I open a bookstore in the human world

Song Lan didn't leave, he was still thinking about two things.

The first thing is more urgent: recruiting employees.Today is still a trial operation, so many guests came. Although many of them joined in the fun out of curiosity, and some came here just to meet Xie Daonian, Song Lan is very confident that these guests have a high probability of switching He is a frequent visitor of Shadow Tea.Therefore, recruiting people has become a top priority.

Another thing that needs to be on the agenda is the speed of ordering.Song Lan stayed in the store all day today, and observed very clearly that the store is not that big, and when there are too many people, the line has to line up on the street outside the store.It’s okay on a sunny day, but if it rains, it will not only block the road, but also bring a bad consumer experience to the guests.

Song Lan attaches great importance to customer experience, and he hopes that all people who come to the store can get a good experience, so that the business can be done in the long run.

Perhaps recruiting more people can speed up the overall speed, but no matter how fast it is, it will not be much faster. If you want to fundamentally improve the speed, you have to find another way.

Is there any way to greatly increase the speed of ordering and production?Song Lan sat in front of the counter, resting her chin with her hand, thinking hard.

Suddenly he heard footsteps, he wanted to say that the shop was closed, but when he looked up, it was Xie Daonian who came.

Since Xie Daonian went out to take pictures with his group of "little fans" during the day, he never returned to the store, but sent a few messages to Song Lan's WeChat on the way, saying that he was still with those girls We went to the botanical garden together.

Song Lan, who was so busy that she couldn't bear it, said on the spot: Sure enough, thank you or thank you, and the character design did not collapse.

Thinking that Xie Daonian could go to the Botanical Garden to play while she had to stay and work in the store, Song Lan suddenly became a little unbalanced.

Xie Daonian also sent a few group photos taken in the botanical garden to Song Lan. What surprised Song Lan was that there were many boys in the photos. Song Lan couldn't understand it...

Seeing Xie Daonian enter the door, Song Lan put on a half-smile: "You're back?"

Xie Daonian said: "After going to the botanical garden, I went to the train station again. It turned out that some of the girls came from other cities to support us by train. I thought it was not safe, so I sent them away."

Song Lan nodded: This is what it should be.

However, Song Lan wouldn't be fooled so easily to pass the test. He squinted at Xie Daonian: "It's not so late to send someone away, right?"

Xie Daonian said: "Afterwards, I went to eat supper with some people who are home in this city."

"Oh." Song Lan smiled, "Is it delicious?"

"It tastes good." Xie Daonian nodded, "There is a snack street on West Street. It is said that there are many old-fashioned snack bars there. There is a porridge shop there. The seafood porridge tastes very good and the ingredients are very fresh. It's delicious..."

Song Lan listened silently and secretly rolled her eyes.

As he said that, Xie Daonian stretched out his left hand, which had been behind his back all the time, like a magic trick, holding a bag of takeaway in his hand, and said with a smile: "Here, I packed and ordered seafood porridge for you, it should still be warm."

Song Lan was taken aback, he really didn't expect Xie Daonian to keep such a trick, he couldn't speak for a while, and it took him a long time to say: "Uh, just let it go."

Xie Daonian unwrapped the packaging bag, took out the takeaway box inside, opened the lid, and the delicious seafood smell immediately filled the air, filling the whole room to the brim.

Xie Daonian handed the spoon to Song Lan, said with a light smile, "Eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

Song Lan remained silent, but slowly scooped up a spoonful of porridge with a spoon and slowly put it into her mouth.

Song Lan is a ghost, so she doesn't have to eat, and she never thought about having a supper.

When he was a human, he often worked overtime. When he was in a foreign country, he always felt extremely hungry in the dead of night and wanted to warm his stomach with a mouthful of hot porridge.For him, the porridge at this time is not so much a food to fill his stomach, but a spiritual need.

After becoming a ghost, work and promotion became his biggest goals. He was busy with this goal all day long, and he never thought of eating, and he didn't need to eat.

Whether in the human world or in the underworld, whether in life or after death, Song Lan doesn't have any friends who can sit down and have a good meal. Of course, work meals don't count.He felt that he didn't need friends either, but when he saw some people walking shoulder to shoulder and having a lively meal together, he felt a little bit lonely.

Song Lan has always believed that life is a lonely practice, and all the people you meet on the way are passers-by in your life. If you stop to chat with them or even walk with them, it will affect your itinerary.

He didn't deny that he was selfish, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it until he returned to the human world again.

The purpose of Song Lan's return to the human world is very clear. He is to complete the task and get the highest activity points so that he can quickly become a civil servant in the underworld and advance step by step towards his goal.

At the beginning, Xie Daonian was just the object of his mission to Song Lan, and the relationship between them was more like a cooperative relationship than a friend, even though he would jokingly call Xie Daonian "little cousin", but he knew very well in his heart , They have different paths between people and ghosts, but they met by chance, and each other is just an episode in their respective lives. After the task is over, there will be no intersection.

Not only is this true for Xie Daonian, but he also holds the same opinion about the ghosts and ghosts he subdued. He regards himself more as their boss than as a friend or a further relationship.Also because of this, the ghost shop assistants have always been in awe of Song Lan, both respectful and fearful.

But since she opened the shadow bookstore, Song Lan gradually found that she seemed to have changed a little bit. The relationship with the ghost messengers became more harmonious, and they would joke with each other, and get along more casually and happily.

why is that?Song Lan occasionally thought about this issue carefully, and came to the conclusion: because of Xie Daonian.

Although Xie Daonian is very Buddhist, he looks like he doesn't care about anything, and is only immersed in the world of growing flowers and drinking tea, but it is very strange. It seems that as long as he is present, even if he does not speak, the atmosphere seems to be calm. get better.

Song Lan didn't think it was an illusion of her own. The matter of comforting Xiao Dan, Xiao'e, and Zuiyue before was resolved by Xie Daonian.And these ghosts seem to be closer to Xie Daonian than to their "boss", as if Xie Daonian is born with a magical power that makes people involuntarily open their hearts and knots.

Staring blankly at the bowl of steaming seafood porridge in front of her, Song Lan was speechless for a moment.

"Is it delicious?" Xie Daonian asked.

After Song Lan realized it, she nodded as if nothing had happened, and said, "The taste is really good. I haven't had such authentic seafood porridge for a long time."

"How is the business today?" Xie Daonian asked.

Speaking of work, Song Lan put away other thoughts for the time being, nodded and said, "It's better than expected, but there is one problem..."

Song Lan told Xie Daonian the problem that was bothering him, and finally said: "How can we greatly increase the speed of ordering food? If we just recruit a few more people, I am afraid it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Is there any way to fundamentally improve the ordering speed? Solve this problem? Do you have an idea?"

"How about trying to develop a WeChat mini-program or APP?" Xie Daonian was thoughtful.

Song Lan was stunned, and then heard Xie Daonian say: "Let customers place orders in advance through the mini program or APP, and when the time is up, they can go directly to the store to pick up the order. This will not only waste time queuing, but also reduce the number of customers in the store."

Song Lan felt that she had really underestimated Xie Daonian: This guy is usually silent, but he was really very business-minded.

If the proposal given to him by Xie Daonian just surprised him a little, then Song Lan completely changed his view of Xie Daonian after the planning of publicity and suggestions on improving the efficiency of ordering.

Song Lan is 100% sure that if Xie Daonian can devote all his attention to doing business, the future development of Shadow Bookstore will be far beyond his expectations.

Thinking of this, Song Lan felt a little overwhelmed. He seemed to have seen the glory of the Shadow Empire in the future...

"By the way, how did you come up with this?" Song Lan asked curiously.

Xie Daonian said calmly: "Didn't I go to the botanical garden today? I think their tickets can be booked in advance through the mini program, so that you don't have to queue up at the scene, you can just scan the QR code to get in. By the way, the mini program of the botanical garden It’s still very easy to use, and you can directly scan the QR code to get an introduction about plants.”

Song Lan: "..." So it was inspired by flowers and plants?

Sure enough, he shouldn't have too much hope for Xie Daonian, a "nymphomaniac"!

***

On balance, Song Lan chose to develop small programs between developing small programs and APPs. After all, most people have WeChat, so it is not a problem to follow one or two small programs, but it is a bit troublesome to get people to download apps. Some people are unwilling to download because of privacy or mobile phone memory issues.

This kind of professional work still needs to be done by professionals. For this reason, when recruiting new employees for Ying Cha, Song Lan also posted a notice on the recruitment website to recruit technical developers.

After this recruitment notice was sent out, although there were relatively few people who submitted their resumes, Song Lan was not very satisfied. Either the resumes were not passed, or after the interview, it was found that the actual level of the other party did not meet the requirements. In short, no one passed the pass.

It is also true that technical personnel who are really capable are more willing to choose to apply for those big companies, the salary is not much different, and the name is better.

In fact, Song Lan's requirements are too high. Developing and managing a small program does not require high technology. There are many simple tutorials on the Internet, but Song Lan thinks in the long run. He doesn't just want to develop a small program. , and another plan——

Seeing that the shadow bookstore is getting bigger and bigger, branch stores are opening one after another. Although the offline physical stores are quite prosperous and have been making profits, after all, they still have to pay rent, water and electricity bills, staff salaries, etc., and the expenses are not counted. Small, once the two sides offset each other, there won't be much net profit left.

In the Internet age, whoever seizes Internet resources first is equivalent to having the right to speak.To give the simplest and most convincing example: look at who is the richest man in China today, and you will understand how big the Internet is.

Of course Song Lan understood this, and opened the Shadow Bookstore's online store as early as the very beginning, but his ambition didn't stop there, he also had higher and bigger goals.

He wants to open a large-scale online book store similar to Dangdang Online Bookstore or China Books.com.

At present, there are only a few online book-buying channels, and there are a few book-buying websites that dominate. It is not an easy task to get a share of them. Song Lan is not arrogant enough to think that his online bookstore will definitely occupy the market, but he is willing to try it.

The main purpose of recruiting technicians is to try to build a website dedicated to shadow bookstores, selling some books and cultural and creative supplies on it.Therefore, the requirements for technical personnel are relatively high. He hopes to recruit satisfactory employees at one time, instead of changing them later, and avoid all kinds of troubles that may occur.

To Song Lan's surprise, the right technical developer was not found, but a programmer ghost bumped into his hand.