Phi-Fic Chapter 640 The Definition of Family
Chapter 640 The Definition of Family
In the real live broadcast room, Lin Bufan straightened his collar and showed his signature smile to the camera: "Family, let me introduce our product today - Kongshan Tea!
This is a treasure from the deep mountains of western Hunan. Every piece of tea is bathed in morning dew and absorbs the spiritual energy of the mountains.
"Look at this tea, everyone. The leaves are tightly bound, emerald green, and the white hairs are visible. Smell it—" Lin Bufan leaned in and took a deep breath, revealing an intoxicated expression. "The fragrance is refreshing, with a hint of floral and fruity aroma. This is the charm of authentic high mountain tea!"
Gu Jia took over the conversation at the right moment: "Our tea trees grow in the cloud belt above 800 meters above sea level. The temperature difference between day and night is large, and the tea leaves accumulate rich amino acids and aromatic substances." She picked up the glass and brewed it on the spot: "Look at this tea soup, it's clear and translucent, doesn't it like a clear mountain spring?"
Lin Bufan's eyes widened exaggeratedly: "Wow! The color of this tea soup is so beautiful! And look—" Lin Bufan pointed at the tea leaves slowly stretching in the cup: "This is called the Phoenix Three Nods. The tea leaves are dancing in the water, which means our tea leaves are particularly fresh!"
Lin Bufan picked up the teacup and took a sip, closing his eyes and pretending to be intoxicated: "It is fresh and refreshing at first, with a long-lasting sweetness and a long throat mellow taste... Whether you drink this tea yourself or give it to others, it is the best choice!
Our Kongshan Tea is certified organic, pesticide-free, and additive-free, making it suitable for both young and old. Order now and receive a complimentary gift box, making this a truly prestigious gift!
After finishing the introduction according to the script, Lin Bufan looked at Gu Jia and said, "Mr. Gu, let me give you a price!"
Gu Jia elegantly picked up a can of beautifully packaged tea and smiled at the camera, saying, "This Mingqian special-grade Maojian tea has a market standard price of 399 yuan..."
"How much?!" Lin Bufan's eyes widened suddenly, and he snatched the tea can. "Mr. Gu, did you quote the wrong price? My family came all the way to watch the live broadcast, and you're only offering this price?"
Gu Jia calmly adjusted her temples. "Boss Lin, this is already the cost price. Our tea leaves are all handmade from picking to processing. Each tea picker can only pick half a pound of tender buds per day..."
"Hey, Mr. Gu!" Lin Bufan suddenly put his arm around Gu Jia's shoulders and winked at the camera: "For my sake, can you give my family a little more discount? Look, there are almost six billion people in the live broadcast room. Just think of it as making friends!"
Gu Jia sighed helplessly: "Then... Mr. Lin, what do you think is a suitable amount?"
Lin Bufan's eyes lit up, and he slammed the table. "So! The tea originally priced at 399 will be sold at a uniform price of 499 for everyone who places an order in my livestream today! You can't lose out by buying at 499, you can't be cheated by buying at 499, 499..."
Xiao Jie next to him suddenly tugged at Lin Bufan's sleeve and whispered, "Boss Lin, did you say it the other way around?"
"What are you protesting about? You know nothing!" Lin Bufan shook off Xiao Jie's hand and said righteously, "You should know that those in the live broadcast room are all my family. What are family members for? They are used to cheat people, bah... They are used to support each other. Now that I'm in trouble, isn't it only right that my family members donate a little more money to support the live broadcast and sell goods? This is a family price, do you understand?"
After hearing Lin Bufan's redefinition of family, not only the staff on the scene but also the audience in the live broadcast room were in an uproar!
"He just wanted to say that family members are meant to be exploited, right?"
"You heard it right upstairs, I heard it too!"
"Although it's unpleasant to hear, I have to say that Mr. Lin is right. Family members are indeed there to be exploited!"
"Upstairs, why do I feel like your words are full of stories? Can you share them?"
"Oh, it's so sad to talk about it!" The netizen with the ID "保险界鸿鹄" continued to post comments: "Back then, I had the ambition to change the insurance industry, and resolutely sold my father's electric tricycle for 500 yuan in exchange for a decent suit. However, after I started working, I found out.
Those mediocre people didn’t understand my marketing philosophy at all, which resulted in me not making a single sale for two consecutive months!
If I didn’t sell a single insurance policy for three consecutive months, I would be at risk of losing my job again. At this time, my manager gave me some advice and told me that my family will always have my back!
After hearing this, I suddenly woke up!
Yup!
My family will definitely support me!
So, under my brilliant marketing ideas, everyone from my 96-year-old great-grandfather to my one-month-old nephew has become my strongest supporter! "
"So your family members all bought insurance from your company?"
"How can it be?!
They are all my backers, not the company's backers. Why should the company make money from them for nothing? As soon as I got their money, I deposited all their money into my bank account!
You know what, looking at the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the card, I immediately felt the full sense of security that my family brought me!"
Upon hearing this, the nearly six billion viewers in the live broadcast room fell silent!
This is a werewolf!
Lin Bufan also saw the comments from this insurance industry giant. Out of curiosity, he asked:
"Brother Honghu, can you go home now?"
The comments from the insurance industry continued to drift by: "Go home? Go back to what home! A real man has ambitions far and wide, how can he linger in his hometown! To be honest with Mr. Lin, I haven't been back for five years!"
To this ruthless person, Lin Bufan could only reply: "Filial piety brings strength!"
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lin Bufan brought the topic back on track:
"Family, I'm actually not taking a single cent of commission from today's livestream." Lin Bufan put away his playful smile and turned the camera to the elderly men hunched over picking tea leaves in the distance. "Look at these grandpas and grandmas. The youngest is sixty-five and still struggling to make a living. Grandpa Long is seventy-three this year, and his hands are covered in scars from burns he got while frying tea..."
The live broadcast room barrage instantly became heavy:
“It’s so painful to watch!”
“It’s the same in my hometown!”
“Can I donate directly?”
"Although...but...my dad is almost 70, and he's actually still working;" (You have been banned from the live broadcast room. Please regulate your speech and work together to maintain the online environment!)
"I'm sorry..."
Lin Bufan picked up two empty cans of Shancha and waved them in front of the camera. "Guys, I've come up with a solution that's the best of both worlds. Today, we'll post two links: the basic version for 399 yuan, and the heart-warming version for 499 yuan."
Gu Jia turned to look at him in surprise. Lin Bufan winked at her and continued to speak to the camera, "For those who buy the 499 tickets, the extra 100 yuan is equivalent to donating to these lonely elderly people. And for those who buy the 399 tickets, there's no need to feel any psychological burden. After all, everyone has their own problems."
Lin Bufan said this and suddenly pointed to an old woman who was carrying tea leaves in the distance: "Did you see that old lady? Her grandson has leukemia, and the family has sold everything they have to pay for his treatment. Even so, she still insists on walking five miles of mountain roads every day to pick tea!" The camera gave the old woman's hunched back at the right time, and her gray hair was particularly dazzling under the fill light.
The barrage suddenly exploded:
"My family members are in tears!"
"I'm going to place an order for 499, just as if it were buying a bottle of water for the old man!"
"Students can only buy the 399 one, sorry, grandma!"
Lin Bufan's eyes suddenly turned red, and his voice choked with sobs: "Just now, a family member said that they couldn't afford 499... It doesn't matter! It really doesn't matter!" He wiped his face vigorously: "I know the economy is in a downturn now, and many people are struggling with mortgages and car loans. You coming to the live broadcast room to support us is already a big help!"
Xiao Jie handed over a tissue at the right time and said softly, "Mr. Lin, don't get too excited..."
"How can I not be excited?" Lin Bufan suddenly raised his voice: "These old people picked tea until their fingers were deformed, just to earn an extra ten yuan! Now some people think it's too expensive, but they say our tea is not good enough..." Lin Bufan suddenly turned around and bowed to Gu Jia: "Mr. Gu, I apologize to you on behalf of my family!"
Gu Jia quickly supported him and explained to the camera: "Don't get me wrong, we absolutely don't mean to blackmail you morally. This tea is indeed expensive, but..."
"But what but?" Lin Bufan suddenly interrupted Gu Jia, took out a bank card from his pocket and slammed it on the table: "Today I will pay the difference out of my own pocket! The first 499 orders of 399 will all be charged at 100! I will make up for the yuan that was shortchanged!"
The staff on the scene were all stunned. Xiao Jie hurriedly leaned over and whispered, "Boss Lin, this part isn't in our script..."
"What script do you want?" Lin Bufan pushed Xiaojie away, secretly saying that it was a close call; he almost got taken advantage of. "Family, I just want to ask you one thing - do these elderly people in their seventies and eighties deserve a decent road? Do they deserve a factory building that doesn't leak?"
The barrage of comments was instantly flooded with the word "this," and the number of orders skyrocketed at a visible rate. Lin Bufan looked at the backend data and suddenly bowed deeply to the camera: "Thank you! I kowtow to my family on behalf of Grandpa Long!"
Lin Bufan was about to kneel down as he spoke, but seeing that the people around him had no intention of stepping forward to support him, he could only give Gu Jia a wink!
Gu Jia immediately understood and hurried forward to hold Lin Bufan's arm: "Boss Lin, please stop this! How can you kneel down when you are a big boss with a net worth of hundreds of billions!"
"Boss Gu, what you said is wrong. What do you mean by saying I'm a billionaire? Just because I'm worth hundreds of billions, can I disown my lovely family? What's wrong with me kowtow to my family?"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Lin, I was wrong, but your family doesn't want you to do this either. If you don't believe me, just read the comments!"
Lin Bufan heard what Gu Jia said and felt that it made sense, so he looked at the camera and said, "Well, my family, if you don't want to see me kowtow, give me a 1, and if you want to see me kowtow, give me a idiot!"
Upon hearing this, the densely packed comments in the live broadcast room suddenly went blank for a moment. However, the rebound after the blank was even more violent:
"Damn it! Originally I didn't want to see kowtows, but since you don't follow martial ethics, I have to watch it today—I'm such an idiot!"
"Ditto—I'm a big idiot too!"
"+1, I'm a big idiot too!"
"Damn, is today the day for all the idiots to gather? Why are there so many idiots? By the way—I'm an idiot too!"
……
Looking at the barrage of comments, which were all filled with idiots, Lin Bufan fell silent!
Just when Lin Bufan was in a dilemma, Xiao Jie threw him a coquettish look, and then whispered a few words to a staff member next to him. The originally dense crowd of idiots was gradually drowned out by the deduction of 1!
Lin Bufan looked at the screen full of "1"s and wiped his forehead with a feeling of relief: "Oh, it seems that my family still cares about me! Well, let's get back to the point and put on the Sky Camellia!"
Lin Bufan turned and waved to the staff, and Xiaojie immediately operated the backend to release a batch of links. Lin Bufan picked up the tea can and shook it in front of the camera: "Family members, hurry up and place your orders, this batch of Kongshan tea is..."
Before he could finish his words, Xiao Jie suddenly came running over, raised his orchid finger and whispered in Lin Bufan's ear: "Boss Lin, it's sold out!"
"Sold out?" Lin Bufan's eyes widened. "How many orders did you put on the shelf?"
"Single!"
Hearing this, Lin Bufan couldn't help but exclaimed again: "Damn, are there so many stupid and rich people nowadays?"
Barrage:
“Why did I spend money and still get scolded?”
“I really want to return it, but I can’t find the refund button!”
"Why do I feel like Mr. Lin earns money while standing, while I spend it while kneeling!"
"Get rid of the feeling, you really spent the money on your knees!"
"Don't be too sad, you're not the worst off. The worst off are those who can't even spend their money even if they have to kneel down!"
"Hearing you say that, why do I feel even worse? At least they just knelt down, at least the money is still there, but for me, not only did I kneel down, but I also lost my money!"
……
Lin Bufan doesn’t have time to read the comments now, he is urging Xiaojie to restock!
"Before my family members can react, put it on the shelves quickly and let them place an order!"
Barrage:
"Damn, you're not carrying anyone's weight at all, are you?"
"Boss Lin really treats us like family. He doesn't hide anything from us when he does something bad. He really... I'm crying..."
However, facing Lin Bufan's urging, Xiaojie looked embarrassed: "Boss Lin, there are only so many stocks, and there are no more stocks now!"
Lin Bufan stared at Gu Jia with wide eyes: "That's all? Mr. Gu, you want me, a big anchor like me, to sell you this little thing? Do you look down on me, or do you look down on my 60 billion family members?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Gu Jia's face. She coughed lightly and explained, "Boss Lin, I'm so sorry... Our tea factory is small, and this is our first time trying online sales, so we really don't have that much inventory..."
Hearing this, Lin Bufan sighed deeply, then looked towards the camera. After a long silence, Lin Bufan said again: "Okay, done, off work!"
Upon hearing this, the audience in the live broadcast room was excited again:
"Damn, you scammed me out of money and then ran away?"
"Is this the legendary ruthlessness?"
"No! Ba Diao Wuqing is not that fast. We usually call it a second man here!"
"Boss Lin, don't leave. I'll give you a gift. Can you stay a little longer?"
……
Faced with his family's desperate attempts to keep him, Lin Bufan felt a little sorry for him, so he said, "Well, I'll answer one of your most-liked questions, and then I'll leave work!"
After ten minutes of fierce competition, the question with the most likes finally stood out:
"Boss Lin, there's a rumor online that you said on the show 'Yearning' that you've developed an elixir of life. Is that true?"
Regarding this question, Lin Bufan did not hide it: "Immortality is a bit exaggerated, but extending lifespan by a few decades, a few decades of youth, is not a problem at all!"
After answering the question, Lin Bufan did not hesitate any longer and directly closed the live broadcast!