Chapter 16: Lovely Neighbor New Writer, Rice Flower's Reform...
A new writer, Daohua's trilogy of reform was just released by Peking Literature and Art and it has received quite a response.
The first two parts, The Story of Being Laid Off and The Story of Starting a Business, have become must-have books for the reform and opening-up faction. Some people even use them as textbooks and follow them step by step.
Perhaps it was because the current planned economy had fewer variables, or perhaps it was some other coincidence, but in any case they did achieve some results.
Of course, the book cannot be blamed for the lack of results, as it is clearly written and some people have indeed achieved results.
If you don’t achieve any results, it only means that you are not suitable for it or you have not found the right direction.
One novel can earn three million, I can't imagine how much money three novels can earn, buy it! After buying it, will you still worry about not having money?
If I were to buy other novels, I might still feel tight on money, but if I were to buy the Reform Trilogy, I would not be able to afford it no matter how tight my finances are!
If you want to get rich quickly without investing anything, there will be no such thing as a free lunch.
Those who didn’t buy those two issues of the journal before are even more eager to buy them. Since they didn’t get them before, it’s more cost-effective to buy them now!
They distributed a previously planned number of books to each bookstore.
"I really don't have enough copies to sell. There are more than 10 to 20 people asking me about this every day. There are only 1,000 copies. Who can I sell them to?"
Their bookstore is so big, with so many people coming and going every day, and I don’t know how many days a thousand books will be enough to last.
"You sell them first. If they're not enough, we'll give you more. We have so many bookstores to send them to. If we give them all to you, the other bookstores will be left with nothing."
The bookstores in Peking are big bookstores, so they have relatively more distribution. There are also Xinhua Bookstores in many remote places and small counties. We cannot favor one over the other; everyone should have one.
The only difference is in how much.
"Okay, okay. If it's not enough by then, you have to restock it as soon as possible."
"rest assured."
After the person in charge of delivering the books leaves, the person who signs for the books first takes out a few books from the pile. These are the ones he wants to buy, and the rest are put on the bookshelf.
Three novels for the price of one book, what a good deal! Before, I had to pay the price of two books to read two novels by Li Daohua.
As soon as sales started, the bookstore seemed to be giving away free eggs, and the counter was crowded with people.
Young people can't even squeeze past older people, who are not only strong but also good at tactics. Some of them even rely on tactics to catch up.
"Comrades! Comrades! Give us young people a chance! Let us buy first!"
"You are not a human being! Don't you have any elderly people in your family? Instead of respecting the old and loving the young and giving way to us, you ask us to give way to you. How can you be so shameless!"
What's wrong with the elderly? They also need to learn, and they need to learn even more. People in their sixties and seventies are at the age of making breakthroughs. How many of them can be re-employed by their units?
By the time the elderly people bought their books and left, there were not many books left in the bookstore.
The old man has worked all his life and has plenty of money. Anyone who comes to Xinhua Bookstore to buy books always has more than one book in his hand.
They have time and money, so they buy things for themselves or their children.
"No more. Everyone, go back. If you want to buy some, we have other books in the bookstore."
"We'll just buy the trilogy. When will you have it in stock?"
"I don't know." The salesperson replied unhappily.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and so many people come to buy books. It's already busy and annoying enough, and there are so many questions. It's really annoying.
The salesperson snapped open the fan in his hand and fanned himself.
"Hey you little girl!"
"What are you doing? What are you doing! If you want to buy, buy. If not, get out of here!"
"Do you know what it means to serve the people? With this service attitude, you will be eliminated sooner or later!" Someone in the crowd shouted this.
When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter, because they all knew that this was from Li Daohua's "Dujuan's Entrepreneurship Story".
In her article, she criticized the behavior of some salespeople today, such as beating customers for no reason, insulting customers for no reason...
In her opinion, the future is about rolling up, not only product quality but also service quality must be rolled up, and it must be better and more outstanding than others.
In fact, the country has always been advocating this point. In Peiping, there was a model worker named Zhang Binggui who sold candy. He was enthusiastic in service and had strong professional skills. People liked him and also liked to buy candy from him.
You can hardly go wrong with the candies you buy from him, not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of everyone's preferences.
The salesperson they are meeting now is the object of criticism in the novel. If he cannot serve the people, then why should he get paid for serving the people?
"That's my attitude. You are so capable, why don't you ask your boss to fire me?"
In this era, sales clerks are also on the payroll. As long as it is a job, it is a payroll job and the person cannot be fired unless they make a serious mistake.
A serious mistake basically means going to jail, but beating a customer without reason doesn't reach the level of going to jail, so the salesperson is not afraid at all.
Before I got the iron rice bowl, I was cautious and respectful. After I got the iron rice bowl, I became arrogant and conceited.
Those who had not yet bought the book dispersed and went to try somewhere else.
The first group of people who bought the book included those who liked Li Daohua's books as well as those who hated her.
Of course, no matter how much you hate her, you still have to spend money to buy her books and give her money. Because if you don't buy her books, even if you want to smear her, you don't know how to do it. She has too many readers, and it's easy to be exposed if you smear her casually.
Dong Yu is such a person.
He makes a living by commenting on these articles professionally. He has commented on not only Li Daohua's articles, but other articles as well.
There are those who disparage, and naturally there are those who praise, but there are fewer praises and more disparagements, so that we can attract everyone's attention.
He can barely be considered a public intellectual of this era and has a certain number of readers.
But among so many people, there is only one troublemaker like Li Daohua. Every time he posts an article, she replies. She has none of the reserve, calmness and humility of a writer.
In fact, Li Daohua is not humble. She did not respond to some people's criticisms.
For example, point out to her that her novel is just a special case and cannot be promoted across the board, and companies that learn from it also have to make choices.
These are all reasonable and well-founded, and she agrees with them.
But what the hell is this guy Dong Yu writing about?
Sometimes they say there is something wrong with her as a person, sometimes they say there is something wrong with the ideas in her novels, and sometimes they say she is tarnishing the image of foreigners.
What a joke! There is very little description of foreigners in the stories of being laid off and starting a business. The story of starting a business does not mention earning foreign exchange at all, and the story of being laid off does mention earning foreign exchange, but it is only written in a small part at the end.
Li Daohua just couldn't stand this person stepping on her to get to the top.
Dong Yu tried his best to find a new angle to scold Li Daohua.
The book in his hand was obtained by him at the request of his friends in the literary and art circle.
He hadn't read much when he became furious. He threw the book to the ground several times and picked it up again.
"It's simply slander! It's a shame! If someone like her can be so popular, this country is doomed!" Dong Yu's face flushed and his nose was panting like a tired old ox.
He will continue to pick up his pen and fight with Li Daohua without sleep.
Li Daohua's royalties arrived, but initially she was only paid for the thousand-word piece "Adventures", which was 768.
In the envelope, there were tens, five or one yuan bills, thick and heavy. Together with the royalties they had saved before, they had more than a thousand yuan.
Li Daohua thought that she could go and see if there was a suitable house first.
Buying a house is not something that can be accomplished overnight, especially now.
Everyone is thinking about waiting for the unit to build houses before distributing them, but when the unit’s performance is not good, there is no money to build houses.
There are few houses, which means many people have nowhere to live and have to squeeze together or rent a small house.
The smaller the house, the cheaper the rent, so shared housing naturally came into being.
“Are you really going to use this money to buy a house?”
"Of course. Don't you want to live in a bigger house?"
Who wouldn't want to? Ouyang Yuan naturally wanted to do that too, but when he thought about buying a house himself, the house they were allocated would be empty. If they rented it out, it would take who knows how many years it would take to earn back the money they spent on buying the house.
He told Li Daohua about his concerns, and Li Daohua replied: "If we don't buy now, the house will become more and more expensive in the future until we can't afford it. It's right to listen to me."
Listen to Li Daohua. That's right. Ouyang Yuan remembered the novel Li Daohua had written before. She did have a better understanding of the market economy. Moreover, the money for buying the house was also earned by Li Daohua.
If she really wanted to buy a house, he had no reason to stop her.
The two of them often took advantage of Ouyang Yuan's holidays to go looking for houses.
It doesn’t matter that they are strangers in the place, because they know someone who has been in Peking for a long time.
Li Daohua asked Liang Ning to help find out, while Ouyang Yuan asked his colleagues and people in the building if there were any houses for sale.
"Why are you asking this?"
"Daohua wants to buy a house. There are more and more books at home and we can't put them all in."
As a person in the 21st century who consumes a lot of information every day through mobile phones, after traveling through time, Li Daohua can only get information through newspapers and books when he is not writing articles.
Her family subscribes to seven or eight newspapers a month.
"Well, now that you've bought a big house, aren't you going to move out?"
"If I can find a suitable house, I will probably move out."
The neighbors in the building tried hard to control their expressions and replayed the scene of their loved ones' death over and over in their minds. They absolutely could not laugh!
So, what Ouyang Yuan saw was this strange expression. The neighbor's eyes were filled with sadness, and the corners of his mouth twitched. After a long while, he said, "Don't worry, we are all neighbors. We will definitely help you find a satisfactory house!"
After saying that, without waiting for Ouyang Yuan to react, he started calling his friends in the building.
"Everyone, come out quickly! Come and help Teacher Daohua find a house! Teacher Daohua is anxious to move to a new home!"
Ouyang Yuan quickly said, "Don't worry, don't worry. We don't know if the money we have is enough. Take your time. Don't worry."
The neighbors who heard the good news all opened their doors. Liu Jie, who came out first, said quickly, "How can we not be anxious? Such a good house is hard to come by. Let's all put our heads together and help!"
"no problem!"
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