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Chapter 27 will definitely be sold for an astronomical price.

In the morning, the Product Planning Department of Ming's Group
Having received instructions from his superiors, Li Anwen went to the Planning Department, Section One.

He cleared his throat and coughed lightly twice. The people in the planning department all looked up at him at the same time.

“Our newly appointed CEO, Mr. Pei, personally signed a painting by a famous artist for the launch of our new product. We just need to refine this plan.”

The words "renowned painter" made Ming Wei really want to laugh, but she held it in. Li Anwen, that lackey, was only interested in the fact that the painter was the eldest young master of the Ming family.

"The painter? Is the artist well-known enough to warrant a contract?" Qi Fei bravely voiced her doubts, as this painter's work had squeezed out the proposal she had worked so hard to create.

However, Qi Fei is capable and talented, and is Li Anwen's right-hand woman. She speaks with confidence.

Li Anwen looked at Qi Fei and replied, "It's the one that's been trending online these past two days. He gave away his paintings to his fans, and his popularity instantly became the highest on the entire internet."

He gave his paintings to his fans? And isn't the one trending the most recently? Isn't that the Ming Group's own son?

With this question in mind, Qi Fei continued to ask, "Is the legendary famous painter the eldest son of the Ming family?"

Li Anwen nodded heavily. He had good reason to suspect that Pei Ming was the mastermind behind the explosive popularity of Ming Chengze's paintings.

"No wonder they canceled our proposal. They signed one of their own people and used all the cooperation fees on their own people. That's a brilliant move."

Now, Qi Fei has no choice but to do whatever Li Anwen says. Her own plan will definitely not be adopted again. Right now, she can only follow the instructions from above.

"I will send the signed paintings to your email later. Please submit a complete proposal to me before you leave work today."

After explaining the matter, Li Anwen turned and walked out of the Planning Department.

Seeing that Li Anwen's figure had disappeared from sight, Qi Fei sighed in disappointment and looked at Ming Weiyi.

"I had a sliver of hope that our proposal would work, but now it's absolutely impossible."

Qi Fei's complete ignorance made Ming Wei feel a little guilty, because she knew all about these things. So Ming Wei comforted Qi Fei, saying, "Fortunately, the higher-ups have already given the general direction, so we don't need to come up with any ideas. Today's task will be easy."

Fortunately, Ming Wei's words made sense. Qi Fei raised her head and said loudly in the planning department, "Everyone, think about it carefully. How should we come up with a plan to match the painting of the eldest young master of the Ming family?"

There was a few minutes of silence in the Planning Department, then one of them spoke:

"Besides using his paintings on the packaging, could we print his paintings on small cards and put them in snack bags?"

“How outdated! People used this eight hundred years ago.” Ming Wei shook her head firmly.

"How about using a combination of puzzles and blind boxes? Each bag of snacks contains one piece of a painting, and collecting four of the same piece will allow you to complete a picture," another colleague suggested.

"Is he Leonardo da Vinci or Picasso? Who would want to compete for his paintings? They're worthless." Qi Fei spoke her mind without any regard for Ming Chengze's status.

Seeing that Qi Fei's words made sense, Ming Wei added, "Moreover, a printed puzzle is not even as valuable as a piece of paper towel."

Qi Fei and Ming Weiyi's consecutive rejections displeased their colleagues. "Then what do you two think we should do?"

This problem stumped both Qi Fei and Ming Wei. Qi Fei decided to replenish her energy before thinking about it again.

"Have a piece of chocolate to perk yourself up," Qi Fei said, taking a box of chocolates from her desk drawer.

chocolate?
Mingwei stared at the chocolate Qi Fei handed her, examining it closely. Suddenly, an idea popped into her head. "Have you guys read 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'?"

"Yes, I've seen it. Who hasn't seen such a classic movie?" The people present all said they had seen the movie.

"In the movie, the male lead put a golden ticket inside a chocolate wrapper, and the lucky winner could visit the chocolate factory," Ming Wei said, recalling the plot of the movie.

"And then what, are you going to imitate this?" There was not a trace of approval for Ming Weiyi in Qi Fei's eyes.

"Instead of completely imitating, we can put one of only four painting cards in the country inside the packaging of our new product. The back of the card will be printed with an anti-counterfeiting code. Whoever is the lucky one will receive the corresponding genuine painting."

"You mean, we'll present the Ming family's eldest son's handwritten drawing to the person who receives the personalized card in person?" From Qi Fei's eyes, it was clear that she found Ming Weiyi's suggestion quite interesting.

"Then we should still put a small card in every bag of snacks, but those four cards should have a special mark." The person who made the initial suggestion quickly added for Ming Weiyi.

As a result, the suggestion to put small cards with artwork inside food packaging was adopted.

Ming Wei nodded repeatedly at her colleague's addition, "Yes, the back of those four small cards can be signed by the eldest young master of the Ming family."

Qi Fei finally smiled. "A card without an autograph is just an ordinary card, while one with an autograph means you've won a prize."

"There are only four cards available nationwide. As long as our pre-marketing is effective, whoever gets the card will generate tremendous buzz."

"Moreover, the four paintings by the eldest son of the Ming family will definitely be sold for astronomical prices."

The intense discussion within the Planning Department, with everyone chiming in, clearly indicated that they had already decided on how to proceed.

Planning Department II, Conference Room

Susie also received the same task. This time, Fu Baiqing still chose to have both Part One and Part Two come up with good solutions, and then choose the one he thought was the best.

"You've probably all seen Ming Chengze's paintings recently, right? He's been very popular lately."

Susie sat in the middle of the conference table, flanked by her capable assistants from the second planning department.

"But the popularity of short videos comes and goes quickly, is it really a safe bet?" The girl closest to Susie asked this question.

"President Pei has just arrived in Jiangcheng, and the eldest son of the Ming family is, after all, the Ming family's own son. Of course, he has to appease the eldest son of the Ming family, since he is his brother-in-law."

Susie glared at the male colleague who had just spoken, "I think President Pei's idea is very good. The situation of Ming Group is not optimistic. Instead of humbly seeking cooperation from others, it would be better to find a low-cost partner."

"So what President Pei wants now is low cost and high return?" the girl continued to ask.

Susie nodded. "Yes."

"Then let's start thinking of a solution from this angle."

"I think it's necessary to add an additional item to maintain the popularity of the eldest son of the Ming family."

The discussion in the second planning department was equally intense. It remains to be seen which proposal will be selected by Fu Baiqing and sent to Pei Ming next Monday.

(End of this chapter)