The signboard made of wood-colored anticorrosive wood panels looks fresh and simple, and the two hollowed-out Lishu characters of "Youzhi" will show warm white lights at night, and the small characters of "Cultural and Creative Base, Coffee, Simple Meal, Book Bar" are also eye-catching under the signboard.

There are only more than 80 storefronts, a total of four floors of old buildings have been renovated and painted in a very literary sea blue, and there are several printing shops, Taobao photography shops and computer repair shops upstairs. The façade is not on the street, behind a wall, and you need to go around a small yard to get there.

After obtaining the consent of the landlord, Xia Zhi made two signs, one large and one small, and the small one was hung outside the wall, and then someone drew a road map indicating the entrance on the wall.

If you want to do the business of street customers, this store is not ideal, but the summer solstice is to fancy its privacy, can give people a greater sense of security, in the event is very suitable, out of the door ten minutes walk to the subway station.

The small yard in front of the door is not within the scope of the lease, but it is also suitable for planting some flowers and plants to build a small flower belt.

The new store opened on Sunday, because there was a warm-up of the official account, in addition to Hanyi's old colleagues, acquaintances, and some former partners, there were also many wild readers who came to check in.

He Yan and Xia Yuan's family of three specially rushed over from Kangzhou, but Xia Jianfeng was still nowhere to be seen. Summer Solstice already feels very satisfied.

She opened her arms to her little nephew Xia Jin, the little guy was afraid of life, so he twisted his waist and slipped down after a while, but as soon as he got to Beibei's side, the two children immediately stuck together as if they had known each other in their previous lives, chattering and talking alien language.

Xiao Yiqing and Yu Xiaofei trapped the two children in a corner surrounded by two short sofas, and let them mess around in that small space, and the two talked endlessly about parenting.

Xia Zhi took He Yan and Xia Yuan to lift the curtain and enter a small cubicle that could only fit one table, two chairs and a small bookshelf, which can be used as a private room in the store, and can also be used as a preparation room when there are activities.

"But sister, is your store located so good for business?" Xia Yuan was still worried.

Xia Zhi didn't dare to pack tickets, but she said: "The store is a supporting body, engaging in a membership system, and participating in cultural and creative activities is also charged. ”

He Yan pursed the corners of her mouth from the moment she entered the door, Xia Zhi knew that she must be too fancy to look at it, and it was not practical to look at it. The painting on the wall is a personal exhibition of a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, and it is very stream-of-consciousness style, and He Yan must not understand it.

For He Yan, this is just a café, and the concepts and cognitions of two generations collide slightly in this small shop at once. Despite this, Xia Zhi knew that after He Yan returned to Kangzhou, he would definitely tell Xia Jianfeng that the store was not bad.

Over the years, He Yan has not been easy.

A few people sat in the store for about an hour and left, Xiao Yiqing wanted to take Bei Bei to the playground, Xia Jin also wanted to follow, Yu Xiaofei had to agree, Xia Zhi asked Xiao Yiqing to entertain the family on behalf of the family, she really couldn't leave.

Guo Shufeng and Zhang Wen, two shareholders, came late, and during the preparation period, Guo Shufeng did not come to see the whole process, Zhang Wen came once, and the two were generally satisfied.

Guo Shufeng said: "It's just that the store is a little smaller. ”

The expenditure of funds Xia Zhi has been reported to the two of them, she has kept some money, ready to expand the scale after a period of time, the ideal state is to be able to rent the entire building in the end, but the caution in her bones makes her afraid to invest all the money at once.

Zhang Wen, who insisted on her capital preservation, patted her on the shoulder again and said: "You do it boldly, if you lose, you will lose, and there is not much money." "The egg hurts

She mainly set aside four months of working capital at a 50% loss rate, including shop rental materials and store staff salaries.

Guo Shufeng asked the original old account to help promote her new official account, and the official account attracted fans quickly, but even if the official account is currently profitable, it is not enough to support the entire store, and she wants to completely smooth out the operation model of cultural creativity within four months.

It's difficult, if you have to hold an event every week, it's more difficult to recruit an event planner than a store clerk, and she can't afford to pay too high a salary. Therefore, at this stage, she has to run the planning and official account alone.

She has found a few college students to work part-time, and she can help her with the arrangement of the manuscript, and she will also come over to help when she organizes events on the weekend.

She tries to make her activities as diverse as possible.

Book clubs can read a book together, share the books they brought, or even just read quietly for two hours with a cup of coffee and a snack.

The film sharing is topical, and will be accompanied by a discussion of the appreciation of the film.

The cultural salon can talk about the relationship between the sexes, about growing pains, about a certain period of history, and even about the metaphysics of Feng Shui.

In general, she can host activities by herself, but after the circle of "knowledgeable" activities gradually expanded, she also began to invite some members who often participate in activities to host activities.

She feels as if she has a flame on her body, burning more and more, she likes this feeling of longing, enjoys the satisfaction after completing each activity, and is excited about the more and more readers who leave messages in the background of the official account.

Youzhi's business situation is better than she expected, and in the third month of opening the store, it has basically achieved profitability, which makes her feel that she has made the right choice.

She works hard, has no holidays, no commuting time, and sometimes in order to prepare a certain activity material, she will stay up all night in the store, and after dawn, the store manager comes to open the store, and she goes home to rest.

One morning, Xiao Yiqing was about to send Bei Bei to the trusteeship, when Xia Zhi came out of the room yawning and opened the door, and was startled: "Are you a ghost?" When did it float back? ”

Xia Zhi leaned against the wall and said, "I can't go home and sleep yet?" ”

Xiao Yiqing shook her head: "You should sleep too much." Day and night upside down, forgetting to sleep and eat, isn't the store slowly on the right track? Can't you give yourself a vacation? What do you wake up early in the morning? ”

"Well, there's a public service announcement exhibition I want to take a look at and see if I can get some exhibits and display them in the store."

"Okay, okay...... It's terrible to marry a woman who works...... I left you soup in the electric cooker, you remember to drink it, go home early and rest when you're done......" Xiao Yiqing chattered while rushing Bei Bei out of the door, and the words finally stopped abruptly after the door closed.

Xia Zhi smiled and looked up at the clock on the wall and stuck out his tongue.

It's almost eight o'clock, the soup comes back and drinks it, you have to wash up and change clothes and make up and go out, the opening ceremony of the advertising exhibition is at half past nine, there will be an award ceremony on the spot, and the winners will be there, if you can ask one or two designers to come to the store to do a sharing meeting.

It was early autumn in the north and midsummer in the south, and she went out in a pure white cotton linen skirt with a small round neck that reached below her collarbone, and a silver Mobius ring-shaped pendant flickered with her brisk steps as she jumped down the steps.