Chapter 150 Taking a Gamble (Unedited) "Sister, what are you planning to do..."
difficult.
At first, no one fully understood why Leung Yung would choose such a word to describe this seemingly simple task.
Isn't it just about forcing all customers to the same checkout lane?
But it wasn't until they actually started putting it into practice that they realized they had completely underestimated how difficult it would be.
Generally, cashiers will only direct customers to other checkout lanes when their membership card information doesn't match. However, even then, these "difficult" customers, as assigned by the system, will usually try everything to stay put and refuse to be moved.
Not to mention under normal circumstances.
Compared to others, Leung Chun is in a relatively good situation.
Once she regains her senses, her mind works incredibly fast, and her tongue flows smoothly. She often lays the groundwork for traps before customers even realize what's happening, then quietly waits for them to fall into the trap.
For example, she recently saw off an elderly man with white hair.
The old man was pushing a cart full of purchased goods. Liang Jun estimated that this cart could bring in about two or three thousand yuan. However, taking this amount of revenue at this moment would obviously not help complete the task. So, while the members were being identified, Liang Jun prepared to use the same trick again.
"Sir, your photo is very blurry..."
Liang Jun deliberately squinted, pretending that she couldn't see clearly. "This membership card information is probably quite old, so I'm not sure if it's really you."
Upon hearing her words, the old woman, as if she didn't believe it, leaned over and stared intently at the product display screen.
The other person's trembling, age-spotted fingers pointed at the screen. "Look, aren't these all green boxes? They're not red boxes. Why won't you let me pay?"
Liang Jun calmly explained, "If the border is green, it only proves that the membership card is valid, but it doesn't guarantee that you are the cardholder."
"Then what should I do?"
Looking at Liang Jun's hand handing over the membership card, the old man began to build up his anger. "You're just unwilling to pay for me because I'm old, aren't you? Do you believe I'll complain about you!"
This is a common threatening tactic used by customers. At first, Leung Yung would worry about it for a while, but now she's used to it.
Seeing that the elderly woman was unwilling to accept the membership card, she didn't indulge her and simply placed the card on the cashier's counter.
"I'm sorry, but when we can't verify a customer's identity, we can ask them to go to another checkout lane to complete the process—that's a rule we've established in our store."
When she mentioned the word "rules," Liang Jun paused deliberately. "If you still insist on doing things your own way, then you are the one who violated the store's rules first—are you sure you want to continue complaining?"
The binding force of the "rules" seems to have been extended to the NPC group. After hearing these two terrifying words, the old man was clearly deflated.
The other party angrily pulled back their membership card and then exited Liang Jun's checkout channel.
Following this customer was a jeweled lady.
Liang Jun found it hard to believe that even wealthy people had to come and buy groceries in person—but it was indeed the case.
The lady was covered in the finest pearls; her headdress, earrings, necklace, bracelet, and even rings were all made of lustrous Australian white pearls.
With a casual wave of her hand, she exuded a faint fragrance of pearl powder. "Check, please."
While waiting for the other party to find the membership card, Liang Jun quickly probed for any useful information about her with her eyes.
Soon, she noticed that this woman was particularly mindful of her distance from others when making any move. If there was any risk that the corner of her handmade cheongsam would touch the customer behind her, she would quickly move forward and give him a disdainful eye roll without any attempt to hide it.
I get it, this person is putting themselves on a "superior" level.
After analyzing the available information, Leung Yung began to tailor her approach to each individual.
“Madam, our store has very advanced self-checkout lanes. This high-tech equipment is perfect for someone as discerning as you.” Liang Jun considerately created a little distance between them to prevent the other party from complaining about her overstepping boundaries. “Have you heard of it?”
Sure enough, after her ears keenly picked up the words "high-end person," the lady snorted coldly and stuffed her membership card back into her silk card holder.
On the surface, she appeared nonchalant and indifferent, but her haughty gaze occasionally swept over Liang Xun. "What unmanned payment channel? Tell me about it?"
Seeing that she had piqued the other party's interest, Liang Jun continued to offer her an excuse, "There are no cashiers at this kind of checkout. Instead, there is a special high-tech automatic payment software that will settle your bill for you. This will not only save you a lot of time during the payment process, but also thoughtfully pack all your goods for you."
She continued without batting an eye, "Of course, not all customers have the opportunity to try this project. I've noticed that you're a high-end customer of our store, so I'm offering you this very rare opportunity to experience it. Would you like to?"
After spouting this nonsense that even the system couldn't understand, Liang Jun's smile remained unchanged as she gazed at the jewel-encrusted lady with a smile in her eyes.
Although she still gave a soft hum, her attitude was clearly not as aggressive as before.
She first adjusted her clothes, then seemingly habitually crossed her arms, nodded slightly towards the outside of the passage, but her face showed a look of disgust. "Is it that passage at the very end?"
Liang Jun nodded repeatedly.
The woman scoffed, "That checkout lane is overflowing with people. I only came here because it wasn't crowded, and now you want me to go stand in that place?"
Her voice rose at the end, and if nothing unexpected happened, Liang Jun knew perfectly well what was going on—
Her next sentence was that she was going to file a complaint.
Just a second before the woman could speak again, Liang Jun continued her nonsense: "You don't know this, but it's precisely because the checkout speed at the unmanned checkout is so fast that everyone gathers there. But you don't need to worry at all. Unqualified customers will be automatically asked to leave, while you are our certified customer and will be treated with lightning speed."
Liang Yan's ability to speak human language to humans and ghost language to ghosts has been unprecedentedly improved.
After spouting these endless tales, Liang Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then quietly waited for the woman in front of her to react.
In truth, Liang Xun wasn't entirely confident, but she could at least glean some crucial information from the other party through that round of probing.
On the one hand, everyone's tasks were progressing relatively smoothly, and most of the NPCs had been diverted to the unmanned passage; on the other hand, just as Liang Jun had thought, without cashiers, these customers would stand there blankly waiting, which led to the scene described by the woman as "so crowded it was about to explode".
The lady stood there for another four or five seconds, seemingly finding Liang Jun's words to be reasonable. Without even saying goodbye, she pushed her shopping cart and turned to leave.
Liang Jun was still a little uneasy, so she stood on tiptoe and watched her go for a while. Only when she saw that the other person was heading towards the deserted passage did Liang Jun finally feel relieved.
Not only her, but the other players standing at the cashier wished they could grow three heads and six arms in the blink of an eye to share the burden of this high-energy activity.
With such a high workload, more rest time is needed. Everyone has figured out effective ways to refuse customers, which allows them to relax a bit under such high pressure.
Liang Jun put her shopping bag back on the checkout counter, temporarily suspending her checkout service.
Before sitting down to rest, she rummaged through her shopping bag and pulled out the last bottle of mineral water. Liang Jun hesitated for a few seconds, but finally decided to unscrew the cap.
As the cool mineral water soothed her throat, Liang Jun pulled out her phone, which was already low on battery.
She had to arrange everything in the remaining time. Liang Jun put the phone to her mouth and said, "This work will continue for the next two days. We need to make sure that there are enough customer NPCs gathered in the unmanned passage."
"There are already a lot of people here, the queue is so long you can't see the end of it," Ge Lin, who was closest to the unmanned passage, replied in the group chat.
He seemed genuinely curious about Liang Jun's plan, so he asked, "Jun-jie, what big thing are you planning to do?"
Before Liang Xuan could reply, Qi Zhixia, who was watching the screen, casually sent over a few words.
Qi Zhixia: [Some things, once said, can never be done.]
Qi Zhixia: [Too much talk leads to mistakes.]
Ge Lin realized this belatedly, thought it over carefully, and finally sent a "be careful with your words" emoji.
Liang Xun continued, "My phone is almost out of battery, so I'll go over all the tasks for now, and everyone should remember them."
"After today and tomorrow, that is, the day after tomorrow, we need to find a way to get out of the counter during working hours." Liang Jun deliberately lowered her voice. "The only known feasible method is to use the NPCs, so everyone should try to keep an NPC who can take them out the day after tomorrow."
She paused for two seconds and emphasized, "Remember, no matter what dialogue scenario the other party sets up, we must do everything we can to get this customer into the queue in the unmanned passage after we successfully get out. We must not let the NPC interfere with our action plan."
Liang Xun long-pressed Xin Sangyan's bright red profile picture in the group, "Sister Xin, if possible, you may need to leave the cashier counter as soon as possible the day after tomorrow and go to the unmanned passage."
At this moment, Xin Sang seemed to resonate completely with Liang Jun, knowing all of her next steps.
Xin Sang's clear voice came through the microphone, "I understand."
“The same goes for everyone else,” Liang Xun added, still concerned. “The day after tomorrow, everyone must gather outside the unmanned passage—remember to reply if you receive this message!”
As she watched the dialog boxes flash by on the screen, Liang Jun's heart gradually calmed down.
Along with them, the phones that had completely shut down due to low battery also returned to normal.
Liang Jun stuffed the useless piece of scrap metal back into her pocket, leaned against the partition, and sighed deeply.
The day after tomorrow will be their last chance to go all out.
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Author's Note: We've already reached Chapter 150! Hooray!
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