Chapter 1

The cavalry had been completely led astray by Huang Fugui. They stood on the shelf watching the instructional video of the 蓮衣 cucumber and studying how to cut it.

Lili seemed a little afraid of the cavalry. After the cavalry showed his superb swordsmanship, Lili was not willing to stay on the same shelf with him. She changed her skin on the spot and stayed on the highest shelf.

If Lili is a ghost, then the toy spirit of Cavalry can be considered a half-spirited demon. Jiang Qi never interfered in such inhuman affairs and always let them get along on their own.

Anyway, with Huang Fugui and Wang Erya mediating, there will definitely be no problems.

Jiang Qi went back to the room where he had read the book before and put the book box in order. He then went downstairs carrying the book box. Liu Lan and Bei Ru were reading the book downstairs.

Liu Lan was watching "Killing the Script-Killing Shop Owner". His brows were furrowed, his expression was distorted, and he didn't know where to put his hands. His ten fingers were twisting in confusion.

Those who knew her thought she was reading a book, while those who didn't thought she was reading a math book.

Beru, who was watching Red Tears next to Liu Lan, had a different expression, and was completely immersed in it. From time to time, Beru showed an amazed expression, turning her head and talking silently, and it felt like she was not watching a horror movie, but rather...

"How do you see it?" Jiang Qi walked over and asked.

"I don't understand it at all." Liu Lan stared at Jiang Qi with a pair of lifeless eyes that had lost their spirit and light, comparable to the eyes of a dead fish, in despair. "Can you believe it? This book has such a nice name, but it turns out to be a super hardcore mystery book. It's so hardcore that I can't understand it."

"I've read all five character books, but I still don't know who the murderer is. I can't understand the reasoning and thinking written in the host manual."

Jiang Qi:?

This is a bit exaggerated. Liu Lan's lack of expertise in mystery books is only relative. There are also several very difficult hardcore mystery books in the store. Liu Lan has read them all, so there is no problem of not being able to understand them.

"Is there something wrong with the writing of this book?" Jiang Qi asked.

Jiang Qi chats with a group of shop owners in a small group every day. After chatting for a long time, he also realizes that some hard-core reasoning is simply difficult for the sake of being difficult.

The stories and reasoning processes of these mystery books are actually not that difficult. However, in order to make the book seem difficult, the publisher deliberately adds a lot of seemingly false techniques, deliberately does not provide many key clues, and deliberately adds several disrupted parallel time and space to increase the amount of reasoning.

The result is that the players have a hard time playing the game, and the host also has a hard time reading the script.

"No." Liu Lan shook his head. "Although I don't understand it, I think this book is pretty good."

Jiang Qi & Bei Ru:?

"Why?" Beru asked curiously.

Liu Lan thought for a moment and said, "Reading this book is like watching Teacher John's live video. You know very clearly that if you can't understand it, it's your own problem, not the book's problem."

"Is it that exaggerated?" Beiru had never watched Old John's live broadcast and couldn't understand it.

"I'll show you and you'll know." Liu Lan took out her mobile phone, clicked on a live broadcast, found the only Lao John JS she followed, and clicked on the recorded broadcast.

Her movements were so skillful that one could not help but suspect that she often watched Old John's recordings.

Soon, Old John's calm voice came from Liu Lan's cell phone.

“When a function is monotonically increasing…”

Two minutes later, Beru realized.

Indeed, although she didn't understand a word, she knew very well that it was her problem.

Liu Lan yawned.

"The hypnotic effect of Teacher John's recording is really great. I watch it for two minutes before going to bed every day and I feel sleepy even when I wake up." Liu Lan exclaimed.

Jiang Qi: ...

Jiang Qi silently handed the box in his hand to Liu Lan.

"Then you should read this one." Jiang Qi said, "It's a joyful and emotionally healing book, a pure game book, and I estimate that one game will only take more than four hours. It's a commercial rerun, so you can read it multiple times. It's your favorite."

Liu Lan's eyes lit up and he took the book: "How much do you plan to charge per person for this book?"

"188, right?" Jiang Qi said without hesitation.

Liu Lan and Bei Ru both took a deep breath, their eyes filled with "you're a profiteer."

A commercial game with a duration of 4 hours should not be priced so high no matter how you look at it. You have to know that the price of "God of Cooking" which can be used to eat a bowl of vegetable noodles is only 138.

"This book comes with a toy. If you buy a toy from the publisher, it costs 58 each. 188 is the normal price," Jiang Qi explained.

From the moment he finished reading the book, he realized that this book could also be used to sell peripheral products.

There are two types of toys included with "Toy Story", one is the hardcover version and the other is the battle-damaged version. The models of the battle-damaged version of the toys are relatively small, and although they look very shabby, the actual workmanship is still good.

When Jiang Qi was upstairs, he sent a message asking if Xiaoka toys could be purchased individually, and the reply he got was yes.

The uniform price of the battle-damaged version is 58 yuan each, and the hardcover version is priced according to type, ranging from 128 yuan to 998 yuan. The overall premium is very serious.

But who says it is in the periphery? These days the periphery is expensive.

Jiang Qi placed an order for a damaged version worth several thousand yuan on the spot, which made his already tight wallet and debt even worse.

"So is the commission for opening this book calculated at 188 or 130?" Liu Lan grasped the key point.

"Let's calculate it as 188. It's quite tiring to open this book. The host needs to be online the whole time and can't slack off." Jiang Qi glanced at the host manual in Liu Lan's hand, which was thicker than the host manual of "Toy Story". "Let me take this book home and read it. After I finish reading it, I'll see whether to give it to Old John or others."

Liu Lan nodded and packed the box quickly.

"Bei Ru, what do you think of this?" Jiang Qi turned around and asked Bei Ru.

"I think it's OK." Beiru didn't dare to comment, "This is a bit difficult to open. The female ghosts here have to be able to sing opera."

Jiang Qi:?

“Do you have to sing?”

"I think it must be sung." Beru said, "I saw in the host manual that it is written that the NPC who plays the female ghost is required to sing a song for the players on the spot. It also says that stores with conditions can build a stage. I remember that there was a costume in the last bag of props opened in the afternoon. That was the costume of the female ghost."

Jiang Qi was confused.

Some not very pleasant memories came to his mind.

Yes, it was that amazing song sung by the distribution lady at the exhibition, which ruined the whole book as soon as she opened her mouth.

"So...is there anyone in our store who can sing opera?"

No one answered him.

Jiang Qi looked at Liu Lan.

"Don't look at me. I only know how to dance the dragon and lion. And I have only learned how to dance the dragon. I haven't even learned how to dance the lion yet. You can't expect me, a broadcasting and hosting major, to sing opera, right?"

Jiang Qi looked at Bei Ru again.

Beru shook her head repeatedly: "Although I really want to perform, it is still too early for me to perform at this level."

Jiang Qi could only look at the box of "Red Tears".

It’s 110,000. You can’t just put the book you bought with 110,000 on hold just because of an NPC’s performance.

How likely is it that a horror book with a Republic of China background will produce a magical product like the stone pot?

Jiang Qi suddenly felt that he might lose all his money on this account.

No, this can't be done.

In the future, he will not only have to pay back Jiang Bing's 50,000 yuan, but may also have to help Old John publish tutorial books (although Old John himself has no intention of publishing), reserve funds for Wang Erya and Huang Fugui to upgrade to three stars, save money for opening a new store, and save money for opening a toy store.

The funding gap is so large that even if Shiguo sells braised dishes 24 hours a day, it will not be able to make up for it in a short period of time.

He couldn't let the 110,000 yuan just go to waste.

Jiang Qi began to send messages to Yan Huaiyou asking if there were any employees in their store who could sing opera.

Yan Huaiyou, who was eating beef heart noodles with Manager Xu in the office:?

"Old Xu, does our store have any employees who can sing opera?" Yan Huaiyou asked.

Manager Xu, who was eating noodles with big mouthfuls:?

"I'm not sure, but I don't think so." Manager Xu was not sure either. "How about I ask?"

"Let's ask." Yan Huaiyou nodded. "Jiang Qi has bought three new exclusive card game studios. One of the books requires an NPC who can sing. He wants to borrow someone from our store to perform."

"Let me see which three new books have been published."

One minute later——

"Fuck!" Yan Huaiyou looked at the price and dropped his chopsticks in shock. "Is this publisher crazy or is Jiang Qi crazy? He won't buy the books at the exhibition unless they are half price, but he actually bought all the books from this publisher at such an outrageous price!"

The original price displayed on Yan Huaiyou’s mobile phone screen was——

"Toy Story" (exclusive) 38888 yuan

"Kill the Script Killing Shop Owner" (exclusive) 38888 yuan

"Red Tears" (exclusive) 48888 yuan

Manager Xu silently took a mouthful of noodles.

Sure enough, he didn’t understand the world of rich people.

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