Post-80s Rebirth Daily

Chapter 43 Buying Books

It costs thousands of yuan to install a fixed-line telephone now, and it requires very troublesome procedures. Few families can afford it.Except for the public units, only the post office can make phone calls. They charge 1 cents for a minute in the city and [-] cents for long-distance.

The principal's office of the mine middle school has installed a telephone. Principal Wei is distressed about the telephone charges. Most of the long-distance calls are locked, and only local calls can be made. Of course, long-distance calls within the city can be answered.

People who work in public units are used to taking advantage of the unit. My aunt is a teacher at school, and Xu Ningyu and his sister have endless pencils and notebooks that they don’t want.

Of course, I still have to buy other things by myself. For example, because the manuscript paper is more expensive, each teacher only distributes one copy each semester. Xu Ningyu uses it a lot, so she went to Xinhua Bookstore and bought several stacks at a time.

The Xinhua Bookstore in their county has two floors. In addition to selling books, it also functions as a stationery store and a video store.But everything is very expensive, the original price of all the books, and the hardcover ones cost a few dollars.A big spender like Xu Ningyu dare not buy more every time he goes there.

The more he thought about it, the more he looked forward to it, and he looked forward to opening a rented bookstore as soon as possible, so that he could read books casually in the future.He has long been familiar with the books in the school reading room.

But Xu Ningyu didn't want everyone to know about the opening of the store, so he immediately whispered to his aunt: "I'd better go outside and make a phone call. I want to talk to Editor Yu about buying books. We will talk about it in school. Everyone knows about it. not too good."

Although the aunt felt sorry for the money, she also felt that what the nephew said was right, so she nodded: "Okay, you can call in the town later, and I can go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau alone."

Xu Ningyu originally planned to go with her aunt. Thinking of all the things on her own side, and going back to discuss with her grandfather how to renovate the store, she had to be cruel and said to her aunt: "Then auntie, be careful when driving. Don't quarrel with others. If there is any problem, we will discuss and solve it when we come back tonight."

The aunt rubbed her nephew's little head in a funny way: "You're such a villain, so I still need you to worry about it." The appearance of the little nephew telling her like a grown-up is really amusing.

Xu Ningyu wrinkled her nose.At this time, it is very troublesome to go to the public office to handle errands. It will definitely not be done in a day or two. If something goes wrong and there is no communication tool that can be contacted in time, he is not at ease.

He always felt that Li Lei was worried, but in fact he himself had the same temperament.

The auntie is more chic than Xu Ningyu, she got on her bicycle with a wave of her hand, and went to the entrance of the mine to take the main passage.She knew that her nephew had someone to pick her up, so she didn't care.

Li Lei picked up Xu Ningyu's schoolbag and said, "Go to the town and make a call." Without Xu Ningyu saying anything, he arranged things clearly.

When they arrived at the post office, several staff members knew Xu Ningyu, because he was one of the rare children who often came to pick up money orders.People like to inquire about gossip so much at the moment, the two children Xu Ningyu and Li Lei couldn't stand it, so they had to tell them.So they all know that the youngest, the beautiful boy, earned the money by writing articles.

At this moment, the post office female clerk smiled and joked when she saw him: "The little writer is here to get the manuscript fee again?"

Xu Ningyu obediently

Smile: "Not today, Auntie, I'll call."

"Call, long-distance or local? Where do you want to call? Show me the number." The female staff asked a bunch of things.Phones are very precious, and the post office is not allowed to touch people randomly, and they will help dial the number.In this way, nothing can be hidden, so Xu Ningyu didn't want to fight at school.

"Thank you, auntie, it's long distance." Xu Ningyu handed over Editor Yu's phone number. After looking at it, the female staff took out a small alarm clock and placed it next to the landline, before pressing the translucent buttons on the landline.

She pressed a series of numbers. After the call was connected, she would not be able to directly call the person she wanted to contact. Instead, she would first call the operator desk of the post office and explain to the operator what number to call, and the other party would help transfer it.

Generally, one transfer is enough for local calls, but it is troublesome for long-distance calls, which basically require more than three transfers.

Today the line is relatively smooth, the female staff at the post office has been busy for more than ten minutes, and the call is connected.She handed over the receiver, Xu Ningyu stretched his arms and was about to pick it up, Li Lei had already hugged him to sit on the counter.

Seeing that he was a child, the people at the post office didn't care, they all looked at him with a smile.Xu Ningyu's expression froze slightly, and when she put the receiver to her ear, she heard Editor Yu's somewhat distorted voice: "Hey, who is looking for me?"

Xu Ningyu immediately replied briskly: "Hello, Uncle Yu, I'm Xu Ningyu."

On the other side, Editor Yu who received the call was very surprised.Although he and this little author corresponded almost every month, this was the first time the other party called, and he had an intuition that the other party asked him for help.

Maintaining a good relationship with the author is also part of the editor's job, not to mention that this author is very special and too young.Such a young child only does things based on his likes and dislikes, and he may not provide manuscripts because of something that makes him unhappy.

In the past few months, "Little Naughty Going to School" has received a lot of discussion among readers, and I have received several sacks of letters from readers. Editor Yu is very optimistic about this young author with great potential, so he kindly asked: "Student Xu, what are you looking for?" What's the matter with me?"

Xu Ningyu told Editor Yu that she had completed the second part of Little Naughty, and then politely asked: "Because my family plans to open a bookstore and needs a sum of money, can I get the manuscript fee in advance?"

"Open a bookstore?" Editor Yu was even more surprised.Now it has become popular to go overseas to do business, but most of them are concentrated in catering, clothing, small department stores and other industries, and there are not many bookstores.After all, books are expensive and not necessities of life.

Editor Yu just wanted to persuade a few words, when Xu Ningyu went on to say: "The store I want to open is mainly to rent books for others to take home, so I don't need brand new books, can I exchange part of the manuscript fee for magazines and comic books in stock? I also found out that Jinling Literature and Art Publishing House publishes a lot of romance and martial arts novels. I wonder if I can contact them and sell me a batch of books at a low price. It’s just that my store is small, and the quantity I want is not very large.”

Editor Yu's eyes lit up.He also thinks the idea of ​​renting books is a good idea, as long as he spends a small amount of money, he can read a book he likes.If there was such a bookstore when he was studying, he would definitely go there too.

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It is even better for them to exchange the magazines in stock for a fee.The magazines in stock are basically returned by the bookstore, which are almost like waste products, and they still take up space in the warehouse.And even more coincidentally, he happened to have a classmate in Jinling Literature and Art.

Editor Yu immediately laughed and said, "Of course, if you are willing to exchange manuscript fees for inventory, we still make money. The editor-in-chief of Literature and Art is my classmate, and I will ask him for you. As for whether it will be successful, I can't guarantee it."

This has already surprised Xu Ningyu, he said happily: "Thank you, Uncle Yu!" Sure enough, people in the same industry have a high probability of knowing each other.

Editor Yu felt the joy of this little friend. Hearing his cute childish voice, he felt better unconsciously: "I'll call my classmate right now. I'll have news later. If I call again, can you Did you get it?"

"Sure, I'll stay by the phone." Xu Ningyu nodded vigorously, almost forgetting that she was on the phone, and the person on the other end couldn't see it.On the contrary, Li Lei was amused by his appearance and laughed out loud.

Xu Ningyu glanced at Li Lei before putting the handset back on the landline.The female staff looked at the small alarm clock and reported the time, including the time to transfer the phone, which was about 10 minutes and cost nearly ten yuan.

Li Lei couldn't help but gasped: "That's too cruel. Just a few words cost ten yuan, which is faster than stealing money!"He couldn't help but look sharply at the female staff.

Xu Ningyu took out ten yuan without changing his face, and said to someone: "Auntie, I'm waiting for a call here, is it okay?"

"Then you go and wait, but if someone wants to make a call, let them call first, and you need to pay for answering the phone."

Is this making money back and forth?Li Lei's heart twitched again.He put down Xu Ningyu, and said in a low voice, "Why don't you install a phone in your store in the future? Let other people call, and we will collect the money. The money comes too fast!"

Xu Ningyu thought about it and thought it was a good idea.Mobile phones will not be popularized until the next century. Although the installation fee of the phone is very expensive, it can be earned back, and more importantly, it is convenient for one's own use.

He nodded: "I'll inquire later about the procedures for installing a phone. When the draft fee arrives, I'll install one in the store."

"Okay!" Xu Ningyu agreed with his idea, and Li Lei cheered, as happy as if he had made money.

Xu Ningyu stood by the phone for more than an hour, but luckily no one called during that time.At this time, there was a loud "ding ding ding" sound from the telephone, and the female post office clerk picked it up and listened.He called out to Xu Ningyu, "Your phone number."

Li Lei picked up Xu Ningyu and rushed towards the counter, wasting time is wasting money. , Xu Ningyu took the receiver and asked, "Hello, Uncle Yu, have you reached me?"

Editor Yu over there was in a good mood, because his old classmate readily agreed.He told Xu Ningyu the good news: "As soon as my classmate heard that it was the author of "Little Naughty Going to School" who asked me for help, he immediately agreed. He also promised to help you find a ride and help deliver the goods to your city. Afterwards, you will have to transport it home by yourself. But I think it’s best for your family to pick it out in person, there are so many kinds of books here, and it’s not easy for us to decide what books to bring into your home.”

Go in person?Xu Ningyu was a little tempted.Jinling is not far from their side. It only takes more than two hours by train, and they can go back and forth in one day.

At this time, he heard Editor Yu say with a smile: "Actually, my classmate wants to meet you, and their publishing house is very interested in your book!"

The author has something to say: Haha, slip of the tongue, used to say 2000 is 2000, our Xiaoyu almost became a master.

感谢在2020-04-1916:34:52~2020-04-2017:58:44期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mines: Say I love folding flowers, one creaking;

Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 2 bottles of sister Xiaobai; 1 bottle of happy every day;

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