When the prince is reborn, he will only hit me if he doesn't hit the wall!

Xu Xinyue was not prepared to have any additional verbal disputes with this group of old foxes.

"As for the current situation, I have heard from Shopkeeper Wang that Qiulu Bookstore is the only one in the market. Due to the fierce competition, the bookstores of all the shopkeepers have also been affected, including, of course, my Yangchun Bookstore.

Therefore, I have come here today to gather you all together in order to discuss solutions.

I know that all of you shopkeepers have been suffering losses in the past few years because of your efforts to fight against Qiulu Bookstore, and have even made no money for several months. The current situation is really a low point for you, including me, and we are unable to struggle. "

"We know the situation much better than you do. After all this talk, what is the solution?"

It was still the older bookstore owner who, relying on his seniority and age, spoke rudely to Xu Xinyue.

Xu Xinyue was not annoyed and continued: "So next, I will express my thoughts.

I am sure you have all tried this in recent months and realized that it is indeed difficult to maintain the situation relying solely on your own strength.

However, what I want to say is that one person cannot make a sound alone, and one person cannot make a boat alone. Have you ever thought about joining forces?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole place fell silent. All the shopkeepers looked at each other with different expressions: some were shocked, some were puzzled, and some were curious.

Qin Yuechuan, who was supporting his chin with one hand on the side, also became interested unconsciously. He straightened his back slightly and also wanted to know what Xu Xinyue was going to say next.

Someone asked: "How about merging? Do all bookstores pool their resources to form a new bookstore?"

"If so, who will be the leader?"

After hearing this, the elderly shopkeeper raised his head unconsciously, picked up the tea stand, took the teacup beside him, pretended to scrape the tea foam with the tea lid, and coughed vigorously a few times.

Everyone's attention was drawn to him, and they all turned their heads to look at him: "Mr. Hu is the most experienced and oldest among us, so he is the most suitable to be the leader!"

"That's right! Mr. Hu is the most suitable."

He even ignored the person who proposed the suggestion, Xu Xinyue.

Xu Xinyue didn't care about everyone's attitude and said, "It's good that you have such ideas, but the fusion I mentioned is not that simple. Whether you can become a leader is not just about qualifications."

After hearing her words, everyone became more curious. They stopped looking at Old Hu and turned their attention back to Xu Xinyue.

Mr. Hu felt a little embarrassed, but for the sake of his face, he still put on a posture, closed his eyes and listened to Xu Xinyue's next words with an arrogant attitude.

Xu Xinyue took out a red date that she had prepared long ago and a bag of melon seeds wrapped in a handkerchief from her sleeve.

He held up an object in each hand in front of everyone: "As you can see, in the current situation, Qiulu Bookstore is the red date, and we are the pair of melon seeds."

She picked up a melon seed and placed it in her palm side by side with the red dates: "Each of our bookstores is like a melon seed. If we fight against it alone, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg."

Xu Xinyue's metaphor was fresh and clear. Everyone present nodded in agreement. Looking at the object in her hand, they followed her train of thought unconsciously and continued to listen to her:

"But," Xu Xinyue changed the subject, placed the red date among the melon seeds wrapped in a handkerchief, and said, "If each individual melon seed gathers its own strength, it may not be defeated by this red date.

What we need to do is to preserve our own strength and at the same time, work together with others to form new strength.”

Everyone was thinking about it, but still had only a vague understanding.

"Please explain it more clearly, young lady. I still don't quite understand."

"As you all know, Qiulu Bookstore alone has taken up many book orders from academies. The resentment of those academies is not much less than ours. They have to bear book prices that are more than twice as high as usual. If there are other options, they probably won't cooperate with Qiulu Bookstore."

"That's true, but we can't afford to provide them with the books they need."

“I would say we can provide that, we’re just providing it in a slightly different way.”

Everyone's thoughts had been led by Xu Xinyue, and question after question came out of their mouths unconsciously, not caring much that the person who came up with the solution was the little girl whom they looked down upon at first.

"How different?"

"Take the imperial examination books as an example. The academy needs about 30 kinds of imperial examination books, and we can currently gather about ten bookstores. If each of our ten bookstores only sells two kinds of books, then the entire bookstore will only bear the profit and loss of these two kinds of books. This is the melon seeds that everyone gets."

As Xu Xinyue said this, she took out a melon seed and placed it in the palm of her hand.

“At the same time, all bookstores worked together to collect more than 30 kinds of books and sell them to various academies as a whole.

Our pricing is normal pricing, and each person only bears half or even less than half of the profit or loss of the past.

This is the option we have created for the college.

If there is a cheaper option than Qiulu Bookstore, which one do you think each academy will choose? "

All the shopkeepers were stunned, including Mr. Hu, who wanted to suppress his overly surprised expression, but the shock in his heart made him stare at Xu Xinyue with disbelief in his eyes: There is such a method! ?

They unconsciously corrected their attitude. It was not until this moment that they realized that the girl in front of them was not as naive and innocent as they had imagined. How did she come up with such a novel idea?

But someone soon raised a question: "We roughly understand what the girl said.

But our bookstore is not as big as theirs, and we have not had any income for several months, and even our income is not enough to cover our expenses. We really don’t have the cash to purchase goods from the printing bureau.”

"Oh, that's right, we——"

Xu Xinyue had anticipated this, and said with a smile, "I know about this situation, and Shopkeeper Wang probably told me about your situation.

I can lend you the cost money. If there is a subsequent profit, you only need to return my cost money. I will not charge you any commission. "

"really?!"

When a shopkeeper heard Xu Xinyue say this, he stood up so violently that the tea on the table beside him spilled onto his robe. He asked excitedly, "Do you really mean what the lady said?"

Xu Xinyue was still standing there, her eyes were serious, her voice was gentle and soft, but every word she spoke was sonorous and powerful:

"I, Xu Xianyue, will never change my mind!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place boiled over like water boiling in an oil pan.

Different from the initial gloomy faces and endless quarrels, everyone at this moment was excited and eager to try. Some even happily communicated with the shopkeeper beside them to decide which books they would claim. Even the elderly Mr. Hu could not help but join in.

Some people questioned: "What is Ms. Xu trying to achieve by doing this? You have taken so much trouble to help us, but why don't you take any commission?"

They did not think that Xu Xinyue was purely kind. After all, all businessmen were profit-oriented. If not for money, what else could they be after?

“To be honest, although this solution was proposed by me, it can only be realized with the cooperation of all of you. How can it be accomplished without your help? Besides, my Yangchun Bookstore was also one of the bookstores that suffered damage.

This time, I am doing this to save you, but I am also doing this to save myself."

Xu Xinyue turned around, sat down naturally, and patiently explained each question to them.

“I am young, and I dare not teach you any truth.

All of you shopkeepers are old men, and you have probably experienced more than I have eaten salt."

Xu Xinyue's flattery made everyone present feel comfortable and relieved.

"I just stumbled upon the truth and wanted to share it with you."

"What truth?"

“Everyone says that Qiulu Bookstore controls the bookstore market, but in my opinion, it has never been a few or a single company that controls the bookstore market.

But the majority, that is, everyone present here.

If we want to restore the market trend to normal, we still have to rely on you.

As the saying goes, the few cannot defeat the many, and evil cannot defeat good. This should be the truth. Do you think what I said is right?

This is also the real reason why I called everyone here. Only we can save ourselves."

The outnumbered cannot defeat the many, and evil cannot defeat good.

Everyone pondered over Xu Xinyue's words and were surprised to find that it was actually true.

"If you trust me, I will be the one to negotiate with the academy. Do you have any objections?"

All the bookstore owners had no more objections. They all looked at Xu Xinyue and said in unison, "Everything is based on what Miss Xu said."

Xu Xinyue showed a sincere smile and responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I am willing to work hand in hand with you to solve the dilemma together."

Everyone was convinced, and the response was deafening, resounding throughout the meeting hall: "We are willing to work hand in hand with Miss Xu to solve the dilemma together!"

Qin Yuechuan, who was standing next to him, had a gentle look on his face. He supported his chin with one hand and looked at Xu Xinyue, who was sitting upright, with a smile on his face.