I open a bookstore in the human world

In the office building where Shadow.com is located, there is an office dedicated to Song Lan.

Song Lan was browsing the feedback information on the shadow network on various platforms on the Internet, when there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in." Song Lan looked at the computer screen and said casually. He thought it was Dao Dao or Chi Zhou who came to report the work situation to him.

"Xiao'e, what's the matter?" Seeing that it was Xiao'e, Song Lan was a little surprised, thinking that this girl is not an employee of Shadow.com, what is she doing here?

"Brother Song," Xiao'e's expression was a little reserved, she seemed to have something to say but she was embarrassed, she hesitated for a long time, "Brother Song, can I ask for a few days off..."

It took Song Lan a long time to find out that this girl was invited by Tang Chi to go to Shanghai for a few days, so she came to Song Lan to ask for leave.

"I see you've been stuttering here for a long time and thought something serious happened?" Song Lan smiled, "So I just wanted to ask for a few days off. No problem, anyway, there is nothing important in the bookstore recently, no matter how bad it is, Lin Se and the others will read it Now, if you want to play, go at ease."

"Thank you Brother Song!" Seeing that Song Lan agreed so readily, Xiao'e breathed a sigh of relief: she was worried that Song Lan would not let him go.After all, everyone was busy, so she was a little bit embarrassed that she wanted to play.

"That's right!" The moment Xiao'e turned around, Song Lan suddenly uttered such a voice, which made her froze immediately.

Xiao'e turned her head tremblingly, and asked cautiously, "Is there anything else, Brother Song?"

"It's nothing serious, I just suddenly remembered something that I wanted to send to you, brother Xie, but the express delivery is not convenient, so I can just let you take it." Song Lan stood up and took out a pot of ghosts from her bag of ghosts. Hand the budding orchid to Xiao'e, "Aren't we going to move away from the old street? Boss Shi of the street flower shop sent such a potted flower. He said that the variety of this flower is rare, so let me pass it on to you." Thank you bro."

Before the bookstore opened, Song Lan was in a hurry to spend money, so Song Lan sold the flowers raised by Xie Daonian to the street flower shop. Those flowers helped Boss Shi attract a lot of business, and the word-of-mouth of the flower shop also rose a lot because of this.Although Boss Shi is a businessman, he knows how to repay his kindness. After that, when he finds some rare and good flowers, he will sometimes give Xie Daonian a pot. Sell ​​him some good flowers.

Xiao'e also knew about this, so she nodded and accepted the flower without asking where it came from.

"By the way, I need you to bring me some clothes." Song Lan thought of something again, and took out a packing bag from under the desk, "Just tell your Brother Xie that I accidentally saw it in the mall. I thought it was suitable for him, so I bought it."

clothing?Xiao'e's eyelids twitched, her heart moved, but her face was still calm. She took the clothes and didn't ask anything, just said hello.

"Is there anything else?" Xiao'e thought for a while and asked again.

"No more," Song Lan waved her hand, "Go and do your work."

Xiao'e meekly carried the paper bag in one hand and the flowerpot in the other, and walked out of Song Lan's office with steady steps, looking just like usual.

She didn't leave the office building immediately, but took the elevator to the rooftop. She looked around and saw that there was no one beside her. Then she brightened her eyes, put down the things in her hands, took out her mobile phone, clicked on the WeChat dialog box, and quickly pressed her fingers on the keyboard. on the name -

【Tang Chi, I have a question for you. Under normal circumstances, would you boys give clothes to your brothers...】

***

The operation of Shadow.com is even smoother than Song Lan expected. It has only been half a month since it was launched, and the number of mobile app downloads has reached 20, with more than 8 registered users and 1 orders.

According to the questionnaire survey, most of these users are attracted by the ultra-low discount of Yingying.com, especially during the week of the big opening, the number of people placing orders and shopping skyrocketed. Although the speed later slowed down, the general trend remained the same. rising.

The comments from the earliest users who placed the order have already come back, most of them are praising Yingying.com, and occasionally there are some bad voices, for example, if there is a problem with the book sent, the customer service will also replace the book or refund the solution. up.All in all, among similar book-buying websites, Shadow.com has a good reputation.

Of course, the Internet is not full of beautiful voices. Some users have made a lot of comments after using it, some of which are feasible and recorded by the dedicated staff of the website, and will be adjusted and optimized based on these later.

Among these opinions, the most frequent one is that there are too few types of books.

Shadow.com conducts transactions in the form of self-operated websites, that is to say, the website directly contacts manufacturers, and the purchase, sales, delivery and other links are all operated by the website. Compared with the settlement of third-party merchants , The price is favorable, and the quality is more guaranteed.

But there is a problem that the website does not cover all the manufacturers that cooperate with them. Some books published by manufacturers that do not cooperate with them cannot be found on the website, and the types are not complete enough.

For those large book-buying websites, this is not a big problem. They have been in operation for many years and cover a large number of books. Basically, as long as they are not particularly partial or out of print for many years, you can find them on the website. get.But Shadow.com is different. This is a website that has just been established. Although Song Lan has invested a lot in the website, the wealth cannot be accumulated in a short while, so it is easy to be criticized for not having all kinds of storytelling.

However, this problem can be made up for by introducing third-party merchants. Just like a certain treasure, the website provides a platform for other stores to sell. As for what others sell, the website cannot decide.But there are also problems with this: what if the third-party merchants sell pirated copies or shoddy copies?Wouldn't it smash the signboard that the website has worked so hard to build?

It is not without such cases before. There was a website selling cosmetics that was originally only self-operated, and the reputation was quite good.After the introduction of third-party merchants, because there are many fake products sold by those merchants, after being exposed, the reputation of that website fell to the bottom, and it became a famous fake website on the Internet.

After Shadow Online was launched, it was not that there were no other merchants who came to the website and said they wanted to settle in.Considering that the third-party merchants who come to the door at this stage are mixed, and most of them are of low quality, after several heated discussions, Song Lan decided to temporarily reject the request of third-party merchants to settle in. At this stage, all products on the website adopt a self-operated model.Wait until the development of the website enters a stable stage in the future, and then introduce third-party merchants after careful screening. This is a bit safer and can attract more and better merchants.

It can also be seen from this point that despite Song Lan's ambitions, he is still relatively prudent and cautious in his actions, not too adventurous and aggressive.

Of course, Song Lan is not without countermeasures for the problem of the incomplete variety of books.On the one hand, he actively contacts manufacturers, hoping to cooperate with more manufacturers.On the other hand, he asked people to open up a second-hand book sales platform on the website.

In recent years, buying and selling second-hand books has become a trend.After all, who doesn't have dozens or hundreds of idle books these days?It’s too much space to store it, and it’s a pity to sell it to waste collectors. Selling it on a second-hand book platform can not only earn more money, but also find a better owner for the book. Why not do it?

Correspondingly, major second-hand book trading platforms emerged as the times require.These online second-hand bookstores are more convenient and hygienic than traditional second-hand bookstores.After recycling second-hand books in traditional physical second-hand bookstores, most of them are sold in the store without any treatment, which is neither hygienic nor beautiful.The current online second-hand bookstores will refurbish, disinfect, and repackage books before they can be put on the shelves again. Although they sell second-hand books, they can give customers a more secure feeling psychologically.

Song Lan had the experience of building a mobile library kiosk. At the beginning, most of the books in the circulation kiosk were donated by citizens. Later, she cooperated with the Xingzhou City Library.Therefore, shadow bookstores still have practical experience in dealing with second-hand books.

The new second-hand book project developed by Shadow.com is not difficult to operate. Any registered user can upload the idle books on hand by taking a photo and scanning the QR code.The collected second-hand books will be put on the shelves online after being disinfected and packaged, and then put back into the market. Users only need to take pictures and wait for the express delivery like normal book buying.It can be said that it is very convenient for both sellers and buyers.

Of course, relying on the second-hand books uploaded by sellers alone may still not be able to satisfy the appetite of buyers, and if the number of second-hand books on the website is too small, it will not be able to accumulate active users.Therefore, in addition to buying second-hand books from users, Yingying.com also buys books through other channels.

For example, book acquisition activities in colleges and universities.The students more or less have some books they bought during school, and they can’t take them with them after graduation. Most of them are sold to waste collectors or second-hand bookstores on campus, and the corresponding prices will be kept very low.The purchase price of books offered by Shadow.com is much more cost-effective than the second-hand bookstore in the school, so it will naturally attract many customers.

Of course, this is only Song Lan's idea at present, and it is not clear how it will be implemented in practice, but it should still be feasible.

To perfect the second-hand book trading platform has to be done slowly, Song Lan handed over this matter to Lin Se to watch over, while he took time to visit Shanghai.

***

If it wasn't for the sudden invitation from Xie Daonian, Song Lan wouldn't have known that this guy was going to open a dessert shop.

That's right, it's a dessert shop, not a fruit tea shop!

After Xie Daonian "borrowed" Tang Chi from Song Lan, the leading chef at Shadow Bookstore never came back and was completely left in Shanghai.It's not that Song Lan didn't call Xie Daonian during the period, and the reply he got was either that Tang Chi was training the employees in the store, or that Tang Chi was researching new products. In short, they all expressed the same meaning: Tang Chi can't come back yet.

As a result, two months after Tang Chi arrived in Shanghai, Xie Daonian told Song Lan that he was going to open a dessert shop.

Song Lan was stunned on the spot, and she paused for three seconds before speaking: "Dessert shop? What dessert shop? Why didn't I know you opened a dessert shop?"

Xie Daonian's voice sounded mysterious: "You will know when you come."

After hanging up the phone, Song Lan still didn't react. She wanted to ask someone who knew the truth, but found that the people around her were even more confused than herself.

"Brother Xie wants to open a dessert shop? I don't know." Linse looked surprised, turned over the account book that never left his hand, and took a sip of water, "He never told me, nor asked me for money."

When Ying Tea first opened, the funds were all taken from the public account. Song Lan asked Xie Daonian to ask Lin Se directly for money, and the money earned from opening the store did not need to be handed over, but was invested in the store again.Therefore, it can be said that the account of Ying Cha was separated and managed by Xie Daonian alone.

Daodaomeiganchizhou and the others were even more bewildered, obviously not knowing about it.

Only Xiao'e, who had just returned from a trip to Shanghai, looked unnatural, as if she had something on her mind.

Song Lan couldn't fail to notice Xiao'e's abnormality. Thinking of the place she had been to before, Song Lan understood somewhat, so she waved to Xiao'e: "Xiao'e, come to my office for a while."

"Ah?" Xiao'e looked like a frightened deer, almost jumped up, pointed at her own nose, her eyes widened, "Me, me?"

Song Lan smiled, "Otherwise?"

Xiao'e's expression froze, as if she had been caught cheating on an exam, she answered listlessly, followed Song Lan into the office with her head downcast.

It seems that there is no way to hide what happened in Shanghai.

"Let's talk, it's good. Why did Xie Daonian suddenly want to open a dessert shop? He notified me to come over when everything was ready. Doesn't this matter seem a little strange?" Song Lan sat in front of the leather boss chair, fingers on the solid wood office There was a light tap on the table, and the other hand was dragging his chin in vain, with no expression of joy or anger.

Xiao'e lowered her head, looked at her toes, and dared not speak.

"Okay, don't pretend to be stupid, even if you don't say it, I guessed a little bit. Xie Daonian said that he wanted to 'borrow' Tang Chi, maybe that was his idea?" Song Lan frowned, and raised her voice a little. .

Xiao'e was taken aback, she raised her head abruptly, and raised her voice: "Brother Song, do you know everything?"

Song Lan narrowed her eyes, and nodded slightly: "I guessed it all. Xie Daonian had already made up his mind when he asked Tang Chi to go to Shanghai. He didn't want Tang Chi to develop new products. What he wanted at the beginning was to make a dessert for the dessert shop." Find the chef. If you guessed correctly, the dessert shop should not be Xie Daonian's final goal, maybe... maybe he wants to open a restaurant in the end?"

Xiao'e was really shocked. She stared at Song Lan with wide eyes for a long time, and it took a long time to recover, and asked nervously, "Brother Song, why do you know everything..."

It really is!There was a flash of light in Song Lan's eyes, she straightened up, and looked at her playfully: "Tell me, what's going on?"

The author has something to say:

Chapter 100~ It has been serialized for more than three months in a blink of an eye, and I will send a red envelope to thank the little cuties for their support =v=