Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 36 Xia Lan and Wen Shiyu

When Lu He found Xia Lan, Xia Lan had already received a provocative text message from Duanmu Cong. It seems that Duanmu Cong not only wanted to take revenge on Wen Shiyu, but also wanted to hurt Xia Lan. His act of sending a text message to Xia Lan was simply too childish.

“We need to take a two-pronged approach now,” Lu He calmly analyzed. “Xiao Lan, you need to use your strengths to fight a brilliant business battle with him. And I, I'll use my strengths…”

“But Xiaoyu, aren’t your grades better than mine? I remember you’re a genius in business.” Xia Lan blinked her beautiful eyes.

Lu He was both amused and exasperated. Wen Shiyu was certainly a genius, but she wasn't Wen Shiyu. She really knew nothing about business. All she could do was design and draw sketches.

"Hmm... So what I'm saying is, I'll also use my strengths, you can handle the activities here, I'll do the more difficult ones~" Lu He could only resort to deception, she couldn't very well say that her strength was the second female lead's ability to cause trouble, could she?

She had just given instructions to Xiao Yang; Duanmu Cong's upcoming event was going to be quite a challenge for him. As for the main battleground, it would naturally be left to Xia Lan. After all, it was still a romance comic, and even for the sake of a grand love story, the male lead had to lose to the female lead.

Xia Lan was still quite nervous when she received such an important task, but seeing Lu He's firm belief in her eyes, she immediately mustered her energy and started a brainstorming session with the other members of the group.

Xia Lan proposed a new product blind box plan. Since Duanmu has made the eyeshadow and blush light and shadow series of makeup products non-sale items for the lottery, then Wenshi can draw the "Thousand Butterflies" lip makeup series as a blind box.

The idea was met with applause from everyone. "This is brilliant! It feels like we can turn the tide!" Xiao Ai exclaimed excitedly upon hearing the idea. "Especially for people with a collecting obsession, they just can't stop."

“But I don’t recommend buying blind boxes…” After careful consideration, Xu Chen suggested, “I suggest giving them away as gifts. Don’t we have other cosmetics? Since they’re using eyeshadow and blush as a gimmick, why don’t we use skincare products?”

Xia Lan instantly understood Xu Chen's intention: "I get it. Buy a set of skincare products and get a free blind box. You can also buy blind boxes. After collecting the complete set of Thousand Butterfly Blind Boxes, you'll receive a free blush and eyeshadow from the Thousand Butterfly series!"

Judy expressed her concern: "Isn't this too much of a loss? Even if someone is willing to buy a lot of blind boxes after getting the free ones, it still can't compare to giving away eyeshadow and blush like this..."

Xu Chen adjusted his glasses and roughly calculated the cost: "That's right! This won't work."

"Don't worry about that. I've already calculated it. If we give away 50 sets, we won't lose money." Xia Lan said confidently, "There are 11 lipsticks in the Thousand Butterfly series. We'll only release 50 of the most popular color, 'Apricot Blossom in Light Rain,' and release the other styles in blind boxes as usual."

"Wow, I get it! That means only 50 people can collect the whole set." Xiao Ai's joy was palpable, as if she could already see the dawn of victory.

Judy and Tina both nodded in agreement, thinking the plan might actually work and could counter the other side's lottery event.

Johnny muttered, "What about all that extra 'apricot blossom drizzle'?"

“I’ve already calculated those,” Xu Chen quickly summarized, “not investing can actually maximize profits.”

"And it won't be wasted. We can use it as a gift for clients on other holidays. We can make this lipstick a limited edition," Judy said, offering a solution directly.

Everyone nodded.

Johnny clapped his hands: "Let's get to work! Quickly, Xiao Ai and Tina, get ready to go for the promotion. Judy, you and Xu Chen go call Da Hai, let's work together to sort out the goods."

"I'll go and notify headquarters to quickly produce and ship the blind boxes over!" Xia Lan said, immediately picking up her phone to call Wen Yiming.

Wen Yiming's entire department was temporarily reassigned by President Wen today, meaning they need to be on standby at headquarters at any time to provide support at the venue. After all, Lu He didn't want Wen Yiming to spend so much time with Xia Lan, so she deliberately used staff from other departments this morning, only arranging for Wen Yiming's department to be on standby.

Naturally, the entire 7.8 celebration department also knew that there was a standby department at headquarters ready to respond at any time.

In less than an hour, Wen Yiming and his team arrived at the venue in a transport vehicle and immediately led their staff to various booths to help assemble the blind boxes.

Xiao Ai and Tina's publicity campaign is also fully prepared. Soon, advertisements for the Wen Group's celebration blind box event will be played on every street of the celebration, along with scrolling banners.

At the Duanmu Group's booth, which was already bustling with activity, Duanmu Cong frowned. It seemed that the Wen family had found a solution. However, he also learned that Wen Shiyu had directly appointed Xia Lan as the person in charge of this blind box event.

Hmph, I never expected that, Lanlan, we would end up as rivals.

While busy at work, Xia Lan suddenly sensed someone staring at her from the crowd. She turned around and met Duanmu Cong's burning gaze. Good grief, he's come here to provoke her.

"Lanlan!" Seeing that Xia Lan was trying to ignore him, Duanmu Cong took the initiative and called out to her.

"Young Master Duanmu, why are you here at the Wen Group's booth instead of your own?" Xia Lan's tone was stiff and sounded very unfamiliar.

Seeing this, Duanmu Cong assumed she was still angry, but her cold indifference made him lose face and he was very annoyed: "Lanlan, do you really think you can beat me?"

"..." Xia Lan felt disgusted. How come she never thought this man was so arrogant before?

Seeing that Xia Lan remained silent, Duanmu Cong's expression softened. He decided to give her a way out, and he was certain that Xia Lan was waiting for an opportunity to reconcile.

"If I win this time, we'll get back together!" he said confidently.