What interrupted Qi Tianxiang's reading was the salesman who came over with tea just now, and he was communicating with Zhou Tong from beginning to end, without too many words or any expression, just glanced at Qi Tianxiang when he left. If it weren't for this look, Qi Tianxiang might not exist in her eyes, or ignore it.

But now not only is he standing in front of Qi Tianxiang with a smile on his face, but he also has an extra tray in his hand, and the glass on it has become a ceramic lid cup, which is still gently placed in front of Qi Tianxiang, but his movements are obviously much softer.

"I'm really sorry, I really didn't expect you to come in person, and sit here quietly, we are not prepared at all, we will wait for you." Although he was full of smiles and his words were as thoughtful as possible, the demeanor on his face and his voice were nervous and cramped, and he didn't even dare to look into Qi Tianxiang's eyes, but just said to himself: "The leader just called, and I learned that you are here with us, this is my dereliction of duty, please bear with me." ”

Qi Tianxiang put down the book, glanced at the salesman standing in front of him, and said with a gentle smile: "Don't blame those who don't know!" We are tired and sit here to rest, drink a cup of tea, you serve normally, and what is the dereliction of duty? What do I have for you? ”

Qi Tianxiang said, pointing to the opposite position, and said slowly: "Please sit down, sit down and let's talk casually, please don't be nervous, otherwise we won't be able to communicate and talk, do you think my proposal is okay?" ”

Qi Tianxiang's gentleness and kindness greatly surprised the salesman, so he nodded heavily, sat down opposite Qi Tianxiang carefully, and looked at Qi Tianxiang calmly, waiting for his question.

The salesman's expression and demeanor let Qi Tianxiang know that there was nothing to talk about in such a situation, so he asked with a gentle smile: "I haven't asked your surname yet?" I don't know what to call it, how to chat about it! ”

The salesman was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied seriously: "My surname is Li, my name is Li Yaru." ”

"Li Yaru, this name is good, depending on the age, how old should I be older than you, just call you Xiao Li, okay?" Qi Tianxiang looked at Li Yaru and said, then looked around, because Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang had already persuaded a few people to retreat, the entire reading area was left with Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang sitting not far away, and Qi Tianxiang and Li Yaru sitting opposite. Qi Tianxiang looked at it for a moment, then retracted his gaze and looked at Li Yaru and said: "From the time I came here to sit down until now, the people who came to the reading area to read and drink tea brought four of us, but only seven people, how much can you earn this day, and how many cups of tea can you sell?" ”

Because there are only two people, himself and Qi Tianxiang, although Li Yaru is nervous and unnatural, she can't help but answer Qi Tianxiang's question, so she thought for a while and said seriously: "I'm on the afternoon shift, I just went to work at two o'clock, and this afternoon is to sell seven or eight cups of tea. ”

Maybe it was because he saw that Qi Tianxiang's expression was a little flat, or maybe he was worried that his statement was too simple, Li Yaru hurriedly added: "We usually don't have many people here, the fourth floor is a little too high, and the books that are bought are basically bought on the lower floors. ”

"Look at your age, it should be an old employee of the bookstore, I just took a rough look, most of them are your age, and there are still not many young people." Qi Tianxiang listened carefully and continued to ask gently: "If it is two shifts, there should be more than 100 front-line salesmen, not including administrative and logistics personnel, and the income pressure should not be small, right?" ”

"I joined the bookstore after graduating from high school, and now it has been more than 20 years, so I can say that I am a veteran worker." Speaking of her own affairs, Li Yaru's tone and tone were much smoother, and her expression gradually became more comfortable, "The bookstore is basically about the same age as me, some come in by replacement, and some recruit workers, but it has been decades. When the business was good, I also recruited several batches of temporary workers, but then the benefits were not good, and the wages were difficult to pay normally, so they left one after another, and now there are few people left. ”

Qi Tianxiang saw that Li Yaru was natural, and then asked inspiringly: "The income is not ideal, and the salary is difficult to guarantee, haven't you thought about changing jobs?" ”

"It's hard! At our age now, there are old and young, and I have no technology and education, so it is too difficult to change jobs, and the income is not much, but after all, there is still one, so I can only do it. Li Yaru sighed deeply, looked at Qi Tianxiang and said: "I won't tell you, we are living like a year now, and we are trembling every day, for fear that one day the bookstore will not work, and we will have to face layoffs and unemployment. ”

Li Yaru said, and hurriedly added: "What's worse, if the bookstore closes, what will we do with the fundraising funds?" ”

Qi Tianxiang listened to Li Yaru's narration, which seemed to touch the softness of his heart, so he was silent for a moment before he asked vigilantly: "Is the bookstore renovated and fund-raising inside?" How much did each person pay? What is the nature of the calculation? ”

Seeing that Qi Tianxiang was serious, Li Yaru also became nervous, looked at Qi Tianxiang and said honestly: "Each employee is different, there are as few as 50,000 or 60,000, and as many as hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands. The first said that it was fund-raising, and the interest was paid at a higher interest rate than the bank, and it was not given after a few years, and it was said that the state prohibited such internal fund-raising behavior, and it was all converted into enterprise shares, and dividends were distributed from the operating profits of the enterprise every year, and it was only divided for two or three years and never given again, and now I heard that the bookstore is insolvent and will soon go bankrupt and transform, I don't know if our money can be returned? ”

As she spoke, perhaps thinking of the sadness, Li Yaru couldn't help but cry, lowered her head, and stopped looking at Qi Tianxiang.

Seeing Li Yaru's sad appearance, Qi Tianxiang felt a surge of anger in his heart, so he said to Li Yaru in a low voice but firmly: "If you have an account, you are not afraid to settle it, and you can't do without saying it when you can't do it, let alone stop it, please believe this, this society will have a place to reason at any time." ”

Qi Tianxiang's words seemed to inject confidence into Li Yaru, and she couldn't help but raise her head and look at Qi Tianxiang trustingly, shyly reached out and wiped the tears from her face, and didn't say anything, just stared at Qi Tianxiang intently.

Qi Tianxiang faced Li Yaru's trusting gaze, and seemed to want to say something, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw that a lot of people appeared at the entrance of the electric staircase, so he said lightly: "Your leader is here, you go and get busy!" It's more important than anything else to build confidence. ”

"Where are we waiting for you, I didn't expect you to hide here! If it weren't for Lao Zhou's call, I thought that Governor Qi, who has always been punctual, would have missed the appointment! As soon as she walked down the stairs, Sun Pingfang walked over quickly, and said with a smile as she walked: "You can find a place to be busy, this place is really quiet enough, but the space is a little too big, and it is easy to be distracted by reading." ”

The hearty laughter made Qi Tianxiang turn around, slowly stand up, greet Sun Pingfang, who was coming, shook his hand politely, and said with a slight smile: "Lao Zhou and I came a little early, and we haven't set foot in a bookstore for a long time, so let's come in and have a look, it's also preconceived!" ”

"How does it feel? Is it dazzling, but you can't find the book you want to read, it's hard to find real gold in the sea of books! Sun Pingfang looked at Qi Tianxiang and said with a soft smile, then glanced sideways at the people who followed behind him, and said to Qi Tianxiang: "I won't introduce you one by one, let's let them report to their homes!" ”

Li Mingfu, Han Huamin, and Fan Lingling took the lead in coming over to shake hands with Qi Tianxiang in turn, and the heads of these publishing groups who had already met in the morning all walked quickly in front of Qi Tianxiang, shook hands with Qi Tianxiang with a smile on their faces, and then stood aside with interest.

Qi Tianxiang smiled as usual, shook hands with several unfamiliar faces who came into sight later, calmly listened to their self-introductions, and quickly remembered a few new names. The bloated and red-faced man is Huang Wei, deputy general manager of the publishing group and general manager of Xinhua Bookstore Group; The tall but sturdy and stereotyped is Tang Hu, deputy general manager of Xinhua Group and general manager of the bookstore; Wen Jingxiu is weak, her face is fair, and she wears gold-rimmed glasses is Zhang Wenxiu, deputy general manager and general manager of finance of Xinhua Group, a middle-aged man with a woman's demeanor and a woman's name, which attracted Qi Tianxiang's special attention, and he couldn't help but look at him more.

Qi Tianxiang's face was peaceful, without any special expression, he shook hands gently, but he just didn't listen to too much talking, after shaking hands, he signaled to stand aside, and then shook hands with the people behind him, and kept shaking hands with all the people who were qualified to meet one by one, before slowly looking around at everyone and saying calmly: "Everyone sit casually!" ”

said that it was casual, but no one dared to sit down before Qi Tianxiang, but looked at Qi Tianxiang with a smile on his face, waiting for his further instructions.

Qi Tianxiang knows the power contained in such words, there is authority, and there is also the prestige brought by the position, the more crowded the occasion, the more obvious the effect and reflection. As the governor of the province, it is impossible for Qi Tianxiang not to understand this, but today he deliberately highlights this kind of power, as if he wants to express an emotion, but he is not willing to show it at will.

Qi Tianxiang met everyone's gaze, looked slowly, then retracted his gaze, and said with a slight smile to Sun Pingfang: "They don't want to sit, so let's stand, let's sit down and talk!" ”

Qi Tianxiang said, stretched out his hand and motioned for Sun Pingfang to sit on the chair opposite him, and he slowly sat down, and then quietly watched everyone find a place to take a seat.