Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating

Chapter 172: Chapter 173: Third Uncle Xu’s Sales Pitch

Xu Ying felt a sigh of relief when she heard what her third uncle said. It was true, Huo Chen often did this and definitely had a way to escape, and since he wasn’t caught, he must be hiding somewhere.

So not being caught was the best news of all.

Xu Ying’s mood visibly improved.

After leaving Xu Ying, Third Uncle Xu ran to the surroundings of the Department Store, grabbed people heading there, and asked with a big grin, “Sister, did you know the Department Store is going to collaborate with the food factory?

Sounds like they’re launching a new product called ‘All-Purpose Fried Goods.’ I heard it’s delicious beyond belief, makes you drool, have you tried their braised duck goods!”

“Braised duck goods, who hasn’t had them? Aren’t they made by the State-owned Restaurant?” a man, sharp-eared, dismissively said.

“What State-owned Restaurant? It’s been consistently produced by the food factory now, including my niece, a chef at the State-owned Restaurant and now also a part-time developer at the food factory.

They’ve newly developed a batch of All-Purpose Fried Goods, launching soon at the Department Store. You all should go early, there’s a discount for the first lot of customers.”

“What kind of discount?” the man sniffed curiously.

“Buy one, get one free,” Third Uncle Xu announced loudly.

Hearing “buy one, get one free,” many people crowded around. “Buy one, get one free,” if you don’t take advantage of that, you’d be a fool.

So, a crowd gathered, and everyone loves a spectacle, whether they were just passing by the Department Store or there to shop. Seeing a gathering by the entrance, they too became curious and followed.

“What’s going on?”

“You guys don’t know yet? The Department Store teamed up with Master Xiao Xu, who does the braised duck goods, and they’re launching a new product called All-Purpose Fried Goods at the Department Store. I heard it’s even tastier than the braised duck goods.

And the first batch of buyers get a discount, buy one, get one free!” Without needing Third Uncle Xu to advertise, people spontaneously started describing the new product.

After all, shared joy is doubled.

“When is the new product launching?”

Shoot, they really didn’t know.

“Brother, when is our Department Store launching the new product?”

“Right, you’ve said so much but didn’t mention the launch date. How would we know when to come? What if we come too late and others have already snatched it all up?”

Third Uncle Xu smiled and waved his hands for them to be quiet, “The Department Store’s product launch date, you’ll have to ask their manager.”

Hearing this, the crowd instantly surged into the Department Store, and soon, it was overcrowded.

And the crowd was clamoring to see the manager of the Department Store.

The sales staff in the Department Store immediately looked terrified—why did these people want to see the manager? They couldn’t be planning to complain, could they?

Their service might not have been the best, but it was normal here, and the State-owned Restaurant was even worse.

What if these people collectively complained? Would the manager be upset?

The staffers looked tense.

When the manager of the Department Store came out and saw so many people, he too was taken aback.

His heart skipped a beat and, bracing himself, he approached the crowd.

“Everyone, please calm down. What happened? You can tell me any concerns you have,” the manager of the Department Store said with a serious face.

“Are you the manager of the Department Store? I heard that your Department Store is going to launch a new product called ‘All-purpose Fryer’. When will it be available?”

“Yes, just mentioning the new product without the date, that’s not going to work!”

The manager of the Department Store looked clueless. A new product? How come he, the manager, didn’t know about it?

“Surely a manager like you should know, right?” someone with keen eyes noticed his confusion and asked disdainfully.

As soon as the manager of the Department Store heard this, he immediately got angry. How could he not know if the Department Store was launching a new product? But, indeed, he didn’t know about this one, yet it seemed like all these people knew the Department Store was about to launch something new.

It might be true after all. If he said he didn’t know, these people would definitely laugh at him.

The manager of the Department Store had no choice but to brave it out and said with a dry smile, “Everyone, please be patient. The date for the new product isn’t decided yet. As soon as we have a date, we will definitely inform everyone right away.”

Upon hearing this, everyone could only hang their heads and walk away disappointed.

The manager of the Department Store watched everyone leave and breathed a deep sigh of relief.

As soon as they left, the sales staff of the Department Store rushed over, looking at the manager curiously and asking, “Manager, are we really going to launch a new product? Why haven’t we heard about it?”

Usually, as soon as a new product was launched in the building, it wouldn’t be long before everyone knew about it. How come outsiders knew about it, and they, the insiders, didn’t?

The manager was also completely baffled. However, to maintain his dignity, he said sternly, “The date for this matter hasn’t been set yet, so I definitely can’t tell you guys. Everyone, go back to your duties.”

After saying that, the manager of the Department Store turned and went to find the director.

“Director Wang, are we in the Department Store going to launch a new product called ‘All-purpose Fryer’? What is that?”

“What All-purpose Fryer?” Director Wang sat in his office chair, looking up at Manager Zhang with a puzzled face. Why didn’t he know that they were going to sell fryers?

Manager Zhang, hearing Director Wang say this, looked utterly deflated. It was all over. What had he done?

“Director Wang, but just a while ago, there was a crowd outside all saying that our Department Store was going to launch that fryer.

They were even shouting that they wanted to buy that fryer.” Manager Zhang had no choice but to brace himself and say it.

If the fryer isn’t launched and that crowd starts making trouble later, they will definitely blame him for mentioning it. Rather than cause such a big problem and get blamed by the director, he might as well convince the director to order those fryers now.

“At that time, the Department Store was full of people, Director. Is that fryer really that good?

Shouldn’t we also buy some of those fryers? You didn’t see it, the building was full of people. If we launch this fryer at our Department Store, it’s bound to sell like hotcakes.” Manager Zhang tried to pitch persuasively.

Director Wang frowned. What fryer was this that he hadn’t heard about, and there wasn’t any information about any fryers making waves recently.

However, the duck goods from the food factory had recently started a craze. If Old Sun had provided such trending duck goods to their Department Store back then, there wouldn’t have been any hard feelings.

That old man was really ruthless, selling them bad goods, and all the good stuff went to the State-owned Restaurant.

The more Director Wang thought about it, the angrier he got. His brows furrowed tightly, and he raised his hand and slammed it down on the desk, letting out a bit of his resentment.

Manager Zhang was startled by the loud noise; his already bent back almost instinctively knelt down in fright.

“You go find this All-purpose Fryer now, and if it’s really good, hurry and order a batch to sell in our building.

If you handle this well, there will definitely be a reward for you.” Director Wang suppressed his anger and looked up to instruct Manager Zhang.

Upon hearing this, Manager Zhang instantly smiled, nodding eagerly as he replied, “Yes, Director. You can count on me. I’ll definitely handle this well.”