Lin Long, who had completed the interview task, was full of excitement and almost jumped back to school. Along the way, she looked at all kinds of photos taken on her mobile phone, especially the selfie of herself touching the front teeth of a giant crocodile, and the feeling of success came spontaneously.

There were several other toy stores in the scheduled program, but she didn't care, she had to hurry back to the editorial room and write the manuscript that matched the photos.

The next afternoon, she received a call from Wei Jiaying: "I'm sorry, Lin Long, I was too busy to accompany you before." Why don't we get off the second class this afternoon and go together? ”

"No, I already went there yesterday on my own." Lin Long said happily.

"Have you been there yourself?" Wei Jiaying was very surprised, "Aren't you afraid of that crazy shopkeeper?" ”

"It's okay, after I went there, I realized that the shopkeeper was not scary at all, and it was quite interesting." Lin Long showed her the photos he had taken.

"They all look like toys modeled after the weapons and equipment used by the Abilities, the elixirs, isocrystals, etc." Wei Jiaying said, "It's really like this big crocodile......"

"It's just too similar. I stood in front of it and was directly shocked by it! Lin Long said excitedly, "Taking a selfie under its teeth, I even feel weak legs!" ”

"Alright, your mission is done, it's none of my business. I'll go back to the Paranormal Club to train. The next time you have something, I will be on call and never miss the appointment. Wei Jiaying said with some annoyance.

"Okay dear. The next time there is such a thing, I will definitely wait for you to go with me. Lin Long hurriedly comforted her and said.

The press release was successfully broadcast in the "Grassroots Broadcast" column and received a good response, especially among some students with different abilities on campus. Two days later, Lin Long's group received a bonus of 1,000 yuan from the school's related projects.

Lin Long was also immersed in the joy of success. After discussing with the group, everyone decided to take out another 200 yuan from it and bring it to the owner of the toy store by Lin Long, firstly to express his gratitude, and secondly, to see if there is any possibility of further digging into the story material behind the shopkeeper.

In fact, in the group, only Lin Long knows the real name and location of the store. She strictly abided by her agreement with Jin Yan and did not disclose it to the public.

......

Night.

Outside Dongzhou University, commercial pedestrian street, true color printing shop.

A tall man in a black trench coat and a felt hat strolled down the street. Before coming to the print shop, after the last customer had left, he dodged in.

The shopkeeper was a thin middle-aged man, and as soon as he entered, he quickly pulled down the iron gate from the inside.

"What did you come to me for?" The tall man said in a low voice.

The skinny shopkeeper pulled out a stack of paper from a drawer, on which were some printed photographs. In the top one, in front of a giant crocodile head, a young girl is taking a selfie. It was Lin Long's selfie in a toy store. The photos below are of other items in the store that she photographed.

"This is ......," the tall man wondered.

"This is a photo printed by a girl at school in the afternoon." The skinny shopkeeper said, "I thought the photo was a little strange, so I secretly copied it." ”

The tall man looked at the photo, and the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became: "Are these alien beasts and all kinds of otherworldly items?" How come I've never seen and heard of it in Dongzhou? It's like a shop? How did the name of the store play mosaic? ”

The skinny shopkeeper took another piece of printing paper, which was the poster of the campus "grassroots broadcast".

"I don't know what the name of the store is or where it is. But the show should be this show, you go back and pay attention to it. It should be possible to find a campus college student reporter who does the show. He said, "Don't stay with me for long." There is a patrol point of the Heavenly Court Organization nearby. ”

"Okay." The tall man put all these printing materials into his boundary stone space, and then opened the iron gate and went out.

......

It was still at noon that Lin Long came to a toy store. Wei Jiaying, who said that she would not miss the appointment next time, missed the appointment again, on the grounds that her mother came to the provincial capital to see her, and she wanted to accompany her mother to the shopping mall to play and have lunch by the way.

If you don't come, you won't come, Lin Long now has a bottom in his heart, and he is not afraid of anything.

She came to the flower garden at No. 19 Hengqi Lane again. This time, she no longer had a knife in her hand.

Today's weather is average, there is no sun and a cool breeze. In front of the toy store, the young man with a pale face sitting on a deck chair basking in the sun was gone. However, the door is still open.

On the side of the store, there is a newly written notice with four words written on it: Recruit store staff.

When I walked into the store, I saw the young shopkeeper reclining on the boss's chair, with his feet on the table in front of him, a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, and he was closing his eyes and recuperating.

"Hello." Lin Long said.

"Well, just look at it." The shopkeeper's eyes were not open, and a few words could barely come out from the corners of his mouth with a cigarette.

"I'm not here to buy something. Do you remember me? I'm from the grassroots broadcast column of the Department of Journalism at Dongzhou University. Lin Long walked up to him and put the prepared money on the table, "Thank you for allowing me to report on the store last time, this is the reward fund for the success of our show, part of which is the fee for thanking you, and I hope we can be allowed to carry out further reports in the future......"

"I don't really like to be interviewed, you can see for yourself what you want to report, or the same requirements as the last time, and you can't reveal the name of the store." Jin Yan said lazily, took the stack of coins in his hand, and counted them carefully.

Seeing him like this, Lin Long walked around the store and watched. The inside of the store is basically the same as the last time I came, but it has changed again. If you insist on saying that there is a change, it is that the lotus flower with a price of 10 billion in the big vat, a few days ago, there was only a little bud, and now it has grown flowers, a petite red lotus, which looks very strange.

That's growing too fast, isn't it? She thought to herself.

Lin Long came to discover the story behind the store, such as why the price was marked that way, the sales volume of the goods, and who they were sold to. But overall, there are no sales? Ask what, the young shopkeeper also ignores it and prevaricates at will.

"Are you hiring?" A flash of inspiration flashed through her mind.

"Oh, hire a handyman." Jin Yan said casually.

"And what are the requirements for this job?" Lin Long asked with interest.

"Nothing required, cleaning, running errands to buy a box lunch supplies or something. Sometimes, I also look at the store and receive customers. ”

He is also tired of these little things, anyway, he still has money in his hand, so he might as well find someone to do chores. So a job posting was posted.

"As for wages, if you can go to work, you will be paid, and you will be paid according to your working hours, and the minimum wage standard in Dongzhou City is not 16 yuan per hour, so I will follow this standard." Jin Yan did some homework.

"Then look, I, I'm here to apply for this handyman, is that okay?" Lin Long said with a serious face.