"My boss, my boss?" Shopkeeper Ning returned to Chen's house and knocked directly on the door of Chen Jinjun's study.
Chen Jinjun was sitting in the study at this moment, looking at this year's account books, and felt that the pile of account books made her one head and two bigger.
At this moment, shopkeeper Ning came to the door, allowing Chen Jinjun to temporarily escape from the mountains of ledgers.
"What happened?" Chen Jinjun put the account book aside and looked at Shopkeeper Ning who walked in.
Shopkeeper Ning had an excited look on his face. After seeing Chen Jinjun, he said excitedly: "My boss, I have discussed a great thing with Suiyu from Miaoyin Tower."
"Oh?" Chen Jinjun couldn't help but look at Shopkeeper Ning curiously.
She had just read Hongyin Bookstore's account books. Strictly speaking, Hongyin Bookstore's account books were not good-looking, and they couldn't even be considered as having no income at all. Even the expenses for maintaining the books were deducted.
From the corner of his eye, shopkeeper Ning also caught a glimpse of the account book Chen Jinjun handed over, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
He knew that he really didn't make any money this year, but this was a last resort. Thinking of this, he looked at Chen Jinjun with a little dodge.
Chen Jinjun knew that shopkeeper Ning was an arrogant person, so he stretched out his hand to collect the account books on one side: "As you said, business is really not easy to do these days."
Seeing that Chen Jinjun didn't say what he meant, shopkeeper Ning looked at Chen Jinjun with great gratitude: "My boss, you still remember that before you went to Rongcheng, I started writing plays for the Miaoyin Tower theater troupe."
Chen Jinjun nodded, she naturally remembered this matter.
Seeing Chen Jinjun nod, shopkeeper Ning became even more excited when he spoke.
"My boss doesn't know something, but today's show won a lot of praise." Shopkeeper Ning said excitedly.
Chen Jinjun glanced at Shopkeeper Ning with interest: "How do you say this?"
Shopkeeper Ning continued: "So, Miss Suiyu and I figured out that Hongyin Bookstore's business is not in a downturn right now anyway, so it would be better to turn some of its energy into the plays of the Miaoyinlou Theater Troupe."
Hearing what he said, Chen Jinjun couldn't help but frowned: "You are a scholar, but almost all the scholars in your bookstore are scholars. How can they afford to be with the theater troupe?"
No wonder Chen Jinjun said this, today’s scholars think very highly of themselves, as if they are so great.
Shopkeeper Ning shook his head: "Whoever is willing to do this will get the money. If you don't want to do it, then you can use the meager monthly silver to repair your books."
He is a scholar himself, a master of public education, and spent some time in Taixue. Naturally, he is more than just the shopkeeper in Hongyin Bookstore.
In the final analysis, most of those scholars are just scholars. Fundamentally, they are still not as knowledgeable as Shopkeeper Ning.
Chen Jinjun thought about it and felt that this was a good opportunity.
"I still hope that shopkeeper Ning can remember how he made the promise to the old shopkeeper back then."
When he said this, Chen Jinjun's eyes were a little thoughtful, and he stared at Shopkeeper Ning intently.
Shopkeeper Ning was startled for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, boss, I have been collecting books from outside these years, and now Hongyin Bookstore has more than 10,000 books in its collection."
Chen Jinjun nodded: "In this case, you can go ahead and do it. I will ask someone from the Northwest News Agency to come to your side."
"Newspaper office?" Shopkeeper Ning is a scholar from the old society, so naturally he has never come into contact with these new generation of scholars.
Chen Jinjun nodded: "You can't live without your own people in a newspaper office."
Shopkeeper Ning looked at Chen Jinjun. At that moment, a thought flashed through his mind.
"The boss wants to let Hongyin Bookstore write articles for newspapers?"
Since ancient times, emperors have definitely relied on more than strong force to govern a country, nor only a strong treasury. Sometimes, a poem by a literati can destabilize the people of a country.
Chen Jinjun nodded: "A newspaper office cannot be a one-word shop."
Shopkeeper Ning nodded, and then asked Chen Jinjun: "My boss, who is that foreigner? He said he wanted to study drama with me, so..."
When Chen Jinjun heard this, he naturally knew that the foreigner that shopkeeper Ning was talking about was none other than Kaisev who had followed him all the way from Rongcheng to Yongzhou.
"He," Chen Jinjun clicked his tongue, "he is indeed very accomplished in literature. You can talk to him more, but there are some things you should say and some things you shouldn't."
Shopkeeper Ning nodded vigorously: "I heard Mr. Lu say that he is a 'proton'?"
Shopkeeper Ning was familiar with what proton meant, but he didn't know why Chen Jinjun could get a foreigner to serve as a proton.
"It's to ensure the safety of Rongcheng. If you think he is useful, then take him to Hongyin Bookstore. Your place is cleaner than Miaoyin Tower. You should take good care of him."
Chen Jinjun thought for a while and gave instructions to shopkeeper Ning.
Although it was easier for Kaisef to stay with Lu Wen, in the final analysis, there were many people coming and going in Miaoyin Tower. If Kaisef said something that he shouldn't have said, he would be in trouble for no reason.
In this case, it would be better to let shopkeeper Ning work harder. When we get to Hongyin Bookstore, there are many books there. Chen Jinjun believes that Kaisef will be interested in those books.
Then Chen Jinjun said to shopkeeper Ning: "I agree with the drama. You and Suiyu can discuss it."
This is a pure exchange condition. Shopkeeper Ning naturally understands this. He has obtained some concessions from Chen Jinjun, so it is naturally impossible for him to "succeed" so easily after dinner in the middle of the night.
However, thinking of Kaisef's knowledge of drama and art, shopkeeper Ning felt an inexplicable expectation in his heart.
Maybe, that foreigner is not a idiot?
Chen Jinjun raised his eyes and glanced at Shopkeeper Ning: "There is no need to think so much."
Shopkeeper Ning immediately came to his senses and bowed deeply to Chen Jinjun: "Thank you, boss."
Chen Jinjun nodded, held his chin, narrowed his eyes and looked at Shopkeeper Ning meaningfully: "I never thought that a scholar like Shopkeeper Ning would be interested in drama."
Hearing what Chen Jinjun said, shopkeeper Ning was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and said, "My boss is joking. Scholars are not omnipotent. They have just read a few books by sages, so they are not considered scholars."
Later, shopkeeper Ning sighed with emotion: "Now I have found what I like to do."
Chen Jinjun looked at Shopkeeper Ning and felt quite emotional in his heart.
Shopkeeper Ning once worked in Taixue, but later he couldn't stand the atmosphere in the officialdom, so he ran to the bookstore and lived with the old shopkeeper.
At that time, Hongyin Bookstore was not called Hongyin Bookstore, it was just an old man's library.
Thinking of this, Chen Jinjun said to shopkeeper Ning: "Do it well."
Then, Chen Jinjun waved his hand and signaled Shopkeeper Ning to go out.
Shopkeeper Ning thanked her again and walked out happily.