Kiss the moon

During the Chinese New Year period, both Gu Xingle and Chen Qingxing lived like honey, and Gu's mother was also happy every day.

After the Chinese New Year, with Gu Xingle and Chen Qingxing's suggestions and forced funding, Gu Ma and her old sisters signed up for the sunset red tour group to go out to play.

When Gu Xingle had to start looking for an internship, Chen Qingxing was also busy with the project.

On this day, Gu Xingle, who had already started school for a week, finished the interview. On the way back to school, he passed the bookstore and saw a large group of people gathered at the door.

"The year is over, and I haven't heard of any other activities. Why are there so many people gathered in front of the store?" Gu Xingle was puzzled, and also went to the door of the bookstore.

"Everyone come and see! This unscrupulous bookstore sells pirated books and doesn't give refunds." A short girl shouted at the door of the bookstore, waving a book in her hand.There was also discussion among the crowd.

"No way? Hasn't this store been open for a long time?"

"Driving for a long time is not a proof of integrity"

"Selling pirated books is profitable, maybe how long they will be sold for as long as they are opened?"

"A bookstore is not a roadside bookstall, so it shouldn't sell pirated books, right?"

……

Gu Xingle frowned listening to these words in his ear, and Li Liao was also sweating anxiously.

"Are you the new book "The Forest Is Getting Big" just published by the great internet writer after Sunset?" Someone in the crowd asked the girl.

"Yes, I just bought it here a few days ago, and it cost more than 30 yuan a copy."

"Why do you say this is a pirated version?" A passer-by watching the excitement asked loudly.

The girl looked furious, opened the book and said, "Look! There are so many typos in this book." Seeing the people around talking about it, the girl continued to say, as if encouraged, "There are even big and big typos in it." When the website was updated, the author’s words at the back of each chapter seemed to be pirated by himself, and it was definitely not the publisher’s version.”

"Sunset? Is that the so-called great god who was hammered by many authors because of plagiarism?"

"I, a person who doesn't read novels, seem to know a little bit. I saw someone post it in Moments."

"Isn't it still boycotted by several authors, why is it published again, and there are still people buying it?"

"Plagiarism has its own laws, it's definitely wrong to sell pirated books"

"There are typos and the typesetting is not done well. This pirated version is too careless."

"Such a bookstore, if you sell pirated editions, it must be more than just this book."

"Yes, yes, those who have bought books here should go back and have a look, don't suffer from being dumb"

……

Li Liaoliao caught the key word "plagiarism", and asked the girl in a good voice, "Has the author ever had any plagiarism-related controversies?"

"It's all rumors! Sunset is an excellent writer signed by Wanyun.com, don't try to confuse the public with those rumors!"

"No, ma'am, I'm not trying to shirk responsibility or divert attention, but our bookstore doesn't have any books by this author."

As soon as Li Liao finished speaking, the crowd started to discuss again.

"How is it possible? Although she is a bit sloppy, her books are still selling well. Which bookstore can't buy them?"

"That's right, I thought I could come up with a good reason, but I don't even believe that."

"One thing to say, there are really many people who buy Sunset's book, and my roommate is her brainless braggart."

……

The girl was a little flustered when she heard the clerk say that there was no such book in the store, but seeing that the passers-by didn’t believe her, she gained some confidence, “Who are you lying to? I just bought it from you a few days ago. Still slandering you?"

Li Liao saw more and more people watching the excitement around him, and bowed to the crowd, "Hi everyone, I am the clerk of this store. Our store is small and profitable, but we will never sell pirated books." This kind of thing."

After a pause, he glanced at the book in the girl's hand again, "I can assure you that we really don't have this book or other books by this author in our store."

"Why not? Can you predict that there will be such a failure today?" A boy in the front row asked.

"It's not that we could have predicted it, it's just that we removed all the books of authors suspected of plagiarism in the store years ago. Someone said just now that this book is a new book just released after the year, and we must have never entered it in the store. goods."

"What do you mean? You can't do anything? I bought this book from your store a few days ago!" The girl stretched out the book in front of Li Liliu with a domineering manner.

Li Leolao checked the cover, "Ma'am, if you don't believe me, you are welcome to come into the store to have a look. We really don't have this book in our store. If you still don't believe me, I can show you the books we have purchased in our store for nearly a month." surface."

"Do you still write pirated books in the purchase list? The watches are all made by people, who knows if they have been faked." The girl was aggressive, waving the book in her hand and dancing in front of Li Liao, almost hitting him in the face .

"That's right, the forms are dead, you can change them however you want"

"Go in and have a look. Just think of an author who you know has been plagiarized. If you find it, the clerk must be lying."

Gu Xingle walked through the crowd of onlookers to the door of the store, and said to the girl, "Hi ma'am, may I ask when you bought the book in the store?"

The girl looked at him, "Just four days ago."

"Then do you still remember whether it was he or me who helped you with the cash register? If you can't remember clearly, maybe you remember whether you came to buy it in the morning or in the afternoon?" Gu Xingle pointed to Li Liao and continued, "It was me in the morning, It's him in the afternoon."

Li Liao looked at Gu Xingle in confusion, obviously neither of them was in charge of the cash register.Gu Xingle gave him a comforting look.

The girl caught Li Liao's confused eyes and felt that there must be a trap in the question. She looked back and forth between the two of them several times, and said confidently: "I came in the afternoon, I remember it very clearly, the cashier is obviously you It's not him, don't try to trick me."

Gu Xingle smiled, raised his chin towards Li Liao, "You tell me."

The girl knew Gu Xingle's intentions as soon as she finished talking about Li Li, and said apologetically, "Ma'am, this question is indeed fraudulent. But it's not what you think. Neither of us is in charge of the cash register."

After hearing what he said, the girl blushed anxiously, and her voice was a little unsteady, "You mean what you say! I clearly remember that it was he who took the money! Selling pirated books is fine, and it's even turning black and white!"

"Sorry, but he's the owner of our store, and he really never took money."

The girl was angry, and when she saw Gu Xingle's embarrassed expression, she calmed down, "You are talking nonsense, this store has been open for so long, and he looks so young, he is almost a student from a nearby university, how could your boss be like that?" It's him?"

"Yeah, this bookstore was there when I was a freshman, and I'm already in my third year of graduate school."

"Is this guy from Building [-]? I seem to have seen him in the dormitory building."

Hearing these voices, the girl became more confident and looked confident.

But Li smiled, "This bookstore has been open for many years. The previous boss passed away, and his son, who is our current boss, took over. This is one of our two bosses. We It's true that there are two clerks who work shifts at the cash register, but neither of us."

"I remember that the clerk was in charge of the book area, right? I really don't remember that he ever took cash."

"Yes, he helped find books very quickly."

"How did I remember that the cashier was two girls..."

"Yes, yes, every time I come here, girls are cashiers, although I don't remember what they look like"

"I remember! The girl with long hair is very beautiful and gentle, I can see her every afternoon when I come here"

"The one in front, do you see her every time you come or do you come here just to see her, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha"

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Li Liao was about to continue, when he saw Chen Qingxing walking over from behind the crowd, his eyes instantly filled with "Boss, you are finally here!!!"

But pretending to be calm on the surface, he said in a moderate voice: "Hi everyone, this is our other boss."

Chen Qingxing nodded to Gu Xingle and smiled again, "Hello everyone, I have a general understanding of the matter. You are still welcome to go to the store to look for it. If you can find any book by this author on the shelf, or claim to be in this store If the customer who bought the pirated book can provide any evidence that the book was purchased in our store, the store will compensate you ten times the price. But if not, I hope this lady can clarify and apologize to our store.”

"So confident? Maybe you really don't have it?"

"Ten times? Then we have to look for it."

"Other bookstores will put Sunset's book in a more prominent position. After all, it's quite popular, but I just came out of the bookstore, so I really didn't see it."

"Could it be that she sold a batch of pirated books and then took her books off the shelves?"

"The profit lost by taking all her books off the shelf is more than selling a few batches of pirated books..."

"Removing books that plagiarize authors is encouraged, but isn't plagiarism difficult to define?"

Chen Qingxing heard this question, thought about it, and said seriously: "My main job is a designer. So I know that it is difficult to define plagiarism in cultural circles. On the way here, I also learned about the editing of literary works, It is even more difficult to define acts of plagiarism such as tearing down manuscripts and merging memes."

"So after I had this idea, our store removed all the works of authors suspected of plagiarism years ago. I thought that I would conduct some further screening and screening when I was free after the Chinese New Year. Works without actual evidence are back on the shelves. Because in addition to the difficulty of defining, sometimes some book fans are not rational."

Hearing what he said, Gu Xingle was stunned.

"In the future, the staff of the whole store will read, compare and vote on these works without definite evidence one after another. We think that the books of authors who do not involve plagiarism will be republished. The workload will be heavy, and we will not be able to understand all the books to read. We will finish all the books, so we will also recruit volunteers from the guests to help us. This should be a long-term work."

"I know that every author will have his own loyal readers, but after all, this is my bookstore, and I can still decide whether to sell a book by a certain author. I also know that this will definitely lose some income, but I believe that I will stick to it. There are more original authors, but they will earn less, so they should still not lose money."

"As for the author of the book in this lady's hand, I checked some information about her on the way here. Her plagiarism has been judged by the court, although it is her early work."

"As the owner of this bookstore, I can assure you that her books will no longer be on shelves in our store. As for this lady, I will reserve the right to hold you accountable."

After finishing speaking, Chen Qingxing bowed seriously to the crowd, took Gu Xingle's wrist and entered the store, and with his eyes signaled Li Liao to deal with the next thing.

The author has something to say: Second update~

Because it is a manuscript, I can't remember why I wrote the plot of this chapter at that time. It feels a bit unnatural, but there is still no major change.If it doesn’t read smoothly, please spray lightly and please don’t throw bricks

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