The US government completely abandoned Blackwater Company, letting the whole world know that Bernard Arnault had the last laugh.
At this moment, his prestige was at its peak.
Among the public, there were many fervent fans of his; even some tycoons regarded him as an idol.
Thus, an unexpected situation arose. Suddenly, a call and appeal in support of Bernard Arnault appeared on the internet.
The uninformed masses naively thought that Bernard Arnault, in order to uphold justice, was about to face the major loss of his US market returning to zero.
People were unwilling to let down the hero. Therefore, someone took the lead and rushed to Bernard Arnault’s stores in the US, buying several items. They then took photos and posted them on social media, with captions stating that they also wanted to contribute to upholding justice. Although they could not confront the US government head-on, at least they could provide Bernard Arnault with support within their means.
Unexpectedly, this content received a large number of likes and comments from netizens.
In no time, netizens suddenly started a trend. Going to consume at brands under Bernard Arnault became the most praised and face-saving thing.
This feeling was like the worldwide craze for Labubu, or even surpassing it.
Labubu, a small toy with very low cost, could be hyped up to prices of several hundred or even a thousand. This was because netizens around the world regarded it as the most fashionable symbol at the time. If you had it, you were the trendiest person in the world. Therefore, even with such a high premium, people were willing to pay for it for the sake of face and that trendy label.
Bernard Arnault’s luxury goods under his group had long been renowned worldwide. Moreover, all products in the stores were sold at regular prices, without any premium. In comparison, this was definitely much better than chasing some product with an extremely high premium.
Thus, all stores of his group’s brands around the world welcomed an unprecedented consumption frenzy.
The first wave of customers who surged into the stores bought the best hot-selling items. Even if they needed to bundle purchases, they happily accepted it. After all, although the bundling system was tricky, the bundled items were at original prices. There was no situation where a hundred-yuan item was hyped to a thousand yuan.
When the hot-selling items were snapped up, those styles that did not require bundling but were not very popular were also cleared out.
Then, those items that had been ignored for years were gradually bought as well.
Even those products that were exorbitantly expensive, absurdly abstract, and would make one feel insulted in intelligence just by considering buying them were successively purchased.
Inventory in major US stores successively ran low.
Some stores were completely sold out within an hour; everything that could be sold in the entire store was bought.
Before midnight, all stores in the North American market were completely sold out.
Every store was left with empty shelves and a group of employees who were delighted again.
For these employees, today was truly a rollercoaster ride.
Although they missed out on three years’ salary for free and would lose sales commissions in the future, tonight they achieved several months’ worth of performance from previous years. This commission income was quite considerable for them.
At the entrance of every store, many people who wanted to buy things or take photos and check in were still gathered. These people crowded the doors and windows impenetrably, each using their own way to ride on the heat that Bernard Arnault had single-handedly created.
