I open a bookstore in the human world

In the Nantian Branch of the Shadow Bookstore, there was a burst of cheers from the cash register. Passers-by turned their heads curiously and found that it was a girl who was tearing open the book cover.

"Great, I got a canvas bag! This time I really made money!" One of the girls was full of excitement, holding a colorful note in his hand.She turned her head and asked the clerk at the cash register, "Can this be replaced with a canvas bag?"

The clerk nodded with a smile, took out three different styles of canvas shopping bags from under the counter, and said, "You can choose any one."

The three bags are all original by Shadow Bookstore. One of them is printed with Q-version family portraits of several beauties in Shadow Bookstore, the other is printed with Q-version head portraits of Xie Daonian, and the other is printed with comics from Shadow Bookstore Nantian branch. Items unique to this store cannot be found in other stores.

Girls struggled for a long time in front of three canvas bags, one side was her idol (Xie Daonian’s Q version header), the other side was a heart-warming family portrait, and there was a canvas bag exclusive to Shadow Bookstore Nantian Store, it was really hard to choose ...

"I really want to have all three..." the girl muttered with eyes full of reluctance.

I didn't want the shop assistant to hear her words, and said with a smile: "These products are all sold in this store. You can choose one for free and buy the other two."

"Yeah!" The girl's eyes lit up, "Okay, I want it all, how much do I have to pay?"

The same thing happens every day in the shadow bookstore. I have to admit that Song Lan is very "cunning", letting customers choose among several products with different styles and each with its own advantages, which leads to a dilemma for customers, and finally decides to have each style. Unknowingly buying things that you may not have even intended to buy.

For this, Xie Daonian has only one comment: "Profitable businessman."

Song Lan smiled meaningfully: "No business, no adultery."

"By the way, how is your Shadow Tea?" Song Lan hasn't asked about the flower and fruit tea shop for a while. At the beginning, Xie Daonian would show Song Lan the sales and the like, but then he gradually stopped. Because he found that Xie Daonian did a really good job, so he didn't need to worry too much.

The corners of Xie Daonian's lips curled up in an inconspicuous arc, and he said, "It's not bad, I plan to open a branch in Shanghai."

"What?!" Song Lan was really startled, her eyes widened, "So fast? I remember that the branch in Shan'an City just opened not long ago, right? Are you expanding a little too quickly?" In the tone There is a faint jealousy.

Many people say that the shadow bookstore is developing rapidly as if it had been opened, but in Song Lan's view, Ying·Tea is the real one. There are nearly ten branches, and they settled in Shan'an City not long ago, and now they are even more powerful, and they all want to enter the magic city market.

A faint look of color flashed across Xie Daonian's eyes, and he said modestly, "It's okay."

Song Lan silently rolled her eyes, her face serious: "Don't take it lightly, don't think that you will succeed because those milk tea shops and fruit tea shops in Shanghai are so popular. Although the market in Shanghai is huge, the water But it’s very deep, don’t have a survivor’s bias, thinking that if others can do well, you can do it yourself.”

He had to say a few words to Xie Daonian, so as not to let his previous success come too easily, so that he would not be too late if something happened - although based on his understanding of Xie Daonian, the other party should not be so stupid.

Xie Daonian also suppressed his smile, and nodded slightly: "Understood."

Hearing what he said, Song Lan didn't say much, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Then I wish you success in advance."

***

Taking advantage of nothing to do these days, Song Lan went to Xingzhou City: He received a notice from Deputy Mayor Li asking him to go back.

Vice Mayor Li approached him, of course, because of the "Scholarly Man Xingzhou" mobile book rafting activity jointly organized by the Shadow Bookstore and the Xingzhou Municipal Government.This event has been held for more than a year now, and the effect is quite good, and it is very popular with the citizens of Xingzhou.

I just don't know why Vice Mayor Li is looking for him this time.

"Rebuild the mobile library?" Looking at the plan in his hand, Song Lan was a little surprised, "Not only do you want to upgrade the equipment of the library, but also transform it into a miniature library?"

Deputy Mayor Li nodded: "For more than a year, the mobile library project has been very popular among the common people. Needless to say, there are advantages, but it is not without disadvantages."

"Does it mean that some low-quality citizens will take books home and keep them for themselves?" Song Lan had also vaguely heard some rumors about this before.

——Although most of the citizens are of good quality, it cannot be overlooked that a small group of people who are greedy for petty gains privately take public books for themselves, and some people with bad character secretly sell books in the library kiosks to waste collectors .This leads to a large loss of books in the library kiosks, and a batch of new goods must be purchased from time to time.

Deputy Mayor Li sighed lightly, nodded and said: "Not only that, some people don't take good care of the public facilities and destroy the original equipment of the library booths. Every library booth is damaged to some extent." That's why the city government It was decided to upgrade the equipment of the original library kiosk to improve safety.

Song Lan's expression was serious, and he had heard about it.

"The book booth renovation plan—" Song Lan gestured to the plan in his hand, with a hesitant look on his face, "It will cost a lot of money, right?"

"You don't have to worry about funding, the city government has special funds." Deputy Mayor Li seemed to have expected Song Lan to say this, and smiled lightly.

Song Lan exhaled softly: To be honest, if it is remodeled according to the standards in the plan, I am afraid it will cost a lot of money.It's best if you don't spend money, but...

"Do you want to ask, since we don't want your shadow bookstore to pay, then we can kick you away, why bother looking for you?" Deputy Mayor Li saw through Song Lan's mind at a glance.

Song Lan sneered, cursing "Old Fox" secretly in her heart, but she had to put on an appearance of "the mayor's good opinion" and smirked.

Deputy Mayor Li gave Song Lan a meaningful look, and asked himself: "Of course, Shadow Bookstore can't just do nothing."

Song Lan had a "sure enough" expression.

Deputy Mayor Li smiled: "In terms of publicity, it's up to you."

Song Lan nodded, saying that there is no problem: the shadow bookstore is quite popular in Xingzhou City at present, and the publicity effect of their publicity is indeed better than that of the city government.In other words, the reason why Deputy Mayor Li continued to cooperate with Shadow Bookstore was because of its status in the hearts of Xingzhou citizens, otherwise, they could do it alone.

"As for management, you also have to carry the banner." Deputy Mayor Li said again.

Song Lan was taken aback: "But we don't have much experience in this field!" It would be fine if he was asked to sell books, but running a library seems a bit out of line, right?

——According to the plan, the renovated book kiosk is actually equivalent to a miniature library. It is no longer the same as in the past, and anyone can take books home.All books borrowed from the library booth must be returned in the future.

Deputy Mayor Li said indifferently: "There is no experience to accumulate. No one is born with it. Don't worry, there will be staff from the city library to guide you."

Only then did Song Lan feel slightly relieved: With professional guidance, it sounds okay.

However, he has a doubt: "Mayor Li, isn't it equivalent to stealing the 'business' of the city map? Can they agree?"

Deputy Mayor Li patted Song Lan on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "You don't need to worry about the city map. In fact, we are still a cooperative relationship."

"Cooperation?" Song Lan was puzzled.

"Otherwise, where do you think we got so many collections?" Deputy Mayor Li raised his eyebrows.

Song Lan understood: "So that's how it is." He thought about it, this action is a big one, I'm afraid he will have to buy a lot of books, and he doesn't know where to store them when the time comes, it turns out that Deputy Mayor Li has already thought about it for him up.

"I still don't understand one thing," Song Lan asked again, "Since Shitu is also involved in this project, why not let them be directly responsible for the management?"

"Well..." Deputy Mayor Li looked a little weird, hesitating whether to tell the truth.

——It’s embarrassing to say the reason. Xingzhou Map’s status in all the state units in Xingzhou is very inconspicuous. It belongs to that kind of small and transparent role. Even many citizens don’t know that there is such a thing.On the one hand, this is because the city map has been in disrepair for a long time, the collection is not rich, and the publicity is too low; on the other hand, it is also because the management of the city map is not good. Willing to ask for trouble to take part in management...

Of course, it would be too embarrassing to say this reason, and Deputy Mayor Li decided to perfunctory it while laughing.As for Song Lan, she was also very discerning, so she stopped asking.

As for Deputy Mayor Li's proposal to ask their Shadow Bookstore to contribute to publicity and management, Song Lan is also quite happy: You can earn money without paying money. This kind of good thing, Deputy Mayor Li, is the first to think of the Shadow Bookstore instead of the state-owned bookstore, which shows that The leader's impression of their bookstore is still very good, isn't it?

What's more, he can also take this opportunity to accumulate experience in operating libraries. Song Lan thinks this deal is really worth it.After gaining relevant experience, if Shadow Bookstore wants to set up its own library in the future, then there are rules and regulations to follow.

***

For the next period of time, the city's mobile library kiosks temporarily stopped operating, and all of them underwent major renovations.

Citizens passing by saw the tinkling renovations going on in the library booth, so they came up curiously and asked, "What's the matter? Is the library booth going to be demolished?"

The workers inside laughed and said, "How can it be? It is to let us repair the broken things and install some new equipment. In short, after the upgrade, it will definitely be better than the original library."

"So the book rafting activity will continue?" A plainly dressed little girl asked excitedly.She is a loyal user of the mobile library kiosk.The school library has limited collections, and the city library is too far away from home. This mobile library kiosk, which is constantly updated, just in front of the house can meet her reading needs.

The worker nodded: "Of course it will continue. By the way, the superior also said that the equipment will be updated, and strive to launch Mobile Book Kiosk 2.0 as soon as possible."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay: Mobile Book Kiosk 2.0?what is that?