Chapter Twenty-Six: The New Book Boom
This time he came to the county seat to participate in the boys' meeting, Li Daqi gave his son the usual pocket money, and the money was kept in the inn, Li Yanqing only had a small deerskin money bag in his arms, which contained a hundred coins, and the heavy copper coins jingled, which made Li Yanqing have a strong desire to spend them. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
They just walked a short distance, and met a stall selling snacks, four people surrounded it, Li Yanqing invited guests, bought a coke hammer and Chengsha dumplings for each person, wrapped them in wool paper, and spent a total of 20 yuan, Jiao Hammer is the hemp ball of later generations, fried with glutinous rice flour, hollow inside, wrapped in a layer of caramel outside, three cents a piece, Chengsha dumplings are fried bean paste dumplings, two cents a piece.
Li Yanqing also saw his favorite syrup cookcake, but unfortunately they were going to the bookstore, and it was inconvenient to have sugar on their hands, so he had to give up temporarily.
The four of them ate and walked, looking around all the way, the snow under their feet creaked and rattled, Wang Gui and Tang Huai couldn't help but build a snowman, only Li Yanqing was the first time to come to the county, and he was full of curiosity about everything in the county.
Not far away, a group of children are playing in the snow, clapping their hands and singing nursery rhymes:
Tang Seng rode a horse and knocked that dong,
followed by a Monkey King.
Monkey King, run fast,
followed by a Zhu Bajie.
Zhu Bajie, with a long nose,
He was followed by a sand monk.
Monk Sha, carrying a basket,
There's an old witch in the back.
......
Li Yanqing's heart was hot, as if a fire had been inadvertently ignited, this was the last additional children's song in his new book, but he didn't expect it to spread.
Li Yanqing was excited, he couldn't wait for the others, so he ran forward, Wang Gui chased after him, Wang Gui put his hands together and shouted: "Brother Qing'er, the intersection in front is to the left!" ”
After running for about a mile, they turned a corner, and Wang Gui pointed to the front, "The front is it." ”
Li Yanqing also saw that the street in front of him was full of all kinds of shops, and the first store had a big signboard with three big characters written on it, 'Shilinyuan', and this was it.
When I walked to the door, I found that there was a sign in front of the door, on which was written a column of big characters on white paper: "The new book "The Great Sage Monster Hunt", our store is on sale!" ”
Li Yanqing and everyone walked into the door of the bookstore in a hurry, and a hot air rushed towards them, and they found that the lobby was actually full of people, including well-educated people in deep-clothed Confucian robes, and young scholars in the county school.
Wang Gui was so anxious that as soon as he entered the door, he took Tang Huai around to find the book he wanted to buy, while Yue Fei picked up a selection of Tang poems and hid in the corner.
Li Yanqing was more interested in the bookstore, he found that the bookstore was the same as the pharmacy, the pattern of thousands of years has basically not changed, on both sides are rows of tall bookshelves, all kinds of books are placed in different categories, but the books are not placed vertically, but flat, in the middle is a row of long and wide tables, which are also full of books, the ground is paved with wood, and many people sit on the ground.
At this time, a strange cry came from the side, "Four fawns are also here!" ”
As soon as Li Yanqing turned around, he saw a bunch of young students crowded on the left side of the gate, it was the people who participated in the children's meeting with them, four of them were Weinan Town School, and the other three seemed to be Tangbei Township School, so it could be seen that they were very familiar with each other.
Li Yanqing saw that each of them was holding three or four books in their hands, all of which were his own "Great Sage Monster Hunt", so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "In the morning at the county office, didn't I see that several senior brothers had already bought them?" ”
A student from Weinan Town rolled his eyes and said, "Can't you buy it for a friend?" Wonder is the daughter of ignorance! ”
Another tall student from Tangbei Township smiled kindly and said, "This book is selling very well, if you want to buy it, go quickly!" If you can't buy it, don't cry. ”
"Brother Qing'er, I bought it!"
Wang Gui ran over excitedly, holding four books in his arms, "I'll buy this book, one person will give you one, I'll pay for it first, and I'll give it back to you." ”
"Thank you very much."
Li Yanqing turned his eyes and found that Tang Huai, who was following Wang Gui, was actually carrying a bundle of books, as many as thirty books, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
Wang Gui smiled and whispered to Li Yanqing: "If you buy it back to make money, you will earn ten wen for one book, and you will earn it back if you buy a book." ”
Li Yanqing gave him a kick, this kid's brain is flexible but flexible, but it's not open enough, there are more than 100 students in the school, why don't you buy 100 copies?
He thought of something again, and looked back at a few students, who had already paid their bills and left, and each of these people was holding three or four books, and they were probably going to take them back to make money.
"Brother Qing'er!" Someone suddenly shouted at him from behind.
Li Yanqing turned around, only to see Shopkeeper Luo walking over with a smile, Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Shopkeeper Luo, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
"I heard your father say a few days ago that you are going to participate in the Boys' Club, and I said that if Lushan Town doesn't let you come, there must still be no hope this year."
"Shopkeeper Luo has won the prize!"
Shopkeeper Luo warmly invited: "Go!" Go up for a cup of hot tea. ”
Li Yanqing turned around and said to Wang Gui and Tang Huai: "I'll go up for a while, and I'll come right away." ”
Wang Gui and Tang Huai were staring at the guy using scissors to reaming their silver, lest the guy make a trick and cut off an extra piece, where did he have the heart to pay attention to Li Yanqing, so he waved his hand and let him go.
Li Yanqing followed Shopkeeper Luo to the room on the second floor and sat down, Shopkeeper Luo poured him a cup of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Originally, I also planned to take time to go to the inn to find you today and tomorrow, but since you are here, then you don't have to go." ”
Li Yanqing sighed: "I didn't expect the book to come out so soon, I thought it would be at least a year later!" ”
"This time the proprietor himself is in charge, the eight bookstores are carved separately, and it is engraved in five days, printed and bound by the head office of the Daimyo's Mansion, and it was officially sold ten days ago, this speed is also the first time for Shi Linyuan, if it is an ordinary book, it will take two months to photoetch."
"The book seems to be selling well!" Li Yanqing said with a smile.
"More than that!"
Shopkeeper Luo smiled so much that his eyes bloomed, "It's only been ten days, the Daimyo Mansion and Xiangzhou have sold more than 5,000 copies, and our Tangyin County alone has sold more than 500 copies, not counting today's volume, I am about to send someone to the Daimyo Mansion to urge the goods, there are only 300 copies left in the store, this is the best book I have sold in the past 30 years, or the proprietor has a vision!" ”
Li Yanqing quickly calculated an account in his heart, according to the agreement, if he sold more than 2,000 copies, he would give himself 20% of his income, and now he has sold 5,000 copies, that is, he will give himself 30,000 yuan, which is only the sales volume of the two states in ten days.
Li Yanqing was secretly happy in his heart, and then he remembered something important, and hurriedly asked, "Is this book only sold by Shi Linyuan?" ”
"How so? We have dealings with many bookstores, such as the three major bookstores in Bianjing, as well as the big bookstores in Hangzhou, CD Liangzhou and other places, we all have interests, their books are sold here, and our books will be sold to them at a profit, but you can rest assured, the money you will give you is still calculated at the agreed price. ”
Li Yanqing promised his father to stop after only writing three copies, because he didn't expect it to sell so well, and if he sold it like this, the income from the first book alone would be at least a few hundred, and it was simply stupid to lose this opportunity to make money, so he decided to ignore his father and continue to write.
He smiled again and asked, "How could you take the name of a Lushan Xiaoxiaozi?" ”
"It's your father's name, and we're going to have to use it."
Li Yanqing frowned, "It turned out to be my father's name, no wonder it's so unstandard." ”
Shopkeeper Luo leaned forward and said in a low voice: "There are already other bookstores asking who the author is, and now only me, the proprietor, your father and you know the truth, I hope you must not leak it out, even if you have a few good friends." ”
"Don't worry! I'm not going out to preach, Shopkeeper Luo, if the book keeps selling, we'll continue to work together. ”
Shopkeeper Luo was overjoyed, he was worried about this! The proprietor scolded him severely, how could such a hot book be stopped after only writing three copies.
He knew that Daqi was bent on letting his son take the test for fame, and it was difficult to convince him, but he didn't expect Li Yanqing to propose it himself, which made him overjoyed, this kid was much more shrewd than his father.
"But don't tell my father about this just yet."
"There are a few! There are a few! Shopkeeper Luo's eyes narrowed into a slit, the nature of the businessman was exposed, how could Li Daqi ruin this good deal.
At this time, Wang Gui shouted impatiently downstairs, Li Yanqing got up to say goodbye, and the shopkeeper Luo gave him four books, and instructed him: "The next book should be written in a hurry, it is best to give me the manuscript after the New Year, it will be difficult to sell it if it is too long." ”
"I understand, I'll start writing when I get back."
Li Yanqing walked downstairs, and Wang Gui stepped forward and complained: "Why did you go for so long?" ”
Li Yanqing raised the book in his hand, "The shopkeeper gave it to me, you can keep the book and sell it!" ”
Wang Gui and Tang Huai were overjoyed, they could have earned 300 wen, but now they can earn 500 wen, "Count you a share, and I will give you 150 wen when I go back." ”
The three of them pulled Yue Fei and happily returned to the inn.
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