Boss Sun suddenly stood up and startled Zhao Haocheng.

What is the situation?

Is it because the business has not been negotiated, is there going to be an all-out martial arts?

Zhao Haocheng secretly glanced at Tang He, and saw that Tang He was silent, so he calmed down a little.

Wu Wei, who was in the corner of the room, didn't pay attention to the smoke in the room at all, he sat on a pile of books, leaned on the bed, and watched "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" with relish, without the slightest interference from the outside world. While watching, he also sighed: No wonder Tang He is looking for a pirated version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", this book can really make people want to stop and go crazy!

And Tang He was already stunned by the information leaked in Boss Sun's words!

He knew that making pirated books would make money, but he didn't expect that making pirated books would make so much money!

According to Boss Sun, since pirated books do not have to pay royalties and taxes, the cost of pirated books only includes three parts: plate-making fees, paper, and printing fees. And these costs are relatively small.

It is no wonder that in the past life or in the present life, there are often booksellers in the market who sell books by the pound, or directly sell books at two or even one discount on the list price! This is because, even if the price is so low, these booksellers still have profit margins and will make a lot of money.

Whether in the past life or in this life, the Chinese people are deeply harmed by fakes and hate them. What fake cigarettes, fake wine, fake money, fake medicines, fake seeds, fake antiques, and even fake age, fake working years, fake academic qualifications...... There are many different kinds of things. In contrast, "fake books" may be special "fakes" that are the least harmful and have a certain positive significance in some aspects.

When scholars encounter such bookstalls on the streets and alleys, they stop to read them with great interest, and those who need them pay for them, and then reluctantly walk away. Everyone thinks that dealing in pirated books is a crime, but no one really treats these people as criminals; everyone thinks that pirated books should not be bought, but no one does not buy them when they encounter a book that they like. It is precisely because of these huge readerships of thousands that pirated books in China have been banned repeatedly, and even have the tendency to expand the prairie fire.

So, how much do these pirates really make?

According to the information and materials mentioned by Boss Sun, Tang He took his "The Legend of Wukong" as an example to roughly estimate the profits of pirates.

First of all, 5,000 copies of "The Legend of Wukong" were used to calculate the cost of a single pirated book.

According to Boss Sun, the plate-making fee for a book like "The Legend of Wukong" is generally about 3.0 yuan per page. Then, "The Legend of Wukong" has a total of 200,000 words, about more than 150 pages, then its plate-making cost = 150×3.0 = 450 yuan, and the price allocated to a single book = 450÷5000 = 0.09 yuan.

In terms of paper, the price of each ream of good writing paper is about 120 yuan, 500 sheets per ream, a total of 1,000 sheets, therefore, the price of paper for each sheet = 120÷1000 = 0.12 yuan. 150 pages is about 17.75 sheets, and the paper price of the whole book = 0.12×17.75 = 2.13 yuan.

Printing costs include printing, binding, etc. At present, the processing fee of each reaming paper is 50 yuan to 70 yuan, and the middle price is 60 yuan, then: the processing fee of each printing sheet = 60÷1000 = 0.06 yuan, and the processing fee of the whole book = 0.06×17.75 = 1.065 yuan.

Cover and back cover: The production cost of 155 grams of coated paper without lamination cover adds up to about 0.2 yuan.

To sum up, on the premise of printing 5,000 copies, the production cost of a single pirated book of "The Legend of Wukong" is: 0. 09 + 2.13 + 1.065 + 0.2 = 3.485 yuan. If the book is priced at 25 yuan, if it is sold wholesale at a two-fold price, you can make a profit of 1.5 yuan by buying a pirated book, and the yield reaches an astonishing 43 percent, which is even higher than the yield of the F-22 Raptor, the most advanced fighter in the world built by the American arms dealer Lockheed Martin.

And after such an estimate, Tang He actually saw that the price quoted by Boss Sun was indeed very sincere, and he did not ask for a sky-high price.

It's just that at this moment, Tang He's focus is not on this.

As early as the beginning of the establishment of Youpin Bookstore, Tang He wrote a series of plans, and letting Youpin Bookstore have its own printing house and even its own publishing and distribution company is a big strategy set by Tang He for the future of Youpin Bookstore. Now hearing that the distribution of pirated books is so profitable, Tang He's heart is a little ready to move for a while.

He believes that if he engages in this business, he will definitely not be worse than Boss Sun.

It's just that......

How can I walk by the river without getting my shoes wet.

Thinking of the serious consequences of being discovered, Tang He shuddered and expelled this unreliable thought from his mind.

Let's talk about Boss Sun.

After a series of clues, Boss Sun judged that Tang He was the key person in buying the book this time, and Zhao Haocheng should be the mascot who pushed to the front desk.

In this business, whether it is a pirate or a buyer, they are all cautious and careful, for fear that one day they will enter the game. Therefore, in this industry, everyone basically uses pseudonyms or pseudonyms, so that even if they trace the roots in the future, there is still a chance to get out.

So he was a little entangled when he stood up.

What do you want to say to Tang He?

Some of Boss Sun's words have reached his lips, but he has never been able to speak.

He was a little embarrassed.

Since he entered the house, his attitude towards Tang He and the other teenager has been to ignore him, and he is still a little disapproving and despising emotionally.

Who would have thought that Tang He, a young man who is not good-looking, is the real one who makes the decision.

Careless!

What a carelessness!

Boss Sun groaned in his heart, and then his eyes rolled slightly, trying to find a breakthrough.

Since Tang He deliberately concealed his identity, he didn't plan to reveal it.

It's better to really sell Tang He, and it can be regarded as an incense when we meet again in the future.

As for the price Zhao Haocheng said, Boss Sun would not agree. The price proposed by Zhao Haocheng, he really doesn't make money.

Boss Sun is now seeking transformation, so he boldly made a lot of books that other pirates don't have. He just wanted to rely on this battle to establish his position in the piracy industry, so that people would come to him as long as they wanted to buy pirated books from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. If the plan goes well, he will have plenty of time to take advantage of the fact that China has not yet joined the WTO and it is difficult for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to defend his rights, and slowly transform into a regular enterprise and walk in the sun.

If it weren't for this idea, Boss Sun would not have shown up in person.

Although there are many novels of 12,000 copies, they do not concern him, a big boss who has seen the world.

Boss Sun took the initiative to think that if Zhao Haocheng and Tang He could buy so many books, it would never be a small fight, and what he fancied was the future cooperation between the two sides.

Thinking of this, Boss Sun stomped a few more steps, gritted his teeth, and quoted a price to Zhao Haocheng again, but his eyes were staring at Tang He.

Tang He was puzzled by Boss Sun's eyes, and it took a while before he suddenly came to his senses.

He must have seen that he was the one in charge!