Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu first went to find Yu Hua and the others, and then met with a few reporters. Later, Yu Dong found his booth and sat down, and started signing autographs for readers.
When the signing time was over, Yu Dong was about to go find Yu Hua and the others when Jimmy came over with a middle-aged man.
"Yu Dong, this is Mr. Wu Qingyou, the owner of Eslite Bookstore."
Yu Dong smiled and shook hands with Wu Qingyou: "Hello, Mr. Wu."
"Hello, Mr. Yu."
Wu Qingyou is very tall. Although he is less than fifty, his hair is mostly gray. He wears a crisp black suit and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He behaves like a scholar studying knowledge, not like a corporate boss.
Yu Dong had heard about Eslite Bookstore. Since they opened their first store in the late 1980s, they have developed rapidly in the past few years and have opened many branches throughout Bei City.
At first, their bookstore mainly focused on architecture and art books. Later, it expanded its business. The combination of comprehensive book area, art space and gallery opened up a new perspective for local bookstore management. It once became the subject of media coverage. It is said that many people came to the bookstore.
When you come to Beishi, you don’t have to go anywhere else. You must go to Eslite Bookstore to feel the atmosphere.
Jimmy smiled and said: "When I was chatting with Mr. Wu just now, he mentioned that he hoped to open an Eslite bookstore in Jinling as the first Eslite bookstore in mainland China."
Yu Dong smiled with interest: "Oh, really?"
"Yes." Wu Qingyou smiled and nodded: "The customs and culture of Jinling and Baodao have many similarities. I have been to Jinling and I feel very friendly there. At the same time, Jinling has good educational resources, and students from major universities
It is also an important target group for bookstores.”
Yu Dong smiled. Wu Qingyou said that the customs and cultures of Jinling and Baodao were very similar. He would not comment, but the educational resources of Jinling were indeed very good as Wu Changqing said.
Regarding the matter of opening a branch, Wu Qingyou did not just talk casually. In fact, Jinling was indeed their first choice.
However, in addition to Jinling, Su City is also on their choice list.
Wu Qingyou personally prefers Jinling, not because they like Jinling and Baodao because they have similar customs and culture, as he said, but because the city of Jinling has become very famous in the domestic literary world in recent years.
The root of this lies in the great writer Yu Dong.
Wu Qingyou has studied that since the emergence of Yu Dong, the city of Jinling has been mentioned more and more frequently in literature-related reports. Not to mention, because of Yu Dong, Jinling has many people like Yu Hua, Mo Yan, and Ruan Xiaohu.
Such an excellent group of writers.
"In fact, Jinling does need a high-quality bookstore like Eslite, and the mainland has always welcomed investment from entrepreneurs from Baodao. I think if Eslite can open a branch in Jinling, it will definitely be a win-win situation."
Jimmy said: "Mr. Wu's only concern is that his Eslite model will not be very popular in mainland China."
Yu Dong can understand Wu Qingyou's concerns. Although the mainland's economic level has improved a bit in the past two years, it is still far behind Baodao.
Eslite's business model is difficult to operate in economically underdeveloped areas. In fact, even in Baodao, it is difficult for their bookstores to make a profit.
Wu Qingyou smiled and said, "Mr. Ji is right, I have concerns in this regard, so I was thinking whether we can reach a cooperation. In the future, your company's authors can come to our bookstore from time to time to hold events
Activity. There is another one. I also want to make a theme area of ​​"Old Books". To tell you the truth, I like the book "Old Books" very much, not only because the story touches me, but more importantly, this book is related to the bookstore.
It fits perfectly.”
"Of course, this book is originally about books and bookstores." Jimmy smiled.
Wu Qingyou nodded and said: "That's why I have such an idea. I don't know what you two think."
Regarding Wu Qingyou's proposal, Yu Dong did not hesitate at all and nodded directly: "I have no problem at all. As long as your company can carefully build a unique and conscientious bookstore in Jinling, our Deep Space Company will naturally help you."
In fact, Yu Dong is quite concerned about this matter. Even if it is just a bookstore, if he can really bring Eslite Bookstore to it, it will be considered a big investment. Moreover, this kind of investment is of high quality and will not have any negative effects.
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Hearing Yu Dong's statement, Wu Qingyou also smiled and said: "Since Mr. Yu is so sincere, I will ask people from the company to come up with a plan later."
"No problem." Yu Dong nodded.
After initially reaching an agreement on cooperation, both parties were in a good mood, and Yu Dong and Wu Qingyou chatted casually for a few more words.
In addition to being a businessman, Wu Qingyou is also a scholar. He is a well-known local sociologist of the Republic of China. He has done extensive research on the socio-economic politics of the Soviet Union. He has previously published "History of the Founding of the Soviet Union" and "History of the Republic of China".
Writings.
I don’t know whether he was specially prepared for today’s meeting or whether he liked Yu Dong’s works before. When they were chatting, Wu Qingyou talked about a lot of things related to Yu Dong’s works, and they were quite in-depth.
They chatted for about twenty minutes when a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties came towards them.
This woman was dressed in black, from her hat to her shoes.
After she came over, she first said hello to Wu Qingyou, then after Wu Qingyou introduced her, she chatted with Yu Dong for a few words, and then left.
Looking at the woman's back, Wu Qingyou sighed: "I didn't expect she would come here today."
Jimmy asked curiously: "Does Mrs. Liang usually dress like this, or..."
"Her son died the day before yesterday."
Wu Qingyou's words stunned both Yu Dong and Jimmy.
Mrs. Liang did look like there was a funeral at home, but they didn't expect that her son had just died.
"Did something happen to his son?" Jimmy asked again.
"Suicide." Wu Qingyou sighed again, "Mrs. Liang's life must have been difficult recently. When her husband committed suicide a few years ago, there were rumors that there was a curse in their family. Now her son has followed in her husband's footsteps. This
This statement will definitely be raised again."
Yu Dong looked surprised, "Curse?"
"Well, the Liang family is a tailor. During the Republic of China, they specialized in making clothes for those high-ranking officials. Later, they followed Chiang Kai-shek to Treasure Island. Life was fine at first, but then something went wrong. Fifteen years ago, Liang
The old gentleman committed suicide. A few years ago, Mr. Liang committed suicide. Two days ago, his son also committed suicide. There are rumors that when Mr. Liang came to Baodao, he betrayed a friend, and it was that friend who cast the curse."
"Does the curse have specific content?"
Chapter completed!