Wang Lei: Sells $1M designer goods in Paris to help 1,000 needy families in Singapore

Singapore — Getai singer Wang Lei, who made an interesting (and profitable) career pivot in becoming known as ‘Fish Selling Bro’ doing livestreaming sales, recently sold $1 million worth of Gucci items while vacationing in Paris.

He’ll be using his earnings for a very good cause, to provide for the basic needs of 1,000 low-income families in Singapore.

Wang broke his livestream sales record last Thursday (Dec 16), where he set up shop in one corner of a Gucci store in Paris with his protégé, Jayner Teh. 

And when he grew too excitable over the growing sales, the store reportedly asked him several times to keep it down.

Still, it’s easy to understand the exhilaration of this getai-singer-turned-online-marketer since he hit $250,000 in sales of Gucci bags and other goodies by the 45-minute mark, and things just took off from there.

He reached $1 million in sales in just two hours, reports say, a feat he had never accomplished before.

“I’m so happy, and I’m not being hao lian. Maybe it’s easy for others, but not me. I used to sell so many things, including cars such as Mercedes and Toyota’s, but it has never crossed $1 million,” he said.

But in an interview prior to the livestream selling, he had already been sure of high sales, telling Lianhe Wanbao that “The goods here are cheaper by about 40 per cent compared to in Singapore, so I’m confident sales will shoot through the roof.”

Thirty-two thousand people in all watched his Gucci livestream.

He thanked his online viewers in a Facebook post, “Frankly speaking, it was not me, it was you who gave me the power, it was you who made me set my highest sales record, I am grateful to have you, thank you!”

The following day, Wang and Teh did another online selling event, this time a Burberry, although how much they sold has not been disclosed.

Wang has been in Paris with his wife since Dec 13. Based on his social media accounts, the getai singer seems to be enjoying himself, although he admitted having a hard time adjusting to the food and said he looked for fast food and Chinese food instead.

 /TISG

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