YM778.TV Chapter 32: Where To Buy Cat Food
“Oh, I now understand, if you say it like that.” — Peach is a fairy.
“So, all of the shops who sell cat food in 15 pounds are unscrupulous businessmen?” — Pancake.
Liu Man nodded, “That’s right. If you see cat food, supposedly from Cats’ Garden, being sold in 15 pounds, then it’s fake. The eight pounds and twelve pounds might be real though. The cat food sold in 12 pounds that I bought before was real.”
“This is terrifying. I’m going to request a refund.”
“My cat’s already finished half of the bag… And it’s a bag of 15 pounds. (scared)”
“My cat is consuming cat food sold in 15 pounds too. There doesn’t seem to be any problem with it. Live-streamer, I still don’t trust what you say.” — I have a cat.
This viewer still seemed to be skeptical.
Liu Man continued to say, “I, of course, have more proof,” She took out another file, “I don’t know if any of you have ever heard of the Hong Kong Westland Trade Ltd.?”
TL’s Note: Yes, that’s the company’s full name.
“No.”
“Never heard of it…”
“What does it do?”
“This company is the only legal Cats’ Garden dealer in Hong Kong, and Cats’ Garden does not have a dealer company in Mainland China. I’ve been able to reach a manager of Hong Kong Westland’s, and he told me that their company didn’t have any cooperative businesses with the mainland companies. Nor had they ever associated with Taobao. So, another way of putting it, is that all of the procedures and permission certifications on these Taobao shops are fake.”
“Although I don’t know the prime costs of these dealers, Cats’ Garden has made it clear that dealers must sell cat food of 12 pounds for at least 150 New Zealand Dollars, which is about 690 when turned into the RMB currency. I’ve researched a bit, and I found out that cat food at 12 pounds are all sold for 690 Hong Kong Dollars in Hong Kong supermarkets,” Liu Man paused for a moment, remembering that box of cat food Yu Zhan had given her, which had only costed 800.
It was probably because what Liu Man had said completely contradicted everything the cat fans thought they had known because as Liu Man went silent, the comment section had also gone silent for a few seconds, before comments came rushing in.
“On Taobao, the ones who sell cat food at fifteen pounds, only cost about 500!”
“That’s definitely fake then.”
“This is so scary though. Is there any businessman out there with some conscience left?”
“I don’t trust anyone now.”
“These immoral shop owners think they can do whatever they want.”
“I’m not a cat fan, but I just wanted to say, the Chinese are really good at counterfeiting… Probably the best at doing so in the whole world. If there can be fake money, then there can be fake cat food.”
At this moment, the viewers’ count broke Liu Man’s record ever since she had become a live-streamer. There were now more than 2700 audience members. Although it wasn’t a lot compared to those famous live-streamers who could have a dozen thousands of viewers in a second, for a novice on this application, this was already very good.
Some audience members started to share their experiences with fake cat food, and how their cats had spat blood, had diarrhea, and how they had to send their pets to the pet clinic because of emergency situations. The more they discussed over fake cat food, the angrier they got. At last, everyone was completely enraged.
“So, if anyone still has any cat food from Cats’ Garden in 15 pounds, please throw it away as soon as possible. Nobody knows what fake cat food is made out of and what harm they can do to cats. Some cats might not react too much to it. Their fur color might change a little, their tears might turn into a brownish color, and they might have diarrhea. Don’t just think that these are small issues. Aren’t you scared of seeing how something poisonous and lethal is in your cat’s body and will be there for a long time? Cats aren’t just our pets, they’re also parts of our families. I know that some of you are the same as me. You treat cats even better than how you treat yourself.”
“If it’s feasible, please take the proof I showed you and go find the shops you bought fake cat food from. Although they might not even concede it, provide you with a refund, or even talk to you, we definitely have to let them know that we’ve discovered the truth. Right now, China isn’t putting enough attention and supervision on pet food, probably because they don’t think it’s important enough. I’ve litigated, but that didn’t make any difference, which is why I’ve decided to make this video today.”
“You can say that it’s useless for me to not get over it already. I’m not someone who has much patience or a strong sense of righteousness. I’m quite boorish, in fact. Excluding the fact that I want to vent off my feelings, I also want to get my 548 RMB back. Nobody has a money tree in their backyard, and why should we let these immoral shops get what they want? Why should we permit them to use our money, and even our parents’ money, that we’ve all worked so hard for?”
Liu Man’s speech completely instigated all of the viewers sitting in front of the screen.
“Sis, you’re not boorish. In my heart, you are a fairy.” — Otaku Boy.
“I’ve already contacted the customer service of the shop that I bought cat food from. Of course, they completely ignored me and told me that they were going to go offline because their shift was up. I’m going to continue pestering them tomorrow, and I’m definitely going to get this clear with them.”
“Nowadays, we need more people like you, who have the courage to vent their feelings out. Most people who suffer some losses only think, ‘Forget it, I only lost a bit of money. I’ll just be more careful in the future.’ However, they don’t expect others to fall into the same trap and walk on the same path that they walked on before. We can’t just care about ourselves; we need to help others. I’m giving you a hundred likes for what you did.” — Peach is a fairy.
A heart emoji appeared on the screen.
Peach is a Fairy gifted you 100 Hearts.
TL’s Note: 100 hearts is a gift that a viewer can give to their favorite live-streamer. That live-streamer can then exchange that gift for money.
“The girl’s right. I don’t eat breakfast, just so that I can save more money for good cat food. But, in the end, it turned out to be fake. If this keeps up, I’d rather buy cheaper cat food. At least their cat food is real.” — Big Faced Cat.
Liu Man remembered the username ‘Big Faced Cat.’ They had commented a few times and had given her some gifts.
Big Faced Cat was also a student in her sophomore year, but she went to school in Shanghai. She had a Garfield cat, which she kept in her dorms. She and her three roommates all treasured it. Expenses were costly in Shanghai, so to keep the pampered Garfield happy, each one of them took some money out of their living expenses to buy the best things for the cat.
Big Faced Cat watched Liu Man’s live-stream tonight with all three of her roommates. They had recorded the entire video, including the evidence that Liu Man had provided.
Big Faced Cat had signed up a Weibo account for her Garfield cat, and the ID was ‘Big Faced Cat.’ She had sent a lot of cute photos of the Garfield cat on that account. Garfield cats were always fat and looked cutely dumb, so they generally attracted more fans than other kinds of cats. Big Faced Cat had almost twenty thousand fans. Although their account wasn’t a high-level, and they didn’t earn much, they still did have a certain power over influencing their fans.
Big Faced Cat also followed Princess Man’s Weibo. She told her roommates, “I’m going to post Princess Man’s video on our Weibo so that our fans can see it too. Many of them also keep pets. The fake cat food business is too horrifying, and the effects are terrible.”
“But where do we go to buy good cat food? Princess Man also said that Cats’ Garden hadn’t spread their business to Mainland China yet, so we don’t have any legal way to buy cat food.”
Big Faced Cat’s roommates had no idea what to do.
The same went for Liu Man’s other cat fans.
“Sis, I think you said that you bought real Cats’ Garden’s cat food later on. Where did you get that?” — I’m Tingting.
Credits: Sydney & Kathrien