On the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, in a corner of a movie theater, Zhou Qunfang was sitting on a chair drinking hot coffee. The assistant beside her looked at her phone and suddenly said in surprise: "Sister, Song Ruqing seems to have got a limited edition postcard of Xingzhou Island!"
Zhou Qunfang paused while drinking coffee and said nonchalantly: "If she got it, she got it. It has nothing to do with me."
The assistant said: "Oh."
After a while, Zhou Qunfang asked: "How did she get it?"
The assistant: "..."
She was obviously very gossipy about the dynamics of her mortal enemy, but she pretended not to care.
Can't pretend anymore?
"Look at the Weibo she posted, it seems that someone gave it to her."
"Tsk..." Zhou Qunfang said nothing more.
After she finished filming a scene, she picked up her phone and looked at Song Ruqing's Weibo. The latest blog post was a photo of her holding the limited edition postcard of Xingzhou Island with her lips pouted, and she said it was a New Year's gift from a friend.
Zhou Qunfang sneered and privately chatted with Song Ruqing: "What kind of friend are you? Don't you know that this kind of item cannot be given as a gift?"
Song Ruqing immediately replied: "Why, are you jealous that someone gave it to me, while you can only work hard to win the lottery yourself?"
"To win the lottery, I just need to move my fingers and forward it on Weibo. Why would I need to work so hard?"
Song Ruqing gritted her teeth. Is she showing off in Versailles? !
She retorted to Zhou Qunfang: "I didn't even bother to forward the post on Weibo."
Zhou Qunfang rolled her eyes and said: "If you just want to collect postcards, then I have nothing to say, but if you heard the rumor that it can increase good luck, then forget it. Generally, this kind of object is like amulets. It only works on whoever asks for it. If your fate is not compatible, you may suffer a counter-effect if you wear someone else's amulet. How do you know that someone gave you a postcard for you, or that the other person hasn't used it first?"
After posting this, she continued to shoot the next scene.
Song Ruqing thought to herself, this must be Zhou Qunfang jealous of her, she didn't believe it!
Originally, she didn't believe that this postcard could be transferred, but since Zhou Qunfang was drawn for this postcard, she has had several scripts waiting for her to choose from, and has received invitations to appear in variety shows. She has even signed endorsements with two major brands.
Not only that, the TV series she collaborated with Director Fu was completed in mid-November, and the post-production took just over a month. It is said that it has passed the review, and it happens to be a TV series that will be broadcast on satellite TV, so satellite TV has already started to arrange it, and it is expected to be broadcast in March.
This is the fastest drama to pass the review since the cold winter of the film and television industry in recent years, except for anti-corruption dramas. You should know that this drama took one or two years to prepare before it started filming.
Normal dramas, especially urban dramas with magical elements, will be put on hold first. From the completion to the broadcast, it takes several years at the slowest and half a year at the fastest. Director Fu's drama took only three or four months, which was too smooth!
Everyone said that it was because Zhou Qunfang made this drama popular, so many directors and producers like to find Zhou Qunfang.
She found that Zhou Qunfang's boyfriend Zhou Bingyan also opened a blind box and got a postcard with the island owner's stamp to start the transfer.
Originally, after his relationship with Zhou Qunfang was semi-public, he was boycotted and unfollowed by some fans, but he didn't expect a group of dugongs to send him to the hot search, attracting more attention from passers-by.
Later, he even went to a big variety show to save the day, and won the favor of sponsors and producers, so he became a regular guest, and various brands came to him for endorsements, and he was invited to become an environmental protection ambassador.
It is also because of the big mouths of people around him that many people in the entertainment industry know that this kind of postcard can be transferred...
Everyone is very keen to buy the postcard blind box of Xingzhou Island because postcards are different from amulets, Buddhist beads, etc. If others see it, they can say that they are interested in collecting postcards, or are more interested in tourist scenery, and fans are more likely to buy it.
If it is an amulet or something like that, it will definitely be said to be superstitious after it is spread out, which will affect the reputation.
This postcard was indeed given to her by a producer friend who had just returned from a trip to Xingzhou Island. He won this postcard in a treasure hunt. It is said that the New Year film he produced was originally ranked eighth at the box office, but it began to rise sharply the day after he drew the postcard, and the screening rate also increased greatly. As of today, it has squeezed to fourth place and is still rising.
As for why he gave her the postcard, one reason is that he is pursuing her, and the other reason is that he is just a producer, and the money in his pocket will not increase if the box office is good, so he doesn't care, he might as well use a postcard to make the beauty happy.
A few days later, Song Ruqing found that the box office of the movie has been rising, but she didn't get better luck with this postcard. She is still the same as before.
When the island owner opened a V-blog account, a group of people followed the island owner, and it was on the hot search at the time. Even the 18th-tier celebrities were counted by the marketing account.
She also followed it recently, but the marketing account didn't even mention it, which made her so angry!
"This postcard is useless at all, right?!" She was unhappy, but soon remembered Zhou Qunfang's words. Although she was very hard-mouthed, she couldn't help but start to wonder in her heart, is what that woman said true, not because of jealousy?
But thinking carefully, they debuted at the same time, and have always disliked each other because of competing for resources, but no matter how they compete, the resources are the same.
Now resources have begun to lean towards Zhou Qunfang, and she has also won the title of "Sister Europe in the entertainment industry". With more and more fans, she seems to have no need to be jealous of herself who can only get a postcard with gifts from others...
Song Ruqing had no choice but to ask her assistant to find a purchasing agent to help buy the blind box, and made it clear that she was not allowed to open it on behalf of others.
In fact, she was relieved about this, because the blind box packaging of Xingzhou Island has a unique design, and it is easy to see if there are signs of opening.
The assistant suddenly said, "Sister Qing, actually if you want the postcards, there is no need to open the blind box. The manufacturer of the Xingzhou Island postcards has it printed on them. Even if the postcards are stamped by the island owner himself, they have to be sent to the manufacturer for sealing, right? We can buy them directly from the manufacturer."
Song Ruqing was stunned and said, "Is it possible?"
"Of course you can. There are too many people in the circle who want to buy this limited edition postcard. In addition to counterfeiters who come out to fish in troubled waters, some have already found a way to go directly to the manufacturer. They have people who process inside who can help replace some of them. For only 800 yuan, you can get one. Isn't this better than buying 200 blind boxes and opening them again?"
"Do you have a channel?"
"Of course I have. I'm in that small group!"
"Then help me..." Song Ruqing paused, "No, the postcards will become useless after they have passed through their hands?"
"They don't just take out the limited edition postcards, but tamper with the blind boxes and then transfer the blind boxes out."
“Won’t Xingzhou Island find out?”
“No tampered blind boxes will be sent back to Xingzhou Island for sale. As long as the people who bought them don’t post pictures online, how would Xingzhou Island know!”
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Zheng Xuan came back from the Chinese New Year, and a few days after she started work, she heard some bad news from the sales department: “Blind box sales have dropped. How could that be?”
Although she went back to celebrate the Chinese New Year, she could still see the news in the work group. During the Spring Festival, the number of tourists on Xingzhou Island was no less than that during the National Day, and the sales of cultural and creative products increased. Only the sales of blind boxes dropped, which was clearly abnormal.
“Yes, blind box sales dropped by 15% during the Spring Festival, and tourists who bought blind boxes often reported that they couldn’t draw limited edition postcards at all.”
"The output of this batch of postcards has not changed. It is still 30,000 postcards and 6,000 blind boxes. Even the number of postcards with the island owner's stamp has increased from 30 in the first batch to 100. Why has the probability of winning decreased?"
The sales department couldn't understand it either. She could only say: "Maybe those people are unlucky. Or maybe those postcards are in the remaining blind boxes. Another possibility is that the limited edition postcards are not so popular."
Zheng Xuan rolled her eyes and said: "How can it be unpopular? Those celebrities in the entertainment industry have started to spend a lot of money to buy second-hand postcards. If it is unpopular, will there be so many counterfeits?"
She paused, as if she had realized something: "Is it because there are too many counterfeits and consumers can't tell the real from the fake, so it affects sales?"
"This is definitely part of the reason, but we have also been doing anti-counterfeiting work and reminding consumers not to purchase blind boxes through third parties."
Zheng Xuan said: "I will go talk to the manager again."
She went to see her boss, Manager Jiang, who knew about this earlier than she did and said: "We have to hold a meeting to find out the reason and see if the product design is not attractive or there are other reasons. Of course, I will also communicate with the operations department and ask them to increase their publicity efforts to combat counterfeit and shoddy products."
Zheng Xuan also held a meeting with the team members after returning. Although they were responsible for product design and production issues and sales were not their responsibility, the decline in sales was definitely not just due to sales, it should also be related to the product.
For this matter, people studied it for two days, and finally made a preliminary judgment that it should be the limited edition postcards of Xingzhou Island that became popular. Many Tbao merchants smelled business opportunities and began to make fake limited edition postcards and fake blind boxes, and sold them in the name of second-hand transfer.
Many people found out that they were fake after buying them. Although Xingzhou Island is also a victim, it has affected the sales of genuine blind boxes.
Although Xingzhou Island has always emphasized that it will not cooperate with third parties to sell any products produced by Xingzhou Island, merchants who specialize in pirated products are emerging in an endless stream.
Vice President Qi has already proposed that Li Yaolin invite professional lawyers to come back and set up a legal team to sue those infringing merchants.
In addition to strengthening the fight against piracy, the design team also had a heavier task. They needed to design and produce more thoughtful, exquisite, and beautiful postcards to attract tourists and increase sales.
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At night, the clock pointed to 10:20. Zheng Xuan turned her neck, turned off the computer, and prepared to finish overtime work and go back to take a shower and sleep. When she was cleaning up the desk, she accidentally knocked over a photo frame. When she picked up the photo frame, an idea flashed in her mind.
The photo in the frame was not a portrait, but the first stamped postcard that Li Yaolin gave her. She thought it was meaningful, so she framed it and placed it on the desk.
She was used to seeing it, so she didn't think too much about it. But just now, she suddenly thought: "Could it be true what Sanniang said?"
Li Yaolin told her that postcards with this stamp would receive good blessings, but she thought it was a gimmick that her sisters came up with and never took it seriously.
Even though people who got the limited edition postcards later reported that their luck had improved, she also had this postcard and found that her life had not changed much, so she didn't take this kind of feedback to heart, just thinking that it was the psychological effect of these people and that they took the gimmick seriously.
But doesn't this just explain the problem?
The increase in blind box sales is due to this limited edition postcard, but the original island owner had nothing to do with "good luck". When netizens mention "lucky", they will definitely mention Zhou Qunfang, not the island owner.
Besides, the island owner has millions of fans in just a few days after opening her Weibo account. Many people's comments, in addition to admiring her wealth and gossiping, are that the island owner is a lucky cat, and that touching and rubbing her will bring good luck.
The island owner's image has changed most likely because everyone has discovered that postcards stamped by her can bring good luck!
So do people think that this postcard has no effect of changing luck, and they don't like to buy blind boxes anymore?
Not likely. A while ago, a popular young actress posted a postcard-related Weibo, which shows that it is still very popular among celebrities. It is impossible that its appeal has declined.
If we sort out these relationships, we can find that the decline in blind box sales is not due to the lower winning rate.
But as she talked to the sales department, one hundred blind boxes in this batch of blind boxes come with this limited edition postcard. It doesn't make sense that the probability of winning has become lower.
What's the problem? She thought, she has found the answer.
After taking out the postcard, she hurried to find Li Yaolin. Under normal circumstances, Li Yaolin also works overtime in the office until this point. Recently, he has been busy with the opening of the hotel, so he often goes to the hotel.
As expected, Zheng Xuan found the hotel and saw Li Yaolin lying on the bed playing with her phone in the luxury suite on the fifth floor.
"Sanniang, what are you doing?"
"I'm trying out the luxury suite that costs more than 2,000 yuan a night. You've come just in time. Let's lie down together and try it out. This is the same bed as the Winter Olympics."
Zheng Xuan: "..."
Thinking that there was a problem with the work she was responsible for, she had no mood to enjoy and relax.
She said, "I want to tell you something. Tomorrow I have to go to the factory that produces postcards. I suspect something went wrong when sending those postcards that you stamped to them for processing and packaging into blind boxes."
Their design and production team is responsible for both design and production. The general process is to send the design draft to the factory for proofing. After confirming that the sample is fine, it will be printed and produced in large quantities for packaging. Among them, 100 postcards will be drawn out for the island owner to stamp, and then returned to the factory for packaging. When they are finally sent back as blind boxes for sale, no one knows which blind boxes will have limited edition postcards.
So she doesn't know how many of these 6,000 blind boxes have limited edition postcards.
Although the second batch of postcard blind boxes has been processed and sold a lot, even if she goes there now, it will be useless, but the third batch of postcard blind boxes will be printed next, and then it will no longer be 30,000, but 300,000.
With such a large order, she doesn't want anything to go wrong, otherwise it will be a major work error if it is exposed at that time!
Li Yaolin nodded: "Go, and ask the finance department to reimburse the travel expenses when the time comes."
Zheng Xuan paused, a little helpless: "Don't you have anything to say?"
"Have a safe trip?"
Zheng Xuan said helplessly: "I suspect that the decline in sales of postcard blind boxes is due to problems in the production and processing links. If so, it is my work error, and you shouldn't take it lightly."
"It's just a small matter. If it's a problem in the production and processing links, it's the factory's responsibility, and we should handle it as we should. If it's not a problem of the factory, then we just need to improve our business level. After all, we are young and there must be some things we don't consider carefully. Since we have found out where the inconsideration is, we can just correct it. Why should we blame? This little mistake won't make me bankrupt."
Zheng Xuan: "..."
I have to say, Sanniang is really a good boss!
Li Yaolin patted the mattress: "Really don't you want to lie down with me and try the ultimate bed experience?"
Zheng Xuan: "Get lost!"
She turned and left. She
has to go on a business trip tomorrow. She is not the island owner and has no time to enjoy herself here.
Island owner: “?”
A smart bed that can massage, adjust sleeping posture, and give people the ultimate sleeping experience. It’s the same model as the Winter Olympics. Don’t you want to try it?
The author has something to say:
The little mermaid: The island owner is a hooligan, and he deserves to be scolded!
Island owner:?
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Explain the settings below (emphasize this, this is just a setting):
The postcard is not effective for the first person who touches it. It can be understood that after the island owner stamps it, the buff is in a state of waiting to be activated, and short-term handling cannot be considered as possession. Just like the amulets sold in temples, from production to processing to sales, many people have handled it in the middle...
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