Liu Chen, however, was unaware that Hu Qian had fainted. Even if he had known, Liu Chen wouldn't have felt anything.
After all, in his past life, he had stood in the scorching sun for a full day.
In contrast to Liu Chen's indifference, Weibo and Hupu were in an uproar.
"Holy cow, there's a whole shelf of Meimei brand products in the chain supermarkets in Dizdu!"
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"??? I'm going! It really is Meimei brand!"
"Heh, so a bunch of people said they were hyping it up. Then tell me, can hype get you onto supermarket shelves?"
"So generous, a whole shelf dedicated to Meimei brand!"
"Hey, you guys, you definitely didn't see the bottom row. That's Baimai brand, Hahaha! My Sister Liu knows what she's doing."
"I think I saw Sister Liu today. She seemed to be looking at the shelves with her boyfriend..."
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The picture was high-resolution, clearly showing Liu Chen's profile as she turned her head to talk to Ren Yu. Ren Yu in the photo had a gentle expression, his eyes attentively fixed on Liu Chen, listening intently to her words.
"Holy cow, this guy's looks are no less than Sister Liu's! Who is he? Give me all his information in three minutes!"
The appearance of this photo completely derailed the main topic of discussion on Weibo.
Having accomplished all this, Shen Hong retreated quietly, his reputation intact, from his pink "Little Cutie" Weibo account.
"Boss, the rest is up to you."
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For the entire afternoon, Ren Yu drove Liu Chen, visiting four chain supermarkets one by one to inspect the shelves.
It was as Liu Chen had expected. With the suspension of online delivery services, consumers who had been holding back were now flocking to offline purchases.
Even in the less busy supermarkets, Meimei sausages and Meimei pork jerky were selling remarkably well.
As they walked out of the last supermarket, the Beijing sky had already turned black. The light from the streetlamps illuminated the puddles on the road, reflecting a dazzling, diamond-like glow.
Liu Chen lowered her head, exhaled warmth onto her hands, rubbed them together quickly, and then put on her plush gloves.
"Let's go. Thanks for accompanying me to check the market today. I'll treat you to dinner."
Ren Yu wrapped his plain black scarf, layered one after another, around Liu Chen's neck. As he wrapped it, he said in a low voice, "Sure, you name a place."
Liu Chen felt the warmth of Ren Yu's breath as he spoke and couldn't help but blink.
"Ahem, I'll handle it. The place I'm thinking of, you probably know it, Shen family's Tianwang Tower."
As she spoke, Liu Chen took out a membership card numbered 002 from her pocket and showed it to Ren Yu.
"Shen Hong brought me to this place before, but the card in his hand, I remember it was coded 066."
"Oh?" Liu Chen's eyes curved into a smile. "Then it seems we need to call Brother Shen Hong to join us for dinner?"
Ren Yu: Suddenly regretted what he had just said.
Fortunately, when Ren Yu called, Shen Hong quickly declined upon hearing that Liu Chen had invited him to dinner. "No, no, the company can't do without me. You guys go ahead and eat."
After Shen Hong finished speaking, Ren Yu hung up the phone.
"You've now opened up the channels in Beijing, but can your production volume keep up?" Ren Yu asked while driving.
Liu Chen thought of the empty warehouse that Yu Bing had sent her a picture of. The goods sent this time, considering transportation costs, filled an entire truck. Based on today's sales feedback, it should last until after the New Year.
This meant that the real test of production capacity would be after the New Year.
While Ren Yu was driving, Liu Chen silently chanted a lucky charm and then summoned a construction acceleration coupon.
Looking at the usage instructions – after use, a construction team of no less than one hundred people would be obtained, with a usage period of three months.
She silently recited: "Use."
The construction acceleration coupon began to burn in mid-air, emitting a blue light. After the coupon had completely burned out, a line of text appeared in mid-air.
Construction acceleration coupon successfully used. Currently obtained a construction team of five hundred people, with a usage period of three months.
Seeing the number five hundred, Liu Chen blinked rapidly, then turned her head to look at the endless stream of traffic outside the car window, smiling. As expected, her guess was correct; this was the proper way to use the lucky charm.
Before the car even reached Tianwang Tower, Liu Chen's phone rang. It was Mi Ba.
"Hello? Liu Chen? I received a call from an old friend of mine. He heard I took on a project to build a factory and wants to bring his engineering team to do it for three months until their next project begins.
I wouldn't normally let them come for just three months, but his engineering team is large, with a combined total of five hundred people. Plus, our foundation work is almost done. Maybe, in three months, the factory area can actually be completed."
Liu Chen's heart knew what was going on when she heard the three-month timeframe.
"Uncle Mi, since I entrusted the factory area project to you, it means I trust you. I agree."
On the other end of the phone, Mi Ba felt as if his heart was being warmed by a hot water bottle.
"Okay, Chenchen, you trust Uncle, and Uncle won't let you down! I'll hang up now. I need to reply to them."
"Okay."
After Liu Chen hung up the phone, Ren Yu finally spoke.
"It seems my worries were unnecessary. With a construction team of five hundred people, your factory area might even be completed in less than three months."
"Good luck. Originally, I thought about finding a few small factories for contract manufacturing, but I was also worried their production standards might not meet requirements."
"Mm, once your factory area is planned, if it's really not feasible, you can ask Uncle Mi to build a part of the factory first, put the production lines in, and then apply for production qualifications.
I've seen your blueprint, and in reality, it can be divided into independent zones."
Liu Chen nodded. "Mm, Uncle Mi's original plan was exactly that."
"And your production lines?"
"They've already arrived at the Baimai factory. We just need to wait for the factory building to be completed before we can debug and use them."
The car stopped near Tianwang Tower, and the two got out and walked through a section of alleyway.
They walked in silence. Liu Chen didn't know what to say, while Ren Yu seemed lost in thought.
After Liu Chen presented her membership card, they were directly led to a private room on the top floor of Tianwang Tower. After ordering their food and the waiter left, Ren Yu looked at the calm Liu Chen and couldn't help but ask,
"Chenchen, you always seem to have many secrets, like this membership card."
"Hmm? Would you believe me if I said it was all a coincidence? I was here eating with a friend..."
After listening to Liu Chen's explanation, Ren Yu couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.
"That's quite a coincidence. However, Shen Yi, the owner of Tianwang Tower, is not a soft-hearted person. That cook is probably going to have a hard time."
As soon as he finished speaking, a stranger's male voice echoed from outside the door:
"Well, well, you Ren family kid, badmouthing people behind their backs isn't very nice."