Chinese Medicine: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 633: Chapter 633: Personally Tested and Effective

"President Ding, I’m so sorry. I’m a terrible person, I don’t know what came over me..."

Old Wang spilled the beans, confessing everything about stealing the samples.

"I thought they just wanted to reverse-engineer the formula. I never thought it would get this bad."

After hearing the whole story, Ding Kaifang was so furious he pointed right in Old Wang’s face and cursed, "You bastard! You sold out the company for money. This is a crime. This is corporate espionage."

"Call the police! Turn him over to them."

Old Wang was dragged away by security guards.

But the damage was done. The market-wide assault was still in full swing.

...

「Shanghai, inside a villa.」

The bathroom was filled with steam.

Ji Youyou unwrapped the minimalist packaging and poured the pale, amber-colored shampoo into her palm.

A fresh, herbal fragrance instantly filled the air. It wasn’t the least bit pungent; instead, it made her feel like she was standing in the middle of a forest.

’This scent... is so much better than Bawang’s.’

She gently worked it into a lather, creating a fine, rich foam.

The moment her fingertips touched her scalp, a soothing sensation she hadn’t felt in ages washed over her.

Her scalp, usually tight and even a little itchy from frequent hairstyling, felt as if a pair of gentle hands were smoothing away all the irritation.

She rinsed it out and blow-dried her hair.

Staring in the mirror at her hair, now silky-smooth and incredibly glossy, Ji Youyou was stunned.

’The results... are unbelievable! Even my hair treatments, which cost thousands of yuan per session, are barely this good!’

She really wanted to post on Weibo, or share this "hidden gem" on Xiaohongshu and tell everyone how amazing this shampoo was.

But then she remembered her contract, with its 800-million-yuan penalty for breach and the draconian clause forbidding her from promoting competing products. The thought was like a bucket of cold water, and her enthusiasm instantly fizzled.

She unlocked her phone and looked at the flood of malicious reviews online, her brow furrowing tighter and tighter.

"Contains hormones," "Carcinogenic," "Guaranteed to make you bald"...

All sorts of vicious rumors were flying around. It was clearly an organized, premeditated smear campaign by paid online trolls.

’This is too much! How can such a great product be slandered so viciously?’

Furious, Ji Youyou threw her phone onto the sofa.

She had a straightforward personality and couldn’t stand seeing such dirty tricks that twisted the truth.

’No, I have to do something.’

Her eyes darted around, and a plan began to form.

"Xiao Ya! Xiao Ya!" she called for her assistant.

"Sister Youyou, what is it?"

"The contract only says *I’m* not allowed to promote it. It doesn’t say anything about you and my agent, right?"

Ji Youyou asked mischievously.

Xiao Ya paused for a second before she understood. "Well, in theory, that’s true. But..."

"No buts. You and Sister Wang have plenty of followers. Post for me. Just say you personally tested it and it works great. I want you to shut these rumors down."

And so, that evening, Ji Youyou’s assistant and agent both took to Weibo and Moments to voice their support for the Ding Clan’s shampoo, even posting before-and-after comparison photos.

Some of her die-hard fans saw the posts and were skeptical.

"If even the people closest to Sister Youyou are saying it’s good, then it must be, right?"

"But so many people online are trashing it. Who knows if they’re just trying to ride the controversy for clout?"

However, the paid trolls reacted with incredible speed.

They immediately flooded the comment sections and retaliated with snide remarks: "Well, well, what’s this? Celebrity Ji doesn’t have the guts to speak up herself, so she sends a couple of minions to do damage control for her?"

"Open your eyes, people! If this product were actually any good, why isn’t Ji Youyou herself endorsing it? Why isn’t she praising it on her own Weibo? It must be because it’s garbage and she’s afraid of tarnishing her brand."

"This is just a sign of a guilty conscience. A pathetic attempt at a cover-up."

This rhetoric was incredibly effective.

The fans thought about it. ’They have a point,’ they reasoned.

Ji Youyou was a huge star. If she really thought the product was good, why wouldn’t she endorse it herself?

And just like that, the small flicker of trust that had just been ignited was mercilessly snuffed out.

Reading those comments, Ji Youyou was seething, wishing she could reach through the internet and strangle the trolls. But there was nothing she could do.

...

「Feng City.」

Joyson had also received his prize from "Vanilla Honey Peaches"—a bottle of "Ding Clan Natural Herbal Shampoo," the very product being dragged through the mud all over the internet.

Staring at the delivery box, Joyson felt a surge of apprehension.

Over the past couple of days, he had seen plenty of trending posts about it—things like "scalp sores" and "necrotic follicles," all described in such vivid detail that it was starting to mess with his head.

’Can I really use this stuff?’ he wondered. ’I hope it doesn’t actually make me go bald.’

He was tempted to just throw it away, but it was a prize, and a full-sized bottle at that. It seemed like a waste.

’Whatever, I’ll take a look first.’

Joyson twisted open the cap.

A fresh fragrance with a faint hint of herbal medicine wafted out.

’Huh? This scent... is actually really nice.’

Joyson was surprised.

He had expected a "shoddy product" like this to reek of a pungent, artificial fragrance or some chemical solution. He never imagined it would smell so natural.

His conviction wavered.

’Could something that smells this pleasant really destroy your hair? Maybe those trolls were just making it all up?’

After a moment’s thought, he decided to do a patch test first.

He squeezed a small amount of shampoo into his palm, lathered it up like hand soap, and rinsed it off.

Afterward, the skin on his hand wasn’t red or itchy at all. In fact, it felt incredibly smooth and moisturized, and even retained a faint, clean scent.

’See? Nothing happened.’

Joyson stared at his hand. ’None of the side effects they talked about online, like itchy skin or redness.’

That gave him some confidence.

’It seems those malicious reviews, even if not entirely fake, must be wild exaggerations at the very least.’

Still, just to be on the safe side, he waited another day.

Only after confirming he had no allergic reaction on his hand did he finally make up his mind: he was going to wash his hair!

He wet his hair with warm water and worked the shampoo into a lather.

The cool, refreshing sensation made Joyson close his eyes in enjoyment.

He rinsed it clean and then blow-dried it.

Joyson stood in front of the mirror and habitually parted his hair with his fingers to check his scalp.

In the past, no matter what he did—even when using extra-strength anti-dandruff shampoos—his scalp would always be covered in a fine layer of white flakes after drying his hair, as if it were snowing.

But today...

He parted a section of his hair. It was clean.

He parted another section further back. Still clean!

His stubborn dandruff had miraculously vanished.

His scalp was a healthy, pinkish-white color, and it felt refreshed and able to breathe.

"Holy shit!"

Joyson was stunned.

The flaky scalp that had plagued him for years was actually cured by this so-called "shoddy, unlicensed product"?

It had gotten his hair impossibly clean.

His initial shock quickly gave way to anger.

Such a fantastic product, such an honest, domestically-made brand, was being slandered so viciously.

It was a complete distortion of the truth!

They were calling a deer a horse!

If he didn’t speak up for it, Joyson knew his conscience wouldn’t let him rest.

He immediately opened TikTok and found the review video posted by "Vanilla Honey Peaches."

In the comment section, he passionately wrote out a long review:

"I’m the lucky fan who won the prize. I just got my bottle today and tested it myself—it’s effective! My stubborn dandruff, which I’ve had for years, is completely gone after just one wash. The scent is incredible, and there are absolutely no side effects. Those people claiming it makes your scalp rot have either never used it or are deliberately trying to slander it. Don’t believe a word they say, everyone. I highly, highly recommend it!"

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