Chapter 482 What a rotten book
The young man with almond-shaped eyes explained to them in a gentle voice at first: "It's not easy to run a small shop. If we don't sell all the books, we will lose money! So we still have to sell them."
But everyone has come to attack us, how can we easily deal with them?
At that moment, they insisted, "If you can't sell it, you can just destroy it. In short, you can't let this kind of thing go out and harm people again."
Not all of these scholars were victims. Some, eager to watch the fun, said, "In my opinion, they should just pay compensation directly, so that this kind of unscrupulous businessman won't dare to do it again!"
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He was clearly apologizing, but the atmosphere was becoming increasingly weird. The young man with almond-shaped eyes felt very aggrieved, and when he heard that he was expected to pay compensation, he immediately exploded.
He yelled, "Shut up!"
Everyone looked at him.
"I can't possibly compensate you, and I won't destroy the books I've already printed." The young man looked at everyone angrily, "Besides, I only sold a comic book. How can I let it corrupt your child? If he really is corrupted, it's his own fault."
Hu Xiner couldn't help but cover her eyes in the dark, unable to bear to look.
I thought this boy was quite smart yesterday, why did he become so stupid in front of everyone today?
Moreover, as soon as he opened his mouth, he brought up the most taboo issues of money and education, and he was definitely going to be criticized.
Sure enough, the boy's words immediately made the crowd boil again.
"What do you mean it's my children who can't? They love reading and writing the most. It's all your fault, this crappy book!"
"Swindler, this is a profiteer!"
"Bah! I'll never buy books from you again. I don't want this book even if I have to use it to wipe my butt!"
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The young man with almond-shaped eyes was so angry that his face turned blue, and he yelled, "You are all talking nonsense. If you don't like it, don't look at it. I don't even want you to buy it!"
After saying that, he closed the door.
The scholars gathered at the door cursed for a while before slowly dispersing.
Inside the comic book shop, the boy's eyes were red with anger.
"What went wrong?" He paced back and forth a little impatiently.
The shop was dimly lit, with only a little light coming through the crack in the door.
There were mountains of picture books piled up in the store. Upon closer inspection, they were all produced by Mu Xin Comics Shop, but they were all poorly made pirated copies, no different from the ones he had been selling yesterday.
"Knock knock" the door was knocked again.
Zhao Si picked up a comic book and muttered to himself, "From the location to the way I sell books, I've done everything exactly like the comic book shops in Beijing. I've even made a lot of improvements."
But why is it that comics that can set off a trend in the capital become a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts and beats in Qingzhou?
Zhao Si couldn't figure it out, but if he couldn't sell the comics anymore, the debt collectors would come to his door.
Yes, the comics he sold were not only criticized by literati and poets in Qingzhou, but he also owed a lot of debts because of his blind mass production.
Hu Xiner knocked on the door again, but the owner inside seemed to be deeply shocked and was unwilling to open the door.
She looked at Mu Qing in distress. Mu Qing's fingertips calmly sent out a gust of wind, and then the door bolt turned into powder and fell down with a crash.
He pushed the door open easily.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?" Zhao Si asked vigilantly.
Hu Xin'er silently gave her husband a thumbs-up, then said with her head held high, "There's no need to introduce my identity, and my purpose in coming here is to save your worldview!"
Seeing that it was her, Zhao Si asked cautiously, "What do you want to do?"
Hu Xin'er's expression suddenly changed, and she said coldly, "You've illegally used the name of my Mu Xin Comics Shop and printed so many pirated books, making such a huge profit. Aren't you afraid of being investigated by the Princess's Mansion?"
"Don't mention money to me!" Zhao Si was furious. "What kind of crappy books are those printed by your Princess's Mansion? No one buys them!"
"No one buys because your stuff is so poor quality," Hu Xin'er snorted. "You've seen how popular comics are in the capital. The fault is yours."
Zhao Si couldn't accept the reality of his own incompetence. His eyes reddened as he cried, "What right do you have to call me incompetent? Don't think I don't know. You're able to make your way around the capital simply by leveraging the influence of the Princess. And I'm broke here, keeping to myself, and not trying to bribe officials, businessmen, or scholars. That's why I've ended up like this..."
Before he could finish his accusation, Hu Xin'er frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? The Princess can't possibly force everyone to buy her books, right? If she really had such great power, why would she wait until now to open a store? People buy books because of their quality and good reputation!"
"Stop fooling yourself!" Zhao Si vented all the resentment in his heart on the person in front of him.
He felt that there was nothing wrong with all the steps he took. If he still couldn't succeed, it would only prove that the success of Mu Xin Comics Shop was not as simple as it seemed.
But he believed that opening a comic book store could make money, so he invested all his fortune in it. In the end, he lost everything and was left with a lot of debts. He was like a rat crossing the street, and everyone wanted to kill him.
At this moment, he wanted to tear Hu Xin'er's sanctimonious face apart: "What quality reputation? In business terms, you've just been building connections with government officials and aristocratic families behind the scenes, while pretending to be low-key in front of others!"
Hu Xin'er was speechless: "Little brother, you are just a pirated book seller, why are you so cynical?"
Zhao Si asked back, "What's wrong with selling pirated books? If you come to investigate me for selling pirated books, I will scold you, the Princess' Mansion, for being two-faced and causing me such heavy losses!"
The corners of Hu Xiner's mouth twitched slightly.
Oh my god! The unscrupulous pirated book sellers can’t sell their books, and now they’re blaming the original author’s work for not being good enough!
Originally, seeing that the boy was young and good-looking, she hadn't intended to argue with him, but now she couldn't help but retort, "Who can you blame if you can't run your store well? I'm not your parents, nor am I your investor. I only just met you today. How can I harm you?"
Zhao Si gritted his teeth and said, "But I opened my shop exactly as Mu Xin Comics did, and now I've suffered such heavy losses!"
Hu Xiner picked up a comic book and pointed at the damaged ink and rough paper. "You call this completely in accordance with the rules?"
Zhao Si angrily said, "You're just finding fault! To succeed, I deliberately copied Mu Xin's comic book shop and opened a shop in such a remote place, and even peddled my products in the streets and alleys..."
Hu Xiner was so upset after hearing this. She finally understood why this young man's shop was so bleak!
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