Three days later, in front of the comfortable building, it was overcrowded.

Shuxinlou is only free for three days, now, the time to verify whether the business of Shuxinlou is feasible has come, everyone's hearts are nervous and excited, if these people in Chang'an City are unwilling to spend money for this, then this business is afraid that it will not be able to continue.

The spring breeze is blowing, like a lover's whisper, the people in front of the Shuxin Building are talking noisily, they want to go in to listen to the story, but now the Shuxin Building is closed, some don't know why, just guess what's going on, and some of the people who understand in their hearts know that this is to collect money, but whether they understand or not, they can't bear to leave.

And just when everyone was talking, the door of the Shuxin Building creaked open, and then Wen Gong walked out of it with two small servants, Wen Gong smiled lightly, and bowed his hand to everyone, and said: "When the store opened, it was said that it was only free for three days, after all, so many of us also want to eat, so from today onwards, if you want to come to our Shuxin Building to listen to the story, you will have to charge, but we only charge the cost of listening to the story, and like the tea and fruits inside, it is still free, and the tea can be continued, and the fruit can be added, The cost of listening to the story is 20 cents per person. ”

Twenty wen is nothing to the rich and noble, and it can be paid for the middle family, but for the poor, twenty wen is a bit much, but this is also a helpless thing, and the comfortable building also pays a lot of costs, if the price is set low, I am afraid that it will be a loss, and they can only do the business of the rich or semi-rich people.

After Wen Gong finished saying these words, some rich and noble people did not hesitate to take out the money from their bodies, and shook their hands into the Shuxin Building, which was really chic, while some others hesitated, and they couldn't bear the excitement of the story, and finally paid the money, only those who had no silver and wanted to listen to the story, sighed alone, and left very lost.

Su Wuming stood upstairs and looked at everything downstairs through the window lattice, and nodded with satisfaction, these rich people will be frequent visitors here in the future, because the more I listen to the story, the more I want to hear it, and the more I listen to it, the more I want to know what the ending is.

After Shuxinlou began to charge, the business was as good as ever, but it was not easy to make a fortune with only the entrance fee of 20 wen per person, so Su Wuming decided to write stories such as "Journey to the West" and "Mirror Flowers", and then let different people tell different stories, one person only told one, so that they could be separated every day, and before opening the door every day, put a wooden board in front of the door, and write the name of the story and chapter to be told today, so that it is easier to attract the audience, and it also gives the audience the right to choose, After all, let the audience pay for it without knowing why, and they will get bored after a long time, and it was nothing to only talk about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" before, but after adding "Journey to the West" and "Mirror Flowers", it will be a different matter.

In addition, if you want to really make money, you must find a way inside, those tea and fruit products are free, these have been said before, there is no reason to change, but if there are other things, you have to add money.

There are private rooms on the second floor, you can listen to stories while eating and drinking, but the cost of the private room is expensive, and those who can afford to use the private room are rich people, rich people don't care about money, as long as they can show their identity, sometimes they hope that the more expensive the better.

All of this, the profit at the end of the day is also very considerable, and after the story is told to a certain extent, Su Wuming is also ready to take these manuscripts to publish, so that there will be an additional income.

These are all ways to increase income, it is not troublesome to implement, and it does not require Su Wuming to bother much, after handing over these things to Wen Gong, he will help deal with them, but there is one thing that is difficult to control, and that is the copyright issue.

Since ancient times, the cultural industry has been a kind of thing, which can be described as piracy, after these stories have been told many times by the storyteller, they have to remember it, if they resign and leave, and go to another place to find a restaurant and teahouse to talk about, then this is not robbing the business of Shuxinlou?

Talent is easy to buy, but people's hearts are hard to collect.

Therefore, when Su Wuming felt that it was time to deter, he still had to be shocked, but he had to wait for the opportunity.

Under Su Wuming's management, everything is operating step by step, and the money is naturally collected every day, and after recovering the money, Su Wuming and they immediately invested in the construction of the cloth workshop.

A month later, Shuxinlou resounded in every corner of Chang'an City, almost every day people are talking about those stories, some people only listen to the lively, only care about the good sound of the story, so listen to it, but some people after listening to these stories, but do in-depth thinking, from the book can get something, for people in this era can be described as amazing.

In the palace, on the table of the emperor's imperial study, there is a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that has just been published and collected by Li Deyu, these books are almost ten chapters out of one, and now they have accumulated to four or five copies, when the emperor is tired of reading the chapters, he will take it to read, this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" plot is compact, much more wonderful than the Tang legend written by Yuan Zhen and others in the past, and it is only half a literary language, it reads like a usual speech, and does not feel tired, so after reading one or two copies, Emperor Wuzong liked it.

On this day, Li Deyu came to see Emperor Wuzong Li Yan, and after the two discussed state affairs, they talked about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Li Yan does not often go out of the palace, so he doesn't know much about some folk novelties, so he asked: "Li Aiqing, this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" story is wonderful, it is really rare, I read this book and signed Huhai Sanren, I don't know who this Huhai Sanren is, he can write such a wonderful story, I really want to meet him. ”

Tang is famous for his poetry, although there are legendary novels, but there are few people who can cause an uproar, and now the entire Chang'an City knows "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and it is normal for Li Yan to want to meet him.

Li Deyu smiled indifferently and replied: "Your Majesty, this Huhai Sanren is just a pen name, and I am afraid that the real person needs to be investigated. ”

"Comfort Building? What kind of place is this? ”

"Back to the emperor, Shuxinlou is a place dedicated to telling stories for people's pastime, and guests come and go every day, just to listen to those chapters of stories."

Li Yan felt interesting after listening to it, and thought about Weifu private interview to listen to the story, but he just thought about himself as the emperor, at this time Datang was in crisis, if he went to listen to the story in Weifu private interview and was known, wouldn't he want to scold himself for being unconscious?

There are some things that the people do, but he, the emperor, can't do.

After sighing slightly, Li Yan instructed: "Li Aiqing, in the future, if any books come out of Shuxinlou, you will buy them for me, and then there is, after you go back, send someone to investigate the Huhai Sanren, find him out, I want to see him, the person who can write such a story is also a talent, and I want to reward him." ”

As the emperor, Li Yan can't go out of the palace to listen to stories, can't he find the people who wrote these stories to talk to him?

Li Deyu received orders again and again, kowtowed and bowed, and then withdrew.

Chang'an is late at night, spring is melting, and only one light is slightly lit in a huge mansion.

There is a middle-aged man sitting in the room, the man's face is like a crown of jade, chic and extraordinary, at this time the man is reading at the desk, a pretty face changes his expression from time to time, or hatred or joy, so after reading a few pages, he can't help but shout happily.

It's just that after the man finished reading those books, he suddenly fell silent, and after thinking about it a few times, the corners of his mouth showed a shallow smile, a deep smile.

At this time, the man slapped his palm gently, the applause fell, and a person suddenly appeared in the room out of nowhere, the man was dressed in black, bowed his hand slightly, and said, "What does the master command?" ”

The man handed the book he had just read to the man in black and said, "Investigate, find out who the author of this book is, and be sure to find him." ”

"Do you want to bring him to your master?"

"No, investigate first!"

The man in black took the order and turned to leave, and after the man in black left, the man smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth and said, "Such a talent, it's really rare!" ”

Shuxinlou's business was on the right track, telling stories and publishing books, and everything went well, so a month later, on a February spring breeze like scissors afternoon, Su Wuming and Wen Wan'er Nangong Yan finally moved to their new home.

It is a place not very far from Dali Temple, about a dozen acres in size, more than a dozen houses, three in and three out, pavilions, flowers and trees, Nangong Yan and Wen Wan'er both like it very much, after taking a fancy to this mansion, Su Wuming immediately paid for it, of course, the money has been earned from their recent business, and there are also savings they have saved before.

After the mansion was bought, they spent two days decorating it, and then invited a few friends to come here to congratulate the housewarming at noon.

In Chang'an City, Su Wuming doesn't have many friends, only Di Bu alone, but after Di Bu came, Nangong Yin also came, although he didn't like Su Wuming, but Nangong Yan was his sister after all, his sister moved to a new house, he was still very concerned, how did he live, he wanted to come and see, otherwise how could he explain to his father?

After coming to the capital, Nangong Yan went to see her brother a few times, but every time she went to Nangong Yin, she couldn't have a good impression of Su Wuming, so she moved to a new house to congratulate her on the housewarming, and Nangong Yan didn't think about inviting her brother to come.

However, when Nangong Yin came by herself, Nangong Yan was surprised and happy.

My brother, but my own relatives, shouldn't I be happy to see my relatives on such a day?