Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 304 Return to Xiangjiang?

He Ping looked at Hong Qi and the others who were also engrossed. This martial arts novel is indeed more attractive to people nowadays.

What's wrong with this, we can't train the boys in the base to become bookworms, right?

"Okay, okay. It's so late, everyone hasten to go back to bed." He Ping snatched the books from everyone's hands and started to chase them away.

"Brother He Ping, let us watch for a while, just for a while."

"What are you looking at, go back to sleep."

Regardless of everyone's begging, He Ping kicked them out.

These young people really have no self-control.

Turning around, he went to bed and went on a tryst with his "sister fairy".

When eating in the cafeteria the next day, Hong Qi and the others looked at He Ping with extremely resentful eyes, like a long-awaited woman.

He Ping stared back one by one, this group of unworthy things, for the sake of this martial arts novel, they don't want to eat or drink, it's shameful.

After eating, he purposely gathered the backbone forces of these bases together and held a brief meeting.

Theme - stop indulging in martial arts novels.

The preaching made the people below stop complaining. You are the one who buys the book, and you are the one who refuses to read it.

This is how He Ping spent his days in Nanshan. He spent most of his time in the dormitory reading martial arts novels.

Because of the many visits, and Jiang Yongan is alone in the mainland, he has found someone to confide in.

It turned out that he used to run a small publishing house in Xiangjiang, and he was considered a small fortune when taking advantage of the boom in martial arts novels in Hong Kong in the 70s.Unfortunately, I caught up with the real estate bubble in the 70s. I wanted to speculate in real estate, but in the end, my family went bankrupt. His wife also divorced him, and he took his only daughter to Canada.

Jiang Yongan persisted in Xiangjiang for another two years, but he never had a chance to make a comeback. He caught up with the reform and opening up in the Mainland, so he came to Nanshan with only 2 yuan left on his body, and opened a bookstore, intending to find someone to make a comeback here. Chance.

"Shiya! Fate! Now I can only rely on this bookstore to make a living."

Jiang Yongan's face was full of sadness, and his words were full of worries about the uncertain future.

"Brother, don't be too pessimistic. The reform and opening up in the Mainland is now a time when you can make great achievements. Don't underestimate yourself. Maybe one day you will be able to turn around."

Jiang Yongan smiled wryly, "Don't comfort me, I'm over half a century old, I just hope that I will suffer less in the rest of my life."

"I'm not trying to comfort you. You have been in Nanshan for two years. You can also see the changes in Nanshan. Its potential is definitely greater than you imagined. On the contrary, I admire you a little. The first time I put all my eggs in one basket, I came here to develop.”

Jiang Yong'an shook his head and said, "I'm just desperate. Nanshan's development is certainly rapid, but I'm content with this small bookstore, so how can I develop?"

He Ping looked at him right now, "Brother, in fact, I have also run a little publishing business in the mainland. If there is a chance, I would like to cooperate with you, brother."

Jiang Yongan has long known that He Ping is not an ordinary person. People who spend hundreds of dollars on martial arts novels every time they come to his bookstore are absolutely rare in the mainland of this era.

How could he not know that He Ping came here so many times, there must be a suspicion of being close.

It's just that he doesn't have much money, so there's nothing else worth worrying about. It's good for a loner to have someone to talk to.

Thinking of this, he smiled, "I have long seen that Brother He, you are an extraordinary person, so you are still in the same company."

"Ashamed! Ashamed! I am a small business." He Ping said modestly, "But brother, the publishing market in the mainland is indeed promising. I don't know if you know the current situation in the mainland. , The thirst for knowledge has reached the level of hunger, and many difficult and difficult publications can easily sell hundreds of thousands or millions of copies."

Since Jiang Yongan came to Nanshan, he has been staying in his small bookstore. When he goes out most of the time, he goes back and forth between Nanshan and Hong Kong for human endorsement. He doesn’t know many friends here, and he doesn’t go to cities other than Nanshan. Where can I learn about the current situation in the Mainland.

"Oh?" Jiang Yongan became a little interested when he heard about this situation, "Brother He, are you exaggerating?"

"Whether I'm exaggerating or not, don't you know if you go and see for yourself?"

Seeing He Ping's determined look, Jiang Yongan believed in his words, "If you follow what you said, the book market in the mainland is indeed promising."

He Ping persuaded: "Is my brother interested in condescending to develop in my small place?"

"Going to your place?" Jiang Yongan was startled by He Ping's brain circuit. It's not that he thinks highly of himself. The Xiangjiang people of this era go to the mainland to be superior to others and work for the mainlanders? 99% of Xiangjiang people would laugh their ass off when they found out.

Jiang Yong'an didn't think that he would have such an idea, but he still felt that He Ping was a little whimsical. Why should he go to the backcountry to work for him?

"Brother, I know what you think. But I like a Hokkien saying very much-you will win if you fight hard. The market in the mainland is so vast now, it is really a waste of your talent to be stuck in a corner. Why don't you come to my place to show your strengths. When you have accumulated enough original capital in the future, if you want to be your own boss, I will be the first to support you, how about it?"

Jiang Yongan felt that He Ping was blowing his mind indiscriminately, and he was too embarrassed to refute him.

"Brother He, you are joking, what else can I do at my age."

Jiang Yongan's polite refusal made He Ping a little regretful, after all, he didn't have the aura of the protagonist of "the tiger's body shakes, and the head is bowed".

It's okay to fool a young man like Hong Qi who has no social experience, but it's not enough to meet an old guy like Jiang Yongan who has gone through many vicissitudes.

He Ping rolled his eyes, ready to change his mind.

"Brother, do you intend to stay here for the rest of your life?"

Jiang Yongan looked at him with a complicated expression, if there is a way, who would be willing to stay in a small bookstore of tens of square meters.

"Haven't you ever thought about returning to Xiangjiang?"

Jiang Yongan didn't understand why He Ping made such a statement, and looked at him suspiciously.

"Brother, you have been operating in Xiangjiang for so many years, and you should still have some network resources. If you are rich now, can you still pick up the business of the publishing house?"

Jiang Yongan somewhat understood He Ping's meaning, "You mean..."

"I want to cooperate with you, brother, and support you to return to Hong Kong's publishing industry. I don't know what you want, brother?"

(End of this chapter)