Chapter 0269: Everything Has Just Begun

Just as Zhao Fusheng was sighing with emotion, Zhu Yushi, far away in the capital, wore a calm expression.

Outside the office door, all the assistants were on the phone, some calling newspapers, others calling TV stations.

They had only one goal: to hope that they could publish more favorable reports about Brain Gold.

Dong dong dong!

A knock sounded, and Zhu Yushi calmly looked up: “Come in.”

Inside the office, there was not only Zhu Yushi but also several other company executives. At this moment, their faces were all very solemn.

After all, judging from the feedback received so far, Brain Gold had already become synonymous with a stink bug.

Almost everyone who had seen that advertisement was cursing it.

Even their own family members were the same.

“Could it be that we are about to repeat the Giant Group’s downfall?”

Many people couldn’t help but have such thoughts in their minds.

After all, many of those present were Zhu Yushi’s old team, having experienced the rise of the Giant Group with him and also the collapse of the Giant Building.

In their view, Brain Gold was clearly the company’s lifeline. Health products were not easy to get approved, and the company was thriving. But then Zhu Yushi insisted on choosing a little-known small company for advertising planning.

Now, everything had turned to dust.

At the beginning, due to confidentiality, Brain Gold didn’t know the specific content of the ad campaign. But after the ad aired, everyone was dumbfounded.

“What the hell is this?”

“Damn, not even a celebrity…”

“This is called an ad?”

“Has the boss gone crazy?”

Many people were gossiping, as if the entire company had reached a dead end. Some were even secretly contacting friends to ask about job openings.

“How is it going?”

Zhu Yushi asked the secretary who walked in.

The secretary opened her mouth, hesitating.

Gently shaking his head, Zhu Yushi said slowly, “Just say it, it’s nothing.”

“It’s like this, President Zhu. The TV station’s ratings are out. Our ad has high viewership, but the reviews aren’t good. Quite a few people are cursing,” the secretary said cautiously.

Zhu Yushi laughed heartily: “I think it’s not just quite a few; basically everyone is cursing, right?”

“Well…”

The group fell silent. Everyone knew in their hearts that what Zhu Yushi said might be the truth. After all, the ad had aired, and they had all seen it. They knew it clearly themselves.

However, at that moment, the phone on Zhu Yushi’s desk rang!

Then, the phones throughout the entire Brain Gold company also rang.

The vice president in charge of sales had his phone buzzing incessantly.

“Scary!”

“What’s going on?”

“Is the phone line broken?”

Everyone said, looking bewildered.

The vice president answered the phone and apologized first: “Old Chen, I’m sorry. I didn’t know it would turn out like this.”

“Surnamed Li, stop apologizing!” Boss Chen on the other end said through gritted teeth: “We’ve known each other for decades. Can’t you just send me some more goods? I know your products must be in short supply, but for the sake of our relationship, give me a hand, how about it?”

“Ah?”

Vice President Li was dumbfounded. After the other party finished, he said in surprise: “You, you still want goods?”

“Isn’t that obvious? I’m selling like crazy here. The stores below keep pushing me. If I don’t push you, what can I do? Let’s talk, can you send me some more?”

“Okay, okay, I’ll have someone contact you right away.” Vice President Li hung up the phone, looked up at Zhu Yushi: “President, President Zhu, Beijing says they’ve sold out.”

When the employees who answered the phones put them down, their faces looked as if they had been struck by lightning. Someone simply asked a colleague next to them: “Pinch me, am I dreaming?”

“I was about to ask you to pinch me too,” said the person next to them.

“What, what is going on?”

Everyone was stunned. In their view, if they weren’t dreaming, they must have encountered a scammer.

But the several vice presidents in the room knew very well that this couldn’t be a scam.

In less than five minutes just now, all of them had received calls from all sides, all from health product distributors across the country.

They had only one goal: to pull strings and ask for goods!

“President Zhu, President Zhu, our product is a hit!”

Vice President Li stood up excitedly and said loudly.

Clearly, by now they had to believe that Brain Gold had indeed become a nationwide sensation.

Zhu Yushi let out a long breath. No one noticed that his back was already wet.

He said he wasn’t worried, but in fact, he knew very well that he was gambling. If he won, Brain Gold would become the top domestic health product brand; if he lost, he might have to lie low again and wait for another chance.

Obviously, he had bet correctly this time. That young man had given him a perfect answer.

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Zhao Fusheng didn’t know that the Brain Gold company had gone crazy because of him, with the entire company working overtime frantically.

That’s right, overtime. Because product sales were so hot, their inventory was insufficient. Zhu Yushi had no choice but to order the factory to work overtime to produce more.

So, there would be no celebration for now. The entire Brain Gold company was like a spaceship equipped with rocket boosters, speeding forward.

At this moment, Zhao Fusheng was waiting for the Aipu phone commercial.

Han Pojun, true to being a good friend of Zhu Yushi, had also bought prime-time slots.

The ad began. What came into view was a man’s back standing in a police academy scene. A voiceover said: “There’s a mission…”

Then, Lau Tak-wah, playing Lau Kin-ming, appeared. The voiceover again: “You must get into the police force.”

Next, the back figure ran through a crowd, pursued by countless police officers, including Lau Kin-ming.

In the next scene, on a rooftop, Andy Lau held an Aipu phone, with a blurry back figure in the distance. Lau’s voice sounded: “Undercover cops always like to meet on rooftops, don’t they?”

In the final scene, Andy Lau held the Aipu phone and dialed: “I want to be a good person.”

On the other side, Zhou Feifei was in tears.

From beginning to end, the back figure never showed its face.

The screen ended. The Aipu phone appeared: Turn around and know, my heart only has you, everything is in control!

“Is that the script?”

Beside Zhao Fusheng, Wang Zhen asked with a tired expression.

He had just finished making the promotional page for the website’s user base exceeding 400,000 with Dong Guoxiang, and turned around to see Zhao Fusheng watching an ad.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: “Yes, our investment is the script sold from this plan.”

“Damn! That’s awesome!” Dong Guoxiang wasn’t around, only he and Zhao Fusheng were there, so Wang Zhen didn’t beat around the bush. He asked Zhao Fusheng in surprise: “That back figure and Andy Lau, who’s the good guy?”

Clearly, Wang Zhen had noticed the key point of the ad.

Zhao Fusheng smiled slightly: “Good guys and bad guys, sometimes it’s really hard to tell.”

Rolling his eyes, Wang Zhen suppressed the urge to give this guy a good beating and asked seriously: “So, who is that back figure?”

Zhao Fusheng laughed. He wasn’t sure about this himself, because Andy Lau hadn’t contacted him for several days. He couldn’t guarantee whether Andy Lau would follow his suggestion and find Leslie Cheung to play the role. But based on his guess, Andy Lau wouldn’t make a losing deal.

Besides, Andy Lau was also in a hurry.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng said to Wang Zhen: “If nothing unexpected, it should be Leslie Cheung.”

“Damn!”

Wang Zhen immediately lost his composure. As a young man born in the late 1970s, exposed to Hong Kong films and Cantonese songs in the 1980s and 1990s, Wang Zhen naturally knew very well the significance of the name Leslie Cheung.

With Zhao Fusheng’s film able to get Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau to star, just based on this cast, Wang Zhen was looking forward to the movie even more.

Of course, Zhao Fusheng was also looking forward to it. What he looked forward to was the reaction of the Han father and son.