It took about 28 minutes to take the subway from Luohu Railway Station in Shenzhen to the Overseas Chinese Town in Nanshan in one go.

Lin Yi followed the guidance of the map, didn't beat around the bush, and soon found the "Old Paradise Bookstore" near OCT.

The storefront of the bookstore is not large, and there are chairs and small tables outside, the chairs are made of rattan, and the tables are made of fiberglass, which looks very book-like. At the entrance of the bookstore, a signboard hangs high above it, on which is a black-and-white print, the engraving is "Reaper", a man holding a sickle to harvest ears of wheat, implying harvesting knowledge, and under the engraving there are English and traditional characters - "Old Paradise Bookstore".

Lin Yi speculated that the name probably came from the phrase "if there is a paradise, heaven should be what the library looks like", said Borges, who was the director of the National Library of Argentina.

When I entered the inside, I found that there were few people, there were two or three clerks, and the overall layout was two large houses with open doors. On one side is the reading area, there are many comfortable stools, sofas, you can read under the lamp at night, there is an open-air reading area on the left side of this room, and there is a small coffee bar in the back, and the wireless Internet account is written on the small blackboard for guests to access the Internet.

Lin Yi glanced at it and saw a lot of old books stacked on the desk, looking dense, like a huge library. Seeing these old books, Lin Yi couldn't help but think of "84 Charing Cross Street", a movie about used bookstores, "second-hand books" and correspondence in London, which is very warm and touching, and a few old actors such as Hopkins acted, nostalgic films, very good. At the end of the film, when she says "Frank, I'm coming", it makes people cry.

It was rare to come to such a tasteful used bookstore, Lin Yi couldn't help but hold his mobile phone, watching and taking pictures, no one stopped him, and no one disturbed him. The surroundings seem quiet and the atmosphere is nice.

After taking a few photos, Lin Yi remembered the purpose of this place and began to look for books in the used book area. The first thing that catches your eye is some old books in Russian or English, Lin Yi's education level is not high, and he has not yet reached the level of reading foreign books, so he can only sigh at these foreign books and get addicted.

I have to say that these foreign language books are more high-grade than domestic books in terms of binding and edition. In particular, the cover of the hardcover book is either frosted cowhide or cloth brocade, which looks very "tall", and it looks like a good book that can only be afforded by those rich people for many years.

But with so many foreign books, Lin Yi couldn't help but be a little stunned, and couldn't help but ask the waitress who was in charge of checking out in front of the computer, are these foreign books easy to sell? The girl smiled sweetly, and then told Lin Yi that the most sold in this store were foreign books.

Lin Yi was dumbfounded, it seems that the cultural atmosphere here in Shenzhen is very high, and so many people read foreign books.

Seeing Lin Yi's surprised appearance, the girl added in a low voice that in fact, there are more sales to bars and Western restaurants, and these books are bought to install facades and placed in bars and Western restaurants, which immediately improves the cultural level.

After listening to this explanation, Lin Yi couldn't help but wonder.

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Walking around, Lin Yi was really not interested in those old foreign books, so he could only choose some of his favorites in the Chinese version of Wen Shi Zhe. For example, Huayi Publishing House's 1993 photocopied version of "The Wizard of Oz" is priced at 40 yuan; In 1975, Shanghai Publishing House published all 1-4 volumes of "Mingrong and Tang Carved Water Margin", priced at 380 yuan; In addition, I selected a contemporary literary work, published by Lijiang Publishing House in 1985 and printed for the third time in 1992, the hardcover "Wang Zengqi's Selected Works" "Ordination", which alone sold for 180 yuan.

The reason why Lin Yi bought this book is mainly because he likes the novella "Ordination", I remember seeing it in the modern literature series "Reading and Appreciation" when I was a child, and I love the love story between the little monk and the little village aunt in it.

Next to the book "Ordination", a book is marked with a big label, this book is also written by Wang Zengqi, the name is "The Depths of the Mushroom", published by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House in 1993, with a big red cover, with paper-cut figures, boats, fishermen, ospreys, and on the shore is a couple carrying a basket, in which a doll sits and a small dog......

It can be said that the cover of this book is unique and full of artistic charm, and this is the importance of book binding and cover design, sometimes the value of a book will determine the collection value of the book because of this binding and cover.

In fact, when it comes to Wang Zengqi and Wang Lao's single book, many people may first think of "Dinner Flower Collection", and the cover of this book can indeed be called the most beautiful cover in Wang Lao's works.

However, the most valuable is this "The Depths of Mushrooms". This book is a book dedicated by Wang Lao to his hometown Gaoyou, and Wang Lao's favorite work is his Gaoyou, which is very meaningful. And this book should be a relatively small print run in Wang Lao's works, with only 4,000 copies in paperback and only 300 copies in hardcover.

Lin Yi's front of him is a hardcover, with a price tag of 1280 yuan.

Who would have thought that a hardcover book published in 1993, just because of this perfect cover, hardcover binding, and a print run of 300 copies, would become a rare book that was hard to find, so much so that the price was as high as 1,000 yuan, and even if it was a paperback, it was as high as 200 yuan.

You or I can see books like these at second-hand book stalls, but how many people really understand their potential value?

Lin Yi once encountered a copy of Wang Zengqi's "Dinner Flower Collection" at the bookstall at that time, he didn't know how to read at that time, he just rubbed the book to read, took it in his hand and looked at it, the stall owner saw that he liked it and asked for 8 yuan, Lin Yi was only willing to pay 5 yuan, and the difference of 3 yuan failed to make a deal in the end, but now, Lin Yi knows that the "Dinner Flower Collection" is worth at least 80 yuan. Because next to the 1280 yuan "Deep in the Mushroom", Lin Yi once saw the "Dinner Flower Collection", with a blue-green cover, elegant binding, and a price tag of 80.

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Just when Lin Yi was staring at the old bookshelf with burning eyes, fascinated by Wang Zengqi's writings, a little old man suddenly appeared next to him, not tall, with his waist bent, wearing reading glasses, looking at Lin Yi with a hesitant expression, as if he wanted to say something, but he was embarrassed to speak, opened his mouth, and finally sighed and walked away.

Lin Yi felt strange, so he looked at him, only to see that he was wearing reading glasses, holding a small note in his hand, leaning over, looking around, as if he was looking for something.

Lin Yi smiled, walked over and asked. The old man said embarrassedly, "Young man, I'm too old to see clearly, can you help me find this book?" As he spoke, he handed the note in his hand to Lin Yi.

(To be continued.) )