Chapter 014: Hotel Transfer Turmoil
Tianhai City Detention Center.
"Dad, I don't want to go to jail......" Cai Zhijian, who was wearing a prison uniform, looked frightened, "You must save me from ......"
Opposite, stood a middle-aged man, about fifty years old, fat and fat, with a gold necklace as thick as a hemp rope hanging around his neck, the man's name was Cai Fugui, the owner of the Fugui Book Bar, and Cai Zhijian's father.
"Now that I know that I regret it, why did I go earlier?" Cai Fugui raised his eyebrows and scolded, "I told you not to read a messy novel like "Goddess Strategy Diary", but you didn't listen to it. Now, if you read novels like crazy, and dare to commit murder with a knife, aren't you looking for death? Don't you know that the police are cracking down on book criminals right now!"
"Dad, I'm not reconciled...... Cai Zhijian's eyes were red, "I have done so many things for Liu Shiming, I love her so much, why doesn't she give me a chance......"
"Bastard! At this point, you're still thinking about that woman, how the hell is your brain, reading a novel makes you stupid!"
"Liu Shiming is my goddess, I can't let other men snatch her! Dad, I don't want to go to jail, I'm going to find Liu Shiming......"
"Enough!"
Cai Fugui snorted, if it weren't for the iron window, he would have slapped Cai Zhijian twice, "I spent so much money for you to learn reading, thinking that you could study hard and achieve something." I can't imagine that after learning the art of reading, you actually read the "Diary of the Goddess Raiders" and turn yourself into this kind of virtue! A Liu Shiming will make you like this, what will you have in the future? Take it!"
Speaking of this, Cai Fugui shook his hand casually, threw out a novel, and fell in front of Cai Zhijian.
Cai Zhijian looked at the novel, and saw that on the pink cover was a poignant picture of a lover breaking up, and above the picture, eight words were written - "Goodbye, My Former Lover".
"This "Goodbye, My Former Lover" is a healing romance novel, I specially asked Dr. Du to borrow it, it can treat the negative psychology and extreme psychology after falling out of love. You read this novel for me, read it carefully, and cure my psychological problems as soon as possible!"
Cai Fugui had a calm face and ordered sharply, "Don't indulge in any more "Goddess Strategy Diary", let alone be obsessed with any goddess Liu Shiming, otherwise, I will break your legs!"
Cai Zhijian trembled slightly, and didn't dare to speak more, he knew that his father had always done what he said.
"The evidence of your attack on Liu Shiming this time is conclusive, I'm afraid you will have to stay in prison for a while, you read this novel carefully first, and don't worry about other things. ”
Cai Fugui's face suddenly showed a fierce look, and he secretly said in his heart: As for the Liu family, I will slowly settle this account with them! Within three months, I will make the Mingxing Hotel disappear from Novel Street!
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Mingxing Hotel.
Father Liu walked out of the kitchen, holding a piece of white paper in his hand, walked to the door of the hotel, and pasted the white paper on the door. Liu Xing stepped forward to take a look, only to see four words written on the white paper - store transfer.
"Dad, are you going to transfer this hotel?"
"The hotel business is not good, so it can only be transferred. ”
"What's going on?"
At this time, Liu's mother, who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, said: "In the past two days, more than half of the takeaway business of our restaurant has been pushed off......
The business of Mingxing Hotel is not good, and its main source of income is to deliver food to nearby booksellers, which accounts for about 70% of the hotel's total income.
Yesterday, many booksellers called and said they were no longer ordering takeaway from Mingxing Restaurant. With the sharp reduction of the takeaway business, Mingxing Hotel is likely to be unable to make ends meet, and even unable to pay the rent.
"How could the takeaway business suddenly shrink?" Liu Xing wondered, "Is there anyone behind the scenes?"
"We haven't offended anyone, who would do this......" Halfway through speaking, Liu Shiming suddenly remembered something, "Could it be Boss Cai?"
"What Boss Cai?"
"Cai Zhijian was arrested by the police, will his father Cai Fugui hold a grudge and deliberately embarrass us?" Liu Shiming knows that Cai Fugui is a relatively domineering person, who has been running a book bar business on Novel Street for more than ten years, and is a relatively strong old bookseller.
Father Liu said slowly: "Whether the Cai family is a ghost or not, we have no evidence, more is better than less......"
"Dad, I'm sorry......" Liu Shiming was full of guilt, "It's all my fault for not being ......"
"Ming'er, you didn't do anything wrong. Father Liu comforted, "Cai Zhijian's kid has a bad heart, and he dares to commit murder with a knife, this kind of bastard thing should have been taught a lesson a long time ago." There's nothing wrong with you calling the police, and our Liu family is not easy to bully. ”
"But......" Liu Shiming was very unwilling, "We have been operating this restaurant for more than seven years, so don't we want it anymore?" or I will borrow some more money from Professor Juan, pay this month's rent first, and ...... in case of emergency."
Father Liu shook his head: "We haven't repaid the 20,000 yuan we borrowed from Professor Hu last year, so we can't trouble him anymore......"
"How much is the rent for our hotel?" Liu Xing interrupted at this time.
"The rent of the shop and the rent on the second floor add up, 35,000 yuan a month. ”
"35,000 yuan?" Liu Xing thought for a while and said, "I should be able to raise 35,000 yuan." He found a two-star novel "Book Tomb Notes" the night before, which should sell for tens of thousands of yuan.
"Silly boy, we'll solve the problem of money, you don't have to worry about it. Mother Liu walked over, gently stroked Liu Xing's head, and said with a smile, her soft eyes full of love. She didn't believe that Liu Xing could really get the money, after all, Liu Xing had just come out of the psychiatric hospital two days ago.
In the past two years, in order to treat Liu Xing's illness, Liu's father and Liu's mother have been frugal, even if they are bankrupt. Now that Liu Xing's condition has recovered, this is the biggest joy for the second elder. They don't expect Liu Xing to do anything, as long as Liu Xing is healthy, the two old men will be satisfied.
Hearing Liu Xing say that he could raise 35,000 yuan, Liu's mother only thought that her son was sensible, and said something to comfort her, but she didn't take it to heart at all.
Liu Xing didn't explain much, he did have a two-star novel, but there are eight copies of this set of "Book Tomb Notes", and Liu Xing only has one in his hand, which is not complete, and I am afraid that the price will be discounted.
If it is sold, how much it will be worth, Liu Xing has no bottom in his heart. Therefore, he did not dare to give his parents a clear answer for the time being, lest his parents' hopes be disappointed when he got it.
Liu Xing was going to go to the book testing center to confirm first, and if the price was right, he would sell "Book Tomb Notes" for some money.
Now not only the family needs money, but Liu Xing himself also needs money.
He has decided to challenge an impossible task in the Chinese novel world - to raise the novel to 100%!
Although fiction experts have long denied this possibility, Liu Xing is still willing to give it a try, because he has the ability that others do not have, and can directly see the compatibility of novels with his eyes.
With this ability, Liu Xing can observe and record the changes in the matching degree of the novel at any time, and then summarize and analyze the various factors that affect the matching degree, and he feels that he may be able to discover some mystery from it.
After he used reading to watch "Dragon Babu" today, the matching degree increased by 0.1%, which seems to indicate that reading skills can improve the matching degree of the novel.
In this case, it is natural to buy a few books on the theory of reading and study them carefully. Buying theory books will inevitably cost money, and now that the family is short of money, it is impossible for Liu Xing to ask for money from the family anymore, so he can only find a way by himself.
I happened to have a copy of "Book Tomb Notes" in my hand, so I sold it first and responded to the emergency.
After making a decision, Liu Xing returned to his room, found the "Book Tomb Notes" on the bookshelf, and prepared to go to the book testing center to identify the novel.
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After the two siblings left the hotel, Liu's father and mother talked in the kitchen in a whisper.
"Lao Liu, don't tell Ming'er and Ah Xing about Cai Fugui, these two children are so filial, I'm afraid they will mess around after they know the truth. Mother Liu said seriously.
Father Liu nodded: "I understand, how can I tell my children about these things? Anyway, after selling the restaurant, our family will move out of Novel Street, we can't afford to provoke it, can't we still hide?"
Yesterday, Cai Fugui once looked for Liu's father, hoping that Liu's father would help rescue Cai Zhijian. The way to save people is very simple, that is, to let Liu Xing and Liu Shiming give false testimony and lie that the incident in the alleyway the night before was a joke, so that Cai Zhijian can be acquitted.
However, Liu's father did not agree to Cai Fugui's request, and it was impossible for him to let his children testify falsely, let alone let Cai Zhijian come out and continue to hurt his daughter.
Father Liu and Cai Fugui's meeting last night finally broke up unhappily.
After this incident, Mingxing Hotel received many calls from booksellers to cancel their takeaway orders, and you don't have to think about it to know that seven or eight times out of ten it is related to Cai Fugui.
Cai Fugui is an old bookseller who has been in the novel street for more than ten years, rich and powerful, Liu's father and mother are just ordinary people, where can they fight such old rivers and lakes.
So, the two old men discussed it and decided to sell the restaurant and leave the novel street where they had lived for more than ten years......