This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends-Chapter 54 - Who is Buying Wus Stuff
Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Who is Buying Wu’s Stuff?
Chapter 54 -54: Who is Buying Wu’s Stuff?
Lin Qingyue couldn’t understand Wu Mu’s actions.
The skepticism was quite tactful, and Lu Yao didn’t have the nerve to say it too bluntly, cautiously saying, “This price won’t sell, right?”
Wang Xiaotian was not so polite, and he laughed heartily, “Of course it won’t sell, this price is just a pure IQ tax. Even Mo Mo wouldn’t dare say they could sell it.”
Indeed.
A tenfold profit!
Even if Mo Mo was involved, he would definitely get criticized, and people might not necessarily buy into it.
Even if it could barely sell, the reputation would definitely drop significantly.
Everyone felt that Wu Mu’s approach was not very smart.
It’s one thing for celebrities to monetize their fame, but there’s no need to be so blatant about it.
The key is that being this blatant yet selling only a few items would mean they’d lose all face.
The group couldn’t understand.
Wu Mu smiled slightly, “I think this price is pretty appropriate, my fans should be willing to pay.”
*Your fans would pay?* *Do you even have any fans left?*
Even Lin Qingyue couldn’t help but purse her lips.
But since Wu Mu was determined, they couldn’t say much more.
…
The next morning, the production team began recording early.
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All the guests gathered at the hotel entrance.
Before the recording started, Lin Qingyue asked Wu Mu, “Mr. Wu Mu, can we talk about what happened last night?”
She was naturally referring to his sales issue.
This issue was clearly a hot topic, and Lin Qingyue wanted to include it in the program.
However, this matter was indeed a bit disgraceful. Not only was it an egregious way to cash in on fans, but the high pricing made it look foolish.
Usually, young stars would not be happy to have such matters brought up on a show.
But based on Wu Mu’s attitude last night, he seemed not to mind.
So Lin Qingyue specifically came to ask him.
She thought for a moment and said, “Mr. Wu Mu, you can clarify this matter on the show. We can keep the footage for you.”
Clarification was a more tactful way to put it, as Lin Qingyue wanted Wu Mu to clean up his image, maybe by playing the sympathy card a bit, which could help mitigate some of the backlash.
But Wu Mu naturally didn’t need that. He waved his hand and said, “No, no, Director Lin, you can say whatever. I can handle it.”
…
After the on-site preparations were finished, the new episode of the Star Agency program officially started recording.
Wang Xiaotian was the first to get into character. With a schadenfreude expression, he said to Wu Mu, “Wu Mu, I heard you got scolded again?”
Zhang Lifeng and Zhang Haoran, who didn’t know about last night’s incident, thought it was about the script.
But Lu Yao, who had understood what was going on, looked sympathetically at Wu Mu. *Poor Mr. Wu Mu is about to be publicly shamed.*
But Wu Mu shrugged his shoulders, “Where did I get scolded? How come I didn’t know?”
Wang Xiaotian was taken aback for a moment. Was Wu Mu pretending not to know?
He was puzzled but kept a straight face, chuckling, “Do you really not know or are you pretending? You’ve even made it to the trending searches and still aren’t sure?”
Trending searches?
Was it about his academic challenge?
Zhang Haoran’s ear twitched; he liked to hear this!
He asked nonchalantly, “What’s trending? I haven’t checked my phone today.”
Wang Xiaotian cackled and unabashedly took out his phone, “Let me read it to you, Weibo’s 19th trending topic — Wu Mu selling overpriced products, scamming fans.”
“The 21st trending topic — Wu Mu’s online store is an IQ tax.”
Huh?
Wu Mu’s online store is an IQ tax?
It wasn’t about the script?
Zhang Haoran was momentarily stunned, but he was more interested in the new dirt on Wu Mu!
His eyes lit up, urging, “Mr. Xiaotian, read out the details.”
Wang Xiaotian really went ahead and started reading.
Then Zhang Haoran, Zhang Lifeng, and the rest of the staff who didn’t know about this matter all found out.
Everyone looked at Wu Mu with eyes that betrayed a hint of oddness.
Wu Mu himself seemed quite calm. He chuckled, “You’re talking about this? Oh, I know about that, but you might be really mistaken. They weren’t scolding me.”
They weren’t scolding?
Wang Xiaotian saw that Wu Mu was aiming for a comedic effect, but he couldn’t figure out where the punchline was.
When he was reading, he had deliberately avoided the more intense comments.
In reality, the comment section was inundated with such remarks!
Wu Mu seemed very confident, “Of course not, they’re basically distracting others and then seizing the chance to nab the products.”
Wang Xiaotian: “??? What are you talking about?”
*Do you want to listen to what you’re saying?* *They’re distracting others and then seizing the chance to nab the products?*
He understood the meaning of each word, but when strung together, he couldn’t make sense of it at all.
Wu Mu shrugged, “That’s how I’m guessing it, since the store’s backend shows we’re almost out of stock. Surely people aren’t both scolding me and scrambling to buy at the same time, right?”
Oh.
Oh?
Wang Xiaotian was stunned for a few seconds, then logged into Wu Mu’s online store on his phone.
He clicked directly on the top-item, the hand-painted landscape porcelain cup.
“This item has sold out. Please wait until the merchant restocks to purchase.”
Sold out???
Wang Xiaotian’s first reaction was that there was a bug on Taobao.
Last night, when Wu Mu had just posted on Weibo, Wang Xiaotian had checked Wu Mu’s online store, and the stock was full at ten thousand pieces.
Now it showed sold out?
He couldn’t help but exit, re-enter, and refresh it.
It was still the same.
What was going on?
Lu Yao and the others were also on their phones, looking somewhat puzzled.
“You didn’t pull all the stock off, did you?” Wang Xiaotian skeptically eyed Wu Mu.
If it wasn’t a bug, then Wu Mu must have pulled the stock! Surely it couldn’t have actually sold out.
A ten thousand pieces!
At 219 yuan each, that was 2.19 million?
Wu Mu’s online store earned 2.19 million overnight?
Honestly, it was even more ridiculous than when Wu Mu solved college-level problems in the last episode.
Something like this, selling even dozens would already be considered a lot, let alone imagining selling ten thousand pieces would make no sense to any sane person.
But…
Lu Yao exclaimed while holding her phone, “Xiaotian, look at the sales figure there. It says over ten thousand sold.”
…
Not only on the show, but also on Weibo, people slowly began to notice something was off.
Under Wu Mu’s advertisement, besides those who criticized, different voices started to emerge.
“Guys, why do I feel something’s off? Is it just a bug on my end? How did Wu’s store’s cups sell out?”
“…I thought it was just me. When I checked out of curiosity this morning, I was dumbfounded.”
“Oh my God, over ten thousand sold!?!”
What was happening here? They were criticizing Wu Mu for his cash grab last night, and now, after a night’s sleep, it had sold out?
After repeatedly confirming that Wu Mu had actually sold out and hadn’t just pulled the stock,
some people speculated, “Did Wu do inflated sales?”
Inflating sales would be the only explanation that made sense.
Otherwise, it was impossible to believe someone actually bought it!
“Definitely inflated! I’m going to report that guy!”
