Chapter 74 A Frenzied Shopping Spree!

Lin Xinyue first parked her car in a managed parking space on the side of the road, because there are dedicated personnel managing the space, and they are responsible for anything, including vehicle loss or malfunction, making it very safe.

He took out a black bag containing 10 cartons of cigarettes. Although there were some words on it, no one recognized what kind of cigarettes they were. After all, cigarette packaging had been updated dozens of times over the past 300 years.

So even if there are words written on the cigarette, no one could possibly know when the cigarette was produced.

However, even if they recognized it, Wei Lun wasn't worried, because in the apocalypse, there were plenty of counterfeit cigarettes available, and no one would guess that Wei Lun had bought these cigarettes from the modern world.

Lin Xinyue carried a black bag and went to each shop to negotiate.

Of course, his goal wasn't to sell cigarettes, but to collaborate with these business owners. As for the method of collaboration...

Hehe, the cunning Lin Xinyue had already made up her mind.

Each shop places a pack of cigarettes, which are then sold individually. Each cigarette costs 10 crystal cores, so a pack would cost 200 crystal cores. However, given the post-apocalyptic market, a pack of cigarettes costs approximately 100 crystal cores. This means that the profit is only doubled, far from the expected 100 crystal cores.

However, Lin Xinyue had his own plans. He leveraged his unique negotiating skills to promote the collaborations with individual stores.

The cooperation method is very simple: for a pack of cigarettes, Lin Xinyue only charges 200 crystal cores. He doesn't care how the merchant sells it after it's given to him. However, there is only one requirement: the pack of cigarettes must be sold. This is because there will be many more collaborations to be carried out later. If the merchant pockets the pack of cigarettes, then there will be no second collaboration.

Because of this rule, those who originally planned to spit out the cigarette or sell the whole pack gave up, knowing that the young man had many more cigarettes in his hand.

Working tirelessly from dusk till night, Lin Xinyue finally secured partnerships with 100 stores and successfully placed 10 cartons of cigarettes in each store for sale.

And just like that, overnight, the entire media saturated with advertisements about cigarettes.

"Come and see! The newest cigarettes, 30 crystal cores each!"

"Dear customers, we have just received a new pack of cigarettes. It is now priced at 25 crystal cores. Hurry and grab yours!"

"Welcome everyone! Super deluxe cigarettes are for sale, 27 crystal cores per cigarette. Don't miss out!"

...

Major merchants began a massive advertising campaign throughout the settlement, and everyone knew that a cigarette merchant had arrived and cigarettes were now available for purchase.

Many long-time smokers who hadn't smoked for years were already craving it, and now they can finally buy cigarettes one after another – this is absolutely fantastic news!

There were also some people who regularly smoked, and in the past, it was impossible to buy a pack of cigarettes without finding one. But today, an astonishing scene unfolded.

The entire gathering seemed to have planned it all out, and they started frantically promoting cigarettes.

This even attracted the attention of high-ranking officials and wealthy individuals in the area, who planned to find a way to buy all the cigarettes.

However, when these wealthy individuals confidently went to these stores with their Crystal Core Cards, they discovered that they could only buy one at a time.

Why aren't they sold in bundles?

The seller's answer was that, according to the supplier's requirements, they could only sell one at a time.

"Hurry up and go to the store to buy cigarettes! You can get them for as low as 25 crystal cores now. Who knows when the next time will come!"

"I've saved up this much money for so long, and finally I see cigarettes for sale!"

"Quick, hurry! I heard each store only has one pack left. Let's buy one from each store right away!"

The avid smokers and some easygoing old men, having heard that cigarettes were now being sold in the shops near their gathering place, all immediately came out to collect them.

Because of the effects of cigarettes, sales of goods in shops throughout the entire area skyrocketed.

The shop owners were all beaming with joy.

Many roughnecks would buy one property and immediately head to the next.

A sudden surge of consumerism swept through the area; everyone was running frantically through the streets, afraid that if they were a step too late, the cigarettes would be gone.

This time, the shops in the area stayed open until 11 p.m.

This is the first time the place has been so brightly lit. Usually, people leave around 9 pm, but today, because there were so many customers, it didn't close until 11 pm.

As for cigarettes? Actually, they were all sold out by 10 o'clock, but a large number of smokers were still hoping to buy some, searching all over the gathering area, but still couldn't get any.

Most people were unable to buy them, and they all lamented that they were too late.

Fortunately, the shop owner claimed that suppliers would continue to cooperate, and asked everyone to come back the next day.

As for Lin Xinyue, well, she's currently sitting in a bar with terrible food, drinking some awful industrial beverages.

In fact, Lin Xinyue was quite familiar with the situation outside the frenzied gathering place; 10 cartons of cigarettes definitely wouldn't be enough for them.

The reason I went to the bar was to see how the people in the area really viewed the cigarette incident, because with so many people talking, the opinions there would be the most authentic.

"Damn it, I only managed to buy two cigarettes and they're all gone! This is so frustrating!"

"At least you managed to buy one, I didn't manage to snag a single one! Bro, how about you sell me one? 50 crystal cores!"

"Get out! Not for sale!"

"I wonder which supplier got these cigarettes this time. I heard they still have some left, but I don't know if that's true or not?"

"Tomorrow I'll just camp outside the shopping street. As soon as someone delivers a package, I'll be the first one to rush in!"

"I'm afraid it won't be that good. With so many people buying now, it'll be difficult to get one for 25 crystal cores!"

...

Lin Xinyue listened to the conversation of some burly men in the booth next to her, and saw many people in the bar smoking cigarettes they had just bought, all looking very satisfied.

It seems that the first step of my plan has been achieved, so the next step is to catch the big fish.

That night, Lin Xinyue simply booked a small room at the bar and slept there.

The next morning, Lin Xinyue left the bar early, returned to her parking spot, and drove her car into the commercial district.

This time, Lin Xinyue was greeted with an overwhelmingly enthusiastic welcome from all the bosses upon her arrival.

However, the cooperation has changed. This time, the sales must be done one item at a time, and the goods will not be given to them. They need to pay first and then the goods will be delivered!

The price was 10,000 yuan for a single crystal core card, which was simply insane. When the merchants heard this, they initially wanted to refuse, but Lin Xinyue later mentioned that there would be a lot of cooperation in the future, and this was just the beginning. In the end, he successfully persuaded the merchants in the gathering place who wanted to make money.

That day, the frenzied advertising campaign began again. Even though they didn't earn a single penny, they were willing to advertise for Lin Xinyue for free.

Within a day, a large number of wealthy people appeared at the gathering place, and orders for 10,000 crystal core cards were being placed one after another.

It was only noon, and the last 90 cartons of cigarettes were all sold out.

The scene was absolutely frenzied. The wealthy were scrambling to buy cigarettes, afraid of missing out like they had the day before. They were shouting themselves hoarse as they rushed to the front lines of the cigarette-buying frenzy.

Lin Xinyue acquired 900,000 crystal core cards in just half a day, in addition to the 2,000 crystal cores from yesterday.

In other words, Lin Xinyue has already met the boss's requirement of 10 times the price of goods, and not only that, she has also successfully opened up the cooperative market in the gathering place.