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Chapter 144 New Commissioner
The host held the microphone in his hand and announced in a clear voice: "The winners of the 'Top Ten Booksellers of the Year' are... Huang Baijing, the owner of Baijing Bookstore, Li Ming, the owner of Liming Bookstore, Sun Jiang, the owner of Bohai Bookstore, Liu Xing, the owner of Meteor Book Bar..."

Hearing this, Liu Xing had no choice but to silently put the three trophies aside, stood up, and walked towards the podium for the fourth time.

There are a total of ten winners of the "Top Ten Booksellers of the Year", but when Liu Xing and the other nine winners took the stage together, most people's eyes fell on Liu Xing.

He had already been on stage three times, and the people present couldn't ignore the existence of this figure.

The ten winners of the "Top Ten Booksellers of the Year" went to the rostrum one by one in order to accept the award from the old president Wang Tairan.

"Xiao Liu, keep up the good work."

"Ah."

After receiving the award, ten booksellers stood in a row and took a photo on the rostrum. Among them, the bookseller standing beside Liu Xing was Sun Jiang, the general manager of Bohai Bookstore.

Sun Jiang even shook hands with Liu Xing once, but Sun Jiang didn't realize that Liu Xing was his boss behind the scenes.

After the group photo was taken, the ten booksellers sat back in their seats, and the awards ceremony of the booksellers conference continued.

Afterwards, the conference awarded nine awards, including "Top Ten Bookstores Most Popular with Readers", "Top Ten Most Reputable Bookstores", "Top Ten Books of the Year", "Top Ten Best-selling Books of the Year" and so on. shortlisted.

Among them, Meteor Book Bar won honorary titles such as "Top Ten Bookstores Most Popular with Readers" and "Top Ten Most Reputable Bookstores";

"The Great Master of Book Coffin" as an agent of Meteor Book Bar won the honorary title of "Top Ten Books of the Year";

Both "Detective Wang Nan" and "Detective Wang Nan: The Strange Case of Shooting the Carved Book Coffin" represented by Meteor Book Bar won the honorary title of "Top Ten Best-selling Books of the Year".

In addition, the Meteor Amoy Book Team was awarded the "Special Contribution Award of the Year" for finding the book coffin in Nanhu Park.

With the announcement of awards one after another, Liu Xing was forced to step onto the rostrum time and time again. The whole awards ceremony was like Liu Xing's personal performance, with his figure repeatedly appearing on the stage.

The award ceremony was broadcast live on the Fiction Channel of Tianhai TV Station. Some viewers sitting in front of the TV once thought that Liu Xing was the host of the award ceremony.

Because the TV screen always switches to Liu Xing's lens.

During the award ceremony that lasted for more than half an hour, Liu Xing won more than ten awards by himself, becoming the bookseller who appeared on stage the most times.

There is no doubt that he is the biggest winner of tonight's awards ceremony.

However, Liu Xing did not win all the awards, and he was not even eligible to be nominated for some awards.

For example, the "Best Female Bookseller of the Year" award.

This award was finally won by Guo Meiyu, the proprietress of Meijiayang Bookstore.

When the award ceremony ended, some of the more than 100 booksellers at the scene were happy and some were worried, and some booksellers who did not win the award were naturally not happy.

For example, Cai Fugui, the owner of Fugui Book Bar, didn't win any awards, and could only watch Liu Xing, who he had never paid attention to, gain the limelight.

However, these frustrated booksellers quickly adjusted their status and walked out of the defeat of the awards ceremony.

They all understood that the awards ceremony was just an appetizer for today's Booksellers Conference, and the main course of the Booksellers Conference was to announce the list of the new management of Fiction Street!

The old president Wang Tairan officially resigned today, and Fiction Street will set up a new management committee.

The committee is composed of 10 members, and the new chairman of Fiction Street will be born among the 10 members.

Therefore, being elected as a member of the Fiction Street Management Committee is equivalent to being shortlisted for the chairman of the Fiction Street Management Committee.

Today, Chairman Wang Tairan will announce the list of 10 committee members.

Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Tairan stood on the rostrum and said slowly, "Being a member of the Fiction Street Management Committee is not only an honor, but also a responsibility. I hope that the 10 new members elected today Committee members who can remember their mission and make Fiction Street better serve readers."

Speaking of this, Wang Tairan took out a red sealed document and slowly opened it.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and most of the booksellers' hearts were raised in their throats. They all knew that this list would directly determine their future in Fiction Street.

If you can be elected as a committee member, you will be able to enjoy yourself in the novel street in the future, not only have all kinds of convenience and privileges, but also be the designer of the new rules of the novel street.

"After so many years of hard work, it all depends on today."

Cai Fugui, who was sitting in the second row, frowned slightly. Although he had experienced many big scenes, he was still very nervous at the moment.

While thinking about it, Wang Tairan opened the red document, held up his reading glasses, and stared at the content of the document. After a while, he slowly announced: "There are a total of 10 members of the new management committee of Fiction Street. They are Sun Jiang, the general manager of Bohai Bookstore, Li Ming, the chairman of Liming Bookstore, Huang Baijing, the general manager of Baijing Bookstore, and Liu Xing, the general manager of Meteor Bookstore..."

When the list of ten committee members was announced, Cai Fugui slumped on his seat, feeling ashamed.

Because his name is not on the list.

Like Cai Fugui, many booksellers at the scene showed disappointment on their faces.

Some are happy and some are sad.

The 10 booksellers who were elected as the new members became the winners tonight.

"Boss Liu, congratulations, he was elected as a committee member at the age of 19, which is unprecedented."

"I can't call you Boss Liu now, but Commissioner Liu. I said Commissioner Liu, you have to treat me to dinner today!"

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As soon as the list of committee members was announced, several old booksellers in the first row congratulated Liu Xing.

Liu Xing was also a little surprised that he was successfully elected as a committee member.You know, there are more than 100 booksellers in Fiction Street, and more than 8% of them have stayed in Fiction Street for more than [-] years. In terms of seniority, Liu Xing must be ranked behind the hundred.

Liu Xing has only been running a bookstore business in Fiction Street for a year, and it is a miracle that he can be elected as a committee member now.

After thinking about it carefully, Liu Xing felt that this should be related to Wang Tairan.

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With the announcement of the list of 10 committee members, this Fiction Street Booksellers Conference has come to a successful conclusion.

After the conference, a grand dinner was held in the hall on the third floor of Xiaoyao Building, and more than 100 booksellers were all present.

The dinner lasted until after ten o'clock in the evening. At the end, Liu Xing did not go home immediately, because he was going to the airport to see the old president Wang Tairan off.

Wang Tairan has completed the handover of the management of Fiction Street today, and he plans to get up to Wanxing Mountain to visit his old friends tonight.

As the only insider, Liu Xing went to see Wang Tairan off.

Halfway to the airport.

"Xiao Liu, can you adapt to today's scene?" Wang Tairan asked.

Liu Xing said: "It's okay."

Wang Tairan smiled and said: "It seems that you are more capable than I imagined. It is very rare to be so calm and unhurried at such a young age. Among the more than 100 booksellers in Fiction Street, your qualifications are the lowest. I know you Why can you be elected as a member today?"

Liu Xing shook his head.

Wang Tairan slowed down and said: "Booksellers should be scholars first, but unfortunately, most of the booksellers nowadays are businessmen. They don't care about the value of books, they only care about how much money they can make. As for you, you have some similarities with them. the difference."

Liu Xing was puzzled: "What's the difference?"

"You love reading more than them. You are not only a businessman, but also a scholar." Wang Tairan said, "Over the years, I have contacted hundreds of booksellers, and you are the first one who is willing to buy waste books on a large scale. People. Most booksellers don’t want to deal in waste books, or even ordinary novels, because their profits are small, and they may even lose money. Because of this, there are fewer and fewer novels to choose from in the market, and many booksellers are only willing to Sell ​​high-margin star novels."

After a pause, Wang Tairan said, "Actually, there are no absolutely useless books in this world. Any novel has its irreplaceable value, but we haven't discovered it yet. The business of dealing with useless books may be losing money now. Even ridiculed, but it is a very meaningful thing. So, I hope you can stick to it."

Liu Xing nodded.

Feeling in his pocket, Wang Tairan took out two cards, handed them over, and said, "You keep these two business cards, one is the business card of the dean of Lianhua Novel Academy, and the other is the name of the Tianhai City Boxing Association. Long business cards. These two are my friends who have known for decades, I have already greeted them, if Lanlan encounters any difficulties in the future, you can directly ask them for help."

Looking at the business card, Liu Xing said, "Old Wang, I will take good care of Lan Lan. You can go to Wanxing Mountain to recuperate at ease. I will go to Wanxing Mountain to visit you after finishing the novel street."

Wang Tairan smiled lightly and said: "It's rare for you to have this kind of heart, but Wanxing Mountain is far away, so you don't have to worry about it. There is one thing I need your help with. There are some books in the secret room of my office. Please help me when you are free." Move to Lantian District."

"Ah."

Half an hour later, the car arrived at Tianhai International Airport.

Afterwards, Wang Tairan took a plane and went overnight to Wanxing Mountain, which is more than 3000 kilometers away.

After sending Wang Tairan away, Liu Xing went to Wang Tairan's office alone, preparing to move the books in the secret room.

There are a total of three bookshelves in the secret room, and there are more than 1000 books on them, including novels and theoretical books. In addition, there are some notes written by Wang Tairan.

"Huh? What is this?"

When tidying up the bookshelves, Liu Xing found a stack of thick drafts, on which were drawn a series of strange three-dimensional structure diagrams, which were common dimensional diagrams in reading art.

And on the first page of the draft, there was a long title——[Discussion on the page sorting method of the poker novel "Book Tomb Notes" from the perspective of "Same Land and Different Feelings"]

After flipping through more than ten pages of the draft, Liu Xing frowned slightly: This seems to be a thesis explaining how to arrange the pages of "Book Tomb Notes"?

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(End of this chapter)