302 ? The eleventh store

302 The Eleventh Store

◎ Read Two More Books.◎

0021 was standing very tight. The most vulnerable person in the entire bookstore was the shopkeeper behind him.

0021 was tall and stood in the middle, blocking the view. Lu Yao had to move a big step to the side to meet AO-17's line of sight. He said to the prison guard, "It's okay, just let him go."

AO-17 raised his not-so-obvious chin at 0021 with a little pride.

0021 didn't move. He turned his head and glanced at the shopkeeper. He felt tired.

The shopkeeper didn't understand how dangerous these guys were. He refused to replace his mechanical body and was spreading kindness without any defense.

When the two sides were in a stalemate, a customer came up behind Lu Yao and gently poked her shoulder.

Lu Yao turned around and saw the customer behind her dressed in black, with a mechanical appearance like a walking knight's armor, and two exquisite silver swords on his waist.

This mechanical body is extremely beautiful, or it is in line with the owner's aesthetic taste. She noticed it when she entered the store just now.

The knight customer raised the book in his hand and asked politely: "When will the sequel of this "Great Magician" be available?"

Customers in the third area usually cannot go out, and their understanding of the bookstore began with the 40-minute live broadcast in the evening.

Because the daily live broadcast during the day has been promoting books, the theme live broadcast at night will not always recommend books, but the owner will also take the opportunity to briefly mention a few new books in the store. The prisoners in the third district have learned more or less about the bookstore through this kind of promotion.

On this day, the prisoners came to the store and went to look for books they were interested in.

The knight was interested in many books, but he first found this "The Great Magician" that had been on the shelf not long ago. He opened it and read a few pages and couldn't let go. He read ten lines at a glance and spent a few minutes standing to finish the entire book. He was still not satisfied, so he went to ask the owner.

"The Great Magician" is a cool novel with a grand world view. The magic world in the novel is somewhat similar to the Alexandria continent. The colorful magic world and the different races and professions of faith interweave one vivid and interesting adventure story after another, which is overwhelming.

The knight was excited at the beginning, but the first volume ended abruptly when the story was getting better.

It felt like he had waited for five hundred years and finally met an evenly matched opponent. The two sides were fighting fiercely, but the opponent suddenly stopped fighting without saying the reason and turned around and left, leaving him alone with his full-level ultimate skill ready, but nowhere to use it.

Lu Yao also has high hopes for the sales of "The Great Magician". The next live broadcast she is planning will be about "The Great Magician". She also plans to put a few sequels of Popcorn Literature on the shelves at that time.

However, the owner will not explain it so clearly to the customers. He only said that it takes a long time to prepare for the new book to be put on the shelves, and the bookstore will arrange for the best-selling books to be put on the shelves as soon as possible.

The knight heard the key point of the owner's words, that only "best-selling" books can have sequels as soon as possible.

It's just that the price of books is not cheap. The bookstore puts new books on the shelves every day. It's not easy to promote one of them as a best-selling book in a short time.

The knight didn't know that in the eyes of the owner, a book can be considered popular if it sells 5,000 copies.

And the popularity of books on the shelves of bookstores is not entirely judged by sales.

The shop owner was simply casting a wide net, just to complete the task as quickly as possible.

The Knight lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then made a suggestion to the shop owner: "If these books are discounted by half, the sales volume will definitely be more than doubled compared to now, whether in Star Network or Guandao."

Before the shop owner could answer, 0021 shook off AO-17, turned around and took two steps in front of the shop owner to block the Knight: "Stay away from her."

The Knight remained silent.

Lu Yao had a headache, took a step forward, and poked 0021's back like the Knight did.

Mechanical bodies are generally taller than native humans. 0021 tilted his head and lowered his eyes to see the shop owner: "What's wrong?"

Lu Yao motioned 0021 to talk to the side.

After a moment, 0021 and the shop owner turned back together.

There was no expression on the Iron Mask, but 0021 and his guards only patrolled the store from then on, and no longer interfered with the owner and the staff receiving customers.

After 0021 left, Lu Yao took the initiative to step forward and led the knight to the book display area.

She stopped in front of the bookshelf in the adjacent aisle, her fingers gently brushed the spines of the books, stopped half a meter away from the knight, turned around and looked at him: "Do you think the books in the store are too expensive?"

The knight did not answer directly, but took out a book at random, turned it upside down and shook it hard, and the pages of the book rustled.

"Words printed on paper are dead things, without any technology. Their value is just to give a very bored spirit a moment of pleasure. If calculated by reading time, such a book may be worth ten to twenty star coins. The fact that you can sell it for thousands or tens of thousands of star coins is simply because you seized the opportunity and created a new thing with boring things. Human beings are blindly obedient and easily disgusted with the old. Once the novelty wears off, these books will become waste accumulated in the dark room. You won't lose anything if you discount them by half at this time, so why are you so profit-driven?"

Lu Yao heard that the mental values ​​of the prisoners in the third district were particularly high, and some of them had been in Guandao for more than twenty years.

Compared to young prisoners, they are not only good at mental manipulation, but also good at using words to induce others to achieve their goals.

Lu Yao thinks that their spiritual world is extremely barren and needs new irrigation.

Lu Yao prepared carefully for many days and put a large number of new books on the shelves, including classic literary works such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "War and Peace", "Little Women", "Walden", and "The Outsider", the fairy tale "The Little Prince" written for adults, and a group of books involving history, humanities and philosophy - "Tokyo Somnambulism", "Psychology and Life", "The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State", "Demian's Youth", "Siddhartha", and even the extremely difficult to read "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", a brand new poetry collection "The Tottering World", the painting tool book "Beriman Human Body Structure Drawing Tutorial", the planting tool book "Plant Encyclopedia", and finally a group of extremely imaginative popcorn literature.

The book that the knight was holding and shaking roughly was a trial copy of "The Shaky World". Lu Yao stood on tiptoe to take the book from Shi Shi's hand, opened a page and handed it to the knight.

On the slightly yellowed page was printed a short poem called "Relationship".

[… Love and betrayal have been entangled for a lifetime. I allowed myself to steal and

escape. I came back with tears on my face.

I buried my disability, dug it out, and then offered it in a temple.

Or in the middle of the road .

I accepted the whipping and crushing

...

…

Sometimes I lie on the water and hear no sound

Sometimes I open it late at night

My body is full of sound, but the rain has not come (1)】

The shopkeeper waited for the knight to finish reading this poem, his eyelids drooped slightly, his eyes lowered, his voice still gentle: "Words can record time, seasons, smells, spirits, thoughts and even civilizations, or they can just express one's feelings and record a person's despair and struggle. What you think is a moment of joy may be someone else's whole life.

"Perhaps as you said, human beings are blindly obedient and forgetful, and the light of books can only shine for a moment in this world. In that case, I will not sell them at a low price. "

The owner casually pulled out a few books from the bookshelf, put them in the knight's arms, and ended the conversation bluntly: "Please read a few more books before teaching me."

The knight looked down at the pile of books in his arms: "..."

After standing for a while, the knight really walked into the reading room with the books in his arms and sat down in a corner.

He didn't get up after sitting down until the timer rang, indicating the end of the break. He stood up reluctantly.

As Lu Yao expected, the customers in the third area had bulging wallets. Maybe it was because they had fewer opportunities to go out. They came to the bookstore and basically left with nothing.

In just half an hour of break, the store sold more than two or three hundred books.

The first batch of classic literature on the shelves Very popular, with The Count of Monte Cristo and One Hundred Years of Solitude having the highest sales. The popcorn literature that has been put on the shelves one after another is also quite popular, especially Interstellar Hotel and The Immortal Cultivation Story, which reflects that the theme live broadcast launched by the bookstore is very effective.

More than ten copies of the psychology book Motivation and Personality that was put on the shelves a few days ago were sold. Today, the sales of many new books such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Walden, and The Little Prince are also quite good.

The prisoners left the bookstore one after another, leaving only eight guards wandering around the store.

0021 stood in front of a row of bookshelves, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to take a book.

There were footsteps behind him, and 0021 tilted his head slightly.

0022 stopped behind him, casually took a trial copy of "Fortress Besieged" from the bookshelf, lowered his eyes to read the book, and said in a low voice: "What did the owner say to you? "

0022 and 0021's dormitories are next to each other. They often go off work together and have a close personal relationship.

The other team members may not have noticed anything, but 0022 noticed that 0021 was a little emotional when the store owner pulled 0021 aside to talk.

0021 is the captain of the temporary guard team, but 0022 is older than him, has stayed on the island longer, and has a much more easy-going temper.

0021 became a little annoyed when he thought of the store owner, and replied in a neutral tone: "She told me to relax a little. "

The shop owner is the type of person 0021 dislikes the most. He knows nothing and thinks that 3S-level criminals are all good people. He is afraid that it will affect the business of the store, so he doesn't let him take action against those prisoners.

When the prisoners plot against her, she is afraid that she will not be able to react in time.

The experience of the shop owner last time had a far-reaching impact. This time, the warden made an exception and transferred them here, mainly to protect the native shop owner, but she didn't appreciate it.

Because 0021 is the captain and the most capable prison guard in the guard team, They specially protected the store owner.

But they didn't tell her about this.

There are very few native people on the island. When they first received this mission, the guards were quite curious about the store owner and specially checked the surveillance video of the bookstore street for research.

It can only be said that remote research and contact with real people are not the same thing. It may also be that they have been on the island for too long and no longer know how to communicate normally with native humans.

Yesterday afternoon, the entire guard team came to the bookstore, and did not communicate properly with the owner.

After listening to 0021's complaint, 0022 was about to appease his colleague when he saw the store owner walking towards them.

She looked calm, with slightly crooked eyes and upturned mouth, completely different from 0021's state. 0022 subconsciously stepped forward to block 0021.

Lu Yao distinguished the eight guards patrolling the store from the characteristics of their mechanical bodies, and recognized that the guard talking to 0021 was 0022. He also explained what had just happened: "There are many customers in the store during the break, and I am very grateful to you for your hard work in patrolling and protecting the safety of the store and the employees. "

0021 turned his head and snorted indifferently.

0022 sighed and wanted to smile at the owner, but remembered the inconvenience of the mechanical body, and paused, and replied gently: "It's my duty, the owner doesn't have to be so polite." Seeing that

0021 still raised his chin slightly, Lu Yao softened his words: "Opening for business, even if the environment of Bookstore Street is special, customers are customers after all. I know you are worried about my safety. I'm sorry if I was rude just now."

Xi pushed a cart out of the reading room and said as he passed by: "It's only 3S level, the owner is not that fragile. "

0021: "..."

0022: "..."

Lu Yao was embarrassed.

0021 and 0022 seemed to suddenly not know how to respond.

The task instruction Yin Hua received was to read the trial reading part of the new book to the guests in the live broadcast room. Faced with various questions pouring in like a tide, he answered some questions to the best of his ability. When he was overwhelmed, he could only ask the store owner for help.

Lu Yao received Yin Hua's distress signal, responded with a smile, and walked quickly to the live broadcast area.

0021 and 0022 looked at each other, unable to tell who was more embarrassed.

They had seen the video of the store owner breaking a mechanical body with his bare hands, and still believed that the store owner could not escape unscathed from the prisoners in the third area.

It was just that during the break just now, those guys were particularly honest and did not cause any trouble, and neither side could convince the other.

----

The news that the bookstore opened to the third district was a hot topic. Lu Yao live-broadcasted for a short while in the morning and shared the news in the live broadcast room.

At this time, the number of real-time online viewers has exceeded two million, with many new viewers pouring in. In addition to the guests who came to observe the new district, some guests were waiting for accidents to happen.

When Lu Yao saw the question, he explained that the Guandao officials had arranged a special guard team to patrol, so as to dispel their thoughts of wanting to see the excitement.

On the floating message screen, messages asking about the special forces began to scroll again.

Lu Yao lowered his head and picked up a copy of "The Little Prince", turning to the first page: "This book was given as a gift to some guests before. I wonder if there are any guests in the live broadcast room who have read the whole book?"

A golden krypton gold message box soon appeared on the message screen: [I have finished reading!!! This book is simply my life guide! I will always like the Little Prince, his little fox, and his little rose!!!]

The golden krypton gold box repeatedly scrolled on the message screen, easily pulling the audience's scattered thoughts back to the new books on the bookstore today.

The owner started reading from the first page. The voice of a native human female was gentle and full of emotion, completely different from the flat and unruffled mechanical sound. The journey of the little prince quickly attracted the attention of the audience...

Yin Hua stood outside the live broadcast area, his hands hanging by his legs, exuding an inexplicable sense of desolation.

Ling Liu passed by him and gently poked him, as if to cheer him up.

0021, 0022 and the other prison guards who stayed in the store could also hear the owner's voice, and their thoughts were also brought into the world of the Little Prince by this voice.

----

In the repair department, which is three streets away from the bookstore street, six robot prisoners, including Yuan, have just been sent by the prison guards from various districts.

The brand new mechanical bodies that Kanjima customized for them have just arrived. By tonight at the latest, the six prisoners must replace the mechanical bodies that have been repaired by the owner.

After preparations were completed, the six prisoners were sent to six separate repair warehouses.

The most important thing about replacing a mechanical body is to transfer the information in the electronic brain. If the operation is not careful, the memory may be lost at best, or the brain may die at worst.

This is extremely risky for the prisoners.

But they had no right to choose and could only accept the arrangements of the prison guards.

Yuan was pushed into the No. 3 repair warehouse and lay on the cold repair bed. His limbs were tied with laser chains and he could not move. He watched the repairman pick up the tools and prepare to open his brain.

The repairman usually helped the prison guards whose mechanical bodies were seriously damaged to replace new ones. He did not think this job was difficult.

When he was about to knock open the metal protective shell of the prisoner's brain, he suddenly felt a chill and a strange tingling sensation made his fingertips numb, and suddenly he could not hold the tools.

【Author’s Comments】

Note (1) The poem excerpt “Relationship” is quoted from teacher Yu Xiuhua’s collection of poems “The Shaky World”.

P.S. Most of the book titles in the article are real books, and a small part is fictitious.

If there are quoted content in the text, it will be noted in the preface.

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