Chapter 46: Update!
Zhao Cheng's interest is not the monthly income of the serialization, but the income from this contract can be financed by Lao Chen's loan.
Now, there is finally a shopkeeper of a printing workshop who is willing to accept Zhao Cheng's order, and plans to publish a batch of exquisite editions of "Lanruo Temple".
They can't refine the workshop that is too small, and the powerful printing workshop is too small to accept the list, and the minimum order of 100 is mainly limited to the printing technology of this era, and their movable type typesetting proofreading is a relatively large amount of work.
Therefore, the publication of the hardcover book this time is Zhao Cheng's real purpose. Authorizing the oral serialization of Heshun Tea House is just an operation to expand influence and word-of-mouth, attract attention and raise funds. The real profit will be the sale of these hardcover books.
Hardcover books can be sold for a very high price. Because the people who can buy books are the high-end people of this era, they don't care about the price, this group of people just don't like to go to the tea houses of the three religions and nine streams to listen to the public. Spending money is not a problem, the point is that this group of people will most likely buy books with a lot of attention.
Some people buy it back not for the story, but just to see why people are interested in this thing. In short, the purpose is different.
In addition, the published content will be more advanced than the serialized content, that is to say, these guys who have spent a lot of money can see the update as soon as possible, and it will be more refreshing to read through a book in one go, and it is more in line with the daily habits of this group of high-consumption groups, because they are people who have a lot of things to do, and they will not have the energy to follow the story for a long time.
In addition, the Great Song Dynasty also needs to officially obtain a publishing license from the government before it can be published. This is a literati business, and Guichi County has no jurisdiction, so Lao Liu can't help.
However, this kind of non-regent storybook is the special environment of the Northern Song Dynasty, so it is relatively simple. It can definitely be released, it is nothing more than how many dots are made, and whether the time to wait for approval is or not.
The key to the network is here, Li Jianyou nervously admitted that he owed Zhao Cheng a favor last time. Therefore, Li Jianyou helped to submit the publication of "Lanruo Temple" for review, and it only took a quarter of an hour after it was sent to the state government, and the relevant people immediately approved the publication permission......
Recently, the story about Lanruo Temple is really a bunker, and it is hotly discussed everywhere, even if many people don't know the content, they all listen to this and that, and they can say a few words casually.
This has become a trend.
Miss Cai walked down the street with Shuang'er, and she didn't want to go to the tea shop to listen to others, and her infinite curiosity was aroused again. Not for the story itself, she also wants to study for Mao's current story?
"Update!"
When passing by the Heshun Tea House, it was still the group of Xiaobai who were raising their hands and shouting, and they were more lively than before.
Miss Cai became even more curious, and while walking, she listened to two scholars discuss:
"I heard that today's hardcover book of "Lanruo Temple" is on the world."
"Go check it out, you should be able to buy it if it's early."
"This is not necessarily, I don't know that there are very few for Mao this time, I heard that the first release is only 2,000 copies."
"Anyway, let's go check it out first."
As he spoke, the two scholars walked away slowly.
Miss Cai, who doesn't care about many things, is a little unconvinced, just a story, how it got it and a super national salvation strategy.
"Miss, I'm getting more and more curious, Shuang'er, you go buy me a hardcover book, I want to read it carefully, whether it's really extraordinary, listen to this and that, it's amazing, but I don't know what the details of the story are?"
Miss Cai seems to be a little angry, and she looks better when she is angry......
There is no need to use Lao Chen's channels to sell books. This is the benefit of gaining serialized popularity at a low-end tea shop.
Now everyone is telling this story, so there is no need for Zhao Cheng to sell it, only news is that the hardcover book is on the market today, and there are many booksellers waiting at the door of the printing shop early. It didn't take a quarter of an hour for just 2,000 copies to be snapped up by local booksellers in Chizhou City......
Shuang'er was extremely embarrassed when she went to a certain study hall, and she planned to go in to show her identity and ask the shopkeeper to "hurry up and get a copy of "Lanruo Temple" for this girl to take back", but this is not the case at all, the small hall has long been crowded with people, and she can't squeeze in even if she is spicy.
"Where are you hiding the books...... Give me "Lanruo Temple"! ”
The guys at the front waved copper coins but couldn't buy them.
The shopkeeper had to blow everyone away: "It's gone, it's all bought by those scalpers, look for them to buy it!" ”
"Don't hide it, give me "Lanruo Temple" quickly!"
These guys became more and more curious, and continued to wave the silver taels, but they refused to leave.
No one knows whether it's a trust or not, in short, even if there are really a few of them, but the popularity of this story is not in doubt at all now, and it's basically certain that only 2,000 hardcover copies will not be sold.
There are more than one such rush to buy, and every place to buy books is similar. Many people can't buy it.
Counting that Shuang'er is stupid and has a lot of money, she couldn't squeeze in, so she easily doubled the price and bought the first episode of the hardcover book "Lanruo Temple" from a second-class dealer......
"Two thousand copies...... Can't buy it on the first day of listing, need to double the price to buy? ”
In the luxurious and comfortable large study, Miss Cai took the "Lanruo Temple" bought by Shuang'er and looked at it with a frown.
It's said that it's a hardcover book, but in fact, it seems to her that it's more ordinary, and it's just an ordinary book with acceptable printing quality, and she's used to seeing all kinds of collectible secret books, and she doesn't think it's much hardcover.
"Yes, Miss, this book is popular now." Shuang'er Road.
Miss Cai pouted, "I know how hot it is, I don't need you to emphasize it to me, go down." ”
"Miss, I want to see it too, I heard that the update progress of the hardcover book is faster."
Shuang'er's mouth was very fast, but she was glared at by her malice, so she had to go out with her head down, "Okay, this part of the update was not originally written for people like me, of course, people like Miss read it first." ”
The situation is somewhat exaggerated, and many people who like this story are already fanatical. But until now, Miss Cai has never learned about this story from the details.
In normal times, people like Miss Cai are really not interested in participating in the ranks of chasing more, mainly to understand why it has caused a sensation, and at the same time, she has also heard the beginning of the story, which is interesting.
She began to read, but in addition to the more attractive few hundred words at the beginning, the style of writing changed later, and the quality style and ideas fell sharply.
Such a story will be attractive to people who are illiterate and have hardly read the story, which is called Xiaobai, but for a well-read person like Miss Cai, there is no desire to read.
Of course, it didn't rot to the roots, and there were some small bright spots in a few places, which could be regarded as the kind that barely allowed Miss Cai to watch it in her free time.
At this point, Miss Cai's interest was greatly reduced, and she patiently read three pages and put down the book, thinking that it was nothing more than that.
However, she didn't complain about Shuang'er buying books at a high price, after all, this is a book, and this money is insignificant. So I got up and found a vacant space on the bookshelf in the study and stuffed it in.
When he was about to leave, the door of the study was pushed open first, and a middle-aged man with an elegant face and temperament walked in. He was followed by two officers and two scribes, and when they saw that Miss Cai was here, the rest of them hurriedly bowed down and retreated on their own.
Miss Cai was blessed, "Father." ”