I open a bookstore in the human world

The prosperity of the Shadow Bookstore on the Internet has also brought more customers to the physical bookstore, and some of them even came here from neighboring cities, just wanting to meet the legendary "the clerks are all beauties" bookstore.

While enjoying the high traffic, it also brought some troubles correspondingly - many old customers complained that because young people with "short guns" often come to the bookstore for various shootings, it has affected them For reading, bookstores are required to come up with a solution in time.

Unlike some bookstores where you can sit and read only for consumption, Shadow Bookstore allows customers to stay in the store and read books all day since its opening, even without spending a penny. As long as you read carefully and do not affect others, no one will chase you away Walk.This tradition has been preserved until now, even if the bookstore has the scale of an online celebrity bookstore, even if there are always customers coming to the bookstore every day, there are always not enough seats, but no one has ever intervened in those who occupy the seats and only read books without consumption. readers.

After receiving a lot of such feedback, Song Lan called all the ghosts and Xie Daonian to hold an emergency meeting. The meeting had a heated discussion on how to solve the current situation. The participants, excluding the two bosses, were divided into two factions. , There was a fierce verbal battle between the two factions.

The "fee-for-seat" faction represented by Linser believes that the system of bookstores should be changed. All seats in the store can only be qualified for sitting if you spend money. Otherwise, you have to stand up and give up your seat to others.

The "opening a branch" faction represented by Zuiyue firmly disagrees with changing the tradition of the original bookstore, and believes that it is better to open another branch instead of this, so as to spread the customer flow.

Linse pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, took a sip of the cold drink, and carefully flipped through the account book she carried with her, and said, "This proposal is not realistic. We have only opened the branch in the Creative Park for a few months. At that time, the loan from the bank was not fully repaid when the store was opened, and it would be very difficult to allocate funds to open another branch.”

The construction cost of the glass flower house is much higher than that of ordinary buildings. In order to build such a bookstore, Song Lan borrowed a lot of money from the bank to support it. It will take at least some time to fully pay off the loan.

What's more, the two bookstores still have to pay a series of expenses such as rent, water and electricity bills. After deducting these money, what can really be saved is not as much as outsiders think.If you want to open another branch, for the reputation of Shadow Bookstore, at least the decoration should not be too bad, not only not too bad, but also creative, so that customers can recognize the brand of "Shadow Bookstore" and think it is a very good shop. Good bookstore.

Zuiyue was not convinced, and said: "If we don't have enough money, can we still get a loan from the bank? Our bookstore has a good reputation, and the two current stores can make money. I'm not afraid that the bank will not give us a loan."

"You think too simply. Even if the bank is willing to give us a loan, do we have the energy to manage three stores at the same time? At present, it is a bit unbearable to rely on eight of us for two stores. If we open a third store shop, there are only two options: one is to disperse the manpower for management, and the other is to recruit employees from outside. If you choose to recruit employees from outside, let’s not talk about the wages of the employees. The most important thing is that their appearance should not be too bad, otherwise customers They will think that our store is cheating, and it is deliberately promoting it under the banner of 'good-looking clerk', but in fact there are no benefits." Linse frowned and analyzed.

"That's better than 'you can only get a seat after consumption'? Many customers are already accustomed to the operation mode of our store. If we change it rashly, they will be dissatisfied and even protest. You know, many of these people are They are regular customers, although these people don’t spend every time, but their annual consumption is definitely not less than that of customers who only come once or twice!” New customers may bring one-time turnover to the bookstore, but how can they compare with What about the long-term consumption of old customers?

"In short, I am opposed to opening a branch rashly at the current stage!"

"Seconded."

"Me too!"

"Anyway, I don't agree with 'seat consumption'!"

"Yes!"

"support!"

"..."

It's a hell of a lot of fun.

When the two sides were fighting with red faces and spitting stars flying all over the sky, Song Lan kept silent.

"Brother Song, you decide, see what to do!" Zuiyue shifted the flames of battle to Song Lan.

Lin Se also looked at Zuiyue: "Yes, Brother Song, tell me a few words."

Song Lan was watching the fun with great interest, but unexpectedly she became the focus, cleared her throat, and said, "Well, I think, what you say makes sense, but—"

Song Lan deliberately prolonged the ending, and all the ghosts present raised their hearts.

"However, neither is the answer I want." Song Lan said.

"Does Brother Song have any good ideas?" Kaixin asked with wide-eyed eyes.

Song Lan was not in a hurry to answer, but looked at Xie Daonian: "Did you also have an idea?"

Xie Daonian has been making tea in silence since just now, like an outsider who did not participate in the discussion of any party, but just handed over a cup of tea considerately when Lin Se or Zuiyue were talking dryly.

"Huh?" Xie Daonian raised his eyes slightly, obviously a little surprised that Song Lan would suddenly mention his name.

Song Lan's eyes fluttered, and he smiled lightly: "I think, you should have the answer in your heart."

All the ghosts turned their heads in the direction of Xie Daonian again.

"How do you know?" Xie Daonian raised his eyebrows.

"I saw that you were talking to the proprietress of the snack bar next door." Song Lan smiled, with an expression of "I know, so don't deny it".

An unnatural expression quickly flashed across Xie Daonian's face.

The daredevil's eyes flicked between Song Lan and Xie Daonian. He really didn't understand what kind of charade these two were playing, so he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Song, Brother Xie, don't be foolish, just talk about it."

Song Lan and Xie Daonian looked at each other and smiled at each other. Song Lan said, "Lin Se is right. Opening a branch store is not realistic at present, but we can expand the area of ​​the old store."

"Brother Song, you mean..." Lin Se was stunned, and then frowned again, "Our bookstore has a hardware store on one side and a snack bar on the other. These two stores have been open for many years, and the business is still thriving. Do they agree to relocate? ?”

It's not that Song Lan hasn't tried it out with the owners of these two shops before, but both parties expressed that they have no desire to move for the time being.

"Presumably my 'little cousin' has found out that the owner and his wife of the snack bar intend to return to their hometown and stop opening the store, right?" Song Lan turned to Xie Daonian.

Xie Daonian nodded slightly, put down his teacup, and said unhurriedly: "The boss and his wife are not locals. They have been in Xingzhou for more than twenty years. I want to go back to my hometown to retire and enjoy my old age.”

"That's right," Song Lan said with a smile, "I've heard from the landlord next door that the snack bar won't renew the lease after this season is over. The landlord next door is considering finding another tenant."

"This is a good opportunity," Linse pushed his glasses. "The area of ​​the snack bar next door is not too small. If we can rent it out, the space in our store can be expanded by at least one third."

"Brother Song is really amazing, so you have already been thinking about your next move." Looking at Song Lan happily and adoringly.

Song Lan smiled, glanced at Xie Daonian intentionally or unintentionally, and said with deep meaning: "Even if I can't think of it, someone will think of it for me."

Xie Daonian lowered his eyes to look at the light blue tea in the cup, remained silent, no one noticed, a slight smile appeared in his eyes.