I open a bookstore in the human world

Since the plan to transform the telephone booth at the entrance of the Shadow Bookstore into a mobile library booth was a great success, Song Lan applied to the relevant department to transform other abandoned telephone booths in Xingzhou City into mobile library booths. "It can also further enhance the popularity of the shadow bookstore. For city managers and bookstores, this is a win-win activity.

To Song Lan's surprise, the municipal government paid special attention to the telephone booth renovation project, and Song Lan was fortunate to be interviewed by the deputy mayor in charge of culture and education.

The deputy mayor in charge of culture and education wants to see him?Song Lan was a little surprised when she first received the notice, thinking that although the renovation project of the telephone booth was not small, it wouldn't be enough to alarm a leader of this level, right?

Song Lan didn't know until they met and negotiated that it was a coincidence.Recently, the government of Xingzhou City is just considering implementing the project of "School-filled Xingzhou" to respond to the national strategy of "cultural power".Originally, the city government also wanted to carry out book rafting activities to improve the cultural literacy of Xingzhou citizens, but it has not been able to make a decision: it is not because of lack of funds or other reasons, but because Xingzhou also implemented it a few years ago. A similar activity, but it didn't go well, or more directly, it failed.

Now the success of the "Shadow Mobile Book Kiosk" has made relevant departments realize that this project can still continue, as long as it is operated properly, it will not fail.

What is "proper operation"?Naturally, it cooperated with Shadow Bookstore.In fact, it’s not that the municipal government has not cooperated with bookstores in the previous book rafting activities, but they have found state-owned bookstores, and have never considered private bookstores like Shadow Bookstore.

No matter how prosperous the shadow bookstore was in Xingzhou or on the Internet before, the city government did not reveal any intention of special treatment, but it did not want to make an exception for the first time for this project of "full of books in Xingzhou".

The Vice Mayor Li met Song Lan in person to express his cooperation intention.

Deputy Mayor Li is a handsome middle-aged man. Just looking at his appearance, it is impossible to imagine that he is actually one of the managers of this city. He is more like a university professor. I heard that he was indeed a A people's teacher, he changed his career after teaching for several years.

If an ordinary small businessman is lucky enough to be interviewed by such a leader, he will be overwhelmed with excitement, at least he will not behave so naturally, but Song Lan is not an ordinary person, you know, he is a man who wants to become a top civil servant in the underworld!

Song Lan's neither humble nor overbearing demeanor made Vice Mayor Li, who was secretly observing him, nod secretly, thinking that this Boss Song is really a big deal, and his words and deeds are very decent, neither making people feel too close nor making people feel too close. People feel alienated.

According to the original plan, the meeting between Song Lan and Deputy Mayor Li was only half an hour. In fact, the two talked for more than two hours. If the secretary hadn't repeatedly reminded Deputy Mayor Li that there would be an important meeting with the mayor himself Must attend, I'm afraid the conversation will continue.

Song Lan naturally wanted to seize the olive branch offered by the city government. In fact, the reason why he wanted to promote the mobile library at the beginning might not have been because he had a good relationship with the government.Although she has lived abroad for many years, Song Lan is very aware of the current situation in China. If a company wants to become bigger and stronger, it must not only have its own strength, but also rely on external forces.

If you choose to cooperate with the city government, not only can everything go smoothly, but you can also let the shadow bookstore have a name with the government. Why not do it?

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Not long after, the "Shadow Mobile Book Kiosk" project was officially renamed "Scholarly Man Xingzhou·Mobile Book Kiosk". Although the word "Shadow" was removed, every remodeled telephone booth clearly has a shadow bookstore. The logo shows that this project is a collaboration between the municipal government and the Shadow Bookstore.

With the official recognition, the shadow bookstore has jumped from a purely private bookstore to a bookstore with a half-official background.

It is said that the success of the Shadow Bookstore has aroused the envy of other bookstore employees. Other private bookstores can say that they can’t compare, but most of the bosses still admit it. It's a mix of flavors, not to mention how complicated it is.

Logically speaking, the background of state-run bookstores is strong enough, and they once monopolized the entire book sales industry in the decades after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the scenery is infinite.But since the state allowed private bookstores to open, the situation of this state-run bookstore has been worsening day by day. According to people familiar with the matter, the state has to subsidize a lot of money every year to make up for the financial loopholes.

The state-run bookstore in Xingzhou City is also in the same situation. Although it is located in the most prosperous block in Xingzhou and the store occupies a relatively small area, there are always not many customers, and the daily sales are even lower than that of a private bookstore of the same size. half.

The reason for this is that apart from objective reasons such as the gradual decline of physical bookstores in the paper book industry, another important reason is the management problems of state-owned bookstores.

As a state-run bookstore, the staff in it can be regarded as regular national employees, and they are more or less iron rice bowls. Once hired as regular employees, as long as the bookstore is still there, there is little risk of losing their jobs.At the same time, the wages of the employees are all paid by the state, with a fixed amount every month, and the number of bonuses is relatively stable. Unlike some private bookstores, how much employees can get has a lot to do with their sales ability.

Without a sense of crisis and lack of a more effective reward mechanism, the enthusiasm of the employees will naturally not be too high. Some older employees still ignore the customers. Unlike those private bookstores, they will Received a warm welcome from the store staff.

In addition to the unsatisfactory service attitude, the decoration of the store is also one of the reasons for rushing customers.The last renovation of the state-run bookstore in the city center was more than ten years ago. It might have looked novel at the time, but now it seems that it is far behind.

Everyone has a love for beauty, how can customers who are used to the decoration style of various creative literary bookstores be satisfied with the old decoration style of state-run bookstores?Husband and wife still pay attention to the seven-year itch. After more than ten years, everyone will be tired of aesthetics.

Another important reason is that the state-run bookstore has a large area. At first glance, there are many books, but if you look carefully, you will find that many of them have been placed for a long time, and some of them have even accumulated a thick layer of dust. Apparently no one ever moved.Perhaps it is because state-run bookstores have more complicated purchase procedures, and it is often difficult to see those newly released books here. As time goes by, the bookstore will naturally lose the favor of book fans.

Of course, in recent years, there have been many state-owned bookstores across the country trying to optimize and upgrade themselves. Bookstores in some cities have indeed successfully transformed, but this bookstore in Xingzhou City is not within this range.

In the past, no matter how popular the shadow bookstore was, the person in charge of the state-owned bookstore didn't care too much. After all, they still had a "country" prefix, so they had a natural sense of superiority.This time it was different. This private bookstore somehow managed to get in touch with the government, and because of this, they also participated in the "Scholarly Man Xingzhou" project.

There must be an ulterior transaction in this!Sun Xuelin, head of Xingzhou state-run bookstore, thought indignantly.

After getting the shadow bookstore to undertake the book rafting activity, Sun Xuelin learned through his own relationship that the reason why the shadow bookstore can "reach the sky in one step" seems to have a lot to do with the deputy mayor Li.

Vice Mayor Li?Sun Xuelin's eyebrows were knotted.

It is no exaggeration to say that since he was assigned to this bookstore after graduation, Sun Xuelin can be said to have spent most of his life in the bookstore. He has also sat in this position for more than ten years, and has a good relationship with the previous leaders in charge of culture and education. However, only Deputy Mayor Li, who was transferred a year ago, was very unsure.

It is said that Deputy Mayor Li does not eat firewood and rice. At the beginning, Sun Xuelin also came to the door to express his friendship, but he encountered a nail that was neither soft nor hard.Not only him, Sun Xuelin chatted with his friends in private, and they all discovered this. From then on, they knew that the deputy mayor was not easy to get along with.

Could it be that the owner of this shadow bookstore is a relative of Deputy Mayor Li?Sun Xuelin couldn't understand why Vice Mayor Li favored Shadow Bookstore alone. The only reasonable answer was that there might be some close relationship between the two.

If this is the case, this is a political incident of using power for personal gain!Sun Xuelin was taken aback by his terrible thought.

But once a person has a certain idea, the idea will grow like a weed in the spring breeze, and there is no way to stop it.

Sun Xuelin secretly wrote a report letter to the relevant department, and then began to wait nervously and for a long time.

A week has passed, ten days have passed, half a month has passed... In the blink of an eye, it has been a month since he delivered the report letter, but there is still no movement from above.

Could it be that something went wrong with the letter and it couldn't be delivered on time?Sun Xuelin secretly guessed.

That night, Sun Xuelin was the last person to leave in the bookstore as usual.

In fact, in all fairness, Sun Xuelin, the leader, is very conscientious. He is the first one to come to the bookstore every day, and the last one to leave. Weekends are no exception. Apart from going to other places for meetings, the only time when he is not in the bookstore throughout the year is when the bookstore is closed for Chinese New Year. those few days.Therefore, although Lao Sun is a bit arrogant and has a rigid personality, he is still a good comrade on the whole, and the employees under him still admire him.

Sun Xuelin checked to turn off the lights in the office, checked whether the door of the bookstore was locked tightly, and then walked to the bicycle shed - where his permanent brand bicycle that had been ridden for at least 20 years was parked there.

The street lights near the bicycle shed have been in disrepair for a long time. One of them is not on at all, and the other is still struggling. I've seen a few horror movies.

However, Sun Xuelin has long been used to this street lamp, and he has no fear in his heart. He just wants to get his bicycle quickly and go home early to sleep.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed quickly less than three meters in front of Sun Xuelin.