Chapter 040: Fatal Bug
Fu Yansheng was also standing by the side. He said, with a smile that was yet not a smile, “It seems that your Mei Wei’s PMC manager is very problematic.”
Qi Yu didn’t answer. He watched as Li Guang and He Jingshuo followed the woman out of the reception room and to the major workshops.
The tailoring, production and post-finishing workshops of the garment factory were all in full swing. They were walking fast. Through the camera on Li Guang’s body, for a while, Qi Yu couldn’t see anything unusual.
Afterwards, they came to the ironing workshop. Qi Yu had told Li Guang and the others earlier that Mei Wei’s foreign business had very high requirements when it came to ironing, so much so that their people often had a saying “three parts sewing and seven parts ironing” to emphasize the importance of this process. This was why Qi Yu suggested that they use this as a requirements when ‘discussing a cooperation with the factory’.
As expected, Li Guang really did stop there. The sound in the workshop was relatively noisy, and the recording of this part was not very good.
They didn’t know what they negotiated but in the next moment, the woman led them into another room.
They saw some workers packing some ironed clothes inside. The camera on Li Guang’s body happened to point to one of the beaded sweaters.
It may be that camera lingered on that piece of clothing a little longer, Qi Yu looked at it and suddenly felt that something was strange.
After waiting a few minutes, Li Guang and the others left the room. Qi Yu suddenly reacted and asked Wei Tianrui if he could go back and watch the scene just now.
Wei Tianrui was taken aback. “You want to look at it now?”
Qi Yu nodded, he wanted to confirm it immediately.
Wei Tianrui could only open another computer to help him import the backed up video files. Then according to his request, he looked for those clothes that had been captured in the video.
While this was happening, Qi Yu also asked Wu Shuang to fetch his work-use ipad. He opened the ME·WE new clothing proof pictures from the previous quarter. Sure enough, he found a beaded sweater similar to the beaded sweater photographed by Li Guang.
Yes, it was just “similar”.
The sweater in the photo has the letters “ME·WE” on it. The logo was quite big. When the fabric was woven, it was directly woven with threads of similar colors, creating a shading effect. This meant that the logo couldn’t be created through the printing process that came later.
Qi Yu had an impression of this sweater because when he was inspecting Mei Wei’s direct sales store last week, he saw several unsalable items from the spring collection that were on sale. One of them was this beaded sweater. He even carefully looked it over twice, thinking the combination of craftsmanship and design was a bit interesting.
But the piece of clothing in the video was taken secretly. It has already gone through the ironing process, so why didn’t it have a logo?
Qi Yu made a careful comparison and found that the positions of the beads on the two clothes were not quite the same!
Fu Yansheng asked him, “Did you find something?”
Qi Yu stared at the computer screen with a solemn expression. “The clothes they made are not Mei Wei’s.”
But it was obvious that they had misappropriated ME·WE’s design and they may have even used ME·WE specific raw materials.
In fact, the reason why Mei Wei could stand out among so many foreign brands was mainly due to Qi Yuancheng’s investment in design and craftsmanship in the past — Mei Wei’s design center was set up in Newtown, where it has gathered well-known designers from all over the world. The clothing styles of several of its brands were all made by these big-name designers.
After the garment has been designed abroad, it would be sent back to the technical department of the domestic production center, where it would be combined with technological craftsmanship to create samples which would finally be sent to the garment factories for mass production.
And because of the special clothing technology, Mei Wei’s factories were equipped with many advanced printing equipment, dyeing equipment, processing equipment and even hand-sewing operations that small factories did not have. These themselves required high equipment costs and labor costs. Naturally, the price of their clothes would be comparatively higher than ordinary small-name brands…
After listening to his explanation, the people present had varied expressions on their faces.
If this garment was not Mei Wei’s, then whose was it?
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When the two came back, Qi Yu talked with them again, especially inquiring about what happened after they entered the ironing workshop.
Li Guang said, “We asked the manager what Mei Wei’s specific ironing process is and if we reach a cooperation in the future, what quality of clothes we could expect to get. Then, she took us to visit that room.”
Qi Yu knew that it was only because Li Guang had put forward these concerns that he was taken to that “secret” room.
It also went to show that the entire garment factory might very well know that such unauthorized orders exist, but if he were to investigate, probably no one would tell him and neither would he be allowed to see that sort of scene.
“Did the department manager give you Chief Qiu Junior’s business card?” Qi Yu asked.
“Yes.” Li Guang took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
Qi Yu glanced at it, and sure enough, Qiu Rusong’s name was printed on it.
“Follow that department manager’s suggestion. Try to call him and say that you want to talk about a cooperation.”
Li Guangyi was taken aback. “You really want to talk to him?”
Qi Yu narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, “How else are we going to get evidence against him if we don’t? It’s fine. Whatever kind of cooperation conditions he wants just tell me and I’ll go along with it.”
Li Guang: “I understand.”
Li Guang called Qiu Rusong in front of Qi Yu, but within two minutes, the call ended.
“He refused?” Qi Yu asked.
Li Guang shook his head. “He said he won’t talk about any cooperation for the time being. He asked me to look for him again after September.”
Qi Yu: “…”
September? Wasn’t that the time for him to end his work and return to the United States?
These people really were putting on an act for him!
In his heart, he was furious but he held his anger down. He has never been as calm as he was now, because he finally knew how he should deal with Mei Wei’s management.
Li Guang told him that they left the recording pen, which looked the same as any ordinary black fountain pen, on the desk of the production director’s office. However, it probably won’t be able to pick up any valuable information for a while.
Seeing that it was meaningless to stay in Ning Cheng for the time being, Qi Yu decided to return to Haicheng that night.
Fu Yansheng, who was going to work the next day, naturally, went with him.
***
On the way back, Qi Yu was a little depressed.
“Isn’t this progress? Why are you still pulling that long face?” Fu Yansheng tried to comfort him.
Qi Yu remembered what the man said about him yesterday, and couldn’t help but say, “Teacher Fu, do you really think I’m stupid?”
Fu Yansheng was silent for a couple of seconds before Qi Yu said, “It’s okay. You don’t need to say it, I know what you mean.”
“No,” Fu Yansheng said hurriedly. “I was just thinking, how I could praise you so you’d cheer up.”
Qi Yu: “…” You mean you f*cking need to think if you’re going to tell the truth.
Fu Yansheng: “In fact, you’re actually just lacking a bit in terms of worldly experience. It’s an inherent weakness, you’ll mend it later.”
Qi Yu: “…”
He swore that if Fu Yansheng dared to say another word, he was going to beat him up!
Fu Yansheng stretched out his hand and rubbed the back of his head. He said helplessly, “If you really hit a dead end, don’t you still have me?”
Qi Yu: “………………”
He truly was very angry at first, but he didn’t know if it was because he knew that Fu Yansheng liked him, when Qi Yu heard what the man said at the end, he was suddenly no longer angry.
This sour-sweet taste…
Was this the feeling of liking someone?
Anytime, anywhere, you could find yourself annoyed by the other’s words but the next instant, before you even know it, you’re already being cheered up by the other. It was like wandering in a warm breeze, like floating on the clouds.
How curious…
But Qi Yu was a bit at a loss. Given how stupid he was, what exactly did Fu Yansheng like about him?
It couldn’t be that he was just like those superficial suitors who just fancied his body, right?
…
Once they returned to Haicheng, Qi Yu invited them to have a late night snack at the hotel where he was staying. He planned to have Wang Meng drive Wu Shuang and Fu Yansheng back to their places.
It was already eleven o’clock in the evening, but Fu Yansheng said, “Didn’t you say you wanted me to apply the ointment for you?”
Qi Yu: “…”
Qi Yu was about to get restless again.
Ten minutes later, Fu Yansheng followed Qi Yu to his room.
“Would you like something to drink?” Qi Yu leafed through the night service menu and said in a low voice, “They’ve got all sorts of wines and teas available here.”
“Then let’s have some tea to aid digestion,” Fu Yansheng said.
Qi Yu called the service desk and ordered a pot of Laojun Mei Tea. He then said, “I’ll just take a shower first. I’ll be quick. Have a seat for now. Once the room service gets here, please help me open the door.”
Fu Yansheng: “Okay.”
Qi Yu walked into the bathroom with steady steps. He closed the glass door. Then, propped himself up against the huge sink, taking big deep breaths, face all flustered.
…F*ck, Teacher Fu’s hint was too obvious!
He just tried to probe him out by asking if he’d like something to drink and Fu Yansheng didn’t refuse. It was already so late in this evening. Was this man going to use this as an excuse to stay the night!?
…
Speaking of which, his bed was big enough. If he wanted to stay the night, it wasn’t impossible…
No, no, no. Was his brain getting flooded!? How could he possibly let Fu Yansheng stay the night!?
Even if he had already thought about willingly turning gay for Teacher Fu, he couldn’t do it so quickly, right? He hasn’t gotten enough revenge on this dog man yet!
…
The furthest he was willing to go was kissing like they’d done at Skyline last year…
Going to bed was completely off the table!
He was a straight man!
Fu Yansheng wouldn’t dare do anything excessive, right? After all, when they went to eat stone pot fish that day, Fu Yansheng also said that he wouldn’t force him…
…Hold up. WTF?
Qi Yu suddenly realized. Didn’t those words of Fu Yansheng’s tell him clearly that it didn’t matter how he teased him?
As long as he pretended to be stupid till the end, Fu Yansheng would be helpless against him!
Qi Yu seemed to have discovered a fatal bug for Fu Yansheng in this game. A sly smile flashed in his eyes.
He took a quick shower, gave his hair a casual wipe, put on a bathrobe and walked out.
Room service had already brought the tea and Fu Yansheng was sitting on the sofa, reading the financial magazine Qi Yu had bought the other day while drinking tea.
The carpet in the room was very thick. Qi Yu wasn’t wearing any slippers and stepped on it with bare feet. He walked over like a cat, walking straight to Fu Yansheng’s side before calling him, “Teaher Fu, I’m ready.”
Fu Yansheng raised his eyes: “…”
Qi Yu sat down opposite Fu Yansheng. He put the ointment on the coffee table, put his hands on the armrests of the sofa, crossed his legs, and said, “Come on then.”
Didn’t you say you won’t force me?
I’d like to see if you can keep your word.
Fu Yansheng: “………………”
The author has something to say: [Little Theater]
Qi Yu: Teacher Fu, I’m ready 🙂
Fu Yansheng:…………
Nosebleeds wildly!!!
I hate shooting myself in the foot!
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Thank you for the chapter 🌸
our little fish is swimming on his back, showing his black belly 👿
hehe 😈
Fu Yansheng: Struggling.jpg
Thanks for the chapter! (人´∀｀)｡ﾟ+
we all like a confident and bratty little qi yu
Thank you for the chapter!! Its kinda cute to see Qi Yu bravery
WE ARE ON THE OFFENSE TEAM! >:)
i want to pinch qi yu’s cheeks
Thanks you for the chapter:-[(≧▽≦)
thanks for the chapter!
Reap what you sow ah, Fu laoshi lol
me cheering Qi Yu on like crazy