Chapter 46
The library has brought huge popularity to the shelter.
Those who are well-off like Zhou Xiaohua and Zhu Ke can simply buy one or two books and take them home to savor them slowly. Those who are a little tighter on money can pay a membership deposit for one or two months and choose a favorite novel or comic to read carefully. Those who are less well-off can just sit in the library and read all day.
Every household has someone at home who is idle and it is difficult to get through the boring time. Now they all come to the library early in the morning to queue up, just for the comic book they read halfway yesterday, or for the comfortable chair in the reading area.
Poor families make up the majority of the people in Taoyuan Shelter. They don't have much spare money and are reluctant to spend the 1 crystal core membership fee, so they often occupy a seat and stay there for the entire day.
Fortunately, Ye Qing encouraged everyone to read books. Not only did he not drive away their freeloading behavior, he also strongly supported it.
For this reason, everyone's evaluation of Ye Qing has become better and better, and the evaluation points earned by the claw machine have also risen sharply.
She had saved up points for a few days and redeemed them all for the number of uses, and used them all to catch dolls. This time, she caught all the material packages. Except for the "Northeast Black Soil", Ye Qing used the rest to water the fruit trees.
Yes, now the 20-centimeter seedlings have almost grown into fruit trees that are one meter tall. I believe we will be able to eat the fruits soon.
Thinking of the refreshing and delicious fruit, Ye Qing couldn't help but savor it carefully. He hadn't seen fruit for a long time and almost forgot its taste.
She also developed the uses of "classic organic fertilizer". Once, round or irregular brown spots appeared on the leaves of several fruit trees, and many newly grown leaves turned yellow and fell off.
She sprinkled some "classic organic fertilizer" on the fruit trees, and soon the symptoms disappeared.
These fruit trees are rare unmutated plants in the refuge and even in the world, so they attract a lot of tourists. Residents who take a walk even walk to the edge of the refuge, which they never care about, just to see them.
Every time the patrol team passed by here, they were extremely alert, fearing that the boss's precious plants would be accidentally damaged by them.
Fortunately, everyone has a clear idea of what this means. First, they know its importance. Second, they are bound by the rules of the shelter and dare not do anything bad. Therefore, the plants have always been very safe.
After saving crystal cores for a few days, Ye Qing's asset balance reached 200,000 crystal cores, enough to open another entertainment venue. However, everyone's enthusiasm for the library was still at its peak, so she planned to wait for a while until everyone's enthusiasm subsided a little before opening it.
After all, new things become commonplace after a long time of seeing them, and at this time, another new thing is needed to arouse enthusiasm.
That day, Deng Hailong drove the bus to Shanhai City. After dropping off the passengers, he leaned against the city gate and chatted with Xiaojiu.
Deng Hailong passionately described the interesting things that happened in the shelter vividly: "You have no idea how popular the library was when it first opened. When I drove home at night, there was no place to sit. Many people sat cross-legged on the floor. Seeing how immersed they were, I felt ashamed of myself."
"I know most of them can't read a few words, but that doesn't dampen their enthusiasm. Many of them are holding a dictionary and looking it up."
Xiaojiu also sighed sincerely: "I really love learning."
Deng Hailong glanced at him and said, "Then why don't you come back soon? You just hurriedly came to report last time and left, and didn't even remember to experience the comfortable beds in the shelter. You don't know that Taoyuan Shelter has a lot of new things, such as the doll display cabinet and the boss's precious fruit trees..."
Xiaojiu was fascinated by what he heard: "Really? I haven't heard of many of them!"
Deng Hailong continued to dissuade him, "Yeah, I heard the boss say he's going to open a card room in a few days! When the time comes, come back and spend a night on your day off. If you're satisfied, just find an opportunity to transfer back. It's better to go back early than to be oppressed by Lin here."
Xiaojiu's Adam's apple slid slightly: "I...I'd better stay with Miss Lin. Wherever she is, I'll be there."
Deng Hailong laughed in anger. "Fine, neither I nor Taoyuan Shelter is as attractive as your Miss Lin, right? What's so good about her? She's curly and straight, and it's boring to stay there for a long time."
As soon as he finished speaking, something heavy hit his shoulder.
Deng Hailong's shoulders trembled, and he turned around reflexively. Seeing that it was Lin Zhi, he immediately smiled guiltily: "Ahaha, Miss Lin is here, when did you arrive?"
Lin Zhi glanced at him coldly: "Just when you said I was curmudgeonly and boring."
Deng Hailong was thick-skinned, not at all embarrassed by being caught red-handed. He enthusiastically flattered, "Oh, I was just jealous of you. You don't know how highly the boss thinks of you. He uses you as a benchmark in every regular meeting. This time, he even asked me to bring some of your favorite books."
When Lin Zhi heard Ye Qing's evaluation of her, she immediately felt a great sense of accomplishment. She even forgot Deng Hailong's previous evaluation of her. She couldn't hide the smile on her lips: "Go back and tell the boss that this is what I should do."
Then he handed over the two books in his hand: "Here, these are the books you've finished reading. Did you bring new ones?"
Deng Hailong took the two books and weighed them. They were very thick. It was amazing that he had finished such thick books in just a few days. He said with sincere admiration: "I brought new ones, but you are really amazing. You read so quickly."
Lin Zhi shook her hair and turned to walk towards the bus: "Fast? Isn't this the speed of a normal person?"
The abnormal Deng Hailong pouted and pretended to hit her behind her. As expected, their auras were not compatible. Xiaojiu was the only one who could tolerate her bad temper.
"Why are you still standing there? Go get me a new book!"
Hearing the call, Deng Hailong hurriedly followed: "I'm coming!"
Xiaojiu looked at the two people and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face. One was his beloved and the other was his close friend. With these two important people in his life, his life was complete.
That day, Ye Qing was sitting on the single sofa in the hall reading a book. There was plenty of sunlight today, and it shone into the room through the window glass, which was very comfortable. She almost fell asleep while reading several times.
At this time, a group of people came up to her and asked respectfully, "Boss Ye, excuse me?"
Ye Qing put down his book, raised his head, and said in a friendly manner, "Oh, it's you guys. Sit down and talk."
This group of people were the first group of diplomatic representatives to come from Shanhai City. Ye Qing remembered that the shelters they belonged to had a population of tens of thousands. Although the population was not large, it was a considerable number and it was also a great help in upgrading the shelters.
The visitor followed instructions and sat down. Seeing Ye Qing's friendly attitude, he was relieved. However, he kept his back straight and looked a little reserved.
Perhaps it was the inherent pressure of the superior, coupled with Ye Qing's formidable strength, that caused the envoys to fall silent after they sat down. One of them, encouraged by the others, finally spoke up, "Boss Ye, we would like to ask you for a favor."
Ye Qing had guessed it long ago, but he still looked clueless: "Oh? What help do you need?"
"That's right...we've been here for several days, and we're going back to report soon!"
The messengers looked at each other, their faces full of regret.
"But we want to bring back some of your local specialties to promote them, but there are purchase limits on containers. Each person can only bring five items of each kind, so we thought..."
At the end of the conversation, no one dared to look at Ye Qing's face. This was a rule that everyone in the shelter had to abide by. They were just an insignificant small shelter, so why should the boss make an exception for them?
Each person was limited to five items per container, and even with the wide variety, there were only about a hundred in total. With so many high-ranking officials in the shelter, even if they each got one or two, they'd be gone, let alone spreading the word to other ordinary people.
What they are looking at is not only these goods, but also the things that cannot be taken away, such as the shelter, such as comfortable housing, safe protective shields, clinics that can diagnose and treat patients, and clothes that can protect against radiation...
Ye Qing pretended to be in deep thought, and after a long while he sighed: "Alas, you know, this is the rule of the shelter, I can't set a precedent for you."
The envoys were all very good at dealing with people. When they heard Ye Qing's words, they knew there was something going on. So they all tried their best to express their sincerity: "Boss Ye, as long as you promise to give us some goods, we will do our best to promote the shelter and bring in customers."
"Well... that's not impossible. I can sell you more goods."
The light in Ye Qing's eyes flashed and disappeared in the blink of an eye. She tilted her head and thought for a while before making promises to the envoys.
"As for publicity, it would be embarrassing to let you do it for nothing. How about this? I'll give you a commission. If I successfully accept one resident from your institution, I'll give you one crystal core as a commission. How about that?"
Several representatives of the delegation looked at each other, and saw disbelief in each other's eyes. They excitedly calculated that each person would get a commission of 1 crystal core. There were about 50,000 people in the shelter, which meant 50,000 crystal cores. This amount was enough for them to eat and drink well for a long time.
They raised their heads and asked cautiously, "Boss Ye, do we only count the people in the shelter?"
Ye Qing nodded: "Yes, this will make it easier for us to count. If you are worried, we can sign a contract."
After receiving the boss's confirmation, several messengers immediately agreed happily: "Haha, it's okay, we trust Boss Ye."
In the end, Ye Qing signed a contract with them. He had no involvement in those shelters and gave them full authority so that he could use the time saved to do other things.
The commission of 1 crystal core per person is relatively high at this price. Ye Qing originally planned to give 0.5 crystal cores per person, but he thought that one person would definitely not be able to complete such a huge publicity work, so he just regarded the extra amount as the hiring fee they paid to other people.
After signing the contract, several representatives of the delegation looked at the piece of paper happily.
Ye Qing took a quick glance and continued, "You guys live quite far away, right? How about I ask Team Deng to take you back?"
Several people looked at each other. They would have refused logically, but they couldn't resist the attraction of the bus, which could save them dozens of times the walking distance.
Without waiting for their answer, Ye Qing made up his mind: "Then let him take you there. It's really not convenient for you to carry so many supplies."
Of course, Ye Qing also had his own purpose. After the people from Shanhai City came here, the bus would have to open other routes. It would be good to explore the route in advance. Besides, such a majestic bus going there would be an invisible advertisement.
After everything was settled, Ye Qing began to distribute the goods to them. Previously, each customer was limited to purchasing only 5 items, but she was the boss and did not have the concept of purchase limit.
After she resold it, she gave each delegation 100 pieces of each item, which made the delegation happy and also increased her income significantly.
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