It was still cold this morning, but the weather was gradually clearing up.
It’s time to count down to leaving Dali, and today I’m going to write about the story I know about this Tingyuan scholar.
I've been here many times, and I know a lot about the employees and owners there. I also overheard some information from other cafe owners.
简单的揣摩一下这个书咖和老板的大概故事。
The boss of this book cafe should be a woman. As you can tell from the name, Tingyuan Book Cafe. But I never showed up after I arrived. I only saw that it was now managed by a man, her husband. From the book cafe's environment decoration, furnishings, taste of books, various foreign wines, wine storage services, and time-sharing rental of single rooms in the study, as well as photos of many cultural and life experience activities on the wall, the original boss has great ideas, execution ability, high cultural literacy, and is a talented person who dreams and realizes them. I accidentally heard from other cafe owners that the owner of Tingyuan was currently involved in a lawsuit. Out of instinct and respect for an idealist, I didn't ask any questions.
Tingyuan Book Cafe is in a loss-making state. After all, the cost factor is there. It is a spiritual nourishing place that maintains a large group of people with high costs and low revenue. The bar employee is also the only employee. He knows a lot. He is the same age as me. He was born in 1975. He is currently renting a house in a village by Erhai Lake. He is also a partner of a biopharmaceutical company and comes to live in Dali. I asked him if the store was losing money, and the answer was, "I've done everything I need to do anyway, so I can live as long as I can." A bit tragic.
This is probably the process of an idealist creating a dream career, and then slowly losing ground when it collides with the reality of the market. There are always some people in life who go against the rules and trends of the world, do some creative and creative undertakings, and challenge the rules of the worldly market. Although I can only admire them, I should still be grateful to have such people in my heart, who set off a bouquet of fireworks in a boring environment.
I hope it will still be there next time I come to Dali.