I open a bookstore in the human world

"Brother Song, how to deal with this matter?" In the group video, Mao Shi looked filled with righteous indignation, rolled up his sleeves, and could feel Mao Shi's anger through the screen.

Looking at the other shop assistants in the video grid, they all look not very good.

"That's right, Brother Song, if this matter is not properly resolved, our store may be greatly affected after it opens." Linse flipped through her small account book worriedly.

Although the rent of the villa is several percent lower than that of shops in the same area, it is not small when added up with the decoration and other miscellaneous expenses.I'm afraid I won't even get my money back by then.

"Brother Song, what are you going to do?" All the ghosts looked nervously at Song Lan in the group video.

Song Lan didn't answer, but looked at the figure in the farthest corner of the video: "What do you think?"

Xie Daonian seemed to have expected Song Lan to ask such a question, and asked instead, "Have you found the person behind the rumors?"

Before Song Lan could answer, Chi Zhou beside him said angrily, "I found it. It was a partnership between several bookstore owners in this city!"

Among all the ghosts, Chi Zhou was the one with the most complicated mood.He was responsible for the haunting of this villa, but now that the shadow bookstore has fallen into such a situation, he is a little embarrassed and feels sorry for Song Lan.

——Brother Song took him out of the villa and gave him the right to surf the Internet freely. It was a kindness to him. How could he bear to let Brother Song suffer because of his own mistakes?Chi Zhou was really ashamed.

"It's easy to find someone!" Mao Shi's eyes lit up, "Brother Song, why don't we all come to Shan'an City and pretend to be ghosts—ah bah, we are real ghosts. Scaring him is the same as scaring Sun Xuelin back then..."

At the beginning, Sun Xuelin, the person in charge of the state-owned bookstore in Xingzhou City, used despicable means to make troubles behind his back. In the end, Song Lan asked Lin Se and the others to pretend to be ghosts to scare people, which really scared Sun Xuelin a lot.

"Would you like me to try it?" Mei Gan said hesitantly. As a new member who just joined the team, he also wanted to perform in front of Song Lan and prove his ability.

"Good idea! Let Meigan go to their store to stay for a while, and see if he can survive!" Tang Chi gritted his teeth.

"But can this make up for the loss in our store?" Song Lan asked back.

Tang Chi was stopped by the question, he hesitated and couldn't say a word.

Song Lan is right, even if the business of those bookstores is not good or even goes bankrupt, will it be good for the Shadow Bookstore?

"You don't agree either?" Song Lan looked at Xie Daonian.

With a very shallow smile on his lips, Xie Daonian shook his head and said, "These two ideas are not very good."

"Could it be that you have some good idea?" Song Lan raised her eyebrows, staring fixedly at Xie Daonian at the other end of the screen.

"Stand still." Xie Daonian slowly spit out four words.

"What do you mean?" The ghosts widened their eyes.

Song Lan looked at Xie Daonian who was calm and strategizing, and raised his eyebrows: "Coincidentally, I thought so too."

The eyes of the two met, and the corners of Xie Daonian's eyes were bent, and the stars in the dark night seemed to be hidden in the deep eyes, which made Song Lan feel a little lost for a while.

……

"No, Brother Song, Brother Xie, what kind of charades are you two playing? It hurts! Xiao Dan, what are you pinching me for?" Mao Shi looked at Song Lan and then at Xie Daonian, looking confused.

Before Mao Shihua could speak, Xiao Dan grabbed the flesh on his arm by his side.The little girl looked thin and small, but her hands were quite strong.

Xiao Dan glared at Mao Shi with a blushing face, and muttered in a small voice: "Don't interrupt, listen to Brother Song and Brother Xie."

Song Lan came back to her senses, coughed lightly, and said, "Standing still means that we don't do anything first."

"Isn't this just sitting and being beaten for nothing?" Mao Shi asked puzzled, "Why don't you clarify? We can...you can find the navy on the Internet!"

"It's useless. Because no matter what we come out to refute now, no one will believe it." Lin Se seemed to understand a little bit, "Others will only say that we are guilty and try to hide it, which will cause a bad reputation. As for finding an online troll, it won't do much, because this time the opponent seems to just want us to withdraw from the Shan'an market, and the rumors are only spread by word of mouth among the citizens, and there are not many related comments on the Internet. If we rashly issue a clarification statement on the Internet, it will spread the influence of the matter, and let those netizens who did not know at this time pay attention to this matter. The impact will be even worse, and it may affect other bookstores. "

Song Lan nodded and followed his words: "So, at present, we can only wait. There is nothing wrong with rumors being scary, but rumors are always just rumors. In the face of facts, rumors will only be self-defeating. After the opening, Someone came to the bookstore and found that the facts were not as they were rumored to be. Naturally, someone would clarify for us. So, we can only wait."

Song Lan is still very confident in the strength of the Shadow Bookstore. Past experience has proved that most of the customers who have been to the Shadow Bookstore are very satisfied with the bookstore, and many of them have developed into repeat customers.

"But the problem is, the current rumors are too crazy, I'm afraid no one will dare to come after the opening." Kaixin said worriedly.

"So, while waiting, we can't just sit still." Song Lan said.

"Then what is Brother Song going to do?" The ghosts cheered up.

"Chi Zhou," Song Lan turned to look at Chi Zhou, "Go back and check if there are any forums for supernatural beings on the Internet, preferably those with greater influence."

"Brother Song, didn't you just say that you can't expose the matter on the Internet?" Mao Shi asked Song Lan in a daze.

"The ghost forum is different from other forums," Song Lan explained. "People who like the ghost forum generally like these weird things. It's best to go to the site to have a look. You say, if they know that it's here With such a 'haunted' bookstore, what would they do?"

"If it were me, I would definitely want to take a look!" Kaixin said.

Song Lan nodded: "In this way, our first batch of customers don't have to worry."

***

Not long after, the Shan'an branch of the Shadow Bookstore was officially renovated. Books, cultural and creative supplies and other commodities were put on the shelves. The villa that had already hung the signboard of "Shadow Bookstore" was tidied up from the inside to the outside, ready to open at any time.

However, it can't open for business yet, because there is a more difficult problem that has not been solved: it can't recruit shop assistants.

Now almost the whole of Shan'an City knew that the villa where the Chi family had a murder case was rented out and planned to open a bookstore.It is said that the villa is not clean, and there are some very strange things in it, such as the computer that automatically starts up in the middle of the night, the sound of typing on the keyboard, and a family that was scared away... I heard that the son of that family is still alive. It left sequelae, and I dare not touch the computer.

The rumors intensified with someone behind the scenes fueling the flames...

Because the bookstore has special requirements for the appearance of the staff, in fact, the salary that the Shadow Bookstore offers to the staff is not low. From time to time, there are some bonuses or employee benefits, as well as allowances such as housing, catering, and transportation subsidies. Now there is no need for part-time college students to save them. There are even a lot of good university graduates applying for shop assistants—the economic situation is not so good now, and when companies are laying off employees, it is really difficult for new university graduates to find a job with good salary. It's not easy.

Besides, there is a special advantage of working in the shadow bookstore: the colleagues are not low in appearance, and even Xie Daonian has such a good-looking existence. I heard that the two bosses are single so far. ...

However, this is all about the situation of other shadow bookstores. In Shan'an City, the situation is a bit different.

With the rumors flying all over the sky, and one story is more true than the other, there are not many people who really dare to apply for the job. Occasionally, there are a few courageous ones, whose appearance does not meet the usual requirements of Shadow Bookstore for employees... …

In the end, when it came time to open, only three employees were selected, and two of them had agreed in advance that they would only work for a month. If something supernatural happened in the store, the bookstore could not stop them from leaving.

As for the remaining young lady, it is said that she used to work in a funeral parlor, because the family members worried that their daughter would not be able to get married if this situation continued, so they forced her to change jobs.As for whether the job has gotten better or worse, from funeral parlors to legendary haunted bookstores, that's hard to say...

Only three new employees are absolutely impossible, not to mention the shifts between employees. A bookstore is so big, and considering the popularity of Shadow Bookstore before, it must be too busy.But there are no employees, what should I do?

It is possible to transfer some people from other branches to help, but firstly, the manpower of other bookstores is relatively tight, and secondly, some staff have also heard about the supernatural events that happened in the villa. willing.Song Lan didn't like to force people, so after asking around, no one was willing to come to Shan'an City on their own initiative, so she gave up.

Seeing that the bookstore is getting closer and closer to the scheduled opening date, and the manpower is not yet full, what should I do?

In desperation, Song Lan had no choice but to pull in Xie Daonian, Tang Chi, and Kaixin to come to a temporary rescue.

It should be said that the shadow bookstore is not too small now, and it is also a new thing that the new store cannot recruit people, and the boss himself is required to be an employee.As soon as the news got out, no one else reacted, but the gangsters behind the scenes immediately burst into joy.

"They have nowhere to go, even the boss has gone to battle in person, so what else can they do?" The conspiracy four all thought so.

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[Forum at 02:30 in the morning]

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Do you have any friends in Sanan City?I heard that there is a bookstore in the city that is haunted. Has anyone organized a group to visit the store?

[Contents]

A group has been established, and those who are willing to join can join, the group number...

1L: Recently, I saw people discussing this haunted bookstore on many forums. Has anyone been there? Is it true or not?

2L: I'm a little moved, but it's too far away from San'an City...

3L: Added to the group.

4L: It feels like half of the forums are discussing this bookstore. It is reasonable to suspect that this is hype [吃瓜]

5L: Is the upstairs crazy?How can bookstores hype haunted?Do you still want to do business [smile]

6L: Brother Pai 5, a native of Shan’an, during this period of time, many people around are discussing the haunting of that bookstore, and they all say they dare not go there. If it’s really a hype, the boss may be out of his mind...