Ever since the Xinfei Merchant Guild held its first product launch, several merchant guilds in Bunta City and the surrounding cities had begun copying the format. Whenever they were about to put a new product or an important item on sale, they would hold a product launch to announce it.
Just last week, for instance, Bunta City's Salank Merchant Guild had held a special product launch for a series of accessories it was about to release. It had gone a step further by renting Bunta City's City Hall for a sizable exhibition, attracting countless visitors, wealthy and otherwise, from Bunta City and the surrounding cities.
But no matter how much fanfare the other merchant guilds stirred up around their product launches, they still could not rival the attention drawn by the Xinfei Merchant Guild's second product launch.
At the Xinfei Merchant Guild's first product launch, Xu Yi had publicly announced his romance with Miss Stille, the Goddess of Bunta.
So, besides a new product, what shocking news would the Xinfei Merchant Guild announce at its second product launch?
With that question in mind, people had already packed Bunta City Civic Square, the venue for this Product Launch, a full two hours before the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's second Product Launch was due to begin. Hidden among them were reporters from every newspaper in Bunta City, Sartan City, and Karma City.
Even the more distant Canberra City and Norton City had sent quite a few people rushing over after hearing the news, a testament to how much attention this product launch had attracted.
Among the crowd, Rhine, deputy editor-in-chief of the Karma Daily, had arrived at the civic square with his two assistants a full five hours early, before dawn had even broken, just to secure a spot closer to