By the time a thousand leaflets were copied, it was already late at night. At this time, Yelang City had also reached curfew. Except for the patrolling government watchmen, there was no one else in the city.
Liu Si was so tormented by Chen Mu who was possessed by the buff last night that she fell asleep now.
After covering himself with the quilt, Chen Mu picked up the stack of flyers and headed out the door.
"Dong dong dong."
"Brother-in-law?"
Following three crisp knocks on the door, Liu Jingtang's voice came from inside the house.
After opening the door, he poked his head out and saw that his eyes were calm, as if he expected that he would find him tonight.
When Chen Mu entered the room, he opened his mouth and asked, "You know I'm coming?"
Liu Jingtang smiled: "My brother-in-law has not gone out from the afternoon until late at night. He must be planning something urgent. I thought he would come to see me."
Seeing the natural calmness on Liu Jingtang's face, Chen Mu couldn't help but asked in interest, "Then how are you sure that I won't do it myself or ask Liu Si to do it?"
Liu Jingtang picked up the pot and filled Chen Mu with a glass of water, then said respectfully: "It's an urgent matter. I'm sorry for being unreasonable. My sister and Brother Chen are not smart people, so they can't take on this matter. As for my brother-in-law..."
Liu Jingtang paused and then said: "Brother-in-law can do it, but perhaps he wants to take this opportunity to test my ability to do things."
Hearing this, Chen Mu took a sip of tea and chuckled: "You thief, you can tell the autumn with just one leaf. You are so smart that it's scary."
Liu Jingtang bowed again, and then said in a deep voice: "I dare to use the world as pawns, but my brother-in-law alone does not dare."
Chen Mu waved his hand: "Okay, I really want to test you with something. You must spread these thousand things in every corner of the Northeast City tonight."
Liu Jingtang stared blankly at the stack of rice paper, then bowed and agreed.
It sounds as simple as putting up a wall, but you know that late at night, every street in the city is patrolled by government officials, and he doesn't know how to climb over the walls.
Now is the time of war. If you are discovered, you may be regarded as a spy by the government, so going out late at night is extremely risky.
This is a test of courage.
However, if you don’t have the courage to do so, you might as well go back to the village and continue hoeing.
After bowing to Chen Mu again, Liu Jingtang went out with the flyer in his arms.
As for Chen Mu, he beat himself up and then leisurely returned to his room.
"Crack, crack, crack, crack..."
In the early morning of the next day, with the sound of firecrackers exploding, Sanwu Geng Bookstore officially opened.
"Hey, come on, everyone, look inside!"
"Sister, collect the bill, two books and thirty cents!"
It can be said that Chen Mu's trick of posting flyers was extremely effective. As soon as the shop opened at the beginning of the morning, several people came into the shop to buy books.
By the time it was early, the shop, which was less than 200 square meters, was already overcrowded. Chen Jianghe was greeting people in the shop, while Liu Si was collecting bills at the cashier in front of the door.
It can be said that he is very busy. It has not been open for half an hour, but the store has almost brought in a thousand cash. Chen Mu is quite satisfied with this speed.
However, when these literary customers entered the shop, they did have a arrogant and arrogant expression. Even though they were poor scholars living in Northeast City, at this moment in the shop, their sense of superiority was undoubtedly heightened to the extreme.
With his chest held high and his hands behind his back, he looked solemn and solemn, as if he was here to give guidance to Chen Mu.
I almost died laughing when I saw Chen Mu eating noodles in the street next door, but after thinking about it, I could only say that everyone gets what they need.
Most of the lower-class scholars have lived a miserable life. They have failed in the imperial examinations for half their lives, have no money and no women, and their lives are a mess. They can only live in this slum for the rest of their lives.
Now I come here to spend some money to criticize and lecture myself, which is just a way to vent my inner dissatisfaction.
Then he looked at Liu Jingtang who was dozing off: "Well done, I'll send you a red envelope."
After saying that, Chen Mu took out two taels of silver from his bag and prepared to give it to Liu Jingtang.
But who would have expected that Liu Jingtang smiled and pushed him back again.
"Brother-in-law, you're welcome. It's already a great favor for you to spend money to redeem me. If I charge you any more money, it'll look like you're ignorant."
It seemed that although this boy sincerely refused, Chen Mu was still the eldest brother after all, so he gave him the money in the end.
A good and lasting relationship must be 70% interest entanglement and 30% personal feelings.
If you talk about relationships without talking about money, you are acting like a hooligan.
If it was okay to have no money like before, but now that the career has started, if he ate up all the benefits in one go, not to mention Liu Jingtang, even his brother would feel bored after working like this for a long time.
As the saying goes, the right time, right place, right people and good people are often the most important.
An excellent leader must be able to distribute interests evenly, convince his subordinates, and seek continuous growth of interests.
Chen Mu doesn't dare to stand out in the store now. After all, most people come to criticize him. If he is recognized, he will be scolded bloody.
Especially when these people learned that Chen Mu called himself Western Shu Yibai, the sarcasm in their mouths and the contempt in their eyes were even worse.
In addition to the overflowing laughter of the eldest brother and Liu Si, the only thing left in the shop was the mocking words of the scholars.
"It's so shameless for Chen Mu to return Xishu's favor."
"Haha, you actually have the nerve to compare with Wubai of the Central Plains..."
"But... it's really good to write this book..."
"Hmph, vulgar, the so-called A Chinese Ghost Story is just to please us."
I was busy like this until the afternoon, when nearly 700 books were sold out. The eldest brother sat in front of the door with his arms bare, munching on a big cake and wiping his sweat.
After working for several hours, although I looked very tired, there was an indescribable sense of satisfaction in my smile.
He has earned nearly 10,000 yuan. This is the first time he has earned so much money. Thinking back to when he opened a bookstore before, it would have taken him nearly two months to earn so much.
Men can be ugly or short, but they can never be without money. Poverty is always a man's original sin.
Turning his head and glancing at Chen Mu's figure, Chen Jianghe couldn't help but smile bitterly. After more than ten years of living in vain, who would have thought that the most unsatisfactory brother in the family would be the noble one in his destiny.
Throwing aside the cost, he made more than 7,000 books today. In Chen Mu's eyes, it was not too much, but being able to sell out more than 600 books in less than half a day was a good start.
After cleaning up the shop, Chen Mu was about to take the three of them to a restaurant to celebrate, when a male voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Black-haired people don't know how to study hard early, and white-haired people regret studying late. Haha, Brother Chen's literary talent is still the same."
Following the source of the sound, he saw a lean man standing in front of the door, looking at him with a smile on his face. This man was none other than Qi Zeguang.
Chen Mu shook his head, but he didn't expect this buddy to come here.
Immediately he cupped his hands and said, "Brother Qi, I haven't seen you for several days."
"Brother Chen didn't even tell me when his shop opened. I had no choice but to come here in person. Can you find a place to have a few drinks?"