Transmigrating As a Poor Fake Heiress with Trillions in Family Asset - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Massive Profit

The final day of the Jing-Selection launch week was a Sunday—a day when most students and office workers were off.

After days of promotion, the app’s downloads had neared 500,000, and the transaction volume for the first six days had already exceeded 500 million yuan.

However, this was not yet the climax. Jing-Selection had repeatedly emphasized that the greatest discounts would occur on the final day: today.

Bai Ke had never before woken up at 6:00 AM on a weekend just to pick up her phone.

The moment she opened the app, she was greeted by a vibrant event interface. The product recommendations were entirely different from the previous week; even if categories overlapped, the brands were new.

Take the Wen Group, for instance—a giant in the garment industry with dozens of brands across various tiers. Today, Jing-Selection featured everything from their most cost-effective lines to their high-end luxury labels.

While some items weren’t the latest season’s trends, for an office worker like Bai Ke, they were more than sufficient.

Rumor had it that Jing-Selection had cleared out the inventory of hundreds of manufacturers. The chosen suppliers were mostly those facing liquidity issues and inventory pressure. By partnering with them, Jing-Selection was essentially helping these enterprises survive their darkest hours.

Insiders leaked that the platform’s smooth launch wasn’t just due to massive investment, but because the company helped failing factories across various provinces. For local governments, these factories were vital to economic performance and employment, earning Jing-Selection significant official support.

Bai Ke didn’t care much for rumors; she was too busy filling her shopping cart. Today’s “Spend and Save” discounts were massive. Plus, because her neighbors saw her receiving real goods all week, she had built enough trust to invite many of them to join. Consequently, she was now armed with a stack of referral coupons.

At 8:00 AM, a notification popped up at the top of the app: Young CEO Sang Jing has started a live stream! Join now to grab red envelopes and coupons!

Bai Ke clicked in instinctively and gasped. She was hit by a “beauty crit” from the young boss.

She knew Sang Jing was beautiful, but seeing her on screen was still breathtaking. People often say women only feel jealousy toward other beautiful women, but in reality, women can be more obsessed with a beautiful woman than men are.

Bai Ke couldn’t help but type into the bullet chat: “Sister, I’m yours!”

With someone so beautiful, wealthy, and capable, Bai Ke jokingly hoped the “Sister” wouldn’t be too strict about gender roles in her dating life—give her a chance!

In the live stream, Sang Jing looked at the screen full of compliments and held up a lipstick.

“It might not be that I look good, but that today’s lip color is particularly stunning. I’m wearing this exact shade. If you buy it through my live stream link, you can claim a coupon that makes it 20 yuan cheaper than in-store.”

Sang Jing smiled faintly, swatching the lipstick on her arm and leaning closer to the camera so everyone could see the finish.

She was selectively showcasing items today, using her system’s “Product Dialogue” feature to pick only the best. Her main goal, however, was to build momentum for the app.

Sure enough, news of her live stream quickly trended on social media. Major platforms began reporting on it, causing Jing-Selection’s downloads and registrations to skyrocket once again.

…

Chu Lan was one of those who finally downloaded the app after seeing the clips. Her primary motivation was the “10-yuan no-threshold coupon.” She planned to buy one 10-yuan item and then immediately delete the app.

She didn’t have high hopes. Chu Lan was a “Supermarket Discount Assassin.” She was in countless group chats with retired seniors and knew the price of every item in every grocery store in the city. She prided herself on always finding the absolute cheapest deals.

After successfully registering and receiving her coupon, Chu Lan started browsing the recommendations.

When she finally snapped out of it, her cart was at 300 yuan.

“What the hell? How is this possible?!” Chu Lan clicked her cart, intending to delete everything except one 10-yuan item. But as she looked at each item, she found them all “essential.”

“We just ran out of this at home, and it’s several yuan cheaper than the supermarket. If I go to the store, I have to lug it back myself and pay for the bus. This is a must-buy.”

“This sweater is so cheap! I fought for a discounted one of this brand last year and it was 100 yuan more expensive. This is only $70—it’s a loss if I don’t buy it!”

“Cooking oil is cheap too… can’t remove that. Toilet paper is a necessity; even if we have some, stocking up is never wrong. And these pads—this brand is amazing and rarely goes on sale at the store. If I don’t buy them now, I’m basically losing money later.”

One by one, nothing could be removed. At the bottom of the screen, a line of small red text teased:

The total exceeds 300. You are eligible for a ‘300-50’ discount and one lucky draw. Enter the live stream to grab hourly red envelopes that can be stacked.

Between the lower base prices, individual item discounts, the platform-wide “Spend and Save” deal, and the live stream red envelopes… these things had to be bought!

By noon, Chu Lan emerged from the live stream. She had grabbed 70 yuan in red envelopes, but her total spend had ballooned to 700 yuan.

No matter how she calculated it, she was still “saving” money.

Chu Lan gritted her teeth, finished the checkout, and called her best friend to vent. “I really shouldn’t have downloaded this app. I’m heartbroken over the hundreds I spent, but I also feel like I made a profit. Do you know that feeling? I’m going crazy!”

However, her friend was even angrier after hearing what she bought!

“Ahhh! Why did you call me?! In the minutes I spent talking to you, the pads you mentioned sold out! Do you know how much I love that brand? It’s gone!”

Before Chu Lan could respond, her friend hung up in a rage. “Don’t call me again today! Every second is precious! I even kicked my boyfriend out of the house because I was afraid he’d hog the Wi-Fi! Things are selling out left and right—I have to check out NOW!”

Hearing this, Chu Lan felt she had “won” even more. She reopened the app just to see which of her purchases were now out of stock, feeding her sense of victory.

At 3:00 PM, Chu Lan closed the app again, staring expressionlessly at a bank notification. In the last hour, she had spent another 200 yuan.

She vowed not to open the app again and went to Weibo, where she found thousands of people in the same “pain.”

Sang Jing’s Weibo comments were a disaster zone:

“I went in just to take advantage of a small deal. By the time I left, I’d spent 500! You used that 10-yuan coupon to lure me in and then stripped me clean!”

“You think you have it bad? I just went to the live stream to see a pretty girl. By the time I left, I’d spent 300! The scariest part is, I feel like I didn’t lose—I feel like I earned money!”

“Same here +1. I promised myself I’d save 1000 a month, and I just spent the savings! But every time I clicked ‘pay,’ I felt like I was winning! Looking at my zero balance, I finally realize how terrifying that woman in the live stream is!”

“A true femme fatale! I thought I could finally suck some blood out of a rich heiress, even if it was just 10 yuan. Who knew I’d be the one losing everything? I spent over 400!”

Yet, the top comment on the post was: “Don’t you all feel like you’ve gained? Personally, I think I’ve made a massive profit!”

That was the crux of the issue. Though they complained about the spending, deep down, everyone felt they had scored a legendary deal.

Chu Lan calmed down. If everyone was falling into the same pit, it wasn’t that she was a fool—it was that everyone was “winning” together.

This wave of online shopping fever only affected a fraction of the population, but those who fell in felt they would never crawl out. They genuinely felt that if they didn’t work harder to earn more money, they wouldn’t have enough to “save” more on Jing-Selection.

…

Inside the studio, Sang Jing, who had been with the professional hosts all day, received a text.

She checked her phone and nearly twitched her lip in front of tens of thousands of viewers.

Kou Yan had sent her a shopping list. He followed it up with a suggestion: “Why aren’t there pet supplies? I want to buy something for Baby, but your app doesn’t have it.”

Sang Jing’s eyes flickered. Someone was offering her money; why would she ever push it away?

Because of today’s massive performance, the plot deviation for the original character had already reached 9%.

She texted back a single word: “Arranged.”

On the other end of the phone, Kou Yan saw those words. He looked at the screen where Sang Jing was looking down at her phone, and a faint, almost imperceptible chuckle escaped his throat.