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It's just a pity that in this old bookstore, from the first row of bookshelves, to the second row of bookshelves, and then to the third row of bookshelves, Lin Yi was stunned that he didn't find many old books that fit his heart.

Just when Lin Yi shook his head and sighed, someone behind him said: "Friend, didn't you find the book you like, no way, it's difficult to do the used book business now, and many good books are not easy to receive, plus we have a lot of people in the scenic spot here, there are many people who like to buy old books, and when they come, they will pick up all the good books, and even I am almost out of good books to read." ”

Hearing this, Lin Yi looked back, but it was the bookstore owner who was reading seriously just now, at most in his thirties, wearing thick myopia glasses, and his appearance was also Si Swenwen, but there were a few nose hairs exposed in his nostrils, Lin Yi had read photo books such as "Mai Shenxiang" indiscriminately, saying that people's nose hair would not be able to hide their wealth when they were exposed, and it seemed that this was also a down-and-out book seller.

There is also a sense between readers, and when that person sees Lin Yi, he can't help but want to make friends and talk, not to mention that Lin Yi himself has a very peaceful and easy to get close to, and he likes to smile at people so much, so it doesn't take much effort for the two to get to know each other.

It turned out that the shopkeeper's name was Li Dabing, and according to his words, "I used to love to read, but it was a coincidence that I was in the used book business." "Ten years ago, he just graduated from college, and he came here from out of town for love, because his girlfriend is from the neighborhood and he works as a tour guide here, so he stayed and rented a house near Bailang Street.

One day, Li Dabing passed by an alley, and saw a scrap station bagging a lot of old books, he liked to read since he was a child, and he curiously leaned over to look at it, and found that there were a lot of old books that were some years old, Li Dabing felt that these books were useful, so he bought all the 1,700 catties of old books at a price of 8 cents a catty.

"I didn't think much about it at the time, and when I came back, these books became a big problem." Li Dabing said that as soon as he bought the books, the house was full at once. When I was worried about what to do with these old books, there was a small episode.

One day at noon, Li Dabing left the door open and sorted out the books piled on the ground. An old man who was traveling nearby walked in and asked if the books were for sale, and Li Dabing nodded. The old man squatted for more than half an hour, selected 13 books, and asked Li Dabing how much it cost.

"I didn't know how to sell it at the time, and I thought, if I really like it, I can give a few dollars and take it." Li Dabing replied to the old man: Give as much as you want. Unexpectedly, the old man never spoke, and sat in Li Dabing's hut for 4 hours.

Li Dabing was secretly surprised, the old man waited for so long, could it be that this batch of books was worth a lot? So he half-jokingly said: "Do you want 3,000 yuan?" The old man said, "It's a little more expensive." A middle-aged man came over and said, "What book costs 3,000 yuan?" ”

After listening to Li Dabing's explanation, the middle-aged man looked at the book and said, "I'll take 1,200 yuan." Li Dabing agreed, and the old man was annoyed. At that time, I felt very sorry for the old man, so I asked him to choose 10 of the old books and take them for free. ”

"From that moment on, I knew the value of old books and began to have a strong interest in them." After that, Li Dabing set up an iron bed in the aisle outside the house and put all the old books he bought on it to sell, and the business was very hot.

The scrap yards around Bailang Street became Li Dabing's initial "source of goods", and sometimes when he saw a batch of books received from the scrap yards, he would bring a bottle of water in the morning and come out at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, "his body was full of ash and dirty." But if you find it, you will be happy. ”

It's just a pity that it didn't take long for this kind of hot business to be targeted by some well-intentioned people, and second-hand bookstores began to open in the vicinity one after another, and Li Dabing's supply was also seized by some people. Everyone has opened a bookstore, but Li Dabing is still setting up a bookstall, and in the end, he can't compete with those stores, so he gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and opened this "Bailang Ancient Bookhouse".

Speaking of this, Li Dabing sighed and said to Lin Yi: "Maybe I wasn't born to eat this kind of food, it's okay to buy books, and it's okay to read, but I just can't do this business of selling old books." ”

Lin Yi understood what he meant, this person, if he reads too much, he will be stubborn about some of the big truths in the book, and he will not be ruthless when he sells books, nor will he speculate in camps, let alone make some black money with his conscience.

For example, other used bookstores began to operate physical bookstores and online bookstores together, and he Li Dabing slowly opened a bookstore online.

Those bookstores on the Internet like to make some postage differences, and he Li Dabing collects the postage in fact, and charges as much as he spends, and if he overcharges a dime, he must also return it to the past.

An honest and credible book seller like him should have a prosperous business, but unfortunately, the world now does not recognize a good person like him, on the contrary, those who are opportunistic have a prosperous business.

The online business is not good, Li Dabing doesn't care, he said to Lin Yi that the biggest advantage of opening a bookstore online is not to make money, but to earn stories, good stories that make people move.

Not long ago, Li Dabing received a copy of the comic strip "Little Sentinel on the Frontier" published by the Xinjiang People's Publishing House in 1978. A few days later, an elderly book friend in Shanghai called and said he wanted to buy the book. Li Dabing told the old man that the book had been bought. The old man regretted that he was the painter Yu Guanqiu, one of the authors of the book. Almost a month later, Li Dabing received another phone call saying that he wanted to buy the book, and the man said that his father was one of the authors. Li Dabing inquired carefully and learned that it was another author of the book, the painter Xu Shunlin. Li Dabing told Xu Shunlin's son the previous story, and half an hour later, the two old men got in touch. "When they met again, they called me and solemnly invited me to Shanghai."

When Li Dabing said this, his expression couldn't help but be a little proud, a little joyful, and a little embarrassed.

When the two talked to this, Li Dabing seemed to really regard Lin Yi as a friend, and said mysteriously: "Tell me that you know, Brother Lin, I have been selling books for so many years, and in fact, I have a lot of good books, do you want to take a look?" "His eyes are full of hope.

Lin Yi knows the thoughts of these book collectors, they have hidden precious books, it is not interesting to read them alone or play them alone, and from time to time they take them out for good friends and acquaintances to exhibit, which can also satisfy the vanity and sense of accomplishment of the collectors.

What's more, Lin Yi was also very curious about what kind of good books this Li Dabing had, so he smiled and said: "Of course it's good, let me appreciate it, come all the way to you, you must always have some gains, at least learn to learn!" ”

Seeing that Lin Yi said something modest and interesting, Li Dabing began to rummage through the cabinets with great interest, and in a moment, he took out his collection.

"This is a manuscript medical book in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, this is a lithograph of the early Republic of China...... "In the past few years, Li Dabing has handled no less than 100,000 old books.

Among them, many old books are covered with plastic film and are well preserved. Li Dabing was also extra careful when he took the book. "There is an unforgettable story behind these books," Li Dabing picked up a group of Shanghai ancient books published in the seventies and eighties of the "Basic Knowledge of Chinese Classical Literature Series" series and said, don't look at these books are small and thin, one by one looks inconspicuous, the price is only two or three cents, now you can buy it at the stall for two yuan at most, but some of these missing books are very valuable, as long as the quality is good, you don't have to worry about selling, for example-

"Yan Yu and Canglang Poems", 4,000 copies printed; "Ruan Ji and Ji Kang", 6,000 copies: 4,000 copies of "Li He"; 3,500 copies of "Wang Anshi" and 4,000 copies of "Liu Xizai and Art"; "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty and Chen Ziang", 7,000 copies printed; "Liu Yong", 5,000 copies printed; "Wu Weiye" printed 5,000 copies; "Gu Yanwu", printed in 8,500 copies; "Bao Zhao and Yu Xin", 6,000 copies printed.

The above missing books, a minimum of 100 yuan, these ten thin books alone, together can be sold for 1500 yuan; And the bigger missing books such as "Du Mu" and "Huang Zunxian", as long as the quality is good, one is likely to be thousands!

Now I have received 67 of them in full, thanks to a "bookworm".

In 2010, Li Dabing received a call that he had books to collect in a nearby new village. When he came to the door, he saw that the floor of the house where he called was full of books, more than 100 of which were in good condition and of high quality, including this humble set of "Basic Knowledge of Chinese Classical Literature Series".

Li Dabing inquired and learned that these books were left by the householder's uncle. The householder's uncle never married, and all the money was used to buy books.

"This is the only time I've ever received a book, more than 100 books, and all of them are good books. Now these 67 small series of books, someone bid 20,000 yuan, and I am reluctant to sell it, not why, just reluctant, maybe I am really not a qualified book seller! Li Dabing shook his head and sighed.

Lin Yi can completely understand his feelings, as an unqualified book seller, this Li Dabing may not be successful, but many of the things he got can't be bought with money.

A peace of mind, a pleasure.

It seems to be down, but in fact it is free and easy.

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In the old bookstore, Lin Yi and Li Dabing, who had just met, talked for a while. The time was about the same, Lin Yi insisted on leaving, Li Dabing had to send him a few books, in his words, these books were not valuable, I just hope that Lin Yi can remember that there is still a friend like him Li Dabing on Bailang Street.

Lin Yi had no choice but to accept the book.

Next, Li Dabing introduced several other used bookstores to Lin Yi in detail, saying that there are no good books here, those ones are different, and there should be something he likes.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies, and there are absolutely few people like Li Dabing who enthusiastically introduce business to his peers, so it can be seen that he doesn't care about others making more money than him, he only cares about whether Lin Yi, a friend he just made, can find good books.