"Refund, we want a refund!" At the service counter of a shopping mall, a large group of customers shouted loudly.
If one looked closely, they would find that each of them was holding some toys in their hands, and most of the toys were broken. Obviously, they were all customers who came to return the goods.
However, this shopping mall was not the Grid Department Store. In fact, this city was not the New York where the Grid Department Store was located, but Los Angeles, which was thousands of miles away.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please calm down. Our shopping mall does not have a refund service. It is the Grid Department Store in New York that does, not our Los Angeles Department Store!" The sales manager of the shopping mall explained with a bitter face.
"We don't care. Why can New Yorkers return goods? Can't we Los Angeles people return goods? "
"That's right. I heard that white people return goods, but not us black people!"
Several voices shouted in the turbulent crowd.
"F * ck …" The sales manager was sweating profusely. In the United States, nothing could be associated with racial discrimination. Otherwise, it would be over.
"No, this has nothing to do with New York or Los Angeles. It has nothing to do with black people or white people. It is really only the Grid Department Store that returns goods, not our Los Angeles Department Store!"
"Why? Why can the Grid Department Store return goods? Can't your Los Angeles Department Store return goods? You are discriminating, discriminating against us black people! "Several black people in the audience scolded.
This suddenly sounded a little illogical, but in fact, it was very logical. In the United States, when something happened, some people liked to rely on racial discrimination. Anyway, as long as they relied on racial discrimination, they would be standing on the side of absolute political correctness.
Moreover, these black people were not arranged by Boss Jia. Boss Jia could feel his conscience and say that he did not send anyone to add fuel to the fire. This was all spontaneous by the people.
After all, whether it was Hua Xia or the United States, the principle of not taking advantage of an opportunity was the same.
"Everyone, please be rational and calm down. This is indeed not the Grid Department Store, and they did not provide such a policy!" A rational voice appeared in the crowd, and the Los Angeles Department Store manager was slightly relieved. At the same time, his heart was filled with gratitude.
However, this gratitude only lasted for a few seconds, and then she heard the rational voice say, "But the boss of Grid Department Store said that we can use the contract to apply for a refund from Hasbro. I think all supply contracts are the same. Los Angeles Department Store can also use this as a reason to reasonably request a refund from Hasbro! "
"Exactly!"
"That's right!"
"We'll give you a refund. You can ask Hasbro for a refund. You won't lose money!!"
The crowd began to clamor again, and the manager really wanted to cry but had no tears. Although the contract was true, it was obvious that Hasbro would never return the goods. Otherwise, it would be a loss of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. Hasbro would have to be crazy to do such a thing. They would not get a single cent back.
As a result, the situation was in a stalemate for a while. The manager tried his best to persuade the crowd until his mouth was about to bleed, but the crowd had no intention of backing down.
Suddenly, someone could no longer hold back his irritable mood. He picked up a fire extinguisher from the side and smashed the counter open!
"Brothers, if they don't return the goods, we'll take it ourselves!" A person shouted, and then everyone swarmed up and squeezed the manager, who was stunned, to hide under the counter.
When everything calmed down, all the cash and valuables in the counter had been snatched away. These red-eyed people began to look at the other counters, and at the same time, they raised the fire extinguisher in their hands.
"We'll return the goods! We'll return the goods!! " The mall owner, who had been hiding in the dark and secretly watching, finally couldn't take it anymore. He jumped out and shouted loudly, agreeing to the angry crowd's request for a refund.
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"Boss, this move of yours … is amazing!" Jack Orlens, who was standing behind Boss Jia, saw the news of a mall being smashed in Los Angeles. He shuddered and then said in a trembling voice.
"If you want to say that I'm vicious, then say that. Don't say that I'm amazing. You don't mean it!" Boss Jia glared at Jack Orlens, and Jack Orlens shuddered again.
"I wouldn't dare … I wouldn't dare …" Jack Orlens said quickly.
"We have a saying in Hua Xia, which is to treat your friends as warm as the spring breeze. Treat your enemies as cruel as the winter! " Boss Jia snorted and said, "Although it's abominable that Hasbro issued a ban, these malls obviously have the channels in their hands. They're Hasbro's father, but they listened to their son and casually banned us."
"It's not enough to ban me once. They want to ban me a second time. I'll give them a little more vicious. They think that we Daqian are made of mud!" Boss Jia said with a hint of murderous intent, which made Jack Orlens even more afraid.
"But these merchants are actually not smart enough. If they want to return the goods, then let them return it. Anyway, it's not much money. Grid Department Store has been returning the goods for two days, and it's only been handed over until now. It's less than 60,000 US dollars, which is less than 5% of Hasbro's total sales for two years!" Boss Jia squinted and said.
That's right. Grid Department Store was now Boss Jia's, but it was acquired through the "United States First" foundation. No one knew that this department store secretly belonged to Boss Jia.
According to the data from Grid Department Store, they had sold a total of 1.5 million US dollars worth of Hasbro's goods in two years. But now, the real return quota was only 56,000 US dollars, so they didn't lose much money.
After all, the return of goods required a shopping voucher. Most people would throw the voucher away after buying it, or they wouldn't be able to find it after a few days. There were only a handful of people who could keep the voucher for more than a month, let alone all the vouchers for about two years.
Therefore, there weren't many people who could really use the voucher for a refund, and they didn't have much money. But with the fire extinguisher, the loss was more than 60,000 US dollars.
While Boss Jia was laughing and watching the situation change, the same thing was happening in many other cities in the United States.
Of course, violent acts like the one in Los Angeles were relatively rare. Most of the people came to return the goods, vent their anger, and block the door to protest.
However, there were only four or five shopping malls that really had incidents of smashing and looting. After these violent incidents, most of the shopping malls were silent. Some shopping malls were afraid that they would also be smashed and have to bear more losses, so they could only agree to the customer's request for a refund.
As some customers successfully returned the goods, more Hasbro buyers couldn't stand it. Why can you return the goods, but we can't! So the commotion in various shopping malls became more and more intense. In the end, almost all the shopping malls in the United States had to agree to this request for a refund.
However, these shopping malls obviously couldn't bear the loss for nothing. So, some shopping malls began to find Hasbro one after another, asking them to refund the goods according to the terms of the original supply agreement.
At this time, the smartest way for Hasbro was to agree in one breath and stabilize the loss of the shopping malls. But now that Hasbro's headquarters had stopped operating normally, even the external customer service was basically on holiday. Many shopping mall owners couldn't find Hasbro at all, let alone ask for a refund.
So, a huge wave of dissatisfaction began to brew among all the shopping mall owners.
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