The speaker Xiao Tu repeatedly played the promotional words of ‘Selling Fruits’ several times.
However, after 10 minutes, the pedestrians coming and going looked at them with a gaze when looking at a psychopath, and they would walk around when passing their stall. No one came up to talk to them.
The six people standing at the entrance of the community gradually became a little uneasy.
Liu Zhaoqing said, “No one paid attention to us?”
Yue Xingwen coughed and lowered his voice, “Xiao Tu has shouted for a long time, it seems that it has no effect?”
Jiang Pingce’s expression stiffened. “Maybe we are too strange.”
Others: “…”
Liu Zhaoqing looked at the teammates around him, and couldn’t cry or laugh. “Our hair is messy, our faces are dusty, and we look like 6 crazy people. People in this world are already very wary, it’s normal to ignore us.”
Imagine that some ‘strangely dressed’ people suddenly appear at the entrance of the community, their hair was blown like weeds by the wind, and they were also selling a fruit that no one had ever seen. The first reaction of passersby must be that these people had problems and did not dare to step forward easily.
Ke Shaobin habitually reached out to scratch his head, and ended up scratching down a large amount of sand. He sighed and said, “Looks like we still have to buy protective clothing and headscarves. We need to dress up like them so they will think that we are not weirdos?”
Zhuo Feng said with a dry smile, “Yes, go to the countryside and follow the customs.”
Yue Xignwen was silent for a moment and said, “In this way, let Xiao Tu change the advertising words. Just say, fresh fruit, try it for free, and you can buy it if you think it is delicious. See if anyone comes to try it?”
Ke Shaobin gave Xiao Tu the order. The clear mechanical voice immediately shouted loudly: “Fresh fruit, try it for free!”
However, after changing the advertising words, no one came up to try it.
The six people who were ‘setting up a stall to do business’ for the first time looked at each other. Jiang Pingce said in a deep voice, “The people here are very wary. They may regard us as crazy and are unwilling to approach us. They have never seen this fruit, and the advertising effect is not good.”
Yue Xingwen thought carefully and said, “How about we find a few supports?”
Jiang Pingce looked back at him and asked, “Supports?”
Yue Xingwen said, “It’s the person who cooperates with the acting. The first person to eat crabs is the bravest, and with the first one, there will be others to follow.”
Jiang Pingce understood what he meant and said, “Are you trying to let your teammates pretend to be passersby and buy our fruits?”
Yue Xingwen nodded and said, “Yes. Senior brother Liu, Qin Lu, you two go to the supermarket to buy two sets of protective clothing and headscarves. Dress up as residents of this world, and then come to the entrance of the community to buy fruits from us, try them on the spot, and praise our oranges and say it’s delicious.”
Liu Zhaoqing and Qin Lu: “…”
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Qin Lu bought a blue protective cloth to cover her originally dusty clothes. Wearing a blue headscarf of the same color on her head and wrapped her head tightly. The whole person was blue, showing only a pair of big eyes.
Liu Zhaoqing looked at her dress, and couldn’t stop laughing, “Are you the blue Buff in the game!”
Qin Lu was speechless. “Senior brother, you are all white. It feels more like you’re the boss of a terrorist organization.”
Liu Zhaoqing looked in the mirror. He bought a white protective clothing and white headscarf. The white look was very eye-catching. Liu Zhaoqing touched his chin and said, “If I take off the mask and grow some beard, I can go to the Middle East to sell arms, indeed like terrorists.”
The two looked at each other and walked out of the supermarket and couldn’t cry or laugh.
Liu Zhaoqing walked in front, pretending to come home from work in the office building, and came all the way to the entrance of the community. After hearing Xiao Tu’s shout, he stopped and hesitated for a moment, then plucked up courage, walked to the stall and asked loudly, “This, can it be eaten?”
With the strange dress, Yue Xingwen almost did not recognize him, but he knew he was senior brother Liu after hearing his voice.
Yue Xingwen hurriedly cooperated with the acting and said, “You can taste it. If you think it’s delicious, you can buy it!”
Liu Zhaoqing was surprised. “Let me taste it.”
Yue Xingwen peeled an orange, took a piece and handed it to him. Liu Zhaoqing quickly took off his mask and stuffed the orange into his mouth, then excitedly said, “It’s delicious ah, really delicious! Sweet and sour, better than grapes!”
He squatted down and looked at several large baskets of oranges and asked, “What kind of fruit is this, and how do you sell it ah?”
Yue Xingwen said, “This is called an orange, and it only sells for one yuan for one.”
Liu Zhaoqing immediately took out the banknotes Jiang Pingce had just given him from his pocket and handed them back to Jiang Pingce. “It’s so cheap, give me five of them.” Jiang Pingce accepted the money expressionlessly.
Yue Xingwen counted five oranges and gave them to him, handing over the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other.
Liu Zhaoqing turned around and walked away.
The second actor Qin Lu followed. Looking at her whole body wrapped in blue fabric, with only a pair of eyes remaining, Ke Shaobin almost laughed. He whispered softly, “Little blue monster, Qin Lu is also too funny.”
Qin Lu’s face under the mask was already red at this time, but she still tried to play her acting skills and learned from Liu Zhaoqing. She walked to the stall and asked, “What kind of fruit is this? Is it edible?”
Ke Shaobin smiled and handed her a piece of orange and said, “You can taste it!”
Qin Lu quickly ate it and praised, “It’s delicious!” She took out 3 yuan from her pocket and handed it to Jiang Pingce. “I’ll buy 3 of them, I want to buy it for my parents to taste.”
Gradually, some people gathered around them, either curiously or suspiciously looking at them.
Yue Xingwen guessed correctly. Seeing unfamiliar food, many people did not dare to try it easily. But once someone had tried it first, and said it was delicious, and also paid to buy, others would have a herd mentality of ‘then I’ll try it too’ and they would try it.
After Qin Lu left, an adult man brought the little girl to the stall. The little girl looked at the fruit in the wooden basket and asked timidly, “Can I really try it for free?”
This child was only about one meter tall, looked very thin, and looked like long-term malnutrition. She probably rarely ate fruits. Yue Xingwen found her gaze staring straight at these oranges, constantly swallowing saliva.
The children of this world grew up in an environment where food, vegetables and fruits were extremely scarce, and the air was very poor. This little girl made Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but think of the scrawny slum children he saw on the news before.
More than 90% of the children in this world looked like this, it was heartbreaking to watch.
Yue Xingwen handed her the remaining part of the freshly peeled orange. “Taste it for free and buy it if you think it’s delicious.”
The girl was very excited, immediately took off the mask, stuffed a piece of orange into her mouth, chewed slowly like tasting the delicacies of the world. The sweet and sour juice stimulated the taste buds, and her face showed an incredible expression. She chewed a piece of orange slowly, swallowed it intently, and then turned to look at the man next to her and said, “Dad, it’s so delicious! I haven’t eaten anything so delicious, try it too!”
The man didn’t seem to believe it, took the orange handed by his daughter and ate it, and then showed a complicated look.
The girl widened her eyes and asked, “Is it really only sold for 1 yuan for one? Not 100 yuan?”
Yue Xingwen said warmly, “You heard it right. It’s a promotion for a new product, so it’s discounted. One for 1 yuan.”
The man quickly took out ten yuan and said, “Give me 10, thank you.”
The girl jumped excitedly and said, “Great! I haven’t eaten fruit for half a year. This fruit is so cheap, take it home for mom to try!” Hearing this, the man’s hand handing over the money suddenly stiffened, and he looked at Yue Xingwen. “This fruit of yours, eating it won’t be harmful to your body, right? Otherwise, how can it be sold so cheaply?”
Yue Xingwen said, “No. You see, we are eating it ourselves.”
He pointed to Ke Shaobin who was eating an orange next to him.
Ke Shaobin swallowed half an orange and said with a smile, “We are outsiders, we come here to do business. Today is the first day of the stall, so it’s a promo discount, only sold for 1 yuan. Tomorrow will not be so cheap.”
The man looked at him suspiciously for a moment and found that he was indeed eating oranges in the same basket, so he put his mind at ease, handed the money to the other side and took away 10 oranges.
After the father and daughter left, the number of people gathered in front of the stall gradually increased.
“Can I try it for free?”
“Give me a piece to taste…”
Everyone tasted a piece first, and when they found it delicious, they paid for it.
Yue Xingwen asked Xiao Tu to change the promotional words again and shouted, “New product promotion, big sale! A rare opportunity, first come, first served! Safe and harmless fruit, try it first, then buy it. The price is cheap, cheating neither old nor young!”
The continuous idiom broadcast was a first-class brainwashing effect.
In the blink of an eye, their orange stall was surrounded by people. At first Jiang Pingce was responsible for collecting money alone, and later it became a situation where 4 people were busy collecting money and counting oranges at the same time.
The basket of oranges sold out quickly, the second and third baskets also quickly reached the bottom.
By 2 pm, all the oranges were sold out.
Yue Xingwen looked at the empty wooden basket in front of him, smiled, and concentrated all the money into Jiang Pingce’s hands, allowing Ke Shaobin to modify Xiao Tu’s line: “Today’s fruit has been sold, thank you for your support. See you tomorrow at the same time!”
Everyone: “…”
See you tomorrow at the same time, are you guys a TV show ah?
The four people who finished selling fruit, folded up the vine wooden baskets and put them away. Then, they walked together to the supermarket.
The two actors, Liu Zhaoqing and Qin Lu had been hiding next to them to observe after buying oranges, and when they saw their teammates finishing work, they were relieved and ran over to join Xingwen and the others.
Liu Zhaoqing said with a smile, “I finally understand now why many activities have to find a trustee!”
For example, in order to create a lively atmosphere at the party, they would find a good support in advance to answer the host’s questions; When some real estate projects opened, developers would also find some trustees to queue up to purchase, creating the illusion that ‘our property is difficult to grab’ to encourage real customers to make a move.
Just now, if Liu Zhaoqing and Qin Lu hadn’t temporarily become actors, taking the initiative to demonstrate eating oranges and buying oranges, it was estimated that the 6 of them would not be able to sell much for half a day.
As a result, thousands of oranges were now sold out…
Qin Lu asked curiously, “Excluding the sampling, how much money did we make this time ah?”
The money was all concentrated in Jiang Pingce’s hand. He quickly counted and said, “The net profit of today’s trip is 985 yuan.”
Yue Xingwen said happily, “Not bad! We use this money to buy the protective clothing and headscarves of our teammates so that they could move around in the afternoon. In addition, tomorrow we can increase the price, one for 3 yuan, the same as the price of compressed biscuits.”
Liu Zhaoqing said with a smile, “That’s right, the promotion for opening is over, and the price increase is normal. Our oranges look quite popular, sell for 3 yuan, and I think there’ll still be a lot of customers too.”
Ke Shaobin agreed and said, “In this way, our income can also be triple!”
Making a fortune depended on acting skills.
Of course, there was also Xiao Tu, the advertising words were changed every ten minutes, continuously, looping brainwashing and there was a loud publicity of it. Otherwise, everyone’s voice would be wasted after shouting.
Work smart and work hard!!
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This arc should be re-titled ‘How to get rich in Apocalypse’ lol