The next place Fu Xuechen wants to go is the bookstore. Yesterday, he made an appointment with Shopkeeper Liu to meet with a few businessmen who have cooperation with the bookstore today.

Xie's Bookstore had posted a notice outside the door yesterday, announcing that the bookstore was temporarily closed. Today, only half of the door was opened, so no customers came to the door. Only a few scriptwriters arrived one after another.

I was invited to drink tea and wait in the central area of ​​the second floor where the central area had just been vacated today and temporarily placed tables, tables and wooden chairs. The shopkeeper Liu She was there to accompany me.

There are four masters in total, all of whom are no more than thirty years old. They are quite young. The eldest, Luo Qi, looks the calmest and has the heaviest tonnage. He has not spoken much since he came in and sat down. The youngest, Wu Rui, is only twenty.

He is 20 years old, has a tender face, and does not speak. Only his eyes are lively, gliding around.

Occasionally chatting for a few words were two men who had some friendship with each other. They both wore the same style of Confucian shirts. The Confucian shirts were washed until they turned white. They were both scholars from the Lianghu Guild Hall in the south of the city. One was named Zhou Chong.

, one is named He Ci. He went to Beijing to take the exam last year and failed. He didn't want to go back, so he found a job writing a storybook and stayed in the capital.

Luo Qi is the scriptwriter who has cooperated with Xie's Bookstore for the longest time. His writing skills are the highest among the four. When Xie's Bookstore was still prosperous, he was also ranked among the top five. The Cheng family's No. 1 library in Beijing was also found

Passed him, but was rejected by him.

Although Wu Rui is young, his writing is very clever. Unfortunately, he has only published two volumes of stories, his grades are not good, and his reputation is not good, so no one is looking for him.

Zhou Chong and He Ci are serious scholars with solid writing skills. However, they only started writing storybooks after they failed to pass the examination last year. They have not yet figured out the market preferences, so the storybooks they write are always somewhat embarrassing but not popular.

He was left alone and ignored.

"I wonder if my boss has asked me to wait here. What's the deal?" Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but ask Liu She first.

Liu She told the truth: "My young master will know when he comes. Don't be anxious, Mr. Zhou."

The atmosphere was a bit dull. He Ci had a trace of worry in his eyebrows. He glanced around the store where the number of bookshelves had dropped sharply, and felt the confusion about the future: "Can shopkeeper Liu give you an accurate answer? What will happen to this bookstore? Transfer it to someone else."

still……"

Luo Qi and Wu Rui were also very concerned about this issue and both looked at Liu She.

A smile appeared on Liu She's face and he comforted him: "Don't worry, gentlemen! The shop is temporarily closed for minor repairs and will reopen soon. It will not be transferred to others, but my young master will be in charge of it.

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The four of them looked at each other, but it didn't get any easier. The store didn't plan to close down. This was a good thing, but it didn't mean that the four of them could definitely continue to cooperate with the bookstore, even if the new owner was the son and daughter of the old owner.

There is no guarantee that the new owner will not terminate cooperation with them.

Among the four, Luo Qi has some experience in the field of story books. If Xie's Bookstore stops cooperating with him, he can still find a job elsewhere, but after cooperating for a long time, he will inevitably not be willing to adapt to a new environment.

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The other three people are a little panicked. They are not well-known in the dialogue industry, and other places may not be willing to use them after leaving Xie's Bookstore. However, the three of them are not rich. If this way of making money is cut off...

Don’t dare to think! Don’t dare to think!

When he was feeling anxious, Fu Xuechen finally arrived with Fu An.

Seeing that the new owner was actually a young boy of only twelve or thirteen years old, the four masters became even more panicked.

After greeting each other and taking their seats, Liu She introduced the names, origins, and old works of the four remaining bookstores to Fu Xuechen one by one.

Fu Xuechen carefully read the old works of four storytellers first. She only read the first few thousand words of each old work. She didn't care whether the four people's ability to write stories was good or bad. What she read was these four people.

The style of writing, the cohesion and presentation of succession and transition.

There is no vernacular literature these days, and even the scripts for telling stories are half-literary and half-white. It seems a bit laborious, but aside from the structure and plot of the story, the writing style of the four people is quite smooth and literary. Even Zhou Chong,

He Ci and the two talented scholars did not suffer from the problem of procrastination.

Fu Xuechen knew it well and raised his eyes to look at Luo Qi: "I wonder if Mr. Luo is familiar with the history of the late Han Dynasty and the early Yan Dynasty?"

That's right! There were Qin and Han in this time and space, but there was no Jin after the Han. Instead, a sudden force emerged from the northeast, carrying a hundred thousand cavalry, and went south to invade Lu and Yu. They first swallowed up the Northern Wei, then crossed the Yangtze River and went south, and then destroyed Shu and Wu.

, and finally unified the nine states and established the Yan Empire.

There are Wei, Shu, and Wu, and there are the Three Kingdoms. After reading Luo Qi's writing style, the first thought in Fu Xuechen's mind was to write The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Luo Qi hesitated slightly: "I dare not say that I am familiar with the history of the late Han Dynasty, but I know the general process and important historical figures."

Fu Xuechen asked again: "Do you know if there are any romance novels about that period of history on the market? Or related folklore? If so, what are they? In addition, are there any biographical works such as 'Three Kingdoms'?"

The four of them looked at each other, and finally Luo Qi replied: "Back at Shaodong's house, there are no romance novels about that era on the market. Maybe there are, but few people care about them, so we have never heard of them. The same goes for folklore. As for the Romance of the Three Kingdoms,

, we have all heard of this book, but it is out of print, so I only read it once."

Fu Xuechen immediately became happy: "In that case, Mr. Luo, I will give you a task. I hope you can do it seriously."

When Luo Qi heard that Fu Xuechen had given him a task, he breathed a sigh of relief. If he had a task, at least he would not be in danger of losing his job right now. He nodded loudly and said, "Young master, just ask me!"

"I will give you half a month. Please do your best to search for and collect all historical documents about Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty before he ascended the throne and before the establishment of the Yan Empire. There should be no mistakes or omissions about the records of people and events at that time. As for the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, I

I will try to help you find it, sir."

Fu Xuechen looked at Luo Qi seriously: "If you feel that half a month is not enough, sir, you can apply to me for an extension through shopkeeper Liu She. No later than twenty days, when you have finished collecting information, you can submit a post to Jingbei Marquis Mansion.

Please see me. I will discuss the follow-up with you in detail at that time. Is it possible for you to do it?"

"I will definitely fulfill my mission!" Luo Qi was almost beating his chest.

Fu Xuechen nodded with a smile and looked at Wu Rui again: "I think Mr. Wu's writing is clever and easy-going. The two novels he has written are all about fox fairies, snake monsters and other strange spirits. Mr. Wu is very interested in such monsters.

Do you have a soft spot for Hua Ben?"
Chapter completed!