"You mean you'll bring happiness to my son? That what I'm doing is destroying him?"
"You're so confident. What are you going to give my son happiness with?"
"This thirty-year-old face and body, your job that could be outdated at any moment? Ridiculous."
The two clashed again.
Glancing at the staff who were still waiting, Xiang Wan sighed.
"Mrs. Lu, our values are incompatible, we will never see eye to eye. Please don't bother me again, it's a waste of time."
"As I said, if you want me to leave, go talk to your son directly. I have other things to do, excuse me, I can't accompany you any longer."
As she was about to get out of the car, Mrs. Lu grabbed her arm.
"Miss Xiang, I told you. If you don't listen to me, I'll make sure you have a very unpleasant end. Don't think I only talk the talk."
Xiang Wan turned back. "I don't think you dare to do it. In fact, you dare to do it, and you're very ruthless."
"If I'm not mistaken, the fire in our neighborhood last night was related to you?"
"To make me break up with Lu Mingzhe, you even bought off my friends. You're quite meticulous."
"But what does it matter? On the contrary, you've tested your son. Is he a fickle person in the face of disaster?"
"You'll be disappointed. He loves me dearly. Not only is he not fickle, but he's willing to bear some of the consequences for me."
"I know you're capable and have many tricks up your sleeve. You can continue. But I won't yield."
"The more you do this, the more clearly I realize that Lu Mingzhe loves me. To be with me, he will smooth over everything for me."
"If you like seeing him worry, then go ahead and be even more ruthless."
Saying that, she was about to get out again. Mrs. Lu cursed her fiercely from behind.
"You're shameless!"
"When something happens, you rely on men, letting men charge for you. A Zhe still praises you in front of me? He truly doesn't see you clearly!"
It didn't matter.
She had said everything she wanted to say. As for what Mrs. Lu thought, that was her business.
Xiang Wan slammed the car door shut with a bang and left.
She went to the factory, selected fabrics, conducted on-site experiments, and checked the patterns and quality.
She was very satisfied.
Xiang Wan brought the samples back and put them up for pre-sale in the live broadcast room that evening.
She didn't know if it was the traffic from that video or the official push.
Her live broadcast room, which usually had only one or two thousand online viewers, reached a peak of over fifty thousand people that night.
In four hours of broadcasting, the cumulative number of online viewers was over 400,000, and more than seventy thousand items were pre-sold.
The pre-sale price of one piece of clothing was 188 yuan. After deducting various operating costs, employee salaries, rent, and utilities.
Xiang Wan's commission per piece of clothing was 20 yuan. This means that just from this one live broadcast pre-sale, she could earn over 1.4 million yuan.
Everyone was ecstatic.
Since the dress sold so well, they quickly placed an additional order with the factory and continued with live pre-sales.
Over two days of live broadcasts, the cumulative pre-sale orders reached over 147,000 pieces.
The factory paused production of other clothes and focused solely on this one item. They worked day and night and might not be able to finish it by Double 11.
Although it was very profitable, they had to halt the sales.
It was okay. Although other styles didn't sell as explosively as this one, they could still be promoted quickly to capitalize on the momentum.
Making money, big and small.
Xiang Wan monitored the raw material intake at the factory, selected materials, and supervised their quality.
At the same time, she had to focus on the live broadcast operations.
For a while, she forgot about the fire. Although she was busy from dawn till dusk, she was in a great mood.
The next time she went to the factory, she even unexpectedly ran into an old acquaintance, Tang Haichao.
Tang Haichao was doing renovations for a factory in the industrial zone. He saw Xiang Wan's car and came over to greet her.
They stood by the roadside and chatted.
Tang Haichao said, "Sometimes when I get home from work and have nothing to do, I watch your live streams. Business has been good lately, hasn't it?"
"That night, the host's voice was hoarse from broadcasting, and tens of thousands of orders were sold. You're amazing."
Xiang Wan didn't show false modesty.
"I still owe you money. I have to work harder for you too."
"Oh, you're young, with infinite possibilities for the future. No need to rush."
Tang Haichao's words were sincere.
"The live streaming industry is quite tough. I know a few people who say they get bored after a year or two."
"They earn too much money, get arrogant, and their health deteriorates. You should take care."
Xiang Wan said, "Are you afraid that I'll get arrogant after earning too much money and won't recognize you as an old friend anymore?"
Tang Haichao was surprised. "Oh, you still consider me a friend?"
"Of course. If it weren't for you, my brother and I wouldn't have gotten out so easily that day, and you lent me such a large sum of money at a critical moment."
"Such deep friendship. How could I forget you just like that?"
Tang Haichao looked pleased. "Your words are enough."
"I'm not good with words, I can't express myself well. Anyway, I just came over to say hello when I saw you. I'm not trying to rush you for the money, so please don't overthink it."
Xiang Wan joked, "Even if you were rushing me for money, I wouldn't be able to come up with it so quickly."
"The factory is receiving raw materials every day, and we have to pay them a portion as a deposit."
"A lot of our working capital is tied up in the live broadcast operations. On the surface, things look prosperous, but actually, I don't have any spare cash."
"Otherwise, I would have treated you to lunch today."
Feeling that Xiang Wan was in a good mood lately and was even willing to joke with him, Tang Haichao waved his hand generously.
"How about I treat you? It's almost lunchtime anyway."
"We won't eat anything fancy. Let's just grab a bowl of noodles in the industrial zone. After eating, we can get back to work, how about it?"
Since he had lent so much money, being stingy about a bowl of noodles would make her seem petty.
Xiang Wan let her staff eat in the factory cafeteria, while she went with Tang Haichao to a small eatery in the industrial zone.
Sitting in such a low-end place, talking loudly, eating casually.
The feeling of being able to drink beer and chew garlic, throw trash around, and have oil splattered everywhere without anyone laughing at you felt really good.
To be honest, every time she was with Lu Mingzhe, Xiang Wan felt a little self-conscious.
Lu Mingzhe's elegant demeanor was cultivated from childhood, ingrained in him. She couldn't be too slovenly in front of him.
"I saw you in the passenger seat of a man's car after work that day. He was quite handsome. Is he your boyfriend?"
She felt a little embarrassed talking about this.
It was Lu Mingzhe who had asked her to add Tang Haichao on WeChat before.
"Yes. You've met him. It was during that car accident."
Tang Haichao said, "I figured. Were you two arguing then?"
Xiang Wan thought for a moment. "I don't know how to put it. Sort of."
Tang Haichao didn't press further.
"Anyway, it's all fate. When you get married, don't forget to send me an invitation."
"Okay," Xiang Wan smiled.