Chapter 7

7. Trending

After the settlement come out this week, Qing Qin’s mentality collapsed.

Qiqi – like spring – was brought back from the dead this time. This week’s sales instantly filled the previous income gap at once.

In other words, once Qing Qin returned to the pre-liberation period, his previous efforts to go bankrupt were ineffective.

Anyway, at least there is good news —

with the extra funds, he can finally advance his salary, rent a house for himself, and bid farewell to the hard bed in the factory duty room.

Before, he has tens of millions’ of debt and had to sleep in the factory. Those who heard it were sad and those who saw it were in tears.

Who would have thought that this man who looked glamorous was actually homeless?

Moreover, Qing Qin has to bear the employees’ misunderstandings —

“Mr. Qing himself works overtime every day, but he only let us work for eight hours. He is really a good boss!”

No, I don’t want to work overtime, don’t over-interpret. OK

Now he can finally welcome the soft, big bed and cuddly pillows!

Meng Yao chose an independent villa for him, in a quiet location, hidden under a row of osmanthus trees. Except for the villa across the street, there was no other residence.

“This is a villa reserved for Mr. Qing when the real estate company under Qing Group developed it. It is fully furnished and no one has lived in it yet. The opposite side has been booked, but the other party doesn’t come home often. it’s a quiet place to live” Meng Yao introduced while driving, “When your total assets reach tens of millions, you can buy your own residence or buy this villa.”

Qing Qin got out of the car, put on his sunglasses, and looked at the small red-roofed villa.

More than 200 square meters wide, has two floors, a small garden, and plenty of light on the balcony which is more than enough for one person to live.

“I like it very much.” Qing Qin commented, feeling much better. Maybe in the future, when he runs away with 10 million, he can buy this villa.

Jingzhou is only a second-tier city, and the urban villa prices are about 6 million, which only rich people can afford to buy.

After walking around the house, Qing Qin almost couldn’t help raising the corners of his mouth.

“What do you think?” Meng Yao put away the suitcase for him and arranged the cleaning aunt.

Very good, my dream house!

However, his image couldn’t be lost, Qing Qin nodded reservedly and sent her out: “It’s okay.” 

When the Mercedes-Benz drove away, he immediately rushed upstairs with a “thump”, threw himself onto the King Size bed, and rolled around. Then, he jumped up, hugged Little Lihua, and took a few breaths in.

Under the disgusting expression on Little Lihua’s face that thinks this two-legged beast was crazy, Qing Qin put the cat on his head and slid down the handrail of the stairs. He ran to the piano and played the Voice of Spring waltz in high spirits. The cheerful sound is flowing in the room

(Let’s hear Voice of Spring by Johann Strauss II to emphasize our MC’s feeling >_<)

He used to learn the piano before, however, he was not proficient enough. Still, he would play a few songs whenever he feels like it.

— At the end of the song, Qing Qin opened his arms in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows to welcome the sunlight falling into the room.

Perhaps because now he has private territory, he felt a sense of belonging in this world for the first time.

Forget it, his home wasn’t his yet. Qing Qin dropped his shoulders and was determined to continue running on the avenue of bankruptcy. First, he must go to the supermarket to buy something.

In nearby Jingli Supermarket.

Jingzhou local supermarkets are more convenient to buy Qiqi. Moreover, offline channel’s performance is even more eye-catching.

The carbonated beverage area -which was not dense in the past- had a lot of people walking with shopping carts.

Qing Qin bought toiletries and some snacks.

There are also instant noodles. Before, he was not allowed to eat it at home, but now he must try it after transmigration!

In addition, since he comes, Qing Qin plans to see Qiqi’s sales with his own eyes.

He went to the carbonated beverage area. The first thing he saw was a large pile of colorful soda. After taking a closer look, it was all the Banfen fruity series

Well, not bad, not bad. Banfen was very good at publicity.

The saleswoman next to him was selling to passersby: “Sir, do you need anything?”

An office worker, about 30 years old: “I want to buy a soda.”

“Please take a look at our Banfen fruity series. The bestseller one is grapefruit flavor, and the new cherry flavor also tastes good.”

“The one I’m going to buy seems to be ‘Qiqi’.” He shook his head.

“The Banfen fruity taste is also very good, sir, why don’t you give it a try.” The saleswoman thought about the recent dismal performance and continued to sell with a decent smile.

Qing Qin had already picked up his ears to listen, and this time he moved closer half-step: “Brother, she is right, the Banfen fruit flavor is the best drink on the market. Moreover, it’s cheaper, three point five yuan per bottle, if you look at Qiqi, it’s four yuan.” 

When the passerby saw him well-dressed, he looked hesitant.

Qing Qin continues persistently, holding a bottle in each hand: “Look, I’m going to buy two bottles.”

At this time, a store worker pushed the cart and filled up several bottles of dark brown liquid with tiny bubbles on the empty shelf next to it.

A few customers followed behind him, all of them turned a blind eye to the colorful Banfen fruity series and went straight to the glass bottles that had just been placed in the corners.

The Banfen saleswoman’s face changed at the scene that happened countless times in the past few days.

Qing Qin also had an ominous premonition in his heart.

When passerby saw that the originally full row of shelves was almost empty, he quickly took a big step and narrowly snatched two bottles.

He picked up two glass bottles and took a closer look. The seal was inscribed with the character “Qiqi”, and when he looked at the production address, it was indeed their local company in Jingzhou: “Yes, this is what I want.”

Saleswoman: “Sir….”

“No need, that’s it, only Qiqi is suitable for cooking.” The passerby waved his hand. He was so hungry that he started to digest himself. He couldn’t wait to go home and eat his daughter-in-law’s new dishes, so he went directly to the cashier.

The rest of the customers also ignored the Banfen fruity flavors that piled up like the mountain, went after the “Qiqi” and left.

Qing Qin: Cooking has something to do with Qiqi? 

The saleswoman looked at Qing Qin: “You are hired by Banfen, right? Times have changed. Nowadays, Qiqi Chicken Wings are popular. Before, Qiqi was popular in a young people group, but once Qiqi Chicken Wings comes out, other age groups also like to cook with this.”

She shook her head, thinking her company level of support was not good, and sighed.

Back to the rest area, he secretly opened the thermos cup and took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

The refreshing sweetness is accompanied by foam that explodes from his mouth to his throat.

Qiqi is really delicious, no wonder it’s rise in sales, then let’s change it next time.

Qing Qin was confused. While he lined up in the cashier’s line, he decisively opened the O station to observe the enemy’s situation.

The first thing he saw was a live broadcast of his mortal enemy “Glutonious Taotao”.

In the last “nostalgia” theme video competition, she uploaded a video of Qiqi as a childhood memory, which resonated with a group of people, and quickly rush up to the second rank. The video was still fermenting in the past two days and has the potential of reaching the first rank.

“There’s no starch at home, so let’s just make braised chicken wings.” In the video, Le Taotao skillfully placed the pot, pour oil, and wait until it boiled. Her operation was as mighty as a tiger, while she was about to take cooking wine–

Le Taotao: …

Barrage frenzy:

“Why did you have such a big glass of cooking wine?”

“Hahahaha, it’s coming, it’s coming, Le’s Secret Seasoning Technique is here again!”

“Hahaha, Taotao, don’t panic. This bottle of Qiqi is also black colored like cooking wine, put it in.”

“Are you trying to poison our Taotao? Hahahaha, but I think you can try”

“Then in the future, there will be one more legendary dark dish.”

Le Taotao sighed, and simply poured Qiqi into it: “I have already taken it, then just try it.”

When the chicken wings wrapped with black sauce came out of the pot, Le Taotao sat down. Her hand that was holding chopsticks trembled slightly, wondering if this thing can really be eaten. “Actually it smells pretty good.” Le Taotao forced a smile, tentatively picked it up with chopsticks, and took a bite.

A delicious sauce that was salty and sweet came up first. Then the skin of the chicken wings was bitten open to reveal the exceptionally soft and tender chicken. The unique aroma of Qiqi invades the chicken, bringing a completely different experience.

Le Taotao’s eyes lit up and swept the remaining four chickens like a wind. Then she licked her chopsticks regardless of her image: “It’s delicious, the chicken is super tender. I seem to be running on the prairie, this is the taste of freedom! Qiqi Chicken Wings is a perfect combination!”

Pa!

Qing Qin closed his phone, took a deep breath, and calmed down. It’s over. Isn’t this the parallel world version of Cola Chicken Wings… Engaged in a dramatic discovery process, which is hard to tolerate!

As expected, Qing Qin was sad to find that the video quickly became popular, and many people became suspicious of braising chicken wings with Qiqi. Soon, they were shocked and spread this method of cooking.

Under the leadership of Taotao, the UP-Lord who claims this food to be the most delicious on the Internet, a group of people also developed new methods of cooking with soda, such as “Qiqi Chicken Wings”, “Qiqi Popsicles”, “Qiqi Bubbling Cake”, and other strange new dishes.

Le Taotao’s video competition also took advantage of this popularity to reach the top in one fell swoop and was strongly promoted on Station O’s homepage which once again increased the popularity of Qiqi.

Qing Qin became angrier and angrier as he looked at it. If I pass this round, I would make O station bankrupt! 

Blood sea of ​​hatred +1

Meanwhile, Manager Sun routinely patrolled the supermarket and happened to stare at the cashier for a while.

There is no doubt that these customers, especially young people, will bring a bottle of “Qiqi” along the way when they buy large quantities of snacks or fresh ingredients, and as time goes by, this main buying group has gradually expanded to middle-aged and elderly people.

He listened to the consumers, and most of them mentioned delicious food, old-fashioned food, and seasonings for cooking.

“How much Qiqi’s stock in our inventory do we have now?” Manager Sun asked the deputy manager beside him.

“We only have 10 boxes left. I’m contacting them to purchase more. We plan to buy another 1,000 boxes.”

“1,000 boxes are not enough, multiply five times,” Manager Sun waved his hand, “I remember that most of the shelves are for Banfen fruity series right?”

“Yes, do you want to give more positions to Qiqi?”

Manager Sun glanced at his successor, who was honest and sensible, but lacked some insight: “Do you need me to teach you more? In addition, pass the Banfen fruity series recent sales report to Yuanru, and let them take a good look at what they have been promoted recently.”

As he just finished speaking, he saw a familiar figure in a blink of an eye.

Oh, isn’t this President Qing, where did the wind blow for such a God of Wealth to stop at his door?

Manager Sun immediately greeted him: “Mr. Qing, I’ve heard a lot about you. If you want, we can give you a 10% discount.” 

The subordinate next to him handed over a membership card after seeing him wink.

Qing Qin looked at this unremarkable middle-aged man, didn’t recognize him, didn’t know him well: “Hello.”

“Hahaha, Mr. Qing’s methods are very clever. Recently, Qiqi has the opportunity to compete for the top spot in FMCG sales.” Manager Sun urged the person to settle the bill and chatted with Qing Qin.

Qing Qin was jolted and vaguely remembered that this person seemed to be Jingli’s Manager Sun, who had met him the last time he shipped the goods.

Immediately, his whole body tensed up, damn it, another one came to send me money.

“Our plan is to bring in another 5,000 boxes every Monday in the future. If the supply exceeds demand, we can increase the amount,” Manager Sun said unconsciously and continued to give generous conditions, “I know that the sales volume is large now, and tight in Qiqi supply, but we are also old friends, Mr. Qing, you must first ensure the supply of Jingli, and we will give Qiqi the best position.”

Qing Qin quickened his pace -his long legs moved quickly: “No—”

When he saw a familiar figure walking ahead, a sentence stuck in his throat.

Mr. Li just happened to come over to talk about the contract today. He was moved when he heard this sentence and trotted over: “Okay, okay. We, Qiqi, will give priority to ensuring the supply of Jingli.”

Meng Tiao stood behind, her expression mixed with kindness and admiration.

He is so dedicated to the company. He still did not forget about work even when he is having a day off. As expected of my boss!

Qing Qin accidentally crushed the instant noodles he just bought when feeling that kind of gaze.

He decisively handed the matter over to vice president Li, got into the car and left this sad place: “Meng Tiao, put some instant noodles in the company in the future.” 

Meng Tiao who was driving: “But we have a cafeteria.”

“For relieving stress.” Qing Qin squeezed and crunched this bag of instant noodles. He learned new skills without a teacher.

Ah, Mr. Qing is really a good boss who is considerate to his subordinates! Meng Tiao wrote another note on her observation record.

Hectic corner: This will be the last chapter SWDWIHBP that I translated, because I saw someone picked it up too. Well, my experience as a reader teachs me that having a lot of translator will just making it confusing. 

It’s coincidence that I dropped it at chapter 7, I hope this lucky seven and lucky cat Qing Qin’s aura can help me find another gem.