Chapter 70 Piracy
In Hu Xiner's shop, BL comics have long been famous and are in short supply every day.
Customers who fail to buy books will also browse around the bookstore and choose their favorite picture books. They are all selected by Hu Xiner's sharp eyes and are of very good quality.
Gradually, her shop became prosperous, while Sun Cai's shop was deserted.
Sun Cai stares at the store across the street every day and is almost getting conjunctivitis!
One day, he secretly found an artist and asked him to buy Hu Xiner's book, secretly imitate it, and then print it out and sell it as a fake.
Hu Xin'er had been so busy with business these days, doing accounts and other matters, that she didn't even notice it.
On this day, a female customer stormed into the Muxin Comics Store with a book in her arms.
"Boss, come out here! The quality of the books sold in your store is too poor!" With this shout, everyone in the store was attracted.
The female customer held out her hand to show everyone: "Everyone, come and see, this is a book from Muxin Comics Store. I just opened it and the ink is all over my hands. I can't wash it off!"
Her originally fair hands were now stained with ink and emitted a foul odor.
The people who gathered around frowned immediately: "Isn't this ink too bad?"
"Little girl, did you really buy this book at Muxin Comics Store?"
The female customer got anxious when she heard this: "Of course it is! I've bought from them several times. Look, this is the latest bestseller, 'The Immortal Lord Knocks on My Door.'"
"I have this book too, but the quality is very good." someone objected.
"She's just mixing the good with the bad!" the female customer said angrily. "The first copy I bought, 'The Overbearing Prince Fell in Love with Me,' was also good. I bought several copies at once, and I never thought my hands would become like this!"
More and more people gathered around, and the female customer showed her hands to those around her: "Everyone, come and give me some advice. My family has been arranging a marriage for me these past two days. The other party saw that my hands are abnormally dark and they thought I had some disease!"
Most of the fans in the comic book store are women, and when talking about the important matter of life, they can immediately empathize with each other.
Some carefully looked through the books on the shelves to see if there were really any good or bad books mixed together.
Some stay away from the bookshelf for fear of getting touched.
Most people followed the female customer in denouncing: "This is too much!"
"Where's the boss? Why doesn't the boss say anything at this time?"
"Please make way, everyone!" Hu Xin'er finally squeezed into the crowd. "I'm the boss. What's wrong with the book?"
The female customer threw the book at me and said, "You vicious woman, you've ruined my life and ruined my marriage. You must compensate me for the damages!"
There were many people present, so Hu Xiner suppressed her anger and took the book.
At first glance, this seems to be her storybook, but upon closer inspection, the lines of the characters are drawn using ancient painting methods, while she uses modern line drawing, which is completely different.
Wow, pirated books!
"This is not a book from our store." Hu Xiner felt relieved and said calmly.
"This book is obviously only sold in your store, and you still want to deny it!" The female customer was so angry that she was about to grab her hair.
Fortunately, the onlookers still had some trust in Hu Xiner, the kind boss, and stopped her.
"Miss, don't be anxious. Listen to what Mr. Hu has to say." said a beautiful lady.
The female customer said angrily, "What's there to explain? She's a profiteer. Is she going to admit it? I'm going to smash this store today!"
"Please be patient. If it is our store's responsibility, we will naturally compensate you. But if it is not, I will ask the government to judge and see if you deliberately made trouble." Hu Xiner picked up the book confidently, and took out the authentic version of her painting from the counter and showed it to everyone.
This sentence intimidated the female customer. As an unmarried woman, she must not go to jail.
"Please look, the one on the left was bought by this lady, and the one on the right was drawn by me. The one this lady bought is obviously of very poor quality. The ink smells bad, the lines are not very clear, and some of the little habits of the brushwork are completely different from mine."
Hu Xiner pointed out the differences, and the onlookers nodded. Even they could see the difference between the two books.
The female customer was speechless: "I can see these, but what does it mean?"
"That means the books you bought weren't actually sold in our store," Hu Xin'er said loudly. "Since our store is new, we've always had a shortage of books. Sales have only recently stabilized. If I were trying to pass off inferior products as genuine ones, there wouldn't be a shortage of books!"
"But this is just your one-sided story!" The female customer was so angry that tears came to her eyes. "I bought the book from your store!"
"What happened?" A cold male voice sounded, and the whole place fell silent.
It's nothing, this man is just too handsome.
Because she had just walked out of the warehouse, she still had a faint scent of ink on her body, her eyes were phoenix-like and her eyebrows were thin, her movements were natural, and she exuded an indescribable dignity.
"Oh my God, has the immortal really come down to earth?" The beautiful lady who had just argued for Hu Xiner couldn't help but murmur.
This was also what others thought. Mu Qing was like a fairy-like young man who walked out of a comic book and easily satisfied all their girlish dreams.
It turned out that Mu Qing was sorting books in the warehouse and came over when he heard the noise.
Hu Xin'er saw him come out and said softly, "It's nothing. A young lady bought a pirated book and insisted that it was sold in our store."
Her words broke the silence, but although the girls present made some noise, they only adjusted their skirts and stroked their hair. There was no trace of the chattering that had been going on before, and they all became shy and quiet.
Their attention was no longer on the book.
Even the female customer was moved when she saw how stunningly handsome Mu Qing was.
"Are you the waiter in this shop?" the female customer asked softly, casually lifting the hair by her ear, "It's just a misunderstanding.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, let's just disperse." Mu Qing didn't answer the female customer, but looked at Hu Xiner inquiringly.
Customers immediately scattered to the sides of the bookshelves, posing in their best and most elegant postures, holding books or hiding behind the bookshelves, secretly casting glances at Mu Qing.
Hu Xiner was completely stunned: ...The power of this handsome man is so terrifying!
The female customer came over tenderly and whispered in her ear: "Sister Hu, if this gentleman is willing to be with me, I can let your store off the hook."
Hu Xin'er's breath sank into her dantian, and her voice was loud and clear: "He is my husband!"
When the female customer heard this, her attitude immediately changed. She glared at her fiercely, as if she was going to have a grudge against her for stealing her husband.
She also shouted loudly: "Pay me money, you must pay me money!"
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