Chapter 14: The Eunuch
Lian Zining already knew it in his heart. It must have been the little sister who heard the contents of the book from herself, and couldn't help but feel proud in her heart, and went to talk to Aunt Wang of the tailor's shop - although she was calm and generous, and she was also very sensible, but after all, she was only a teenage girl, and there were some things in her heart that she couldn't hide, not to mention that she had always been proud of her brother, so it was not surprising that she did so. Aunt Wang of the tailor's shop must have had some friendship with the old man, and knew that he was the bookmaker, so she passed the news to him.
However, although he could deduce the general idea, he did not know the specific details inside.
Aunt Wang opened a tailor shop by herself, but her husband worked as the second shopkeeper in Ji Yaxuan Bookstore opposite the tailor shop, which was the so-called senior manager in this era. However, he is secretly the proprietor of Fei Lengcui Publishing House, Yu Jingguan, to put it bluntly, he is a commercial undercover agent of the Ming Dynasty!
Yu Jingguan's Fei Leng Cui Book Society is the most famous and largest book club in this area, which has been in business for decades and has a long history, which can be described as a profound heritage. But since the opening of Ji Yaxuan three years ago, the business of this Fei Lengcui is not as good as a day, the words printed by Ji Yaxuan, although it is the same as other books, but it is beautifully printed, and it has launched a batch of hardcover books with exquisite embroidered illustrations as the main product. Of course, since this is a hardcover, the price is naturally a little more expensive, but how can the young masters and young ladies of those big families care about this small price difference?
As soon as it was passed on to the hundreds, among the consumers in this Jingshi, they all knew that there was a place called Ji Yaxuan, and there was this kind of fist product, so this Fei Lengcui's business was divided into a large piece.
Moreover, the boss of Yaxuan is also kind, and the remuneration for those authors who sell current texts and books is also higher than that of others, and the Jing officials of Fei Lengcui are still lowering the price from time to time according to the custom. Those authors are not stupid, whoever gives more will naturally sell to whomever they want, and that Ji Yaxuan took advantage of this opportunity to launch a large number of new works, attracting a large number of customers. Under the advantages of one and the other, Fei Lengcui is even more inferior to the other.
When Yu Jingguan came back to his senses, Fei Lengcui's market share was already robbed, and seeing the increasingly cold business in the bookstore, Yu Jingguan was anxious in his eyes, and at this time the iron rooster remembered to raise the price, but it was too late.
At this time, the business competition was also extremely fierce, and he thought of a lot of crooked tricks, one of which was to spend a lot of money to buy Aunt Wang's husband, so that he could reveal Ji Yaxuan's movements to himself at any time.
Coincidentally, it happened to be Aunt Wang's husband who was at home today, and Cheng Yu and some other working girls were in the back hall and did not see men. Cheng Yu listened proudly at home today, and several people talked about this topic again, so they couldn't help showing off, Aunt Wang listened to it, kept an eye on it, and then went out to talk to her father-in-law. What does this professional manager do for that? As soon as he heard about it, he discovered the business opportunity and immediately quietly ran to tell his real proprietor.
After listening to this story, Yu Jingguan's first reaction was also incredible, but then he was amazed, although others were a little stingy, but they were very knowledgeable, and they immediately discovered the extraordinary. He vaguely felt that if this book could be the first to come out, it would be a good opportunity for a big counterattack. If you conceive a novel book like this, I'm afraid that it will attract a lot of attention as soon as it is born, and it will not be possible for your business to be popular at that time.
As for the idea of writing according to this outline, it only disappeared in his mind for a moment - the same outline, the writing is different, and the slight difference in details can cause a huge gap.
So, Yu Daguan, who was in a hurry, came to visit Lian Zining in a hurry.
This time, he has already held the confidence that he will definitely win, as long as he takes down this very attractive book first, then he can fight a beautiful turnaround! As for the quick piracy of Ji Ya Xuan? Yu Jingguan really doesn't care, it's not easy to pirate this year, it's not like in later generations, it's just a copy and paste, at this time, the book club, each book club is equivalent to a printing workshop, all the books have to be printed by themselves, even if Ji Yaxuan wants to pirate, he has to hire an engraver, to engrave, there is this time, Fei Lengcui's reputation has also been played.
"Then, old man, what is the price of this book on the market today, can you tell the students?" Lian Zining rolled his eyes and asked.
"Of course." Yu Jingguan dusted his sleeves: "So that even the prime minister can know that the words on the market are divided into three classes, and the first class is a thousand words and five texts." The second class is a thousand words and three texts. The third class is just a thousand words. ”
"So low?" Lian Zining asked in some surprise. This price, if it is placed on the network of later generations, it will definitely not be low - you dare to say that it is low for five starting coins of 1,000 words? What's more, the prices of the Ming Dynasty were extremely low, and the purchasing power of five cents was equivalent to more than 100 starting coins.
However, this is a one-shot deal, if you calculate it in this way, your own words of 100,000 words can only be sold for 500 words, less than one or two silver!
Seeing Lian Zining frowning, Yu Jingguan, who had great hopes for his work, hurriedly said: "This is a uniform price on the market, if Lian Xianggong has some doubts, he will know the truth of what he said when he goes out and asks." ”
Lian Zining didn't doubt this, you can find out if you go out and walk around at this price, and if Yu Jingguan lies about this, it will be too low-level.
That Yu Jingguan looked at his face, and said: "However, in the next place, he has always been a kind person, and the price of our Fei Leng Cui Book Club can also be higher than the average, and each level can be one penny higher." ”
Lian Zining looked at his face of a merchant who was compared to a finger, and suddenly woke up, and almost let this dead old man go around, that good book, even if it is good, can it be compared with himself? Lao Tzu, this baby, would rather be made into a TV series and be broadcast in prime time.
"If the price is not priced, I'll talk about it later."
Lian Zining got up and brought him a few sheets that had been written, and said, "The old gentleman might as well take a look at the book written by the student, but can you still get into the eyes of the law?" ”
Yu Jingguan was curious, so he took a few pieces of paper and looked at them carefully.
This is not a matter of looking at it, as soon as I look at it, I will see it, chewing every word, it took a meal, and when I saw the elation, Lian Zining gave three pieces of paper, and the old man was so anxious that he grabbed him, "What about below?" What's next? Bring it to the old man. ”
"Below?" Lian Zining smiled and unhurriedly pushed away Yu Jingguan's hand: "Eunuch." ”
"Eunuch? What do you mean? ”
Lian Zining said slowly: "Eunuch, it's just that there is no one below." ”
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