E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World-Chapter 45 - Episode 45 Zero Tolerance for Plagiarism 7

Chapter 45: Episode 45 Zero Tolerance for Plagiarism 7

Chapter 45: Episode 45 Zero Tolerance for Plagiarism 7

“I dare not let them play with it!” Kang Siyin hurriedly picked up the magazines scattered all over the floor, “What if their printing ink is also substandard?”

Having said that, she tossed the magazine into the kitchen trash can as if it were a plague.

Although the magazine was thrown away, the mad dogs on the forum were still there, and their attacks on our forum were even more vicious.

Every day, the number of posts being deleted was almost catching up with the total number of posts on the entire forum. Continuing this way, let alone new users, even those already on the forum would probably be scared off.

“How about we temporarily close registration for a few days? This really can’t go on,” Kang Siyin sought Zhou Xueyin’s opinion.

“Shut it down…” Zhou Xueyin nodded with difficulty, “But I’m damned if I’m not bitter about this! We are the victims here! We are the ones who were plagiarized, and now we are the ones who have to close registrations? It’s ridiculous.”

“There’s no other way, seeing the forum’s traffic drop so much. If we don’t stop these mad dogs, I’m afraid they might really ruin our forum,” Kang Siyin said heartachingly as she looked at the steadily declining traffic curve.

“Yinyin, we’re just closing registration temporarily. Once things cool down after a while, we can open it again. Stabilizing the users who have already joined is the top priority!” Li Jinian also consoled the downhearted Zhou Xueyin.

“I know all that, it just pisses me off…” Zhou Xueyin touched her chest, feeling as if she was about to have a heart attack if things continued this way, “That’s it, I’m going to get an explanation from their magazine office myself!”

“Yinyin, calm down. If you go there with that fiery look in your eyes, you’ll definitely be kicked out!” Li Jinian grabbed Zhou Xueyin, who was about to change clothes, “We need a proper pretext! Besides, what if their manager isn’t there when you rush over?”

“True… If they’re not there, I would have made a wasted trip in this scorching heat. I’d probably end up being taken directly to Xiehe Hospital…” After listening to Li Jinian, Zhou Xueyin sat back down in her seat.

“Hello? Hello?” Li Jinian dialed the magazine’s business cooperation number, slipping into a long-unspoken Guangdong accent, “I’m from I Love Buying Brands. I want to talk business with your boss.”

“Sure, sure! Our boss is always here. When would you like to come? I’ll let her know!” The receptionist replied cheerfully.

“How about 10 a.m. tomorrow?” Li Jinian confirmed the time.

“OK, OK!” The other side agreed, “When you come tomorrow, just come up to the 6th floor of the building. Our boss is on the 6th floor!”

“OK, OK! Thank you~~ bye~~~” After arranging the details, Li Jinian hung up the phone.

“Phew… It’s been so long since I spoke in a Guangdong accent, I feel like my tongue can’t even twist properly anymore.” She rubbed her face.

“Your couple of clumsy Guangdong phrases fooled them? Haven’t they ever dealt with real people from Guangdong?” Kang Siyin, a native of Shenzhen, knew immediately that Li Jinian was a fake.

“As long as it fooled them, that’s all that matters. Face to face with them tomorrow will be OK!” Li Jinian winked at Kang Siyin. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

“You’re truly worthy of being a future business director! Such skill! I’m thoroughly convinced!” Zhou Xueyin sincerely admired Li Jinian’s adaptability.

The next day, Zhou Xueyin and Li Jinian set out early. They had printed out the forum content from the night before into booklets to facilitate negotiation with the boss of Fashion Xinrui.

From Zhongguancun to Deboty Road, which was practically across the entirety of Beijing City, they first took a bus to Xizhimen subway station, then transferred from Line 2 to Line 1 to reach Deboty Road station.

Out of the subway, they had to walk for another 20 minutes before they finally reached the location of Fashion Xinrui.

At last, Zhou Xueyin and Li Jinian felt as if they had nearly lost half their lives by the time they arrived.

What a perfect time to pick 10 a.m., caught up with the morning rush hour, all the carefully styled outfits from the morning turned into a complete mess.

Intending to tidy up in the restroom on the first floor, only to find out that this building didn’t even have one on the first floor!?

No other way, I headed straight to the sixth floor; the office area can’t possibly be without restrooms…

While the two of us were fixing our clothes, we just happened to overhear an employee on the phone, basically complaining that the new editor-in-chief, in order to improve work efficiency, had them directly copy content from the internet.

Zhou Xueyin and Li Jiniang looked at each other and simultaneously rolled their eyes.

Just like that, when we called the day before, that editor-in-chief still wouldn’t admit to plagiarism, what a cyber thug!

After we got ourselves together, we went to the reception desk, where Li Jiniang, still with her awkward Guangdong accent, introduced us, saying we were the ones who had made an appointment yesterday to discuss a collaboration.

The receptionist, either a newbie or astonished by Li Jiniang’s figure, forgot even to ask for our business cards and led us directly to meet the magazine’s boss.

“Ya Rui, the brand representatives from I Love Buy who made an appointment yesterday…” the receptionist finally remembered to ask for our names, “May I have your surnames, please?”

“No need for formalities, surname Li…” Li Jiniang smiled a little, crossed her arms and gave them a little lift.

“Zhou…” Zhou Xueyin pretended to be cool as ice.

“Ms. Li, Ms. Zhou, this is our Ya Rui, Ya Rui, you can talk at your leisure…” The receptionist, after ushering the two in, left the room.

“Hello… I didn’t ask yesterday what specific product lines your company is involved with…” Ya Rui looked at the two with their somewhat youthful faces and asked with a puzzled air.

“Inhale… Exhale…” Zhou Xueyin took a deep breath, “Ya Rui, actually, it’s like this, we aren’t involved with any product lines, nor do we make any fashion items.”

Hearing Zhou Xueyin’s words, Ya Rui’s brow furrowed, thinking about showing the guests out.

“Please hear us out about the purpose of our visit today before deciding whether to show us the door,” Zhou Xueyin continued, utterly disregarding the other’s reaction.

“Please go on…” Despite still frowning, Ya Rui nodded.

Zhou Xueyin told Ya Rui about how their magazine had plagiarized content from their website.

At that moment, Ya Rui was taken aback, as she too held the creed that magazine content must be original and absolutely not copied from the internet for the sake of convenience or to save trouble.

However, when Zhou Xueyin presented the evidence before her, she felt as if she had been harshly slapped.

“I’m truly sorry… I had no idea the content in our magazine was plagiarized…” Ya Rui said helplessly, “Honestly, for such an incident to happen, it’s also my fault for not keeping a close eye on the person responsible for the content…”

“Nobody wants the things they’re responsible for to be labeled as plagiarized, not your magazine or us who make websites. After all, the content on this site is accumulated by us personally hitting the markets, sweeping the streets. To have it taken away by someone else, we’re certainly not happy about it,” Zhou Xueyin spoke sincerely.

“I understand what you are saying. After all, this magazine is also my brainchild; it’s like my own child. Now, as you said, it’s plagiarizing your content. Both emotionally and morally, it’s our responsibility here. I apologize profoundly!” Ya Rui reflected deeply.