Chen Li explained, "The county launched the countywide tourism-plus initiative to use tourism to promote the development of other industries. But no matter how hard the county works, there are always areas we can't cover. For example, quite a few agricultural products are still going unsold."
"A lot of places are now holding official livestream sales to help farmers, aren't they? Even county heads from many small places are appearing on camera themselves."
"The county wants to give it a try too. We started with a task to sell 4,000 jin of unsold honey. Unfortunately, that task landed on my shoulders."
"Your villa's herbal honey drink is all the rage right now, so I was hoping you could help promote it on Douyin through the villa's official social media account."
"Don't worry, Boss Qin. The bees are carefully raised, and the quality is guaranteed. I can promise you that."
"Sure. I'll make arrangements when I get back." Qin Lin hadn't expected this to be what Chen Li had been talking about.
Livestream selling wasn't anything new.
The industry had made a number of people rich, while also making shopping more convenient for ordinary people and giving them another option.
But this nascent industry was also rife with problems. Counterfeits and sales gimmicks were everywhere, and there was no way to guarantee quality.
As for whether you got the real thing or a fake, that depended on the seller's conscience. But how much was a conscience worth to some people? They could sell plain water as bird's nest.
More and more officials were now getting involved, lending the industry credibility. It would likely be cleaned up before long. Hadn't that influencer whose name began with "Xin" just been criticized by the authorities?
That was a clear sign that some people were