The professional team’s script was very detailed, including the brands of these school supplies, procurement methods, inspection reports from professional testing laboratories, and more—everything was covered.

The beginning part of the livestream was just a brief overview.

But afterward, each product was introduced in detail, especially regarding how these toxic and harmful substances might affect physical health.

Among these products, some were unbranded goods without proper certification but with corresponding sales channels; others were branded, and Ma Yang openly stated the brand names without any concealment.

Soon, the comments in the livestream room completely changed.

At first, everyone had a spectator’s attitude, feeling disconnected from the issue, but gradually, all the comments became serious.

“So Mr. Ma isn’t advertising, he’s exposing these counterfeit and inferior products?”

“?? My child uses this exact eraser!”

“There are even big brands here that sell well both online and at stationery stores near schools, and they also completely fail to meet standards?”

“These are all strong carcinogens, and they’re all for children to use! Do these businesses have any basic moral bottom line?”

“Mr. Ma seems to have done a lot of preparation. Thank you, Mr. Ma, for exposing these garbage products!”

The viewers in the comment section originally had no interest at all in the content of Ma Yang’s livestream.

Who wants to watch someone promoting pencils and erasers? There weren’t any elementary school students in this livestream room.

Moreover, most people instinctively felt that items like pencils, erasers, book covers, and glue sticks, even if they differed in price and quality, the differences wouldn’t have significant differences.

Even if they were being promoted, people definitely wouldn’t go online to buy these things.

But the audience hadn’t expected that Mr. Ma wasn’t promoting products—he was exposing frauds!

Furthermore, whether they were uncertified brands or major brands with high market share in the domestic stationery market, he treated them all objectively, equally, and straightforwardly!

Product promotion might not be interesting, but fraud exposure certainly was!

A small portion of the livestream audience had children in school who needed to use these school supplies. When they heard that these stationery items all contained excessive toxic and harmful substances, they became extremely anxious. Most people, although not directly affected by this issue, still found it easy to become indignant about these toxic stationery products.

It’s one thing if the quality is a bit poor or the price a bit expensive, but to cut corners on these items that cost just a few cents or yuan and harm children’s health?

Is this something a human being would do?

“Support Mr. Ma!”

“Did anyone record the screen? Post it online! Expose these unscrupulous, heartless businesses!”

“Is Mr. Ma’s conclusion reliable? Doesn’t it seem a bit alarmist? These big brand products that cost so much are not much different from uncertified products? It’s kind of mind-blowing…”

“Mr. Ma has ready-made test reports; he must have tested them seriously!”

“Mr. Ma has won me over as a fan!”

“Before, I thought Mr. Ma was just throwing money around on Weibo, but now I see that Mr. Ma is not only an investor driven by interest and a dream-maker for ordinary people, but also the nemesis of counterfeit and inferior products! From now on, I won’t miss a single one of Mr. Ma’s livestreams!”

“Mr. Ma is so tough, a real man!”

As Ma Yang’s livestream continued, the comments in the room became more and more numerous and dense.

Pei Qian watched the densely packed comments in Ma Yang’s livestream room on his phone and was momentarily speechless.

This was…

The development of events had completely exceeded Pei Qian’s expectations. He had thought, it’s just exposing a few low-quality school supplies, right? Who would watch such content?

But what he hadn’t anticipated was that the content of this episode would receive such a good response!

Thinking about it carefully, this was mainly because he had made the mistake of taking things for granted.

Pei Qian, like many viewers, had instinctively assumed that items like pencils, erasers, plastic book covers, and glue sticks, even if they were of poor quality, how bad could they be.

But when the test reports came out, he realized that his imagination clearly couldn’t keep up with the moral bottom line of these manufacturers.

It was precisely because these items seemed to be worth just a few cents and were so common in daily life that when such serious quality issues were exposed—seriously harming students’ physical health—it made people feel genuinely indignant!

Pei Qian felt something was amiss.

It seemed that Old Ma’s “reverse product promotion” livestream was off to a great start!

“Could it be that Old Ma might become an internet celebrity?”

“This is too much like magical realism, isn’t it?”

“No, calm down, things shouldn’t have developed to such a terrible stage yet…”

After careful consideration, Pei Qian decided to wait and see.

Because this was just the beginning, and the further it went, the more resistance and problems there would be.

This was only the first episode, and the manufacturers exposed by Ma Yang were completely unprepared.

But as Ma Yang exposed more and more problematic manufacturers, they would gradually unite to find ways to strike back and take some measures.

Moreover, for most people, anger comes quickly and goes quickly as well.

For ordinary people, the desire to spend money shopping is endless. Those real product-promoting streamers have very sticky fans; the audience goes to watch them casually, and even if they don’t buy, they’ll still check it out.

Most people can’t possibly pay attention to what counterfeit and inferior products have been exposed to every day; they only pay attention when they’re using them.

Ma Yang’s start was good, but it might not be sustainable. Perhaps after streaming for a month or two, it would suddenly fizzle out.

This was very possible!

Because the content Ma Yang provided to the audience was quite easy to become aesthetically fatigued with—it felt fresh the first time, but after seeing it too often, it would become boring.

Besides, what Ma Yang was doing now was the right thing.

These toxic and harmful products were like formaldehyde-filled houses, which Pei Qian had always deeply detested. Since what Old Ma was doing now could protect the interests of ordinary consumers and safeguard their physical health, it was meaningful work.

Even if there was a possibility of making some money, Pei Qian could tolerate it.

Moreover, the possibility of making money, from the current perspective, was still low.

Pei Qian had long instructed that they should not accept any money from manufacturers.

Whether manufacturers wanted them to say good things, bad things, or not comment on products at all, they couldn’t accept the money.

From the current situation, although Ma Yang’s livestream room had gained a certain degree of heat and traffic, there was still no possibility of profit.

Therefore, although Ma Yang’s “reverse product promotion” livestream was off to a good start, Pei Qian had no intention of stopping him. Instead, he decided to let Ma Yang continue for a while longer, to observe and see.

Soon, the livestream ended.

Ma Yang finally finished reading the script and flashed a slight smile at the camera with his long face: “Alright, that’s all for today’s livestream. See you all next time!”

After ending the livestream, Ma Yang took a cup of water from Chen Yufeng, took a couple of sips, and then eagerly asked: “How was it, Brother Qian? Did I do well?”

Pei Qian nodded: “Mm, keep up the good work!”

…

Meanwhile, at a hotel in Jingzhou City.

Half a year had passed in the blink of an eye, and it was once again Tenda’s recruitment season.

Wu Bin, along with other colleagues from the Human Resources department, was helping maintain order at the examination site.

For Wu Bin, the biggest feeling was that more and more people were taking Tenda’s employment exam!

The number of applicants was increasing, so the number of examination venues that needed to be arranged was also increasing, and the expenses for the entire recruitment season were becoming larger and larger.

As a result, Tenda’s biannual recruitment seasons had become one of the important tasks for the Human Resources and Administrative departments, always requiring intense preparation one or two months in advance.

This time, Tenda had booked large banquet halls in more than a dozen hotels in Jingzhou as examination venues, and Wu Bin was responsible for maintaining order at one of these venues.

At noon, many candidates who had come from out of town returned to their rooms to rest, but some candidates remained at the examination site, studying diligently and doing practice questions.

Many delivery riders from Slackin’ Delivery arrived, bringing the lunches ordered by the candidates.

Many out-of-town candidates took this opportunity to taste just how good the famous Slackin’ Delivery food was.

Wu Bin aimlessly walked around the examination site. He was just walking casually when he suddenly noticed several books on one candidate’s desk.

“Tenda Employment Exam Real Questions and Detailed Solutions.”

“Tenda Employment Exam Universal Guide.”

“Tenda Employment Exam Professional Knowledge Questions Prediction for Various Positions.”

Wu Bin was dumbfounded.

“Supplementary textbooks for Tenda’s employment exam?”