The host held the microphone in his hand and announced in a clear voice: "The winners of the 'Top Ten Booksellers of the Year' are...... Huang Baijing, the owner of Baijing Book Bar, Li Ming, the owner of Dawn Book City, Sun Jiang, the owner of Bohai Book City, and Liu Xing, the owner of Meteor Book Bar, ......"

Hearing this, Liu Xing had no choice but to silently put aside the three trophies in his hand, stood up, and walked to the podium for the fourth time.

There were a total of 10 winners of the "Top 10 Booksellers of the Year", but when Liu Xing took the stage with nine other winners, most people's eyes fell on Liu Xing.

He has been on stage three times, and the people on the scene really can't ignore the existence of this figure.

The ten winners of the "Top Ten Booksellers of the Year" walked to the rostrum one by one in order to accept the awards from President Wang Tairan.

"Xiao Liu, keep up the good work. ”

"Hmm. ”

After receiving the award, ten booksellers stood in a row and took a photo on the rostrum, among them, the bookseller standing next to Liu Xing was Sun Jiang, the general manager of Bohai Book City.

Sun Jiang also specially shook hands with Liu Xing, but Sun Jiang didn't realize that Liu Xing was his boss behind the scenes.

After the group photo, the 10 booksellers sat back in their seats, and the award ceremony of the booksellers' conference continued.

After that, the conference presented nine more awards, including "Top 10 Most Popular Bookstores with Readers", "Top 10 Most Reputable Bookstores", "Top 10 Books of the Year", "Top 10 Best Selling Books of the Year", etc., and Liu Xing was shortlisted for all these awards.

Among them, Meteor Book Bar won the honorary titles of "Top Ten Most Popular Bookstores among Readers" and "Top Ten Most Trusted Bookstores";

The "Book Coffin Master" represented by Meteor Book Bar won the honorary title of "Top Ten Books of the Year";

"Detective Wang Nan" and "Detective Wang Nan's Strange Case of Shooting the Condor Book Coffin" represented by Meteor Book Bar both won the honorary title of "Top Ten Best-Selling Books of the Year".

In addition, the Meteor Book Hunting Team was awarded the "Annual Special Contribution Award" for searching the book coffin in Nanhu Park.

With the announcement of one award after another, Liu Xing was forced to walk on the rostrum again and again, and the entire award ceremony was like Liu Xing's personal show, and his figure appeared repeatedly on the stage.

The award ceremony was broadcast live on Tianhai TV's novel channel, and some viewers sitting in front of the TV once thought that Liu Xing was the host of the award ceremony, while some viewers who went to the bathroom halfway mistakenly thought that the TV program was replayed.

Because the TV screen always switches to Liu Xing's lens.

In the more than half-hour award ceremony, Liu Xing won more than ten awards alone, becoming the bookseller with the most appearances in the audience.

There is no doubt that he is the biggest winner of tonight's medal ceremony.

However, Liu Xing did not win all the awards, and he was not even eligible to be nominated for some awards.

For example, the award for "Best Female Bookseller of the Year".

This award was finally won by Guo Meiyu, the proprietress of Meijiayang Bookstore.

When the award ceremony ended, some of the more than 100 booksellers at the scene were happy and some were worried, and some booksellers who did not win the award were naturally not happy.

For example, Cai Fugui, the owner of the Fugui Book Bar, didn't win a single award, so he could only watch Liu Xing, who he had never paid attention to, be in the limelight.

However, the frustrated booksellers quickly adjusted their form and came out of the defeat at the award ceremony.

They all understood that the award ceremony was just the appetizer of today's booksellers' conference, and the main course of the booksellers' conference was to announce the list of new management of Novel Street!

President Wang Tairan officially stepped down today, and a new management committee will be established on Novel Street.

The committee is composed of 10 members, and the new president of Novel Street will be elected among the 10 members.

Therefore, being elected as a member of the Novel Street Management Committee is equivalent to being shortlisted for the position of president of the Novel Street Management Committee.

And today, Chairman Wang Tairan will announce the list of 10 members.

Under everyone's gaze, Wang Tairan stood on the rostrum, relieved, and said: "Becoming a member of the Novel Street Management Committee is not only an honor, but also a responsibility. I hope that the 10 new members elected today can remember their mission and make Novel Street better serve readers. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Tairan took out a red sealed document and slowly opened it.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and most of the booksellers' hearts were in their throats, and they all knew that this list would directly determine their future in Novel Street.

If he can be elected as a member of the committee, he will be able to enjoy all kinds of conveniences and privileges in the future, and he will be able to become the designer of the new rules of the novel street.

"After so many years of hard work, it's all up to today. ”

Cai Fugui, who was sitting in the second row, frowned slightly, although he had experienced many big scenes, he was still nervous at the moment.

After thinking about it, Wang Tairan had already opened the red document, helped his reading glasses, stared at the content of the document, and after a while, he slowly announced: "There are a total of 10 members of the new management committee of Novel Street, namely Sun Jiang, the general manager of Bohai Book City, Li Ming, the chairman of Liming Book City, Huang Baijing, the general manager of Baijing Book Bar, and Liu Xing, the general manager of Meteor Book Bar......

When the list of ten committee members was announced, Cai Fugui suddenly sat down in his seat, and his heart was like ashes.

Because his name is not on the list.

Like Cai Fugui, there were many booksellers at the scene who showed disappointment on their faces.

A few families are happy and a few are sad.

The 10 booksellers elected to the new committee were the winners tonight.

"Boss Liu, congratulations, I was elected as a member at the age of 19, which is unprecedented. ”

"Now you can't call Boss Liu, you should call Member Liu. I said, Commissioner Liu, you have to have dinner today!"

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As soon as the list of committee members was announced, several old booksellers in the first row congratulated Liu Xing one after another.

Liu Xing was also a little surprised that he was successfully elected as a committee member. You must know that there are more than 100 booksellers in Novel Street, and more than half of them have stayed in Novel Street for more than 8 years.

Liu Xing, who has only been running a bookstore business on Novel Street for only a year, is now a miracle that he can be elected to the committee.

After thinking about it carefully, Liu Xing felt that this should be related to Wang Tairan.

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With the announcement of the list of 10 members, this year's Novel Street Booksellers Conference has come to a successful conclusion.

After the conference, a grand dinner was held in the lobby on the third floor of the Xiaoyao Building, which was attended by more than 100 booksellers.

The dinner lasted until more than ten o'clock in the evening, and when it was over, Liu Xing did not go home immediately, because he had to go to the airport to see off President Wang Tairan.

Wang Tairan has completed the handover of the management of Novel Street today, and he plans to get up tonight and go to Wanxing Mountain to visit his old friend.

As the only person in the know, Liu Xing went to see off Wang Tairan.

Halfway to the airport.

"Xiao Liu, can you adapt to today's scene?" asked Wang Tairan.

Liu Xing said: "It's okay." ”

Wang Tairan smiled and said, "It seems that you are more capable than I imagined, and it is rare to be able to be so calm and unhurried at a young age." You are the least experienced of the more than 100 booksellers on Novel Street, do you know why you were elected to the committee today?"

Liu Xing shook his head.

Wang Tairan slowed down and said: "Booksellers should be readers first, but unfortunately, most of the booksellers now are businessmen. They don't care about the value of the book, they only care about how much money they can make. You, on the other hand, are a little different from them. ”

Liu Xing was puzzled: "What's the difference?"

"You love to read more than they do, you're not just a businessman, you're a reader. Wang Tairan said, "Over the years, I have been in contact with hundreds of booksellers, and you are the first person willing to buy scrap books on a large scale." Most booksellers are reluctant to deal in scrap books, or even ordinary novels, because they have little profit and can even lose money. Because of this, there are fewer and fewer novels to choose from on the market, and many booksellers are only willing to sell high-margin starred novels. ”

After a pause, Wang Tairan said, "Actually, there is no absolute waste book in this world, any novel has its irreplaceable value, but we haven't discovered it yet." The business of running a scrap book may now be at a loss, or even ridiculed, but it is a very rewarding thing. So I hope you can stick with it. ”

Liu Xing nodded.

Touching his pocket, Wang Tairan took out two cards, handed them over, and said, "You keep these two business cards, one is the business card of the dean of the Lianhua Novel Academy, and the other is the business card of the president of the Tianhai Boxing Association." These two are friends I have known for decades, and I have already said hello to them, and if Lan Lan encounters any difficulties in the future, you can directly ask them for help. ”

Looking at the business card, Liu Xing said: "Elder Wang, I will take care of Lan Lan, you can go to Wanxing Mountain to recuperate with peace of mind." When I'm done with the Novel Street, I'll go to Wanxing Mountain to visit you. ”

Wang Tairan smiled faintly and said, "It's rare that you have this heart, but Wanxing Mountain is far away, so you don't have to toss." There is one thing I need your help with, there are some books in the secret room of my office, and you are free to help me move to the Blue Sky Community. ”

"Hmm. ”

Half an hour later, the car arrived at Tianhai International Airport.

After that, Wang Tairan took a plane and went to Wanxing Mountain, which is more than 3,000 kilometers away, overnight.

Sending Wang Tairan away, Liu Xing went to Wang Tairan's office alone, preparing to carry the books in the secret room.

There are three bookshelves in the secret room, on which are placed many more than 1,000 books, both novels and theoretical books, in addition, there are some notes written by Wang Tairan.

"Huh, what is this?"

While sorting out the bookshelves, Liu Xing found a thick stack of drafts, on which were drawn strange three-dimensional structure diagrams, which were common dimensional diagrams in reading.

On the first page of the draft, there is a long headline - a discussion on the ordering of the pages of the poker novel "Notes on the Book Tomb" from the perspective of "the method of homogeneity".

After flipping through the draft for more than a dozen pages, Liu Xing's brows moved slightly: This seems to be a paper that explains how to arrange the pages of "Book Tomb Notes"?

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