Chapter 1727 - 1722: We Want a Refund

"Is this for real? Completely free?"

"This is incredible!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Hearing Hu Xiaobei’s words, everyone present shouted with excitement!

At this moment, they were truly thrilled because it felt like a pie falling from the sky.

Before, Ou Jingtian had offered a fifty percent discount due to the grand opening, and they were already overjoyed.

But now, Hu Xiaobei was offering things for free.

Moreover, the jade being given away for free by Hu Xiaobei was much better than that from Ou Jingtian.

In comparison, the offer from Hu Xiaobei was far more enticing.

Seeing everyone so excited they couldn’t contain themselves, Hu Xiaobei smiled gently and calmly said, "Of course it’s true! But I have one condition: anyone who has purchased jade from the store across the street cannot receive our free jade because Ou Jingtian is my friend, and I can’t steal his customers!"

"This..."

Many people on the scene were stunned upon hearing Hu Xiaobei state this rule!

Because they were still holding the jade they had just bought from Ou Jingtian’s store.

Before, they were happy they had found a good deal, but now, they weren’t pleased, because there was an even better deal waiting for them here.

And they had only picked up a sesame seed before, meaning they had to give up a big watermelon now.

Seeing their frustration, Hu Xiaobei didn’t mind and chuckled lightly, "Alright, those who haven’t purchased, you can line up here! After receiving your jade, you can take it away, or you can take it to our jade shop to be processed into whatever you like, all for free."

"Great!"

Many people agreed and began to line up!

But those who had bought jade from Ou Jingtian just stood there in a daze.

Their feelings were mixed!

Previously, they had snagged jade from Ou Jingtian, which made them happy, but now, that happiness turned into annoyance.

"It’s all because of Ou Jingtian!"

As soon as this thought came up, they were furious at Ou Jingtian.

Quickly, one person looked at Hu Xiaobei and hastily posed a question everyone wanted to ask.

"Manager Hu, if we return our jade now, can we come here to get jade?"

Upon hearing this question, Hu Xiaobei noticed that everyone was eagerly watching him and frowned slightly. Hu Xiaobei spoke softly, "Well... if you return it, it’s not very fair! Ou Jingtian would lose money. You shouldn’t return it, after all, you are all his members! If you come to me, he’d suffer a big loss."

"We will also cancel our memberships!"

"Yeah!"

Everyone understood what Hu Xiaobei was trying to convey and responded rapidly.

Seeing their eager faces, Hu Xiaobei said once more, "Since you all want to do this, I have no reason to stop you! But I must remind you, make sure to do things you genuinely feel okay about, alright?"

"We got it!"

With such a promise, they quickly ran towards Ou Jingtian’s jade shop across the street.

...

"Xiaobei, your ’cutting off the supply’ tactic is really impressive!"

"Exactly!"

Shangguan Xue and Lv Xinxin exclaimed in awe as they watched Hu Xiaobei after everyone had left.

They had guessed earlier that Hu Xiaobei had a plan, but they hadn’t imagined his plan would be so effective.

"It’s not that I’m amazing, it’s just that Ou Jingtian is too weak!"

Hu Xiaobei shook his head a bit helplessly.

At this moment, Hu Xiaobei was indeed a bit frustrated.

Originally, he wanted Ou Jingtian to hold out a little longer, because that would have been more engaging!

In the end, Ou Jingtian didn’t manage that at all!

...

"Manager, Hu Xiaobei just got lucky! We really don’t need to take him so seriously!"

After catching up to the furious Ou Jingtian, the assistant quickly spoke up.

Hearing such self-deceiving words, Ou Jingtian looked at him and roared, "Got lucky? Then show me how you get lucky! I’ve never seen anyone get lucky and end up with such perfect jade."

"This..."

He also knew that Hu Xiaobei truly had skill.

But now, being in a different position, it wasn’t easy to praise him.

Seeing him fall silent, Ou Jingtian sighed deeply and said in a low voice, "We’re in a bit of a passive situation now!"

"How can you say we’re passive! Manager, we still firmly have the upper hand!"

"Upper hand my foot, today’s our opening day, and yet all the people were drawn to him! Tell me, if Hu Xiaobei unveils another top-quality raw stone tomorrow, what are we supposed to do? Become a complete sideshow?"

As he spoke, Ou Jingtian became angrier, and by the end, he looked utterly ferocious.

Having heard Ou Jingtian’s reasoning, the assistant waved his hands repeatedly, "But that’s impossible, Manager, you’re overthinking it!"

"Impossible? I find it very possible. Okay, stop yakking here. Let me have a moment of peace to myself."

"Yes!"

With that acknowledgment, he silently turned around.

Watching the assistant walk away dejectedly, he sighed.

Soon, Ou Jingtian took out a cigarette and lit it for himself.

At that moment, he noticed that his hand holding the cigarette was trembling slightly.

He realized it was Hu Xiaobei who had spooked him.

"Hu Xiaobei, you really are more formidable than I imagined!"

While thinking this, his assistant reached downstairs; his expression was unpleasant, still recovering from being scolded by Ou Jingtian earlier.

Looking for something to vent on, he heard a commotion of hurried footsteps.

Surprised, he turned his head and saw all the customers who had bought jade here running over.

Every one of them seemed extremely eager.

"Have they finally realized that our side is better?"

Muttering to himself, he called over all the staff and lined up with them to welcome the customers.

As they rushed over, he quickly said, "Welcome back, dear customers, is there anything I can assist you with? Whatever you need, I’ll definitely agree to it."

"Cut the crap, hurry up and process our returns!"

"Yeah! Be quick about it!"

"Exactly!"

Stunned!

Hearing everyone uniformly express their demand, he was utterly dumbfounded.

He never expected they were all there to ask for refunds.

"What’s going on here!"

His eye twitched uncontrollably, and he spoke a bit awkwardly, "Everyone, I don’t quite understand what you mean? Didn’t you just purchase our jade? Why are you returning it—is there a quality problem?"

"Quit talking nonsense, we just want a refund!"

"Yeah! Can you process the return or not? If not, get someone who can."

"Exactly!"

"Well... returns can be done, but you’re all members of our store, we need to ask you for the reason of your return, right? After all, we’ve collaborated more than just once or twice; if there’s any misunderstanding, we ought to clear it up."

"Oh, and cancel our membership too!"

"Yeah, cancel everything, from now on, we have nothing to do with your store."

When the assistant heard they wanted to cancel their memberships, he felt even more frustrated.

He brought up the membership topic hoping they would calm down and think of the benefits, but it backfired, instead having the opposite effect...