While Moen and the others were busy, Lin Jie went to the video store next door that had been abandoned by Colin — of course, it was now owned by Lin Jie.
It was not that he did not go out, but he rarely went out. Otherwise, his daily food and research materials would not appear out of thin air.
"... Did Colin 'ransack' this place before he left? But he seems to have sprayed his store with perfume. "
Lin Jie was speechless as he looked at the messy interior of the store. He pushed the door open and walked around the various debris on the ground. Looking around, he had a panoramic view of the general layout.
To be able to open a store in such a good and quiet area, and the popularity of the business was comparable to his bookstore, it was naturally not a big store.
The entire store was one size smaller than his bookstore. There were shelves in the middle and all four sides, causing the entire space to be very narrow and crowded.
With Colin's figure, it would be difficult for him to walk between these shelves every day.
"No wonder he always likes to sit on the sofa and watch TV."
Lin Jie thought to himself as he browsed through the various discs, tapes, and magazines in the store.
He selectively forgot the fact that he always liked to read behind the counter.
Colin's video store was no different from the video stores on Earth. There were all kinds of movies, discs of songs, as well as vulgar and thrilling third-rate films and even … fourth-rate films. There were all kinds of entertainment magazines and cover girls. They were all exposed and hinted at, but the specific content was definitely different. The first website was m.9biquge. com
These things were all placed in the most conspicuous places, and the more serious movies and songs were all placed below. Basically, one could tell what the store was like.
Lin Jie rarely came into contact with these things, but he did not avoid or despise them. Instead, he looked through all the shelves with interest.
In his opinion, this was also a part of culture and customs.
A complete civilization would definitely have things of a higher level and a lower level. The elegant and profound, the vulgar and the superficial, the detached and dependent on material desires, just like the Tai Chi Yin and Yang. They complemented each other and were inseparable.
When he studied folklore, he was used to looking at things in a dialectical way. He rarely denied or affirmed everything, so his acceptance rate was very high.
However, there was only so much space here. Soon, Lin Jie saw the single sofa that Colin had moved, and the TV that was fixed to the wall with a special bracket.
Lin Jie listened to the news on this television every day.
He searched for it and found the remote control on the sofa. His hand felt greasy, and he knew that the remote control had probably been used by Colin for a long time every day to the point that it was covered with pulp.
Lin Jie tried it, but the TV was still working, so he went upstairs to take a look.
The strangest thing was that there were a lot of refined salt, gold foil, and a few pearls on the table upstairs. There was also some unknown plant powder on the table, and there were a few stalks of hay that seemed to be the original body of the plant.
Lin Jie picked it up and sniffed it. He muttered, "It smells the same as the fragrance downstairs. Does Colin have a hobby of making incense? You really can't judge a book by its cover, it seems like I don't understand my neighbour well enough. Colin is really trying to thread a needle, being rough but also fine. "
But because of the refined salt in these materials, Lin Jie had another idea.
In the western world, salt could be used to exorcise demons.
So when he was mistaken for an evil spirit, Colin might have used this formula to exorcise demons.
Lin Jie wouldn't have this kind of association at first, but the Candra King that he had exorcised in the treasure sword gave him a new idea, so he subconsciously had this idea.
"It doesn't matter if it is or not, the misunderstanding has been resolved. Colin is gone, so it doesn't matter."
Lin Jie put down the things and went down to the second floor. The rest of the place belonged to Colin's living area, so there wasn't anything to look at. He would have Edmund and the others clean it up later.
He was planning on turning this place into a "book bar" attached to the bookstore.
Lin Jie's shop was filled with bookshelves and didn't even have a stool. Customers could only walk around and it was very inconvenient to read while standing. Adding in the fact that they were all unfamiliar books, they could only rely on him to recommend them.
He was already used to the layout of the bookstore, so he might as well change the bookstore to store the books that he had already read, as well as some leisure and entertainment books and magazines. He could borrow them and buy them as he wished. He could also sell some milk tea and let Moen manage the bookstore.
This place would become a bookstore that was more like a library.
They all had their own advantages, so perhaps it would attract more customers.
Lin Jie went back to tell Edmund about his ideas. Mo En's new identity had been taken care of, so the work of his followers was to renovate the second floor of the bookstore and the shop next door.
When the renovation was done, it was already three days later. The people of the Bamboo Tree Chamber of Commerce also bid farewell to Lin Jie.
In response to Lin Jie's enthusiastic promotion, Edmund said that Miss Qili was still waiting for their report, so it was not convenient for her to stay any longer. Lin Jie could only regretfully give up.
He left Mo En to look after the shop and went to the newly built book bar alone. He touched the brand-new bookshelf and asked tentatively, "Blackie?"
Blackie's way of appearing had always been strange.
This time, it was his shadow that was "folded" by the corner of the wall. The evening sun shone and the shadow deepened and lengthened, forming a new individual on the wall.
Lin Jie looked at Blackie on the wall and asked with a smile, "Can you do me another favor?"
He had speculated that it would be good for Blackie to recommend his books to A Zier. Then, he had just recommended his own "Coats of Arms and Totems" to Doris's family not long ago, and it was more than 30 books in one go. It shouldn't be difficult to ask Blackie to add a few more books.
After all, he had only recommended "Rituals and Folklore" to Wang Erde, and Blackie had taken the initiative to help him.
Sure enough, as soon as Lin Jie finished speaking, Blackie's whole body "collapsed" and turned into a black shadow to cover all the bookshelves. As Lin Jie thought, different kinds of entertainment and leisure books appeared, novels, magazines … everything was there.
The way to control the bookshelves was the same as the old bookstore.
"Great! Thank you! "
Lin Jie looked around happily. When he looked up again, Blackie on the wall had disappeared.
It really hid its merits and reputation …
Lin Jie muttered. He first returned to his own bookstore, and then asked Mo En to come over and familiarize himself with it.
The second floor had been changed into two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a study, and a small gym. Mo En lived in the smaller bedroom.
Lin Jie finally took back control of his bedroom. Because things went smoothly, he planned to go to bed early to celebrate.
He lay on the bed and took out the Coin of Fate that he had been carrying with him. He tossed it once, and because the coin had the same front and back, he put a red dot on the side that was previously the lucky coin.
"Looks like I'll have a good dream today."
Lin Jie looked at the red dot on the corner of the coin in his hand, sighed, and turned off the lights to sleep.
But he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes again, he would see a familiar expanse of whiteness.
The white-haired, silver-eyed woman smiled gently at him.
"Welcome back."
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