The suggestion was unexpectedly thoughtful, beyond what the middle-aged uncle anticipated. It was even more unexpected for Du Zhaohui.

After all that talking, she wasn’t trying to make a sale?

Xia Xiaolan was even referring business to other merchants – they might not even appreciate her efforts!

The middle-aged uncle, moved by Xia Xiaolan’s sincere advice, hurriedly went to make his purchase. He rushed to pay and received a lottery ticket from the service counter.

He specifically brought it to the Wenquxing counter to scratch it off.

A crowd gathered around to watch as he revealed the coating, which showed “Lucky Prize.”

“Did I win something?”

“Yes, yes! The Lucky Prize is a pack of Baimao laundry detergent!”

“Oh, what a shame, it’s not the third prize Wenquxing dictionary.”

The bystanders’ chatter left the middle-aged uncle slightly dazed.

Indeed, it wasn’t the third prize.

If he had won a Wenquxing dictionary to take home, wouldn’t that have saved him 498 yuan?

If the middle-aged uncle had won the third prize, the story would have been perfect… but Wenquxing would have lost one unit in sales. Xia Xiaolan smiled without a trace of artifice:

“Congratulations! Getting a Lucky Prize during New Year means you’ll have good fortune all year long.”

The uncle’s disappointment was instantly half-cured.

This was about speaking good fortune into existence.

Besides, he had bought what he wanted, and won some laundry detergent – what more could he ask for?

He had wanted to buy these items anyway, but just couldn’t bring himself to spend the money.

In a moment of impulse, he bought them and found himself liking his purchase more and more.

“I’ll go home and get my bankbook right away. A dictionary to help children study – I must buy it! Young lady, please wait for me, I’ll come back to find you!”

“Alright, take care on your way!”

Du Zhaohui’s expression soured. “You’re going to wait here for him? You believe he’ll come back to buy an electronic dictionary?”

He didn’t have much money.

“Why shouldn’t I believe him? Even if he doesn’t come today, he’ll keep it in mind. Maybe in a few days when he sees the electronic dictionary TV commercial, he might come to buy one. If I had encouraged him to go home for his bankbook earlier, wouldn’t that have been truly unhelpful?”

Xia Xiaolan turned to speak with Ma Hai.

Du Zhaohui coughed twice, trying to smooth over his words, and grabbed Young Yu to complain:

“For every word I say, your Manager Xia has a hundred waiting for me.”

Doesn’t this young master need to save face?

This is the young master’s plaza opening day!

But Young Yu seriously refuted him: “Manager Xia is teaching us how to do business, Mr. Du, haven’t you noticed? Even if we couldn’t sell a Wenquxing immediately, today this customer spent his money in your plaza.”

If everyone conducted business this way, how could Du Zhaohui’s Plaza not prosper?

Yu Li felt today’s lesson was incredibly vivid!

She felt so fortunate to be able to work alongside Manager Xia!

Yu Li’s face showed pure admiration, which Du Zhaohui found irritating.

Fortunately, she was a young girl – if it had been a man showing such admiration for Xia Xiaolan, he would have felt even more displeased.

Hmph, he couldn’t be bothered to care.

Though he said this, after this incident, Du Zhaohui never mentioned going upstairs for morning tea again. If even Yu Li, a female secretary, could understand the principle, Du Zhaohui wasn’t stupid – how could he not understand?

Spending 10 million Hong Kong dollars to hire Xia Xiaolan for help was indeed worth it.

From start to finish, providing complete service, Xia Xiaolan genuinely wanted to make Chengrong Plaza an instant success.

Du Zhaohui dismissed his group of followers:

“Are you all blind? Look around and see which counters need help – all you know is how to flatter! If today’s sales suffer because we’re short-handed, I’ll fire you all and let you go home hungry!”

Soon, everyone realized Du Zhaohui wasn’t joking.

Because Du Zhaohui himself stopped following Xia Xiaolan around and started running all over the plaza.

They officially opened at 8:30 AM.

After just one hour, they had already exchanged 500 lottery tickets.

These 500 tickets meant they had achieved 50,000 in sales within an hour.

The prize frequency needed to be controlled. After 270 packs of laundry detergent were won from the 500 lottery tickets, finally a “Third Prize” was scratched off. The host had someone bring the winning ticket on stage:

“Ten Wenquxing electronic dictionaries – this customer is the first winner! Let’s congratulate them! You can claim your 498-yuan Wenquxing electronic dictionary prize right now. If you have any questions about using it, you can consult the Wenquxing counter for free, we won’t charge any fees…”

Ah, one dare not dream of winning the grand prize – even a motorcycle would be nice, worth several thousand yuan!

Still, this Wenquxing electronic dictionary was better than winning laundry detergent.

It’s priced at 498 yuan.

Since it was free, what was there to be dissatisfied about?

This person wasn’t a vendor trying to win the first prize with bulk purchases – they were genuinely a regular customer who had only bought goods worth just over 100 yuan, yet won a 498-yuan Wenquxing. Although it wasn’t the most desired motorcycle, seeing others’ envious glances, that feeling of satisfaction could fill their entire chest!

As soon as they came down, someone grabbed them:

“This electronic dictionary thing, comrade, do you know how to use it?”

They indeed didn’t know how to use it.

But what did this person mean?

“I don’t know how to use it, but I can ask at the counter, they’ll teach me…”

“No, comrade, don’t misunderstand, I have children at home, you see… if you don’t want this prize, you could sell it to me at a discount… How about 50 yuan?”

Before this person finished speaking, others pushed them aside:

“I’ll give you 60 yuan, I also have a high school student at home, don’t know if this thing really helps with learning English.”

“70 yuan, don’t fight me for it!”

The price kept rising, with two or three people clearly in similar situations – having children at home who needed this device. They had been lingering around the Wenquxing counter for a while, but faced with the original price of 498 yuan, none could make an immediate purchase decision.

They wanted to buy it but thought it was too expensive.

No one had used this thing before, they weren’t sure how much it would help their children.

But if they could buy one at a discount, they were willing to spend the money on their children.

In Shenzhen, incomes were higher than in inland cities.

If this were in an inland city, this unknown “electronic dictionary” priced at 498 yuan per unit from the start would have been drowned in parents’ criticism.

Two or three people competed, continuously raising the price until it quickly reached 200 yuan. At this point, they struggled to go higher – nobody wanted to exceed 200 yuan.

“Comrade, 200 yuan is reasonable, after all, you got it for free – aren’t you satisfied with selling it for 200 yuan?”

The prize winner, watching these two or three people argue for so long, firmly held onto the Wenquxing box:

“Sorry, I have children at home too. Even though they’re only in middle school, why can’t they use new products early? This thing – I’m not selling! If you want one, go try your luck with the lottery or buy one yourself.”

Damn, all that talking was wasted.

This person was quite cunning, watching them continually raise their bids to judge the value of the Wenquxing electronic dictionary!