Chapter 258: Chapter 257: The Booth is Surrounded

The round-faced girl in the lead was stunned after receiving a call from the general manager.

After she hung up, the other three all looked at her. The round-faced girl repeated what Su Zhenjun had said, and all four of them were stunned.

’They want us to move to the very center booth? And our new chairman is here at the expo too?’

While the four of them were still confused, the round-faced girl’s phone buzzed. She looked down and saw a number sent by President Su, with a note: "The new chairman, Chairman Fang."

As the group dazedly packed their things, still not understanding what was going on, they noticed that the six surrounding Huaxia booths, including Principal Wang’s, were all packing up too.

Principal Wang’s company, having started packing first, was the first to finish and move over. Looking at the large circle of now-empty booths, Principal Wang was thoroughly impressed.

"Here, pick any booth at the beginning or end of these five."

As Principal Wang agreed and ordered his people to set up the new booth, the four from Xuanji Technology arrived, carrying all their bags and belongings.

Although they saw that a dozen or so new booths had suddenly appeared in the middle of the hall, they weren’t sure if these booths were for them. Or rather, which one was theirs.

Fang Chenyi was busy talking to Cangjing Lu, and with the noisy crowd around them, he didn’t notice the arrival of the Xuanji Technology staff.

The round-faced girl scanned the area and saw Fang Chenyi in the crowd, but she didn’t connect him with her new chairman.

After looking all around, she couldn’t find anyone who fit her image of a new chairman.

"Fangfang, have you seen our new chairman?"

She turned and asked her companion, who just shook her head in response.

Helpless, she finally took out her phone and dialed the number President Su had sent her.

RING RING RING...

As the call connected, a phone started ringing on that handsome guy not far away. All of them looked over, but upon seeing a face even younger than their own, they still thought it was just a coincidence. They didn’t think Fang Chenyi could possibly be their new chairman.

But the next moment, everyone was dumbfounded. Just as the handsome guy answered his phone, a very magnetic voice came through the round-faced girl’s phone:

"Hello, who is this?"

The call connected, but no one spoke. Fang Chenyi was a little confused. He glanced at his phone. ’Full bars?’

Just then, the round-faced girl walked up to Fang Chenyi, phone in hand, and asked cautiously, both surprised and nervous:

"Handsome—no, um, hello. Excuse me, are you our chairman?"

He turned his head and saw the rather cute, round-faced girl. Seeing how nervous she was, Fang Chenyi found it a little amusing and nodded.

"Haha, didn’t I tell you to pack up earlier? What took you so long? Alright, hurry up and get set up. The event will be starting soon. There are four main booths over there. One for each of you four. Okay, go on now."

’One for each of us??’

The other three who had just arrived also heard Fang Chenyi’s words and were completely stunned. ’What in the world is going on?! Not only did we leap from the worst booth to the best one, but now we suddenly have four of them!! What kind of background does this new chairman have?!’

Seeing the four of them standing there in a daze, the corner of Fang Chenyi’s mouth curved into a smile.

"What’s wrong? Or should I help you set up myself?"

That snapped them out of it as if waking from a dream. They quickly said, "No, no, that’s not necessary!" and scurried off toward the row of booths.

Seeing this, Fang Chenyi smiled and shook his head, then turned to Cangjing Lu beside him and said:

"Alright, they don’t have enough materials; they were only prepared for one booth. Go help them rustle some more up. Also, assign two anime characters to each booth."

Hearing his boss’s command, Cangjing Lu immediately bowed and agreed. He turned to his assistant and said, "Go call Boduo, Tian Yi, Xiaozhe, and Jing Kong. Have them all come over to be models for Xuanji Technology."

Since Fang Chenyi wasn’t looking in their direction at that moment, he didn’t hear the specific arrangements Cangjing Lu was making.

Turning back, he saw that the people from the other five Huaxia companies had also arrived. Fang Chenyi didn’t say anything, instead gesturing for Principal Wang to go tell them to divide the five closest booths among themselves.

Everyone else in the convention hall watched as the prime central booths were all given to the Huaxia companies, and one by one, they began to fill with righteous indignation.

Of course, no matter how unhappy they were or how many times they complained to the organizers, the response was always the same: "If your esteemed company does not wish to participate in this exhibition, then please feel free to leave on your own accord..."

Fifteen minutes later, following the opening speech from the event organizer, the opening ceremony officially began.

Of course, the one giving the speech was Cangjing Lu, not Fang Chenyi. It wasn’t that Cangjing Lu was trying to steal the spotlight; it was mainly that Fang Chenyi simply didn’t want to go up. After all, making a fortune on the down-low is the way to go.

Just like now, for instance. Fang Chenyi was wandering around with Qi Xiaotian, collecting promotional flyers and anime art books everywhere.

In no time at all, the two of them were carrying two large boxes piled high with stuff.

Whenever he felt they had gathered enough, he would take Qi Xiaotian to a temporary office.

After closing the door, he would start tossing all the materials into a large woven bag, one by one.

But it seemed his luck for the day had run out. Even after picking up no fewer than ten thousand flyers, he hadn’t triggered a single special reward.

This left Fang Chenyi feeling extremely frustrated.

After another lap around the venue and recycling two large stacks of flyers, Fang Chenyi checked his phone. The total earnings were just over 250,000, which gave him a headache.

He sighed helplessly. ’Forget it. Looks like these flyers are a bust.’

Muttering to himself, Fang Chenyi left the office and headed toward the Xuanji Technology booth with Qi Xiaotian.

He had been so focused on scavenging that he hadn’t paid any attention to how things were going at his company’s booth.

Now that he was done, it was the perfect time to see if the company was wasting such a prime location.

But as the two of them drew closer to the center, a huge commotion suddenly erupted from within.

Fang Chenyi and Qi Xiaotian exchanged a look, both seeing the confusion in each other’s eyes.

They couldn’t help but quicken their pace and hurry inside.

"Holy shit, what’s going on here?"

As they advanced, they quickly reached the central booth area, but by then, the booth itself was no longer visible.

All they could see was a massive crowd, several people deep, surrounding the central booth area, all buzzing with discussion...

[To be continued...]