“Excellent! We’ll sell them just like you said!”
Li Ya was decisive. After carefully considering Qin Chuan’s method, she immediately agreed! As the owner of a garment factory, how could she lack boldness?
“I’ll have someone go procure these items right away!”
As Li Ya spoke, she casually took out a small, sleek flip phone from her bag and started making a call.
Qin Chuan recognized it as a Motorola flip phone, all black, compact and exquisite, even with an antenna. He vaguely recalled it costing at least seven or eight thousand yuan. This made him feel disheartened. His family's entire fortune might not be enough to cover the cost of just one such phone. Indeed, comparing people was an unavoidable truth.
After Li Ya finished her call, Qin Chuan added, “We also need a long banner, preferably red and wide. And a sheet of big red paper, ink, brushes, stools, a ladder, and a loudspeaker…”
“That’s simple, I have everything at the factory. Chun Tao, Xiao Li, quickly ride your bikes to the factory and get them!” Li Ya commanded.
Chun Tao and Xiao Li left immediately, leaving only Qin Chuan and Li Ya at the stall.
“Sister, while there’s still time, you should eat. The food has gone cold!” Qin Chuan noticed the boxed meal on the table.
Li Ya glanced down at the cooled meal and shook her head, “I’m not eating it. I’m on a diet anyway! Just throw it away!”
“Throw it away?” Qin Chuan stared at the boxed meal, unable to resist licking his dry lips. He hadn't eaten since he woke up that morning and was already starving, his stomach rumbling. He had wanted to buy something to eat on the way to the exhibition, but he had not a single cent to his name, so he had to endure.
“It’s such a waste to throw away such good food. If you’re not eating it, then I will. I haven’t eaten yet!” Qin Chuan picked up the boxed meal and, without waiting for Li Ya’s reply, began to devour it.
“Oh, you… you this… the food is already cold, be careful not to upset your stomach!” Qin Chuan ate too quickly. By the time Li Ya snapped back to reality and wanted to stop him, it was too late. She could only speak. In fact, what she wanted to say was that it was her leftover food, and she had already used the chopsticks. The fact that Qin Chuan just picked it up and used it was like something out of a TV drama – an indirect kiss…
Not long after Qin Chuan finished eating, Chun Tao and Xiao Li returned with the necessary items, accompanied by two other workers.
“Sister, should I write, or should you?” Qin Chuan asked Li Ya.
“You are in charge of this entire activity, so of course, you should write it!” Li Ya replied.
Qin Chuan didn’t stand on ceremony. He picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write on the red banner with swift strokes. His handwriting was strong, with sharp, decisive strokes, exuding resilience. The content was even more direct. The top line read – Butterfly Garment Factory, Grand Sale! The line below stated – No tricks, only cheap! Cheap! Cheap!!! Buy clothes and get free groceries!!! Each exclamation mark was deliberately bolded, making it very eye-catching!
Seeing the strong, vigorous, and sharp strokes on the red banner, Chun Tao and Xiao Li, who had been watching from the side, couldn’t help but exclaim, “Your handwriting is beautiful!”
Li Ya didn’t speak, but her beautiful eyes brightened slightly. She looked at Qin Chuan again, a sense of curiosity growing towards this unfamiliar young man. There was an old saying: your handwriting reflects your character. A young man capable of such beautiful calligraphy, and who also possessed such novel sales ideas, was bound to pique anyone's interest.
Qin Chuan smiled modestly, “It’s alright. Two gentlemen, could you please hang this banner up there!”
“No problem!” The two workers responded and nimbly climbed the ladder to get to work!
Qin Chuan picked up the brush again and quickly wrote on the large red paper. The content was as follows:
Spend ten yuan, get a bag of salt!
Spend twenty yuan, get a bottle of dish soap!
Spend thirty yuan, get a bag of ten jin of flour!
Spend fifty yuan, get a bottle of sunflower oil!
Spend one hundred yuan, get a bag of forty jin of flour!
Buy more, get more gifts, buy more, give more! Benefit millions of families!!!
At that time, a jin of flour cost only about three mao. Forty jin of flour, though sounding like a lot, was actually only about ten yuan!
Once this conspicuous red paper was posted, it immediately attracted the attention of passersby. Everyone was curious about what was written on it. Upon reading the content, exclamations erupted.
“Little sister, is what’s written on here true or not?”
“Are they really giving away oil and flour?”
At the stall, apart from Qin Chuan, no one had expected that the red paper would attract so many people as soon as it was posted. Seeing that Chun Tao and Xiao Li hadn’t reacted yet, Li Ya immediately stepped forward as a salesperson and said, “Of course, it’s true!”
“Since we dared to post it, we will definitely fulfill our promise!”
“Uncle and aunties, I am Li Ya, the owner of Butterfly Garment Factory. I guarantee you that the promotion is real and effective!”
“Hey, hey, hey!! Hey, hey!!”
Just as Li Ya finished speaking, a loud loudspeaker voice suddenly boomed. It turned out Qin Chuan, who had appeared on a stool at some point, was holding up the loudspeaker.
“Fellow villagers, uncles and aunties, big brothers and sisters, little brothers and sisters!” Qin Chuan shouted loudly, his voice reaching half the exhibition hall. Regardless of what they were doing, everyone stopped and turned their heads to find the source of the sound.
“This is the Butterfly Garment Factory Grand Sale!!”
“Responding to the government’s call, benefiting the people and farmers, bringing happiness to millions of families!”
“Butterfly Garment Factory will be holding an unprecedented grand sale!”
“With us, there’s no cheap, only cheaper!”
“Anyone who buys clothes here will receive a gift. The more you buy, the more you get. Don’t miss out if you pass by!”
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, first come, first served!!”
As the loudspeaker blared, the previously deserted stall began to draw a growing crowd, attracted by the gifts. Upon arriving at the stall and seeing the contents of the large red paper, they were completely astonished! Never before had a merchant dared to give away so many gifts with purchases. Especially the generous offers of a bottle of oil for every fifty yuan spent, and a bag of forty jin of flour for every one hundred yuan, made everyone’s hearts yearn.
At the stall, seeing the densely packed crowd that had gathered in just a few minutes, Li Ya, Chun Tao, and Xiao Li were all startled. Regardless of the outcome today, Qin Chuan’s method of drawing a crowd had opened their eyes. They realized business could be conducted in such a manner! Almost everyone who came was inquiring about the authenticity of the promotion. When they learned it was all true, they became excited!
“Young man, we haven’t seen the flour and sunflower oil you mentioned yet?” Suddenly, someone from the crowd asked. This question voiced what everyone was most eager to know.
“Right, what about the flour and oil? Even if we buy clothes, where do we get these things?”
Qin Chuan, standing on the stool, grinned, “Esteemed elders and fellow villagers, please be patient!”
“Look, aren’t those the flour and oil right there?”
As Qin Chuan finished speaking, a large truck entered the exhibition hall entrance, loaded with oil and flour, honking its horn continuously…