Ma Zhuo has been in a very good mood lately.
There seems to be a character on TV who has become incredibly popular lately, which has brought a lot of traffic to their business.
Ma Zhuo seized the opportunity and urged his online stores to make rectifications, making sure they could take advantage of this wave of popularity to sell their goods.
Since the development of news and the speed of information dissemination have increased, it has become increasingly difficult for these people to do business.
After all, many people may not know what the fruit tastes like, but everyone can see the harm it can cause.
Especially those cases used as typical examples, where the uncles were so addicted to eating fruit that they couldn't even open their mouths, and half of their faces were cut off, yet they still longed for that one bite. This truly vividly portrays the terrifying image of someone addicted to fruit to the point of madness.
At least smoking can be kept in the lungs, and at worst, you'll suffer in your old age. But eating fruit will cause rot on your face, and some people who eat too much fruit won't even live for more than a few years.
This is something most people wouldn't dare to try casually.
As more and more information and science are disseminated, the business of these fruit sellers is getting worse and worse.
Ma Zhuo once tried to change his name and go into the entertainment industry to link this product with other products and get rid of the official "stigma," but unfortunately, everyone was quite wary and basically didn't buy it, so this method of trying to revive the product had to be put on hold for the time being.
But now it's great, now it's wonderful! We have free publicity, that's fantastic!
Ma Zhuo's face was beaming with joy, already planning to seize this opportunity to sell these products like hotcakes. But before he could even begin to dream of success, there was a sudden knock on the door—
Hearing the voice, Ma Zhuo was a little annoyed, but still let the person in: "What's wrong?"
"Oh no, boss! We've been soft-blocked!"
An employee rushed in anxiously.
"Tsk, I thought it was something big."
Ma Zhuo waved his hand casually: "If one shop gets shut down, just find another one! Do you have to bother me with such a small thing?"
The employee was deathly pale, his lips trembling as he spoke: "No, no, all of our accounts have been banned!"
"What?"
Ma Zhuo immediately stood up, grabbed the employee by the collar, his eyes blazing with fury: "What did you say? All of them?"
The employee, being held by Ma Zhuo, dared not struggle and stammered, "Actually, it's not like that—"
"What do you mean 'not'? So, was it blocked or not?"
Ma Zhuo roared, too lazy to pay attention to this useless person who couldn't even speak clearly, and immediately took out his phone to check his shops—
Normal, normal, normal... everything is normal!
The store is still there, the link is still there, it hasn't been blocked at all!
What is this idiot talking about?! Did he go crazy from eating too much fruit?!
Ma Zhuo was furious, but this time the employee finally managed to explain clearly before Ma Zhuo could get angry: "Our store is indeed fine, but since this morning, none of our links have been receiving new orders! And when we search using other people's phones, we can't find our store or links either!"
Ma Zhuo was so angry that he felt dizzy.
"What's going on? What did the platform's customer service say? Shouldn't we contact the platform right away?"
In order to secure a better recommended position, they also paid a considerable amount of promotion fees.
Otherwise, why would their store always appear at the top of the search results when others search for related terms?
This is all money, money!
Even when business was slow in the past, they would never have experienced a situation where they had absolutely no orders!
This is completely abnormal!
Many thoughts were already flashing through Ma Zhuo's mind.
Is it malicious competition from rivals? Or a serious bug on the platform? Or has there been a change in policy from above?
So Ma Zhuo waved for the employee to get out of there, and at the same time called the platform's customer service to inquire.
"Malicious traffic restriction? Impossible, dear. Our platform has never maliciously restricted traffic to any particular merchant or user. Please check your own situation to see if the link was accidentally clicked and taken down, or if your store is temporarily closed..."
"How could we possibly have a problem? Everything's been working perfectly before! It must be a system issue! You've encountered a serious, malicious bug! How could we not have a single order today?"
The customer service representative was also a little annoyed and secretly rolled her eyes: Why blame others when business is bad in their own store?
Tsk tsk, these businesses these days are all talk and no action, with little real ability.
"Okay, I've forwarded your question to the technical department. Do you have any other questions?"
"How long will it take to get a reply? How much money are we wasting every day!"
"Okay, dear, we understand your anxiety. We are expediting your request. Please wait a moment."
Ma Zhuo talked to the customer service representative for a long time until his throat was dry, but the representative just kept repeating the same things without solving any problems.
Ma Zhuo could only hang up the phone: ...Chao!
While Ma Zhuo was in a state of panic, Xiao He had already lazily lay down.
Now, the crew has become unusually "harmonious" because of the addition of Director Fan Congwen. Xiao He has also gradually gotten used to Director Yan's high requirements and can even take a good rest during his free time.
For example, right now, Yuan Sitong and Li Haoxuan are torturing each other again, while Xiao He and Guo Xinya, who have already finished filming, are sitting in the temporary tents set up next to them, leisurely lying on deck chairs studying the script.
At this moment, Liu Rulan walked over.
"Xiao He, come here for a moment."
Xiao He greeted Guo Xinya and then followed Liu Rulan out.
"There has been a new development in the matter we are currently following up on."
Xiao He understood immediately from Liu Rulan's first words.
Xiao He nodded: "What's going on?"
"It's a bit surreal. We had almost finished collecting the evidence and were preparing to sue the merchants first, but unexpectedly, the merchants went bankrupt first, and several stores sued the platform at the same time, and started 'fighting' with the platform."
"Why are these two sides fighting?" Xiao He said feigned concern, but was secretly pleased.
The fact that businesses dare to use his image so extensively is a result of the platform's laissez-faire attitude. Even though Sister Liu has communicated with the relevant person in charge of the platform, she has been unable to stop this "bad behavior".
They don't act leniently when they should, and when it comes to crucial moments, they just laugh it off while turning a blind eye.
Haha, Xiao He was also impressed.
Since the platform doesn't manage it, he'll help manage it for them.
As for the dog-eat-dog incident, it was an unintentional act by Xiao He.
"Moreover, our lawyers found that the same group of people are behind the several shops that took the lead in using your portrait rights and promoting them extensively. They are mainly the big bosses in the local area who are responsible for production and sales. Many of these products on the market are actually produced by them, just under different brands and with different distributors."
The majority of the profits come from this group of people.
Xiao He sneered: "That makes things easier, just sue the source."
"Don't worry, I've already had the lawyers prepare." Liu Rulan nodded. "However, they're already overwhelmed with cases, having been sued in several different cases. Now that we're added to the mix, the process will probably take a very long time."
"So this is not something we need to worry about. Let the lawyers handle it."
Xiao He waved his hand nonchalantly.
He's solved the earlier problems, so he shouldn't have to worry about the later ones.
"Don't worry, I spent a lot of money to poach this legal team, and they are definitely worth every penny!"
Liu Rulan revealed a faint, cold smile.
"We'll definitely let them know that we're not to be trifled with."
