Ke Jin bought the communicator at noon.
Of course, he still bought second-hand goods - there was less than a thousand star coins left in his crystal card, so he had to save money on everything. Originally, he really wanted to go to a restaurant to do odd jobs, but after being lectured by Gu Qianqian, Ke Jin realized that as a card user, cashing in the cards on him was the best way to make a profit - after all, he was an outsider from another world, and he had not yet developed this concept and habit. Before, he went to the grid shop for consignment just on the way, but now he finally corrected his mindset and decided to expand the card consignment channel.
As for the "Kaleidoscope" store, Ke Jin thought that the batch of cards had only been on consignment for a few days and probably not many had been sold, and the purchase volume of cards there was relatively small, so he didn't think of contacting them further. Unexpectedly, after buying the communicator, he received a call from the "Kaleidoscope" card store within a few minutes.
"Is this Mr. Ke Jin?...Ah! Mr. Ke!! You finally answered the phone!!" The voice on the other end sounded as if it was crying with joy.
Ke Jin: ? ? What’s going on?
After listening to the other party's narration, Ke Jin's mouth opened wider and wider, and even after hanging up the phone, he was still in a daze.
Are my snack cards so popular? Not only are all R cards and above sold out, but even N cards are almost sold out? ?
This is undoubtedly great news. Since his cards have gained a good reputation in the "Kaleidoscope" card store, they will surely be happy to accept a large number of his cards for consignment. He doesn't have to bother looking for other consignment dealers - at least not for now.
But what Ke Jin needs to solve more urgently is another problem - how to convert this word-of-mouth effect into people actually coming to draw cards? After all, what he urgently needs now is not star coins, but a thousand living people who can come to draw cards! And he needs to gather a thousand people within ten days after the card pool reopens!
"Well... let's go to that store first and take a look at the situation." Ke Jin thought.
***
The next day, Ke Jin took a bus to downtown Qixing City early in the morning and spent the whole morning in the "Kaleidoscope" card store.
When he came back in the afternoon, Gu Qianqian smiled and said to him as soon as he entered the door: "President Sun came again this morning. I felt that he was obviously much more honest and sincere this time. However, you were not here in the morning, and he had something urgent to do, so he went back. But he said he would come again tomorrow. If you have any specific support needs and plans for the Resources Committee, you can prepare them in advance. Of course, he said that if you have time, you can go to the committee in the afternoon to discuss it in detail with him. He welcomes it very much."
Ke Jin thought about his discussion with the card store manager that morning and smiled.
"Okay, it will be much easier if you are sincere. I am going to look for him, so let's meet in the afternoon."
***
Two days later, a large and eye-catching poster was hung outside the "Kaleidoscope" card store, which read:
"Our store has added some of the latest snack cards from the 'Xiao Ke Snack Card Pool'. New varieties include: 'butter cookies, red bean paste bread, almond crisps'. Quantities are limited, so hurry up if you want to buy!"
"In addition, to meet the needs of our customers, we have opened a 'Sweet Train' through train, which provides free round-trip transportation. The first departure time is 9:00 am on XX/XX/XX. Customers who need it, please register at the front desk of our store. The first batch of registered passengers will randomly receive a small gift from the 'Xiao Ke Snack Card Pool' for free!"
That evening, a student from Xingchen International School who was passing by the card store took a photo of the poster and sent it to his class group. The students in the group forwarded the poster to their friends in other classes. After a night of forwarding and spreading, the next day when school started, the entire elementary and middle school students of Xingchen International School were discussing the matter.
"Hey, do you want to sign up? It's Saturday and mom and dad said they'll go with me!"
"Of course I'm going! Have you tried the new 'Butter Cookies'? Wow, they're so delicious. This is only R. When I go to the card pool, I must pull out SR and SR to try them!! They're so delicious that I can swallow them with my tongue!"
"Haha, what's SR? Haven't you heard? This card pool is an SSR first draw card pool! I don't dare to count on SSR, but at least... at least I can count on SSR!"
"Wow! That's even more important!"
Not only the students were talking about it, but the teachers of Xingchen International School were also quite interested in it.
"Siyu, will you go?" Gao Xue asked Jiang Siyu expectantly, "Go with me, just as a companion!"
"I would have gone even if you didn't tell me." Jiang Siyu smiled. Although she was not keen on going to the card pool to draw cards, this time was an exception. "I'm also very curious about that card pool. I must go and take a look!"
***
Although the news of the registration for the "Sweet Train" was only hotly discussed within the Xingchen International School, the registration situation at the "Kaleidoscope" card store was clearly beyond the level of popularity that a school could bear - in the past few days, there was an endless stream of people in the "Kaleidoscope" store, and most of them came to the front desk to register, and they often registered in groups, with four or five people signing up at a time.
When Ke Jin heard the manager of "Kaleidoscope" report about the large number of registrations at first, he was also quite surprised, but he was relieved after thinking about it again - based on their understanding from previous card-buying customers, this batch of cards was mainly popular among children, and now that the "Sweet Train" was launched, the children would definitely want to come, and if the children asked to come, the parents would definitely come along.
Although the town of Dadas is remote, it is a good place for outings in the suburbs in the eyes of city dwellers. After drawing the card, you can play around in the surrounding area, which is also a good weekend parent-child activity, so the whole family often signs up together.
While registering, many people asked the store manager for the exact location of the card pool so that they could drive there privately. However, Ke Jin's card pool is still under renovation, and the scene is not pleasing to the eyes, so he did not let the store manager announce the exact location of the card pool, only saying that it is near the town of Dadas. Those who want to drive there will have to wait for half a month until the first train leaves to know the exact location.
***
Time passed quickly, and after countless people had been eagerly waiting, the first departure day of the "Sweet Train" finally arrived.
***
Early that morning, Ke Jin received a call from President Sun.
"Xiao Ke, how are your preparations going?"
"Of course no problem." Ke Jin said with a smile, "How about you, President Sun?"
"The number of people is much larger than expected. We finally agreed to add two more buses before we got off work yesterday. The total number of people must be over 600 now. Can your yard accommodate so many people?"
"It should be...okay..." Ke Jin didn't expect the number of people to increase so quickly. Weren't there still 400 people a few days ago? "They won't stay in the yard forever. If there is a back and forth...it should be okay."
The opening of the "Sweet Train" was not the result of Ke Jin's single-handed efforts, but was supported by human and material resources from the Resources Committee - this was also the result of previous negotiations between Ke Jin and Sun Xuan.
After Gu Qianqian delivered the message at noon, Ke Jin went to the Resources Committee in the afternoon. This time, Chairman Sun, who had hit a wall once before, knew that the other party was not a soft persimmon to be squeezed, so he could only tell the whole story of Mr. Wu. Ke Jin already had a preliminary idea of the "Sweet Train" plan at that time, but he lacked an executor. The Resources Committee had both manpower and financial resources, so who else could he turn to?
Moreover, if this matter can be implemented successfully, it will be regarded as one of the achievements of the Resource Committee in supporting the local advantageous card pool resources, and all they have to pay is manpower assistance and a little travel fare, which is much easier than directly approving hundreds of thousands of star coins in support funds. Therefore, President Sun hardly hesitated, and after confirming some details, he simply agreed.
As for Mr. Wu, the card pool courtyard under renovation is definitely not able to receive visitors. Ke Jin picked out 3 SR cards of each of the five existing snack cards in the card library and gave them to President Sun to report to Mr. Wu. Although this was a "free gift", it was also a kind of "deposit", indicating that Ke Jin's card pool and President Sun's Resource Exploration Committee officially began cooperation.
Although Gu Qianqian and the others felt afterwards that Ke Jin was still too easy to talk to and that President Sun should be "slaughtered harder", when Ke Jin was in school, he repeatedly recited things like "mutual benefit, cooperation and win-win" in his ideological and political classes, which caused this concept to be completely rooted in his mind. He felt that a situation like this where there was enough room for maneuver was good - being a person is the same as doing things, one should not be too greedy.
***
At 9 a.m., eight buses arrived at the designated meeting place on time. Except for a few who could not come due to some matters, there were 636 people on board.
It is worth mentioning that among the eight buses, one is exclusively for the employees and their families of the Kachi Bureau, which was also a special request of Ke Jin. Although President Sun was unwilling, he finally did it and asked his subordinates to notify the Kachi Bureau.
When the novice secretary of the Kachi Bureau first received the call from the Resource Exploration Committee, he thought the other party was coming up with a new prank to disgust them, and he hung up the phone angrily on the spot.
It was not until the other side called three times that Secretary Xiao Bai began to doubt it. Later, he asked Ke Jin and finally believed it completely - Oh my god! The sun actually rose from the west! Our old enemy, the Resource Exploration Committee, actually paid for a bus for us to go to the lottery! !
This incident once became one of the hot topics in the Kachi Bureau. On the day of the departure, Director Tai Zhaoji personally led the team, and all the employees and their families of the Kachi Bureau participated enthusiastically, filling up the entire car - this is not called succumbing to the enemy's sugar-coated bullets, but not letting down the kindness of Envoy Ke Jin... Well! That's it!
"I don't know how Xiao Ke's card pool is being renovated this time." Since the opening ceremony, Tai Zhaoji has not been able to visit Ke Jin's card pool again. Now he finally has the opportunity to go again, and he is quite looking forward to it.
"I heard from Xiaofan that it seems pretty good." Secretary Xiaobai said cheerfully, "Hehe, we'll be able to see it soon!"
Director Tai nodded slightly, and suddenly seemed to remember something and asked.
"Xiao Bai, didn't you say before that your cousin was just working temporarily for Xiao Ke during the summer vacation?"
"Yeah, yeah."
"School will start in a few days. Will he leave soon?"
Secretary Xiaobai nodded: "Yes."
"Then Xiao Ke will need to recruit a new card master." Tai Zhaoji said to himself, "You can ask Xiao Ke later. If he needs one, we can help him find one."
I didn't expect that Director Tai, who is usually very busy, would still remember such a small thing. It can be seen that he really cares about Ke Jin and his card pool. Xiaobai felt emotional and a little moved, and nodded vigorously.
"good!"
***
The bus quickly drove out of the city and headed towards the suburbs.
Today's weather is very sunny, and the bright sunshine shines into the car through the glass, making it difficult for Secretary Xiaobai to open her eyes. She looked to the right and said politely.
"Handsome guy over there, can you please draw the curtains?"
The person at the window looked back and Secretary Xiaobai was stunned.
Whose relative is this? He's so handsome! How come I've never seen him before?
But this doubt only flashed through Bai Ran's mind for a moment, and then immediately disappeared, as if it had never appeared. It also seemed that the other party's existence was completely reasonable and there should be no doubt at all.
"Okay." The man smiled faintly and reached out to pull down the light-blocking curtain by the window.
Bai Ran thanked him, plugged in his headphones and started listening to music. The handsome man sitting in front of the window adjusted his sitting posture slightly and slowly closed his eyes, as if he was going to rest.
——So no one saw the strange glimmer that flashed in the silver-haired man’s cat-like golden pupils before he closed his eyes.
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