The dinner hosted by Qu Ning was scheduled to be held three days later, on the same day as the newspaper's release.

In the early morning of the same day, the printing house, editors, and reporters rushed to work overnight, and finally printed the 10,000th copy of the printed publication, which was hurriedly delivered to the newsboys in Shangjing.

On the same day, the families who had already subscribed to the newspaper received another newspaper made of thin and small, but extremely fine from paper to printing, and the newsboy who came to deliver the newspaper knocked on the door and said with a smile to some housewives who had come to pick up the newspaper: "This newspaper is specially made for women, and even illiterate women can read it." ”

The women, who really couldn't read a basket of big characters, opened it with curiosity and were immediately attracted by the beautiful comic strips on it—a vivid story they had never seen before. And more literate women are paying attention to the part about women's maintenance and popular clothing in Kyoto, after all, no one wants to be treated as a turtle. Most of the housewives put away the newspapers, thanked the newsboys, and asked some of them, "How much is this newspaper?" Our family doesn't have a ...... for this, "Although it looks good, if it's too expensive, it can't afford it."

Wearing a uniform green hat, the clever and cute little boy shook his head: "This issue is a lady who doesn't need money, I will send it twice a week in the future, and after a month, if you decide to subscribe to it, this newspaper will be charged." ”

"That's right," the woman muttered for a moment, nodded and took the bosom friend away.

Dive into the night with the wind, moisturizing things silently.

The first issue of the bosom friend newspaper entered thousands of households in Kyoto in such a gentle, spring-like way.

***

waited until the news from the newsboy came back, knowing that most of the women couldn't help but open the newspaper and read it on the spot, almost sleepless all night, Qu Ning, who had been waiting for the news, was greatly relieved.

She seemed to be calm, but only she knew that her palms had already been pinched with sweat - by now, the funds spent had almost dried up her small treasury, although Tang Shaoshuai had told her that if she was short of money, even if she opened her mouth to him, the Tang family's medium feed and household resources were also in her hands, but this start-up capital was already the largest amount of money she had spent in her life.

Success or failure lies in countless details. For example, the people to whom these 10,000 newspapers will be distributed have also been analyzed.

It is inevitable to have a large family with money and leisure, and the family itself must have the habit of subscribing to newspapers, which means that there are literate people in the family, but it cannot be a pure old-fashioned family, and the kind of family woman only knows three from four virtues, although it is a customer who can be won over, but at the beginning, it is not her main goal. Small middle-class families are also suitable, only the families of young couples are the most suitable, these are the things she has told the little newsboys early on, and now is the time to determine whether her analysis is correct.

Judging from the current feedback, women are still very interested in this newspaper, although it is not certain for the time being, this interest is because it is free, or it will continue for a long time, Qu Ning is already very sure: everything is difficult at the beginning, now there is a haode to start, will the success be far away? In this era without the Internet, the demand for newspapers is very large, and for newspapers and publications, reading will produce dependence, as long as the dependence of these women can be fully aroused, then the subsequent subscription will definitely not be a problem. What's more, most of her future income should come from advertising and cooperation with stores, but the subscription fee is just a symbolic little charge, which will definitely not make her potential customers feel distressed.

She smiled slightly, beckoned someone to reward the little newsboys who came to report the good news, and immediately made up her mind: seeing that it was already three poles in the morning, the dinner party would start soon. The guests had arrived one after another, and she needed to concentrate more now than the dinner.

The banquet was set up in a main hall of the Tang family's mansion, and the decorations and furnishings were all changed according to her wishes: it was set up in a buffet mode, and the guests could choose their own positions and food when they entered the door.

There was a grand piano in the middle of the hall, next to the stage that had been set up with a high-gloss background, Sai Jinhua was auditioning in the background, and Tang Jian was trying his hand next to the piano.

Seeing Qu Ning coming in, the girl in a pure white evening dress raised her head timidly, and under the light, the face that had always had a timid expression also showed a restrained beauty.

She was obviously not very comfortable with the high heels on her feet and the evening dress on her body, so she stopped and shouted "sister-in-law", and looked down at the black and white keys with some uneasiness.

Qu Ning knew that she was flustered, walked over and put her hand on her shoulder, smiled softly and comforted: "Third sister is afraid?" ”

"I ......," Tang Jian lowered his head, "I haven't performed in front of so many people." ”

Qu Ning smiled and patted her shoulder: "The first time I stood in front of many people to speak......" Her eyes were slightly empty because of the memory, since that time, it is already a memory of another life, but even if the body is different, the soul is always the same, and the memory at that time is just as universal now, "I will also tremble, my palms will sweat, and I even keep wanting to go to the clean room, but at that time someone said to me, don't be afraid, you remember, everyone in the audience is just a big winter melon." Talking to winter melons, will you still be afraid? ”

"......" Tang Jian also laughed out loud when she heard this, and now the original fear disappeared by three points, she looked down at the black and white keys, nodded and smiled, "Xiexie sister-in-law, I remember." ”

Qu Ning saw that her mood had stabilized, nodded and went to check the situation elsewhere. Her figure was like a butterfly dancing busily everywhere, Tang Key's originally panicked mood, and her slightly trembling fingers finally gradually turned into a stable and firm press on the keys.

What Qu Ning didn't know was that the reason why she panicked was not just because of her first appearance on stage.

It's because of some ulterior secrets.

She remembered what her second sister had said to her, and the second sister told her that if her brother wanted to marry another sister-in-law for her, how would she deal with herself?

And the relationship between his brother and his father is so tense, although he is his father's only heir, Tang Jian knows in his heart that if it really comes to a critical moment, his father will ......

Among the ladies who came today, a second sister told her to let her consider whether to marry a past partner.

She is very afraid of getting married, but if it is for her brother, for her sister-in-law, and for these people who are the most sincere and friendly to her, should she seriously please the other party? She really knows almost nothing, she is neither beautiful enough, nor smart enough, and she is not the most favored by her father, so what can she do for her relatives?

Tang Key's fingers were almost subconsciously waving lightly, and a string of ascending, melodic arpeggios flowed out of her hands, and behind the notes that were as light as elves, was her gradually clear mood.

In the dark of the audience, Tang Yirou and Tang Xiangqin stood side by side, a pair of sisters glanced at each other, they were in each other's eyes, and they saw the uncontrollable undercurrent under the surface.

***

When the sun set in the west, the guests arrived one after another, and Qu Ning took the Sai Jinhua and personally stood at the inner door to receive those important guests. She is well aware of the benefits of Sai Jinhua: to be a prostitute. It is not a simple matter for a woman to become a celebrity in the city, Sai Jinhua can clearly call out the name and identity of almost every visitor, and whisper behind her back to remind her that she is almost effortless, just not wrong at all, and people are a little surprised that she can recognize everyone.

Domestic guests and foreign friends were divided into two groups, some foreign women were not good at English, Sai Jinhua also used the most common French at that time to help Qu Ning translate, which made all the women who came feel like a spring breeze.

Unmarried ladies, Qu Ning let Miss Tang Er and Miss Tang Si go to the reception, the ladies she personally accompanied, and the ambassador's wives gathered together in twos and threes, those foreigners aside, at least the domestic ladies are still seeing this buffet form for the first time, Qu Ning also specially prepared four or five tables for them, if you want to drink the banquet, you can also do it yourself.

In the banquet hall, it was obvious that the atmosphere was very relaxed, and although the women in evening dresses and Hanfu seemed to be distinct and spoke different languages, the distance between them was not as obvious as she had feared.

Needless to say, the skills of the Tang family's chefs are needless to say, Qu Ning also specially found some foreigners to come over, made some international delicacies, and put them on the spot for self-pickup.

There was pasta, steak with live performances, bacon omelette, Mexican barbecue, French roast snails, Nanyang curry, and even cold sushi in Japan – all these things were a novelty at the time, and this level of shijie cuisine was a precedent. If it weren't for the fact that Qu Ning was originally a foodie in her previous life, she probably wouldn't have been able to collect so many types. In the buffet area, not only the international friends were satisfied that they had tasted their own country again, but even some other young ladies also went to try other international cuisines - although most of their reactions were slightly frowning and feeling that "Bah Baba is not as delicious as imagined", but they finally ate something fresh and talked about in the future, in short, most of the visitors were very satisfied.

Qu Ning was surrounded by a group of people in the center at this time, and standing next to her was Alice, the French minister's wife, with a cocktail in her hand. Alice first admired her whimsy and feast today, Qu Ning thanked her modestly, and Alice suddenly asked her: "Madame's skin is really as smooth as milk, I know that your Far Eastern royal family has some special secret recipes for maintaining the body, I don't know if the young lady is willing to share it with us?" ”

As soon as they heard this, the women next to them immediately became agitated: Sure enough, no matter what time it is, women's pursuit of beauty is endless.

The author has something to say: I suddenly found that when there was a rumor everywhere, I was so calm that I didn't need to change the text and continued to change the text...... It's simply the conscience of the industry~~

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