When Li Ling entered the house, he saw Gu Yuezi holding the book of the Congsheng Gu Ren and smiling while reading it. Yes, no matter what picture albums and picture books others call this book, in his eyes, these are just books of books, and they are not considered comics.

In fact, at the beginning, Li Ling thought about making a few comics, but the process style of that thing was too far from the aesthetics of the current era. In the end, he could only compromise and make people create a version of the villain-like books that were popular in the 1970s and 1980s. However, the book was larger than that, and the painter was more meticulous and exquisite.

"Brother, you're still watching it. It's been several days since then, and there are only five or six volumes. I've read it well, right?" Li Ling quipped and said.

Hearing this, Gu Yuezi put the book on the table and said with a smile: "Your idea is really amazing. With these paintings, the characters in the novel come alive immediately. It's so wonderful and interesting. I never get tired of reading it."

"Brother, you're over-reputable."

"No, it's not worthy at all. Just ask Lao Wu and you will know how true what I said. You have been at home these days. The albums of various bookstores have been sold in a crazy way in the past few days, and no book can be sold as good as this time. It's good that everyone can read this book, but it's illiterate. You can see a lot of things just by looking at the pictures. In a few days, each volume has been sold for less than a thousand copies!"

Even though Li Ling was prepared, he was still stunned when he heard this number. The county town had a population of more than 40,000, and he sold thousands of picture albums at once. The purchase rate was a big break. Then he smiled and said, "Brother, you just read a book, but I thought that it would be true that you could make a big profit this time?"

"Haha, both, and both." Gu Yuezi took a sip of tea and touched his beard and said, "This time it was a great harvest. It's really worth celebrating. Since the opening of Gu Family Bookstore, no set of books has sold so well, so it's up to me, you have the ability and ideas. By the way, I've always been curious. Did you arrange all this early in the morning? I must have asked me to prepare the painter and craftsman well, and I'm willing to add illustrations to those new versions of the scriptures locally, just to practice their skills, right?"

Li Ling smiled and said, "This is all the credit of everyone, so I just came up with an idea. But brother, you are right in the last sentence. Without previous experience and trial and error, our batch of picture albums would not be published so quickly. This is called sharpening the knife and chopping the wood."

"Yes, it seems that you have a long-term vision, but it's much better than me." Gu Yuezi once again admired him sincerely, and suddenly another thought came to his mind. Just as he was about to say it, he saw Manager Wu coming quickly from outside, his face full of joyful smiles: "Boss, a big happy event, a big happy event!"

"Oh? Is this book sold out again?" Gu Yuezi was excited when he heard this and asked quickly.

"No, this happy event is even bigger." Manager Wu wanted to keep it a secret, but he couldn't hold it in. He immediately laughed loudly and said, "It was Wanjia Bookstore who gave up and left!"

"What... what did you say? Wanjia Bookstore admits defeat and leaves?" Gu Yuezi stood up suddenly, took a step forward, almost holding Manager Wu's hand and asked loudly. Seeing him nodding, he twisted his thighs again. After feeling a burst of pain, he laughed: "Okay! OK! Finally, he let them go!"

In fact, it is still not light to say that Gu Yuezi's burden is still not light during the moon time. Although everything is developing in a favorable direction, those bookstores finally no longer sell Wanjia's books, and the scriptures published by their own are also selling well. But only a few people know that he is just holding on and making a fortune at a loss. Those new versions of scriptures, as Wanai said, are selling at a lower price than the cost. If you really sell one, you will lose one. The bookstore is completely relying on the 5,000 taels of silver you borrowed to hold on.

It was not until this batch of picture albums were published and loved by everyone and were popular all the way, that Gu Yuezi finally breathed a sigh of relief. But he had always had concerns in his heart, fearing that Wanjia would have any tricks to reverse the situation in the future.

Now that I heard what Manager Wu said, Gu Yuezi felt relieved, and exhaled a long sigh, and then asked in disconfidence: "Is this news reliable? Is it because of the trick they used to make us take it lightly?"

"It's true. Haven't we been sending people to stare at Wanjia Bookstore? Just now a friend came back and said that many books and other items had been loaded on the train. It was the Wanjia brothers, who seemed to have the intention of setting off today and were busy moving things out."

Then Gu Yuezi rubbed his hands excitedly again and walked around and said, "Okay, okay! We finally won and guarded the foundation of our Gu Family Bookstore in Jiangcheng! Brother, this is all your credit. Thank you here!" As he said that, he clasped his fists and saluted, everyone was about to bow.

Li Ling was also a little dazed just now. Although he had confidence in him, he felt happy when he heard that he had squeezed Wanjia Bookstore away so quickly. It was not until Gu Yuezi wanted to thank him that he quickly stepped forward and stopped him: "Brother, it's too obvious to do this between you and my brothers."

"Yes, you and I are brothers! It's a family!" After muttering a few words, Gu Yuezi calmed down a little, but the smile on his face couldn't fade away. He patted Li Ling's hand: "We will not be divided from each other in the future. If you have any needs, just speak, I will be satisfied. By the way, my bookstore has gained a lot this time, and the profit must be divided by you, 30% and 30% are yours!"

Li Ling could see that he was so dazed by such great news, so he spoke more casually and anxiously than before. Many of them were blinded, so he naturally would not take it seriously. He just smiled and nodded: "I would like to thank you for your kindness, brother."

Manager Wu did not persuade him more about this matter, but just smiled and said, "Boss, I think Mr. Li is certainly the most important person, but the rest of our store have also made efforts, so should we also express one or two?"

"Of course, everyone has suffered and frightened this time after following me. Now that I am a big winner, I naturally have to share my joy with you! In this way, you can prepare and withdraw money from the cabinet. Everyone will receive two taels of silver, and those who participate in the album will receive one tael more!"

"Our boss is so generous, I'll make arrangements now." Manager Wu smiled and responded, and then rushed to prepare for the silver reward. Li Ling just smiled when he saw this. In fact, in his opinion, this victory was really nothing. After all, he knew that this result was already the time when he designed to deal with Wanjia Bookstore. It was just a matter of time.

However, he did not interrupt the other party's joy, but smiled and said, "Since the matter has been done, I will focus on going back to write about the Congregation of Gods. Recently, for the matter of the bookstore, the new book has been delayed for too long."

"Sure, just go back to write a book with peace of mind, everything is easy to say about money. By the way, the next day is September 15th, which is the day of my mother's distress. If you don't dislike it, come to my house for a gathering. How about it? Don't worry, I won't call too many people, just a few friends who are familiar with each other. It's also a celebration of this victory. I also brought Yue'er with me. The one in my family has always wanted to see her."

Li Ling thought for a while and then responded: "Since it's such a good day and I'm so invited me, I will definitely bring Yue'er to the audience."

"Then I'll be waiting for it!"

When Li Ling walked out of the bookstore gate, a cheer suddenly burst out from behind, which made him smile again with joy. He knew that it was the news that Manager Wu had disseminated Wan’s departure and the craftsmen who were preparing to give the grand prize, which made the entire bookstore happy and cheered.

"Then we should also consider what I can do. We can't travel time and only do a copywriter, right? But everything we do must have a beginning and an end. Let's finish the gods first and make further plans!" Li Ling strode forward along the street, while thinking in his heart that he hadn't made a conclusion on what he should do.

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"Bang!" The last bag was also put into the car. As Wanai nodded slightly, the guy under his command stepped forward to close the door of the bookstore and added a big lock on it.

In sharp contrast to the happy celebration scene at Gujia Bookstore, there is a deserted and depressing scene in front of Wanjia Bookstore. Everyone's faces turned blue and white, full of unwillingness and uneasiness.

When they came, they were all full of confidence and felt that within a few months they would completely take the book market in Jiangcheng County as if they were elsewhere. But after a few months, they became disgraceful and wanted to leave. This gap of ups and downs is really hard to accept.

Especially Wan Rong, even at this time, he was still full of reluctance: "Brother, we are really leaving like this? How can we explain to our family when we go back? Maybe we can still try it if we stay here!"

"It's impossible, there's no chance anymore. Gujia Bookstore has completely controlled the entire Jiangcheng book market. No matter how much money we have, we can't fight it. If we continue, it's just a waste of money. So it's better to cut off our arm and leave decisively."

"Can……"

"The shopping mall is like a battlefield. We are just frustrated in the first battle. There will always be a chance to win a city back in the future! Don't engage in unnecessary entanglements, let's go!" As he said that, Wanai pulled Wanrong and got on the wide carriage. As the coachman swung the long whip and stepped on the floor, the car slowly started and headed towards the city gate.
Chapter completed!