Wang Qian was busy dealing with a difficult customer. As soon as he saw Zhang Zian coming downstairs, he quickly asked him to come over and take over.
Zhang Zian waved his hand. "I have something to do. Do as you see fit."
When he passed by the cashier, Lu Yiyun picked up a stack of printed paper and said, "Mr. Store Manager, I just did an inventory. Please take a look …"
Zhang Zian did not stop walking. "Do as you see fit. Get whatever needs to be stocked, and deal with whatever needs to be dealt with."
He quickly walked out of the store and jogged to the north. There used to be a newsstand that was open all year round. He did not know if it was still open. After all, he had not bought a newspaper for a long time.
"Sir, do you still have today's newspaper?"
After running to the newsstand, although it was still there, there were all kinds of colorful magazines and comics placed in eye-catching positions outside, mainly for young women and primary and secondary school students. There were not many newspapers.
"What kind do you want?"
The old newsstand owner who was flipping through a magazine asked.
Zhang Zian said the name of the newspaper, thinking that the newspaper with the largest circulation in the country would definitely be there. Unexpectedly, the old man shook his head and said, "No, sold out."
"What? Not even one copy? "Zhang Zian was disappointed and confirmed with the old man. He thought, Is this kind of serious current affairs newspaper that in high demand? Logically, except for middle-aged and elderly people, not many people read it …
The old master said unhurriedly, "That's it! That newspaper is not selling well. We only get two copies a day, and they are all ordered by the old neighbors nearby. After they are sold out, there are no more. "
Zhang Zian said, "No wonder … Do you know where else nearby sells newspapers?"
"I don't know. You can ask someone else." The old man's eyes fell back on the magazine and ended the conversation.
Almost no one read newspapers these days. The newsstand could no longer be described as a sunset industry. It was already a dying industry. It was really not easy to find another newsstand, not to mention that even if he found one, it might be sold out. Reading newspapers was time-sensitive, and people usually bought them in the morning.
Zhang Zian was a little worried as he stood on the street. He wondered if he should ask the customers for help through the public account, just like last time when he looked for fresh Crucian carps to milk the female cat. Among the people who followed the public account, there must be one or two families who subscribed to that newspaper, right?
"What are you doing here? Contact the underground cat? "
Zhang Zian heard a voice behind him. He turned around and saw that there was no one there. He lowered his gaze and saw that it was Vladimir talking to him. She didn't know where it had run off to play, but there were several patches of dust on its face.
"What the hell is an underground meow? I wanted to buy a newspaper, but the newsstand was sold out, "he complained before answering.
"Newspaper? You still read the newspaper? "
Vladimir's disdainful tone hurt him, but it was irrefutable, because he really didn't read the newspaper.
Zhang Zian coughed and explained, "The main thing is that there is very important content in today's newspaper. I want to look at it."
"What content? Has the country approved the establishment of a small animal protection law? "Vladimir asked curiously.
"No … not so fast. It's actually related to Pi."
It was too conspicuous to talk to a cat on the street, so he took Vladimir to the shadow of the wall and briefly explained what had just happened to it.
"Oh, I see. Wait here for a moment."
Vladimir understood the whole story and immediately jumped onto the wall and disappeared.
A few minutes later, it jumped down from the wall again, holding a newspaper in its mouth.
"Is it this one?"
Zhang Zian took the newspaper from its mouth. Although there were a few holes in the newspaper made by its teeth, there was no mistake. It was the newspaper from that day.
"You've been a great help! Let's go back first. We'll talk in detail when we get back. "
He didn't ask about the origin of the newspaper in detail. He brought Vladimir back to the pet shop. When he passed by the cashier, he told Lu Yiyun, "I'm busy now. If anyone is looking for me, tell them that I'm not here. I went out."
Lu Yiyun nodded.
He whistled again. Zhan Tian, who had received the order, obediently lay at the top of the stairs and took up the responsibility of guarding.
Entering the living room, he first asked Pi, "Pi, how is it? Have there been any changes? "
"Zhi zhi." Pi had been waiting for a long time, and it shook its head anxiously.
Zhang Zian spread the newspaper flat on the table. Pi came over to look at him, and Vladimir also jumped onto the table.
His eyes swept through the contents of the headlines, and the more he read, the colder his heart became. At the beginning of the article, it briefly reviewed the birth and development of online literature as a whole, and also affirmed the influence of online literature. Then, it changed the topic and listed the top ten crimes of online literature, such as excessive entertainment, empty theme, repetitive theme, vulgar content, similar details, serious follower, lack of criticism, failure to establish correct values for young people, and so on … It even mentioned that the characteristics of various websites were unclear, and that the quality of editors needed to be improved.
What shocked him the most was that at the end of the article, there were a few books listed as key targets of criticism. One of them was Pi's novel.
After reading it carefully, he quickly read it a second time, in case he missed anything, and then fell into deep thought.
In all fairness, the ten crimes criticized in the article were not completely groundless. After all, flies don't bite eggs that are seamless. There were many people in society who were quite dissatisfied with the flourishing development of online literature, and it was understandable for them to make criticisms. It took time for a new kind of thing to go from disorder to standardization. But the problem was, the books that the article focused on criticizing, except for Pi's novel, were all written by famous authors who had been famous for a long time. How could Pi's novel be compared to them?
Besides, there were so many books on the website, and there were obviously books that were more in line with the ten crimes. Why did it focus on Pi's novel? In Pi's novel, except for Richard, who was suspected of being vulgar, the other characters, including Zhang Zian, were great and righteous characters that were free from vulgar interests.
In short, the article used Pi's novel as a target to criticize. It was strange and unconvincing.
Pi couldn't bear to read half of it. It was so sad that it squatted in the corner and drew circles.
It was now clear that the reason why the recommendation spot had been temporarily replaced with other books was probably because the article had criticized Pi's novel.
This was difficult. The arm couldn't twist the thigh, not to mention that this thigh was like an elephant's leg. His small and thin arm couldn't twist it at all.
Zhang Zian sighed. He wanted to find something to comfort Pi, but he couldn't find the right words no matter how hard he tried. Any book that was listed by such a national publication would be skinned, if not dead.
Vladimir finished reading the article a little slower. It raised a cat paw and pressed it on the author's signature. It asked, "Who is this Zhu Jisheng?"
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