Fang Bai coughed, pressing his palm downwards. After everyone quieted down, he continued, "Alright, thank you for your support. My second point is this:
We will issue a number plate to each sales point. The sales number for each team is fixed. Designated personnel will take the number plate and ID card to pick up tickets. If the number plate is lost, you must report it to us promptly.
The ticket collection point is in the small warehouse of the mall.
Sales will begin tomorrow. Each sales booth can pre-collect up to 4,000 yuan worth of lottery tickets, which is a maximum of 2,000 tickets. After selling them, they can continue to use the money to get more tickets. After the event ends, the remaining tickets and accounts will be settled.
I'd like to remind everyone, if you can't resist scratching the tickets yourselves, you'll be spending your own money. Do you all understand this?"
"We understand."
"We understand that principle. There's no such thing as a free lunch."
Everyone responded in unison.
Fang Bai nodded, "There's one last point: if you receive counterfeit money, damaged money, lose money, or if your money and lottery tickets are robbed, we are not responsible for this. So, you must be careful yourselves.
For this event, you are essentially your own small boss. You must take good care of your money and lottery tickets.
What you take away is not only Xinghai Company's lottery tickets, but also your own money.
If anyone feels the risk is too high, you can take fewer lottery tickets. Taking a few hundred tickets at a time is fine. You and your family can decide.
If the lottery tickets are damaged, you must pay attention when taking them. We will not accept returned scratched tickets after you leave…"
Fang Bai explained many details and also reminded customers not to scratch the security area. After he finished speaking, sales staff who still didn't understand asked him questions.
About an hour later, the sales staff training session finally ended.
The seals Fang Bai prepared, except for the "Redeemed" seal, were not used; there wasn't enough time to stamp them.
Stamping over a million tickets a day was too much work.
The 16 batches of lottery tickets with different designs meant that ordinary printing factories simply couldn't counterfeit them.
Fang Bai did not disclose the specific content of second prize and above lottery tickets, so counterfeiters would need to find winning tickets to even attempt to copy them.
The grand prize tickets would be verified by Fang Bai himself, and outsiders had no idea what was in the security area.
For example, the grand prize security content was composed of text and patterns like "Wocao X" and "Wocao XX". Each car corresponded to a unique security content, which Fang Bai had the designer create.
After the design was completed, Fang Bai immediately had the designer print a sample, then had the designer delete the design drawing, keeping the sample himself for notarization.
For instance, after a winner's ticket was verified, Fang Bai would also require the person to sign and record it for notarization.
Fang Bai considered every potential hidden danger thoroughly.
As for the larger number of motorcycles, which used a unified security content and pattern, Fang Bai entrusted this to trustworthy relatives.
Any winning lottery ticket of fifth prize or above had to be verified by two inspectors and stamped with a number seal. Both were Fang Bai's relatives, but from different families.
Due to the eighth prize having a million winners, the daily redemption could reach 100,000, requiring a large number of redemption staff, totaling 100 people. These were all company employees or people introduced by acquaintances, as well as school teachers, all temporary workers, supervised by company employees.
However, some people inadvertently or unknowingly scratched the security area. These cases had to be approved by Fang Bai. Small prizes were fine to redeem, but for large prizes, caution was necessary.
As the event entered its countdown, all event managers were extremely busy, hiring many temporary workers and training them.
All workers wore Xinghai Company vests and were responsible for their managed areas.
Xinghai Company paid temporary workers well, 7 yuan a day, including lunch, and bonuses for good performance.
In reality, some temporary workers, after receiving their daily wages, still couldn't resist the temptation to buy lottery tickets, even digging into their life savings to purchase them.
Around 5 PM, Fang Bai called all managers for a meeting at 5:30 in the office.
Before Fang Bai arrived, everyone was discussing the scene outside the mall.
"I estimate nearly 10,000 people came today. Tomorrow is the official event, I can't imagine how lively it will be. Luckily, the venue is big enough."
"The newspaper publicity has just started to ferment, and many people are still unaware. Once the propaganda vehicles promote it city-wide tomorrow, and today's audience goes home and helps spread the word, I estimate no less than 30,000 people will come tomorrow."
"Good thing Fang Bai didn't hold it during Spring Festival, otherwise where would we find so many staff? Even if all the police from nearby stations came, it wouldn't be enough to maintain order."
"Yes, we might even need armed personnel to maintain order."
After chatting for a while, Fang Bai and Fang Bai's parents walked into the office.
Fang Bai said, "I've done a round of checks, and everyone's work is excellent. You've all worked hard these past few days, thank you."
"There are still some small difficulties that need to be overcome, especially one point to note: tomorrow there will be an immense crowd, beyond our imagination. To avoid stampedes, security must remind everyone, absolutely, absolutely, not to shout randomly and cause panic.
Also, check again if the stage and work desk frames are sturdy. A few people can't push them over, but what about dozens of people? Can we guarantee their stability?
Arrange for people to reinforce them immediately. Each sales point should be spread out and not placed in narrow intersections.
Also, check if there are any nails or sharp objects on the ground to ensure public safety.
Lu Dahai told me it's all done, but we should also check it ourselves.
…
Let's all go out and check, and then have hotpot together tonight."
Fang Bai aimed to create a gathering effect, but also reminded himself that some things could be overdone.
Fortunately, he didn't hold it during Spring Festival, otherwise, it's truly unimaginable how crowded the scene would be, and it might even be canceled by the government.
After Fang Bai finished the meeting, all managers went to inspect the venue and dealt with several potential hazards.
In the evening, all managers gathered for hotpot to relax. Everyone had been too stressed lately.
After hotpot, Fang Bai invited everyone to a nearby foot massage parlor to relax, otherwise, they might not recover for the next one or two weeks.
Especially Fang Bai, who was exhausted from three days of travel. Although he slept at noon, he still hadn't fully recovered.
Wen City didn't have many other shops, but it had an abundance of foot massage parlors. With many local small business owners, these peripheral economies emerged, offering all sorts of services. If you can think of it, they can do it.
"Ancestral massage techniques, Chinese health secrets!"
"Indulge as you wish, Royal Foot under Heaven."
"It's not cancer that hurts, cancer doesn't hurt!"
"Regularly tapping Zusanli is better than an old hen."
"Palace quality, royal enjoyment."
…
The shop advertisements were incredibly well-done. Fang Bai felt that the people who created these slogans were true literary geniuses; it would be a shame if they didn't write novels.
Of course, Fang Bai was looking for something legitimate and decent.
The technicians had to be female!
Fang Bai wasn't discriminating against male technicians, but he was a bit thin and feared he couldn't handle the strong hands of male comrades.
The female staff didn't want to participate, but all the male staff, except for Fang Shi, participated.
Fang Shi was pinched on the arm by Fang Bai's mother and sent home. Fang Bai's mother also told Fang Bai not to cause any trouble.
Fang Bai, plus five male university students, made a total of six people.
At first, these boys didn't want to participate in this activity. They were a bit resistant, mainly feeling embarrassed. If they were given money to go alone, they wouldn't have gone.
But when Fang Bai said it was just a company group activity and not to overthink it, they opened up to the idea and became very excited, suddenly feeling a tickle in their hearts.
Everyone didn't expect such benefits from joining Xinghai Company. Even Huo Wenbin, who was still hesitant about joining Xinghai Company, wanted to stay. The company was developing really fast.
After Li Ran and Fang Bai's parents left, everyone started asking Fang Bai curiously.
"Mr. Fang, will we get arrested by the police for this?" Jing Tian asked with some concern.
"Mr. Fang, I'm a bit shy about being touched by a woman," Chen Yang chuckled.
"We're not doing anything bad, why would the police arrest you?" Fang Bai glanced at Jing Tian, scoffed, then rolled his eyes at Chen Yang, "Chen Yang, if you're shy, how about I arrange a male comrade for you?"
Chen Yang immediately smiled apologetically and refused, "Mr. Fang, that won't do. It has to be a female comrade. I'd feel uncomfortable if a male comrade touched me."
"Mr. Fang, Chen Yang is saying that because he's afraid the female comrade will be shy," Xiang Tianhai added, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
Chen Yang was slightly embarrassed, "No, that's not it. I'm mainly curious; I've never experienced it before."
Fang Bai glanced at these university students who hadn't entered society yet, probably never even touched a woman's hand, and said, "It's just for proper relaxation. Don't overthink it. You can only use words, not force."
Chen Yang was puzzled, "Mr. Fang, what does 'only use words, not force' mean?"
The other students also didn't understand the meaning; it was too profound, just like the advertisements of those shops by the roadside.
Fang Bai explained, "You can chat and flirt, but don't get handsy with the girls. I won't pay for extra services."
"Oh, our nation's five-thousand-year cultural essence is truly profound, haha."
A moment later, Fang Bai took the five newcomers to a well-decorated establishment.
As they stepped into the shop, a pleasant-looking young female attendant approached with a smile and asked, "Hello, sir, how many in your party?"
"Six. The main hall is fine. Foot wash plus massage A package, can you accommodate us?" Fang Bai saw two rows of massage recliners in the hall, seven or eight in each row, with only one middle-aged man resting on one of them.
"Yes, we can arrange it. We haven't started our evening shift yet. Please wait a moment, sir. What kind of tea would you like?"
"Do you have green tea? We'll all have the same."
"Yes, we do. Please wait a moment." After saying that, the attendant asked Fang Bai what kind of herbal solution he wanted, and after clarifying, she left.
Chen Yang and the others, who had been so talkative on the way, dared not speak a word once they entered the shop, simply listening to Fang Bai's arrangements.
Fang Bai walked to a massage recliner and lay down directly to rest, utterly exhausted.
The five students followed suit, each choosing a massage chair and lying down.
A moment later, the attendant brought a tray with six cups of fragrant hot tea.
After another while, six female technicians in uniform arrived. They looked quite good and were all very young, each carrying a basin of herbal solution.
Slippers on, feet soaking, the session began.
A few minutes later, the foot massage started. These students cried out "Ouch, ouch," asking them to be gentler, but also had to admit it felt very good.
Twenty minutes later, the foot massage ended, and they proceeded to the next step.
About an hour later, Fang Bai left the foot massage parlor with this group of students.
Chen Yang was still recalling the feeling of the technician sitting on his thigh, and his shoulders being pulled. He even accidentally touched a place he shouldn't have, an endlessly delightful memory.
Xiang Tianhai, on the other hand, recalled the scene of the technician bowing her head to wash his feet, inadvertently catching a glimpse of the cleavage below her neck, feeling it was more beautiful than the mountains back home.
That night, the five university students had an extraordinary experience and all had a beautiful dream.
The next morning, the five woke up feeling refreshed and invigorated, feeling that the previous night's experience truly had an effect, and they had slept very comfortably.
They knew that for the next period, their nerves would be strained again.