The next day,
At the newsstand next to the Marine Base, two clerks yawned and groggily opened for business.
Yesterday's sales were mediocre; besides that "idiot," only one or two units were sold.
They had thought the phones weren't very popular and had even written a self-criticism overnight, which was why they opened a little late today.
But as soon as they opened the door, both of them were stunned; a large crowd of people, all in uniform, were gathered outside!
Marines!
"What's going on? Is Morgans going to be arrested for debt?" one clerk whispered.
"I don't know, what are so many Marines doing here? We haven't done anything illegal!" the other clerk was also utterly bewildered.
While the two clerks were still in a daze, the Marines, who had been waiting outside for two or three hours, saw the newsstand open and immediately rushed over.
"A phone! Give me one!" A Marine holding money slapped it directly onto the clerk's face. "Hurry up, I've been waiting for so long!"
"It's really open! Damn it, why did you open so late today? Morning drill is about to start!"
"Yeah, I almost made me late. Quickly, give me two phones!"
"Let me go first, I've been waiting for four hours!"
"Damn Helmeppo, yesterday I wanted to watch for a bit longer, but he wouldn't let me. Today I must buy one and watch it every day!"
"Goddess! Hancock, my goddess, I never thought I could openly watch Hancock, my goddess, and no longer fear turning into stone!"
"What are you standing there for? Give me a phone!"
...
If it weren't for the fear of collapsing the newsstand, the large crowd would have already rushed inside.
The two clerks immediately realized that these guys were here to buy phones!
Oh my goodness!
Fortunately, their prepared self-criticism hadn't been submitted. They never expected their luck to turn, and the phones were about to sell like hotcakes!
"Don't rush, don't rush, line up one by one!" one clerk hastily began to maintain order.
"Limited spots, no purchases allowed for those not in line." The other clerk went inside to get the phones and also bundled and sold the newspapers. Anyway, it was all profit, and it could boost sales.
"Newspaper + Phone Grand Opening Special, two hundred Belli!"
"Here, this is your phone. The manual is inside. Please take good care of it."
The Marine saw his new phone, immediately snatched it, and joyfully tore open the phone box.
After seeing the brand new phone, he casually tossed the phone case away. As for the manual, he didn't even look at it!
Because yesterday, Helmeppo had already demonstrated the powerful functions of the phone to them more than a dozen times, making them incredibly envious.
"Hahaha, a phone, I finally bought a phone!"
"Beauties, goddesses, Hancock, they're all mine!"
"I'm going to register a TikTok account now and follow her!"
All the other Marines looked at him enviously, then urged those in front to buy faster.
"I bought one too!"
"It really is only two hundred Belli, too cheap!"
"I bought one too, wow, the phone camera is really clear, and it really can zoom in. Now I can secretly watch girls' dorms... *hiss*!!!"
"Quickly shut your mouth, is that something you can say?!"
...
The person quickly shut his mouth, looked around, and seeing everyone glaring at him, immediately realized he had said the wrong thing and scurried away.
The popularity of the phone was incomparable to yesterday; it was completely two extremes.
The sales speed was also very fast; in less than a moment, about three or four hundred phones were sold out.
It was also thanks to the hard work of the News Pigeon brothers; otherwise, they wouldn't have lasted even three to five minutes before selling out.
"Brothers in the back don't need to line up anymore. Today's phones are sold out. Please come back tomorrow," the clerk said with some regret, as the more phones they sold, the more commission they received.
"What? Already sold out!" The Marines in the back were stunned. They had woken up before dawn to wait at the store entrance and had waited in line for more than ten minutes, only to be told now that they were sold out?
"Damn it! What kind of crappy store is this? The phones are sold out, but why aren't your newspapers sold out?!"
"Quickly get me a hundred more units! Navy Headquarters Base does not allow hunger marketing!"
"That's right, quickly have your headquarters deliver the goods, otherwise, Navy Headquarters Base won't need a newsstand anymore."
Meanwhile, the Marines who had managed to buy phones shook their heads and sighed, looking disappointed: "Look at the quality of you people. The clerk already said the phones are sold out, so don't make it difficult for them anymore."
"That's right, aren't there new phones arriving tomorrow? Just come back and buy one then."
"Sigh, I only came a tiny bit early, and I can't believe I actually managed to get one. Wow, the beautiful woman on it is so pretty, followed!"
Saying that,
He held the phone high in front of everyone, so almost everyone could see it, then decisively clicked the plus sign to follow the beautiful woman's video avatar.
"F***!!!"
The Marines who hadn't bought phones were furious, their angry momentum looking like they were about to smash the store.
The two clerks immediately shrank their necks in fear, hastily appeased the crowd, and quickly took out a Den Den Mushi to call their boss.
"Idiot, why use a Den Den Mushi? Just video call the boss directly."
One clerk reminded, then opened TikTok, found the boss's private message, clicked the plus sign, and dialed a video call.
Beep beep beep...
The Marines looked at the phone in the clerk's hand, wishing they could rush up and snatch it, but they still held back.
Soon, the video call connected.
Morgans looked at the two guys with displeasure; he had just been meticulously editing a video when he was interrupted.
"You two better have a good reason!"
Seeing their boss angry, the two clerks couldn't help but gulp: "Uh...b-b-b-boss, the phones, the phones..."
"The phones didn't sell, right?"
Morgans looked as if he had expected everything. He didn't blame the two from the start but instead comforted them:
"It's normal for the public to be slow to accept new things like phones at first. But we must maintain an optimistic and professional spirit, and we must constantly explain it to them. Once they understand, they will definitely like phones."
Don't you agree?
So, maintaining good patience is the key to success."
Hearing that Morgans didn't blame them but instead comforted them, the two clerks were moved to tears.
They really hadn't followed the wrong boss.
"No, no, no... Boss, the phones are sold out! All of them are sold out!"
"Mm-hmm, I knew you understood what I meant..."
Before he could finish speaking, Morgans immediately reacted, his whole body of bird feathers bristling: "What did you just say? The phones are sold out?!"
The two clerks cried tears of joy, finally able to stand tall in front of their boss: "Yes, boss, you didn't hear wrong, the phones really are sold out!"
As they spoke, they turned the phone camera around. Morgans saw the Marine customers crowding the store entrance, and he was completely stunned!
"*Hiss*!!!"
...