What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 129 Local Protection (5k)

Yu Xing thinks the "Meidi Purple Clay Pot" is a small problem.

Therefore, his "Bai Xiaosheng" account did not take the job, but was released by the user himself. The account only helped calculate the auspicious time and suggested March 3th.

Perhaps because of the special timing, or perhaps because of the aftermath of the "Tang Jun incident," this story attracted quite a bit of attention on the Bai Xiaosheng website, and was then reposted by NetEase on the evening of the 15th.

This matter is not complicated.

Meidi Zisha Pot claims that its products are made of pure Zisha, but in fact they are just ordinary clay processed with chemical raw materials.

The anonymous user's revelation was quite comprehensive, naming two suppliers, discussing the cost of real purple clay, releasing photos of the raw clay used in the inner liner, and some of the upstream processes.

Yu Xing even received more content involving some contracts, but after considering it, he did not let Shi Xinhui post it.

According to Shi Xinhui, this kind of purple clay pot has actually become an unspoken rule in the industry, because Yixing has regulated the mining of purple clay, the prices of related products have skyrocketed, and this industry chain has quickly heated up.

The popularity of purple clay pot is far less than that of Working Emperor.

Bai Xiaosheng used his own data to observe that the popularity of the Working Emperor is 10, while the popularity of the purple clay pot is less than 2.

As for how much popularity can spread beyond the circle, it is difficult to estimate at the moment.

But Yu Xing thought this was not bad, and it was a good start of a mechanism. What's more... there was "Xu Xin under pressure" waiting in line behind Zisha Pot.

But, unexpectedly, things took some strange turns.

At nine o'clock in the morning on March 3, Bai Xiaosheng's company phone received a call from Mei Di, which was then transferred to Yu Xing.

"You are the person in charge of the website, right? The content of the posts on your website is fictitious and slanders our products. I now require you to delete them immediately, then clarify and eliminate the related impact!" The voice on the other end of the phone was a bit loud.

"I'm Yu Xing, the president of Bai Xiaosheng." Yu Xing was very polite. "What's your name? What department of Meidi are you from?"

"Yu Xing, delete the post immediately. This problem is easy to solve!" The person on the other end did not disclose his identity.

"So, did your company have this incident? Also, who are you? Who are you in Mei Di Company?" Yu Xing asked patiently, "I can't just answer a call, oh, this is your private phone number, and then do something casually? Mei Di is a big company, is there such a thing..."

The person on the other end of the line interrupted: "You also know that we are a big company!"

Yu Xing frowned: "Now I need to know who you are..."

The other party interrupted again: "What you need to know now is that you will be held legally responsible!"

"So, are Meidi's purple clay pots made of purple clay?" Yu Xing asked simply.

There was a brief silence of three seconds on the other end of the phone, and then the call ended.

Yu Xing put down the phone and frowned. Although the other party did not reveal his identity, he should really be from Meidi.

However, this attitude towards solving the problem seems less friendly and professional.

Or maybe they have successfully solved problems in this way before.

Yu Xing has no filter for big companies now. Without mentioning the personal experiences of the bosses, from last year to now, there have been layoffs at Xicheng, emperors who have fallen from power, and listed companies that have committed fraud...

Anything can happen.

Yu Xing looked at the revelations again, thought for a while, and first informed Lu Haiying, Song Yufeng, and Kong Huilin of the content of the phone call, and then contacted Shi Xinhui who posted the anonymous message.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he asked this question, the other side sent a message back.

"Doctor, I just asked my leader, I said I saw the website mentioned the company's purple clay pot issue, and then the leader told me not to worry, saying that someone has already solved this problem."

"Doctor, will the website protect user privacy?"

"Hey, Doc, you guys don't want to give my name to the company, right?"

Shi Xinhui was worried that the two companies would communicate and then he would be sold.

He was indeed inspired by Dr. Yu to do this, but now he suddenly felt a little scared.

Yu Xing stared at the three private messages, frowned and thought for a while before replying: "Don't worry, if your information is released, our website will not be able to continue."

He had just replied to this message when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Yu Xing didn't catch the idea, he just felt his scalp tingling, and quickly asked: "What was your leader's attitude when you asked him? Was he very sure? Or was he hesitant or comforting?"

Two minutes later, Shi Xinhui replied: "From his tone, I can hear that he is quite confident."

Yu Xing's alertness suddenly increased!

I think of the purple clay pot as a trivial matter, but the target may not think so!

His mind suddenly recalled his previous conversation with Xu Xin.

——I’m afraid you’re too sharp.

It's broken! Are you trying to tear down my bathroom?!

Yu Xing hurriedly got up, opened the office door, and called Lu Haiying in.

He asked his second-in-command to watch the conversation on the screen while he himself was walking around in circles thinking.

At the end of the day, Bai Xiaosheng is still just a small website. If it can’t solve the problem, shouldn’t it solve the problem for the person who raised the problem?

Yu Xing lowered his expectations and began to “not be afraid”.

"Brother, this..." After reading these conversations, Lu Haiying said hesitantly, "Will they give us a lawyer's letter? Sue us?"

"No, I'm worried that someone from another place will come to handle it." Yu Xing expressed his meaning.

Lu Haiying stood up all of a sudden: "Brother, go out and hide first. I'll go call Song Yufeng and ask him to sit in the office!"

Yu Xing hesitated for two seconds, then shook his head and said, "Don't do it yet."

Then, he added: "Call me later."

He looked at the second-in-command and said seriously, "Sit down first, don't panic."

Lu Haiying took several deep breaths, and only then did he come up with an optimistic idea: "Brother, this is still speculation. We are so far apart."

"Transportation is so advanced now." Yu Xing was unwilling to be optimistic at this time. "Besides, some things are prone to local protectionism. The attitude in the previous phone call was quite arrogant. This doesn't seem like a normal way of communication to solve problems."

Lu Haiying chose to trust her senior brother's judgment and said again: "Then you go down first. If there is any situation in the company, I can contact you by phone at any time."

"We don't know what's going on right now, but we can't take it lightly. Sometimes, in addition to simple local protectionism, there are also some messy things in the middle, which makes it even more complicated." Yu Xing had a solution in his mind, "Since it may be local protectionism, then you should contact the uncle in Yixing now."

Lu Haiying repeated: "From Yixing?"

Her eyes lit up. Use local protectionism to hedge against local protectionism!
Because of this purple clay pot, the company also learned about the relevant background. Yixing is known as the "Hometown of Purple Clay". It is also because of the protection of Yixing in previous years that the price of purple clay has increased, and the prices of related products have also increased, which has created a huge profit margin.

Two years ago, Wuxi also implemented regulations to protect purple clay.

Bai Xiaosheng has pinned the issue of fake purple clay this time, and he can indeed deal with Yixing.

Yu Xing paced in the office: "We don't know whether this is true or not, just pretend it is true and ask Yixing to send someone. Besides, we have already contacted the media to report on the counterfeiting of purple clay in China. Now we are facing resistance. Oh, yes, you can say that you are from Jiangsu and are contributing to the protection of purple clay."

His mind has become clear: "Then, you contact the Zisha Protection Chamber of Commerce over there, tell them about this matter, and mention the 315 column. Well, our own 315, no need to go into so much detail, just mention 315."

"If, I mean if, the worst happens, no, no, don't let it happen. Once someone comes from another place, set a shortcut on your phone to find our local uncle. There needs to be a procedure for other places."

Lowering expectations requires a procedure, but I don’t know whether it will be followed or not.

Yu Xing finally said, "If people from Yixing come and the situation is not as bad as we expected, then we will treat them to a meal and promote a Zisha Dialogue on our website to help promote it and remind our graduates that they are timid."

Lu Haiying quickly went over it in her mind to make sure she had memorized it.

"Okay, you organize the wording and go make the contact." Yu Xing thought for a moment and said, "I'll call Xu Xin and let her know. In case it doesn't work, in case Yixing doesn't send anyone and the local authorities allow it, she will definitely have a better solution than us."

At this time, Lv Haiying said: "Our legal team must be formed immediately!"

Yu Xing deeply agreed with this. After returning from the Chinese New Year, he was busy implementing the A round of funding and the company's operations. Legal affairs cannot be left to the last minute and must be taken seriously.

He saw the second-in-command leave the office, thought briefly, called Xu Xin, and described the situation. "You thought of me now?" Xu Xin said after listening, "Why don't you contact IDG, Jiuding, Jingwei, and Qiming?"

Yu Xing said calmly, "After my last conversation with Mr. Xu, my impression of him has changed a lot. Capital Today is our top priority for our Series B financing, no doubt about it!"

Xu Xin couldn't help but laughed and scolded: "Mr. Yu, you don't have to be like this. I invested in Bai Xiaosheng because I am optimistic about it. I think you don't have to worry too much. Meidi is still good."

"I'm not too worried about Mei Di. I'm worried about Mei Di's subsidiary." Yu Xing said with a little worry, "It's a subsidiary of household electrical appliances. I'm also afraid that some people will turn a blind eye and acquiesce."

Xu Xin hesitated for a moment and said, "That makes sense. Okay, I'll help keep an eye on it. You just bear the pressure first."

Yu Xing found that he really had to put his words of bearing pressure into practice.

After the call ended, he thought about it and decided to call his uncle in the jurisdiction with whom he had left his phone number before the New Year. He did not mention the possibility of being in another place, but only reported the fraudulent incident revealed by the website.

My uncle didn't comment, but just said that he knew about the matter and routinely asked the website operators to comply with laws and regulations.

Yu Xing readily agreed and went over the relevant information again, hoping that he was just being too sensitive.

After a while, Lu Haiying hurried in and said, "Brother, I contacted Yixing and the Chamber of Commerce. Both sides said that they would have to see the situation and then report back. The Chamber of Commerce is willing to provide help."

Yu Xing nodded and said nothing.

The two people stared at each other.

After a moment, Yu Xing also said suspiciously: "Maybe I really am overthinking it."

"If that doesn't work, brother, you should go and do the marketing first." Lu Haiying suggested positively.

Yu Xing lit a cigarette, paced back and forth, and after a while he said, "I asked Xu Xin before, and she said that sometimes she was bold and sometimes she was timid. The situation that alerted me today is sometimes surprising and sometimes not surprising."

Lu Haiying didn't understand.

Yu Xing couldn't say much.

He thought for a moment and said, "Come on, let's go down together. I'll tell you about the latest news I received. Oh, it's suspected news, but it may involve investment from Capital Today. I'm also hesitant now."

Lu Haiying followed her senior brother downstairs.

The two of them didn't walk far, they just walked and talked along the road.

After seeing the news of the withdrawal yesterday, Yu Xing simply checked the situation of "Zhen Gongfu". Of course, the supply of spare ribs could not be found on the Internet, but he found a problem. The equity structure of this company was not very good, and it was a 50/50 structure.

Even with the investment from Capital Today, the founding team still holds an equal shareholding.

The two chatted for a while, and their tense nerves relaxed.

At this time, Lv Haiying suddenly received a text message. She took a look and said, "Brother, the people from Yixing have left and want to come to our website to ask about the fake purple sand."

That's for a valid reason.

Yu Xing nodded: "Yixing came to our place pretty quickly."

He continued to walk around downstairs for a while and simply chatted with the second-in-command about the company's recent situation.

And so it was another peaceful hour.

"Let's go, let's go up. Maybe I'm overthinking it." Yu Xing glanced at the headquarters and said with a smile, "If that's the case, we have to treat them to a good lunch at noon and be more sincere."

"Those are people from the Chamber of Commerce. Let us help them with some free advertising, which is the first step in developing revenue-generating business." Lu Haiying also felt relieved.

The two went upstairs talking and laughing.

At 12:15 in the morning, just five minutes after Yu Xing walked into the company, two strange men came in uninvited and in a serious manner.

"Who is Yu Xing? Let's go find him to find out more." The slightly fat stranger quickly showed his ID as soon as he entered the room, then put it away and asked the person involved.

Many employees couldn't help but turn their eyes to the boss who was just talking about business.

The strange man was very experienced and was able to control the person just by following their eyes.

Lu Haiying did not step forward to help, but slipped away with a nervous look.

Other people in the company were a little confused.

Song Yufeng, chairman of the steel company, had experience in taking on the responsibility, so he stood up and asked, "Where are you from? Where are you from?"

"Where are you from?" Yu Xing asked the same question, and stepped back. Seeing the cold eyes of the two men, he suddenly said loudly, "I am a returned overseas doctor. What do you want to do?"

The two men were stunned.

All the employees in the company looked at the boss in unison, and even Song Yufeng was stunned.

The slightly fat man asked in doubt: "Are you... a returned overseas doctor?"

Yu Xing pointed to his office and said confidently: "My doctorate degree certificate is hanging in the office!"

The fat man glanced at the people in the company and felt a little hesitant when he saw that they all nodded.

Yu Xing then said, "I will be interviewed by CCTV in two hours. Which unit are you from?"

The two men looked at each other and realized that things might not be going well today.

Song Yufeng had already protected the boss, and other employees also stood up one after another, creating invisible pressure.

After a short stalemate, the thin man said, "We are from Xupu, and we want to know some information from you. Don't be nervous, we just want to know the situation."

Kong Huilin said at this time: "Are you from Xupu? Not from Shencheng? Then your coming here does not comply with the regulations!"

The thin man forced a smile and said, "We are just trying to understand the situation. We are not planning to do anything. We are just trying to understand whether there are any problems with the content posted on your website. Have you verified it?"

Yu Xing already knew the problem at this time.

Among the two suppliers of Meidi purple clay pot inner liner named by "Shi Xinhui" this time, one of them, Guotai Ceramics, is located in Xupu, Huaihua.

Yu Xing didn't believe what the two people in front of him said. They just came up to control himself.

Similarly, he does not underestimate the power of the county. There are cases in this regard. Small places have complex networks and people are more enthusiastic to come here.

"To understand the situation, we need people from our jurisdiction to come over." Yu Xing said calmly, "They will be here soon, just wait, we believe in the facts."

The two men frowned at the same time and stared at the young man who was being protected.

At this moment, Lv Haiying, who had hurried out, ran in again, followed by people from the "Hometown of Zisha" who came to inquire about the situation.

Yu Xing breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he should be able to withstand the pressure this time.

When the people from Yixing saw that there really was a brother unit here, their expressions became serious, and the leader even directly asked the two about their intentions and procedures.

Before the two sides could communicate the results, the local uncle arrived.

"You...you..." The local uncle was a little speechless. He was a little surprised to receive a report call from the person in charge of Bai Xiaosheng in the morning. As expected, there is no such thing as a visit without a reason...

However, two groups of people came to deal with this matter...

The two people from Xupu were much more polite at this moment. The thin man emphasized again: "We just came to find Dr. Yu to understand some situations."

The local uncle was even more speechless: "Dr. Yu? Are you going to Dr. Yu to find out the situation?"

The thin man nodded and said, "Yes, after all, it involves our local companies. We need to inquire about the situation clearly. I happened to be on a business trip and was relatively close to here, so I came to ask Dr. Yu."

When the local uncle saw him calling him "doctor" all the time, he shook his head and said, "I think you don't understand the situation at all!"

He turned his head to look at Yu Xing who was silent, and said: "Okay, there won't be any problem. I understand the situation, that's all."

Yu Xing nodded calmly, as long as there is no problem.

Phew, it’s okay, I can handle the pressure.

But this matter cannot be borne by one person alone, other companies involved must also bear the pressure!

(End of this chapter)