Thinking of this, several media reporters, carrying cameras, struggled to squeeze through the crowd.
Reporters in D province didn't recognize Jiang Xiaoman.
After all, there are so many influential figures with millions of followers online, and Jiang Xiaoman isn't a particularly famous top streamer, so it's normal that reporters don't recognize him.
But who can blame them when the average appearance of this booth is so good?
The cunning Xiaoman, in order to attract people to buy things at their booth, carefully selected and brought over all the best-looking young men and women from their team.
Even the staff responsible for moving the goods at the small booth were handsome, tall, broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, and long-legged young men, not to mention the two face of the booth, Shan Yan and Jiang Xiaoman.
The reporter holding the microphone suddenly lit up and almost poked the microphone into Shan Yan's mouth.
"Sir, may I ask which province you are from? What cultural and tourism products or agricultural specialties are you mainly promoting this time?"
Shan Yan's expression froze.
He hates being interviewed the most.
When I'm at home filming videos with Jiang Yu, it's fine. As long as I see his little fish behind the camera, who cares about the camera? Sweet nothings just come out of my mouth!
Now that Xiaoyu isn't here, he doesn't want to (or dare not) talk to other women.
"Hello, fellow journalists. We're from Langshan. We heard that the theme of this exhibition is rural revitalization. What a coincidence! In recent years, Langshan Town has established several cooperatives. Come and see, these are all local specialties from Langshan."
Jiang Xiaoman then took over the topic, and even opened a bottle of wild mushroom sauce on the spot, using a disposable plastic spoon to let the reporters taste their Langshan specialty wild mushroom sauce.
Mushroom sauce is actually quite common, and it's even more famous in the southern provinces, but the mushroom sauce that Lang Ying and her friends make is made with high-quality ingredients. It contains a lot of diced meat and wild mushrooms, and they use genuine rapeseed oil, not some random genetically modified soybean oil.
As soon as Jiang Xiaoman unscrewed the lid, anyone nearby could immediately smell a particularly strong aroma that was a mixture of mushrooms and soybean paste.
The female reporter couldn't help but swallow hard.
Young, handsome men may look good, but nothing beats the real deal in fresh meat sauce.
Jiang Xiaoman also thoughtfully brought a lot of multigrain pancakes from her hometown. She cut a large pancake in half horizontally and vertically, making it into four pieces. Even so, each reporter still had a large piece left.
The pancake looked big, but after spreading a layer of wild mushroom sauce, adding some shredded cucumber and roasted and crushed peanuts, and rolling it into a small roll, it wasn't very big anymore. Even the female reporter, who was usually quite refined in her eating manners, finished the whole roll in just a few bites.
That's how eating is. Someone who has already eaten it is left with a burning desire for more. The deliciousness they imagine is far more tempting than the food they actually taste.
Besides, this wasn't just their imagination; they knew the wild mushroom sauce was delicious the moment they opened the jar!
"Miss, are you done with your interview? Can we buy things now?" The person who was first in line couldn't help but ask.
She hadn't originally planned to buy mushroom sauce. She came to queue up mainly to see Xiaoman Ge. After all, as a girl on a diet, how could she be qualified to eat wild mushroom sauce, a dish that goes well with rice? However, to support Xiaoman Ge, whom she had been following for two years, she definitely had to buy some other local specialties.
But seeing the reporter enjoying her pancake rolls with pickles so much, my resolve to lose weight suddenly wavered.
She hasn't eaten any staple food for half a month, so eating a quarter of a pancake should be fine, right?
Seeing that the people queuing behind her were urging her to hurry, the female reporter blushed and quickly stepped aside: "I'm sorry to take up everyone's time. You can buy your things first, and we can take some footage."
The photographer swallowed the rest of the pancake in one gulp, then picked up his camera and started filming.
Although every exhibition hall was bustling with activity, based on his years of professional experience, he believed that Jiang Xiaoman's booth would be the most popular... These days, it's so convenient to buy local specialties; even without an exhibition, you can buy them online.
But it's very rare to see an entire booth full of handsome men and beautiful women!
Look at the bald uncle selling teacups next door, and then look at the beer-bellied grandpa selling bamboo-tube liquor across the street—Jiang Xiaoman's group is definitely more attractive to female customers!
Oh, and there were also some male customers who came to admire the pretty mountain girl.
This was Jiang Xiaoman and her group's first time attending this trade fair. They had assumed that all the attendees would be import and export buyers, but they were surprised to find that there were more citizens who came to watch the excitement and buy things along the way than buyers.
Before the first day was even over, the samples they brought were almost all snapped up by enthusiastic citizens of D province.
Having no other option, Jiang Xiaoman could only call Jiang Yu and ask him to expedite the process of sending over a batch of goods.
You can't not even produce samples, can you? What will the buyer look at then? His face?
"Yes, yes, yes! No need to look at the samples. Brother Xiaoman, you are the living advertisement for Langshan's special products. I want 5,000 catties of premium tea cakes first. And do you have the wild mushroom sauce and those two-bottle gift boxes? Give me 10,000 pieces."
Surprisingly, some people actually place orders based on their looks.
The first person to place an order was a long-time fan of Jiang Xiaoman. The girl used to work in a foreign trade company, but she lost her job a few years ago due to the super flu outbreak. Later, she simply started her own cross-border e-commerce business. Unexpectedly, by sheer chance, her income is now dozens of times higher than what she used to earn working for others!
She originally wanted to order directly from Jiang Xiaoman, but after hearing that they were going to participate in an exhibition in D Province, she immediately gave up the idea of placing an order online.
Just kidding! Placing an order at the exhibition would not only help boost your idol's sales, but also allow you to use your status as a buyer to add Xiaoman as a friend or take a photo with him. Only a fool would place an order online.
"Aren't you afraid I'll rip you off?" Jiang Xiaoman joked while processing orders for her fans.
"Hehe~ Brother Xiaoman, if you screw me over and make me lose money, then I have no other choice but to close the online store and go to Langshan to find you to take responsibility." The fan's tone even carried a hint of expectation, which left Jiang Xiaoman speechless.
Are you hoping I'll screw you over so you can easily hold me accountable?
"Hehehe~" The fans watching from the sidelines covered their mouths and laughed.
If spending a few hundred thousand yuan could make Xiaoman take responsibility for them, they would sell their house to do it!
Putting aside Xiaoman's ability to make money, just his face, his body, his physique... cough cough~ isn't he worth tens of thousands?
If they could really marry Xiaoman, even if it cost tens of thousands of yuan, they would grit their teeth and go for it, okay?
If other rich kids are like long-term meal tickets, then Xiaoman is a particularly good-looking and delicious long-term meal ticket...
Marriage is a lifelong commitment, and who would want to eat last year's expired grain when they can enjoy delicious Northeast rice?
With the first female fan setting an example, the other fans completely let loose. Poor Xiaoman, he looked like Tang Sanzang who had fallen into the Spider Cave, his face turning red from being teased by the bold female fans.
Shan Yan and the others were struggling to suppress their laughter.
The reporters, who had been pushed aside by the fans, were also bewildered.
Wait a minute! Are they sure they're here to cover the trade fair? The more they look at it, the more it resembles a fan meeting of a top celebrity.
No, that's not right! Many so-called "traffic stars" these days actually have ridiculously inflated data. They even have to pay to buy a bunch of professional fans just to get on a show, otherwise marketing accounts will be saying they've faded into obscurity tomorrow.
Now look at Jiang Xiaoman's side. What professional fans? They don't exist! This group is full of die-hard fans who spend money on in-game purchases!
Other male celebrities have to seriously promote themselves and appease their fans before they'll be willing to support them when they release an album or a new drama.
Jiang Xiaoman simply stood behind the booth with a blush on his face, and the female fans were so eager to throw money at him!
It seems that no matter what profession you're in, being good-looking is very important!
Just as I was sighing, I suddenly saw another group of girls quietly approaching Shan Yan.
Huh? This one is pretty good-looking too. The key is that he has a great figure and very masculine features. His profile is somewhat similar to a famous actor who was known for playing handsome men in period dramas a few years ago. The photographer quietly turned the camera towards the rocky area.
The female fans certainly didn't want to seduce Jiang Yu's man while he was away.
Just kidding! Breaking up an official couple is a sin against heaven! Yan Ge and Xiao Yu are the best real-life couple!
Actually, there were some doubts online at the beginning. Some people thought that Shan Yan and Jiang Yu might be deliberately acting out a bromance, since male-male couples have been very popular in recent years. Even many male celebrities in the entertainment industry can't help but flirt with the trend and gain popularity. Who knows if Shan Yan and Jiang Yu are just following a script?
The female fans of BL (Boys' Love) have sharp eyes and are keeping watch in Jiang Yu's live stream, ready to expose this rural male-male couple who seem to be selling BL content.
As a result, as I looked at it, oh my god, it was so sweet it made my teeth fall out!
Even the top BL writers on a certain Jiang Literature City website couldn't write such a sweet pure love novel, okay?
Waaaaah~ I'll support the "Jiangshan CP" forever!
Jiang Xiaoman's fans are all busy caring about him personally.
"Jiangshan CP fans" couldn't help but show concern for Jiangyu, who stayed behind at the base camp this time.
"Brother Yan, why didn't you bring Brother Xiaoyu this time?"
"Yes, there's a temple here that's really effective for praying for marriage. It's such a pity you didn't bring Xiaoyu along, Yan-ge."
"And there's the Ferris wheel by the river! I heard that couples who make a wish on it will grow old together. Yan-ge, you must take Xiao-yu-ge to ride the Ferris wheel!"
CP fans are really going to great lengths to ensure that the Jiangshan CP's reign lasts forever!
The reporters nearby were stunned into silence. The photographers could still take a few shots, and as long as they didn't play the audio, the audience wouldn't know what they were talking about. It looked like the exhibitors were warmly welcoming the citizens of D Province.
But how do print journalists write it?
They can't exactly write something like, "Attendees at the trade fair bumped into a real-life couple and urged them to get married on the spot," can they? They're not entertainment reporters!
Serious financial journalists have finally experienced firsthand the terrifying power of the legendary "CP" (couple) fans...
Chapter 255
In just two and a half days at the exhibition, Jiang Xiaoman and Shan Yan had secured almost all the orders for the next year.
Now they finally understand why so many people in the manufacturing industry like to attend trade shows all over the country.
Even if you only receive a few orders at a single trade show, if the order volume is large enough, it can be equivalent to several months' sales for a typical manufacturer.
The orders secured at the trade fair gave Jiang Xiaoman even more confidence in the industrial park that was about to be established.
After returning to Langshan, he asked Lang Ying to categorize and compile the orders she had brought back. Then, he took the statistics to Dang Yimin, the town's Party Secretary.
Life's circumstances are truly unpredictable.
Two years ago, Jiang Xiaoman mustered up the courage to step into the town government, but she only dared to ask the security guard at the entrance which office the poverty alleviation cadre was in.
Jiang Xiaoman is now able to speak directly with the top official of Langshan Town.
Looking at the trade fair order statistics table handed over by Jiang Xiaoman, even a township leader like Dang Yimin could hardly be described as calm at this moment.
The two-and-a-half-day trade fair actually surpassed the total sales of several cooperatives in Langshan Village for the entire previous year!
I heard that the leaders of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism were grinning from ear to ear. They didn't even know where the next trade fair would be, but they still grabbed Jiang Xiaoman's hand and warmly invited him to participate in more trade fairs and promotional events organized by the province.
Jiang Xiaoman readily agreed.
He only just realized that attending these officially organized trade fairs with the provincial departments in charge required almost no expense, except for the travel and transportation costs of the staff they brought.
The costs of the exhibition hall and exhibition space were all borne by the province.
The organizer will cover the costs of setup and promotion.
In other words, the province funded the purchase of a platform for promoting and selling cultural tourism and agricultural specialty products within its jurisdiction; all they needed to do was register to participate in the exhibition.
Of course, with so many companies in the province, not just any company can receive such an invitation.
Jiang Xiaoman and Shan Yan both guessed that the reason they received an invitation was most likely because Jiang Xiaoman had just won a national award for outstanding contributions to rural revitalization.
Sure enough, after her trip to the capital and her return with a "gilded" experience, her status within the industry rose accordingly. If it were Jiang Xiaoman from last year, a mere internet celebrity with tens of millions of followers, even if they actively applied and paid for their own participation, the provincial Department of Culture and Tourism might not have been willing to give them a spot.