Recently, Liyou "Haoran MR" said on the side of the Ersanli information platform that there is a Dongfu old bookstore in the old town of Weinan Linwei District, what books are available, the price is cheap, and the boss has been doing this industry for 14 years. On January 6, a reporter from The China Business Daily met the owner of the bookstore, Misery Bin, who had just returned from collecting books in an electric car.
"I didn't plan to go out today, but people said there might be good books, and I ran again." As he spoke, he pointed to the three bags of books he had just received, and introduced that he was basically collecting books from Monday to Friday, and would only set up stalls to sell books on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Talking about why he wanted to do the used book business, Shi Bin introduced that in 2005, he was still selling brine vegetables on the ground, and the big brother next to him was selling old books. "In a chat, the eldest brother next to me listened to my income from selling brine vegetables and said that I might as well sell old books with him." In 2008, he opened his first used bookstore, from one room to two rooms, but his income has always been average, He said. In order to increase his income, he also opened a brine shop next to the bookstore, but he felt that he would not be interested in other businesses.
Therefore, in the first half of 2017, Hebin closed the first used bookstore and ran to Xi'an to learn from the same industry. "In fact, I was going to learn from my master, and the eldest brother next to me who sold brine vegetables at that time had been buying old books in the Xi'an market." After going to Xi'an to study for three months, he opened this "Dongfu Old Bookstore" in the old city in the second half of 2017, and until now, the business has been much better than the original, and he has become a professional collector of old books, and the coverage of books in the store is getting wider and wider.
Shi Bin said that due to the long time he worked, he had some fixed collection channels and could also receive some good books. And customers also have a fixed group, like some people over 40 years old will basically come to him to look for books, as well as some textbooks and learning materials for primary and secondary school students, he has them here, and the main price is cheap.
"In addition to the rent of opening a used bookstore, the cost of collecting books is also small, and the monthly income is basically the salary earned by office workers, but it is happy and free." Miser Bin said that he has always liked to read books, mainly reading some martial arts novels, and now in addition to receiving books, he usually takes this book to read. And because his eldest daughter often stayed in the bookstore when she was a child, now the child also likes to read all kinds of books.
Shi Bin said that now with the development of electronics, many people's reading habits have changed, so he will also make corresponding changes when collecting books, select some books with markets, basically the books he collects are still selling better.
"Time is also really fast, I have been working in this industry for more than 10 years, and I have fallen in love with this industry, or this industry is also my appetite." Misery Bin said that what he did was a small business, he could support his family, he was relatively free, and he liked it, so he was very satisfied with such a life.
Huashang Daily reporter Xing Xuexue Editor Guo Qiaona Li Yue