunlian to call him to deliver dumplings and vegetables to his grandfather. He almost couldn't wait to stand up, agreed, and hurried out with the New Year's Eve dishes.
New Year's Eve.
In the alley, smoke was burning in every household, and the fragrance was wafting everywhere. From time to time, children's laughter could be heard. Gu Jinshui carried his lunch box and entered the old man's yard.
The old man's yard had been cleaned up a few days ago. There were big red lanterns, red weddings, and even the old man was wearing red.
Gu Jinshui couldn't help laughing as soon as he entered the yard, "Master, you are so festive today."
If it wasn't New Year's Eve today, Xi Han would have wanted to beat up this apprentice who dared to make fun of his master, "What are you celebrating? This is not your credit."
The old man was shy and felt embarrassed to wear such red at his age.
Gu Jinshui took the lunch box into the living room with a smile and put out the food one by one: pork and cabbage dumplings, braised fish, cucumber, fried meatballs, and egg dumplings.
Although only the old man was eating, the dishes were not simple.
He went to the kitchen to get the bowls and chopsticks and said, "Master, how about I accompany you to have the New Year's Eve dinner? How can you finish all these dishes by yourself?"
"Don't talk nonsense. You are not going home to eat on New Year's Eve. What are you doing here?"
Xi Han said decisively, "If you can't finish these dishes, I will put them in the refrigerator. You don't need to worry about them."
Gu Jinshui heard the old man's firm tone and knew that it would be extremely difficult to change the old man's mind. He had to swallow the words of persuasion. When the old man got stubborn, he couldn't be pulled back by nine oxen.
"Master, when should we come to pay you New Year's greetings tomorrow?"
"Any time is fine. Niuniu is on holiday now. If she wakes up, you can bring her over."
Xi Han mentioned Gu Yousi and his eyes softened.
Gu Jinshui felt a little bitter. The old man was in a bad temper when he was teaching him. He gave his daughter whatever she wanted, and never gave her the moon. He also wanted to teach his daughter calligraphy, but his daughter was really not willing to learn.
"You love your child too much. This won't work. I think I will bring the child to you at five o'clock tomorrow to wish you a happy new year. You have to start from childhood."
Gu Jinshui said in a mean way.
The old man glanced at him, "You are looking for trouble on New Year's Day, right?"
It is said that the old man and Gu Yousi get along well. The two generations of this grandfather and grandson have the same opinion on Gu Jinshui.
Yamamoto stayed at Gu's house for two days and left on the second day of the new year.
It seemed that this Japanese man came here just to experience the Chinese New Year. When he left, he bought a bunch of toys for Gu Yousi.
He Chunlian was puzzled. She looked at the toys in the living room and said, "What does this guy mean? Is he really too rich?"
"Mom, I think that's probably the case." Liang Ying said, "The Japanese are said to be richer than Americans. They probably think this little money is nothing. If he wants to give it, just give it."
"I don't like toys."
Gu Yousi was very embarrassed. She said, "Can I give these to other people?"
Everyone in the Gu family knew her temper. She had never liked to play with things that children liked to play with. He Chunlian, who loved her granddaughter, said without thinking, "Give it to whoever you want."
Gu Yousi's first reaction was to think of Lan Lin.
Lan Lin was very flattered by Miss Gu's attention. He only picked a Rubik's Cube and didn't want the others.
"You won't be more picky?" Gu Yousi signaled him with her eyes, young man, you can be a little greedy.
But the young man looked at these toys, Barbie dolls, plush toys, racing car models, airplane models.
Lan Lin didn't like any of them, so he shook his head, "Why don't you give them to someone else?"
Gu Yousi thought about it, and she took Lan Lin to an open space near the alley, where the children around often went to play.
Gu Yousi brought a bunch of toys over and immediately attracted the children's attention.
Lan Jin Gang fell in love with the airplane model at first sight. Although he felt that he and Gu Yousi were enemies, he couldn't help but walk over and ask, "Are these all your toys?"
"Yes," Gu Yousi put the things on the ground, "but I plan to give them away today."
"Give them away?!" Lan Jin Gang's voice rose by three decibels, "These are all new, are you going to give them away for free?"
The eyes of the children around him suddenly showed excitement.
Gu Yousi looked around at everyone.
Although the conditions in these alleys are not bad, there are no shortage of children from poor families. Moreover, only a few people are willing to buy toys for their children these days, especially girls.
An idea flashed through her mind, "It's not free, you have to work, there are eight toys here, whoever wants something has to work."
"Work, any work, I can do any work!"
A little girl immediately raised her hand.
Speaking of a little girl, the girl was older than Gu Yousi, wearing a patched cotton jacket. Gu Yousi said, "Lan Jingang."
Lan Jingang exclaimed.
Gu Yousi looked at him, "Aren't you the class leader? You arrange their work, and whoever does the best and most work will be chosen first?"
"Me?" Lan Jingang pointed at himself in surprise, his eyes widened.
Lan Lin was also a little surprised.
Gu Yousi nodded, "It's you, what, don't you think you can't do it?"
"You're kidding, there's nothing I can't do." Lan Jingang immediately retorted, "I'll do it, but, but I..." His voice was a little low, "Can I have the airplane model?"
Gu Yousi originally thought that he had some concerns and wanted to enlighten him, but he didn't expect that the kid was actually thinking about the airplane model.
Gu Yousi was speechless for a moment, and nodded, "Okay, but you have to follow along."
Lan Jingang was immediately happy, nodding like crazy, patting his chest, "Don't worry, I will do it well."
Things were arranged.
Gu Yousi took Lan Lin to sit aside and wait.
Lan Lin's eyes sparkled when he looked at Gu Yousi.
Gu Yousi felt a little embarrassed when he was looked at, and turned his head, "What are you looking at?"
"I think Niuniu is amazing." Lan Lin praised, "Grandpa would definitely praise you if he knew you arranged it this way. How did you think of letting Jingang arrange these people? Jingang is a very upright person, and it is indeed appropriate for him to make the arrangements."
Gu Yousi: "..."
Can she say that she didn't think much about it?
She just wanted to manipulate people.
Why should you make yourself suffer when you can make others suffer?
Lan Jingang made arrangements there, asking everyone to go home and get brooms, dustpans and other things to clean the streets.
When Song Chaohua went out to buy something, she heard several classmates talking while sweeping the floor, "Lan Lin is so generous. She is willing to give us so many new toys."
"Yes, I fell in love with that Barbie doll at first sight. That doll is so pretty. Her hair is all black, black and long."
The little girl said while sweeping the floor, "My dad took us to the Friendship Store to look at it before. One cost more than a hundred yuan, and my dad was reluctant to buy it for me."
Barbie doll...
Song Chaohua slowed down her pace. When she came to her senses, she had already walked in another direction. She was supposed to buy vinegar, but she walked to the vacant lot.
At first glance, she saw the doll in the high-end gift box placed in front of Gu Yousi.
Song Chaohua could hardly walk.
What she wanted most in her previous life was a Barbie doll, but she never got one.
Although her family conditions have improved a lot in this life, no one has ever bought her toys, let alone this kind of doll.
She thought she was no longer at the age of craving these things, but when she saw it with her own eyes, she couldn't walk.
Gu Yousi lowered her head and looked at the picture book in her hand. Suddenly, it got dark in front of her. She raised her head and saw that the person coming was Song Chaohua.
"Can I, can I also do some work in exchange for toys? I'm very capable!"
To speak to Gu Yousi, who was younger than her and had always been the object of her jealousy, Song Chaohua almost used up all the courage in her life.
She was ready to be rejected.
After all, given the relationship between their family and the Gu family, they might not be willing to give her things even if they threw them into the trash can.
"Okay."
Gu Yousi said lightly, "But many people want this toy. If you want to get it, you may have to sweep many streets."
"I'm not afraid of hard work!" Song Chaohua said quickly.
She seemed to be afraid that Gu Yousi would change his mind, so she ran home to get a broom, put Huang Xirong's curse behind her, and started sweeping the streets.
Lan Lin was a little confused and asked in a low voice: "Don't you dislike her? Why did you agree to her?"
Gu Yousi was silent for a moment, and the knuckles of her hands turned white.
Maybe she saw the desire in Song Chaohua's eyes, and thought of herself who once envied others but couldn't get them.
Gu Yousi did not have much hatred towards Song Chaohua, she could see that Song Jianshe's love for his daughter was very utilitarian. She
was a good daughter when she was needed, but when she was not needed, no matter how Huang Xirong asked her to do work, Song Jianshe seemed to be blind.
But Song Chaohua could not see through it.
The toy incident was just a small episode.
The Gu family did not take it seriously, let alone Gu Yousi.
After the third day of the New Year, everyone had to go to work again.
The hot business of leggings could not extinguish everyone's pursuit even in winter.
On the fourth day of the New Year, Liang Ying gave everyone big red envelopes, each of which was one hundred yuan. This generous gesture made everyone very happy.
Liang Ying also prepared another big red envelope for Lin Lu, but at noon, when Lin Lu came over, her face looked a little wrong.
Lin Lu whispered, "Sister-in-law, let's go to the office. I have something to tell you."
Liang Ying agreed and asked everyone to continue working. She took Lin Lu to the east room in the front yard, which she used as an office.
"Lin Lu, please sit down. I'll boil some water for you to make a cup of tea."
Liang Ying greeted.
Lin Lu put her purse on the desk, "Sister-in-law, I'm not in the mood to drink tea right now. Come and take a look. Something happened."
She opened her purse and took out two pairs of leggings.
Liang Ying saw that she was talking so seriously, so she hurried over. When she saw the leggings, she said in surprise, "What happened? Is there not enough fabric in the factory?"
"No, someone is selling leggings pretending to be our brand. People think they are ours, but when they get them, they find that they are not elastic, so they come to us to return them." Lin Lu said, "Touch this pair. I know it is not ours as soon as I touch it."
Liang Ying's face became serious. She picked up the pair that Lin Lu mentioned and touched it, and then tried to pull it to test the elasticity. The
most important thing about leggings is that they have good elasticity and cannot be loose. Liang Ying screened the fabrics when she selected them. They cannot be too tight or inelastic. If they are too tight, they are uncomfortable to wear, and if they are inelastic, they cannot outline the leg shape.
The price of this kind of fabric that is just right is naturally a little more expensive.
But the elasticity of this pair of pants is very poor. Although you can tell at a glance that they are new, you can see the problem as soon as you put them on. There is definitely not much spandex in the fabric.
"Look again, this is ours." Lin Lu pulled another pair next to it, "Ours is so elastic!"
"It's okay to sell fitness pants, but why use our brand and this kind of fabric." Liang Ying frowned, with some anger on her face.
Lin Lu clapped her hands: "That's the truth. If you want to make leggings, we won't say anything. Anyway, you make yours and we make ours. But this bastard from nowhere used our trademark to impersonate us, and sold inferior products as good ones. The price is still the same, but people return the goods to us. Don't you think this is not making us take the blame?"
"Are there many people returning goods now?"
Liang Ying asked.
Lin Lu said: "Not many at the moment, but there are 20 or 30 pieces. I didn't let anyone return them. I told them that the pants were not ours. But now there are few people and it's easier to reason with them. If there are too many people, it will be difficult to explain even if I am right." There is
a saying that it is difficult to offend public anger.
Although the pants were not from their Youyou company, how could a customer who had been deceived listen to your explanation calmly, especially if he thought it was real.
If this matter was not dealt with, it would be a big loss.
Liang Ying immediately made up her mind and called Guan Daya, "You take care of the factory, I will go out with Lin Lu."
"Okay, you go." Guan Daya has also developed some courage and is no longer as timid as before.
Liang Ying then took Lin Lu out and first asked the person who returned the pants where the pants were bought, and then asked the seller to find out the factory.
The seller was hesitant at first and didn't want to say where the goods were taken from.
Liang Ying was not a pushover, and immediately said, "Okay, if you don't tell me, we'll call the police. You can sell leggings, but you're using our name without our factory's permission, which is illegal. I'm calling the police now."
"No, no."
To put it bluntly, the seller was just greedy for a little bit of profit, and he was not willing to sacrifice himself for others. He turned pale and confessed honestly.
Liang Ying and Lin Lu took the address and found Changping District.
There are many factories in Changping District, and they were looking for a small clothing factory.
It was really a coincidence that they had just found the place when they saw a figure walking out from a distance.
Lin Lu pulled Liang Ying and quickly stepped aside, whispering, "Sister-in-law, isn't this your former neighbor Lin Lianhua? Why is she here?"
The clues in Liang Ying's mind suddenly came together.
From Lin Lianhua's previous actions at the textile factory, to Manager Wen's difficulties, to the current rampant counterfeit goods, "Maybe she is the one selling counterfeit goods!"
"She?" Lin Lu opened her mouth in surprise, "Impossible, isn't she working in the textile factory? Why is she here to steal our business?"
Liang Ying sneered, "She was a small leader before, so naturally she couldn't handle it, but now she has been demoted, how can she be interested in the few dozen yuan salary in the factory a month? Our business is booming and stable, why wouldn't she steal our business?"
"This, this is too shameless!"
Lin Lu stamped her feet in anger, "If she wants to sell leggings, let her sell hers, why use our trademark?"
"Wait a minute, let's find out if this factory is really producing it first?"
Liang Ying was very patient at this time.
She saw Lin Lianhua walking away, then she pulled Lin Lu over and whispered a few words. Lin Lu suddenly realized and said, "Sister-in-law, you are thoughtful. Let's go now."
The two went directly to the door, pretending to wholesale leggings, and bought five pairs first. What's more, the price of the factory was really cheap, only fifteen yuan, which was five yuan cheaper than their factory price.
After taking the item back to the factory, Liang Ying and Lin Lu opened it and saw without a doubt that it was the fake product.
"Sister-in-law, if they continue to do this, our brand will be ruined by them." Lin Lu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
The Yoyo brand of leggings is very famous now. If these fake products are sold, people will not think that they bought fakes, but will only think that their brand is of poor quality.
If this impression is left, the factory will have no business.
Lin Lu frowned and suddenly stood up. "How about we lower the price a bit to attract those second-hand dealers and retailers who buy fake goods?"
Liang Ying thought for a moment, then shook her head. "No, if we lower the price, they will definitely lower the price too. They use inferior quality materials and the cost is not high. We have no advantage in competing with them. Moreover, if we start a price war, we must be prepared to burn money and lose money to attract publicity. We can't do such a thing."
Although Lin Lu was anxious, she also knew that what Liang Ying said made sense.
She scratched her hair, "Then let's call the police and sue them, okay?"
Liang Ying sighed helplessly, "What are you suing? Our country doesn't have any laws in this regard. They are using our brand, but this is not illegal."
Lin Lu opened her mouth, "Not illegal? This, this means that if others use our brand indiscriminately, we can only suffer the consequences."
Lin Lu was young and hot-tempered after all, and she was so angry that her body trembled when she said this.
Liang Ying said, "Don't be angry first, I'll go back and see if I can think of a way to solve this problem."
"Okay, sister-in-law, if you have anything for me to do, just tell me," Lin Lu gritted her teeth and said, "If it really doesn't work, let's put Lin Lianhua in a sack and beat her up!"
Liang Ying's lips twitched.
She finally saw that Lin Lu and Shanhu were really a couple, and both of them had explosive tempers.
"It's not time to come to that. We can't sacrifice ourselves for such a person."
She tried her best to calm Lin Lu down, but she kept thinking about it on the way home and became angrier and angrier.
Even Gu Yinxing, who was not very tactful, could see that her sister-in-law was unhappy. Seeing her come back, she quickly poured her tea, "Sister-in-law, have some tea. Are you hungry? Mom is cooking. It will be ready soon."
"I'm not hungry." Liang Ying took the cup and took a sip, but her stomach was growling.
Gu Yinxing smiled and said, "You are not hungry yet. I heard all the noise. Eat some cake to fill your stomach. I just bought it. I originally thought it would be a snack after dinner. It doesn't matter if we eat it now."
She went to get the cake, cut it into four pieces, and gave one to each of the four women in the Gu family.
Gu Yousi loved chestnut cake. While eating, she asked, "Mom, didn't you eat it today?"
Liang Ying then remembered that she really didn't eat it at noon.
She held her stomach, "I was so angry that I forgot to eat."
"Who made you angry? Was it the people below who were making trouble?" Gu Yinxing asked with concern, "If you need help, just let me know and I'll be your thug."
Liang Ying was amused and felt better.
When she told them about the fake goods, Gu Yinxing and Gu Yousi were furious.
Gu Yinxing clenched his fist and bit the spoon. "Lin Lianhua is too shameless. Why does she still use our brand?"
"She is sure that we can't do anything to her."
Liang Ying said helplessly: "I read legal books before opening the factory. We really don't have any regulations in this regard."
Let alone brands, even self-employed businesses have only gradually become legal in recent years. In the early years, households with tens of thousands of yuan were arrested and imprisoned. This person is doing business with integrity. Even if he is imprisoned, he has no place to seek justice.
How can they seek justice for such a small matter?
When Gu Yinxing heard that this was the case, he became even more angry.
Gu Yousi was eating cake when she suddenly said, "Mom, Auntie Lin sells clothes, so does she have to pay taxes? What kind of taxes does she have to pay? Our teacher said that all businesses have to pay taxes to the country!"
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