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Jin Chonglin didn't try to analyze the reason. He only felt relieved that he wasn't feeling down anymore. Feeling much lighter, his scowl was replaced by his killer smile. He had a sudden urge to tease this annoying bossy woman.
While he and Chen Fei were taking swipes at each other, the party gradually reached its end.
Orchidia Beauty's grand launch finally ended and it was a huge, resounding success! Everyone who attended, watched and followed the event couldn't stop talking about it. There were so many topics of conversation in just a single event. So many unforgettable things!
It wasn't surprising that the next day, almost all the news media outlets constantly featured the grand launch and everything that happened during the event.
The thousands of people who crowded outside the convention centre despite the cold weather! There were so many fans who came that it was more like a major concert than the launch of a new company.
The glamorous red carpet event comparable to awards ceremonies and blockbuster movie premiers!
The amazing star-studded guest list. Oh, the guest list! Such high calibre guests could easily be mistaken as personages attending an important national gala instead of new company's launch.
Then the bombshell that Iris Long was actually the Owner, President and CEO of Orchidia Beauty! So many people were blindsided by this revelation. They only thought that she was the endorser along with Jin Chonglin, not the company boss.
What was even more shocking was that she was friends with all the Cross Academy students who attended her company's grand launch. These were geniuses among geniuses! The best the world had to offer!
Afterwards, when the products were finally made available for sale online, it sold out in five seconds!
FIVE FREAKING SECONDS!!!
The reporters immediately went to work, researching if there were others who accomplished this feat before. They weren't sure abroad, but they were 100% certain that in the country, Orchidia Beauty was the first one to accomplish this. Based on the products' price points and a ballpark guess of the total inventory, industry experts estimated that Orchidia Beauty instantly earned several million RMB in that five seconds.
In short, Orchidia Beauty made history—in the country, at least—by being the first entity to sell out more than 10,000 units in five seconds. This was, of course, only an estimate. Industry experts were positive that Orchidia Beauty's overall inventory that night contained at least 100,000 units, making the feat of selling all of them in just five seconds even more impressive and astounding.
They made this estimate based on Orchidia Beauty's pre-order sales earlier that month which also sold out. After conducting a nation-wide survey targeting those who successfully pre-ordered Orchidia Beauty products that time, they discovered that the company already sold around 50,000 units from those pre-orders alone.
Iris Long mentioned during the grand launch that her company increased the inventories after the pre-orders sold out. It was reasonable to believe that Orchidia Beauty at least doubled its inventory for the official launch. Just from these numbers alone, the experts estimated that Orchidia Beauty might have sold around 100,000 to 300,000 units (already a conservative estimate) or even up to 500,000 units during those five seconds. In either case, it would already be safe to say that Orchidia Beauty was now a company worth millions—and its was only the first release of the products! It would certainly earn more after stocking up and making the products available for purchase once again. Add the pre-order sales from earlier that month and the company's bank account should be very fat right now!
These figures were thrown around by the media, citing various experts from the beauty industry. However, these were still estimates. Many were hoping that Orchidia Beauty would disclose its earnings in public. It would be up to Orchidia Beauty if it wanted to do that. The new company wasn't required to announce its earnings because it was a 100% private company owned by Iris Long with minor shares owned by its German CPO Alric Bauer. For now, the people could only continue to speculate about how profitable Orchidia Beauty was upon its launch.
The other beauty companies in the country were now trembling in anxiety at the appearance of this unexpected rising star in the beauty industry. Orchidia Beauty only launched last night but it already established itself as a direct and formidable competitor to the established giants in the beauty industry.
What kind of company needed just five seconds to instantly catapult itself into a prime position in the crowded market of the beauty industry? Orchidia Beauty! The one and only! And its head and face was the celebrity, Iris Long.
Headlines were already popping up about Iris Long and her company, Orchidia Beauty.
”Iris Long: China's Future Beauty Tycoon?”
”Orchidia Beauty Sells Out in 5 Seconds! One-time Fluke or the Start of a New Beauty Dynasty?”
”Iris Long's Orchidia Beauty Makes History by Selling Out in 5 Seconds! Sales Estimated to be Worth Millions!”
The media was, of course, hyping it up. However, the industry experts were seriously focused on observing Orchidia Beauty's progress.
For many years now, all the top ten beauty brands in the country were all by foreign companies. 100% foreign, 0% Chinese!