“Orchidia Beauty is officially launched!!! Yay yay!!!” Dom announced once again.
“But the fun part is just beginning,” Clover said. “What is the heart of Orchidia Beauty?”
“THE PRODUCTS!!!” the siblings shouted the answer themselves.
All the beauty influencers in the audience cheered in their loudest voices, becoming incredibly excited. Their eyes sparkled and they almost drooled when the products were mentioned. The amazing products were the reason why they attended the launch party of this new company in the first place. They couldn’t wait!
“President Long, would you like to do the honours? Ehehehe,” Dom asked, handing Iris the mic.
Iris chuckled along with everyone else. The crowd had already fallen in love with the Chua siblings’ lively and cheerful personalities.
“Yes, of course. Thank you, Dom,” she replied and took the mic from him.
“Ehehehe.”
Iris looked up at the big screen. The countdown timer was replaced by a more complicated-looking display. There was another timer at the very top of the screen. Instead of a countdown, it was a timer starting from zero. Below it were several counters showing the percentages of each of the products’ available inventories. There were separate counters for each sets and individual products. Not all of them could fit in a single screen, so the display would change to the next group of products every few seconds. At the moment, all of the products’ inventories were showing a complete 100%.
After checking that the timer and counters seemed to be working fine, Iris faced the audience once again before looking directly at the camera livestreaming the event. Orchidia Beauty’s official livestream now reached more than 2 million viewers. And the view count was still increasing.
There were many groans of disappointment among the audience, but they quickly disappeared. Excitement returned to their eyes. Phones were whipped out. They accessed Orchidia Beauty’s official website store, ready to click “Buy” as soon as Iris gave the signal.
Those who were watching the livestream online also did the same thing. Although they had never tried any samples of the Orchidia Beauty products, they still wanted to buy. The Black Stars planned to buy to support their boss. Jin Chonglin’s army of fans were also the same. They wanted to support their Prince Lin Lin. As for the others, they wanted to try the products because they heard so many good things about them from the beauty influencers and celebrities who raved about them online. They felt the need to try the products themselves in order to determine whether they were worth the hype.
“Everyone, are you ready?” Iris asked.
“Hell yeah!”
“Hurry up, Iris! I mean, President Long! Please don’t torture us any longer!”
“I’m so ready!”
The audience all answered her. The livestream viewers also commented the same sentiments.
Iris glanced at the Bauer siblings, Long Jinjing, Chen Fei, Clover, Dom and Jin Chonglin. They nodded at her, indicating that they were ready as well.
“I now declare the Orchidia Beauty store…
The timer on the big screen immediately started after she spoke.
00:00:01
Overall inventory percentage: 94%…
00:00:02
Overall inventory percentage: 76%…
00:00:03
Overall inventory percentage: 51%…
00:00:04
Overall inventory percentage: 33%…
Overall inventory percentage: 1%…
0%
SOLD OUT!!!
Iris’ jaw fell down.
Long Jinjing covered her mouth with her hands in shock. Chen Fei closed her eyes and opened them to look at the screen again. Close, open. Close, open. Only when she did this a few times that a look of disbelief registered on her face. Jin Chonglin also couldn’t believe his eyes. He was unable to hide his astonishment.
Alric Bauer froze. His sister, Alona, hugged him while sobbing loudly against his chest. Dom and Clover were jumping up and down and running all around the stage while shouting in ecstatic celebration.
A deafening applause and cheer erupted across the entire grand hall.
“Congratulations!”
“Oh my God! Sold out in 5 seconds?!!!”
“Yes! My purchase is successful! I’m so happy! I got what I wanted!”
“Dammit! My thumb wasn’t fast enough! I wasn’t able to buy! Nooooooooooo!”
“5 seconds!!!! Is this for real?! How is this possible?!!”
The majority of the guests were cursing their bad luck. They weren’t able to buy any of the products before they sold out in five seconds. Only a handful of them managed to successfully buy.
Similar things were happening all across the country. The live comments in the livestream were either celebrating their purchase or whining about their bad luck.
The people’s reactions might be divided based on their purchasing success or failure, but all of them were unanimously dumbfounded that everything was sold out in five seconds.
FIVE FREAKING SECONDS!!!
This was unheard of!
They knew of other insanely popular beauty products selling out in minutes before, but for five seconds? As far as they knew, this was the first time!!!
Those who were feeling skeptical of Iris Long before this now looked at her differently. There was still some resistance in completely believing in her ability as a businesswoman but the facts had just slapped their faces. Regardless of how much they doubted her, it was true that her company sold everything out in only five seconds. It was even possible that her company made history tonight. Numbers didn’t lie.
Back on the stage, Dom and Clover finally stopped running around in circles. The siblings hugged Iris and the others. Tears of happiness flowed down their cheeks.
“Wuwuwuwu! Boss, my handsome and gorgeous self is so proud that you’re my boss! Wuwuwuwu! Congrats, boss!”
“Congratulations! Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to work for you and for Orchidia Beauty! You’re a blessing to our Chua family!”
Iris smiled at them, patting the siblings’ shoulders. “Thank you for your hard work, dedication, loyalty, and most importantly, your friendship.”
“WUWUWUWU!!!”
Both Dom and Clover burst into tears.
Long Jinjing and Chen Fei also hugged Iris.
“Little Sister, we did it!” Long Jinjing said, a teary smile on her face.
Iris was still shocked deep inside. Even she couldn’t believe that her company sold out in just five seconds. But the delight overpowered the shock. She nodded at them, a big smile on her face. Then her eyes searched for her darling in the audience.
Huh?
She frowned.
Where was he? He wasn’t in his spot at their table. Faint anger bubbled inside her. Why did he leave on such an important moment?!
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Chapter Title: “Sold Out in 5 Seconds”
