At the end of June, the merchants who had shipped 20,000 copies of comic books to other places for sale came to Ninghua County one after another, and their purpose was very simple, that is, they wanted to order more comic books to sell back, and at the same time, they also came to urge the printing workshop to print the next few comic books as soon as possible.

On the evening of June 29, this group of merchants gathered at Hui Niang's pharmacy, and Hui Niang invited the master who had been called last time to come over and set up a scene. As the person in charge of the negotiation, Shen Xi sat at the counter and negotiated the details of the order with these foreign merchants like a big shopkeeper.

This time there were more than a dozen people before, they traveled extensively, and even brought some northern merchants. These people wore silk and satin, and wore thick gold necklaces, and at a glance they knew that they were wealthy. Like these big businessmen, they don't go to a small county like Ninghua to do business on weekdays, and this time they had to make a special trip to this small county in western Fujian for the sake of comic books.

The last time he came forward to speak, the middle-aged merchant from Nanjing, named Su Shaqi, is said to have opened shops in various prefectures in Nanzhili and Hangzhou and other places, and his business involves clothing, food, housing, transportation, medicinal materials, stationery and other aspects, and his strength is strong, so he is still a negotiator of the businessman.

Su Shaqi walked to the counter with a smile and greeted: "Little shopkeeper, we meet again, this time we are talking about business, I want to buy more albums, I wonder if the price can be reduced?" ”

Shen Xi smiled and replied, "If the amount is too large and you can pay the deposit, the price can be negotiated." ”

Shen Xi didn't say anything full, although it seemed that he was giving a discount, but there were harsh prerequisites. Input subtitles at the site: нeì Уа Пgе·Сом to watch the new chapter

"Our purchase this time is a big increase for the previous two volumes, which were 10,000 copies each. After that, we bought 20,000 copies of each album...... I don't know the little shopkeeper, how many volumes has this album been out? ”

When Shen Xi heard this, this business was really not small.

Buying 20,000 copies at a time was already a very big business, even after expanding the workshop, it still brought 600 taels of silver to Zhou and Hui Niang, and according to the calculation of 20,000 copies per volume as Su Shaqi said, only the third and fourth volumes were 40,000 copies.

"Our comic book is in the sixth volume."

Shen Xi was ruthless, and deliberately said two more volumes, anyway, he has been painting the original painting during this time, and he can paint the fifth and sixth volumes in a few days, plus the master who engraves and prints the plate now has experience, and the preparation before printing can be completed in half a month at most.

In this way, there will be 80,000 copies of the order alone, and according to the calculation of half of the cost of a book left behind, that is, 25 yuan of silver, this amount alone will reach 2,000 taels of silver.

Su Shaqi and the others summed it up, the quarrel was very fierce, and it took a long time to reach a reunification, it seems that they attach great importance to this business.

"How much is it and when will it be delivered?"

Su Shaqi cautiously asked, if the delivery period is too long, after the boom of comic book sales, or if there are pirated copies later, these middlemen will have no oil and water to make.

Shen Xi calculated, after continuous expansion of production capacity, the current printing capacity of the workshop can print about 1,500 copies a day, and it will take more than 50 days to print these 80,000 copies, which is obviously too long for delivery.

"We can deliver 10,000 copies in batches. You can choose which volume to print first in each batch, but in the first four batches, we will not supply volumes 5 and 6. Overall, your order can be completed within one month. ”

Shen Xi's idea was to expand the scale of the workshop again, anyway, now that the skilled workers were saturated, what was needed was to ask carpenters to do more engraving and add some people to do hard work, responsible for moving, lifting and binding books.

When Su Shaqi heard it, although it was not satisfactory in terms of delivery time, it was not too late. He hurriedly asked, "During this period, you won't supply to others, will you?" ”

"Of course, we are true to our word, could it be that when your last batch of comic books were sold, someone could not steal business with you?" Shen Xi asked pointedly.

Su Shaqi smiled: "Naturally not, but now the order has doubled, and the price is ......."

Shen Xi knew very well that the most important thing for these merchants was profit, and now that the comic books were shipped elsewhere to sell well, they naturally struck while the iron was hot, and they hoped that the wholesale price of the printing workshop would be lower.

"If you still pay fifty percent of the money you paid in the past, the price will remain the same at fifty yuan, but if you pay all the money first, the price can be reduced to forty-five yuan...... It's up to you how you choose. Shen Xi proposed a plan.

When Su Shaqi and others heard this, they first asked the bookstore shopkeeper Hui Niang what he meant. Hui Niang's medicinal herb business in Ninghua County is doing well, and she is also the head of the Ninghua Pharmacy Chamber of Commerce, these merchants are very involved, most of them have the experience of selling medicinal materials, and they have some business dealings with Hui Niang.

Hui Niang smiled and said, "The business of the comic book is all in charge of the little shopkeeper. ”

Su Shaqi went back to discuss with his companions.

Although Shen Xi couldn't hear what these people were saying, he could roughly see that these people still had opinions. Hand over the silver first, and the most fearful thing is that you won't be able to get the goods when the time comes. Doing business is about paying with one hand and delivering with the other, but because the comic book is completely a seller's market at present, it is difficult for them to overturn Shen Xi's decision.

"Little shopkeeper, can you discuss it again? We are willing to pay 30 cents at a time, and the price of the album remains at 45 cents. Doing business pays attention to mutual benefit and reciprocity, and we will definitely have more opportunities for cooperation in the future, so why not give each other a step? ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "Shopkeeper Su, that's not what you said, you order with us, we are responsible for organizing manpower and material resources to print it with all our might, if you don't want it to be printed, or regret not giving the silver halfway, you are not Ninghua people, we have no place to reason." ”

"So, it's better to just pay first, we can also put our hearts in our stomachs, and there are also discounts in terms of prices. As long as the album can be handed in on time, the price of the shipment to the field is completely up to you, and you must know that the majority of the profits of this business are yours. ”

Su Shaqi calculated that 80,000 comic books could save 400 taels of silver, which was a lot of money, so he had to sigh: "Okay, let's pay the money first." Alas, you little shopkeeper is a real money fan...... Now that it's settled, let's sign the contract, and send someone back to bring the money. Mrs. Lu, do you have any objections? ”

Hui Niang shook her head and smiled: "No problem." ”

Su Shaqi immediately discussed with the people behind him, and went back to ask someone to fetch the silver. Last time, I just found a few people to carry the money, but this time the money was all put in a box and transported directly by horse-drawn carriage.

A total of three thousand six hundred taels of silver, divided into twelve large boxes and shipped, nearly half of which were copper coins, which needed to be counted, and the silver also needed to be compared.

The two parties then sign a contract, and the time of delivery is clearly indicated...... Su Shaqi and others were extremely shrewd, afraid that the printing workshop would not be able to complete on time, and if there was a delay in delivery, there would be fines of varying amounts every day, and the amount of fines would increase greatly for each additional day of delay.

Sending people away, Zhou was a little anxious: "Sister, these people are not good...... What if we can't finish on time? ”

"It's a big deal to lose some money, and now it's important to work overtime to complete the order. Master Lu, what do you think? ”

Several printers who were invited to come were very embarrassed, and the business had just begun, and if they immediately answered the proprietor that they could not complete it, it would definitely not work.

Shen Xi said: "You might as well do this, start working tonight, let's divide the manpower into three shifts, four hours per shift, so that the workers will not be too tired, and we will pay double the wages of the two shifts at most." Now that the money is in front of us, there is no reason why we should not make money, and we should be able to hire men and tools tomorrow. ”

Hui Niang nodded: "Okay, let's go back to work now, Master Lu, tell the guys, twelve hours a day, divided into three shifts, as for the salary, we will double it when it is the turn of the night shift, just busy this month, and then give everyone plenty of rest time when the order is completed, in addition to another bonus." ”

Hearing that there was money to be made, these printers were in high spirits.

The printing workshop used to work five hours a day, but now it only takes four hours a shift, and it seems that the working hours have been reduced. As for the two shifts that were handed over at night, they couldn't go home after work due to the curfew, but fortunately, the workshop was very large after several expansions, and it was only necessary to add some beds in other rooms to deal with sleeping.

Master Lu and the others hurriedly responded, and hurriedly went back to work, and Hui Niang also sent the printing plate over overnight.

Although Shen Xi didn't have to go to the workshop, he had to hurry up and draw the unfinished original paintings of the fifth and sixth volumes, which was a very tight business, but it involved whether the printing workshop could become bigger in one fell swoop, and the sense of urgency was also the driving force for progress.

Hui Niang came back very late, at this time Shen Xi was still fighting at night, with the painting experience of the previous few original paintings, now Shen Xi is already handy in painting, and his speed has improved a lot.

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