I had made an appointment with Sun Hao to meet at Sun's bookstore, and after handing in the papers, Sun Dan was worried about what was going on over there, so he hurriedly ran over.

When they arrived at the bookstore, Sun Hao and Sun Jia were waiting there, and the shopkeeper of the bookstore also sat next to him to serve tea.

Sun Hao has already been hit on the spot by the county, and he has passed the county test, and his spirit is still in a high degree of excitement. Seeing that Sun Dan didn't mention the book, he asked anxiously first: "Brother Dan, can you win?" ”

Sun Dan didn't speak, only nodded.

"Okay, it's all hit, our brothers are proud this time." Sun Hao slapped the table excitedly and stood up suddenly: "Straight thief, I don't think it's difficult for this boy to take the test, let's just take a show in one breath this year." ”

Sun Hao slapped the table, and the teacup on the table jumped up, dripping with water, which startled the shopkeeper next to him.

Sun Jia didn't feel like she was snickering.

Sun Dan saw that Sun Hao was really forgetful, and kindly reminded: "Brother Hao, the reason why you passed the test this time is actually because Zhang Zhixian is largely for Mr. Li's face. You think, this time, Mr. Li started to write the question a month in advance and set the key points. Early this morning, he personally took me into the examination room, and if I couldn't get in, it would be a strange thing. The county and government exams are not strict, and the examiners at the county and government levels look at the face of the Sun family of the Marquis of Huichang, and it is just a nod to let a few children of the Sun family pass the test, and it is just a trivial matter.

But when it came to the college examination, it was strict, and the examiner was personally served by the provincial academic and political masters. Besides, the college examination is related to the qualifications of students to participate in the imperial examination, and all aspects are closely watching.

Admiral Xuezheng is a big party, he has no affection to talk about, everything depends on your true ability.

When the time comes, Mr. Li can certainly help us solve the problem and delineate a scope. However, the questions in the college examination are much more difficult, and it is not something that can be dealt with by memorizing and memorizing them. ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but nod his head when he heard Sun Dan's words: "Ah, Brother Tan'er's words are reasonable, the villain also thought about entering the imperial examination and getting ahead before taking charge of this bookstore." I have been studying in ethnology for more than ten years, and I have successfully passed the county examination and the government examination, but I was brushed off at the threshold of the hospital examination. Next, the villain participated in fifteen college examinations in one go, but none of them were successful, and he never won the imperial examination. In my opinion, this college exam is very different from the two county and government exams. The difficulty of the question is high, and there are thousands of schoolchildren in the province. To stand out among these thousands, how can you just rely on rote memorization? ”

The shopkeeper sighed softly, recalling the situation when he took the college exam, and he was very embarrassed to look back: "Tongsheng, Tongsheng, although there is a child's character on the name." But when you enter the examination room, you can find that the room is full of white hair, and as for the weak-crowned teenagers, there are very few. I heard that some people were admitted to the age of 70 and did not pass the exam. The villain took the college examination from the age of fifteen and took the exam until he was thirty-six years old, and the family was so poor that he couldn't stand it, so he got rid of that delusion and entered the family bookstore to do things. ”

His face turned miserable: "Fame and fame are wrong, if I had seen through this earlier, I am afraid that it would not be the current situation." ”

Hearing this passage of the shopkeeper, Sun Hao was shocked: "Sixty or seventy-year-old people are still taking the exam, my God!" ”

He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "With my ability, it may be possible to pass the house test, if you want to be a talent, I will look at the suspense, so I can simply donate one." ”

Thinking of this, he became happy again, hugged Sun Dan, and laughed: "Brother Dan, your book is selling very well, and we have made a fortune this time." ”

He slapped a brand-new copy of "Journey to the West" on the table: "All the books printed this time were sold out, and there was an additional print in the meantime, and they were all sold out." Yesterday we have settled the accounts, and each of us has twenty-four taels of silver. ”

"So much?" Sun Dan was a little surprised, he was not familiar with business. In his opinion, this version is to cross the river by feeling the stones and test the water, but it really can't work, and if you lose, you will lose. But he never expected that the new book would sell well.

Seeing Sun Dan's surprised gaze, the shopkeeper nodded and affirmed Sun Hao's words: "In other words, Brother Dan'er's "Journey to the West" is a good book. With my grandson's distribution channel, even if it is a wordless book, I can sell it. Of course, it's a one-shot deal. No matter how good a book is, once it comes out, there will be a large number of anti-printing in the market, and the book store will not make much profit. Generally speaking, we only publish the entire book. It's the first time that yours has been serialized every month. If readers want to see the next episode in the fastest time, they have to buy books from our bookstore.

As a result, piracy can be eliminated to the greatest extent possible, after all, piracy takes time. We are the first to start here, as long as we increase the volume and store the goods within the same time, no matter how many pirated books are produced, it will have no impact on our sales. Moreover, the print run is also within a controllable range. For example, "Journey to the West" has 100,000 readers in Shandong, and we occupied this market at the first time. ”

SUN Dandao; "But this is the truth, the shopkeeper can see it." He picked up the book and looked at it without sweating profusely. The author's name on the book is impressively written with the words "Penglai Mountain People".

After thinking about it for a moment, Sun Dan immediately understood what was going on.

Although the citizens of the Ming Dynasty regarded reading as a major pastime, they despised books such as novels and legends in their hearts, just like the online novels of later generations, although everyone loved to read them, their status was not very high.

Most of the people who write this kind of legendary novel are landed talents, and readers always have some so-called face thoughts, and when they write articles, they naturally refuse to use their real names, so as not to be laughed at.

This is also understandable, at the beginning, Sun Dan also thought about using a pen name, but because of vanity, he still used his real name.

Thinking of this, Sun Dan was suddenly shocked in his heart, and said secretly: Fortunately, the shopkeeper changed his name, otherwise it would be spread out, and his reputation would be ruined, which would be greatly unfavorable to the future admission to the imperial examination.

This "Journey to the West" is well printed, both on paper and in binding. The most amazing thing is that there are also a few illustrations in it, which looks like a handicraft, and the printing technology of Sun's book store is really good.

But Sun Dan still frowned slightly, and said unceremoniously to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, what is this book seal so good." In my opinion, this is a book that is convenient for sitting on the toilet. After reading it, tear it off and use it directly to wipe your buttocks. Don't you want to make a volume, you don't have to be so beautifully framed. "---- I hope Mr. Wu Chengen will forgive me, of course, the great masterpieces of ancient times, to put it bluntly, in the eyes of people at that time, they were leisure books, and they could not be elegantly classified, that is, they were reading materials such as online literature in later generations.

Hearing Sun Dan's vulgar words, Sun Jia next to him couldn't help but blush.

The shopkeeper patted his thigh: "Brother Dan is right, Miss Sun Jia also told me about this just now, and she also meant this." From the next issue onwards, I put on the worst paper, no illustrations or anything, and the characters were printed smaller, so I could read them anyway. As a result, the cost will also be reduced by 20%. ”

"Ah, that's what Sun Jia meant?" Sun Dan was amazed.

Sun Jia nodded: "If you want to increase the quantity, you must sell the book in the fastest time and occupy the market, so you can't be too particular about the quality of the book." If our genuine books are worse than pirated books, plus the printing volume is large, the cost is low. If pirated books dare to come to grab the market, they will definitely lose one by one. We're going to compare it to pirated books. ”

Sun Dan touched his nose: "Bad money eliminates good money, and the ancients don't deceive me." Originally, I thought that Sun Jia was just a little girl who didn't understand anything, but the truths she said just now made Sun Dan impressed.

I didn't understand the business things, so I simply handed them over to Sun Jia and the shopkeeper to do. In the Ming Dynasty, doing business was not a good way out, and becoming an official by the imperial examination was the right way. As the shopkeeper just said, the college examination is very difficult, so you can't be careless.

Stretching his waist, Sun Dan said: "Today is a good day, Brother Hao and I were both picked up by the magistrate." Everyone was also tired, so they simply went home early to rest. Three days later, the list will be officially released, and I don't know what your ranking is. By the way, when the list is released, we still have to go to see Zhang Zhixian, according to the rules, he can be regarded as your mentor. ”

"You've worked hard, too." Sun Jia said, pushing over an account: "Settle this month's account." ”

"Okay, divide the money, and I'll go home early if I get the money." Thinking of the huge amount of twenty-four taels of silver, and thinking that this was the first large amount of cash he earned after arriving in the Ming Dynasty, Sun Dan suddenly felt a little excited in his heart, but his expression was still very calm, and even a little indifferent.

The shopkeeper couldn't help nodding in his heart: This Sun Dan is good, he is a calm person, I don't want Sun Hao to them, as soon as he checked out yesterday, this guy jumped three feet high, looked up to the sky and laughed wildly. Moreover, the sales idea he just mentioned is also thought-provoking, like this kind of publication with a carrier, I really haven't seen anyone do it before, and it's a shame that he can think of it. If Sun Dan has no hope for the imperial examination in the future, he might as well ask him to come to the book store to help, and it will be difficult to make money with him by his side.

The shopkeeper promised to publish a book for Sun Dan and Sun Hao, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. The start-up capital given by Sun Jia was not enough at all. But thinking about it, Sun Hao is the future head of the Sun family, and he will rely on his care for his future job. This time, even if it is a loss, as long as it can please him, it will be of great benefit to his future.

As for the money lost, it's a big deal to move it on the books and move the losses to the next month.

But he never expected that Sun Dan's "Journey to the West" would be sold out of stock as soon as it came out, and until now, booksellers from all over the world continue to come to the door to ask him to promise that once the second episode of "Journey to the West" comes out, he must give them spot as soon as possible.

Until now, the shopkeeper has admired Sun Dan to the extreme.

Sun Hao laughed: "Brother Dan, don't worry, you are our backbone, and money is naturally indispensable to you." Grandma's, twenty-four taels, my Sun Hao has never handled so much cash in his life. He kept rubbing his hands and excitedly circled around the house: "Sun Jia and I have already received our share, and your share is in the back room." ”

Sun Dan: "Okay, give me my share, I'm in a hurry to go home!" ”

The shopkeeper was suddenly a little embarrassed: "Yes, yes, I will give it to you immediately, but there is too much money, do you need to hire a porter?" ”

Sun Dan was a little displeased: "It's just twenty-four taels of silver, what kind of porter do you hire?" ”

The shopkeeper's face turned red: "I'm sorry, but many of the books recovered this time are copper coins." The broken silver was exchanged by Miss Sun and Brother Hao first, and now the cash in the store has been sold out, and only three sacks of copper coins remain. ”

"Ah, is that true?" Sun Dan was taken aback.

"Naturally, take it seriously!" Sun Hao and Sun Jia both laughed at the same time.

"Twenty-four taels of silver are all copper coins, how many coins do you need!" Sun Dan's head was a little swollen, and after calculation, it should be 24,000 pieces, among them, the money with poor quality still floated up. In total, it is at least more than 25,000.

How heavy is that?

Firmament!

Seeing the three bulging marijuana bags, Sun Dan wanted to cry without tears.

And Sun Hao and Sun Jia were sympathetic on the side.

These two guys are very shrewd, Sun Jia has already exchanged her share for a dozen gold leaves and sandwiched them in a copy of "The Analects", while Sun Hao is a small bag of snowflake broken silver, which is easy to carry and low-key.

But Sun Dan couldn't be calm, looking at the three sacks, he was in the middle of a long time, and then he reluctantly asked the shopkeeper to help him call three porters, carried the cash, and walked towards the direction of home with anger.