This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends-Chapter 350 - 289 Wu Goes Mad!?_2

Wang Xing was aware of this, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "The lowest price we can offer is three thousand per unit; this is already close to our break-even point."

"Three thousand? You’ve managed to keep the costs of your new product quite low," Wu Mu expressed his surprise.

Of course, they had kept the costs low; as they planned to adopt a strategy of large-scale production, cost was the primary concern.

"However, I’ll need you to add a personal logo to them. Will that cost extra?"

Add a personal logo?

That would be like a co-branded version of their product.

Wang Xing thought it over, "Adding a logo won’t be much trouble, let’s stick with three thousand."

"How many does Teacher Wu Mu intend to order?" he inquired.

He guessed that Wu Mu would probably order a hundred or eighty units to diversify his store’s offerings.

After all, how could a celebrity get into selling robots?

But who would have thought...

"Let’s start with three thousand units."

So, so many??

Three thousand units!?

Has he gone mad!?

Order three thousand units? Who is he going to sell them to!?

It’s outrageous, completely outrageous.

By Wangxing Company’s own estimates, selling ten thousand units of this robotic dog after its launch would already be considered an extremely good performance.

Despite his confidence in the company’s direction, Wang Xing was well aware that these robotic dogs were still in the technological proof-of-concept stage.

They simply couldn’t expect to make much money off this, what mattered was continuing to tell stories through their products.

The current consumer-grade mechanical dogs had no significant applications, they were just big toys.

And not even toys with lasting playability, but rather novelties.

Having ten thousand people buy these big toys out of fondness was already an optimistic estimate of the number of wealthy people in the country.

And then Wu Mu planned to order three thousand by himself...?

Wang Xing bluntly stated, "Teacher Wu Mu, you’re ordering too many, the loss will be substantial."

After all, the man was helping to promote their company, and Wang Xing couldn’t bear to see him take such a loss.

"It’s fine, just three thousand," Wu Mu replied nonchalantly.

After earnestly trying to dissuade him for a while and seeing that Wu Mu was unconvinced, Wang Xing was speechless.

Fine, if the man wanted to dig his own grave, there was nothing he could do – at least he had done his duty in warning him.

"By the way, I will be marking up the products when I sell them, that shouldn’t be a problem, right?" Wu Mu added.

Mark up the price?

Of course, that was no issue.

Without Wu Mu mentioning it, Wang Xing himself would have brought it up; Wu Mu’s selling price would certainly have to be higher than their company’s official price.

Otherwise, with such a large market for the product, three thousand units would mean creating a competitor in a price war.

Um, they’ll have to specify in the contract that the markup on Wu Mu’s side cannot be less than one thousand... one thousand might be too much, eight hundred then.

...

Shi Wu, who was sent to sign the contract, felt like the sky was falling.

How long had the boss been back, and he had already landed them this huge headache!

It was bad enough that he was thinking about selling goods, but at least sell something normal!

Even selling cups and cutting leeks like before would be better!

Although the cup slicing leeks was pretty outrageous, compared to the current product, it suddenly seemed reasonable.

These robotic dogs that cost three thousand at cost and were ordered in such large quantities – who did the boss expect to buy them!?

The cups costing a hundred or two hundred might provoke impulsive spending, but for a few thousand dollars’ worth of goods, even if you wanted to be impulsive, you couldn’t afford it.

Even Shu Mei couldn’t help but say, "Boss, the item is too expensive, not many fans will be willing to pay for it."

Fans weren’t ATMs either; with such a costly show of support, anyone would have to think twice, and even with some impulsive buyers, the expensive price would only attract a very small portion.

But Wu Mu still nonchalantly waved his hand, "It’s fine, we’ll sell them gradually." ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Fans?

Who was counting on fans to buy the merch? Tongzi’s Performance Card was for the fans.

Without giving it much thought, he started to edit the new product page with the materials passed over from Wangxing Company.

After countless attempts to dissuade that went unheard, everyone grew numb, and Shu Mei and Shi Wu, resigned to their fate, gathered around Wu Mu to help out with the reference.

But...

As they approached and saw the price already posted on the product page, the resolute pair’s expressions gradually froze.

...

Wu Mu Evolved: "I’ve launched a new batch of products in my online store, feel free to check them out if you’re interested."

Wu Mu’s new Weibo post went up.

People soon took notice.

"Holy shit, Wu’s online store is updating again, this asshole’s out to rip us off once more."

"LOL, I thought Wu took some time off from peddling his crap because he grew a conscience and decided to stop scamming us. Turns out he’s back at it."

"This is really unnecessary from Wu. You’d think he isn’t short on cash now, why’s he still pulling this crap that ruins his own reputation?"

"Totally, this looks just too damn shady, completely uncalled for."

Everyone was griping in the comments.

But some took a different view.

"Don’t laugh, even though I know Wu’s just fleecing us, seeing his Weibo kinda tempts me. I was cursing him out last time, but now, after all this while, a two hundred-ish dollar mug doesn’t seem all that expensive."

"Yeah, the mug’s not worth much, but add Wu’s logo... shit, it looks like we’ve been successfully PUA’ed by this bastard!"

"Haha, the main thing is this bastard’s mugs actually hold their value pretty well. You always see people on Xianyu flipping them for double. Buy one and you won’t lose out; you might even make a profit."

Everyone was chatting under Wu Mu’s Weibo, then they all went to dig up the link to Wu Mu’s online store to check out the new releases.

They quickly saw the only item currently for sale in Wu Mu’s online store.

Huh, Star Tree robotic dog?

Why would Wu think to sell something like this?

And why so expensive?

Three thousand for one?

Wait, something seems off?

Their eyes were glued to the "3" at the beginning of the price, then they began to count the zeros.

And the more they counted, the more their faces stiffened.

3...thousand.

"Motherfucker! I’m such an idiot for thinking Wu would change for the better!!"

"So disgusting, why does Wu always manage to exceed our wildest imaginations!?"

"We joke about idiotic fans, but you seriously think we’re all morons, don’t you!? We can stomach a three-hundred-dollar price tag, but you’re selling something for thirty thousand!?"

"How can Wu be such a scumbag! Scalping to the tune of thirty thousand!?"

"I was actually thinking about buying one for fun, but now... fuck you, you want me to sell my blood or something!?"

Goddammit!

How did this scumbag get so inflated?

Even if it was a scam before, it was just a matter of one or two hundred bucks.

Why the hell is he now daring to hike it up to thirty thousand!?

Blowing up to the point he’s draining people in one breath!

Preposterous, it’s just so damn outrageous!

The price literally made all the onlookers in the store faint.

The scam had gone well beyond everyone’s imagination.

They couldn’t think of any other celebrity capable of pulling off such an exaggerated stunt.

...

Wang Xing was also staring at Wu Mu’s product page with a frozen expression.

After counting several times and confirming it was indeed thirty thousand, a sense of absurd unreality rose in his heart.

He scrolled up and down the page several times, making certain that this was indeed their company’s product, then he pulled out his phone.

Wang Xing: "Mr. Wu Mu, it seems there’s been a mistake with the pricing of the merchandise in your online store."

Wu Mu: "There’s no mistake, that’s the price."

After half a second of silence, Wang Xing continued, "Mr. Wu Mu, did you see our company store has also listed the product?"

"Oh, I saw it. I wish you booming business."

"...Mr. Wu Mu, did you see the selling price of our product?"

"Yes, I did. Oh, don’t worry, my pricing won’t affect you guys. You sell yours, I sell mine."

Wang Xing turned his phone’s screen off in silence, then scrolled to pull up the web address of their own company store.

Star Tree first-generation robotic dog, selling price, 8800.

Indeed, there was no impact.

Just overpriced by 21,200.

...Wu Mu has lost his mind!!!