I open a bookstore in the human world

"Brother Song, what did Zuiyue tell you?" Qin Shi pestered Song Lan with anticipation.

Song Lan smiled slightly: "Guess?"

Qin Shi sniffled in dissatisfaction: "Brother Song, you are not being kind, anyway, I am also the person involved... Ah bah, the person involved, I have the right to know the truth."

"You're quite flexible at the moment. Why did you turn the corner when you made a mistake?" Song Lan gave Qin Shi a sideways look, and said, "Zuiyue came to me to ask if I could I can't let you leave later, saying that if you leave suddenly, many jobs in the bookstore cannot be handed over."

"She wants me to stay!" Qin Shi's eyes lit up immediately, like two small light bulbs.

Song Lan knocked on his head, emphasizing: "It's for the time being."

"That's not because she wants me to stay." Qin Shi said happily, her face full of spring and red apricots came out of the wall.

Song Lan rolled her eyelids: This kid is hopeless.

"Brother Song, what did you say?" Suddenly thinking of something, Qin Shi's face was disturbed.

Song Lan raised her eyebrows: "Why, are you nervous? Don't worry, I promised her that the new store is not too anxious. If you still need you here, then you can stay for a while."

It's true that he plans to open a new store, and it's true that Qin Se is the manager of the store, but not now.This was the method that Song Lan and Qin Se had discussed before, and Song Lan deliberately said that he would transfer Qin Se away, and then observe Zuiyue's reaction.If she shows the slightest bit of reluctance, it means that Zuiyue is not as disgusted with Qin Shi as she appears on the surface, as long as she has a little affection in her heart, she will definitely show it.Sure enough, Zuiyue asked Song Lan to ask Qin Shi to stay.

"Really?" Qin Se smiled openly.

"Then can I still lie to you?" Song Lan twitched her lips, "Are you happy this time? It seems that Zuiyue doesn't really hate you that much. She doesn't seem to treat you normally either."

Qin Shi giggled, made a handsome gesture triumphantly, and tossed his hair, "If this handsome guy goes out, it must be a success."

Song Lan was speechless, and muttered: "Now you are alive and well. Not long ago, seeing your appearance, I thought you had died again. But you must be careful, don't drink too much and get confused. I won't be able to save you until then."

"Don't worry, Brother Song, from now on I won't drink at all," Qin Shi exaggeratedly raised her hand to her ear, making an oath, "I won't drink even if I'm killed!"

"Okay, okay, don't be poor with me, go to work."

"Yessir!" Qin Se happily left.

"It's still not steady enough..." Song Lan shook her head with a smile, "However, it's good to be so lively. I just don't know what the future of this pair of Huanxi lovers will develop... Hey, is this an office romance? It seems that this is not good, many companies have stipulated that employees are not allowed to have office romances, for fear of affecting work... Forget it, we are not a serious company anyway, so let him go..."

***

Song Lan's last stop is Xingzhou City, which is the birthplace of Shadow Bookstore and the headquarters of the bookstore.

Song Lan felt that he was born with a lot of hard work. After returning this time, before he sat down to rest for a while, many problems came to him.

The first is the maintenance of Huafang Bookstore.A super typhoon blew not long ago. Although the bookstore had made preparations in advance, several parts of the glass greenhouse were flooded and damaged.

There are potential safety hazards in the house, even if it is only a small problem, you can't take the risk to continue to open the store.Before the flower house was repaired, the flower house bookstore had to be temporarily closed.

This is not a big problem, even if Song Lan doesn't come back, Lin Se can solve it alone.The more difficult problem lies in the bookstore in the old street.

The Shadow Bookstore opened on the old street in the old city is the earliest storefront of the Shadow Bookstore. It was transformed from the dilapidated Friendship Bookstore, and then expanded the store twice. It has been more than two years since then, and it has long become a local one. Iconic signboard.It turns out that most of the people who come and go in and out of the old street are nearby residents, mostly middle-aged and elderly people. Nowadays, there are also many fashionable young people coming from the new district by car, just to spend time in the bookstore.

But such a bookstore, which brought many memories to local citizens, is facing the problem of closing down.

The reason is a little speechless: the son of the landlord, Aunt Zhang, is a little jealous when he sees the prosperity of the Shadow Bookstore. He thinks that the bookstore’s prosperity is mainly due to the good feng shui of their store, which is "cheap" for outsiders.So, he turned his head and wanted to say that taking back the shop and opening a coffee shop by himself would definitely be prosperous.

In all fairness, Auntie Zhang is a nice person. When Xie’s family was in trouble, she gave her a lot of warmth. Xie Daonian didn’t immediately kick him out when he owed the rent. Later, the Shadow Bookstore became popular, and the landlord and tenant got along very well. .It's just that her only son's character is not good, so she urged her mother to tell Song Lan that she wanted to take over the house, and waited for her to take over and open a shop.

His idea is very simple: Shadow Bookstore has so many customers, and the decoration is also good. After he takes over, wouldn't he be able to "drop in" and inherit these? Then wouldn't his coffee shop be booming?

Being tortured by her son, and really wanting to make a living for the only son who couldn't find a job after graduation and has been idle all the time, Aunt Zhang approached Lin Se with a shy face, and told him euphemistically that she could no longer rent the house. For bookstores or something.

Although Song Lan handed over the management of the two bookstores in Xingzhou to Lin Se and let him take full responsibility, but moving is a big deal, Lin Se didn't dare to make a personal decision, and immediately reported to Song Lan.

So as soon as Song Lan came back, he was immediately faced with such a big problem.

"Brother Song, why don't I try to persuade Auntie Zhang again?" Lin Se's face was hard to see, her brows were tightly knit, and there was a bit of worry in her eyes. "Her son can rent other shops if he wants to open a shop. Why does he have to rob us? Besides, the rent we give him is [-]% higher than that of other places on this street. What is she not satisfied with?" ?” At the end, his tone was tinged with anger.

Song Lan sighed lightly, shook her head and smiled wryly: "It's useless, the key is not Aunt Zhang, but her son. I can probably guess what her son is thinking, but the house belongs to others after all, so let's take it What's the use if you don't want to?"

"Is it just to give away the results of our hard work to others?" Lin Se's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and she had already lost her former calmness.

Song Lan raised her eyebrows: "Giving it for nothing? Then the other party has to be able to accept it. Aunt Zhang's son is bad and stupid. He thinks that our bookstore is famous because of his good feng shui, and he wants to get our store's accumulation without any effort." The customer flow and fame, don't you think he has the ability to make good use of all of this?"

Lin Se's tone was disdainful: "There are too many people who want to take shortcuts, and their minds are all spent on twisting their heads."

"However, he has brought us a lot of trouble with his sudden move." Song Lan's brows were stained with worry, "I'm afraid it will not be easy to find another suitable shop at the moment. It may take a month or two before it opens for decoration or something."

Lin Se pushed her eyes on the bridge of her nose, and said seriously: "I've already inquired, and there are two suitable shops in the new district, but the rent is much higher than ours now, and I won't say anything. Cut the price and say that's the rule. In my opinion, they just want to take advantage of it!"

"It's also a problem to find a decoration team." Seeing Song Lan frowning and not speaking, Lin Se said again, "The decoration team we worked with before is pretty good, but they are no longer in Xingzhou, and they seem to be talking about development in other places." I have gone. The rest of the decoration teams in Xingzhou are not particularly satisfactory, but you can go to other places to find them, but this time I am afraid of delaying time, and it will cost a lot of money."

As a miser, anything that costs money makes Linse feel bad.

"There is also a problem with the employees in our store. The employees' houses are rented near here, and they have signed a contract. If we move to the new area, it will be inconvenient for them to commute to and from get off work..." Lin Se babbled , Talking about the troubles that will happen after the store relocation, frowning.

Song Lan pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Since there are so many problems, it's better not to open this store for the time being."

"...there is also the problem of customers. Our store has moved. What about the customers who used to come to the store before—wait a minute, brother Song, what did you just say?!" The look of splitting.

"No, not open?" Lin Se gasped, her tone excited, "Brother Song, you don't want to give up, do you? Don't, our store is doing well and our reputation has been spread, why should we not open?"

Song Lan stretched out her hand and made a downward gesture, explaining: "You misunderstood, I am not saying that the bookstore will not be opened, but that the new store will not be opened."

Lin Se came to a sudden: He thought Brother Song was so angry that he wanted to give up opening a bookstore, but he had misunderstood it. Brother Song just didn't plan to open another bookstore in Xingzhou.

But he was still puzzled: "Why? We have a lot of loyal fans in Xingzhou. Although there is a Huafang bookstore, the place is small and cannot accommodate too many people. If How disappointed the customers are, and more importantly, we won’t be able to make that much money.”

Song Lan nodded: "What you said is also reasonable, but I personally think that if you want to reopen a bookstore, site selection, decoration, publicity... all these will take time and energy. After all, Xingzhou is a small city with a small population. There are many customers, and the customers are usually fixed. Even if we open a new store, it may not be better than what we are doing now. You just said that after the bookstore is relocated, the original regular customers may not come or there will be fewer because of the distance. Come, but it is not something that can be done overnight if you want to develop new customers into regular customers. With the time and energy, it is better to go to other places to develop the market.”

"Then give up the market in Xingzhou?" Lin Se still couldn't understand.

"Who said you want to give up?" Song Lan raised her eyebrows, "Isn't there a Huafang Bookstore here?"

"But Huafang Bookstore is too small, isn't it?" Linse shook her head in disapproval, "Such a small place can't accommodate many customers."

Song Lan smiled: "If this is what you are worried about, then there is no need to worry. Huafang Bookstore is small, but it is not impossible to grow bigger."

"Brother Song, what do you mean..." Lin Se vaguely understood the meaning behind Song Lan's words.

Song Lan nodded: "I have inquired about it. There seems to be a coffee shop near Huafang Bookstore that is not doing very well. The owner is eager to sell it. The rent is quite low. We can just rent it. Isn't Huafang Bookstore just under maintenance? Just demolish the whole flower house, move it to the side of the store, and connect it together, which can solve the problem of insufficient space in the flower house.”

What Lin Se heard was admiration: "It turns out that Brother Song, you have already thought of a solution, why didn't you say it earlier, it's a good thing I was worried for so long."

A trace of displeasure flashed across Song Lan's face: "There is no other way. If Aunt Zhang hadn't insisted on taking back the house, the current situation would be the best, but it's a pity..."

Speaking of this, Lin Se became angry: "Aunt Zhang's son looks like a rat, even if he robs our shop, so what, let's see what his coffee shop can do!"

"Forget it, there's no need to be angry with that kind of person." Song Lan said lightly, "Aunt Zhang was kind to the Xie family in the past, but if you think about it, your Brother Xie still owes her a favor, so we don't want her liquidated damages this time either. It's not a bad thing to pay back the favor. Otherwise, there will always be a knot in my heart and I won't feel comfortable."

Lin Se muttered in a low voice, "Anyway, I'm still upset..."

"Okay, okay," Song Lan patted Lin Se's shoulder with a smile, "I don't want to do this anymore, let's go, let's go to the greenhouse, there are still a lot of things waiting for you to do."

***

The news that the Shadow Bookstore will close and the Huafang Bookstore will be refurbished and reopened was released in the bookstore and on the Internet at the same time, which attracted the attention of many fans. Among them, the local fans in Xingzhou reacted most violently. They left messages or asked the store suddenly. Reason for closing.

Lin Se was naturally prepared for this. He told the clerk that if anyone asked the reason, he would tell the truth: the landlord's son wanted to open a coffee shop, and the bookstore had to give up the house.

As a result, Aunt Zhang's son's coffee shop has not yet opened, and has been under a lot of pressure from public opinion.Everyone is not an idiot, so they can naturally figure out where the joints are. Some excited fans have even said that they will never come to the coffee shop after it opens, and they will mobilize their relatives and friends to boycott the coffee shop. vent their dissatisfaction.

Shadow Bookstore did not respond to such remarks, but in fact, it expressed a tacit attitude.There was even Lin Se's push behind the scenes: He hated Aunt Zhang's son, and if he could add some trouble to the other party, he would be very happy to hear it.

Although Song Lan knew about Lin Se's private actions, she didn't express anything.He may not want to teach the other party a lesson, as long as it does not violate conscience, morality and law, Song Lan will not intervene.

As for the business of Aunt Zhang’s son’s coffee shop was really bleak later on, whether it was the result of Shadow Bookstore’s public opinion, or because the coffee and snacks in the shop didn’t taste very good, or a combination of both, it’s hard to say up.