"Yo, Old Shen, what brings you here in person today!" Several nearby stall owners were quite surprised to see Shen Yuequn appear. After all, Shen Yuequn had struck it rich. No need to mention how popular his blind boxes were before; he was now the owner of a company and had started driving a small van, managing the entire market in the Northeast.
This made the small stall owners green with envy. Some of them had been setting up stalls for over ten years and were still just stall owners, while he had become a boss in just over a month. It was impossible not to be jealous.
However, they couldn't emulate him. Many of them had tried to get into blind boxes, but they genuinely couldn't get such cheap leather goods. Some had tried selling other things, but most of the items in the blind boxes were worth far less than the selling price, which made many customers give up after buying a few.
Unlike Shen Yuequn's blind box stall, where many people bought repeatedly, getting a leather wallet for just 10 yuan was a really good deal.
Did anyone want to drive Shen Yuequn's stall away?
Believe it or not, there were indeed jealous people. They were the other leather goods vendors in the market whose businesses were almost completely wiped out. Of course, they hated Shen Yuequn.
But the problem was, when these people tried to use some tactics, all the nearby stall owners united to protect Shen Yuequn's stall. The management also had the same attitude, and even some underground organizations openly stated that no one was allowed to remove Shen Yuequn's stall from their premises. Whoever did would face consequences for their entire family.
Huh, could it be that Shen Yuequn had an incredible background to receive such treatment?
Of course not. Shen Yuequn was just a commoner before. The real reason Shen Yuequn received the maintenance of the entire market was because Shen Yuequn's stall had a large customer base, attracting a lot of traffic. Many people who were originally not interested in coming to the market came to witness this increasingly famous blind box stall in SY City.
As a result, after a month of statistical data, the market where Shen Yuequn was located saw a year-on-year increase in foot traffic of about 12%.
With more foot traffic, consumption naturally increased. Although these people were drawn by the blind box stall, they couldn't just buy blind boxes. They would inevitably buy other interesting and fun items from nearby stalls.
This led to an increase in income of about 10% for all stall owners. How could the market possibly let Shen Yuequn's stall leave? This was a super internet-famous shop in 2001!
Especially for the stalls near this stall, their sales increased by more than 50%. Now, to be able to set up stalls next to Shen Yuequn's, many stall owners even engaged in physical fights.
The most serious incident involved a group fight of over 20 people.
Therefore, at this time, anyone who could set up a stall near Shen Yuequn's stall was definitely a loyal guardian of Shen Yuequn and paid close attention to his stall, knowing a lot. They all knew that Shen Yuequn rarely appeared, so they were surprised he showed up today.
"Because there's something new today!" Shen Yuequn smiled slightly, then pushed out a brand new cardboard sign from his small cart behind him. Everyone's eyes followed.
The writing on this cardboard sign was the same as before, all handwritten, along with the items that could be found in the blind boxes.
However, unlike before, the largest text on the previous cardboard sign was "leather jacket." On this new sign, the largest text had become other words: Full-color touch screen mobile phone, followed by (Original price 8888 yuan).
"Old Shen, is it true? Your blind boxes actually contain mobile phones!" Seeing this brand new advertising board, the surrounding onlookers were stunned.
"Of course!" Shen Yuequn nodded, then took out his signature megaphone, pressed the play button, and the familiar shouts of "Jiangnan Leather Factory" and that little sister-in-law sounded in everyone's ears again.
This was a sound everyone was very familiar with, but after this segment finished playing, a new voice segment began.
"Guangdong Shenzhen, Guangdong Shenzhen, the scumbag boss Huang He has been found. He used our blood and sweat money to resell mobile phones and owed 350 million yuan. While we were reporting the case, he ran away with his little sister-in-law. We had no choice but to take the mobile phones as wages. The original price was 8888 yuan for European imported Tianxing mobile phones, all for ten yuan, all for ten yuan, all in these blind boxes."
"Huang He xxx, you are not human! We worked hard for you for more than half a year, and you didn't pay us wages. You owe me my blood and sweat money, give me back my blood and sweat money!"
Undoubtedly, this recording was still Huang He's voice.
"Damn, you have a sequel!" After listening to this brand new voice segment, everyone around was energized.
For more than a month, they had been listening to the story of the same scumbag boss Huang He every day. Although this recording was highly informative and very attractive, once heard, it was almost impossible to forget for a lifetime.
Over time, people became more interested in the sequel to this story, wanting to know what else this Huang He did after running away with his sister-in-law, what his current situation was, and whether he and his sister-in-law were doing exciting things every day.
Unexpectedly, they finally got their wish and heard the sequel to Huang He's story again!
"Yes, some of our fellow workers said they saw Huang He in Shenzhen, so many people went to catch him and found that he had hoarded a large number of mobile phones, intending to get rich with them."
"Unfortunately, this guy is too cunning. Taking advantage of our reporting the case, he ran away with his sister-in-law again. We only found these mobile phones!" Shen Yuequn said sadly.
"Tsk tsk, this Boss Huang is really amazing. He invested 350 million in leather goods and still had money to hoard mobile phones!" someone exclaimed.
"Yes, this is truly a wicked fellow!" everyone criticized our Boss Huang's shamelessness, then their gazes shifted to Shen Yuequn's small cart, and finally, someone couldn't resist asking out of curiosity, "Old Shen, are there any mobile phones in your cart?"
"I don't know. To ensure fairness as much as possible, all the found mobile phones have been mixed into the blind boxes of leather goods!" Shen Yuequn said. "So, out of these 400 boxes, there might be some, or there might not be. No one knows the situation until the boxes are opened!"
"Really? If there's definitely one in these 400 boxes, then it's profitable! A color touch screen mobile phone now costs at least over 6,000 yuan. 400 boxes for only 4,000 yuan, plus all these leather goods and leather shoes, it's definitely profitable!" Many people were calculating in their hearts.
However, some people had a look of "I've seen through it all" and said, "Old Shen, let alone whether there are mobile phones in there, but at 8888 yuan each, it must be at least one in every 800 boxes. Your odds are too low, as low as the probability of getting a character in Genshin Impact. No one will have any hopes!"
That was indeed a good point. The odds of one in 800 were too low, almost more of a rip-off than Genshin Impact's gacha. So even if there were mobile phones, no one would specifically come to buy these blind boxes for a phone.
However, Boss Huang wouldn't have overlooked such a simple problem.
So, Shen Yuequn soon pushed out another advertising board from his three-wheeled cart. It read: "To express our gratitude for all the support from our customers, we also know that many friends have accumulated a large number of Jiangnan brand leather goods. To ensure that your interests are not harmed, we can recycle all products from the Jiangnan Leather Factory."
"As long as your product is kept in its original packaging, with no loss of the box or related accessories, and all documents such as warranty cards and three-guarantee cards are complete, you can exchange them for Jiangnan Coins on the spot."
"Among them, any leather wallet can be exchanged for 20 Jiangnan Coins, a leather belt can be exchanged for 30 Jiangnan Coins, leather shoes can be exchanged for 100 Jiangnan Coins, and a leather jacket can be exchanged for 1000 Jiangnan Coins. At the same time, as long as you collect 8888 Jiangnan Coins, you can immediately exchange them for a genuine Tianxing brand Supreme Flagship full-color touch screen mobile phone."