Volume 1 Chapter 6 (1/2)

Shopping frenzy

It was already the middle of July, it was the hottest time of the year. Even though it was early morning, when the sun came out, the streets of Banta City became quite hot and dry.

Banta City seemed like it had been weakened by the burning sun and the entire city didn’t have any strength at all. Not to mention streams of people, it was rare to even hear a voice.

However, in the business street to the city’s west, it was a completely different scene.

There were over a hundred small and large stores gathered on this business street and there were several hundred people gathered here before the sun had even risen. What was even more shocking was that these several hundred people were gathered in front of a single store, like they had an appointment.

“Yi? Joseph, why are you also here?”

“Nonsense, I can’t come if you can? That’s right, Ike, you’re also buying a Magic Fan?”

“That’s right. You said ‘also’? Could it be you’re also here to buy a Magic Fan?”

“Of course. I preordered one a week ago!”

…...

Similar conversations sounded occasionally from the crowd.

After chatting to each other, everyone found that the hundreds of people gathered in front of this normal looking “Heinz General Store” were actually all here to buy Magic Fans!

There was a small group of people who had preordered one a week ago and were here to pick it up today. The other several hundred people had heard about the Magic Fans from other sources and had rushed here to get one.

“I say, with this many people, what if the story doesn’t have enough Magic Fans to sell?” A person suddenly asked this question.

He asked this question and the people chatting with each other suddenly became silent. After a while, it was like they were of one mind as they charged towards the door of the general store.

“Don’t push! I have to buy a Magic Fan today! Otherwise, my wife will scold me to death!”

“Damn! You think that only your wife knows how to scold people? Mine told me that if I don’t bring back a Magic Fan tonight, she would bring our kid to sleep on the streets!”

“Alright, all of you stop pushing! I already preordered one!”

“Scram! Why are fellows who have already preordered pushing with us!”

…...

Xu Yi had already sent the five hundred Magic Fans to Heinz’s General Store last night and was currently taking stock with Heinz. They suddenly heard the noise from outside the store and after looking at Heinz, they came to the front of the store together.

When they opened the door, the two were scared by the scene in front of them.

A dense crowd of people charged into the store like a flood, instantly filling this little store.

“Heinz, where is the Magic Fan I ordered?”

“Hey, boss, I didn’t preorder one, but I want two right now! No! Three!”

“Me too! Heinz, I am an old customer here, you have to sell me two Magic Fans!”

“Damn, so what if you’re an old customer? You have to sell me one if I give you money, I also want one!”

“What are you pushing so fiercely for if you’re only buying one? Get to the back for me!”

…...

It was already very hot, but when the crowd charged it, it became even hotter. Adding in the fact that this was Xu Yi first time dealing with this situation, he instantly broke out in a sweat.

It was also Heinz’s first time seeing such a wild crowd, but he had opened this store for many years, so he was much better at dealing with this situation compared to Xu Yi who always studied inside. He quickly calmed himself down and loudly shouted, “Everyone, calm down! Calm down! We have prepared five hundred Magic Fans this time, we guarantee we can sell to all of you!”

Hearing that there were five hundred of them, everyone calmed down a bit.

But this calm only lasted for the blink of an eye as everyone thought of something. There were several hundred people outside the store and even if each person only bought one, it would be barely enough. But there were many people who didn’t just stop at one just now, so like this, five hundred wasn’t enough at all.

Thinking this through, the crowd actually became wilder than before.

Seeing this, Heinz knew that there was nothing he could say. He quickly looked at Xu Yi to have him and his nephew Alex who he called back two days ago to head to the backyard and bring out the merchandise.

A single Magic Fan weighed less than three kilograms, so Xu Yi and Alex could bring out ten together. However, as soon as these ten had appeared, they were instantly taken by the crowd camping outside the store. The two of them could only head back and get some more.