manynovel Chapter 16 The All-Night Incident and the Counterfeit Crisis
Chapter 16 The All-Night Incident and the Counterfeit Crisis
Thanks to Raymond Lam, these two returned from their "hotel room" get-together and became the subject of jokes among their early shift colleagues.
Even Ye Chen's master, who was completely absorbed in cultivating immortality through online novels and oblivious to everything else, silently gave Ye Chen a thumbs up and said mysteriously, "Brother Chen must have been exhausted last night. Look, he's even walking a little unsteadily."
Aya blushed and said, "Don't talk nonsense. We went to the Youth Internet Cafe all night last night."
Ye Chen looked at Aya and thought to himself, "You're being too shy. Are you doing this on purpose?" He was speechless and turned to his master, saying, "I didn't sleep all night last night. Where did I get the energy?"
Everyone shouted in unison: "All night!"
Zhong Liang casually added, "Staying up all night, huh? Youth is truly wonderful!"
Joking aside, no one took it seriously. Chen Jiao was the only one who believed them, and seemed quite interested in spending the night at an internet cafe, asking, "Brother Chen, when are you going to take me to an internet cafe for an all-nighter? I've never been before!"
Everyone in the shop was amused by Chen Jiao's words. Zhong Liang said to Ye Chen with a serious face, "Whatever you do, don't take Chen Jiao out all night, or President Chen will beat you to death!"
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DaDi Digital's relentless promotions made HuaYu Digital's Nokia counter a stepping stone. Ye Chen learned from customers that DaDi Digital's current sales tactic is: "You can go to HuaYu Digital across the street and compare prices!"
This is the ultimate way to kill someone by destroying their spirit.
Ye Chen didn't even have the right to participate in this game; he could only be a spectator.
Initially, Aya would organize them to fight back, using the most clumsy method—informing customers that you get what you pay for, and that the price of counterfeit goods cannot be compared with that of genuine products.
Such a counterattack does not result in mutual destruction. Huayu has fallen into a vicious cycle of slandering its opponent and bullying its customers, while Dadi has taken this opportunity to reach a higher level.
Forced to turn to selling cheap knock-off phones, Zhong Liang found himself in an even more precarious situation without the support of a brand.
Da Di started creating public opinion in the management circles of major shoe factories, saying that if you want to buy junk in Kuala Lumpur, you should go to Huayu Digital, which is the headquarters of counterfeit phones and the recycling dump of junk.
As it turns out, Da Di's methods were underhanded, but the results were surprisingly good.
Helpless, Mr. Liao had no choice but to downsize the store to reduce expenses. Huayu, which had six storefronts, was reduced to four, and a new Wallace restaurant opened next to Huayu.
Despite the hardships, the opening of Wallace was good news for Huayu's employees. Thanks to General Manager Liao's efforts, the Wallace store manager delivered a stack of employee meal coupons on opening day, with a shredded chicken for 6 yuan and a burger and cola combo for 6 yuan.
When Dadi employees came to Wallace for a meal, Huayu employees retaliated by giving them a look as if they were easy targets.
The business downturn hastened Yue Sheng and Shuang Jie's departure. The couple, who originally planned to leave at the end of April, moved up their plans by ten days.
The morning before Yue Sheng left, an uninvited guest came to the shop.
A customer who bought a knock-off phone, speaking with a strong Henan accent, shouted as he entered, "Everyone said your store was a garbage dump, but I didn't believe it. Now I'm sure I've really bought some junk!"
"I'm so sorry, sir. Is there something wrong with the phone?" Ye Chen greeted the customer and led him to the customer service back office.
As soon as he arrived at the sales back office, the man slammed his hand on the table with a loud bang, startling the customers and sales staff in the store.
Ye Chen quickly closed the glass door of the sales back office, poured a glass of water for the customer, and reassured him, "I'm very sorry for the bad experience. Please calm down and have some water."
"This phone of yours, I only used it for three days and it's already dead!" The man plopped down on the sofa, his voice calm and unhurried, as if his anger had subsided considerably, and placed the phone on the sales desk.
"Please wait a moment, let me check your phone first," Ye Chen said, picking up the phone from the table and pressing the power button, but there was no response.
Ye Chen flipped the phone over, removed the back cover and took out the battery, only to find that the light blue network access license on the motherboard had become even lighter, leading him to initially conclude that the phone had been exposed to water.
Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief, his thumbnail gently gliding through the seam of the shell, silently removing the back shell.
The waterproof label in the lower right corner was bright red, confirming that the phone had been exposed to water, but it wasn't a quality issue. Ye Chen asked softly, "Brother, did your phone get wet, or did it get wet in your pocket yesterday when it rained?"
"What? Water in? I didn't leave the store all day yesterday! This shop, selling junk, is trying to throw dirty water on me?!" the customer said angrily.
Ye Chen ignored his words, pointed to the waterproof label, and said calmly, "Brother, don't worry! Look, the waterproof label here has turned red, and the color of the network access permit here has also faded. This could be caused by dampness, it doesn't necessarily mean that water got in."
"I don't know anything about these things. Anyway, I bought the phone from you just three days ago. You can tell me what to do, I'm fine with exchanging it for a new one or returning it." The man changed the subject.
With that, Ye Chen felt more confident and said sincerely, "Brother, the phone was sold from our store, so we won't shirk responsibility since it's broken. We need to figure out the cause before we can handle it, right?"
Without waiting for the man's reply, Ye Chenma deftly concluded, "If it's waterlogged, the warranty is void. To be frank, if the circuit board is burned, the cost of repairing this machine out of pocket isn't much; it's practically the same as buying a new one. Let's take it to the repair station and have a technician take a look and try cleaning it to see if he can fix it."
"You kid, you're beating around the bush. Aren't you just trying to say this machine got waterlogged? It was in this terrible state when I took it from you! Look, it says 'ten times the compensation' in black and white. You're selling junk to fool people, you owe me money!" the Henan man roared, then slammed his hand on the table and grabbed Ye Chen's tie with one hand.
At that moment, Yue Sheng pushed the door open and entered, grabbing the man's wrist and saying, "Let go!"
Chen Jiao stood by the glass door, nodded to Ye Chen, and then closed the door. Aya and Zhong Liang stood at the cashier.
After the man released his grip, Yue Sheng said forcefully, "Hello, sir. Please don't cause trouble. You can keep this machine, and we'll send it to a professional agency for testing. If it's water damage, there will be no warranty service."
He paused for a moment, then said, "Of course, if the problem isn't too serious, we'll fix it for you and make a record of it, without charging you any fees."
At this point, the man started arguing and spewing profanities again.
Zhong Liang pushed the door open and said to Ye Chen, "Chen, you go out first and lock the door."
Ye Chen was taken aback, and Yue Sheng waved for Ye Chen to leave. Ye Chen had no choice but to leave, and then the blackout curtain in the sales backstage was lowered, from which came a loud argument.
Then came a series of sounds of tables and chairs being knocked over...
As the sirens blared, Yue Sheng, Zhong Liang, and the man were taken away by their uncles.