Chapter 775: Scandal Queen vs. The White Lotus Actor 46

Just then, the matter of carcinogens being detected in Bai's body powder products began attracting widespread attention on Weibo and across various media outlets.

Body powder was mostly used for infants and young children, so the quality of talcum powder, the main material used to make it, had to be strictly controlled.

The body powder produced by the Bai family in the earlier years had not been found to have any similar problems because the materials they used were safe. However, over the past two years, they had changed their production materials, and their inspections had not been carried out properly. That was how such a major oversight had occurred.

However, because the matter had not blown up at the time, the Bai family had simply left it alone.

What they absolutely could not have imagined was that Shang Baitong would take notice of this matter and make use of it.

Thus, as the body powder incident continued to gain traction, netizens immediately began to feel a sense of dread the more they thought about it.

"Oh my God! Bai's body powder is a long-established brand. I've always been using it on my baby, several times a day! Ahhh! Damn Bai's! If anything happens to my daughter, even if I have to go bankrupt, I'll sue you!"

"They call themselves a conscientious company? Even their body powder can cause cancer! Who knows whether their other products have problems too? I don't dare use anything made by Bai's anymore!"

"Damn! My son sweats easily in summer, and I just bought two more bottles of Bai's body powder for him. We've always used Bai's before this too. I never thought there'd actually be a quality problem!"

For a time, countless netizens began questioning Bai's products. In major supermarkets, the Bai products that ordinary consumers had once frequently chosen also gradually began to be left untouched.

……

The Bai family had never imagined that a single body powder product could bring them such enormous losses.

For a while, the Bai family members hurriedly held a board meeting to discuss how to resolve the situation.

But they soon discovered that no matter how they insisted the matter was merely a rumor, no one believed them anymore.

Not to mention that the claim about carcinogens in the body powder had been verified by an authoritative institution.

In just one month, the sales of the Bai family's products experienced a cliff-like drop.

……

Meanwhile, the Tang family quietly took advantage of the opportunity to advertise their own products, which had a solid reputation for quality and were well-liked by consumers. Their products quickly gained recognition and rapidly seized the Bai family's share of the market.

Seeing this, how could the Bai family fail to understand that the Tang family was attacking them from behind the scenes?

In the past, the Bai family had never taken the Tang family seriously. In their eyes, the Tang family's industries were nowhere near comparable to their own.

If the Bai family wanted to swallow up the Tang family, it would have been an easy matter.

But they had never dreamed that they would lose because of consumers' fear of the word "cancer."

Just the words "carcinogenic substances" were enough to bring down any company.

After all, who in this day and age didn't value their own life?

Thus, the Bai family could now only watch helplessly as the Tang family's products grew bigger and bigger, taking over the market share that should have belonged to the Bai family.

……

While the Bai family was running around frantically trying to deal with the body powder crisis, Tang Wan and Shang Baitong—the ones who had come up with the idea—were busy in their own ways: one filming and the other watching.

Watching Shang Baitong, dressed as a monk, solemnly exorcising demons with an abstinent expression, Tang Wan's eyes began to swivel mischievously.

As soon as Shang Baitong finished his scene, Tang Wan immediately walked over to him and lightly cleared her throat.

"Saint Monk, there's a little demon causing trouble in my home. Would Saint Monk be willing to come over and help me subdue it?"

Hearing this, Shang Baitong's hand, which had been about to remove his headpiece, paused.

The next moment, he looked at Tang Wan with a knowing, amused smile and immediately played along.

"Of course I can, female benefactor!"