Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 303 - 316: The Data Is Fine

Even Su Xingyu herself found the proportion of sales captured by the special edition to be unbelievably high.

She couldn’t recall any functional changes, she had only added three pictures as a bonus, but could these three photos really be that alluring?

As she pondered, Mr. Lu at the main table asked her, "Xingyu, why do you think the special edition sales are so strong?"

She looked up and saw his wise eyes, realizing he was intentionally testing her. After thinking for a moment, she cautiously replied, "I’ve done so much commercial photography and generally know the extent to which photos can drive product sales, but this special edition’s sales far exceed that range. I guess it’s not all thanks to my photos, so did the other departments do something extra for the special edition?"

Mr. Lu glanced at a certain executive beside him.

This executive was responsible for the overall coordination from production to operation of this new camera. He quickly responded, "No, apart from Miss Su Xingyu’s three photos, the materials, exposure strength, and after-sales service of the regular and special editions are treated equally. It was only after the special edition’s sales significantly surpassed the regular edition that we adjusted our marketing strategy according to market trends."

"So, you mean that under the same initial conditions, the special edition’s sales already far exceeded those of the regular edition." Mr. Lu looked at Su Xingyu again.

Su Xingyu felt that this old man was really strict, no wonder Lu Shifeng always walked on thin ice when meeting him.

His demeanor when questioning people truly exerted an invisible pressure.

However, she was not afraid. She thought more carefully before speaking again, "It certainly can’t be credited solely to my photography. If the Fang Jian team didn’t do anything, then the issue lies with the influence of Xia Ling and Ouyang Yi. The frenzy among their fans is unimaginable."

She did not understand the realm of fanbases.

Even if she thought fans could be crazy, it was unthinkable to push sales to such astronomical figures, but she couldn’t find any other explanation.

Mr. Lu still stared at her, with an air of aggression, "Why do you think fans have such purchasing power? Do you have data support? Experience? You have neither."

Several executives at the main table were already breaking a sweat for Su Xingyu.

Mr. Lu’s reputation for being difficult was well-known, even these executives, elites in the business world, constantly remained alert for fear of making a mistake in his presence. As for Su Xingyu, though she was Mr. Lu’s girlfriend, she was just a junior employee at Fang Jian. How could she withstand Mr. Lu’s relentless questioning?

Even Lu Shifeng couldn’t stand it any longer: "Grandfather, your questions have already exceeded Xingyu’s work scope."

Mr. Lu ignored him and urged Su Xingyu, "Speak."

Just as Su Xingyu was about to open her mouth, Lu Shifeng’s clear voice cut through the air, word by word, reaching everyone’s ears—

"It’s simple, there’s intelligence suggesting that Xia Ling rarely gives autographs, but her fans number in the billions, and the few autographs that do circulate have been auctioned at sky-high prices. This time, her promise with the Fang Jian camera was to draw some QR codes from the special edition promotional photos to give away signed photos, which alone is enough to drive people crazy. Countless fans rushed to buy the special edition just to get the QR code on the back of a photo; many die-hard fans even went around acquiring QR codes that others didn’t want. This small barcode has now been hyped to an unbelievable price. Therefore, outside, many middlemen are reselling our set of special edition QR codes, buying photos with QR codes from ordinary consumers who aren’t fans, and then selling them to those star-chasing fans to earn a profit. As a result, not only do fans directly buy the special edition cameras, but even ordinary people go for the special edition because after reselling the bonus photos and deducting the money from the sale, the special edition actually works out to be cheaper for them."

The analysis was meticulous and insightful.

The executives were silent, but in their hearts, they were filled with admiration for the young president. Many of them knew how hard it was to find Xia Ling’s autographed photos, but had never associated it with the surge in special edition camera sales, and Lu Shifeng could deduce the reason from this detail. It was truly like seeing the fall and sensing the fall of autumn, demonstrating an incredibly acute business sense.

Yet Mr. Lu shot him an unhappy glance, "Who let you butt in?"

He was testing his granddaughter-in-law, not him!

Lu Shifeng calmly looked at his grandfather, "Sorry, I was being blunt."

Their gazes clashed mid-air like a spark igniting immediately.

Both knew very well, as did several executives present, that Lu Shifeng was not being impulsive. With his composed nature, words such as impulsive or reckless didn’t even appear in his vocabulary. He was deliberately helping Su Xingyu out of trouble, even at the risk of confronting his own grandfather!

Su Xingyu...

Several executives secretly mused, this fortunate girl, to have Mr. Lu protecting her so staunchly, she might soon marry into the Lu Family?

Su Xingyu also understood that Lu Shifeng was protecting her, and a warm feeling rose in her heart.

She couldn’t spare much thought on the impact of Xia Ling’s hardcore fans on photo sales right now. The priority was to break up the stubborn grandfather-grandson pair. "Chairman, you’re impressive. I heard Shifeng was raised by your side and personally taught by you when he was young, so he can discern subtle hints and manage things independently now. You’re truly remarkable." She chuckled awkwardly, racking her brain, and then turned to persuade Lu Shifeng, "You’re also amazing."

Lu Shifeng: "..."

At the main table, Mr. Lu finally relaxed his expression.

Forget it, even though this grandson was getting harder to handle, at least the granddaughter-in-law was tactful and graceful.

He withdrew his pressure, took a sip from his tea cup, and the tense atmosphere at the table dissipated.

Lu Shifeng also let out a silent sigh of relief, gently covering his phone screen with one hand.

On the screen was a line of text sent by the manager sitting diagonally across: Xia Ling, signed photos are rarely circulated.

Thanks to this message, he could infer the whole event. Otherwise, with his busy working and out-of-touch personality, how could he know if Xia Ling liked to give autographs or not?

Just as Mr. Lu questioned Su Xingyu, he gave that executive a look. The executive, who was responsible for the new camera project, immediately understood and quickly, surreptitiously sent him this key information. It wasn’t that the executive didn’t want to type a few more lines to elaborate on the process; there just wasn’t enough time.

On stage, the host also held up a microphone, explaining the same truth to everyone present.

"Thus, there’s nothing wrong with the special edition’s data at all," she concluded.