Chapter 207: The bookstore opens
Walking out of the dean's office, I took a deep breath.
Standing in the hallway, I saw that the leaves of some of the trees on both sides of the sidewalk in the college had turned yellow. Some of the trees in the garden and several artificial islands have also turned yellow. It was the plane tree and the metasequoia tree and some trees that I can't name. These trees are extremely sensitive to the seasons.
It's late autumn.
In the past, the college was lined with high-rise buildings and roads, highlighting the busyness and prosperity of the provincial capital.
The sky was blue. A few mushroom-shaped white clouds fluttered in the wind overhead.
I chewed on Dean Ai's words repeatedly.
It can be understood as the teacher's care for the students, and it can also be seen as the attention of the college leaders to the students.
But he is the supreme leader, but his daughter is in the same class as me.
Staying in school is what many people dream of. I know a lot of people who have to find a way to get through that relationship. There are also those who go up the upper route. This kind of person naturally has a way and a background.
There is no shortage of performances to strive for. It's not that the college is without this convention, and the kind of academic performance that is extremely good will stay in school when you graduate.
The vice president of Da Ai was promoted to the full dean, and some people took the emotional route. Ai Sadako has become the dream girl for many people because of this. Ding Ying reminded me of this.
To be honest, I never thought about it.
Today, Dean Ai's words reminded me that in order to make some achievements in the medical field, my level is still far from enough. Studying for a Ph.D. may lead to the top of the field.
I remember that when Xiong Yanfei was still alive, she dreamed of studying in medical college with me and overcoming the incurable disease of blood cancer together. For more than a year when I was admitted to this medical school, I spent almost all my free time in the library or holding medicine, but I didn't gain much, and now it seems that it was a naΓ―ve idea.
Three or four years of college career is only to train a qualified doctor at best!
There is no talk of research in the field of medicine at all!
Graduate school, graduate school, graduate school can be regarded as a kind of research.
Therefore, I should have the awareness of going to graduate school and be ready for graduate school.
I said how often Ai Sadako soaked in the reading room. She has a purpose. I'm much more blind than she is.
But numbness is numbness, and what I did was exactly what I had to do for graduate school admissions.
Not contradictory.
However, after all, that was two years later, and I can't think about it now.
Now we have to think about how to prepare and operate a bookstore - I have already thought of the name of the bookstore - Youth Bookstore, and establish a tutor contact service platform for college students.
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That night, I spent more than two hours preparing the implementation plan for the tutoring liaison service platform, and delivered it to Dean Ai's office the next day before the meeting.
As soon as Dean Ai saw the headline of the plan, his spirit was lifted. He put aside the teacup with only the tea leaves in it, and looked at my handwritten plan from beginning to end.
Dean Ai's satisfaction hung on his face.
I knew I had succeeded in "doing what I liked". A person's hobby can be a personal hobby, such as a painting, such as a word, or a behavior, such as going to various entertainment places, such as singing, dancing and knocking on the back, etc., but it can also be something else, such as a need at work.
Since Dean Ai supports college students to start their own businesses, and since he is very interested in establishing a college student tutoring liaison service platform, he is naturally very satisfied with giving him a perfect preparation plan without his expectations.
This kind of behavior naturally belongs to "doing what he likes".
One of the conditions in the plan for college students to participate in entrepreneurship - all students who participate in college students' self-employment must achieve a good level in academic examinations - made Dean Ai quite satisfied, and eliminated some of Dean Ai's concerns.
To be honest, it is impossible for the head of a college to guide college students to start their own businesses without concerns. Because this kind of thing is not only unprecedented, but also extremely trendy, it is the easiest to be pushed to the forefront. Dean Ai's biggest concern is that students who are engaged in entrepreneurship neglect their professional studies. This is contrary to the teaching purpose of the college.
And with this rule, it means that only those who have excellent professional learning can engage in entrepreneurial activities, so as to truly achieve the best of both worlds.
At half past ten in the morning, Dean Ai sent someone to inform me to go to the dean's office to sign the agreement.
I was surprised that Dean Ai's style of action was so vigorous.
There were three more people in Dean Ai's office this time, and I learned through Dean Ai's introduction that they were two vice presidents and one director of general affairs. The terms of the agreement were very beneficial to me, as I reduced the rent for the last two months of the year and reduced the rent for the second year by 20 per cent.
The rent has never been increased, and I don't want to sublet the store to me and reduce the rent by 20%, which is also unprecedented!
Of course, I know that this is Dean Ai's greatest support for me. Or rather, an affirmation of me.
So after signing, I bowed deeply to Dean Ai.
I knew in my heart that I couldn't live up to Dean Ai's trust.
Fighting for the right to operate so smoothly was not only unexpected by Chu Huoyu, but it also gave Ding Ying more conjecture.
Ding Ying is dead, and I will use Ai Zhenzi as a pawn. She never dreamed that Ai Sadako would know nothing about the whole process of fighting.
Next, we quickly made the preparations - the renovation of the store - the so-called simple decoration; Go to the book market to learn about the market and contact several dealers; Go to an advertising agency to make flyers and posters, etc.
On the weekend when the preparations were done, we sorted out the books from the book market by region, and Xu Zhengping and Cao Shuigen had already distributed leaflets to each dormitory and pasted posters in every place where posters could be displayed in the college, such as the entrance of the cafeteria, the entrance of the movie theater, and the entrance of the bathhouse, waiting for the official opening on Monday.
At 6:08 a.m. on Monday, we gathered in front of the bookstore and the artillery exploded.
Some of those who are interested in watching the excitement have long been waiting at the door of the bookstore. As the roller shutters slowly rise, people flock in.
I'm busy greeting everyone. Ding Ying and Chu Huoyu were busy collecting money and making change. Xu Zhengping and Cao Shuigen came over to help in advance.
In one morning, more than 200 copies were sold. We were so busy that we forgot the time, forgot to have breakfast, and if we hadn't seen a large group of people walking towards the complex, we would have forgotten that we still had to go to class.
Xu Zhengping clutched his stomach and screamed hungry. I went to the bakery in the past of the student supply store and bought five large breads, gave Chu Huoyu one, and the four of us who were going to class walked to the school building while nibbling on bread.
That morning, no, I should say that I couldn't have been more in a good mood that day. Although the number of people who came in at noon and late afternoon was not as good as in the morning, the purchase volume was far more than I expected.
Even in the evening, after the evening self-study, some people poured into our bookstore.
A lot of people come out of curiosity. There are also some people who come into the store to see, turn around, flip through the pages, and leave empty-handed if they don't have an appetite, and willingly pay for the book they find if they find something they are interested in.
Almost everyone I know well has come to the bookstore.
Even the two brothers who repaired me from Zhu Defa came. When they left, one of them bought a book and said it was my support. I say thank you to them.
I was wondering why Zhu Defa didn't show up, and he did. He looked up at the door of the store for a long time (presumably admiring the sign in front of the bookstore) before entering the door.
The sign that runs across the roller shutter of the bookstore was specially designed by me. At that time, there was no spray painting, and I didn't look for an advertising company, so simple that it was just to let the carpenter arrange a dozen rungs together and nail them to the wall, planing them smooth with a planer, and then ask a classmate who would be Mi Fu to write two lines of words on it. The first line is: college students of the First Clinical College of the Provincial Medical College start their own businesses; The second line is: Youth Book House. Then ask the painter to brush it a few times with natural paint.
No one knows, and I have an ulterior motive for this design.
Zhu Defa, who became the president of the student union, became more and more energetic, with less humble look on his face and more confidence. A fuchsia jacket with a pair of black trousers, and a pair of shiny brown casual leather shoes under his feet, lining the whole person.
I greeted him," Chairman Zhu was not interested enough, and he was late. We're going to close later. β
"I'm sorry, it's Monday, it's a lot of work." Zhu Defa looked everywhere.
"Being president is different. At this time, do you want to read a book, or come to see Ding Ying? β
"Ding Ying? Is Ding Ying here? Zhu Defa's gaze froze, he noticed Ding Ying, who was sorting out the accounts with Chu Huoyu, and walked over quickly, "Hey, Ding Ying, why are you coming here at this time?" Haven't returned to your rental place yet? Zhu Defa's face was full of smiles.
"Why are you coming here at this time?" I don't understand what Zhu Defa means.
"Not yet. Take a look first, I will sort out the accounts with Chu Huoyu. Ding Ying didn't raise her head.
"Sorting out the accounts?" Zhu Defa leaned over and looked, "What accounts are you sorting out?" β
"Don't you know?" Chu Huoyu raised his head, "Ding Ying is one of our three major shareholders. β
"Shareholders? So this youth bookstore was opened by the two of you? I don't know at all. Zhu Defa was surprised.
"You don't care," I walked up to Zhu Defa, "who doesn't know about such a big thing." β
"I don't know about the opening of the bookstore?" Zhu Defa glanced at me, "College students run shops on campus, and there has been a lot of buzz on campus. But we all thought it was your Zheng Qihang's shop alone. β
"Okay, okay, it's finally calculated," Ding Ying straightened up and shook her neck, "My neck is sore." β
"Do you want me to rub it for you?" Chu Huoyu said.
"This is the eldest lady who is Jin Gui." I say.
"Hey, Zheng Qihang, I have done a lot today. Like you, always a shopkeeper. Ding Ying competed.
"Am I not greeting customers? You see, as soon as Chairman Zhu came in, I welcomed him out. β
"Chairman Zhu?" Ding Ying was stunned.
"Zhu Defa."
"Zhu Defa is Zhu Defa, what is Chairman Zhu? Sour and not slippery. Ding Ying chuckled.
"Yes, between brothers, it's okay to call it that," Zhu Defa, who was originally very useful, hurriedly agreed, he approached Ding Ying and touched Ding Ying's arm, "Why don't you let me know about this at all?" Also, did your dad know that you invested in a bookstore? How did you come up with the idea of investing in a bookstore? β
Although he continued to ask questions, Zhu Defa tried his best to be humble.