However, what Tang Tianyi was thinking about, Luo Chao and Zuo Dahai naturally did not know.

At this moment, after receiving the tissue paper handed over by Tang Tianyi, Zuo Dahai had already wiped away the tears and snot from his face. Now, he was fully focused on driving because the road conditions had started to become complicated again.

Meanwhile, Luo Chao was still carefully examining the package of tissues in his hand, trying to find clues as to why the quality of the tissues was so poor.

At a certain moment, Luo Chao's eyes suddenly widened, and his mouth almost formed an "O" shape!

Because, with his exceptionally sharp observational skills far beyond that of ordinary people, Luo Chao finally discovered the real reason why the tissues he had just taken out, labeled as Clean Breeze brand, were of such poor quality!

It turned out that Luo Chao discovered that the package of so-called "Clean Breeze" tissues in his hand wasn't actually "Clean Breeze" at all!

Although it had the same classic colors and patterns as the real Clean Breeze brand, in reality, the package of tissues Luo Chao held was "Please Phoenix" brand!

The trademark on this package of so-called "Please Phoenix" tissues was also very carelessly done, so to the average person, it looked exactly the same as the "Clean Breeze" trademark at first glance!

However, even though Luo Chao discovered he was duped by this fake tissue package, he wasn't angry at the small shop owner who sold him the counterfeit tissues.

Because, even Luo Chao, with his extraordinary observational skills, needed careful examination to find the differences between this counterfeit Clean Breeze brand, the Please Phoenix brand tissues, and the real Clean Breeze tissues. Not to mention the shop owner who originally sold him this package of tissues.

Luo Chao knew that, as the saying goes, existence is reasonable. There are actually reasons why these counterfeit brands flourish in Huaxia today.

In Huaxia, when speaking of "counterfeits," almost everyone knows about them. Including small appliances, phones, clothing, and many other products, the sales of counterfeits sometimes even surpass the genuine brands.

Moreover, some counterfeit phones are even more "feature-rich" than the original brand phones.

For business people, counterfeiting mature products is a shortcut, saving on research costs and allowing products to hit the market as quickly as possible.

A large number of counterfeit phone manufacturers have completed their capital accumulation, transforming into domestic brand phones and making huge profits!

For consumers, counterfeit products are cheap. At a lower price, they can enjoy a substitute experience for expensive products, at least with a highly deceptive appearance.

Without repeated painful lessons, it's nearly impossible for low-income consumers to become immune to counterfeit products.

On one hand, there's the urge to make quick money, and on the other, the desire for cheap products. The combination has created a vast counterfeit market in Huaxia.

Luo Chao knew that in some small shops in Huaxia's rural areas, "Woo Woo Milk Candy" becomes "Oh Oh Milk Candy" when counterfeited.

Chips "Kebake" become "Kekeke," and "Six Walnuts" turn into "Six Pecans."

Some popular brands can have a few characters altered and turn into multiple brands.

For example, "Sprite" has imitators like "Thunder Sprite" and "Snow Dew."

As for "Yili," "Wongzai," "Nutrition Choice Line," "Vein Robbery," these are already familiar sights in the rural consumer markets filled with counterfeit goods.

Clearly, the package of tissues in Luo Chao's hand belongs to the latter category.

But what truly made the "Counterfeit Huaxia" notorious wasn't the operators or the consumers, but the regulators.

Everyone knows that compared to counterfeit products, drug trafficking is far more lucrative and the consumer demand is even more urgent. But in reality, the drug business doesn't flourish nearly as much as the counterfeit product trade. Why is that?

Because, for the former, regulation is lax—turning a blind eye or even allowing it to slide—while the latter might lead to being shot.

In the readily visible and still emerging variety of markets, from daily necessities to food, from home appliances to IT products, from clothing to food, counterfeits are not a shameful affair.

Using the term "open sale" to describe the sale of counterfeit products would not be an exaggeration.

However, speaking of drugs, who would dare to openly set up a stall and sell them?

Both counterfeit products and drugs are illegal, and neither should be rampant on the market. But due to lax regulation of the former and strict enforcement on the latter, they lead to quite the opposite situations.

Counterfeit products are rampant, which seems like a quick path for the manufacturing industry, but is essentially drinking poison to quench thirst.

Constant imitation and plagiarism are not only disgraceful but also gradually eroding the incentive for innovation and creation in manufacturing.

Taking Huaxia's domestic automobile industry as an example, using reverse engineering, many world-renowned cars have been counterfeited into domestic brand models.

But such counterfeit development, considering cost pricing factors, mostly only focuses on the similar appearance, often ignoring or lacking internal technical research, making it challenging for domestic brand cars to compete on equal footing with foreign car brands.

In contrast, the SUV products from Changfa Automobile, despite long development cycles, numerous setbacks, and multiple postponements of the H8 and H9 releases, still lead in sales, proving that the counterfeit route is not viable.

A hundred years ago, there were people in Huaxia advocating for the idea of directly adopting Western industrial civilization to save the then-backward Huaxia. Such practices were proven ineffectual.

Years after Huaxia joined the WTO, turning a blind eye to counterfeit products leads to "bad money driving out good money" and will inevitably result in disastrous consequences.

Therefore, Luo Chao believed that although counterfeit goods have their advantages, clearly, the disadvantages of counterfeit goods far outweigh the benefits.

Actually, if this package of tissues was sold at a counterfeit price of fifty cents, Luo Chao could still accept it.

However, now this package of tissues in Luo Chao's hand is not only counterfeit but also sold to him at the genuine brand price.

With this, the problem becomes significant.

If Luo Chao initially spent fifty cents to buy this package of tissues, he would have accepted it. After all, cheap goods aren't good, and fifty cents is precisely the price of counterfeit goods.

But now it's different. Luo Chao bought this package of tissues for two yuan, which means that this package of tissues is no longer just a simple counterfeit product. It has escalated to the level of a counterfeit inferior product!

Thinking of this, Luo Chao, without hesitation, pulled out his phone and made a call.

This call was to the number dedicated to reporting counterfeit inferior products!

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