Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again

"What exactly do they mean by doing this?"

Wei Hongling frowned; when it comes to business matters, especially with new things like computers, she doesn’t really understand.

Zhang Baisheng remained calm, analyzing coolly: "This is a warning from New Era. It’s okay to imitate others, but these sentences belong to them. No one else should think about using them recklessly."

"Warning us? Who do they think they are!"

Wei Hongling sneered disdainfully: "If Yuanhang insists on using them, let them sue!"

"No one even needs to sue you!"

Zhang Baisheng sighed.

"The reason those promotional gifts are so effective is because the sentences are novel and interesting, either inspirational or thought-provoking, perfectly catering to college students’ tastes!"

"However, they were exposed in advance on the tech university’s BBS. With such hype, the effect naturally diminishes greatly."

"More importantly, the students over there will know that those sentences come from another digital store. If we distribute the gifts, our own store might be labeled as plagiarizing, which could seriously affect our image!"

Hearing this, Wei Hongling finally understood a bit; she was very annoyed and said, "This store is so vile; they’re clearly trying to prevent Yuanhang’s store from opening smoothly!"

"Dad, what should we do now?"

Zhang Yuanhang was at a loss.

He never expected New Era to stir up trouble at this moment, suddenly flustered, unable to think of a good solution, he could only turn to his dad for help.

This is also typical of many young people who are just starting a business, inexperienced, yet aim high. Before encountering problems, they act fearless, but as soon as they hit a snag, they instantly deflate.

Zhang Baisheng walked back and forth in the living room a few times, until another cigarette was reduced to a butt, then he stopped: "Now, I can think of two countermeasures!"

Zhang Yuanhang was instantly revitalized.

I knew it, dad has a way!

"First, abandon that batch of gifts and replace them with others. That’s the wisest choice!"

Zhang Baisheng was also decisive.

Although it sounds like a huge loss, it’s not to the extent of cutting off one’s own arm to survive; their image won’t be harmed. The other party’s warning goal is achieved and won’t push further.

"No way!"

Zhang Yuanhang didn’t even think.

"Those are tens of thousands of mouse pads. They cost me quite a bit, and besides, the store hasn’t even opened yet—starting at a loss isn’t auspicious! Moreover, I can’t swallow this indignation!"

Young and impetuous, indulged by family power, he can’t tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes. There’s no way he could accept Zhang Baisheng’s suggestion.

"Exactly, they’ve bullied Yuanhang, why should my son endure humiliation? The Zhang family still has some reputation in Lin’an; when have we ever suffered such humiliation!"

Wei Hongling, protective of her child, also got angry.

Anyway, she doesn’t care about much else; whoever offends her son is wrong.

Zhang Baisheng also knew his first suggestion wouldn’t be acceptable to his wife and son, so he could only helplessly say: "The second option is to use our connections at the tech university to quickly delete all these posts, minimizing the impact!"

This digital store of theirs could expand so much within the tech university, even implementing the build-and-own model, needless to say, they have protection on campus as well.

"Right, Dad’s idea is good, why didn’t I think of this!"

Zhang Yuanhang’s eyes lit up, clapping his palm vigorously.

"These posts were just put up; not too many people should have seen them yet. I’ll contact Vice Director Luo right away to have the BBS moderators delete the posts!"

No time to lose, he immediately started dialing on his phone.

After a little while, a middle-aged man’s voice came through the receiver: "Hello, Yuanhang?"

"It’s me, Vice Director Luo, I need to trouble you with something."

The situation was urgent, Zhang Yuanhang didn’t exchange pleasantries, instead directly got to the point: "Here’s the thing, a bunch of posts suddenly appeared on the tech university’s BBS, related to our New World’s opening marketing activities. If there’s no accident, these posts must have been made by our competitor New Century Digital Experience Center to damage my store’s image. So, Vice Director Luo, could you ask the tech university’s BBS mods to delete them all, preferably with those IDs banned too?"

"There’s actually something like this happening. I’ll check it out now and get back to you!"

The call ended hastily from the other end.

"How’s it going with Vice Director Luo, did he agree?"

Wei Hongling asked.

"He said he’ll check the situation first and get back to me."

Zhang Yuanhang was agitated, pacing like an ant on a hot pan, those few minutes felt especially long. Finally, his phone rang, and he answered immediately.

"Yuanhang, I saw those posts, but the situation is slightly different from what you said..."

The poster was clever. The main post was just a normal one, for example, titled "A Must-Read for College Students: Here Are the Most Inspiring Phrases!"

Then in a certain reply someone asked: "Wow, these sentences really resonate, where are they from?"

Further down, another person replied: "I know, I know, it’s reprinted from Zhejiang University’s BBS, reportedly shown on small gift fans when that New Century Digital Experience Center store opened, with at least hundreds of phrases. It was very popular on Zhejiang University’s BBS back then!"