-35- 小醜

三天的展會一晃而過，陸開的失敗後空翻一連上了兩天的熱搜，懷基基工作室也因此一躍成為HEC展會的“頂流”，甚至超過發布新品的大廠。 玩家們到展臺前排隊，網紅們也跑到展臺前做各種奇奇怪怪的事情。因為小雀斑展臺前的人流實在太大，展會的組織方不得不對處于事件中心的陸開頒布“禁令”，禁止他出現在場館內。 即便如此，後兩天的展會，鄒姐他們也賣掉了一千多個小雀斑的盲盒，最近身體一直不太好的晚風甚至又把自己累病了。 好在大家的努力沒有白費，展會結束的當晚，渠道商就打來電話，說之前合作的幾個線下連鎖店發來補貨的要求，還有三家沒合作過的連鎖終端，也主動過來要求和小雀斑合作。 “你們這是要起飛了，我幹了五年渠道，從來沒見終端這麽瘋狂過，都快把我的電話打爆了。” 懷基基的成功在圈內引發了不少讨論，至少HEC的展會結束後，胡明遠就在公司的會議上陰陽怪氣地罵了好幾次的街。 “這年頭，做好設計有什麽用呀，都不如去出醜，去走潔淨。人家都說黑紅也是紅，我以前就僅限那些搞直播的網紅，咱們畢竟是做設計的，還是要産品說話，現在看來，都是屁，咱們潮玩屆也有自己的藥水哥了。” 趙靜歡明白，這些難聽的話，其實都是講給她聽的，然而她一點都不生氣，胡明遠罵得越兇，也不過就是證明他越眼紅，實際上，他的酸言酸語越多，趙靜歡反而就越是開心。 她嬉皮笑臉的态度顯然是真的惹惱了胡明遠，十一假期之前，趙靜歡的第一個發薪日，一直裝作寬厚大度的胡明遠最後還是沒忍住，扣掉她所有的獎金當作懲罰，只給她發了4500的基本工資。 胡明遠本來都已做好準備迎接趙靜歡的怒火，哪知趙靜歡還是笑嘻嘻的，仿佛對獎金被扣這事毫不挂心，胡明遠覺得她在硬撐，趙靜歡卻是打心底高興，畢竟這段時間她到點兒就下班，工作也是能推就推，活幹得輕松愉快不說，月底扣完五險一金後居然還有4000多，比她做騎手時的性價比都高。 順便還能看到胡明遠那張氣呼呼的臉，怎麽想覺得賺大了。 …

三天的展會一晃而過，陸開的失敗後空翻一連上了兩天的熱搜，懷基基工作室也因此一躍成為 HEC 展會的“頂流”，甚至超過發布新品的大廠。

Players lined up in front of the booth, and influencers also ran to the booth to do all kinds of strange things. Because the crowds in front of the Little Freckles booth were so large, the organizers of the exhibition had to issue a "ban" to Lu Kai, who was at the center of the incident, prohibiting him from appearing in the venue.

Even so, during the last two days of the exhibition, Sister Zou and her team sold more than a thousand blind boxes of Freckles. Wan Feng, who had been in poor health recently, even worked himself to death and fell ill.

Fortunately, everyone's efforts were not in vain. On the night the exhibition ended, the channel dealer called and said that several offline chain stores that had cooperated before had sent requests for replenishment, and three chain terminals that had never cooperated with them also took the initiative to come and ask to cooperate with Little Freckles.

"You guys are about to take off! I've been working in the channel business for five years, and I've never seen such crazy activity in the terminal business. My phone is about to explode with calls."

The success of Waikiki sparked a lot of discussion in the industry. At least after the HEC exhibition ended, Hu Mingyuan cursed the street several times in a sarcastic tone at the company meeting.

"What's the point of having good designs these days? It's worse than making a fool of yourself and going for cleanliness. People say that being black and red is also red. I used to only care about those internet celebrities who do live streaming. After all, we are designers, and we still have to let the products speak for themselves. Now it seems that's all bullshit. We have our own "Potion Brother" in the trendy toy industry."

Zhao Jinghuan understood that these harsh words were actually meant for her, but she was not angry at all. The more fiercely Hu Mingyuan scolded her, the more jealous he was. In fact, the more sour words he said, the happier Zhao Jinghuan became.

Her playful attitude obviously really annoyed Hu Mingyuan. Before the National Day holiday, on Zhao Jinghuan's first payday, Hu Mingyuan, who had always pretended to be generous, finally couldn't help it and deducted all her bonuses as a punishment, giving her only a basic salary of 4,500.

Hu Mingyuan had prepared himself for Zhao Jinghuan's wrath, but Zhao Jinghuan was still smiling, as if she didn't care at all about the deduction of her bonus. Hu Mingyuan felt that she was just holding on, but Zhao Jinghuan was happy from the bottom of her heart. After all, she got off work on time during this period and could postpone work whenever she could. Not only did she find the work easy and enjoyable, but after deducting the five insurances and one fund at the end of the month, she still had more than 4,000 yuan left, which was more cost-effective than when she was a rider.

By the way, you can also see Hu Mingyuan’s angry face. No matter how you think about it, he feels like he has made a lot of money.

"Now it seems that working here for a year is not that difficult."

As for Waikiki, Lu Kai and his team had originally agreed to have a dinner together during the National Day holiday to celebrate the success of the HEC exhibition. However, just before the holiday, distributors suddenly sent several contracts, all seeking to establish new partnerships with them. Sister Zou and her team worked through the contract details with the distributors, delaying the dinner.

During the seven-day National Day holiday, Ji Anya was very happy to earn triple her salary and had no time to take care of Zhao Jinghuan. Zhao Jinghuan, who had nothing to do, originally thought about whether she should go out to take orders, but her salary had recently increased by 2,000 yuan. After much calculation, she felt that the more than 4,000 yuan was enough for her to "squander" for a while, and there was no need to go back to her old job.

Fortunately, after wandering around the streets bored for most of the day, Zhao Jinghuan finally found something he wanted to do.

There is a long queue at the door of the trendy toy store in Wanda Plaza. People who usually enter and exit the store at will now have to queue up to enter. However, the one who is being snatched up by players is not Mr. Hu Zi, who just held a joint event here this month.

"Hey, it's Freckles."

Zhao Jinghuan took out his phone and recorded the customers queuing to check out from all angles. Finally, he walked up to the customers in line with his phone and asked, "Hello, hello, which blind box are you queuing for?"

"It's a kid named Freckles. He's quite popular lately."

Zhao Jing laughed so hard that her eyes narrowed into slits. "Oh, it's Freckles. I know, I know. I saw it online too. It's a really good design."

After recording the video, send it to Hu Mingyuan.

During the next few days of vacation, Zhao Jinghuan maintained the same routine: sleeping in, getting up around ten o'clock, washing up, taking a large bottle of homemade sour plum soup, taking the bus to Wanda Plaza, sitting down at the KFC across from Cool Fun, using his phone to record the queues of people buying Little Freckles, sending it to Hu Mingyuan, and then saying a few sarcastic words, like:

"Why is there still a queue here today?"

Fulfilling and happy.

After the National Day holiday, several new contracts for Little Freckles were finalized. The first batch of 50,600 Little Freckles were loaded onto trucks and left the rented warehouse in Waikiki to be sent to offline stores in various places.

Lu Kai and his team finally had some free time. On the evening of the 9th, they called Ji Anya and Zhao Jinghuan for dinner to thank them for their help during the HEC and to celebrate the studio's recent success.

Lu Kai still maintained his good habit of being thrifty (stingy), and chose the food stall downstairs from his house over the Japanese restaurant and the seafood restaurant.

Food stalls were only allowed to set up their stalls after seven o'clock. Lu Kai and his friends arrived a little early, even doing some hard labor to help the newly opened stall owner set up the stall, and in doing so, they got two cold dishes for free. Although it was a small shop with a frontage barely wide enough for one person, business was surprisingly brisk. Within half an hour of the stall being set up, the dozen or so tables under the tent were already occupied. Lu Kai and his friends were thankful they had arrived early, and the owner, thanking them for their help, started cooking their dishes first. Soon, the table was completely filled.

However, the atmosphere at tonight's dinner was strangely odd. Dorasi was usually quiet and distant, which was understandable, and Wanfeng, having just recovered from a serious illness, was listless, which was understandable. It was just that Lu Kai, usually so outgoing, was surprisingly quiet tonight. The food was almost served, and it was Tomato who was actually organizing a toast to thank everyone for their hard work, as if he were the boss of Waikiki.

As usual, Sister Zou was the only one drinking at the table. Today, Tomato suddenly got in the mood and opened a bottle of beer for himself, saying that he wanted to get drunk with Sister Zou.

Sister Zou asked him disdainfully, "How could you get drunk with just one bottle?" Tomato actually got drunk for her to see. Even after only half a bottle of beer, Tomato, blushing, started dancing. He used the alcohol to recount the countless "brilliant decisions" he'd made at the exhibition, and even without the backflip, Freckles would have been a huge hit. But he didn't forget to pat Lu Kai beside him: "Of course, Lu Kai's encouragement also played a big role. It at least accelerated the sales by a month or two."

Lu Kai smiled helplessly and didn't say much.

Zhao Jinghuan and Sister Zou went to the bathroom together. At the sink, Zhao Jinghuan mentioned Lu Kai's condition tonight. Sister Zou also said, "Indeed, but today was not bad. He hasn't paid much attention to me these past few days. I have accumulated a lot of things, but I haven't found a chance to talk to him."

The two came out of the bathroom and returned to the dining table. Sister Zou really took advantage of Lu Kai's conversation and asked about the business.

"If this batch of Little Freckles sells well, should we communicate with the factory in advance and place some additional orders? We can try to take advantage of this wave of popularity and push Little Freckles towards becoming a top-tier IP."

In response, Lu Kai simply said indifferently, "I understand. I'll think about it."

After dinner, Lu Kai drove over to take Zhao Jinghuan and Ji Anya home. Lu Kai had driven them home once before during HEC, but the atmosphere in the car tonight was even colder than before. The three of them were practically silent the entire way. When the car arrived at Ji Anya's dorm building, Zhao Jinghuan nudged Ji Anya, signaling her to go upstairs first, as he had something else to say to Lu Kai.

Ji Anya hadn't expected that "coward Jing Huan" would actually become successful. She gave her a thumbs-up and left with a look of satisfaction on her face. However, after Ji Anya left, Zhao Jing Huan couldn't think of how to speak without sounding awkward. In the end, it was Lu Kai who spoke first, breaking the silence.

"I know what you want to ask me...

"I'm fine. It's great that the sales of Freckles have revived. It's just that...

He paused for a long moment before saying with a wry smile, "It really doesn't feel good to be a clown."