Chapter 49: Cracking Down on Fakes

On the seventh night of the overseas trip, a trending search titled "Yue Mo Media Suppresses Local Specialties" appeared.

After a full day of shopping, Tyrannosaurus Rex—who had bought a pile of local specialties for his parents—opened a livestream, ready to introduce everyone to what was available here, only to be @-mentioned by someone first.

"Tyrannosaurus Rex, hurry and notify President Liu. Something's happened with Yue Mo Media."

Tyrannosaurus Rex was completely bewildered.

"What's going on?"

The livestream viewers said hurriedly: "Look at the trending searches."

Tyrannosaurus Rex quickly pulled out his phone, and after seeing the trending search, let out a roar: "Which heartless bastard is spreading rumors?"

"Our President Liu is a great, great person."

In Liu Yue's room, Liu Yue stared at the trending search with a dark expression.

Earlier that day, a female streamer named Dayu had been vigorously attacking Yue Mo Media during her product-selling livestream.

This streamer named Dayu sold potato noodles, corn noodles, and sweet potato noodles produced by rural households themselves.

Three yuan for ten packs—cheap and delicious.

Her main pitch was carving out a path for Northeast farmers.

She also took a swipe at Liu Yue's Yue Mo Media along the way, saying Yue Mo Media didn't care about Northeast farmers at all—they'd set up a physical trade market with a condition that only products they approved could enter, making it even harder for ordinary people's goods to sell.

By the end of one livestream, she'd criticized Yue Mo Media into the ground.

At the end, she even disparaged Ms. Wenya, saying that as a sturdy Northeast woman herself, she despised Ms. Wenya's type of scheming green tea bitch—someone who only knew how to live off men every day, not a new-era woman at all.

She also hinted, openly and subtly, that tax evasion was rampant in showbiz, and who knew if a green tea bitch like Ms. Wenya was involved too.

After watching the whole thing, Liu Yue's face was pitch black.

Shen Mo, standing behind Liu Yue, was completely stunned.

【No way, is this female streamer who looks like a rough guy and calls herself Dayu mentally ill?】

【What did Yue Mo Media and Ms. Wenya ever do to her? She's going straight for the jugular.】

【But what's even more ridiculous is—we set up a trade market, we do streamer product endorsements, we don't sell stuff from those little workshops. What's it got to do with her?】

【Shit, I really want to destroy her.】

【We should send Grandpa over to give her a beating.】

Shen Mo was very angry, very furious.

Liu Yue listened and felt very pleased—her husband's cursing sounded good.

The more this incident dragged on, the bigger it got, but Liu Yue didn't respond right away. Ms. Wenya also called and said to ignore her.

In the evening, everyone went out together for a late-night snack.

The next day, just as they were about to board the bus, Wilson had someone load up plenty of honey for everyone.

"It's all pure natural, pure wild honey."

"Take it with you to eat."

Ms. Wenya held the honey and covered her mouth, giggling.

After getting on the bus, Ms. Wenya finally explained that Wilson was learning their country's etiquette—giving guests something to take when they leave.

Aunt Chen and Tyrannosaurus Rex and the others quickly asked Ms. Wenya what to do about that female streamer named Dayu.

Ms. Wenya shrugged and said with a relaxed smile: "Let the bullet fly for a while."

Ms. Qin Hao gave a contemptuous snort.

Although she didn't know what the other party was thinking, trying to climb up by stepping on them—she'd better be prepared for bad luck.

When Liu Yue and the others got off the plane, the online uproar had grown even bigger.

Because that morning, female streamer Dayu had even more Northeast local specialties on sale.

This time, she'd added mountain ginseng, goji berries, and so on, plus potato noodles, corn noodles, instant corn, pre-made dishes, and the like—all selling extremely well.

Every single product could be called a massive hit.

Seeing there was no response from the night before, this streamer named Dayu mocked them even more, directly saying Liu Yue and the others had chickened out, afraid of her, this female streamer who stood up for ordinary people.

Because behind her stood thousands upon thousands of farmers.

Shen Mo saw the screen recording on his phone and immediately complained in his heart. 【This is just too stupid.】

【This behavior is too absurd—how did she even survive to adulthood?】

【Livestreaming really is a magical thing—it lets all kinds of absurd people step forward.】

In the end, Shen Mo shook his head and said no more, because Ms. Wenya and Ms. Liu Yue had ordered that none of their streamers were allowed to respond online.

Those who should stream should stream, those who should rest should rest—no need to pay attention to any of this.

If the livestream rooms got raided, just endure it.

Anyone needing compensation for losses should contact Ms. Wenya.

Hearing this, even the good-looking streamers who had to do PK battles and stream every day said the boss was joking—where would they need compensation?

After returning, Ms. Wenya waved her hand grandly and continued giving her people time off; anyone who wanted to work got a bonus added.

She didn't care about this small amount of money anyway.

Meanwhile, Liu Yue got busy—she and Aunt Chen had to go pick out some products for livestream selling.

Some of Grandpa's friends and some of Aunt Wenya's friends all sent messages asking if they needed them to step in.

Even the general manager and the behind-the-scenes boss of the livestream platform asked Aunt Wenya to just say the word if she needed them—they could crush that streamer named Dayu at any time.

What kind of thing is she, daring to make a move against their goddess, their white moonlight.

Shen Mo also followed Liu Yue around for product selection, shuttling back and forth across the three Northeast provinces.

With Grandpa, this local fixture, and the official endorsement of Erbin, other cities in the three Northeast provinces were also very cooperative.

They all rolled out their strictly selected products.

After this broadcast, Liu Yue received dozens of carefully selected products that had passed market review and were of excellent quality.

So many that Liu Yue couldn't eat them all and had to share some with the streamers at Hao Ya Media.

But we're all family, so nobody minded.

When Liu Yue negotiated with the officials, she didn't squeeze the prices of these products; instead, she compressed her own profit margin.

Liu Yue also told her streamers frankly that what was being compressed was the profit margin for the streamers and the company — meaning that for the same products, they would earn less than streamers at other companies. They could choose not to earn it.

The result was that the internet celebrities and streamers under her banner all eagerly joined in. They sold, and they did so willingly.

Because many of the streamers were locals from the three northeastern provinces, their enthusiasm made them want to do something real for their hometown.

How much face would that bring? If the sales took off, they might even get a seat of honor at the New Year's dinner table.

Some of the good-looking female internet celebrities with killer figures even clung to Liu Yue's leg crying when Liu Yue and Shen Mo visited the company. "Boss, have mercy on me! Give me the corn and sweet potato sales, I'll sell them!"

"As long as you give me the corn and sweet potato sales, I'll do anything you want."

That look in their eyes gave Shen Mo an instant sense of crisis.

【These women want to steal my job.】

In the end, Liu Yue had no choice but to agree to them.

During the half-month that Liu Yue and Shen Mo were running back and forth selecting products, the Dayu female streamer became increasingly impressive, selling more and more.

Then...

The famous anti-counterfeit streamer, professional anti-counterfeiter Mr. Hai, posted a video.

"I've been busting counterfeits for decades, and riding the internet wave made me a multi-millionaire. But I've never gone after certain major corporations for counterfeits — guess why?"

"Because there's simply nothing fake to bust."

"So from the very beginning, I trusted Boss Liu and Boss Wen's character."

"So I successfully cashed in on this wave of massive traffic."

"The Dayu streamer who calls herself a farmer's daughter — the potato flour, corn flour, corn noodles, and wild ginseng you sell have been tested, and they don't contain a single bit of potato, corn, or ginseng. It's all synthetic."

"The meat in the pre-made meals you sell is all rotten meat. Let me ask you — does your conscience bother you?"

"Just wait and pay up."

(End of chapter)