Chapter 55

Pingjiang is a flat city. The vast plain gives it almost unlimited development space. The buildings of the city expand in all directions, so that the city center is quite sparse.

The wind is very strong in the city. No matter which intersection you stand at, you can feel the wind coming. It's like standing in a wave of air. Those vehicles and pedestrians who don't obey the traffic rules are rushing like rolled up sand.

Yang Rui stepped out of the round head commuter, feeling the chaotic wind and seeing the chaotic streets. The tricycle and the truck are blocking in front of the bus station, grabbing the passers-by to bid; The gangsters in jeans or green army pants stare at the crowd, grabbing an apple from a vendor and putting it in their mouth; Two to four story buildings are scattered around. You can see clothes, green plants and pigeon cages.

What makes people care is that the clothes people wear are surprisingly consistent in style, and the colors are mostly gray. When you think about it, it's the same in Xi county and Xibao Town, but you can't feel it because there are fewer people and fewer spacious commercial streets.

Occasionally, there will be a girl wearing a red or yellow skirt passing by, regardless of appearance and figure, which is enough to make the eyes shine.

This is a gray city.

Gray air, gray streets, gray clothes, gray bicycles, gray vehicles, gray buildings, gray mood and gray sky.

The noise in his ears and the chaos in his eyes made Yang Rui frown. In addition to the huge scale, Pingjiang was not more prosperous than the later counties, but more chaotic and dirty than the later counties.

"It's better to live in the country than here." Yang Rui rubs his black dust and shakes his head. He finds a tricycle to go to No.1 middle school.

Resource city has never been a suitable place to live in. However, wealth often accumulates. From time to time, you can see a few cars that obviously belong to individuals on the road. Most of them have military signs, but the people inside often can't see the slightest military appearance.

The privileged car is the symbol of the times. In the days when there is no private car, if you don't find a powerful license plate, you will encounter more problems when driving.

The tricycle pulls Yang Rui directly to the guest house of No.1 middle school, which is only one step away from the gate of No.1 middle school. As long as there is a letter of introduction from a national unit, you can stay.

Shi GUI trotted to meet Yang Rui, took the bag with a smile and said: "it's not easy to go on the road, right? It's always said to build roads. It's never been done. I've made a reservation. You'll have a rest and I'll treat you to dinner in the evening. "

"It's not urgent to have a meal. Take the receipt and go to the bus station to pick up the book. We have our books in that bookshop, too? " Yang Rui relaxed a little and handed the bill of lading to Shi GUI and began to observe the surroundings.

In terms of sales ability, he may not be as expensive as Shi, but his vision is not bad at least.

The advertisements outside the bookstores are very conspicuous, but the colors seem to be gray. Because of the scarcity of color pigments, Yang Rui didn't take this layer into consideration when designing posters in his school. At that time, he thought that the provincial capital would at least be as gorgeous as the ordinary city of later generations. He thought that the gray advertising paintings were not bad.

I didn't think that the provincial capital is so dilapidated.

Shi GUI didn't think there was a problem. He said with a smile, "all the big pictorial newspapers are selling new concept English. In the past two days, they have sold nearly 200 copies. It should be said that the sales have increased a little."

"The big pictorial is your name?"

"It's the boss Jia of this book booth. It's very conspicuous, isn't it? A lot of students came to look at the pictures and bought one. "

"Yes, it's just that... It should be more conspicuous. I brought a new advertisement with the slogan of new concept English volume 2. Let's buy some bright watercolors and crayons to make the advertisement colorful at night."

"Is it necessary?" he said? Now the advertising is also very good. "

"I have to tell you that the second volume of new concept English has arrived. Our situation is bad enough. I can't hold on to it without trying to expand sales. " Yang Rui said half jokingly, and then said, "I owe the bank 12500 yuan before I printed the second volume of new concept English. You said that I could sell 500 copies every day."

"Ah... Yes, that's right." When Shi GUI heard twelve thousand five hundred yuan, he could not help shivering. It was not worry, it was excited shivering.

According to the profit share, if he can sell 20000 copies of new concept English, he can earn at least 1000 yuan, but it's a lot of money.

There are watercolor pens and crayons near the school. They spent a night painting the paper Yang Ruixin brought in.

The next morning, Shi GUI rode a tricycle and began to deliver goods around.

Pingjiang is a big city, but from the perspective of the 1980s. At this time, Beijing was only the Second Ring Road, and the capital of Hedong province was so large that it could not use walking as the main mode of transportation.Yang Rui is waiting in the bookstore nearest to No.1 middle school, chatting with boss Jia while waiting for the time of sales.

It's a brand new experience. It's a bit like waiting for the students to come after posting a small advertisement, but it's not the same, because the current work is not familiar to him.

He is familiar with teaching and biology. He can copy and write textbooks, but he doesn't know sales.

Fortunately, the big red characters "new concept English volume 2 arrival" played a role.

When noon came, there was no need for Yang Rui to yell, but some students came to ask, "where is your new concept English volume 2?"

Yang Rui immediately gave it to him.

Jiefang printing factory is an old factory. The new concept English is a white paper. On the cover, there are a few big words of new concept English, followed by the notes of Volume 1 or volume 2. The inner page is also the simplest typesetting. It looks very ordinary.

The student who got the book looked at it for a while and asked, "is it true?"

"The content is real." Boss Jia replied with a smile.

Students show clear expression, and then start to look down, obviously to confirm the content.

Even the pirated new concept English is priced at $1.80, which is a week's consumption for ordinary students. They have to understand it before they can buy it.

However, there are few textbooks and guidance books, and students' choices are far from as rich as those of later generations.

With more and more students coming to read books, there are many people around the book booth.

But none of the students paid.

Yang Rui's expression is more and more dignified, which is definitely not a good phenomenon for him. He not only wants to sell books, but also wants to sell them quickly.

If the students here are hesitant to pay, it may be guessed that most of them are hesitant to pay.

"Please give me a new concept English volume 2." Another girl with a schoolbag came to the bookshop. She lowered her head and said a word, then quietly looked at Yang Rui from the corner of her eyes.

Nowadays, there are few TV programs and live activities, and there are few opportunities to see really handsome men.

Yang Rui is very proud. We run and push so hard. Is it for a good figure? So he smiles back and reaches for the book.

Then, grab the air.

"Sorry, all the books are here. Just a moment. " Yang Rui pointed to the people around him, with a smile on his face. Seeing the lovely young girl students, he could always make people feel better.

"It doesn't matter. I'll wait for them to finish." The girl student shyly smiles at Yang Rui, then shyly steps back and looks at other people.

A boy who is nearest to her seems to feel the pressure. He looks around and looks at the book in his hand, and suddenly says, "so many people?"

"Well, have you chosen it?" Yang Rui said in a friendly way.

The boy took a look at the empty bookshelf in the bookshelf, and then took a look at the lovely girl who was "covetous", and suddenly made a decision: "I bought it, one eight, right?"

"Yes."

"Here you are." The boy handed over the money to boss Jia, holding a new concept English volume 2, turned around and left.

The lovely young girl turned her eyes and glanced at the girl on the right.

Like a chain reaction, the girl who is being watched decisively takes out one yuan and eighty cents to boss Jia, puts her new concept English into her bag and leaves quickly.

One student after another began to pay, and from beginning to end, no books were returned.

Some students may still want to wait, but seeing that the second volume of new concept English in the book booth is in the hands of other students, no one is willing to return it.

More and more students decide to pay, and others negotiate with each other to buy together, but no matter how they decide, no one returns the book to the bookshop.

"No books?" The lovely girl summoned up her courage and asked Yang Rui directly.

"I'm sorry, there are 30 copies prepared today. I thought there were a lot of them. If it's sold out, you can come and have a look this afternoon. " When Yang Rui said this, he felt excited.

Shi GUI found a total of about 40 bookstores to sell. Each bookshop has 30 books. If they all sell, it will be 1200. Even if this number is discounted by half, it will perfectly meet Yang Rui's requirements.

Besides, maybe we can sell some books this afternoon.

Soon, all the new concept English volume 2 sold out. Someone naturally picked up the rest of new concept English volume 1 and asked, "is this a set?""Yes, new concept English volume 1 is more suitable for beginners, from the simplest part of the word to the difficulty of the second grade of junior high school. Volume 2 is about the difficulty of senior high school." Yang Rui explained it simply.

The boy who spoke unexpectedly opened the white paper, quickly turned back half, and read it carefully.

Gradually, more and more people picked up the first volume.

As Yang Rui said, the most suitable for the public students is new concept English volume 1, especially now the students lack the foundation, reciting or reading volume 1 will have a good effect.

Although some students give up buying the first volume - they think the first half is too simple to waste, some students start buying the first volume.

When the flow of people sparse, boss Jia here unsalable new concept English volume 1 is only a few.

"Sold it!" Seeing off the last one, Yang Rui sat down on the horse. He felt that it was harder than doing two sets of experiments, but he was very happy.

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