I open a bookstore in the human world

After renting the shop, Song Lan contacted the decoration company non-stop, and provided the drawings drawn by Xiao Dan himself.

Every Shadow Bookstore branch has a different style, this time the Jincheng store, Song Lan plans to make it into a Western-style retro style——

The red brick wall has its own artistic effect. The original off-white tile floor has not been moved, but a thick layer of American-style Persian carpet has been laid. The dark brown solid wood bookshelf looks thick and solemn. Reading The tables and chairs in the area also adopt a unified style.

In order to make this European style more obvious, a fake fireplace was built at the entrance of the bookstore. Several fabric sofas were placed in front of the fireplace for people to rest, and two rows of small bookshelves were set beside the fireplace. High quality foreign language hardcover book.

This place has become one of the most popular "spots" of this bookstore in the future, but all new customers who come here will sit on the sofa in a concave shape to take pictures-or the "fireside chat" between the sisters, or the young literary men holding A book in a foreign language that I don't know what language it is written in and whether I can understand it is read with "relish".

In addition to the necessities such as bookshelves, tables and chairs that any bookstore will have, there are also many small surprises such as fireplaces that are suitable for taking pictures: such as the luxurious European-style wall clock hanging on the wall. The head sticks out to "sing" and is welcomed by many children.Another example is the round arch that separates each area, the crystal candle lights hanging above the head, the decorative cabinet with retro typewriters, and the Western-style oil paintings hanging on the walls everywhere...

Because the store has a relatively large space this time, besides the children's reading area, coffee shop, and foreign language book area that many bookstores have, Song Lan also specially set up an unusual record area.

Nowadays, fewer and fewer people listen to music with records, and many physical record stores that were once brilliant have gradually disappeared from the market.In such a huge city, it is really not an easy task to buy a record you like.

The decline of the record industry is an inevitable trend of technological development. Today, when smartphones are commonly used to listen to music, how many people still choose to use "troublesome" records?Except for a very small number of record enthusiasts who still insist on this "old-fashioned" method in the eyes of young people, most people are still accustomed to opening various music box apps on their mobile phones to search for the latest and most popular songs.

Even if there are those who are willing to buy records to listen to or collect, many people will choose to shop online instead of going to a physical record store to listen to and choose one by one.

It can be said that compared with physical bookstores, the current situation of physical record stores is even more miserable: at least physical bookstores are now popular again because of their good cultural environment, while physical record stores did not seize the opportunity to transform quickly, resulting in slow abandoned by the market.Even in a first-tier big city like Jincheng, there are less than [-] record stores that are still open, and the scale is not large, and the business may not be very good-this is still in the case of the revival of vinyl records. Down.

Song Lan set up a record area in the bookstore, which can be regarded as "feelings".Those years when he was still alive were the last glorious period of the recording industry.When he was studying abroad, he often went to the second-hand market to "treasure" in his spare time, and when he returned to the hut where he lived alone, he would play music to study or meditate.Thanks to the company of these records, he lived alone for those years, so he came here.

Song Lan, who was still a student at the time, thought that after he became famous, he must open a record store. It doesn't need to be large-scale, and it doesn't need to sell expensive records, just sell some cheap or even second-hand records.As for the customer group, it should be poor students like him.

It's a pity that Song Lan hadn't been able to "achieve success and fame" until the moment of his death, let alone realize his wish.Now that he had the opportunity, his heart began to stir again.

If you can't open a record store, then setting up a record section in the bookstore will be fun, right?

The scale of the record area is not too large, covering an area of ​​less than [-] square meters. It is divided into two parts, one is the audition song and the other is the record display area. The area is named "Liusheng Years", and a A retro gramophone with a large horn is used as a signboard.

As for the products sold in it, it is the same as the current regular record store. In addition to the common CD discs, Song Lan plans to buy some vinyl records that are very popular among the literary youth. News from the market, to see if anyone has a record collection for sale—

After the death of some old record collectors, the sons and daughters will dispose of the things left by the elders. Some of them do not understand the value of those records, and sell them at a low price. Some even sell them to waste collectors. It is a pity that such a precious record was destroyed.Just hearing about it, Song Lan had heard of many such cases, so she wanted to find out if she could find the treasure.

Song Lan's luck was good, and he really found a batch of treasures.The news came from Zuiyue in Bishan City, and she learned indirectly from a member of the Calligraphy Association: It is said that an old friend of this member passed away and left thousands of records. The son has no interest in this, and thinks it takes up too much space, so he plans to dispose of it as a waste product.Just when the son was going to deal with this batch of goods, the member happened to come to the house as a guest and learned about the situation. Thinking of what Zuiyue had explained in the Calligraphy Association WeChat group before, he quickly stopped the owner's house and called Zuiyue again. Telephone.

Zuiyue didn't dare to procrastinate, and while calling Song Lan to report the situation, she went to the other party's house to look at the goods without stopping, and took a photo and sent it to Song Lan who was too late to come back.

When Song Lan saw the packaging boxes of these records, he almost fainted with joy: God, there are still famous vinyl records from decades ago!This time it can be sent!

It was too late to get to Bishan, Song Lan immediately called Zuiyue and asked her to wrap up all the records.As for the price, Song Lan said that asking the other party to bid - not that Song Lan was generous, but because he knew that the other party must not understand the actual value of these records, even if he bid, he would not be able to pay a high price.

Sure enough, as the old fox Song Lan expected, the other party heard that someone wanted to buy all the records, and the customer was introduced by an old friend of the old father, so he didn't bid much at all, and gave a very friendly low price, which was considered a half-sell Half a gift—the other party originally planned to throw it away.

Because Zuiyue, who is the person in charge of the Bishan store of the shadow bookstore, still has to stay in Bishan, these records were delivered by Qin Se, who is also in Bishan, and Song Lan dared not let them deliver them for fear of accidents on the way.After unloading the goods and opening the tightly packed cardboard box, Song Lan was about to go crazy on the spot, and the corner of her mouth almost grinned to the back of her head.

"Wow! It's actually a gold-stamping collector's edition of Cai Qin's old songs! The market price is probably five figures now?" Song Lan clutched her little heart.

"The original version of Teresa Teng's 1985 NHK concert full record Taurus Palace! I remember this one is not cheap." Song Lan's eyes were bent into crescent moons.

"Oh my god! Are all the ones here from Ke Gang? I posted it, and this time I really made a lot of money!" Song Lan looked like she bought a lottery ticket by accident and won the first prize. appearance.

This is the first time for Qin Shi to see Song Lan's high-spirited side. In his heart, Song Lan has always been serious, serious, and not showing any emotions. It seemed that this time he was really excited.

——Song Lan didn't know it at the moment, because of these precious records, this place would become a gathering place for fans of Jincheng Records in the future, and the Shadow Bookstore Jincheng store was especially popular in a small circle.

"Ahem," Song Lan also realized that she was agitated and a little embarrassed, adjusted her expression, and said to Qin Shi, "It's hard work for you to travel all the way, and you have to drive here by yourself."

"It's not hard, it's not hard," Qin Shi waved his hand quickly, "It's been a long time since I touched the steering wheel, but it's quite an addiction."

In order to facilitate movement, Song Lan has equipped private cars in several cities, because it is not expensive to buy second-hand, and it is convenient to do things. Special body armor can be used to walk around in broad daylight, but it is still somewhat inconvenient. Too much sunlight or being exposed to sunlight for too long is not good for the body. Now that there is a scooter, at least it can be easier.

Don't worry about the driver's license. Before leaving the underworld, Song Lan applied for ID cards for his ghost emissaries, so except for the ghosts like Mei Gan and Chi Zhou who were later subdued, all the other ghosts have official household registrations.Song Lan wondered when he would go back to the underworld to get two ID cards for Mei Gan and Chi Zhou.

Living in China, you don't have to have an identity, but you must have an ID card.

As he said that, Qin Se looked curiously at the bookstores that had almost been renovated and were waiting for the products to be put on shelves, and said with a smile, "It looks really good. It's such a big place, so the rent should be very expensive, right?"

Lin Se has always been in charge of the Shadow Bookstore's finances. This time, Song Lan contacted Lin Se directly to pay for the lease, so the other ghosts didn't know about it.

Song Lan smiled mysteriously, compared a number with her hands, and said, "It's not expensive, this number."

Qin Shi's eyes widened in surprise: "What? It's so cheap? Brother Song, are you kidding me? I observed it when I first came in. There is a lot of traffic around here. It should be the central area of ​​Jincheng, right? Add one more Nearly zero."

Complacent, Song Lan briefly introduced the process of renting a shop.

"Ghost? Curse?" Qin Shi blinked, and suddenly thought of something, "Brother Song, is there a poor ghost in Lijin Mall?"

No wonder he thought so, wasn't that the case in Nantian City and Shan'an City back then?Both times, I rented a very good shop with extremely low rent, because there are "ghosts" in it.

Unexpectedly, Song Lan frowned slightly, and shook her head with a serious look: "This time it's not that simple."

"What do you mean?" Qin Se scratched the back of his head with a puzzled expression, "So there are no ghosts?"

Song Lan shook his head again.

"What's going on?" Qin Shi was dumbfounded.

Song Lan pointed to the top of her head meaningfully, and said, "There is a ghost living on the third floor, but I don't think it should be the ghost that caused the disturbance in the first place."