Chapter 39 Hunter and Prey: Who's the High-Level Player?

"This is Red Star's high-tech!"

"Just letting them waste it like this?"

Sun Erga said, about to go up and shoo them away.

"Stop."

Lin Xi grabbed Sun Erga by the back of his collar and yanked him back.

Lin Xi sat on a crate, still fanning himself with that folding fan.

A playful smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

"Let them blow."

"Huh?"

"Erga, remember this—it's called 'experiential marketing'."

Lin Xi pointed to those foreigners who looked like they were enjoying themselves as if they were on drugs.

"In this godforsaken place, cooling down is the biggest necessity."

"The more they enjoy it now, the less they'll be able to refuse when it's time to pay later."

As he was speaking, the livestream interface popped up on Lin Xi's retina.

【Holy crap! This works? It's a human GG brand!】

【Streamer, this move is brilliant! Look behind them, more people are being attracted!】

【These foreigners look miserable, like they were just dragged out of a sauna.】

【Wait! Streamer, look at the three o'clock direction! That fat guy in the gray suit!】

A bold golden bullet comment suddenly flooded the screen:

【Director of Commercial Intelligence Agency】:

【That's the big fish!】

【I've looked that fat guy up!】

【Robert Harrison.】

【The Asia region purchasing director for Sears Department Store from Lighthouse Country!】

【That was the world's largest retailer in the 80s!】

Lin Xi's gaze narrowed slightly.

Cutting through the jostling crowd and layers of heatwaves.

He precisely locked onto a middle-aged white fat man who was sweating profusely and angrily pulling at his tie as he walked.

The fat man was irritably pushing aside the crowd, the handkerchief in his hand already dripping wet.

He looked like he was about to get heatstroke.

More importantly, his eyes were wandering over various booths.

But they never lingered, filled with disappointment and irritation.

Lin Xi closed the folding fan and tapped it lightly against his palm.

"Family."

He whispered in his mind.

"The prey has entered, prepare to close the net."

Lin Xi stood up, straightened his collar, and stepped out from the shadow of the missile model.

"Erga, button up your shirt and stand straight."

Lin Xi said offhandedly,

"Don't embarrass Red Star."

Sun Erga hurriedly buttoned his shirt, muttering:

"Manager, that fat guy looks like a big official, can we really do it?"

"Big official?"

Lin Xi curled his lip, revealing a meaningful smile,

"That's walking USD."

The livestream interface flashed frantically on his retina.

A bold red bullet comment appeared, looking particularly striking:

【Director of Commercial Intelligence Agency】:

【Streamer, pay attention!】

【Robert Harrison, Purchasing Director of Home Appliances for Sears Department Store.】

【He is currently facing the biggest crisis of his career—】

【Just last week, the Lighthouse Country's CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) and AHAM (Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers) released that damn "Finger Protection Act".】

【90% of the metal-bladed fans on the market will be forced off the shelves because the mesh gaps are too large and the blades are too sharp!】

【He desperately needs a substitute that can pass safety regulations, otherwise this year's summer big promotion window will be empty!】

"So he's waiting for a lifesaver..." Lin Xi felt confident.

This isn't a sale; this is delivering medicine.

As for the price of the medicine, that depends on how much pain the patient is in.

At the other end of the aisle, Section Chief Wang from the Foreign Affairs Bureau was accompanying some important foreign guests.

He suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure darting out from a corner, heading straight for the main aisle.

Looking closely, it was none other than Lin Xi, who gave him such a headache.

"What is this kid doing?" Section Chief Wang's heart skipped a beat.

This is the Canton Fair!

Every step represents the national image.

A fan seller, not staying properly in the corner, running to the main aisle to bump into foreign guests?

"Xiao Zhao! Hurry!"

Section Chief Wang lowered his voice and said urgently to the interpreter, Xiao Zhao, beside him,

"Go and stop that person!"

"Don't let him go crazy!"

However, it was already too late.

Lin Xi did not rush up and shove flyers like a reckless salesman.

He had calculated Harrison's route and pace.

At the very moment they were about to cross paths.

Lin Xi seemed to "inadvertently" sidestep to avoid the crowded crowd.

The catalog in his hand "happened" to be opened right in front of Harrison's line of sight.

It was a highly impactful double-page spread.

Against a deep black background, five translucent fan blades were suspended, with a line of English next to them:

【Soft & Safe (Flexibility and Safety)】

【No More Blood (No More Bleeding)】

The moment Harrison's originally irritable gaze swept over that line of English, it was as if it had been glued there by superglue.

"No More Blood..."

This phrase was like a heavy hammer, smashing fiercely against his tense nerves.

For the past half month, their company mailbox had been piled high with parent complaint letters and lawyer letters—

All because of accidents where fingers were cut by metal fan blades.

That damn act!

Harrison stopped abruptly.

In those blue eyes that were always full of pickiness and arrogance.

At this moment, they suddenly erupted with the light of a hungry wolf seeing fresh meat.

"Wait!"

Harrison reached out his fat hand, disregarding his image, and grabbed Lin Xi's arm.

Section Chief Wang had just rushed over at this moment.

Before he could hide the anger on his face, he saw this scene that left him stunned.

"What is this?"

Harrison pointed at the picture in the catalog, his voice trembling slightly with excitement,

"Plastic blades?"

Lin Xi revealed a simple and confused smile on his face.

He turned his head to look at the interpreter, Xiao Zhao, who was running over panting,

And asked in a thick, authentic Northwest-accented Mandarin:

"Translator Zhao, what is this foreigner grabbing me for?"

"I don't understand him."

In the livestream:

【Best Actor! Absolute Best Actor! He clearly has an IELTS score of 8, why is he pretending to be illiterate!】

【This is called tactical misunderstanding, handing the power of interpretation to a third party to increase credibility!】

【Look at Section Chief Wang's face, it's turned purple! Hahahaha!】

Xiao Zhao was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously translated:

"He says..."

"He is asking if these are plastic blades."

Lin Xi blinked, handed the catalog to Harrison.

Pointed to the parameters on it, and continued speaking in Chinese:

"Tell him, this is a polymer composite material."

"It uses aerospace aerodynamic design, and its main selling points are safety and silence."

Xiao Zhao quickly translated.

Hearing the words "aerospace" and "safety", Harrison's pupils contracted violently.

"Aerospace technology?"

"You used aerospace technology for fans?"

Harrison looked at the young man in front of him in disbelief.

Then looked at Section Chief Wang, who was standing beside him with a serious expression.

Suddenly, Harrison seemed to understand something.

He let go of Lin Xi and instead grabbed Section Chief Wang's hand tightly.

Shaking it vigorously, his face full of enthusiastic smiles:

"Oh! Mr. Official!"

"This must be a new product you secretly developed, right?"

"To cope with the latest international safety standards!"

"My God, you Chinese people react so quickly!"