"Grandpa, drink more chicken soup. ”

Lan Lan also drank. ”

"I've already had a big bowl. By the way, grandpa, when are you going abroad?"

"Let's go in two days, and we'll leave after the booksellers' conference. ”

"You'll have to come back early, and then we'll go fishing at the beach." ”

In a relaxed and warm atmosphere, Liu Xing, Wang Tairan, Wang Lanlan, Liu Shiming and others had a meal together.

After eating, everyone also took a group photo.

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Two days later, the annual Novel Street Booksellers Conference was held as scheduled.

The main content of the bookseller conference was organized by the Novel Street Management Committee, and the main content of the meeting was to summarize the operation of more than 100 bookstores in the novel street in the past year, and to commend the booksellers with outstanding performance.

The Booksellers' Conference is held once a year at the Escape Building, located at the northern end of Novel Street.

The more than 100 booksellers in Novel Street are all required to attend the booksellers' conference, and Liu Xing is no exception.

The booksellers' conference has been held for 30 years so far, but this year's situation is a bit special, because Wang Tairan is about to retire, and this will be the last time he will preside over the booksellers' conference on Novel Street.

At this conference, Wang Tairan will also announce the shortlist of candidates for the new management of Novel Street, which has a direct impact on the future development of Novel Street, so it has attracted much attention from all walks of life in Tianhai City.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, when Liu Xing came to the Xiaoyao Building, he found that the Xiaoyao Square in front of the building was already full of people, in addition to more than 100 booksellers on Novel Street, there were also reporters from more than 80 media.

At the same time, there are thousands of ordinary citizens, all of whom have come to see off President Wang Tairan. Because they knew that after the bookseller's meeting was over, the old president would officially retire.

At nine o'clock in the morning, more than 100 booksellers entered the conference hall of the Xiaoyao Building, and Liu Xing was arranged to sit in the first row of the hall.

After taking his seat, Liu Xing took a closer look and found that apart from himself, the booksellers sitting in the first row were all the oldest booksellers in Novel Street, and they had all been in Novel Street for more than 20 years.

Among them, Cai Fugui, who has been mixed in Novel Street for more than ten years, can only sit in the second row.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for taking the time to attend the 30th Novel Street Booksellers Conference. ”

After the guests arrived, the host's voice sounded in the hall, "Next, we welcome President Wang Tairan with the warmest applause to deliver the opening speech. ”

Hearing this, more than 100 guests stood up one after another, and in the midst of thunderous applause, a white-haired old man slowly walked onto the rostrum with a black snake-shaped cane.

This old man is none other than Wang Tairan, the chairman of the Novel Street Management Committee, who has been in this position for 30 years. Wang Tairan's personal experience is almost a historical microcosm of the development of Novel Street, and it is also the common memory of several generations of readers in Tianhai City.

After Wang Tairan walked to the rostrum, the applause gradually subsided, and the booksellers in the audience sat back to their seats one after another.

Standing on the rostrum, Wang Tairan's wrinkled face was a little solemn, but this solemnity was not majestic or arrogant, but a kind of pious seriousness after the vicissitudes of life.

After being silent for a while, Wang Tairan said slowly: "The Book King Xiaoyao Ke once said that books are the engineers of the human soul. The kind of books you read, the kind of people you will become. ”

"What the people of a city read directly affects the spiritual outlook of the city. As booksellers, you should have a sense of responsibility and mission, you are not doing ordinary business, you are also shouldering the burden of spreading human civilization. ”

"A bookseller should be a reader first, and then a businessman. ”

"Novel Street is the largest book market in Tianhai City, its book sales account for half of the city's total sales, it can be said that the more than 100 booksellers in Novel Street play an irreplaceable role in the construction of spiritual civilization in the whole city. ”

"Thirty years ago, when the Book King asked me to manage the Novel Street, I was genuinely scared because it was a very heavy burden. At that time, the novel street was mixed and very chaotic, and pirated books, banned books, and fake books were repeatedly banned. After nearly 30 years of hard work, today's novel street has been greatly improved. "However, this is not enough. ”

"How to better serve readers and how to let readers buy good books is the first thing every bookseller needs to consider. ”

"Thankfully, there have been a lot of welcome changes in Novel Street this year......

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In his speech, Wang Tairan recalled the 30-year development process of Novel Street and summarized the new changes in Novel Street in the past year.

On the surface, this is a report summarizing the work, but everyone present understands that President Wang Tairan is making a farewell speech.

Today will be his last speech as president, and his words are full of his high hopes for the novel street that he has devoted his heart and soul to for 30 years.

At the end of Wang Tairan's speech, everyone at the scene stood up again and paid the highest tribute to the veteran who has worked hard for 30 years in his post with the warmest applause.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we will now enter the award presentation session to commend the booksellers who have made outstanding contributions in the past year. ”

At this time, the host added, "The first award we are going to present now is 'Best New Bookseller of the Year'. In the past year, there have been a total of 11 new booksellers in Novel Street, all of whom are contributing to Novel Street in their own way. Today's winners are the best of the 11 new booksellers. ”

Speaking of this, the host opened a sealed letter, opened it, looked at it, and then announced aloud to the audience: "The winner of the 'Best New Bookseller of the Year'...... It's Mr. Liu Xing, the owner of Meteor Book Bar, congratulations!"

As soon as the words fell, applause rang out at the scene.

Under the gaze of more than 100 booksellers and the camera flashes of more than 80 media reporters, Liu Xing, dressed in a black suit, slowly walked onto the rostrum, ready to accept the award.

The presenter is none other than President Wang Tairan.

Wang Tairan handed over a certificate of honor and a trophy, and said with a smile: "Xiao Liu, keep up the good work." ”

"Hmm. ”

After receiving the certificate and trophy, Liu Xing delivered an acceptance speech on the rostrum, thanking his parents and sister, friends and colleagues, and all those who helped him.

After finishing his acceptance speech, Liu Xing left the rostrum and returned to his seat under the stage.

"Next, our second award is 'Most Innovative Bookseller'. This award is mainly for booksellers who have the courage to create a new business model. ”

The host opened the second letter, looked at it, and said, "The winner of the 'Most Innovative Bookseller of the Year'...... Mr. Liu Xing, the owner of the Meteor Book Bar, took the lead in proposing a free reading activity at the Meteor Book Bar this year, providing free reading services for migrant workers and other socially disadvantaged groups. His move set off a big free craze in the Novel Street, and was well received by all walks of life, and the Meteor Book Bar was the first in the history of the Novel Street to dare to provide free reading activities, and successfully achieved a profit. The most innovative bookseller, Mr. Liu Xing deserves his name. Boss Liu, congratulations again!"

Liu Xing in the audience was a little speechless, he hadn't sat down yet, and he had to go on stage again.

Putting aside the trophy of "Best Newcomer Bookseller of the Year", Liu Xing once again walked to the rostrum to accept the award.

The presenter is still President Wang Tairan.

"Xiao Liu, keep up the good work. ”

"Hmm. ”

After receiving the award, according to the usual practice, Liu Xing delivered another acceptance speech, this time especially thanking the migrant workers for their cooperation and support.

After the speech, Liu Xing stepped down for the second time and returned to his seat.

"The third award to be presented is 'Most Influential Bookseller'. This award recognizes the most influential booksellers of the past year. ”

The host opened the third letter, looked at it, a trace of surprise passed between his eyebrows, he calmed down a little, and announced in a loud voice, "The winner of the 'Most Influential Bookseller of the Year'...... It was Mr. Liu Xing, the owner of the Meteor Book Bar......"

"......" Liu Xing was a little speechless, why is it me again?

The host continued: "Mr. Liu Xing not only created a new book bar business model for free reading this year, but also took charge of the trial reading activity of the star-rated campus novel "Student Days". At the same time, Mr. Liu Xing is also the discoverer of this campus novel. The "Student Days" trial reading activity was very ideal, and many students became very interested in learning after reading this novel. This novel has been designated by the Reading Alliance as a must-read book for primary and secondary school students in China, and it will be fully listed nationwide next year, and the resulting social influence will be extremely far-reaching. Now, let us once again welcome Mr. Liu Xing to the stage to receive the award with the warmest applause. ”

The applause at the scene rang out again.

Helpless, Liu Xing stubbornly stepped onto the rostrum again.

The person who presented him with the award this time was still President Wang Tairan: "Xiao Liu, keep up the good work." ”

"Oh. Liu Xing frowned and asked weakly, "Elder Wang, I don't have a prize behind me, do I?"

Wang Tairan whispered: "What, you kid is not happy to win a prize?"

Liu Xing said again: "If I still have awards, give me all the awards at once, it's too high-profile to run up and down like this." ”

Wang Tairan said: "This can't be helped, the awards must be issued one by one, you can run a few more times!"

"How many more runs? What does that mean?"

The voice of this conversation between the two was very quiet, and the people around them naturally couldn't hear it, and they all thought that President Wang Tairan should be congratulating Liu Xing.

After receiving the award, Liu Xing did not make another acceptance speech, he had already said two acceptance speeches, and he really didn't know what to say.

With the trophy of "The Most Influential Bookseller of the Year", Liu Xing returned to the seat under the stage, and as soon as he took his seat, many old booksellers around him cast strange glances at him.

Obviously, all the limelight of today's booksellers' conference has been dominated by Liu Xing, a young man.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the fourth award to be presented is the 'Top 10 Booksellers of the Year'. The moderator opened a fourth letter.

Liu Xing's brows furrowed slightly, and he always had a sense of foreboding......

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