Gu Yuezi was still stunned. Wan Lang was the first to come back to his senses. He looked Li Ling up and down for a while with curiosity on his face. He looked at some monster. After a while, he said, "Brother Li, how did you come up with so many novel methods? I can't even dream about these methods."

Li Ling was eating the dishes slowly and thought to himself, thinking that I would tell you that these are all things I saw from some internet celebrity bookstores in later generations?

Speaking of the era when smartphones were popular in later generations, almost all entertainment projects could be included in this small screen, the life of bookstores was really unsuccessful, especially physical bookstores, which went bankrupt one after another. It was not until some people came up with such a way of playing that was obviously more gimmick than form that physical bookstores had a little hope. Of course, only they knew how much they could earn.

In fact, Li Ling had this idea when he reopened the bookstore. However, he was poor and could not open the new bookstore he had imagined. In the end, he could only choose the simplest bookstore to rent. However, with Wanlang's investment, the situation is completely different.

Sure enough, he was already very moved at this moment. After asking Li Ling, he said excitedly without waiting for the answer: "Such a novel bookstore can definitely compare all of the bookstores now. I decided to come here!"

It was not until this time that Gu Yuezi spoke: "But there is one thing we can't ignore. After all, we still open a bookstore, and we must not put the cart before the horse and turn it into other stores. Also, the supply of books is also a problem. My bookstore has sufficient supply in the county, but when I get to the Fucheng, I am afraid I can't get it. Moreover, I think Wanjia Bookstore will never sit and watch us succeed, and the source of various books is also a problem."

After all, Wan Lang quickly calmed down. After all, he had several years of business experience, and even knew his own situation, he frowned and said, "Boss Gu said that he shouldn't be too careless. In fact, it's easy to say anything else, the key is the sufficient style of the novel. According to the three bedrooms, he would definitely not let other books write to us. So..." As he said that, he looked at Li Ling, "Brother Li, your deity is the key, but it's not enough."

After a pause, he sighed again: "I originally thought of paying Xiaoyaozi to write a few more novels for me. With his talent and learning, it shouldn't be too difficult. But I didn't expect that Xiaoyaozi is actually you, Brother Li, and you have to have the imperial examination next time, so this matter is difficult."

"Brother Wan doesn't have to be so embarrassed. Since I dare to come, I'm naturally prepared." Li Ling smiled, then took out a stack of manuscript paper from his arms and slapped it on the table. "This is the first volume of a new novel I wrote. Although the type is completely different from the Fengshen, it is not much different."

"Do you have a new work?" Wan Lang was excited when he heard this, and quickly got up, picked up the manuscript from the table and swept it down quickly. After seeing this, his eyes could not be moved away from the lines-

"That is, during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, there was a good official who was selfless and ruled for the people. He was the direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion and the prefect of Kaifeng. His surname was Bao Zheng and his courtesy name was Xiren..."

That’s right, this time Li Ling’s new book was directly on the “Bao Gong Case” that was widely praised by later generations!

Like "The Romance of the Gods", the four major cases novels - "The Bao Gong Case", "The Liu Gong Case", "The Peng Gong Case" and "The Shi Gong Case" are all narration novels created for storytelling, with the twists and turns of the story and plots being the biggest selling point. But for this reason, in terms of literary nature, they are inadequate, and they are not as good as works created by literati such as the Four Great Classics.

As early as when the Romance of the Gods was about to end, Li Ling had considered whether he would continue to write next, and if he would write again, what should he write. Then the two opportunities appeared, which made him make a decisive choice and set the subject and role of Bao Gongsen.

Compared to the original storyline of the Bao Gong case, Li Ling's book is actually completely different - except for the name of the protagonist Bao Gong, it can be said that the rest are all original creations. In his conception, this book can put many plot tricks of later mystery detective novels. After all, he has read hundreds of episodes of Conan, a complete set of Kindai-Kanda-Kan and various mysterious novels. Isn't it easy to put a few exquisite core tricks into the novel?

There is also a great advantage of this Bao Gong Case, that is, he can even stuff all the characters from the Three Heroes and Five Righteousness created by the storytellers later, and then mix some of the big cases of detective Di Renjie about the country and the world, which will definitely become a masterpiece that refreshes all readers.

After all, people in this era have never seen such novels that combine thrilling, detectives, reasoning, and martial arts elements. For example, Wan Lang in front of him, after reading only two pages, he threw all his business aside. When he stood there, he saw five or six pieces of paper.

This is also the difference between Li Ling's new book and the Congshen. After explaining Bao Zheng's background identity, the pen turned around and turned into a night battle full of tension and suspense. Then the first story was drawn - a story that Bao Zhengchu colluded with people in the yamen to turn black and white and framed innocent people when he was a county magistrate in a certain place.

When the case became clearer, another case occurred. It turned out that the local government officials had already joined forces with local tyrants to take the donation of jute that should have been paid by the four counties to jointly pay the money subsidy of the jute, and then they obtained a lot of benefits through operations. In order to hide the truth, they secretly killed many innocent people who were informed...

Fortunately, in the end, these people were unable to escape Bao Gong's scrutiny, and were beaten up in one go, and reported to the court. Countless officials related to them were implicated and severely punished, and Bao Zheng was also valued by the Holy Emperor...

That's right, the first story of this Bao Gong case is that Li Ling is adapted from his own case of donating jute in Jiangcheng County, but its twists and excitement are still above reality. Anyway, the battle plot of the man in black attacking the county government office at night and guarding Zhang Long to fight the murderers is something that has never happened in reality.

It is precisely because the case was still dragged by the relevant yamen and it was difficult to completely finalize the case and could not be returned to justice for the people of Jiangcheng County and Wei Liang, and Li Ling decided to help him by writing novels. This is also the reason why he first consulted Wei Liang before deciding to publish this book. After all, things in the officialdom can be big or small.

After waiting for a meal, seeing that Wan Lang was still reading a book and did not even raise his head, Li Ling finally couldn't help but cough: "Cough cough... Brother Wan."

"Oh...oh." Wan Lang then came back to his senses and looked up embarrassedly: "Brother Li, your book is so wonderful that I forgot everything else when I see it."

"Will Brother Wan feel this book can be used to open up a new bookstore?"

"Of course! You are not afraid that Brother Li, you are unhappy. In my opinion, your Bao Gong case is better than the Gods. It can definitely be sold well. It has caused popularity in our capital and even the entire Lianghuai area." After admiring for a few words, he remembered another point, "But in my opinion, the case in this book seems to be somewhat similar to the case that happened in your Jiangcheng County before?"

"It was the idea that I came up with in this case, what, is there anything wrong with it?"

"That's not, but in this way, some officials will have a headache." Wan Lang smiled at Li Ling thoughtfully.

Gu Yuezi, who was on the other hand, also laughed a little excitedly: "It seems that our new bookstore will be able to open smoothly? It focuses on novels with Fengshen and Bao Gongshou, plus some scripture notes, as well as our exclusive comic strips and other albums..."

"Yes, actually, I think it's possible to add the articles of the first few candidates after this year's government examination and the college examination. While everyone is paying attention to printing it, there will always be scholars who will pay for it." Li Ling suddenly suggested.

Wan Lang shook his head and said, "This is probably a bit difficult. To be honest, this selection of Shiwen has always been eaten by our Wanjia Bookstore. They had already agreed with the government that it would be impossible for me to change it."

Li Ling smiled, "It's because of humans, there are still opportunities. Brother Wan, have you forgotten what we just mentioned?"

"Are you talking about the incident that happened to the Ji family?"

"That's right, the government office wants to cover up this matter, right? And you have grasped the truth. If it gets a big deal, it's enough for them to drink. You can let people tactfully expose the matter, and then I think they should know how to choose."

Both businessmen opened their eyes wide at this moment and looked at Li Ling again. This guy looked like a scholar, but he looked more like a businessman than himself. He could even use this aspect to make transactions...

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that Li Ling’s proposal made some sense. Finally, Wan Lang nodded and said, “Then I’ll try it. If we can get this batch of Shiwen, we will be more confident to gain a foothold!”

"By the way, I've said so much, but I haven't mentioned the most important point. The bookstore must be large enough and open in a lively street market. Can I find a suitable store here in the Fucheng in a short time?" Gu Yuezi was more pragmatic and soon thought of the problem and said.

Gu Yuezi smiled and waved his hand, "This is simple. There are only a few shops in my name that are idle, not far from here. Just on the North Street in front, it looks quite lively."

It's so inhuman... Li Ling couldn't help but complain, the most difficult thing he thought was to do was a matter of one word for him. He and Gu Yuezi could only hug him and expressed their consent.
Chapter completed!