I Know Everything - Chapter 600
Chapter 600: Not enough Limited Edition.
Chen Huan was obviously the one who benefited the most from him proving Fermat’s Theorem and having it approved by the Mathematicians Associations as well as having the conference being a success.
The next person who benefitted the most was obviously Adidas.
Adidas was certainly the sporting brand the most popular recently.
12 million Chen Huan’s T-shirts had been sold.
The reason only 12 million were sold was the other 8 million shirts were still in production.
Actually, it wasn’t only 8 million more shirts as President Dougen had placed an order for 10 million more shirts so it would be 30 million in total.
However, the first million shirts of the 3 million limited edition Fermat’s Theorem shirts were still guaranteed to be sent out.
From the moment the Mathematicians Association announced on the 24th that Chen Huan solved the Fermat’s Theorem, Adidas factories in China immediately started production for the shirts.
It was in Chinese and English.
Because the pattern had already been done before, they only had to print it and some final details to do, which could be done in a day.
Then Adidas prepared five thousand shirts and shipped them to the US for the conference.
Chen Huan only had to pay the symbolic price of 100k to rent the Chinese Theater after being introduced to the owners by Nicholson.
After all, it was a kind of glory and achievement to have Chen Huan host the conference there.
However, the total price after hiring the security, red carpets, catering service for the buffet etc… exceeded 5 million dollars.
Adidas wanted to pay for it but Chen Huan insisted on paying it himself.
The bonuses he received from the NBA could almost pay all of it.
People like Chen Huan weren’t greedy and were worthy of friendship and Watnard also didn’t hesitate to do what he must.
Adidas gave away one, two, three shirts to all the people who came that day whether they were reporters or mathematicians.
His plan achieved a lot.
The reporters all put it on them and some more child-like mathematicians also put on the shirt before entering the Chinese Theater so it was a very eye-catching scene.
The pictures and videos taken were spread around the world whether it was the news, magazines, social media etc… There was an eye-catching shirt.
It was there at the front, back or side.
Those reporters didn’t hesitate to pay back after receiving benefits.
Now, many people loved it and wanted to have that commemorative shirt even if the global price had been announced, which was 100 dollars/ 700 yuan but it still couldn’t curb the people’s excitement..
Adidas stores immediately made an announcement.
Chen Huan’s Fermat’s Theorem Limited Edition had only 3 million shirts and wouldn’t be produced again after being sold so the sales were limited to one per person.
3 million looked like a lot.
But they had to distribute it across 233 countries around the world… well, not every country has an Adidas store but at least 200 countries do.
Even if it was a superpower country like the US and China with 500k shirts assigned to them, they would have to split it into multiple states and provinces. How many of them would there be in a city?
In a weak tier two city in China had 2 million people but would 5000 shirts be enough for them?
It certainly wouldn’t be enough even if Adidas announced it would be limited to one per person.
Let alone having those two countries getting only 1 million.
It was impossible so the other countries were making a fuss.
Days following the conference, the limited edition shirts were shipped to the stores.
The fortnight before the sales, there would be people queuing in front of the stores.
It would be an embarrassment for the stores if there weren’t at least three to five hundred people queuing there.
There were two or three thousand people queuing in the flagship stores in Huhai, which made the news exclaim them as crazy.
A reporter immediately went to interview those people at 8 in the morning.
Most of them were young, ranging from teens to their thirties, but there were a lot of middle aged people too.
“We’re basketball fans but also students. How can we miss a limited edition with two stories?” A student excitedly said.
“I’m a working man now, needless to say, I’m not that impulsive and easily excited anymore but this t-shirt has a lot of significance as it not only represents Chen Huan being the top guy in the NBA but also that the Chinese aren’t inferior to anybody in ingenuity.” An office worker said solemnly.
“I’m a big fan of Chen Huan, I love him! I love him whether he’s an NBA player or a mathematician! So I must buy the limited edition of the shirt even if I have to wait a whole day in line!” A beautiful girl said.
“My child is about to take the college entrance exam soon and I hope to buy the Fermat’s Theorem limited edition shirt for him so he could get a bit of luck from Chen Huan and do better in his exam.” A middle aged man said this.
“Right, my kid really loves Chen Huan but she’s in class and can’t come over to buy so I came instead! I don’t support her behavior that chase after celebrities but I admire Chen Huan myself so I’m very supportive of this! After all, Chen Huan is a very great boy!” This was said by a mom.
“…”
The people that got interviewed basically covered for every archetype.
This also proved how attractive the limited edition shirt was as well as how attractive Chen Huan was!
The three million shirts would be easily sold!
Each store sold out after three hours of being open.
Those who couldn’t buy the limited edition could only buy the regular one but the stock for it hadn’t caught up yet.
So many orders came all at once after all and even in China where the production and logistics was very developed, it still took a lot of time to prepare and produce!
Those who were somewhat lucky could still buy the regular version but those without luck couldn’t buy anything!
Because of that, there were many incidents with people complaining and screaming, it couldn’t be described with one example.
Adidas was also surprised by the enthusiasm shown by the people.
How great would it be if they released 10 million limited edition shirts instead?
But they already sold 3 million and that couldn’t be changed anymore, how distressing was that?
Money was flying away!
But this was already them showing off with 3 million shirts!
If the limited edition had 10 million shirts, it would become a joke!
They never saw such enthusiasm for limited editions, they were like starving ghosts!
They earned plenty of fame and renown with those limited editions already, it couldn’t be better!