90: Chapter 90 Creative Advertisements for Selling Facial Tissue

Zhao Fusu thought of how modern 4S dealerships don't just sell cars; they also repair them.

He could have the repairmen double as salesmen and give them a commission.

As long as they could pull in orders, they would receive a cut.

Zhao Fusu believed that with the incentive of commissions, they would be very willing to help him generate revenue to offset the extra expenses of sending repairmen to the countryside.

Zhao Fusu's requirements weren't high; he would be satisfied as long as he could break even.

A major current issue was that the pre-orders for steam threshers were still too low; according to Li Si, at least ten thousand units needed to be sold.

However, he could start by mass-producing the components for the steam threshers.

He would first produce ten thousand sets of steam thresher parts.

When someone needed to buy a steam thresher, they would only need to assemble it.

This would make things much easier.

He also needed to open up his agricultural machinery shop in Xianyang and hire salesmen to sell the steam threshers.

Zhao Fusu looked at the orders for steam threshers and steam rotary tillers again.

A total of eight thousand five hundred steam rotary tillers had been ordered.

Only three thousand three hundred steam threshers had been ordered.

The steam rotary tillers weren't needed yet, so his plan was to focus all the production capacity of the Hexagonal Boron Nitride Release Agent on producing steam thresher parts, aiming for ten thousand sets first.

The steel plant in the Industrial Zone hadn't been built yet, so the production of steam thresher parts still had to take place in the Forging Workshop.

The production of Iron Pagoda and mingguang armor also had to remain in the Forging Workshop for the time being; they were crafted using the lost-wax method, so they didn't have to compete for the Hexagonal Boron Nitride Release Agent with the steam threshers.

This was a good opportunity to have Old Yang help him train a group of soldiers who knew the lost-wax method.

Zhao Fusu began to implement the plans he had noted down on paper.

A large amount of corvée labor was transferred to the Industrial Zone.

Cui Wenzi's team also began heading to the Industrial Zone to help Zhao Fusu build the steel plant.

Various materials were gathered and sent to the Industrial Zone.

The Industrial Zone welcomed a period of massive development.

Next up was the great paper-selling enterprise that he would personally oversee.

The paper mill had been running non-stop with two shifts, and after three or four days of production, they had already stored a significant amount of Toilet Paper, napkins, and A4 paper for office writing.

How to best sell them was the problem Zhao Fusu had to consider.

Although A4 paper was gradually becoming known to the major nobles,

not everyone knew about napkins and Toilet Paper.

Should he run some advertisements?

Having lived in modern society, Zhao Fusu had seen far too many advertisements.

For instance, when reading novels on Fanqie, he would see five ads in a single chapter.

He suspected it was big data targeting him, labeling him as a frequent user, which is why they hit him with so many ads.

If he were to advertise...

How should he go about it?

How could he make it memorable?

"Da Chan Ka?"

For some reason, an enchanting male voice echoed in Zhao Fusu's mind.

Zhao Fusu couldn't help but smile.

A perfectly good Rolls-Royce ad had been ruined by memes, directly causing Congcong to want to return his car.

How should he handle the advertising?

This question actually stumped Zhao Fusu.

For a moment, his mind went blank, and he didn't have any particularly good ideas.

Zhao Fusu decided to take a walk around.

Surrounded by a large number of soldiers wearing steel sabers, Zhao Fusu headed to the National Assembly's office.

For convenience, Zhao Fusu had the National Assembly members find a specific palace.

He had them work in a centralized manner, divided by departments.

Except for those on business trips, everyone was usually gathered together to work, which greatly increased the National Assembly's efficiency.

This was his first time inspecting the work of the National Assembly.

Many officials were busy at their desks, while some were spacing out.

Some officials were writing on A4 paper, while others were painting.

Zhao Fusu didn't disturb them.

When he arrived at the window of Feng Jie's office, he saw Feng Jie inside pulling out Facial Tissuess one by one through the lattice window.

"Uh..."

Zhao Fusu was speechless.

Does he really like pulling Facial Tissuess that much?

Is pulling Facial Tissuess really that interesting?!

That's it!

Looking at Feng Jie pulling Facial Tissuess, a flash of inspiration suddenly hit Zhao Fusu, and he actually thought of a great idea.

Zhao Fusu quickly found a place to record his creative idea so he wouldn't forget it.

Looking at his creative advertisement for selling Facial Tissuess, Zhao Fusu wore a satisfied smile.

He immediately sent men to notify the major nobles in Xianyang to come to Xianyang Palace for a banquet.

He wanted to discuss grain procurement with the nobles and also perform a magic trick for them.

"Magic?"

Although Deputy General Pang didn't know what magic was, it sounded very impressive to him. He immediately sent men to notify the major nobles of Xianyang to send representatives to Xianyang Palace to discuss grain procurement and watch Zhao Fusu perform magic.

"Magic?"

The invited nobles were all incredibly shocked when they heard that Zhao Fusu was going to perform magic.

They weren't very surprised that Zhao Fusu wanted to buy grain from them.

Li Si, Feng Quji, and Feng Jie had long since revealed that Zhao Fusu needed to buy grain to supply the three million corvée laborers.

The nobles of Xianyang, through their ancestors and their own efforts during the rise of Qin, had earned significant military merit and acquired vast amounts of land.

Their fields were about to reach the summer harvest, which would yield a massive amount of grain.

The amount of grain Zhao Fusu needed was enormous, so it was expected that he would have to buy it from them.

What surprised them was Zhao Fusu saying he would perform magic.

What was magic?

They had never heard of it.

But magic sounded like something sophisticated and formidable.

This made them curious about the magic Zhao Fusu was going to perform.

The circle of nobles in Xianyang was small; news that Zhao Fusu was going to perform magic at the banquet spread throughout the nobility and even reached Wang Xia's ears.

She curiously went to find Zhao Fusu and, leaning against him, asked, "Husband, what is magic?"

"Magic is just performing sleight of hand," Zhao Fusu explained.

"Husband, you even know how to perform tricks!"

Hearing that Zhao Fusu could perform tricks, Wang Xia became even more excited and looked at him with anticipation.

"Yes!" Zhao Fusu said. "I actually learned this magic from you."

"Huh?"

Wang Xia was confused and couldn't help but point at her own face. "Me?"

"Yes!"

"Look."

Zhao Fusu took out a box of Facial Tissuess and, mimicking Wang Xia's novel expression, began pulling out Facial Tissuess one by one.

"You're annoying!"

Wang Xia could obviously tell that Zhao Fusu was imitating her.

She couldn't help but raise her fist as if to hit him, but she didn't follow through.

"Husband, is this the kind of magic you're going to perform?"

"Yes!"

Zhao Fusu said, "Look, you pull one Facial Tissues out, and there's another. Pull one, and another comes. Isn't this very amazing, very magical?"

"It is!"

Wang Xia nodded.

That was exactly what she thought when she first saw the Facial Tissuess; it felt full of magic, and she had played with them for quite a while.

Zhao Fusu said, "I believe everyone will love it when they see it."

Zhao Fusu was extremely confident.

If the three top figures of the empire—Li Si, Feng Quji, and Feng Jie—were all captivated by Facial Tissuess, there was no reason the other nobles wouldn't be!