It seemed that they were after the Xu’s Liuyue Su.
The Xu’s Liuyue Su sold like hotcakes throughout the entire southern city, naturally drawing envious eyes.
However, the Liuyue Su produced in Xu Niannian’s factory was her exclusive secret recipe; different workshops in the factory handled different steps of the process.
Every employee in the factory underwent strict training, each learned only one step, so even if someone tried to copy it, they couldn’t replicate the Liuyue Su perfectly.
After leaving Sun Qiang’s company, Xu Niannian told Sun Qiang that she would handle the matter as soon as possible.
With the information provided by Sun Qiang, Xu Niannian and Xu Zhiqiang, among others, didn’t return to the hotel but went straight to a nearby agent whose business had been snatched away by the low-priced Liuyue Su.
In fact, it was just a small shop, but it specialized in selling Liuyue Su.
Although the taste of the Liuyue Su from this shop wasn’t as good as those produced in Xu Niannian’s factory, its lower price and the quickly growing fame of Liuyue Su made it acceptable to a portion of the population.
Because the procurement cost was low, the shop owner could sell at a relatively cheap price, and despite a noticeable difference in taste, customers with slightly lower budgets could still accept it.
This was exactly what Xu Niannian found disgusting about this manufacturer.
If it were just a competition with a similar product, that would be healthy competition, but this manufacturer purely disgusted people.
The same packaging, the same name, the same appearance.
They offered lower prices, so those with lesser means could tolerate the difference in taste and preferred to buy these instead.
It was easy to steal these parts of the market.
However, those with better means, who didn’t mind the price and only cared about the taste, would lose interest in Xu Niannian’s Liuyue Su due to the difference in flavor.
They might even develop a repulsion against Xu’s Liuyue Su, believing it to be a cut in quality due to not knowing that these were counterfeit products and consequently would stop buying them.
Therefore, it had to be resolved.
Arriving at the small shop, Xu Niannian carried in the counterfeited Liuyue Su.
Xu Zhiqiang followed behind. Now, he and Xu Erhong had clear divisions of labor within the company; Xu Erhong managed internal affairs, while he was in charge of external matters.
He handled most of these sorts of collaborative issues, which is why he needed to learn from Xu Niannian how to deal with problems like these.
A young girl was tending the shop.
Seeing someone approach, she greeted warmly, "Hello, what can I help you with?" Updates are released by novel•fire.net
This store sold Liuyue Su as well as some fruits and other goods.
As Xu Niannian walked in, her eyes lit up, and she murmured subconsciously, "Wow, what a beautiful lady."
"Hello, is the store owner present?" Xu Niannian asked.
The shop belonged to the girl’s father.
Hearing Xu Niannian’s question, she snapped back to reality and said, "This shop is owned by my family. Miss, anything you need, you can tell me directly."
Hearing this, Xu Niannian placed the previously obtained Liuyue Su on the counter.
"I come from the factory of Xu’s Liuyue Su. Huashang Company is our Xu’s Liuyue Su’s exclusive distributor in this city. You have been purchasing from Huashang’s stores before, but recently, there have been customer complaints claiming that the Liuyue Su sold here had a major deviation in taste. We’ve come to understand the situation."
Huashang Company was indeed Sun Qiang’s company.
Besides wholesaling to these agents, Sun Qiang also operated several large stores dedicated to retailing Liuyue Su.
But these second-tier agents had developed the practice of acquiring their goods directly from Huashang Company’s warehouse.