Could this be... a trap?
"Secretary Wen, here’s the situation. My roommate told me that her grandmother spent 200,000 yuan to buy a health robot launched by Rentang Medical Technology Group. Its functions seem to be similar to Big White, the medical health robot from Mist City Arts and Science University. At first, I thought that you guys from the University had authorized them to produce and sell it. But now, it looks like they’re weaving counterfeit versions of your medical health robot, Big White!"
Xu Jia replied to Wen Ruohan, feeling very angry inside.
She felt like a fool for being duped by Rentang Medical Technology Group.
Everything made sense to Xu Jia now. Since Mist City Arts and Science University did not authorize Rentang Medical Technology Group, it meant that Big White was not being sold to the public, so how could Rentang Medical Technology Group counterfeit it?
Without a doubt, she now understood perfectly. The Big White that Mist City Arts and Science University had given to her as a lottery prize, had been bought by Rentang Medical Technology Group.
Turns out, Rentang Medical Technology Group had been targeting her from the start, setting a trap, winning her trust over with their high-priced video advertisement collaboration, buying her Big White from her, and then proceeding to counterfeit Big White. Now they’ve even begun selling it to the elderly.
The more Xu Jia thought about it, the angrier she got!
"So mad! Rentang Medical Technology Group is terrible!" Xu Jia, typically a mild-mannered young woman, couldn’t help but curse after realizing all this.
"Jiajia, what happened? Could it really be a counterfeit?" Xiao Zhang quickly asked.
Xu Jia nodded immediately and said with certainty, "Yep, I asked. Secretary Wen said that Mist City Arts and Science University never authorized any company to produce the robot. So, the one your grandmother bought is definitely a counterfeit health robot. They produced a fake health robot so quickly, undoubtedly to ride on the coattails of Big White, and I estimate that its functions are probably trashy."
Upon hearing Xu Jia’s words, Xiao Zhang became even more convinced that the Rentang Health Robot she had seen while video chatting with her family at home was a rip-off, especially considering it cost 200,000 yuan!
Xiao Zhang had heard from Xu Jia before that even Big White, the powerful health robot from Mist City Arts and Science University, may only sell for one hundred thousand yuan at most!
A counterfeit from Rentang Medical Technology Group that’s trashy and it’s been sold for 200,000 yuan?
"Oh my god, my grandmother was really conned! I knew that lousy robot looked like crap."
Xiao Zhang was furious, stamping her foot and quickly taking out her phone: "I need to call home and tell my grandmother to return it as soon as possible. That’s 200,000 yuan we’re talking about!"
"Yes, yes, tell your grandmother to return it quick!" Xu Jia nodded in agreement, the last thing she wanted was for her roommate’s family to fall for this scam.
But it seemed like... they already had.
"Grandma, seriously, that health robot you bought is a counterfeit, it’s not worth 200,000 yuan at all. Please listen to me!"
After getting through the call, Xiao Zhang pleaded earnestly and tried to convince her grandmother in every possible way.
But her grandmother refused to believe it.
Xiao Zhang, left with no choice, decided to call her parents and explain the situation.
Xiao Zhang’s parents were a little more understanding. They, like Xiao Zhang, initially thought that the Rentang Health Robot bought by the grandmother was the Big White from Mist City Arts and Science University, just with a different outward appearance.
"What? So that’s a fake? I knew it looked so much inferior compared to the one your roommate has!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhang’s mother immediately felt cheated.
Then together with Xiao Zhang’s father, they tried to persuade the grandmother to return the goods immediately. Spending 200,000 yuan on a piece of junk? That’s unbearable!
Isn’t this paying an idiot tax?
Like Xiao Zhang’s grandmother, many elderly men and women across the country had received their Rentang Health Robots, which they had purchased for 200,000 yuan.
Rentang Medical Technology Group marketed to the elderly that owning this Rentang Health Robot would guarantee their future health. They even used the fact that Mist City Arts and Science University’s Big White was undergoing a pilot test at Mist City Central Hospital as an advertisement.
The elderly, swayed by the hustle of Rentang Medical Technology Group’s sales team, unknowingly fell right into the trap.
At this moment, Ding Yue had no idea that Rentang Medical Technology Group had already sold the Rentang Health Robots to the elderly.
Because Ding Yue was discussing the second phase of the expansion project of Mist City Arts and Science University with Director Chen Ping of the School of Architecture, Director Xiong Yang of the Department of Culture and Sports, and Director Qi Chunsheng of the Academic Affairs Office.
"Extend towards the west, with the main area being the teaching buildings, the dormitories will be on the side. Between the teaching buildings and the dormitories, we’ll build two more cafeterias. Is that the plan?"
Ding Yue and Qi Chunsheng had almost confirmed the locations of the new teaching area, new dormitory area, and new cafeteria for the expansion.
Indeed, it was easy to arrange because the current 2,500-acre campus of Mist City Arts and Science University, from south to north, from west to east, already had an existing layout. To the west of the 2,500-acre old campus was the 5,000-acre education land that Ding Yue had applied for.