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Seeing Zhou Chong's impatient face, although Xie Lingyun has a very good city, she can't help but be a little angry, with the wealth of their Xie family, plus she is a rare beauty, no matter where she goes, she will be warmly entertained, but now when she comes to Zhou's mansion, Zhou Chong didn't even give her a cup of tea, what a cautious man!

Although Zhou Zhong has been labeled as a 'careful eye' in her heart, Xie Lingyun has long been accustomed to controlling her emotions, and she smiled and said: "Zhou Gongzi is really a cheerful person, the little woman came today, in fact, she wanted to discuss with Zhou Gongzi, can you hand over Journey to the West to our Xie family for printing?" ”

"You Xie family?" Zhou Zhong showed a very surprised expression, after fighting with Xie Lingyun in the teahouse last time, he specially inquired about Xie Lingyun's situation, and also had some understanding of the Xie family's situation, if he remembered correctly, the Xie family mainly made a fortune by smuggling, and had never heard that they actually operated the printing of books?

Seeing Zhou Chong's surprised look, Xie Lingyun showed a faint smile, and then said: "Zhou Gongzi don't be surprised, I just bought one of the largest printing workshops in our Songjiang Mansion a few months ago, and all the craftsmen in it have stayed, and the usual business is not bad, and the printing business of several surrounding prefectures is also taken care of by us, if Zhou Gongzi can hand over Journey to the West to us for printing, it will definitely be printed into a book in the shortest possible time, and we also have special channels to sell, I can guarantee that it will not take more than three months at most." , there will be a figure of Journey to the West all over the country, and you will also be famous all over the world! ”

After Xie Lingyun said the above words, she stared at Zhou Zhong with a smile on her face. She knows Zhou Zhong very well these scholars, for them, there is nothing more attractive than being famous, after all, as long as they are famous, they can take a great advantage in the imperial examination, and the results of their own investigation show that the Zhou Gongzi in front of him used to be a person who was very keen on fame, so he would never refuse such a good thing!

It's a pity that to Xie Lingyun's surprise, after listening to her words, Zhou Zhong didn't show the slightest emotion, but looked at her with a very strange gaze, as if looking at a very rare animal.

If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would have been furious under Zhou Zhong's insulting gaze, and he would either slap him or walk away. But Xie Lingyun's concentration was extraordinary, as if she hadn't noticed the insult in Zhou Chong's eyes at all, she still looked at Zhou Zhong with a calm gaze.

In the face of this Miss Xie family who has such a city government, Zhou Chong had no choice but to be defeated, and after the last moment, he finally spoke: "Miss Xie, I want to ask, you should know the situation of our Zhou family, right?" ”

"Naturally, you know!" Xie Lingyun saw that Zhou Zhong was defeated in the confrontation with herself, and the smile on her face deepened again, but her eyes were still calm and kind, so that people couldn't guess what she was thinking.

"Ha~, it turns out that Miss Xie knows what to say, then I want to ask another question, in what capacity did you come to me Zhou?" Zhou Chong showed a playful look on his face, and asked again.

"Naturally, as a businessman!" Xie Lingyun said without hesitation, as the only heir of the Xie family, since she was sensible, she was cultivated by her father as the successor of the family business, so Xie Lingyun is completely different from a rich lady like Bang'er, her ideas are more realistic than most people, and she doesn't think that doing business is a shameful thing, which is very similar to Zhou Chong.

"Hahaha~, a businessman?" Zhou Chong suddenly raised his head and smiled, and after a while he stopped, "Since Miss Xie is a businessman, then she is in business, don't talk to me about those false things, I just need to know that if I hand over the manuscript of Journey to the West to your Xie family, what benefits can I get?" ”

Xie Lingyun's investigation is indeed very detailed, but unfortunately what she is facing now is not the original Zhou Chong, but a more realistic Zhou Chong than her, for him, the most important thing now is to earn the first money, and then let the family live a rich life, as for what Xie Lingyun said is famous all over the world, Zhou Zhong doesn't care at all.

Xie Lingyun never thought that Zhou Chong, who was obsessed with fame in the investigation, would directly mention money to herself, and she mentioned it so justifiably, which simply subverted her cognition, among the scholars Xie Lingyun had seen, she had always reported an extremely contemptuous attitude towards money, even if the other party was poor, but she would show disdain for money, as if mentioning money would tarnish their elegant sentiments.

However, Xie Lingyun then thought that when Zhou Chong was in the teahouse, he used that kind of despicable means to trap the second son of Song, originally she thought that Zhou Chong was stunned by the Song family's divorce, so she used that method regardless of it, but now it seems that it is not like that, Zhou Chong is probably the most special reader she has ever seen!

Thinking of this, Xie Lingyun showed a charming smile to Zhou Chong, to hide his shock just now, and then immediately changed his strategy and said: "Zhou Gongzi is really a straightforward person, since you asked so, then the little woman will no longer go around the corner, now the first ten episodes of Journey to the West have been circulated, so our Xie family will not pay the bill again in the first ten times, but from the eleventh round, our Xie family is willing to redeem at the price of two taels of silver per time, I don't know what Zhou Gongzi wants?" ”

The ancients did not have any sense of copyright, and after the content of a book was circulated, as long as others were willing, they could take it and publish it at will, so in Xie Lingyun's view, the first ten times of Zhou Chong's circulation did not need to be paid. It is precisely because there is no copyright that as long as Xie Lingyun prints Journey to the West, there will definitely be other booksellers who will reprint it in the future, so Xie Lingyun does not make much profit on the book Journey to the West, which also leads to the fact that the remuneration she pays Zhou Zhong is naturally not high, and in her opinion, two taels of silver is already a very high price.

Although Zhou Chong had already learned about some published books before, he heard that Xie Lingyun was only willing to pay the price of two taels of silver per time, but he still couldn't help but say angrily: "Miss Xie, do you know how much time and effort it took me to write Journey to the West?" A Journey to the West is only a hundred times, and after removing the previous ten times, it adds up to only one hundred and eighty taels of silver, which is probably not enough for your Xie family to spend a day in the house, right? ”

Although Journey to the West was copied by Zhou Zhong from the memories of later generations, and it didn't take much time and effort, no matter what, this is also one of the four classical masterpieces of later generations, and the copyright of such an important novel is only worth less than two hundred taels, which really hit him hard.

Seeing that Zhou Chong was disgusted with little money, Xie Lingyun was secretly happy in her heart, what she was most afraid of was that the other party would refuse, but since Zhou Chong felt that the price was low, this also showed that his previous guess was correct, Zhou Chong made such a painstaking effort to make a name for Journey to the West, and really wanted to make some money by writing books, so as to supplement the family.

Thinking of this, Xie Lingyun once again showed a confident smile and said: "Zhou Gongzi is a scholar, so he naturally doesn't understand the difficulties of doing business, for example, if we want to print Journey to the West as an example, even if Zhou Gongzi agrees to hand over the manuscript to us, we must keep it strictly confidential when printing to prevent the content of the manuscript from leaking out." In addition, the number of printed books is also a problem, printing too much to sell, we have to lose money, printing too little is not enough to sell, will be taken advantage of by others, take our book to print, the most difficult to suffer is still us, and we only have one chance, the content of Journey to the West will spread in the future, any bookseller can find someone to print by himself, so we don't make much profit from the book Journey to the West, I hope Zhou Gongzi will also be considerate! ”

After listening to Xie Lingyun's story about the difficulty of doing business, Zhou Zhong was unmoved, and retorted: "Miss Xie, don't bully me as a scholar, although I don't understand business, but I also understand one thing, now Journey to the West is so popular, you can see it in advance, as long as Journey to the West is listed, it will definitely cause people to scramble, and then you, as the first businessman to print this book, there is no risk of not being able to sell it, and other booksellers want to pirate Journey to the West, but it will take a long time, so how much can your Xie family earn." , it all depends on how many copies of Journey to the West you are going to print at one time! ”

Hearing Zhou Chong point out the key point of the matter all at once, Xie Lingyun was also a little surprised, now she has completely seen it clearly, the Zhou Chong in front of her is completely different from the Zhou Chong she learned from her investigation, she can't treat him as a pedantic reader at all, but as an opponent in the shopping mall.

Thinking about this, Xie Lingyun's wonderful eyes looked Zhou Chong up and down again, she has always been conceited and smart, and she has never made a mistake in seeing people, but she didn't expect that in Zhou Chong, she made a mistake twice in a row, which made her curiosity about Zhou Chong increase a lot again.

"Well, since Zhou Gongzi thinks the price is low, what price do you think is more appropriate?" Xie Lingyun finally spoke again.

Hearing that the other party pushed the price problem to himself, Zhou Zhong also groaned, writing novels is hard and tiring, and even if it is a book of this level of the four famous books, it is only a few hundred taels of income, so he has no intention of writing novels as a lifelong plan, but now he needs to support his family, and he also needs the first pot of gold in his life, so he has to exchange novels for money, after all, it doesn't cost anything.

"Three hundred taels! There are still ninety chapters behind Journey to the West, three hundred taels for me, and I will write the next ninety chapters to you as soon as possible! After Zhou Chong's last time, he finally roughly calculated a rough number, and took out a small part of the three hundred taels for household use, and the rest should be enough to become the capital for him to make a fortune.