Mavi finally swapped his old brick phone for the smartphone he invested in and developed. Because of his special status, his Google phone wasn't one of the standard black, white, or gray colors. Instead, it was a custom gold edition, the only one of its kind in the world.
This special edition phone wasn't just cool-looking; it also had a hidden privilege that would make anyone else green with envy. If Mavi logged into WeChat with it, his profile would have an exclusive signature on his Moments background that read, "Custom Gold Plus Edition."
This was a signature that a regular user couldn't add themselves; it had to be changed in the system by the manufacturer, Google.
When the Android store heavily promoted the WeChat messaging app to its 300,000 users, many people, just to try it out, registered for an account. They quickly found that the app was incredibly fun!
Not only could they send messages and even voice messages to their friends without any text or call charges, but the app also had features like "People Nearby," "Shake," and "Moments," which made users realize that a communication app could be so much more interactive.
"Huh? Why does your Moments post have 'Custom Gold Plus Edition' written on it, but mine doesn't?" The sisters Anfeiliya and Belavina also had the smartphone that Mavi invested in. The three of them had become WeChat friends and started a group chat, so they didn't have to rely on text messages anymore.
After all, with the brick phones on the market, you had to scroll through messages one by one, and there was a storage limit that required you to delete old messages. WeChat was so much more convenient; you could see messages right in the chat box, search for them, and had a huge storage capacity.
"Kids shouldn't be on WeChat so much; you'll get into trouble," Mavi replied, avoiding their question. He wasn't the type to brag about his special privileges.
"It's just WeChat. How is that going to get us into trouble? You just don't want to tell us, do you?" Anfeiliya asked him.
"Yeah, that's right! I bet a certain someone just doesn't want to say that he abused his power as the chairman of his company and forced his employees to create this special privilege for him," Belavina teased in the group chat.
They had no idea that in his past life, WeChat was initially known as a "hookup app." Many men and women, out of curiosity for the new app, met through "People Nearby."
After chatting, things would often develop into romantic or physical relationships. Some even used the excuse of "dating" to hook up. After all, they met online and didn't know anything about each other.
Mavi couldn't be bothered to explain things to the two young girls. Given their identities and a woman's penchant for revenge, he didn't want to stir up any trouble.
So Mavi took out another phone and sent a picture of his Gold Plus phone to the group chat. "Just look for yourselves. That's the reason."
After sending the picture, Mavi went back to his business matters. For example, in two weeks, the Victoria's Secret Shanghai Fashion Show would begin public ticket sales. The price and number of tickets would be announced then. He was confident that once sales started, the rich people in the country would rush to get tickets.
For no other reason than that this world-famous fashion show was being held in China for the very first time. Even just to be a part of the buzz, they would pay to go and see it. He just didn't know what the tickets would sell for.
As Mavi looked at the seating chart for the Victoria's Secret show that his assistant had sent him, his phone lit up. In the WeChat group, Belavina was already spamming with excitement. "Oh my god! Your phone is gold? It's so beautiful. I want one, too!"
"Wahhh, Mavi, you're so mean! You sent that picture and now I can't even focus on my homework!"
Mavi just pretended to be offline in the group chat. His mind was focused on the upcoming fashion show. According to the schedule, the Victoria's Secret models had all arrived in Shanghai and were rehearsing on the runway.
All the preparations were in place, with only the ticket price and number of tickets remaining a secret until the day of the pre-sale. And when that day came, it would likely be shocking. Given Mavi's personality, he never did anything in a mediocre way.
Two weeks later, the pre-sale website for the Shanghai Victoria's Secret show opened on time. Journalists and people who had rushed to get a first look at the site stared at their computer screens in disbelief when they saw the ticket prices.
"Am I seeing this right? Victoria's Secret tickets are ¥800,000 each? And there are only 35 of them for sale?" A few of the people who had come to see what all the fuss was about were so shocked by Mavi's exorbitant prices that they nearly fainted in front of their computers.
Spending 800,000 yuan on a ticket to a show—that was an astronomical price! Going to one show was like losing a brand-new Mercedes-Benz! With that money, you could hire a model for a few years!
But just as these onlookers were still reeling from the price, they saw the number "35" representing the available seats on the website suddenly drop to "33." This meant that in the last few moments, two tickets had already been bought.
"Holy crap! Someone is actually buying tickets at that price! I guess I'll just watch a video of it later..." The world of the rich was just beyond comprehension. The onlookers couldn't imagine what kind of crazy spending would make these insane millionaires buy tickets that cost 800,000 yuan. It was like buying a ticket meant you could sleep with any of the models.
What they didn't know was that millionaires spend money based on their mood. They don't think about things like value for money or whether they need to buy something. It's like a person with 1,000 yuan in their pocket who doesn't worry about how to spend one yuan. But if they only had one yuan, it would be a completely different story.
All 35 of the sky-high tickets to the Victoria's Secret show in China were sold out in just one afternoon to anonymous millionaires from across the country. Many people were complaining that there were too few seats, and they couldn't get one. They wondered when Victoria's Secret would ever come to China again.
They felt it was a shame to have missed such a rare opportunity.