Super Invincible Battleship

57  Chapter 45: The Storm Rises Again

The first batch of consumers had developed weight loss antibodies in their immune system after using the Weight Loss Cookies for five days. Subsequently, with the action of the immune system, they began to break down excessive body fat, resulting in rapid weight loss effects.

Faced with such quick weight loss effects and without experiencing any side effects, consumers of the Weight Loss Cookies were ecstatic. They began to share their weight loss experiences on the Internet or with their friends and family.

The shared content included not just their weight loss stories but also before-and-after comparison photos of these successful dieters. With these live testimonials, the reputation of Dream Foods' Weight Loss Cookies spread wildly within a small area. This positive word of mouth quickly proliferated, making more people aware of the existence of Weight Loss Cookies. It was this good reputation that caused the sales of Weight Loss Cookies to explode after just over ten days.

In today's society, the Internet has developed so tremendously that it has broken the barriers of space. Thus, even before Yan Fei and Lu Pingping had thought about it, the good reputation of Dream Foods' Weight Loss Cookies had spread nationwide. Before their promotional ads had even reached beyond Shanghai, consumers across the country had already learned about the Weight Loss Cookies and began purchasing them from Taobao's online store, which led to the wild surge in sales figures for the Weight Loss Cookies.

It was at this point that Lu Pingping finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had personally experienced the amazing effects of the Weight Loss Cookies, she was still somewhat concerned that they might not be well received and that consumers wouldn't be willing to buy them, since it's not uncommon for good products to fail and go bankrupt in the market.

Now, seeing the booming sales, Lu Pingping finally relaxed. Yan Fei had invested his entire fortune in this product, and if sales failed, Yan Fei would lose everything. She was relieved that she hadn't let Yan Fei down.

Yan Fei himself was not too worried, after all, his slimming liquid possessed the world's most cutting-edge top-notch technology. As long as consumers were willing to try, they would discover its magical effects. He was confident in his product and wasn't concerned about failure; the worst he expected was a slower development.

Yan Fei's only concern was suppression from competitors and other unforeseen circumstances. Fortunately, with the rapid rise of the Weight Loss Cookies, they managed to capture a certain market share before their competitors could react, safely passing the most vulnerable startup stage. This was all thanks to Lu Pingping's hard work. Without Lu Pingping's meticulous operation, even with the strong functions of the slimming liquid, it would have taken at least six months to achieve the results they had now.

With the Weight Loss Cookies selling in large numbers, the Company's account became flush with funds. Therefore, Lu Pingping adjusted the sales strategy, started placing advertisements on National Television Stations and other popular television stations, and sponsored various large-scale variety shows. At the same time, they also promoted aggressively on major websites, sparking a national promotional frenzy about Dream Foods' Weight Loss Cookies within a short period.

Although this round of advertising expenditure was massive, it essentially made everyone aware of the product. With this wave of promotion, the sales of Dream Foods' Weight Loss Cookies surged again, quickly breaking through fifty thousand boxes a day, which meant a daily sales revenue of one hundred million yuan.

At this time, agents from all over the world slowly started to approach them, seeking regional sales rights for the Weight Loss Cookies. After discussing it, Yan Fei and Lu Pingping decided to gradually stop selling through the Taobao store and switch to a national regional agent system instead.

With online sales, all the profits were Yan Fei's, but adopting a regional agent system meant they would have to share some of the profits. However, this would allow Yan Fei to win over these individuals as allies since they shared common interests. They would naturally unite around Yan Fei and provide protection. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

With everyone's interest aligned, they would share in the glory and the loss together. So, if any detrimental news about the Weight Loss Cookies emerged locally, these people would act swiftly to resolve the issue, as they were influential locals with extensive resources and power.

Yan Fei's choice of a regional agent system, giving up a portion of the profits, was not just for the convenience of sales but to use the Weight Loss Cookies to form his own alliance of interests, to have these agents stand with him. Should he ever encounter trouble, these agents and the people behind them would be his strongest support. After all, he represented their interests, and they would protect him. If he continued to go it alone as before, he would inevitably run into trouble; no matter how strong an individual is, it cannot match the power of a collective.

Moreover, selling Weight Loss Cookies exclusively on Taobao would leave their fate in the hands of Taobao. Should Taobao close Dream Foods' online store for any reason, the Weight Loss Cookies would disappear from the market. So to spread risk, Yan Fei would not rely solely on one online platform for sales.

Yan Fei left the preparation of the regional agent conference to Lu Pingping, while he himself operated the Auxiliary Brain to continue analyzing and deducing technology, trying to acquire other technologies to avoid the situation where his company would collapse if something happened to the slimming liquid.

But to Yan Fei's disappointment, after the Auxiliary Brain had finished analyzing the slimming liquid technology, its analysis and deduction of other biotechnologies slowed down, and for a long time, no new technology emerged.

However, Yan Fei was not overly anxious. The technology he wanted was generally top-end and required the Auxiliary Brain to perform a huge amount of calculations for analysis and deduction, overcoming countless technical challenges. It wouldn't come easy, but he believed that as long as the Auxiliary Brain continued its work, they would eventually obtain other high-tech inventions.

One evening, while Yan Fei was checking the progress of technology analysis in the Drone Assisted Intelligent Brain, a loud sound of water came from the seabed where the Drone was docked. He quickly switched his view and saw that several huge objects had fallen from above into the sea where the Drone was located.

Yan Fei activated the Quantum Radar for a scan and discovered that the objects were several large crates, tightly sealed and leaving him wondering what exactly was inside.

During this time, the Drone Avatar had been active in the waters near Shanghai, operating within a hundred kilometers of the city's offshore area. This was not only to ensure that the Drone's Quantum Radar could connect to the Internet at any time but also to ensure that the Drone could quickly appear by Yan Fei's side in case of any emergencies, to prevent him from having to fight alone again.

While patrolling underwater, the Drone Avatar had been mapping the terrain of the ocean floor, so by now, the entire terrain map of the waters near Shanghai had been stored in the Auxiliary Brain. The Drone Avatar had also chosen an optimal hiding spot to dock, to avoid unintended detection.

The Drone Avatar was currently hidden in an ocean trench 40 kilometers from Shanghai, with a depth of 180 meters. There were no undercurrents here, nor were there large fish, even a large expanse of sandy seabed, making it ideal for the Drone to dock.

The Drone was resting on the ocean floor while ships occasionally passed overhead, but everyone coexisted peacefully, without any incidents, until now when a few boxes fell from above.

Yan Fei was very cautious. He did not fire a naval cannon to destroy the boxes, instead, he controlled the Drone to move away from the area. He watched the boxes fall on the sandy seabed and roll a few times before coming to a standstill on the ocean floor.

Yan Fei then breathed a sigh of relief, almost believing he had been exposed, that the boxes contained deepwater bombs intended for him. To his surprise, they were just ordinary boxes. Then, he felt several ships quickly passing overhead. His heart stirred, and he controlled the Drone to ascend rapidly, following those ships from a depth of 5 meters below the surface.

It was now the dead of night, and the sea surface was pitch dark, the Drone's underwater pursuit went undetected. It advanced swiftly, soon catching up with the ships ahead. With three vessels on the sea surface, Yan Fei picked one to approach and stayed close, gliding while collecting the sounds emanating from the ship.

The ship was not large, and people were speaking loudly on the forward deck. Yan Fei listened in clearly.

Someone was shouting, "Report to headquarters, the target has fled to international waters, we are pursuing, but their boat is faster, we can't catch up with them."

A voice came through what seemed to be a walkie-talkie, "Do not relax, continue the pursuit. Our informant has passed on information that this smuggling boat is carrying two tons of drugs. If they manage to bring this cargo to China, it will destroy countless families. Even though the drug traffickers have not yet entered our territorial waters, they must be apprehended, and the drugs confiscated; we can't allow them to reach the domestic market."

The crew reported back, "Captain, the smuggler's vessel is a speedboat, and our anti-smuggling boat can't keep up. We are getting further away and might not be able to catch them."

The voice on the walkie-talkie instructed, "No matter where they go, we must pursue, unless they enter another country's territorial waters. Don't worry, I have already made the necessary arrangements, Shanghai will send a helicopter to support you, just hold on a little longer."

The crew asked, "Aren't there any navy warships nearby that we can request assistance from?"

The captain replied, "I have already inquired, there are no navy warships in the vicinity, so we must rely on ourselves. We have been tracking that top drug lord for five years, we can't let him escape this time."

The person on the ship declared loudly, "Rest assured, Captain, we will catch up with that boat and apprehend that drug lord."

Hearing this, Yan Fei realized that the three ships on the sea surface were Shanghai Customs anti-smuggling boats, specialized in capturing smuggled goods and people. Their current target was a speedboat transporting drugs, which also had a long-sought drug lord on board.

Thinking back to the vessel that sped away above and the boxes that had fallen to the seabed, Yan Fei realized that vessel was the drug-smuggling speedboat. Knowing they were being pursued by the Chinese Anti-smuggling Boat, they had dumped the drugs into the ocean before making a fast getaway, and judging by the tightly sealed packaging, they probably planned to return and retrieve them later.

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