24. Xingqiu Brought Customers
On the day Ryūhei published the second and third volumes of One Piece manga, as well as the second volume of Dragon Ball manga, many customers flocked to his shop which kept him somewhat busy.
Even though the first five days after opening the shop weren't that busy, he still got quite a lot of points and even unlocked the fourth volume of Dragon Ball.
He was lucky enough that he didn't need to spend a lot of points to print the copies. But it would be better if his manga sold more because that would give him more income, and the profits would be so great that he could open manga shops in other regions.
"Brother, looks like your business is doing well."
Xingqiu suddenly came when he had just finished printing a few copies of the manga and put them on the bookshelf as his stock was running low.
Ryūhei twitched his cheek for a moment before putting a smile on his face.
"Oh, Xingqiu. Looks like you brought me some customers."
Xingqiu was not alone, he was with Chongyun and a girl from the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Hu Tao. Then, there was one more girl behind them, but Ryūhei had never seen her before.
"Did this guy deliberately bring this girl over here because I couldn't stand her antics?" Ryūhei said inwardly after seeing Hu Tao.
"Ah, you're the guy at that time." Hu Tao pointed at Ryūhei. Hu Tao met Ryūhei 6 days ago, and since then, she has not seen Ryūhei again even though she often passes by the Manga Impact shop.
At that moment, he saw Xingqiu smirking in his direction.
"This bastard!!! I'll get my revenge sooner. Just wait!" Ryūhei thought.
Then, he looked at Hu Tao.
"Ahem. Miss Hu Tao, was it? I hope you don't take advantage of my shop's crowded situation to offer your coffins to my customers."
But, Hu Tao lit her eyes instead.
"Oh. Hehehe, that might be a good idea."
"Shit! This girl is so troublesome."
Without too much choice, he offered.
"Miss, can you please don't do that? In exchange, I can help you with the fancy promotion of your coffins through some posters."
"Oya? I would like to know the details."
"Wait a moment, I'll draw some fancy coffins." Ryūhei went up to the second floor for a while, about 10 minutes later, he came down again showing a picture of a colorful coffin, then a cola bottle-shaped coffin showing soda bubbles, and a mountain-shaped coffin similar to the mountain close to Liyue Harbor.
"Then, let's promote them through speech "Hello, it's Hu Tao from the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, we put the Fun in the FUNeral. Dying doesn't have to be grim and sad. With a little bit of creativity, your future second home will be cool and stylish. And I'm happy to announce our brand new line of products coming soon.
Some of you love music and parties. Yet, there's no something like that in the afterlife. But, you can get this. Very fancy RGB coffin Dance, you can run Death while playing your favorite song, and your coffin can spin following the melodies, Fuiyooohhh!!
Sometimes people say, oh sweet death. Haiya! But why not make it sweeter? With this cola coffin, you will feel a little cuter after death.
Mt. Tianheng-based coffin made from real material from Mt. Tianheng. If it breaks after 10,000 years, you get your money back, guaranteed!
These are the best coffins. What are you waiting for? Call 7878-WFP Today! Get 40% off. Buy today!" Just like that, what do you think?"
"..." Xingqiu.
"..." Chongyun.
"..." A girl behind them.
All of them were speechless while Hu Tao lit her eyes, showing her beautiful flower-pattern pupils after hearing Ryūhei's speech to promote the coffins.
"Wonderful! Marvelous! Hey, hey, how about you be my assistant? You will be the best assistant who can help me promote our coffin anywhere."
"Give me a break already! My dream is to spread manga around the world. So I don't intend to work under anyone else." Even though he didn't dream of spreading manga around the world, that was his goal, so there was no harm in saying that.
"Aiya… That's too bad. You're so talented in promoting products. I couldn't help but want you to be my assistant."
A short moment after, Xingqiu came to his side.
"Ryūhei, how could you come up with that idea?" Xingqiu asked.
"Hmmm? What idea?"
"The coffin thingy. What else?"
"Oh, it just suddenly popped up in my head."
"Seriously bro, you're amazing. I don't think anyone else could come up with those ideas."
Ryūhei shrugged his shoulders.
"Then…" Ryūhei looked at the four of them. "Are the four of you on a double date?"
Hearing what Ryūhei said, Xingqiu attempted to kick him. But Ryūhei reacted beforehand and easily avoided his kick.
He could see Xingqiu blushed as if his guess was on the mark, although it wasn't. The unknown girl behind them was also embarrassed. Meanwhile, Hu Tao just chuckled in response. And only Chongyun didn't seem to understand.
The unknown girl is quite beautiful. She's at least 19 years old with 157 cm in height. She has a fair complexion, rich red eyes with prominent red makeup painted at the corners, and hip-length jet-black hair with purple highlights.
"Who the hell is on a double date?" Xingqiu snapped.
"Well, that's because the four of you are the same age, and you have equal numbers. 2 boys and 2 girls." Ryūhei glanced at them one by one. And Xingqiu replied.
"We're just friends, not dating."
"I see. By the way, who is she?"
Ryūhei pointed at the beautiful girl with jet-black hair.
Instead of Xingqiu, the girl stepped forward to introduce herself while clasping her hands.
"Greetings. As the saying goes, you never truly know someone until you meet them in person, and at long last, I finally have the great honor of meeting you today. I've heard much about you from young master Xingqiu over here. My name is Yun Jin, and I am humbled to be the director of the Yun-Han Opera Troupe. We have been performing at Heyu Tea House as of late, and we'd be honored to have you attend a performance sometime."
Ryūhei clasped his hands as well.
"Your voice is so breathtaking, Miss Yun! You must be talented in singing. As for me, maybe you've heard my name from Xingqiu, but I'll introduce myself anyway. My name is Niwa Ryūhei, you can call me Ryūhei. I hailed from Inazuma. And came to Liyue Harbor as a businessman."
"You flattered me."
"I thought Xingqiu had a girlfriend since he picked up a pretty girl like you, but apparently not. What a disappointment."
"Haha, please don't joke around, master Ryūhei. We're not in that relationship."
"Well, since all of you came here, the purpose is obvious. I published the second and third volumes of One Piece. As well as the second volume of Dragon Ball. Do you want to buy them? It's still a thousand Mora. And I'll charge twice in the next 2 days."
Ryūhei immediately promoted his manga to them.
Without having to wait for Ryūhei to pick up the manga, Xingqiu walked over to the bookshelf and picked it up himself. He read the title.
"Wish upon a dragon? Did Son Goku manage to collect all seven dragon balls?"
"Well, you can say that." Ryūhei nodded in confirmation.
"Really? Let me buy one!" Chongyun rushed to take the Dragon Ball manga and paid for it directly. It seemed Chongyun was a Dragon Ball fan after looking at his reaction.
Xingqiu looked at Ryūhei.
"Then, how about One Piece?"
"Are you sure you want a spoiler?" Ryūhei replied. And then, Xingqiu shook his head.
"Ahhh. I guess not."
Then, Ryūhei turned to Hu Tao.
"How about you, Miss Director?"
"Give me all of them. And I'll buy your manga from now on. But, I have a favor to ask." Hu Tao raised her index finger.
"A business development, just like the previous posters, right?" Ryūhei replied while smiling.
"Smart! As long as you help me, I'll buy your manga every time you publish it."
Ryūhei wanted to laugh, but he held it back. He didn't expect Hu Tao to offer something that could bankrupt her parlor. Indeed, at the moment Ryūhei has just published a couple of manga, but that's only temporary because Ryūhei intends to draw another manga so that the pace of One Piece and Dragon Ball stories won't be too fast. If he published a lot of manga and Hu Tao promised to buy them all, he just thought, how long can the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor last?