The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan! Chapter 76: Financially Flexible

However, people outside the industry didn’t know that Penson’s product was already so popular before it even launched. The onlookers, eager for drama, were still craning their necks to see Paige Sterling’s joke.

At such a critical mont, Paige Sterling launched a giveaway event on VBlog.

The ten lucky winners could take ho a robot for just a thousand bucks.

Although Penson released bulletproof-like advertising T-shirts, there were still more negative news about Paige Sterling’s company online, comparing her to online influencers producing unqualified products.

Now, with this giveaway event, the internet burst into an uproar. Even with a giveaway, you still need to pay?

However, unexpectedly, this giveaway that was ridiculed drew a huge number of participants.

And who were these participants?

They were either company presidents or second-generation rich kids. Besides them, there were even soldiers’ spouses and police officers...

Has the internet been poisoned?

One of those wealthy second-generation internet celebrities was so happy after winning that they sent out thousands in red envelopes online, leaving netizens baffled.

Among the winners, one lucky person said: The reason I spent a thousand to buy this robot is to slap Penson’s face in the future.

The last ten robots were all taken away.

After the event, Penson held a launch conference, and the robots returned to their original price for sale.

President Sawyer and President Quill thought such an impressive robot would cost at least six figures.

But when they saw the price tag of only thirty thousand, they were flabbergasted.

Has Paige Sterling gone mad? This doesn’t even cover the research and developnt costs, right?

It seems this young lady still doesn’t know how to do business.

And those who didn’t know the inside story saw that Penson’s robots were sold so cheaply and firmly believed that cheap products couldn’t be good, so they held onto their wallets and didn’t buy, waiting for Penson to go under.

But reality once again slapped them in the face fiercely.

Penson’s first batch of robots was only fifty units.

They were sold out in less than an hour after launching, leaving those secretly waiting to see Paige Sterling’s zero sales destined for disappointnt.

But so what? Those who doubted Paige Sterling could still find thousands of reasons, like she hired people for fake sales and reports. Anyway, for such people, admitting soone’s excellence is a difficult task.

A tech giant, Apex Technologies, had products similar to Penson’s.

However, their quarterly sales couldn’t match Penson’s one-hour sales.

Initially, they didn’t pay attention to Penson, but their analysis of Penson’s products and market was more rational than the netizens’.

If Penson continued to develop at this montum, they would inevitably capture Apex’s market.

So the top managent at Apex took it very seriously. The head of marketing reported to the general manager saying: "This Penson has been quite popular lately. Its fa is now greater than our company. Maybe we should also take advantage of this and ride the wave?"

The general manager, however, was dismissive, "How to ride the wave? We are the authority in this field. They can’t form a climate, so why bother?"

But after looking at the marketing departnt’s survey data, the general manager’s expression turned grim, "What’s your idea?"

"As you said, they are just a startup, selling their products this cheap. Surely there are quality issues, which will be exposed sooner or later. We at Apex should leverage our authoritative position and criticize them vigorously, right?"

Being in the tech research and developnt field, they were naturally aware that the cost of a robot is in the six figures, yet Penson sold them for only thirty thousand. Isn’t that laughable?

Who would believe there are no issues?

So Apex directly tore into Penson on the company’s official VBlog, bashing Penson’s products as completely worthless, claiming all of Paige Sterling’s robot designs were plagiarized from Apex, and even exposing the cost breakdown of developing a robot at Apex.

With such expensive materials, it’s only natural for robots to be sold at a high price.

And since Penson sells theirs for only thirty thousand, if their materials are solid, they’re losing money.

So the only possibility is that Penson’s robot materials are complete garbage.

Apex also had many supporters. When they spoke out, they naturally drew a large crowd to also trample on Penson.

The newly-established Penson didn’t have many fans, ending up lying down and getting scolded.

The few rational netizens that occasionally appeared were quickly drowned in criticism by Apex’s supporters.

Paige Sterling let the onlookers on the internet make noise.

After all, the truth in the end would need to be discovered by those who bought the products.

And Paige Sterling believed, that group of people would soon speak out, and by then, no authoritative opinion would be as effective as the words of consurs.

Paige Sterling took so ti to visit the Sterling Family.

When she returned to the Sterling Family, she found that Skylar Hughes was also there.

Yvette Hughes and Skylar Hughes, mother and daughter, were chatting. Seeing Paige return, Yvette quickly pulled Skylar up with her, awkwardly saying, "Paige, Skylar just ca to see ."

Paige didn’t have much of a reaction; she had long anticipated that as long as Yvette and Jared Sullivan were married, the Sterling Family and Skylar Hughes could not be completely unrelated.

"Paige, I ca to see my mother. Is that not allowed?"

Paige asked calmly, "Did I say anything?"

Skylar appeared nervous and cautious on the surface but held imnse hatred for Paige inside.

Now, she was just returning ho, but had to act so submissively in front of Paige. How could she not hate her?

One day she would return here; the Hughes Family wasn’t fit for human life.

Her stepmother and her half-siblings from her father’s side were bizarre of the bizarre, and she couldn’t endure it for a single day.

Not long after, Jared Sullivan also returned.

Skylar imdiately sweetly called him dad, and Jared didn’t say much.

When it was ti to eat, she didn’t leave, and even feigned concern asking Paige.

"Paige, I rember your company’s product launched, how’s it selling?"

Just so Jared could see how talented his so-called outstanding daughter was, truly.

Yvette also chid in, asking, "That’s right, Paige, how’s your company doing?"

Paige modestly replied, "It’s okay, I guess?"

Skylar sneered, thinking what’s okay? She probably lost her shirt and is forcing a smile now.

Jared smiled, saying, "That’s good, that’s good. Delegate the company’s matters to those below, don’t tire yourself out."

Skylar watched as the father and daughter interacted harmoniously, clenching her hands tightly under the table.

"It seems Penson’s developnt montum is really good. I’m planning to start my own business soon as well. Paige, share so of your experience with us. By the way, what’s your sales volu? Can you manage the cash flow?"