There's a chat group for pets in my neighborhood.

"Wow, that's brilliant! Truly brilliant! No wonder you're Dean Cui!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ze, who doted on his pet, immediately brightened up.

Pet shops are mostly small businesses, primarily individual shops, with limited working capital and most of their assets tied up in inventory.

Cui Ding's cunning move is something Hello Pet Shop definitely can't handle.

Products that have been refunded cannot be resold.

If the mainland side dares to take the risk of reselling these returned products, it will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Cui Ding would never let go of such a good handle.

"You can keep an eye on what they're stocking. You can stock some too, and even if you can only grab a little market share, that's good enough." Cui Ding glanced at Wang Ze and said casually, "This pet shop won't last much longer. After all, its market share will be yours."

"Oh my, thank you so much, Dean Cui!" Wang Ze said hurriedly, taking out a tea cake he had prepared in advance from his pocket: "This is top-quality Tieguanyin. Please try it. If you like it, I'll prepare more for you next time."

"Alright, keep an eye on things, I'll contact you later."

Cui Ding then glanced at Wang Ze, put away the tea cake, and leisurely left.

In his view, the mainland's actions were undoubtedly courting disaster.

Trying to figure out what those cats and dogs are thinking? What a joke! How could a human possibly get anywhere trying to understand the thoughts of cats and dogs?

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"These guys have gone too far!"

Xu Yi kept talking, "They see how successful our Ark Selection is and they all want to replicate it."

"Let me tell you, in just one week, a bunch of 'premium selections' have popped up, like 'Chongben Premium Selection' and 'Meiji Premium Selection'. It's blatant plagiarism!"

She was wearing a bright yellow dress and sat at the front desk of the Hello Pet Shop, her cheeks puffed out in anger, her two long, straight legs kicking fiercely as if the despicable pet shop owners were right beneath her feet.

"The business world is like a battlefield, you'll get used to it, you'll get used to it." Qin Zhuyan had been navigating the social world for so many years, she was already very familiar with this kind of thinking.

"You can't treat people like this! If they were to do something like 'Pet Selection' and pick their own products, I wouldn't say anything. But they're just copying everything we sell. Whatever we sell, they sell too! How can you do that!"

Hearing the two complaining beside him, Lu Fang stopped tidying the shelves and blinked: "Meiji Hospital has already received their supplies?"

"That's right." Xu Yi pouted, "They've been operating in Tiancheng Community for many years and have their own circle of friends, so their sales are booming. Bald Cui bought a whole warehouse full of goods. According to him, he's not worried about selling them, so he might as well buy more."

"They're selling well, but our stock is all piling up." Xu Yi couldn't help but feel a little dejected.

Qin Zhuyan, who was standing to the side, also sighed softly.

"For some reason, these past few days, people have been coming to our door to make trouble, saying that they bought our Ark Selection products but didn't want to eat them and insisted on returning them. But the problem is, they can't provide any evidence."

"We were worried they would bother other customers, so we had to cancel the reservation."

"If this continues, our store won't be able to hold on." Qin Zhuyan's face was full of worry.

It wasn't that she didn't trust Lu Fang, but rather that she was genuinely disgusted by the methods used by her colleagues.

"Do you remember what you said back then? That they only recognized our Ark Selection brand? But I clearly saw them eating Meiji Selection pet food just as happily at the pet store. I knew you were just bragging back then."

Xu Yi jumped off the chair, walked to the shelf, picked up a bag of snacks and looked at it over and over. She had personally affixed every label of Ark Selection to it.

"Young people like that are normal." Qin Zhuyan walked over and patted Xu Yi's shoulder to comfort her. "But Xiao Fang wasn't bragging. Look at how much our Fangzhou Yanxuan sold at the beginning. In just a few days, it caught up with my monthly turnover. Now that things are like this, he must be the one who is most upset."

"After all, he created Ark Selection from scratch. It's alright, let's think of another way." Qin Zhuyan's voice was gentle but firm. As the store manager, she did not intend to shirk responsibility, but actively thought of ways to deal with the situation.

"Xiaoyi, are you sure they've all bought in bulk?!" Lu Fang walked over to the two of them, reached out and touched the sticker on the bag that read "Ark Choice," and asked as he turned to the side.

"Of course! I saw Baldy Cui bring in a huge amount of goods, and the surrounding pet shops must have bought quite a bit too." Xu Yi grabbed Lu Fang's sleeve and looked up at him. "You'd better hurry up and think of a solution! That Baldy Cui has been acting all high and mighty these past few days, and it really annoys me!"

"Relax, the fish has taken the bait. Now the show is about to begin, just you wait!" Lu Fang patted Xu Yi's head, and taking out his phone while meeting their puzzled gazes.

"Sigh, it may not be long before I have to say goodbye to everyone."

In the pet group chat, many furry friends who were originally gossiping were completely confused by this sentence.

"Hey kid, why are you being all emo in broad daylight? What happened?" (referring to a person with 1.8-meter-long legs)

Silly dog: "Yeah, yeah, explain it clearly."

I have a renovation plan: "Bro, we'll need your help rescuing that dark-skinned PE student in a few days, why all of a sudden?"

During this period, Lu Fang's status in the pet group chat has been rising higher and higher, and now he can be said to be very important.

After all, since he arrived, everyone has received their favorite pet toys and enjoyed delicious snacks.

Previously, everyone had to worry about not being able to communicate with their owners, not being able to eat what they wanted, and not being able to play what they wanted. After Lu Fang came, all of these problems were solved, and he even did a better job, allowing everyone to participate in tasting events.

Although the pets didn't say it, they all held Lu Fang in very high regard.

"Actually, as everyone knows, I have a very good relationship with that Hello Pet Shop. Everyone's snacks and toys come from there."

"Business was good at first, but then the pet hospitals and pet shops around here started competing with us for business. Now, the shop can't stay open, and I have to continue being a homeless person."

"In the future, people may not be able to eat delicious pet snacks or play with their favorite toys. I really tried my best, sigh."

These heartfelt words instantly touched the hearts of all the pets in the group.

The guy with legs 1.8 meters long: "Who, who wants to kick my brother out? Who wants to steal my brother's business?! I'll be the first to object, and the brothers in the group won't object either!"

The pets: "That's right, none of us agree!"

The guy with legs 1.8 meters long said, "Dude, just tell us how we can help. We'll do anything to contribute!"