I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

"Returned books can sell even better?" Tang Yongming was even more puzzled after hearing Shen Kang's words.

Shen Kang didn't explain further, but glanced at Tang Yongming and suddenly asked, "Boss Tang, you also graduated with a bachelor's degree, right?"

Tang Yongming nodded silently.

Shen Kang continued, "Then you can think back to your college days and imagine a scene like this."

"You are a college student, and there is a bookstore like the one I'm describing right outside your school. On an ordinary afternoon, you walk into this bookstore."

"Seeing your gaze fall on that strange bookshelf, the clerk told you that this was the store's 'Regret Shelf,' where every returned book had an unfinished story. He then took out a few books and showed them to you; each book had a message from the person who returned it on the title page."

"A copy of 'Peppan' with obvious creases, the title page of which reads, 'The children have grown up, it's time for fairy tales to rest.'"

"There is a photograph tucked inside the yellowed copy of 'The Little Prince,' showing a girl in a school uniform standing and smiling beside a field of rapeseed flowers, with the words, 'She took my rose, but left the fox waiting.'"

"Perhaps because it was made into a movie, the novel also became a bestseller again. 'Love in the Time of Cholera' is a relatively new book among these titles. Opening to the title page, there's a sentence: 'He waited four years, but I ultimately did not become his Fermina.' The ink lingered on the name 'Fermina' for a long time, leaving a small ink dot, like a frozen teardrop..."

You couldn't help but ask, "Can you return books at your bookstore?"

"The clerk took out a brass key, opened a drawer containing many letters. The clerk told you, 'Yes, you can return the book. The person returning the book can leave their contact information, and if someday in the future a reader is moved by this book, perhaps they will write back.'"

"The clerk then pulled out a piece of purple stationery and said, 'Look, the boy who returned *One Hundred Years of Solitude* said he healed his heartbreak during the rainy season in Macondo. Now, the girl who bought that copy has written him a reply, saying that the yellow butterflies in the book reminded her of her grandmother.'"

"Perhaps one day, this boy who once returned 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' will return to the bookstore. Then he will see the reply left by the girl who bought his book..."

"At this moment, you see a copy of 'The Kite Runner' that has been returned on the regret bookshelf. It's a book you want to buy but don't really want to buy. On the title page of this book, there is a line of delicate handwriting: 'The kite I chased back for you will never fly to the sky of Kabul again.'"

"The clerk told you that only those who buy the book can leave a letter afterward. And this letter will only be seen by the person who previously returned the book."

Shen Kang finally stopped speaking and looked at Tang Yongming, "Would you buy a book that's been returned?"

Tang Yongming, a person with strong artistic temperament, was completely immersed in the scene Shen Kang described. Upon hearing this, he said without hesitation, "Buy it!"

Ji Feiyan stood aside, silently watching Shen Kang's profile. She thought to herself, "My idol is indeed a male god. He's so different from those childish guys who put a circle of candles on the ground thinking they're romantic but are actually incredibly awkward. The scene he created and described is just too romantic!" Just listening to it and imagining it made her a little dizzy. She thought it wasn't just romantic; it was like a movie plot.

Of course, it would be even more romantic if she and Shen Kang could get to know each other in this way.

Moreover, my idol truly has excellent taste in life. He can rattle off the names of those books offhand, many of which I've only heard of but never read. Yet Shen Kang can easily recall parts of their contents, clearly indicating he's read them all. He's really quite cultured...

Tang Yongming, who had blurted out "buy" without thinking, paused, vaguely beginning to understand Shen Kang's meaning.

Shen Kang continued, "See, aren't you starting to understand too?"

Then, the tone shifted again: "These days, impacted by the internet, physical books are becoming increasingly difficult to sell. If someone really wants to read a book or find out something, they can just search online and find it directly without having to spend money to buy a book. Therefore, if bookstores want to survive, they need to add more value."

"The model I just described is a kind of added value. When you read a free ebook online, you can only see the content, but when you buy a book in your physical store, you can not only see the content, but also have a soul-searching dialogue with fellow book lovers in the old-fashioned way of letters..."

After a few words, Tang Yongming was completely convinced by Shen Kang and decided to do as Shen Kang said!

With this, the GG project of Qing Teng Bookstore can be considered basically completed.

All Tang Yongming needs to do is renovate the bookstore according to the new plan provided by Shen Kang, and then have Ji Feiyan do soft advertising according to the same plan.

After finishing up, Shen Kang left alone, went back to school to pick up He Qiuzhu, had dinner together, strolled around the school a couple of times, and then went back to their respective dormitories.

When I entered the room today, thankfully the dormitory hadn't turned into a palace. Feng Moquan hadn't smoked at all; instead, he was unusually engrossed in studying his textbook!

Shen Kang was horrified when he saw this scene—love really is terrifying! Just a breakup had caused such a promising young man to lose interest in studying! Indeed, not being in a relationship and being a happy bachelor is the right thing to do.

Then Shen Kang glanced at Jin Chao again.

Wang Pan wasn't in the dorm. Jin Chao was sitting in front of Wang Pan's computer, happily browsing the Beiming Community. The pictures on the page were large and white. Although their faces weren't shown, Shen Kang recognized at a glance that it wasn't Zhong Lin.

Seeing Jin Chao's expression, Shen Kang felt relieved. He walked over, patted Jin Chao on the shoulder, and couldn't help but sigh, "Old Jin, you're the most reliable person. You said you were going to write a novel, and hey, you haven't even touched a single word yet! You're so reassuring."

"What are you saying?"

Jin Chao didn't turn around, silently closing the large, white post in front of him and clicking into a lengthy analysis post, pretending to read it. He even casually remarked, "I'm looking for inspiration."

"Mmm, mmm." Shen Kang nodded, not arguing with him.

Just as Shen Kang was passing by Jin Chao, intending to return to his seat, Jin Chao suddenly grabbed him again.

Shen Kang turned his head and saw that Jin Chao had already turned around, looking up at him. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Old Shen, do you think there's something wrong with my health? I clearly planned to write whenever I had time, but now that I have the time, Wang Pan is never around, and I can use the computer, so why just don't I write?"

It seems that although he was tough on the outside, he was actually quite annoyed that he hadn't been able to start writing for so long.

"You simply lack the ability to execute," Shen Kang said.

Jin Chao thought for a moment, then asked, "Old Shen, do you have any ideas?"

Shen Kang casually said, "What other way is there? Just do it. It's like if you want to write a novel, you just start writing it."

Jin Chao gave a direct demonstration of his procrastination: "But I always feel that I'm still lacking in writing skills. Sometimes what I think in my head can't necessarily be written down. I probably need to study more..."

Shen Kang thought to himself, "Your so-called 'studying' is just looking at the milky white Xuezi, right?"

So he interrupted directly: "What's this talk of learning? That's just an excuse for a lack of execution. My advice is, no need to learn, just start writing! People with strong execution are like that, they just do it! Like when I opened my laundromat or built my website, what did I learn? Nothing, just do it! Isn't that enough?"

Jin Chao was taken aback, then subconsciously retorted, "How can you just start doing something without learning anything? ...Does that mean if I want to become Ma Yun, I don't need to learn anything and can just succeed by doing it?"

Shen Kang nodded and waved his hand dismissively: "Of course! Just change your name to Ma Yun!"

"..." Jin Chao retorted, "What if I want to live in a luxury mansion?"

Shen Kang waved his hand again, "Apply directly for the job of cleaning luxury homes!"

"What if I don't want to go to class?"

"Dismiss the get out of class immediately!"

"What if I want to be a second-generation rich kid?"

"Just give the money to your mom!"

"What if I want to become the Party Secretary?"

"Serve the people directly!"

……

Feng Moquan was initially studying diligently, but after hearing the two start arguing, he couldn't help but let his mind wander and turned around to watch the spectacle.

As Feng Mo watched and listened, seeing Shen Kang's serious expression, his constantly waving hands, and the unexpected words coming out of his mouth, he couldn't hold back at all. He laughed for a long time, holding his stomach, until he was breathless from laughing.

As for Shen Kang, after answering for a while, seeing that Jin Chao still wouldn't stop, he got a little too lazy to waste any more words on him and interrupted him directly.

"Alright! Although there was a bit of joking in my answer just now, the main point I wanted to make is to just do it! Stop overthinking all that nonsense."

Jin Chao nodded silently, seemingly lost in thought.

2 minutes later

Shen Kang moved a stool and sat next to Jin Chao, and together they looked at a large, white poster in the Beiming Community Square.

"It's a pity I don't know what she looks like."

Jin Chao looked at it and sighed with regret.

Shen Kang said, "Why do you care what she looks like? As long as there's something to look at, that's enough."

Jin Chao is still not as pure as Shen Kang.

He slowly scrolled down the post, looking at the headless photos, and couldn't help but imagine what the girl who posted the post looked like.

Hmm, judging from her figure, she's probably not the aloof type; she's more likely the cute type. Maybe even the "Tong Yao Ju" type...

Both of them are cultured, ambitious, and well-mannered college students.

They would only look at these posts for about ten minutes before leaving and starting to look at other posts.

One of the posts particularly piqued Jin Chao's interest in exploring it.

"Old Shen, do you really think the Rothschild family is that powerful? Are they really the ones controlling this world behind the scenes?"

The post they're looking at now has a rather alarmist title: "The real rulers of the world are not national governments, but a family."

Jin Chao clicked in to see how this person was bragging and to find loopholes to expose them. But as he watched, Jin Chao was gradually convinced and started to believe what the person was saying in the post.

Upon hearing Jin Chao's question, Shen Kang remained calm and replied, "I don't know."

Then I glanced at the poster of this post—your old father.

It was Yin Zhiqian. After he arrived at the Beiming Community, he didn't change his name; he still used the same name on the Yangbei Forum.

"This kid's read 'Currency Wars' too?" Shen Kang wondered.

The things Yin Zhiqian wrote in this post were clearly copied verbatim from the book "Currency Wars." It's just that no one on the Beiming Community noticed.

The things that Yin Zhiqian copied were indeed very eye-catching, resulting in a huge number of replies to his post, far more than those risqué posts.

Many commenters exclaimed in surprise, "So this is the real logic behind how the world works! It's an eye-opener!"

Judging from the hype, Shen Kang guessed that Yin Zhiqian's next book would probably include the "Bermuda Triangle" and the "Pisces Jade Pendant" again. But it didn't matter, as long as there was traffic. Every generation has its own kind of low-budget literature.

After sitting next to Jin Chao for a while, Shen Kang realized that Xu Mengting in the Singles Association was much more efficient than Jin Chao.

Shen Kang had previously commissioned Xu Mengting to write a custom article. Now, that custom article has appeared in the square of the Beiming Community.

The title is "My Second-hand Object".

From the outside, there are quite a lot of replies; many buildings have already been constructed.

When Jin Chao saw the data and the title, he naturally clicked on it with some anticipation: "Second-hand object" means "object that has been used"... It sounded a bit frivolous, and it was quite popular, so maybe there was something interesting inside.

When I clicked in, there were no interesting photos at all, just pure text.

But who knows, the words might be a bit more powerful?

Jin Chao then started reading.

Shen Kang sat next to him, naturally watching as well.

Xu Mengting had just started writing, and there weren't many words yet. Before long, the two of them had read all of what Xu Mengting had written so far.

Shen Kang felt that it was just so-so. Although it was better than before, it was still bland and lacked energy.

But instead, I saw Jin Chao typing away on the keyboard, urging the poster to hurry up and write down the following content, as if he really liked the story.

This prompted Shen Kang to ask, "Old Jin, do you think this person writes very well?"

Jin Chao nodded, "Yes!..." Then he went on to praise it, saying that at first he thought it was someone's personal documentary or a daily post, but as he read on, he felt that it was a story made up by someone, but as he read on, he felt that it was not a story, but a personal documentary.

But whether it's true or not, this thing is well-written, and Jin Chao is enjoying reading it and really wants to see what happens next.

Judging from the other replies in this post, it's clear that Jin Chao isn't the only one who likes it; many others do as well.

This made Shen Kang doubt himself, and finally he sighed inwardly: It seems that he really doesn't know how to write. Fortunately, Xu Mengting did not write exactly as he said.

Shen Kang had been thinking of finding some time tomorrow to discuss with Xu Mengting the issue of her writing being too bland. But since everyone seems to enjoy what Xu Mengting is writing, he'll let her continue...

After reviewing the current situation of the Beiming Community with Jin Chao, Shen Kangjue concluded that, judging solely from the "forum content" aspect, the Beiming Community had already established a preliminary content ecosystem. However, the collaboration between the community and Xianyu.com was still in its infancy and would be the focus of their next efforts.

Thinking of this, Shen Kang stopped sitting with Jin Chao, pulled his chair back to his own seat, turned on his computer, and started looking at the situation on Xianyu.com.

The biggest move by Xianyu.com these past two days has been the launch of the public welfare section in collaboration with Qianmin University.

The promotion efforts of the Qianmin Da Nuanyang Society are also quite active.

According to feedback from that side, they have been promoting the public welfare project, a collaboration between Xianyu.com and their Nuanyang Society, on the campus of Qianmin University by distributing flyers and sending people to give presentations.

This brought a new wave of traffic to Xianyu.com with the launch of this public welfare project.

Shen Kang also logged into the administrator account and started looking at the data and some historical chat logs in the backend. But as he looked, he discovered a problem:

The public service section is located on Xianyu.com, and currently, the main users of Xianyu.com are students from Yangko University of Science and Technology.

Some students from Yangko University of Science and Technology also flocked to this charity zone, some of whom wanted to participate and donate some items to do charity work.

However, the offline team for this public welfare project is the Nuanyang Society of Qianmin University.

Yangcheng University of Science and Technology and Qianmin University are located in the northeast and northwest corners of Yangcheng, respectively, which is too far apart.

After contacting the person in charge of the idle network at Nuanyang Society, some students from Yang University of Science and Technology discovered that if they wanted to do charity work or donate things, they could only send the items to Qianmin University via express delivery.

While both are doing charity work, this delivery fee is an extra expense that Yangke University students have to pay compared to Qianmin University students.

Judging from the chat history, this threshold has also prevented the vast majority of Yangko students who want to do charity work from donating some unused items—they're fine with donating things directly, but asking them to pay for shipping out of their own pockets, even if it's not much, is something they're still reluctant to do...

After checking the situation on Xianyu.com, it was time for their evening family entertainment. Shen Kang stopped his work and went online.

Shen Kang played until after 10 p.m., then logged off. Just as he was about to take a shower, his phone rang. He picked it up and saw it was a call from Xing Zhigao, the president of the Warm Sunshine Society.