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Chapter 143 Booksellers Conference
"Grandpa, drink more chicken soup."

"Lan Lan also drinks."

"I've already had a big bowl. By the way, Grandpa, when are you going abroad?"

"In two more days, we will leave after the bookseller conference is held."

"You have to come back early, then we will go fishing at the beach again."

In a relaxed and warm atmosphere, Liu Xing, Wang Tairan, Wang Lanlan, Liu Shiming and others had a meal together.

After the meal, everyone took a photo together.

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Two days later, the annual Fiction Street Booksellers Conference was held as scheduled.

The Bookseller Conference is organized by the Fiction Street Management Committee. The main content of the meeting is to summarize the operating conditions of more than 100 bookstores in Fiction Street in the past year, and to commend outstanding booksellers.

The Bookseller Conference is held once a year at the Xiaoyao Building at the northern end of Fiction Street.

More than 100 booksellers in Fiction Street all need to participate in the bookseller conference, and Liu Xing is no exception.

The Booksellers Conference has been held for 30 sessions so far, but this year's situation is a bit special, because Wang Tairan is about to retire, and this will be the last time he chairs the Booksellers Conference on Fiction Street.

At this meeting, Wang Tairan will also announce the candidate list for the new management of Fiction Street. These candidates will have a direct impact on the future development of Fiction Street, so they have attracted the attention of all walks of life in Tianhai City.

At eight o'clock in the morning, when Liu Xing came to Xiaoyao Building, he found that the Xiaoyao Plaza in front of the building was already full of people. In addition to more than 100 booksellers in Fiction Street, there were more than 80 media reporters.

At the same time, there were tens of thousands of ordinary citizens who came here specially to see old President Wang Tairan off.Because they knew that after this bookseller meeting ended, the old president would officially retire.

At 100 o'clock in the morning, more than [-] booksellers entered the conference hall of Xiaoyao Building one after another, and Liu Xing was arranged to sit in the first row of the hall.

After taking his seat, Liu Xing took a closer look and found that, except for himself, the booksellers sitting in the first row of seats were without exception some of the oldest booksellers in Fiction Street, and they had stayed in Fiction Street for more than 20 years. year.

Among them, Cai Fugui, who has been in the novel street for more than ten years, can only sit in the second row.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, thank you for taking the time to attend the 30th Fiction Street Booksellers Conference."

After all the guests arrived, the host's voice sounded in the hall, "Next, we will give the warmest applause to welcome Mr. Wang Tairan to deliver his opening speech."

Hearing this, more than 100 guests at the scene stood up one after another. Amid thunderous applause, a white-haired old man walked slowly onto the rostrum with a black snake-shaped crutch.

This old man is Wang Tairan, the chairman of the Fiction Street Management Committee, and he has held this position for 30 years.Wang Tairan's personal experience is almost the historical epitome of the development of Fiction Street, and it is also the common memory of several generations of scholars in Tianhai City.

After Wang Tairan walked to the rostrum, the applause gradually subsided, and the booksellers in the audience sat back to their seats one after another.

Standing on the rostrum, Wang Tairan's wrinkled face was full of solemnity, but this kind of solemnity was not majesty or arrogance, but a pious earnestness after going through vicissitudes.

After being silent for a while, Wang Tairan said slowly: "Book Wang Xiaoyaoke once said that books are the engineers of human souls. What kind of books you read will determine what kind of person you will be."

"What books the people of a city read directly affects the spiritual outlook of the city. As a bookseller, you should have a sense of responsibility and mission. You are not doing ordinary business, and you are shouldering the burden of spreading human civilization."

"A bookseller should be a scholar first, and then a businessman."

"Fiction Street is the largest book market in Tianhai City. Its book sales account for half of the city's total sales. It can be said that the more than 100 booksellers in Fiction Street play an irreplaceable role in the construction of the spiritual civilization of the entire city."

"Thirty years ago, when Book King asked me to manage Fiction Street, I was terrified, because it was a very heavy burden. At that time, Fiction Street was very chaotic, with pirated books, banned books, and fake books repeatedly banned. After nearly 30 years Thanks to the efforts, today's Fiction Street has been greatly improved.

"However, this is not enough."

"How to better serve readers and how to let readers buy good books is the first question that every bookseller always needs to consider."

"Fortunately, there have been many gratifying changes in Fiction Street this year..."

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In his speech, Wang Tairan recalled the 30-year development of Fiction Street, and summarized the new changes of Fiction Street in the past year.

On the surface, this is a report summarizing the work, but everyone present understands that the old president Wang Tairan is giving a farewell speech.

Today will be his last speech as president, and his words are full of his high hopes for the novel street that he has devoted 30 years of hard work to.

At the end of Wang Tairan's speech, everyone at the scene stood up again and paid the highest respect to the veteran president who has been working hard for 30 years with the warmest applause.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's move on to the awards ceremony and commend the booksellers who have made outstanding contributions in the past year."

At this time, the host said, "The first award we are going to give out now is the 'Best Newcomer Bookseller of the Year'. In the past year, Fiction Street had a total of 11 new booksellers, and they all used their own Contributing to Fiction Street in this way. And today’s winners are the best of the 11 new booksellers.”

Speaking of which, the host opened a sealed letter, opened it, looked at it, and then announced loudly to the audience: "The winner of the 'Best Newcomer Bookseller of the Year'...is from Meteor Mr. Liu Xing, the owner of the book club, congratulations!"

As soon as the words fell, applause broke out on the scene.

Under the watchful eyes of more than 100 booksellers and the camera flashes of more than 80 media reporters, Liu Xing, wearing a black suit, slowly stepped onto the rostrum, ready to accept the award.

The award presenter is the old president Wang Tairan.

Wang Tairan handed over a certificate of honor and a trophy, and said with a smile: "Xiao Liu, keep up the good work."

"Ah."

After receiving the certificate and trophy, Liu Xing delivered his acceptance speech on the rostrum, thanking his parents and sister, friends and colleagues, and all those who helped him.

After finishing his acceptance speech, Liu Xing left the rostrum and returned to his seats.

"Next, the second award we are going to present is the 'Most Innovative Bookseller'. This award is mainly to honor booksellers who have the courage to create a new business model."

The host opened the second letter again, looked at it, and said, "The winner of the 'Most Innovative Bookseller of the Year'... is Mr. Liu Xing, the owner of Meteor Book Bar! Mr. Liu Xing took the lead in this year's Meteor Books The bar proposed a free reading activity to provide free reading services for socially disadvantaged groups such as migrant workers. His move set off a free upsurge in the novel street and was well received by all walks of life. Meteor Book Bar is a In the history of Fiction Street, it is believed that the first company dared to provide reading activities for free, and successfully achieved profitability. The most innovative bookseller, Mr. Liu Xing, deserves his name. Boss Liu, congratulations again!"

Liu Xing in the audience was a little speechless, he had to go on stage again before he could sit still.

Putting aside the "Best Newcomer Bookseller of the Year" trophy, Liu Xing stepped onto the rostrum to receive the award again.

The award presenter is still the old president Wang Tairan.

"Xiao Liu, keep up the good work."

"Ah."

After receiving the award, according to the usual practice, Liu Xing delivered another acceptance speech. This time, I would like to thank the migrant workers for their cooperation and support.

After the testimonial, Liu Xing stepped down for the second time and returned to his seat.

"The third award to be presented below is the 'Most Influential Bookseller'. This award mainly recognizes the most influential booksellers of the past year."

The host opened the third letter, looked at it, a trace of surprise flashed across his eyebrows, calmed down a bit, and announced loudly, "The winner of the 'Most Influential Bookseller of the Year'...is from Meteor Book Bar. The boss, Mr. Liu Xing..."

"..." Liu Xing was a little speechless, why is it me again?
The host continued: "Mr. Liu Xing not only created a new business model of free reading book bar this year, but also took charge of the trial reading activities of the star campus novel "Student Times". The discoverer of the novel. The "Student Times" trial reading activity is very ideal. After reading this novel, many students have a strong interest in learning. This novel has been designated by the Reading League as a must-read book for primary and secondary school students in Huaxia , will be fully listed nationwide next year, and the social influence it will bring will be extremely far-reaching. Now, let us once again welcome Mr. Liu Xing on the stage to accept the award with the warmest applause."

The applause at the scene sounded again.

Helpless, Liu Xing bit the bullet and walked onto the rostrum.

This time, the person who presented him with the award was still the old president Wang Tairan: "Little Liu, keep up the good work."

"Oh." Liu Xing frowned, and asked weakly, "Old Wang, there will be no prizes for me, right?"

Wang Tairan said in a low voice: "Why, you are still not happy to have a prize?"

Liu Xing said again: "If I still have awards, give me all the awards at once. Running up and down like this is too high-profile."

Wang Tairan said: "It can't be helped, the awards must be given out one by one, so you should make more trips!"

"How many more trips? What does this mean?"

The conversation between the two was very quiet, so the people around couldn't hear it. They all thought that Chairman Wang Tairan was congratulating Liu Xing.

After receiving the award, Liu Xing did not make another acceptance speech. He had already made two acceptance speeches, and he really didn't know what to say.

With the trophy of "Most Influential Bookseller of the Year", Liu Xing returned to his seat in the audience. As soon as he took his seat, many old booksellers around him cast strange glances at him.

Obviously, all the limelight of today's Booksellers Conference was taken by this young man, Liu Xing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the fourth award to be presented next is 'Top Ten Booksellers of the Year'." The host opened the fourth letter again.

Liu Xing frowned slightly, always feeling ominous...

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(End of this chapter)