E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 153: Episode 153 Joint Disaster Relief Charity Sale 4

Chapter 153: Episode 153 Joint Disaster Relief Charity Sale 4

In just a few days, the materials had already been gathered, and next came warming up the event plan.

The online part involved exchanging points for donation amounts, and all netizens within the company group could participate.

The offline portion, on the other hand, involved changing the promotional banners in the marketplace to ensure all visitors could clearly see that the CBIS Group would be holding a charity sale event in E-world.

Of course, Zhongonline also hung the advertisement in the most conspicuous place, along with the details of the products for sale on that day.

As soon as the event page went online, almost all netizens participated, and the daily active visit count on that day exceeded ten million.

Seeing the continuously rising numbers, Zhou Xueyin felt incredibly happy.

Back then, working exhaustively didn’t even double the figures, but now, a joint event was boosting the forum’s activity drastically—who wouldn’t be happy?

The staff from Zhongonline took on the task of setting up the venue for the charity sale, as such labor-intensive work couldn’t be left to the entirely female staff of 51buy.

These workers clearly had extensive experience in setting up exhibits. By Friday night, they had transformed an empty area into a small market. The products were also well categorized and neatly arranged.

All that was left was for the doors of E-world to open early Saturday for the charity sale event to commence.

"Everyone’s worked hard! Don’t be late tomorrow morning!" a slim, petite woman commanded with a megaphone.

"Would it be alright to leave the goods here?" Zhou Xueyin asked worriedly to Zhao Xiaoxia from Zhongonline, who was in charge of setting up.

"There are cameras, and no one would dare to steal! Plus, the building has security and we’ve also hired a security company to keep watch. It’s fine! Don’t worry," Zhao Xiaoxia reassured.

"Then that’s set... I’ll do another check on the materials. You all can go back first," Zhou Xueyin gratefully looked at Zhao Xiaoxia.

"Alright, be safe, and head back as soon as you’re done checking too..." Zhao Xiaoxia nodded, packed up her stuff, and left with the people from Zhongonline.

"Still not going?" Wei Jingzhu saw that Zhou Xueyin was still holding a pen and paper, verifying the items in the box, and walked over.

"Just a moment, I’m just making sure everything is here..." Zhou Xueyin focused on checking the materials without looking up at Wei Jingzhu.

"Let me help you... It’ll be faster with two people!" Wei Jingzhu took the clip from Zhou Xueyin’s hand, wanting to help her share the load.

"No need, it’s just this section, almost done... Maybe you could help me get something to eat? I’m really hungry now..." Zhou Xueyin looked up and apologetically looked at Wei Jingzhu.

"Sure! What would you like to eat?" Not to mention her, he was quite hungry himself after toiling all night, and the food from when they got off work had long since been digested, "How about we quickly wrap this up and then go have a late-night snack together?"

"At this hour, apart from fast food, where can we find late-night snacks..." Zhou Xueyin laughed helplessly.

"Isn’t there a barbecue stall under your apartment? This box contains graphics cards, a total of 10 pieces..." Wei Jingzhu chatted with Zhou Xueyin while helping her check the materials.

Soon, all the materials in the charity sale area were checked.

Zhou Xueyin, who had been crouching the whole time, suddenly felt dizzy and blurred vision as she stood up.

She almost lost her balance and fell, but if Wei Jingzhu hadn’t quickly pulled her into his arms, she might have ended up lying on the ground for a while...

"Are you okay? Could it be low blood sugar?" Wei Jingzhu anxiously looked at Zhou Xueyin, whose lips had turned a bit pale, in his arms.

"No, just a bit hungry..." Zhou Xueyin quietly denied.

At that moment, the two people’s poses resembled those in a tango, the moonlight streamed through the glass windows of the sunroom, casting a silvery glow on both of them.

However, their topic of conversation was quite the mood killer—debating where to go for a late night snack...

Early the next day, those in charge of the charity sale took their places, waiting for the doors to open for business.

Surprisingly, there were actually people who rushed to the event first thing to grab the limited edition Fengyi Watches.

Beyond those buying watches, there were also plenty who came just to donate money.

The event was so bustling it was like a marketplace, with no moment of rest.

The charity sale was mainly staffed by employees from 51buy, busy selling items, maintaining order, and promoting the corporate culture.

Some volunteers from other companies in the group, including a few from Wei Jingzhu’s dormitory, were also involved.

During the lunch break, Zhang Lei surprisingly showed up: "Yo, it’s pretty lively here. Lots of people too, can you handle it?"

"Is Director Zhang here to inspect the work?" Zhou Xueyin asked half-jokingly.

"I’m here to help... am I welcome?" Zhang Lei said generously.

"How could we not welcome you? We’re so busy we’re running around like headless chickens, we’d be glad for the extra help! Thanks so much! You must be more knowledgeable than us about the big three technologies, right? I’ll leave this section in your capable hands!" Zhou Xueyin was already stretched thin managing the cosmetics section, so having someone to handle IT products was a relief.

"I just sell them at the prices listed on this sheet, right? Leave it to me!" Zhang Lei declared confidently.

However, Zhou Xueyin was not entirely confident in Zhang Lei, so she had Li Hua keep an eye on him to make sure he did not pocket any profits for himself.

After a hectic day, the sales exceeded their expectations, and they had sold over half of the goods, with some popular items nearly sold out.

"Excellent work today! Let’s keep up the good work tomorrow! You’ve all worked hard these past two days. From next week, we can start taking turns to rest... after all, since we’ve been acquired, we can’t just take collective holidays as we please. Everyone, push a little harder! Let’s go!" Before they left, Zhou Xueyin gathered the employees in charge of the charity sale.

"You all worked hard. Let’s find a time to get together for a meal! That’s it for today. Little Taotie, Xixi, Li Hua, stay back so we can check the inventory!"

Kang Siyin, Li Hua’s mother, and Yao Shanshan also volunteered to stay and help Zhou Xueyin check the remaining goods.

"Alright, it all checks out, thank you for your hard work. You can go back now, and be safe!" Zhou Xueyin and the three others sent Wang Anqi, Ji Xiaoxi, and Li Hua off on the bus and then headed home themselves.

Unexpectedly, at the entrance to the residential area, they ran into Wei Jingzhu: "Yinyin, there’s something I need to remind you about!"

"What is it?" Zhou Xueyin looked at him quizzically. "You three go up first?"

"Sure~ You two take your time chatting~ Oh, and bring up some skewers later!" Li Hua’s mother smiled mischievously, clearly not expecting anything serious.

"Alright, alright, yours is ’insanely spicy,’ and Shanshan’s with KK is just ’mildly spicy.’ Got it! Now, go on up!" Zhou Xueyin waved impatiently.

"Come on, let’s go get some skewers first. While we wait, you can tell me what you need to remind me about." Zhou Xueyin turned and headed to the barbecue shop next to the residential area. "Boss, I need 10 skewers ’insanely spicy,’ 30 skewers ’mildly spicy,’ and pack them separately!"

"So, what is it?"

"..." Wei Jingzhu looked around the store to make sure there weren’t any familiar faces, then whispered in Zhou Xueyin’s ear.