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Chapter 352 Douyin Live Stream Counterfeit Goods Incident
Looking at his colleague in front of him, who had round eyes and a cute smile, Meng Ziyi felt a strange feeling.

She felt that the other party was deliberately trying to cause trouble...

However, before Meng Ziyi's Buddhist-like mind could even begin to process what was happening, Dilraba, who had been provoked, had already responded to Tian Xinwei with a forced smile.

"Xiaotian, I've acted with the boss before."

"Have it?"

"Yes, 'Diamond Lover' was the first drama I worked with him on. I played the second female lead, competing with another female lead for his attention."

"Oh, I see!"

Faced with Chen Xiu's gaze, Tian Xinwei abandoned her thoughts of further provocation.

However, once the fire is started, it's not so easy for those involved to put it out...

When Meng Ziyi heard Dilraba mention "Diamond Lover", her attention shifted from Tian Xinwei's strange behavior to her!

"Hey, after you finished filming this drama with Brother Xiu, did you decide to switch jobs?"

Meng Ziyi glanced at Tian Xinwei and Zhou Ye, feeling that in front of these two "outsiders," some things couldn't be said too bluntly.

Dilraba paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "That's right! Back then, Brother Xiu's company had just been established, and I jumped ship from Jaywalk Studio to join him. I was probably the first artist there."

"Cough cough."

Chen Xiu coughed lightly twice and felt Meng Ziyi firmly grasp her hand that was placed under the table.

In response to Reba's counterattack, Meng Ziyi retorted, "Shouldn't Xiu Ge'er be the company's first artist?"

"Oh, then I'm the second artist, a little earlier than Bai Lu and Peng Peng."

By making a gesture that resembled a universe between her fingers, and comparing herself to Bai Lu and Peng Yuchang, who were among the first batch of newcomers to sign with Datang Pictures, Dilraba was simply trying to express that she had come earlier than Meng Ziyi in every way.

Fortunately, the silly beauty didn't understand the meaning behind those words, and then, by sheer coincidence, delivered a retort.

"I knew Brother Xiu when I was studying at the Beijing Film Academy! He even arranged a lot of resources for me!"

"..."*3
Reba, Tian Xinwei, and Zhou Ye looked at each other, speechless.

Tian Xinwei glanced sideways at Chen Xiu, who hadn't said a word, thinking: You big scumbag, your first love from school is right here, and you're still out there flirting with other women...

After regaining her composure, Reba, facing Meng Ziyi's "counterattack," also posed a probing question: "Since you and Brother Xiu knew each other for a long time, why didn't you sign with Datang Pictures directly when you debuted?"

"Forehead……"

This topic involves the past of Yongle Film and Television, and Meng Ziyi hesitated for a moment, unsure of how to begin.

Seeing Meng Ziyi being held back, Chen Xiu, who had been a spectator for a long time, finally joined the battle.

"At that time, she had already signed with another company and couldn't breach the contract. She waited two years before applying to terminate the contract. You guys are having such a lively chat, are you all full?"

"I'm not full yet!"

Meng answered first, his mood much higher than before.

Reba pursed her lips, then picked up her chopsticks again.

Through their conversation, she had figured out Chen Xiu's attitude: minor disturbances were fine, but he would intervene and stop things if the situation got out of control.

Then, Meng Ziyi's clumsiness with words and slow thinking allowed Reba to understand her opponent's level, making their interactions completely stress-free...

"Xiao Ye, it seems you were signed by the boss the day you first entered the Beijing Film Academy! Your debut role was in 'Qin Wang Po Zhen Qu' with the boss, right?"

Tian Xinwei's "innocent" voice made the four people at the table change color.

Zhou Ye's eyes widened as he thought to himself: You little rascal, Tian, ​​you don't think of me when there's something good, but you come here to tear me apart and push me out to scout the way. I must have been incredibly unlucky to be your best friend!
Meng Ziyi and Reba share the same idea: Zhou Ye is involved too?!

Chen Xiu glanced at Tian Xinwei, feeling helpless at her girlish tricks: "Xiao Tian, ​​you were just reported to the Shanghai Theatre Academy and were signed by the company."

"correct."

"So, you're the same as Zhou Ye?"

"It's different. Everyone is different, and the bosses have different expectations of us."

Tian Xinwei waved her hand seriously, having been directly defeated in her confrontation with Chen Xiu.

Meng Ziyi didn't think much of her reaction, only that the big-eyed cutie was talking too much.

Reba clearly sensed her friend's "naughtiness" and laughed, "Xiaotian, you're also from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, so we're alumni!"

"Oh, hello senior sister."

"Hehe, you've only been in the industry for a short time, so you tend to make assumptions. How about we add each other on WeChat? If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me on WeChat."

"Um... then I'll scan you."

Although there is also WeChat in the company group, Tian Xinwei could only add Reba on the spot since Reba said it to her face.

When Tian Xinwei finished scanning the WeChat card, Reba's verification was approved, and she quickly typed to change the nickname, Xiao Tian's expression suddenly changed, her eyelids opened, and she quickly recovered.

Zhou Ye noticed the change in her expression and leaned closer to whisper, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I'm fine."

Tian Xinwei flipped her phone face down on the table and said with a smile.

In fact, her change in expression just now was due to three WeChat messages sent by Reba on her phone.

"You slept with Brother Xiu?"

"I suggest you don't be too dramatic, otherwise he really will ignore you." "If you don't believe me, you can try again."

After reading the three messages, Tian Xinwei became more obedient and stopped trying to start a fight.

Meng Ziyi's hostility towards Reba is still very obvious, but her outward expression of hostility is not serious.

Reba felt that if she coaxed Meng Ziyi, everyone could get along harmoniously and fight against the enemy together.

Just as this small battleground was about to end before it even officially began, a cell phone rang, reaching everyone's ears.

"Dingle bell! Dingle bell!"

Everyone stopped, tacitly checking their own phones, and then looking at the others.

Looking at the incoming call information on the screen, Chen Xiu frowned and swiped to answer the phone: "Hey, Lao Zhang, what's up?"

"This morning, the Industry and Commerce Bureau sent a summons for a meeting, and Su Xiao is handling it..."

Amid the puzzled gazes of the four women, Chen Xiu slowly stood up, waved to Luo Shikan who was sitting at the table next to her, then made an apologetic gesture to Meng Ziyi and the others before walking over.

After Luo Shikan pulled out a chair for Chen Xiu, he stood up and stood aside to prevent others from disturbing him.

After sitting down, Chen Xiu asked Zhang Yiming, "What exactly happened?"

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Yiming hesitated for a moment before recounting the whole story of how Douyin was summoned for questioning.

"Two weeks ago, after your livestreaming sales with Walmart became a hit, many shops started trying livestreaming sales on Douyin (TikTok). Last week, a streamer with several million followers was invited by a shop selling counterfeit or substandard products to do a livestreaming sales event, selling lipsticks."

"When they were promoting their products on live stream, they were talking about lipsticks from brands like Dior and Armani, but the prices on the live stream were more than half the price of those in physical stores! Something was already wrong at that point, and unsurprisingly, these lipsticks were all fake."

"The matter was exposed by the media. This shop is on Taobao and uses Douyin's algorithm to recommend and drive traffic. They also bought Dou+ during the live stream. We are responsible for false advertising, so we were summoned for questioning."

Chen Xiu remained silent for a long time, constantly wondering if this was a setup deliberately orchestrated by a competitor...

However, since the deed has already been done, the priority should be to solve the problem at hand.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiu said to her phone, "The shop is on Taobao, what did Ali say?"

"There was no response. We called Ali, and they said that Taobao did not promote these counterfeit stores, and this incident was entirely Douyin's responsibility."

"Heh, although it's a way of shifting blame, there's some truth to it."

Chen Xiu remained rational, and at the same time understood that Zhang Yiming's call to him was definitely not just to deliver bad news.

"Do you want me to go to Hangzhou to talk to Ma Yun?"

"The quickest solution to this public opinion crisis I can think of is for you and Ma Yun to do a live broadcast to clarify things."

"This is indeed the most cost-effective method."

"But Ahri's attitude..."

Chen Xiu smiled and shook her head, directly helping Zhang Yiming say the second half of the sentence that was difficult to say.

"That's where I need to figure out a solution, right?"

"No one else in the company has any personal relationship with Ma Yun."

"I understand. I'll think about it! Even if Ma Yun doesn't agree in the end, I'll come up with a solution."

"Yes, is there anything you need me to pass on to Su Xiao?"

"No."

"Ok??"

The surprised voice coming from the other end of the phone reminded Chen Xiu of Zhang Yiming's mouth turning into an "O" shape, and then she chuckled softly.

"I believe she will handle everything well. What I need to do is restore users' confidence and not let Douyin's commercialization take a backseat."

"Ha! Su Xiao said something similar during the meeting just now: You two are a match made in heaven."

"Commercialization will always come with all sorts of problems. If you don't have the strength, why would anyone let you sit at the table? I'll handle it as soon as possible. There's been a lot going on at Toutiao lately, so please be careful."

"Okay, let's do our best together."

After saying that, Zhang Yiming hung up the phone.

Chen Xiu held her phone, thought for a moment, and then called Lu Yang.

"Hey director, can we adjust today's scenes?"

"I have something urgent that I need to take care of right away."

"Okay, thank you for your trouble. Don't delay too long, I'll be back tomorrow."

If Chen Xiu wanted to adjust the screen time arrangement for her own production crew, it would only take a word.

After ending the call, Chen Xiu stood up and said to Luo Shikan, "Xiao Luo, go prepare the car, we need to go out for a while."

"Okay, boss."

Luo Shikan turned and left, acting swiftly and decisively.

Chen Xiu returned to the table where she had just eaten, picked up the hot bar's shumai with her chopsticks, and then took a piece of corn from Meng Ziyi and packed it together.

Meeting the questioning and nervous gazes of the four women, Chen Xiu smiled and said, "I'm going to Hangzhou to talk to Ma Yun about something. I'll just pack these things and eat them on the way..."

(End of this chapter)