Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire-Chapter 71: Creating Hype

Today is the performance day of the night school’s anti-kidnapping play.

At four in the morning, Jiang Cheng got up.

She carried a backpack, which contained a patchwork bag made by Grandma Shen, and bit into a cornmeal pancake as she rode off on her bicycle.

"Slow down!"

Grandma Shen shouted worriedly, but Jiang Cheng had already dashed out several meters.

Holding the bike with one hand and nibbling on the pancake with the other, accompanied by the fresh morning breeze, Jiang Cheng arrived very full at the night school.

Uncle Wang from the night school was waiting at the entrance, and as soon as he saw Jiang Cheng’s figure, he opened the door immediately.

"Good morning, Uncle Wang! Thank you for your hard work."

"It’s nothing, hurry inside!"

Uncle Wang voluntarily came this early.

After Jiang Cheng parked her bike, she ran upstairs, opened the classroom door, turned on the lights, and continued working.

At this moment, there was a huge piece of white paper in the classroom, designed to look like a banner.

It had already been drawn on quite a bit, and Jiang Cheng came to finish it up.

Half an hour later, the night school students started arriving one after another.

Most of them had taken leave or sneakily left work just for today’s performance.

Jiang Cheng arranged for the students to get ready, while she took more than half of them and the teachers out of the night school.

That’s right, the teachers were also roped in by Jiang Cheng to do the labor.

The teachers couldn’t bear not coming, since all those practice exercises they made were provided by Jiang Cheng.

A group of people appeared brightly on the streets and crowded areas, holding a banner over three meters long and shouting slogans.

Jiang Cheng picked up a megaphone and shouted with all her might, "Are you afraid of your children being abducted?"

"Are you worried about your money being scammed away?"

"Are you concerned about going outside and being kidnapped, only to be sold into a black coal mine?"

"Are you worried about being deceived and separated from your family by thousands of miles, trapped in a mountain, and living a lifetime of confusion?"

A few shouted questions slowed the footsteps of the pedestrians, and many even stopped.

Whether they were worried or not, at least they were curious about the commotion.

Jiang Cheng continued.

"Come to our night school to watch the anti-kidnapping play!"

"Today, at ten in the morning, our night school, together with the police department and newspaper, will teach you how to prevent kidnapping and fraud, ensuring your children’s safety and your wallet’s security."

"The night school’s anti-kidnapping and anti-fraud play, today at ten, free admission, limited seats."

As Jiang Cheng shouted all the way, the night school students became little promoters, starting to advertise the play.

They emphasized the free admission and limited seats, following Jiang Cheng’s guidelines.

She continued walking and promoting, and two hours later, when Jiang Cheng returned to the night school, a large crowd of curious onlookers followed behind.

Principal Wang, who had been waiting at the night school, became anxious upon seeing hundreds of people returning.

"Get ready!"

The night school students behind him also became nervous.

Jiang Cheng was the first to enter and shouted to the people behind her, "Please line up properly to avoid stepping on your shoes; there’s definitely room for everyone to watch the play now."

"People who line up properly can move forward; we will issue a number to each person, and after the performance, we’ll have a lottery draw with a prize for the lucky number."

After Jiang Cheng finished speaking, the order outside became tidy.

A prize?

Though it was a lottery, what if?

Many were eager to try and felt their trip wasn’t in vain.

The students in the school were responsible for guiding everyone to the playground to watch the play.

Regarding the auditorium or similar venues, sorry, the night school is too poor, and there is none.

Close to ten o’clock, some factory directors or representatives arrived first, and Jiang Cheng organized a welcome ceremony.

It wasn’t deafening drums, but at least there was applause.

The attendees laughed as Jiang Cheng led them inside to sit at the front.

However, as soon as they walked over, they were startled by the hundreds of people sitting or standing behind.

Is the turnout really this impressive?

"Please, factory directors."

Jiang Cheng guided them to sit, arranged for some students to take care of them, and then went to the entrance to wait for the leaders from the big factories.

The front row seats came with tables and chairs, with teacups placed on each table, and name tags made of paper.

The director of the ceramics factory sat down, looked at the familiar teacup, recalled the scene of Jiang Cheng visiting the factory, and couldn’t help but laugh.

"What’s Lao Tao laughing about?"

The ceramics factory director pointed at the teacups on the table and said, "They were borrowed from our factory."

The paper factory director was momentarily surprised and pointed at the paper name tags, saying, "How coincidental, these came from our factory."

"And the banner at the entrance, that red paper, also from our factory."

While the three of them exchanged glances, three students from the night school walked over carrying thermos jugs and refilled everyone’s tea.

The thermos factory director said softly, "We lent the thermoses."

For a moment, the same thought rose in all four of their minds: This night school play didn’t spend a penny and relied entirely on borrowing?

Just then, Jiang Cheng greeted the food factory Director Lu, and right behind him, the textile factory Director Fang had also arrived.

The two of them had a bit of a cockfighting glare when they met.

"Isn’t this Director Fang?"

Director Fang was used to Director Lu’s sarcastic tone; if this guy didn’t butt heads with him, he wouldn’t be able to sleep at night!

Moreover, an ordinary representative could have sufficed, but the food factory director insisted on coming himself.

Director Fang adopted a formal demeanor and said:

"Since Director Lu is here, I seem to remember you don’t enjoy participating in these kinds of events; must be a sunny day with the sun rising in the west today."

If not for Lu insisting on personally coming, would he even need to come?

Director Lu snorted, elevating himself self-righteously:

"Nonsense! Our food factory is highly willing to contribute to the anti-kidnapping promotion."

The two of them were getting into it.

Jiang Cheng quickly intervened, saying, "Our night school has seen the great righteousness of both directors; many people will see it after today. Shall we go inside first?"

"Many people?"

Director Fang was puzzled, isn’t it just a small play? Where are so many people from?

"Oh, I’m such a poor speaker; it’s a big scene for me, but definitely not for the two directors."

Jiang Cheng continued, "The main thing is that many people spontaneously came after hearing about the anti-kidnapping play."

"Seeing so many people wanting to come, I couldn’t dampen their enthusiasm, so I made some arrangements."

Jiang Cheng led the way, and both Factory Director Fang and Factory Director Lu were feeling a bit nervous inside.

As the three of them entered the playground, they were immediately struck by the sight before them.

The crowd in front of them stunned Factory Director Fang and Food Factory Director Lu for a moment.

Factory Director Fang nudged Food Factory Director Lu quietly, "So you knew there were lots of people; no wonder you came personally."

Director Lu tilted his head, bewildered, "What are you saying? If you weren’t coming first, would I have this leisure time?"

After speaking, the two exchanged glances, their minds quietly working simultaneously.

What the...!

Tricked!

At this moment, they both had only one thought regarding Jiang Cheng: From now on, textile factory & food factory, she is not allowed in!!