Chapter 258: Ying Yang under the rule of novels
In reality, winter is coming to an end, and the first snow is falling in the Atlas.
However, Zhang Xun has long been accustomed to this.
Heavy snow is hard to see in reality, it's really heavy, the kind where the snow overwhelms the cowshed.
Ben can't do much work in this cold winter.
Especially in Yingyang, the mine is limited by the conditions in winter, and it is basically impossible to dig, so people can only curl up and try to survive this winter.
It is still somewhat stronger than last year, and the minus taxes can allow the people to have a slightly better winter.
The screening of the movie was carried out in an orderly manner, and the major lords smoothly accepted the proposal to provide their own venues, Zhang Xun also specially sent people to inspect in order to prevent these people from playing tricks, and if there were any non-compliance with the rules, they would be reported.
The original book of the same name also sells well, mainly because the booklet is very thin, the price is very low, and a lot of people who have read it have been bought, mainly because the expression of silent films is still subject to some restrictions, and some places are not understood, so I read the book.
Some other itinerant businessmen also bought it, probably to go to other places to brag about it? I don't know, in short, the sales are not bad, they can make a small profit, and then they also give people a certain understanding of the new printing plate format.
A few more days passed.
The stable version of the printing press was officially released, and those who originally copied official documents for the palace were extracted and given the official title of "printing office", and then Zhang Xun also had the foresight to introduce the book number system.
This is to monopolize publishing and distribution at the national level, or at least in terms of legality.
The printing of the company officially began.
Originally, there were booksellers in Yingyang, and they all took out some transcribed stories to sell, but now they were simply taken over by the printing office, so almost overnight, people found that there were many more varieties in the hawkers' boxes sold in the streets.
The printed book is clear, the cost is low, and the purchase price is low, so the price will naturally be lower.
This makes the masses who are seriously lacking spiritual food very happy on a cold winter day.
And when these books with quirky names sold out, after the movie, a new reading frenzy began to sweep the royal capital.
The direct consequence of this incident is that Yingyang suddenly has a lot of second-year teenagers and girls.
Fantasy and romance competed for hegemony, and began to ruthlessly rule the entire royal capital this winter, and with the continuous improvement of the printing power of the printing company, it began to spread to the entire Yingyang with the royal capital as the center.
"Director, the fifth printing of the new romance on the shelves has been almost sold out, and at present, it is barely enough to supply the market of the royal capital, but sellers in several places such as Rock City, the Southwest Region, and the Roy Plains have come to pick up the goods, and this piece is no longer enough. A young official pushed the door in with a document in his hand and said.
The director of the printing house is a middle-aged man full of energy, with red hair, and immediately said: "Hurry up and reprint! This book has the potential to become a hit, the supply chain must be maintained, and if you strengthen publicity, you may be able to break the sales record of the last popular fantasy." β
"Okay, in addition, these two books also need to be printed, the number of orders is relatively large, and you need to stamp the approval slip. The young officer took out another document and said quickly.
"Oh, this is an order from the royal family of the East, such a large amount?" the director was also taken aback, a little uncertain, unlike domestic transactions, once foreign trade is involved, according to the king's requirements, it must go through the Ministry of Finance.
And this order is quite large, so the director needs to go to the chancellor of the exchequer to coordinate.
"I just saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer go to the palace, so let's go and get the latest sales accounts, I will go directly to the palace once, the sales volume is so good, the original printing press and manpower are not enough to see, I will try to apply for the factory under the institute to provide more machines." The director frowned and thought for a moment, and ordered.
Soon after, he wore a thick coat and humbly rushed into the palace with documents.
After the report, he entered the imperial study under the leadership of the palace guards, and just saw that the conversation between His Majesty the King and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had come to an end, and the director hurriedly bowed his waist to make a statement.
"Oh, is the sales so gratifying?" Zhang Xun also raised his eyebrows after listening to the report, took the document and looked through it carefully for a while, becoming more and more happy.
After that, he handed it to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and said with a smile: "You can take a look too." β
The Chancellor of the Exchequer hurriedly took it, and then said with a smile on his face: "I really didn't expect these to sell so well." β
Zhang Xun smiled: "I'm also a little surprised, but there is one point, although most of this book is bought by rich people, but some of it is money from poor civilians, after all, it is a little reluctant here, if it can be sold to other kingdoms is the best, but the order of the Eastern Royal Family is really bold, I remember that it was also the Eastern Merchants who were most enthusiastic about our new book, but the amount of purchases was not very large, compared to the Eastern Royal Family, the gap is not small." β
Hearing this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer nodded and said, "That's true, but I think it's very likely that the Jenny machine we provided before gave the Queen of the East more confidence in us, so this time we acted so decisively, and the minister suggested that it should be supplied." β
"Of course, you have to supply, and you have to give enough!" Zhang Xun slapped the table and said decisively to the director of the printing bureau, "Wait a minute, I will coordinate with the research institute, and I will add an extra batch of printing machines to you, as for the workers, you can recruit them yourself, but remember, the workers must be locals, and pay attention to the review, if you encounter a thief, you will be sent directly to the Wangcheng Public Security Office for processing." β
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"In addition, since these books are selling well in Yingyang, we will also actively expand other channels in the future, Dongjing, in this way, we only cooperate with the royal family of Dongjing, and the rest of the booksellers will refuse, what do you think?"
The Chancellor of the Exchequer pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that this will lose a lot of the market, but ...... It is obviously more important to maintain and strengthen the relationship between the two countries than to make this money. β
"Well, since you think so too, then it's settled. In addition, we should also actively open up sales channels in other kingdoms, give those cross-border booksellers a part of the profits, open up sales, and make domestic money, how can it be refreshing to make foreign money?"
The group discussed it for a while, then dispersed.
Although Zhang Xun felt very tired, he was still happy, this money can be said to be quite low, except for the printing cost and part of the manpower, there is almost no other consumption, mainly these stories are bought from reality, paid to the creator's manuscript fee, and there is no need to pay royalties in Yingyang's printing.
"Your Majesty, eat some pastries. LancΓ΄me came quietly.
Putting down the plate, I naturally massaged his shoulder.
Zhang Xun squinted his eyes and enjoyed, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, what about Wei Annie? β
LancΓ΄me smiled and said, "She, she is off duty today, and she is in the bed in the room." β
ββ¦β¦ The ones that are being sold out there now?"
"Yes, it's the ...... "Domineering Knight Love". β
Zhang Xun grinned slightly, shook his head, and said seriously: "It's not a good thing to watch these things at home, go and pass on my order, let her go to the film studio to participate in training as soon as possible, and if you don't go on the road of a good acting star, what will you see." β
After a pause, he said, "You go too." β