Chapter 65: Unscrupulous Booksellers Destroy Books Tirelessly
Who can praise Hangzhou music? Lotus flowers have ten miles of osmanthus and three autumns?
That is the merciless thing that knows that flowers and trees are affecting the sorrow of the Yangtze River for thousands of miles.
After Miaofengtang withdrew from Hangzhou Book Market, the people of Qiantang and Renhe also complained.
But soon they got used to the days without Miaofengtang, and with them, the once popular "Journey to the West", disappeared.
After all, life has to continue. Although there is less adjustment for food and food after dinner, life is still still.
After about ten days, just when people were almost forgetting this briefly strange book, some people were surprised to find that "Journey to the West" actually appeared in Zhouji Bookstore.
And it is not the first fifteen chapters on the market, but it is actually a continuation.
One time, one spreads ten, ten spreads hundreds, and the news spreads in the streets and alleys of Hangzhou.
Zhouji Bookstore suddenly became lively, and people flocked to buy the newly released chapters.
The buyer smiled and showed off to his relatives and friends.
The person who didn't buy it was very upset and had to come back tomorrow morning.
Someone with "insider information" revealed that after Miaofengtang withdrew from the book market, the Zhou family spent a lot of money to dig up the author of the strange book, Huayang Cave Tianzhu, which was the only way to make "Journey to the West" see the light of heaven again.
Of course, for the book fans of "Journey to the West", it doesn't matter who will publish this book. What's important is that the book can be published all the time.
For them, as long as the price of this book does not rise too far, they can accept reading it.
Whether it is the Xu family or the Zhou family, they are all booksellers.
Who is not watching?
A stagnant water in Hangzhou Bookstore suddenly came alive again.
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Sun Xiaoyi, a student from Qiantang County School, was fortunate to buy the new five chapters "The Biography of Journey to the West", and was in a very good mood.
After he went to the county to study, he took a long time off and was about to go home and taste the new chapters.
Before reading the book, he specially soaked a pot of Longjing, West Lake, moved a chair under the old locust tree in the yard, and sat down happily.
Holding up the teacup and smelling the fragrance of hot tea, Sun Xiaoyi felt very comfortable.
After taking a sip, he put down the teacup.
Good tea should be tasted slowly, just like good books.
On weekdays, he reads the Four Books and Five Classics and the articles of saints. After reading them for a long time, he feels a headache.
Only by reading these idle books under the moon can you please your body and mind.
He carefully took out "Journey to the West" and stroked the cover of the book carefully.
I have to say that the "Journey to the West" published by Zhou Ji Shufang is extremely exquisite, and the best bamboo paper is the characteristic of his family, and it smells a faint fragrance.
The thin booklet makes every chapter extremely precious. Sun Xiaoyi brewed his emotions and turned to the homepage and started reading.
Although it has been more than ten days, he still remembers the previous plot very clearly. This is the advantage of scholars. If you don’t forget it after reading it, at least most of the things can be remembered.
Sun Xiaoyi didn't read it quickly, and he read every sentence and every word. But as he read it, he frowned and thought to himself, why is the new chapter of "Journey to the West" not that interesting?
Maybe the Lord of Huayang Cave is in a bad state?
Sun Xiaoyi comforted himself and continued to read.
But the more he read it, the more he felt something was wrong. Why did the style of this book change?
The layout of writing and the selection of words and sentences are completely different from the previous fifteen chapters!
"What kind of crap sentences are simply bullshit!"
Sun Xiaoyi, who has always been gentle, actually swears, which is enough to show his anger.
Sun Xiaoyi felt that he had been deceived! At this moment, he felt surprisingly angry!
In his opinion, there are only two possibilities.
First, this new chapter was not written by the Lord of Huayang Cave Heaven, but was written by Zhouji Shufang.
Second, this was indeed written by the Lord of Huayang Cave Heaven, but he wanted to rely on his old capital and did not write the book with care.
Although there are both possibilities, the former is obviously more likely.
After all, the Lord of Huayang Cave became famous with this book "Journey to the West". He should have polished the follow-up chapters and established a good reputation with this book. How could he ruin his reputation for a bad money? In this way, even if he makes money, what about the book?
With this analysis, we can infer that the Zhou family was determined to hire someone to continue writing "The Biography of Journey to the West".
The key is that if you continue writing, please continue writing. Can you use snacks?
Isn’t this a deceptive feeling to the majority of readers of "Journey to the West"?
This is really ugly.
The more Sun Xiaoyi thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up and threw his robe and slid his sleeves and rushed out of the door.
He is going to Zhouji Bookstore to accuse the evil deeds of the black-hearted bookseller and ask for an explanation!
Sun Xiaoyi's house was not far from Zhou Ji Bookstore. When he rushed to the front of the bookstore, he was shocked.
I saw hundreds of people gathered in front of Zhouji Bookstore, all of whom were declaring the black-hearted booksellers.
"I'll pay back my money, I'll refund it!"
"What kind of bad things I wrote? Even this thing dares to take it out and cheat money?"
"Is it a messy thing written by someone else?"
"Blackhearted bookseller, unscrupulous businessman!"
"Do you have a conscience? Such a good book will be ruined by you!"
Sun Xiaoyi's eyes were a little red, and he thought to himself that everyone still had feelings for "Journey to the West", and he couldn't bear to read such a strange book that was ruined by a black-hearted businessman.
After thinking for a moment, he stepped forward and joined the army of condemnation.
"Black-hearted bookseller, come up with an explanation! Return me to "Journey to the West to the Biography of the Evil"!"
"Refund the money, if you don't refund the money, we won't leave today!"
"Everyone teaches them some lessons!"
The guy from Zhoujishufang had never seen such a scene. He was so scared that his legs trembled and instinctively wanted to go forward and close the door.
Such actions even angered the people who came to ask for explanations.
If you weren't guilty, what would you close in broad daylight?
They rushed up and beat the guys at Zhou Ji's Bookstore, and even tore up some fake books that had just been printed to pieces.
For a moment, the scene in the bookstore was chaotic, and people were overwhelmed and embarrassed.
A shivering guy saw that something was wrong and slipped away from the back door and went straight to the supervisor Zhou Dafu.
Zhou Dafu is not in the bookstore at this moment, but is taking a nap at home.
Hearing that someone knocked on the door, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and turned over and got up impatiently to open the door.
Seeing that the person coming was a book shop clerk, he spat angrily and said, "Don't you know I'm going to take a nap if you don't have any things? If you have anything, can't wait for me to go to the store in the afternoon?"
The guy said aggrievedly: "If it weren't for the urgent matter, how could you disturb your rest? It's really a mess in the store."
Zhou Dafu frowned and said, "What did you say? What's wrong with the store? Tell me clearly!"
The guy described the tragic situation in the store to Zhou Dafu in an invigorating manner.
Zhou Dafu felt dizzy for a moment and almost fell to the ground.
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Chapter completed!