[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981":3,"chapter-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-247":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","That Year, the Flowers Bloomed in 1981",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2294665,4489,"Chapter 247: Everyone","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-247",247,"\u003Cp>“Xiao Ye, you guessed right again—recently, someone did go to the Trademark Bureau to try registering the Fenghua brand. Luckily, you were prepared.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng hurriedly found Li Ye, and upon seeing him, expressed his admiration as if it were an endless river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye’s gaze turned sharp, and he asked coldly, “Have you found out who it is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng shook his head. “They didn’t say. Just telling us this much is already more than enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not saying means the relationship isn’t strong enough,” Li Ye said coolly. “Go see them again soon—don’t be stingy. Strengthen the connection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng paused, suddenly realizing that the usually easygoing Li Ye was truly angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng immediately said, “Alright, in a few days I’ll go back myself. But Xiao Ye, is this really that serious?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone in the country knows Fenghua Clothing is ours. Even if someone steals the trademark, we just go to them—they’ll hand it back willingly. We’re in the right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye smiled. “We are in the right, but they’re thinking about how to exploit the law. When they cite legal statutes, who do you think the Trademark Bureau will side with?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China” was passed on August 23, 1982, by the 24th session of the Fifth Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Trademark Bureau under the State Council’s Administration for Industry and Commerce oversees nationwide trademark registration and management; local administrations supervise trademark usage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the state has long had clear regulations regarding trademark registration and use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in 1983, few people in mainland China understood the legal nature of trademarks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, in the more developed commercial West, stories of “small ideas yielding great wealth” constantly stirred the nerves of the “clever ones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, China also had its capable people—later generations would specialize in “preemptive registration,” and many well-known enterprises fell victim repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye had heard too many such inspiring tales in his past life. Now that he himself had become the target, his vigilance was at its peak—he wouldn’t give anyone an opening. But now that someone had targeted him, he felt uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was uneasy, no one else would get peace either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then if you put it that way, I get it—if the Trademark Bureau sides with us, what’s the point of having them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng suddenly understood and hurried off to mend ties, only to see Li Dayong cycling over like a bolt of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng laughed. “Hey, Da Yong, did your wife run off or something? You’re acting like a monkey on fire!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Dayong broke up with Lin Qiuyan, the brothers got him out for a proper celebration and gave him sincere blessings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So for the past few days, Jin Peng had been teasing him about it. Despite Li Dayong’s bulky frame, he could only grimace helplessly before Jin Peng’s average build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, Li Dayong had no patience for Jin Peng’s jokes. Seeing the two, he rushed over: “Peng Ge, we’re about to have our nest robbed, and you’re still joking with me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you talking about?” Jin Peng chuckled. “Only bandits have nests! Are you a bandit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Dayong swallowed hard and quickly said, “A few days ago, several students at our school claimed they had connections to buy scarce Fenghua brand clothes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought they had ties at the Department Store, but I knew our goods hadn’t arrived yet, so I didn’t pay much attention.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But today, suddenly, many students at school bought Fenghua brand clothes. I went to check—it was fake. They claimed it was a special student discount from Pengcheng Factory Seven.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I tried to stop them, but the students cursed me out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Dayong spoke, Jin Peng’s smile faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, Li Ye had asked Jin Peng and Li Dayong to contact major schools to promote Fenghua Clothing with student discounts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But things hadn’t gone as smoothly as Li Ye imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teachers, being conservative, discouraged such superficial “external beauty” and preferred to uphold the traditional virtues of frugality and simplicity among future pillars of society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet students were highly interested in buying the popular Fenghua clothes at discounted prices, so Li Ye eventually compromised—he told Jin Peng and Li Dayong to abandon official channels and use grassroots promotion instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News that Fenghua Clothing would launch a student-exclusive sale spread rapidly across campuses. Eventually, promotions would be held at a few malls where Pengcheng Factory Seven had outlets—or simply in open areas around schools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frugality and simplicity were indeed fine traditions, but the desire for beauty had always existed. Pengcheng Factory Seven offered the best prices, so Li Ye saw nothing wrong with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now someone was using Pengcheng Factory Seven’s promotion to launch counterfeit goods directly—this was “too clever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng’s face darkened as he asked Li Dayong, “Didn’t you ask those students who they bought from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t even mention it, Peng Ge,” Li Dayong snapped. “Before I could even ask, they looked at me like I was their enemy, saying those clothes were exclusive for students and different from regular Fenghua brand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The students who bought them looked at me strangely too—I couldn’t explain myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because I can’t prove anything! You’ve got to go with the official seal and clear this up right away, or our reputation will be ruined.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand, Da Yong. Don’t clash with those students. I’ll go to your school tomorrow and talk to the teachers—it’ll be resolved quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng, holding back his anger, told Li Dayong to go home first, then began thinking how to get revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was in charge of the Beijing market. Now that counterfeit goods had appeared, it was Li Dayong who discovered them first—he, as head of Sales and Distribution, couldn’t escape some negligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Ye said, “No, don’t go to the school yet. First, ask Hao Jian, then go to the campus and see for ourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not going through the school? Fine, let’s go check the situation first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Peng and Li Dayong were puzzled, but both now shared the same belief about Li Ye’s decisions—Li Ye was always right. If you thought he was wrong, you were mistaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three got into Jin Peng’s car and first called Hao Jian in Pengcheng to ask whether any defective products had leaked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pengcheng Factory Seven did sell “flawed goods,” since production yield could never reach 100%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those slightly flawed items mostly circulated through low-end channels and were popular with the masses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fenghua brand clothing, due to its high standards, strict requirements, and complex craftsmanship, had a much lower yield rate than ordinary garments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Ye had set a strict rule with Hao Jian: not a single flawed item from the Fenghua brand was allowed to leave the factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet recently, Fenghua had prioritized export orders, causing a severe market shortage. Someone might have been tempted by profit—this needed investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, Hao Jian, counterfeit Fenghua products have appeared on Beijing’s market. Has any of your factory’s goods leaked out through unofficial channels?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, absolutely not! If even one did, may I be struck by five thunderbolts!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the phone connected, Li Ye asked one question, and Hao Jian immediately swore an oath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, alright, I understand. Send over a batch of the new Doukou series as soon as possible—Beijing needs your support.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, of course! Two days—give me two days, I’ll personally escort the shipment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Hao Cuicui had taken Li Ye as her godfather, Hao Jian’s attitude toward him had become so enthusiastic that Li Ye found it uncomfortable—even a biological brother might not be this devoted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eliminating all possibilities from their side, Li Ye, Jin Peng, and Li Dayong went to Beijing Institute of Industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No one in our class bought fake clothes, but one of my classmates is on the track team—her teammates bought several pieces. Let’s ask them first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Dayong brought Jin Peng and Li Ye to the women’s dormitory and called for Shao Huimin to come down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Shao Huimin came down, Li Dayong whispered to her, “These are staff from Pengcheng Factory Seven. They’re secretly investigating the Fenghua brand issue. Can you help summon your teammates?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shao Huimin, initially surprised to see Li Ye, immediately asked with curiosity, “Are you here to investigate the fake Fenghua clothes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Dayong hurriedly said, “Don’t say that! We haven’t investigated yet! Didn’t you see how they cursed me out this morning?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph, do you even need to investigate?” Shao Huimin said. “I compared my clothes with theirs—the fabric, stitching, everything’s different.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thirty-six yuan for a set of sportswear sold for twenty-eight? No anti-counterfeit buttons or labels—what else could it be? They’re all stubborn, blind until they see the coffin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye said, “Classmate, we’re conducting a secret investigation. Please don’t publicize this—just quietly call them down. And don’t mention Li Dayong. Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem, I get it, I get it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shao Huimin mumbled as she hurried upstairs to call the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had seen the counterfeit Fenghua clothes on campus and noticed the differences at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could so many students who bought fakes admit they’d been fooled? So although Shao Huimin hadn’t been cursed like Li Dayong, she certainly felt unfairly treated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that someone was stepping in to expose the fraud, she was genuinely glad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after Shao Huimin went upstairs, Li Ye quietly said, “Da Yong, you go first. Jin Peng, don’t assume these are fakes. We’re here to trace the source—not to take responsibility.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Take responsibility? What’s it to us if they bought fakes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Jin Peng and Li Dayong were confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye whispered, “According to Da Yong, at least a hundred students bought counterfeit Fenghua clothes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you reveal the truth, where will those hundred students go to cry foul? And who will be held responsible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Dayong left quickly, thinking deeply—he understood a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jin Peng, after two years of experience, understood the tactics of certain departments all too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a hundred students were deceived, the school had to respond—it had to give an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would they hold accountable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the 1980s, there was a film called “The Black Gun Incident,” where people did only two things: prove it wasn’t their fault, and prove it was someone else’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two rules were still treated as ironclad laws decades later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me tell you a legendary example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small restaurant used an unlicensed, uncertified, uninspected gas cylinder, and an accident occurred. The owner couldn’t find the real culprit and was frantic—the compensation was astronomical, and he couldn’t possibly pay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then a wise man advised him—he firmly claimed he’d used a specific branded gas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The licensed gas distributor was immediately summoned, ordered to pay compensation on the spot, and demanded to give an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though experts later proved the distributor wasn’t at fault, the hassle and annoyance were unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if Pengcheng Factory Seven openly confronted this now, the blame might stick to them permanently—no way to shake it off, just inviting trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Pengcheng Factory Seven later launched an anti-counterfeit campaign, it should be the counterfeiters who came to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1875,"2026-06-20T05:05:01.382Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","044bc5c07226fa7fb36124dc9323bd66c511a331d7be8c1cc66cad961234c24c","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-248","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-246",884,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthat-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-cover.jpg"]