The next day Xing Lixuan called Yu Antong to get up and go to school. Yu Antong lay down and shook his head, like a kid who didn’t want to go to kindergarten. “I won’t go, I don’t want to go to school, they will laugh at me.”
The only way Xing Lixuan to get a response to the wilted vegetable that is Yu Antong was to pinch his nose. “Get up and have breakfast later.”
Yu Antong sullenly replied, “Alright…”
Perpetrator Han contacted Yu Antong not long after. He asked, “Have you gone to school? Is there anyone watching you?”
Han Lele didn’t want to go to school at first, because there were many people who recognized him. But in order to atone for his crime, he had to follow Victim Yu’s instructions and go back to school to explain the whole shitshow.
Han Lele was wearing a mask, and even changed his hairstyle. Now that the weather has turned cold, there were many people wearing masks. Han Lele walked around the campus without anyone recognizing him.
Han Lele reported the situation to Victim Yu, “I have arrived at school, and no one has noticed me so far, as if I am just an ordinary, innocent male college student.”
–Not the unlucky guy who made into the social news.
Yu Antong heaved a sigh of relief. He thought about it, ‘no matter how everyone joked and commented on the Internet, in real life they still have to live their own life. Who had enough time to pay attention to me?’
Han Lele took a deep breath and walked into the classroom. He buried his head deeply and found an empty seat to sit down on.
It’s not easy to wear a mask in the classroom, but this class was a small class, with only people of his major attending. As soon as Han Lele took off the mask, he heard the class monitor calling him loudly.
“Lele is here! I just thought who that person was, and wondered if they went to the wrong class. I didn’t expect it to be you. Why did you change your hairstyle? Is it because of the news? Hahaha, sorry, sorry. I just wanna laugh when I see you.”
Then, came the caring life committee member ,”Lele, are you okay?”
The life committee member tried to show his sympathy and concern, but in the end he couldn’t help laughing. “Hahaha, Lele, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to laugh on purpose, so don’t take it to heart.”
Other students gathered around and expressed their concern. “Where’s Yu Antong? Is he still attending class today?”
Before Han Lele hung up, Yu Antong heard everything.
Now, he went back to his burrito-cave quilt, like a snail upon a rain of salt.
Yu Antong hung up the phone in despair. Just as he searched for the specific requirements for suspending his school, when Fu Xin called.
Fu Xin was a professional manager invited by Yu Antong to manage the company. After observing this period of time, Yu Antong thought that this person had strong working ability and was very enterprising. He was very relieved to entrust the company to such a person to manage.
Yu Antong thought that Fu Xin was here to discuss with him about opening a branch again, so he received the call and asked, “Is there a suitable shop?”
Fu Xin replied, “There is, but I’m not here to discuss the branch matter.”
Yu Antong felt confused. “Then what do you want to discuss?”
–What else can this workaholic talk about besides work?
Fu Xin: “Boss, you are in the news this time, I think we can use it to promote Immortal’s Banquet new chili sauce.”
Yu Antong: “…” He suddenly wanted to drive this manager away.
Yu Antong: “You are not human. You only care about making money, and you don’t care about your boss’ life.”
“No, boss, listen to me first,” Fu Xin said in a calm voice, “It is best to make people forget about this thing, and the most effective way to achieve that is to give them a new exciting thing to talk about. If we take the opportunity to promote our products, when the public slowly mentions you, they will only think that you are the founder of Immortal’s Banquet. In other words, a talented cook, and an outstanding young entrepreneur. I’m sure no one will remember…”
Fu Xin tactfully did not finish the rest of the sentence.
Yu Antong was skeptical. “Really?”
Fu Xin replied, “I have consulted professionals, and they all said that this method is feasible.”
Yu Antong has nothing to fear. He has been publicly executed once by the whole network. What could be more terrifying than this? Might as well treat this dead horse with a vet, who knows if it will suddenly be alive again.
Yu Antong said, “That’s fine, but don’t make too much of a fuss for me. I’m not in the entertainment industry, nor a genius chef or something. Let’s not blow things up too much.”
Yu Antong temporarily gave up the plan to suspend school, but I still asked the counselor for a few days off. The counselor, who was famous for being difficult to ask for leave, gave the leave very straightforwardly this time. They even told him to adjust his mentality earnestly.
In the few days when he didn’t have to go to school, Yu Antong focused on his career. He turned his grief and anger into strength and added a few new dishes to the Immortal’s Banquet.
The promotion of chili sauce was not as easy as opening a restaurant. As long as the restaurant tastes good, there will be no empty seats and the business will be booming. However, the market for chili sauce was basically occupied by two famous brands. It was difficult for a new brand to barge into such a saturated market.
Moreover, Yu Antong strictly selects the ingredients, making the production cost of chili sauce quite high. Naturally, the price was higher than other similar products on the market. This does make it more difficult to attract customers.
In order to open up the sales of chili sauce, Immortal’s Banquet launched a one-month campaign. Every customer who dines in the store (with a minimum price) can receive a bottle of Immortal’s Banquet brand chili sauce for free.
In the store, a repeat customer asked the waiter, “Miss, do you still provide chili sauce with meals in this restaurant?”
The waiter smiled and said, “Yes, until the end of this month.”
“That’s good. You know, last time I went here, I got this sauce and tasted it. It was fragrant and spicy, not to mention very delicious. My son went to a boarding school, and he took the whole bottle away with him…” The repeat customer continued, “Do you sell this chili sauce separately? If yes, I would like to buy two bottles, please.”
The waiter said, “It is on sale, but not from an offline store. You can scan this QR code to download our store’s exclusive app to buy it from there.”
The waiter pointed to an advertisement posted on the wall, and said, “New users enjoy a half-price discount for the first order, and more products such as bean paste and sweet noodle sauce will be on sale in the future.”
“Oh, then I’ll download it later and have a look.”
A customer at the table next overheard this, and said to himself, “I’ll get one too.”
Now it’s the 5G era, downloading a small software only took a couple of minutes. For a 50% off discount like this, it wasn’t a trouble to download it now and uninstall it later if they wished.
Fu Xin’s online marketing strategy was quite effective. In the first few days, netizens just booed over the products.
[This buddy has a really good attitude. He still doesn’t forget to advertise after he’s like this. Truly an opportunist.]
[Look, a small can of 260g chili sauce sells for 29.8 yuan. That’s fucking expensive. I don’t have that kind of money!]
[Marketing genius! You will become a master!]
A few days later, the trend began to change. It was heralded by a famous food blogger who posted a review on Weibo.
<Delicious Food V>: At first I just wanted to buy a bottle to try. But later, it was so delicious, my wife and I finished a bottle in two days with steamed buns. We immediately bought another five bottles to keep. It tastes moderately spicy, with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds inside. It’s very suited for rice dishes. The most amazing thing is that the chili is very fragrant. You do have to spit out some of the skin and seeds if you don’t like them, but it was soft enough that it doesn’t hurt your gum or teeth. Overall, highly recommended for spice lovers.
<Little Pepper>: I ran to buy it for the first time. It was really delicious, so I directly bought a box~ Very happy!
<Happy Everyday>: I bought a bottle, and my son and daughter both want to take it away for school. They almost got into a fight over it, so I promised them to buy it again. Unfortunately, it was only sold online, and I had to wait a few days to get some.
<Ancient Magic of Tree Binding>: It’s great if you can grab it. I’m too late so I can’t buy it anymore. This man shed tears…
<Only Drink Milk Tea>: How delicious a chili sauce can be? This is too fake.
<Plum Blossom Quatrain>: I would like to thank all the non-believers. So there will be fewer people to fight me, and I might be able to buy a few more bottles next time.
Fu Xin also asked a PR staff member to manage the official account of Immortal’s Banquet.
<Immortal Banquet V>: The next batch of chili sauce will be on sale in 10 days, but there is still a small batch in the store. It’s free if you choose to dine in the restaurant.
<Sister Lemon>: Who would have thought that I, who’s allergic to the outside world, would go out to eat for a bottle of chili sauce. But… the dishes in the restaurant are very delicious, and I love the fried chicken the most. I strongly request to open a takeaway service!
<Rubbing My Little Belly>: Yes, yes, seeing that you are all discussing chili sauce; I have long wanted to say, isn’t the food in the store delicious?
<Canned Fish>: It’s in the store now, showing off [Picture]
<I Love Steamed Buns>: Looking at the picture above, the steamed stuffed buns in my hands are suddenly not fragrant [crying].
Yu Antong flipped through the comments. In the related forum, everyone was discussing the Immortal’s Banquet, but no one mentioned his embarrassing news.
Yu Antong finally came back to life, and he called Fu Xin, “Good job, I will give you a double year-end bonus at the end of the year.”
“Thank you, boss.” Fu Xin said, “Actually, more than half of the credit must be given to Boss Xing.”
“Lixuan?” Yu Antong wondered, “What’s the matter with him?”
Yu Antong remembered that Fu Xin was introduced to him by Xing Lixuan.
Fu Xin said, “The current comments are all real comments from netizens. In fact, at the beginning, there were trolls guiding the wind on the Internet. The major marketing accounts have also been greeted. Simply put, we have asked them to not slander you. I am a small-time manager, and don’t have much energy to do these small things. So it’s all handled by Mr. Xing’s side.”
‘Since when that bad thing treats me so well?’
Yu Antong hung up the phone. He thought about this carefully. Although Xing Lixuan’s mouth was a bit poisonous, he was still good to him.
He trotted from the bedroom to the living room, threw himself into Xing Lixuan’s arms, cradled his face and passionately kissed him.
The two fell on the sofa. Xing Lixuan frowned and said, “What’s the matter?”
Yu Antong: “Thank you.”
Xing Lixuan understood these seemingly nonsensical words. But he only snorted coldly, “I just don’t want you to disgrace the Xing family.”
This smelly thing!
Yu Antong snorted and huffed. “I’m happy today, so I’ll let Concubine Xing sleep in My1the “my” is Imperial “I” bed.”
“I’m going to eat you up,” Xing Lixuan smiled with hidden intentions, “Just don’t cry too hard, got it?”
They haven’t done this thing for a few days. Both of them were a little excited and did it twice in succession with great interest.
After the two lay down and rested for a while, Yu Antong turned over, rolled himself into Xing Lixuan’s arms, and pulled his husband’s other arm around his waist.
Xing Lixuan didn’t bother to care about his wife and let him do what he did.
Yu Antong stuffed himself into Xing Lixuan’s arms and reached out to touch the man’s strong muscles. Recalling the pleasurable activity they just did, he praised, “Husband, you are so amazing, I was going to be driven crazy by you just now. Ah~ that would be a comfortable death, hehe.”
Then, Yu Antong acted even more spoiled. He moved down, raised his head, and let Xing Lixuan look into his eyes. “Do you see how red my eyes are? I cried just now.” He continued his coquettish act, “Smelly husband, you are the best at bullying me.”
Xing Lixuan looked at the corners of Yu Antong’s naturally upturned eyes. Indeed, they were rather misty and reddish at this moment. There were some tiny teardrops hanging on the long and straight eyelashes.
There were some dry tears on his small white face.
Looking at this carefully, it incited Xing Lixuan’s primal desire to bully this pretty thing even more.
Xing Lixuan’s Adam’s apple rolled up and down, and he turned over.
“Ah!” Yu Antong yelled, and couldn’t tell if it was from rejection or anticipation, “You still want to go?”
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