I open a bookstore in the human world

The first branch of Shadow Tea in Shanghai seems to be developing well. According to the visual inspection, there will be no major problems, so Song Lan is relieved to leave Shanghai and go to the next destination - Jincheng.

Jincheng is located in the southernmost province of mainland China. It is famous for its colorful flowers all year round, so it is called "Jincheng".It is also one of the first special economic zones to open up, with a developed economy, a large number of migrants, and rapid urban development. It is one of the famous first-tier cities in China.

Song Lan has also been to Jincheng in the past, but mainly to inspect the local bookstores and learn their management methods, but this time is different, he set foot on this flower-filled city again with the intention of opening up branches .

That's right, Song Lan plans to open the next branch of Shadow Bookstore here, for three main reasons:

Firstly, the book market here is vast, and the development prospects are very good. Local residents pay more attention to culture and education, and there are many people who choose to go to physical bookstores.

Secondly, although there are many bookstores in Jincheng, there are also many creative bookstores. Except for one state-owned bookstore, most of the bookstores have not formed a large scale. , not like the magic capital has formed an alliance.Of course, there are individual bookstores in the local area that have been absorbed by the Great Book Industry Alliance, but they do not pose any threat to Jincheng's overall book market at all.

Thirdly, the province where Jincheng is located is adjacent to Nanhai Province, the birthplace of Shadow Bookstore. It takes only three or four hours to take the high-speed train from Jincheng to Nantian City, and it takes five or six hours to drive. The transportation is convenient and fast. If anything happens, Song Lan It's good to get there in time.

Based on the above considerations, Jincheng became Song Lan's next target.

After coming out of Jincheng Airport and arriving in the city, it was already past [-]:[-] pm, and the storefront inspection had to be done during the daytime. As a ghost, Song Lan didn't need to rest, so she was free from tonight to tomorrow morning.

Song Lan, who didn't know what to do, wandered around the most prosperous Jincheng Square in Jincheng, surrounded by the bright lights of Wanjia and people walking and enjoying the coolness speaking Jincheng dialect. He was alone in it, and suddenly felt a sense of loneliness.

Whether he is a human or a ghost, Song Lan has always been a loner.Orphaned, he completed his education on grants and scholarships.After his accidental death, he rarely communicated with other little ghosts. He was just busy with exams or subduing ghosts, and at most occasionally went to the forums of the underworld to pour water.Essentially, he never had a single friend.

But since arriving in the human world, everything has changed.He met Xie Daonian and forcibly tied him with himself with a contract. In order to run the bankrupt bookstore, he also released his ghosts and ghosts to help. Quite a few, the bookstore is bustling and bustling every day, and there is almost no time for it to be quiet.

Later, the shadow bookstore continued to expand its branches, and Li Gui's clerks were also separated to each branch to take care of themselves. Even Xie Daonian concentrated on researching flower and fruit tea. It seemed that the staff had been dispersed, but the increasing customer flow not only did not make the bookstore deserted, but became more lively up.

Song Lan was in it all day long, unknowingly infected, and suddenly quieted down. He was alone on the street in a different place, surrounded by people speaking unfamiliar dialects, but it magnified the loneliness in his heart infinitely, and his thoughts became more A bit of melancholy.

Alas, why did Xie Daonian go to Shanghai to develop his business?Obviously, the market here in Jincheng is also very good. If he brings Ying Tea here, he must be able to succeed.More importantly, if he was in Jincheng, he would not have to "wander" on the streets at this moment, he could have a place to go.

Song Lan was taken aback by her own thought: Wait, what do you think Xie Daonian is doing when you have nothing to do?Where he is willing to do business is his own business. At the beginning, he agreed that he would not intervene, so why is he acting hypocritical now?No, no, this idea is very dangerous, and it must be eliminated as soon as possible!

Song Lan looked terrified, and waved her hands around her head desperately, as if trying to drive something away.A little girl with braids next to him stared blankly at him, even forgetting to eat the lollipop in her hand.

"Mom, what is that uncle doing?" The girl's immature voice woke Song Lan up instantly, and hurriedly put down her hands, acting like "I didn't do anything", smiled awkwardly at the ignorant little girl and nervous mother, and strode forward walk forward.

What a shame!Song Lan thought angrily as she walked.

This emotion was not forgotten until Song Lan saw a conspicuous building and neon sign in front of him.

"Jincheng State-run Bookstore?" Song Lan raised her eyebrows, "Why did you wander here?"

Jincheng State-run Bookstore, one of the most famous bookstores in Jincheng, is also the largest physical bookstore in the city.Located in the north of Jincheng Square in the center of Jincheng, the entire bookstore, including the underground parking lot and rooftop garden, has five floors, with a total area of ​​nearly 6 square meters. The shape is a streamlined irregular building with modern characteristics, and the walls are made of tempered glass It can be regarded as one of the landmark buildings of Jincheng.

It was said earlier that Jincheng does not have a particularly powerful large-scale bookstore. This statement is actually not accurate. At least a restrictive word should be added in front of the "bookstore"-private.There is no particularly powerful private bookstore in Jincheng, because there is a particularly powerful state-run bookstore in this city, which is the building in front of you.

Jincheng State-owned Bookstore is one of the first batch of state-owned bookstores to carry out reforms in China. When other state-owned bookstores were still operating in the old way, the person in charge of Jincheng State-owned Bookstore at that time sensed the upcoming development with his keen sense. The big changes in the physical book industry, so he took the lead in rectifying the state-owned bookstores under his command.

The result of the rectification was very successful. When most of the state-run bookstores in the country were crushed by private bookstores, the Jincheng state-run bookstore was a world of mortals, running ahead of all bookstores in the city, no matter in sales volume or customer flow It still beats other bookstores in terms of customer satisfaction, becoming one of the few state-owned bookstores in China that can positively support private bookstores.

Because of this, Jincheng State-run Bookstore has been established as a model of state-run bookstores in China. At the same time, the Jincheng City Government has also given great support to the bookstore, not only granting land and money to build such a building in the north of Jincheng Square, but also for Jincheng State-run Bookstore. The bookstore's relocation is also a policy that strongly supports the bookstore.

After moving to a new home, the original Jincheng State-run Bookstore was renamed Jincheng State-run Bookstore. Coupled with the good location, good reputation, management and service above the standard, the development of Jincheng State-run Bookstore is getting faster and faster. Other large and small bookstores are underfoot.

It is precisely because of this reason that Jincheng has never had a particularly powerful private bookstore. There is no way, no matter in terms of funds, policies or mass base, Jincheng State-run Bookstore is really beating other bookstores, and the two sides are not on the same page at all. On the level, how does this work?

In this regard, Song Lan, who intends to settle in the Jincheng market, naturally investigated clearly.Although his ambition is great, he is not so arrogant that he thinks he can compete with this bookstore backed by the government, or in other words, he has no intention of comparing with it at all.

At the current stage, Song Lan's goal is to establish a foothold in Jincheng and use this as a base to develop to other cities in the province.As for how far it can develop in the future, to be honest, he himself can't guarantee it.

Therefore, Song Lan had missed this bookstore when he came to Jincheng several times to inspect bookstores.In his view, the management and operation methods of state-run bookstores and private bookstores are different. What the other party can do may not necessarily be able to do it himself, and there is not much to learn.

However, since I wandered here by accident today, I might as well go in and have a look.

There are several entrances and exits in Jincheng State-run Bookstore, and Song Lan chose the East 1 entrance that is closest to him to enter.The glass door automatically opened upon sensing people's footsteps, and the first thing Song Lan saw was a map of a bookstore.

The map shows Song Lan's current location and the spatial distribution of each floor in great detail: the first floor is the parking lot; There are children's bookstores, art bookstores, science and technology bookstores, and a cultural and creative park; the third floor is a bookstore for economics and management, life, education, and foreign languages; the rooftop garden on the top floor has coffee shops, teahouses, meeting rooms, Chinese and Western restaurants, and a small botanical garden.At the same time, a large reading area is deliberately opened up on each floor, with a large number of sofas, tables and chairs built in, to ensure that most guests can find a place to sit and read.

Looking at the clear and detailed map, Song Lan had to admit that it was not without reason that this bookstore beat other bookstores to become the leader of the city's bookstores. Compared with this, even the largest Shadow Bookstore Nantian branch is like It's like children drinking at a player's house.

Alas, I don't know when the shadow bookstore will develop to such a scale.

Envy is nothing but envy, and Song Lan didn't have any unreasonable thoughts. He knew that there were many reasons why Jincheng State-run Bookstore could develop to where it is today, and there were a lot of help behind it. This can't grow independently with just a bookstore.

Book City is not open 24 hours, but it will be open until 12 o'clock in the evening.At this moment, the hour hand on the clock has crossed the number 10, but the book city is still full of people, except for the children's area, the passenger flow has not decreased at all.It is said that because Jincheng residents are used to nightlife, there are many people who fall asleep at one or two o'clock in the morning. This time is indeed not too late for them.

Song Lan started to stroll from the first floor of the book city to the botanical garden on the top floor.He looked very carefully, and took out his mobile phone to take a few photos from time to time, but no one noticed his actions, perhaps because there were too many people like him, as one of Jincheng's iconic "attractions" Every day, the Jincheng State-run Bookstore receives countless foreign tourists, and the shop assistants are immune to these people taking pictures.

Song Lan returned to the second floor of the book city, and what interested him most was the cultural and creative area here.This area is roughly divided into two parts, one is a handmade DIY shop, and the other is a boutique selling ceramics, stationery, decorations, etc.

Because the shadow bookstore also offers courses such as moss micro-landscape, seal cutting, and painting, Song Lan is very interested in the handmade shops here.He visited several DIY classes for pottery, cloth art, and woodworking, and was surprised to find that there was even a shop that taught people how to weave woolen products.

Sure enough, the world is full of wonders, and Song Lan suspects that there may be craftsmen who teach people how to put on the soles of shoes in the future.

Generally speaking, this kind of DIY workshop in the book city is not run by the book city itself, but other people rent the site of the book city to do business, but it must be under the unified management of the book city.Therefore, although the contents of these stores are different, and some even vary greatly, the decoration style of the stores is relatively uniform and integrated with the overall style of the bookstore, but there are changes in the details. For example, a paper-cut shop in the "window "Pasted exquisite window grilles.

Looking around, Song Lan felt more and more that the handicraft courses she had held in the shadow bookstore before were really trivial and not worth it at all.

It would be a lie to say that he was not touched in his heart. This trip to the Jincheng State-owned Bookstore allowed Song Lan to discover many areas for improvement in the Shadow Bookstore. At the same time, he also planted a seed in his heart called "Shadow Handmade Workshop". tiny seeds.

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