That night, Jia Yapeng ended his trip to Magic City and returned to Yuzhang City as fast as he could. Then, he gave orders to the dealers all over the country, asking them to immediately investigate the situation of the pirated cards in the area.
At the same time, Jia Yapeng also asked Chen Liren to use his connections to find some shady guys and ask them to carry out an investigation. After five days, all the information was gathered in Jia Yapeng's hands.
"Director Jia, according to the reports from the dealers, we found traces of pirated cards in all the southern provinces. We haven't found any in the northern provinces yet. So, we can judge that the source of these pirated cards should be in one of the southern provinces. Now, it has only spread to the south. The north hasn't been affected yet!" Zhu Qiushui hadn't had a good rest for a week. She had been cooperating with Jia Yapeng to carry out the investigation. At that time, her eyes were red, and even her skin wasn't as clear as before.
It was really hard for her to take on such a heavy task as soon as she joined the company.
"I guess it's also in the south. After all, the southerners are more quick-witted!" Jia Yapeng said with a sigh.
Well, Jia Yapeng was also a southerner himself.
"Boss, according to your orders, people from all the provinces have sent the pirated cards they collected over by train. After my calculation, I found that according to the origin of these pirated cards, there are a total of 21 types," Zhu Qiushui said.
"In other words, there are 21 manufacturers who have pirated our Water Margin Hero Cards! There are so many heroes! "Jia Yapeng laughed.
"These fake Water Margin Hero Cards are basically sold locally. They don't interfere with others, and the damage they cause to us is limited. This is because these cards are made of very poor quality. They are basically printed with hard paper. Not only is the paper quality terrible, but the printed card surface is also blurry. Some of them don't even have a plastic seal layer. Some of the characters are printed upside down, the words are printed wrong, missing words, missing words, and even missing half of the card surface! They should be printed by a small factory. "
"That's why these counterfeit cards don't pose much of a threat to us. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that they're all fake and don't have any collection value!"
"In addition, these cards are also sold very cheaply. You can buy hundreds of them for just a few dollars. I think the children who are willing to spend money on these cards are those who don't have much pocket money or are poor. They don't have much money to buy crispy noodle snacks anyway!"
"Buying these counterfeit cards is just to satisfy their vanity. We don't actually make much money from them. "Our main customers are the rich kids, and the main purpose of these kids buying cards is to show off to their friends. If you show off these cards that can be seen as fake at a glance, not only will these children not get what they want, but they will also become a laughingstock. Therefore, they won't buy these cards! "Zhu Qiushui said with assurance.
"Oh, according to what you've said, these counterfeit cards are nothing to worry about!" Jia Yapeng couldn't help but laugh.
"It's not that they're nothing to worry about, but the damage they can do to us is limited. More importantly, we can't completely ban these counterfeit things. Hua Xia has its own national conditions, and we can't change that!" Zhu Qiushui said.
"I understand what you mean!" Jia Yapeng nodded. The real improvement in Hua Xia's legal environment was only after 2010. From then on, Hua Xia people's awareness of protecting the legal version became higher and higher.
This was because the children in this area were basically born after 1990. By the time they grew up, the country was already rich, and quality education was fully available.
The quality of users improved, and piracy naturally decreased.
"But boss, among these cards, there's a set of cards that poses a great threat to us. If we don't get rid of them as soon as possible, I'm afraid they will really cause us great losses!" Zhu Qiushui said with a frown.
"I know which set of cards you're talking about. I bought this set of cards myself!" Jia Yapeng also smiled bitterly. The set of cards that Zhu Qiushui was talking about was the set of cards that Jia Yapeng bought in Magic City.
Later, Jia Yapeng personally went to the stall and bought a whole box of 108 Water Margin Hero Cards for five yuan.
"I've carefully looked at these cards. Among the 21 sets of cards, 20 sets only have the cards of our first five issues, a total of 100 Water Margin Heroes. Because these are the card faces that we've already sold, it's not surprising that they can copy them."
"But this set of cards includes the eight cards that we haven't officially sold yet. More importantly, the printing of this set of cards is extremely sophisticated, almost to the point where the fake cards can pass for the real ones. Even when I compare the two sets of cards, it's hard to tell the difference between them! "
"This is the biggest threat to us, because even the buyers can't tell the authenticity of these pirated cards. In that case, whether they buy the original or the pirated cards, the result will be the same. Will those children be willing to spend fifty cents a card to gamble on a random original Water Margin Hero Card? "
"No, they'll immediately buy the pirated cards. After all, they can collect all the Water Margin Hero Cards for five yuan. No one can resist such a temptation! I'm afraid that in less than a month, our crispy noodle snacks sales will drop by more than half, "Zhu Qiushui said.
"We don't have to wait a month. It's only been a week, and the sales reports from all the provinces and cities have already dropped by half!" Jia Yapeng angrily slammed the documents in his hands on the table. These losses were real money.
What was worse was that Jia Yapeng had previously used all his funds to buy a house. Now, there were only a few million liquid funds left in his account. However, the company's expenses hadn't decreased. Instead, as the company continued to develop, the costs were getting higher and higher.
Compared to the costs, the sales were still profitable and there was still profit. It was estimated that they could still make a few million this month. However, if this continued to decline, the business empire that Jia Yapeng had just started to develop with great difficulty would collapse in the middle.
"Boss, our top priority now is to find out the source of these cards, then call the police to bring these people to justice and protect our legal rights!" Zhu Qiushui said, "But I'm afraid this will be more difficult. It will take a lot of time to investigate and collect evidence. We also need the full cooperation of the police. I'm afraid it will take a long time!"
"It won't take a long time. I know where the source of these pirated cards is!" Jia Yapeng's eyes flashed with a strange light.
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