038 Selling Books [One Change]
With a text and introduction of about 200 words, Lin Xiaole went to the county seat.
This time, she did not choose Wenyuan Book Store first, but walked a few small book stores first.
The scale of the two houses is smaller than that of Wenyuan Books, one of them directly gave seven taels of silver, but the other was hesitant and had the intention to let Lin Xiao leave the book and talk about it later. was directly rejected by Lin Xiao.
When she's really stupid, there is no copyright in this era, wouldn't she cry to death when she was copied back?
Although it was only the first two hundred words, Lin Xiao didn't want to take any risks.
Going around and around, Lin Xiao almost went to all the small bookstores in Yuliang County, and the highest bid was the seven taels of silver, and he also asked that he must write the story completely and send it at one time.
Lin Xiao was a little depressed, this is a classic masterpiece, even if the number of words is small, it won't sell for such a little silver.
Wenyuan Book Store is the largest in Yuliang County, Lin Xiao had no choice, and finally took the manuscript to Wenyuan Book Store.
The shopkeeper of Wenyuan Books seemed to have a conclusion about Lin Xiao's delivery of the manuscript, and there was no surprised expression. Because of the cooperation of two months, he also specially invited Lin Xiao to the tea room inside.
The room of more than 20 square meters is not big, but it is very elegantly furnished.
Lin Xiao pouted secretly, he really regarded himself as a little person, he didn't have this treatment before. It seems that the treatment of those who engage in creation is different from that of coolies. This strengthened the determination of a certain woman to continue writing books.
The man brought refreshments, Lin Xiao took a sip of tea, frowned slightly, and put it down again.
It's just ordinary loose tea, although it is not stale tea, it is not comfortable to look at, and the taste is not very good. This made Lin Xiao, who had been an elite for more than ten years in his previous life, very dissatisfied. She said politely, "Please give me a glass of white water." β
The shopkeeper's eyebrows furrowed, a little incomprehensible. He naturally knew that the tea sent by the guy was different from what he drank, the problem was that this guest was also divided into three, six, nine and so on, an ordinary woman like Lin Xiao who had no reputation, and it was already very polite for him to invite people here.
It's just a woman who writes a little better, although she has a good temperament, but she knows that she is not a rich family when she looks dressed. The shopkeeper didn't think much about it, he had seen a lot of things like that kind of down-and-out lady or something.
He read the brief first, and almost squirted out a mouthful of tea at a glance. He glanced at Lin Xiao meaningfully, and when he saw that the girl could drink boiled water, he suddenly felt that he seemed to have neglected something.
"It's a delicate girl raised in the deep boudoir, what kind of red apricot is out of the wall...... The girl wears a red wedding dress, is the groom him or him? The introduction is very short, but it makes the shopkeeper itch in his heart. When I read the text, I felt out of control, but unfortunately, I saw the critical moment and it was gone.
"This ......" the shopkeeper looked at Lin Xiao, a little pitiful.
This expression is enough to explain the problem.
Lin Xiao put down the teacup slowly, and the action was pleasing to the eye. "I wonder what the shopkeeper thinks of my book?" After all, there are still people who know the goods, and Lin Xiao is relieved now.
"Good, good, great!" The shopkeeper did not hesitate to praise, and the three "good" even showed the good quality of this book.
Lin Xiao realized that this book would be praised, but he really didn't expect the shopkeeper to be like this. The previous shopkeepers were trying to find some drawbacks to reduce prices, but they never thought that this one would do the opposite.
"I haven't seen such a good thing for many years, Miss Lin doesn't know what Cheng dΓΉ wrote about this story, if the content behind it is as attractive, I will buy it for twenty taels." No, these two hundred words are worth the price now, if I see the whole book, we can still negotiate the price. Having been a shopkeeper for decades, he decided that the book would sell well.
The starting price of twenty taels, Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes, yes, there are several parts of my book, and this will be a long story of serialization, but I don't know if the shopkeeper is interested." The fish has already been hooked, of course Lin Xiao has to negotiate a good price.
"Oh, how do you say?" The shopkeeper was clearly interested in this.
Lin Xiao can't say too much about the specific content of the book, but he roughly divided the introduction into several parts to introduce it, and said at the end: "In this way, it is not a problem to see each individual fragment, it is a complete long story, if we cooperate, Wenyuan Books can publish books one by one, so that when the people on the streets and alleys are talking about this book, we will launch a sequel, and finally we can make an anthology, set a large price to sell, and you can also customize high-end zuΓ² as a gift, think about it, At that time, Wenyuan Books will not be able to make money if they want to. β
The shopkeeper gasped, "Girl, it's a pity not to do business." "This idea, as long as you think about it, you feel that it is profitable.
Lin Xiao smiled implicitly, and the words he said didn't choke the shopkeeper to death. "That's what I thought too."
Shopkeeper: "...... girl, can you die if you are modest?"
Lin Xiao threw out the highlight at the critical moment, "This is the first part of this book, you can show it to the shopkeeper." She slowly picked up the teacup, "But you only have one cup of tea." Lin Xiao was worried that the business had not yet been negotiated, and it would be a real loss to write it down if he encountered that kind of unforgettable one.
The shopkeeper of Wenyuan Books obviously also understands the rules, and immediately looked quickly, when the time for a cup of tea came, he could browse it through, and the shock in his heart was not deep.
It's just a little girl who is not deeply involved in the world, and I never thought that I could write such a thing. "Girl, I will give forty taels of silver for this book, and we have also bought several other copies of your book." This price is not high, not to mention in Yuliang County, even in Youzhou Mansion, I am afraid that there is no such price.
Lin Xiao didn't agree, but said: "To be honest, I originally wrote a script for this book. There is also a script, do you want to read it for the shopkeeper? As if by magic, she pulled out a thin bound book from her bosom.
The shopkeeper only watched part of it, and he knew that if such a script was done, it would definitely be a big hit.
"What do you mean, Miss Lin?" Calming down, the shopkeeper finally noticed that something was wrong. "But do you think forty taels of silver is too little?" This girl has a lot of appetite. When she took out this script, didn't she tell him: If I don't sell it to you, I can still sell it to the opera garden. The shopkeeper knows very well that a good book, the opera garden is willing to pay a lot of money to buy it.
"No, I think it's a lot, actually." Lin Xiao raised his head and looked at him sincerely, "But I don't want to do this hammer deal, I can sell the copyright of this book to Wenyuan Books, I don't want a buyout price of forty taels of silver." β
I thought that Lin Xiao was going to take the opportunity to raise the price, but the shopkeeper was a little surprised, "What does that girl want?" β