Jiang Long was also very happy to see Chai Shirong get the management of the printing house so quickly.

There are a lot of things he has to do next, and he can't do it without money on hand.

Let Chai Shirong sit down and drink a few sips of tea, and take a break, Jiang Long is urging to go to the printing house to take a look in person.

Although Chai Shirong complained and didn't let himself rest longer, saying that it was very tiring to rush all the way from the capital to here, but in fact, he couldn't wait to start work and print the book as soon as possible to make a lot of money.

Jiang Long asked a second-class maid ring in the small courtyard to say hello to Lin Ya, and then took the manuscript into his arms, and brought five Jingfu guards, as well as Guntibak and Tudu, and Chai Shirong and others rode to the capital.

Mulberry spider didn't follow, she had another task on her side.

Jiang Long can ride a horse, but his riding skills are very average, after all, all kinds of vehicles were the mainstream means of transportation in the previous life.

Due to his riding skills, Jiang Long's speed was naturally slower than everyone else, and everyone accompanying him could only slow down and ride with him.

But even so, riding a horse is much faster than riding a carriage.

In less than an hour, the people rode through the south gate.

The capital city of Daqi is surrounded by a circle of walls that are as high as five zhang high, unusually majestic and majestic, although some places have shed their skin because of the wind and rain for a long time, but it is still magnificent and strong, and it is only by virtue of white and adds a little more to the weight of history and the cangsang.

The capital is really prosperous, the streets and alleys are full of people, and there are merchants everywhere who carry baskets and baskets to sell.

On both sides of the street, there are many shops, a thriving scene.

Another characteristic is that there are a lot of officials, and the children of wealthy families are walking everywhere, only walking not a few dozen zhang away, and I saw several groups of official bridges surrounded by people in front of them on one side of the gong to open the way, while walking hurriedly.

Many gorgeously dressed boys and buddies also rode horses and took small servants to wander the streets.

With the identities of Chai Shirong and Jiang Long, they naturally would not give way to these people, and they didn't even get off the horse.

However, their retinue was already leading their horses and walking.

There are many people on the street, so you can only slow down, and you can't ride a horse and gallop, otherwise you will definitely hit pedestrians, so the speed of everyone is reduced.

The area of the capital is very large, and it took half an hour to come to the gate of the printing house on the Chengguo Mansion.

Fortunately, after Jiang Long followed Chai Shirong in, he found that the printing jishu of this shijie was still good.

Movable type printing had already been introduced, and he didn't need to improve anything, so he could get started immediately.

The steward in charge of the printing house made room for the two of them, and asked the servant to serve tea to them, and then withdrew.

Chai Shirong just sat down, and said with a confident smile: "How is it, this factory is not bad, right?" ”

"Hmm." Jiang Long took a sip of tea, he had exchanged questions with many jishu craftsmen in the printing factory before, and his mouth was already dry, but then the conversation changed, "It's too small, and the manpower is also a little insufficient." ”

"What?" Chai Shirong shouted, "In the capital, my printing house is not the largest, but in terms of scale, it will definitely be able to squeeze into the top ten, which is still small?" ”

"Brother Chai, I mean that a large number of pressed goods will be pressed in the early stage, and then the script will be listed, not to mention occupying all the markets in the capital, but at least one-third of the share, you will calculate it yourself, is the scale and manpower of this printing plant enough?" Jiang Long explained.

Chai Shirong was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Jiang Long's ambition to be so big.

That's not all, Jiang Long then said: "In addition to the capital, your family also has sales channels in Zhou County outside, right?" If you print here, it is not cost-effective to send the book to the field at that time, and it will waste some manpower and material resources, an additional expense, and if it rains, you may even get the book wet.

Therefore, it is best for us to set up some branches in the provincial capitals of other continents and larger states and counties, and then the books can be listed together. ”

"Brother Xian's ambition is not small, and the idea is also very good, but if you want to build so many branches, won't you have to invest a lot of money? Even if our two books work better and can make a lot of money, it is not enough for the initial investment. "Chai Shirong has some ability, and his mind is relatively smart, pointing out the problem.

Jiang Long laughed.

In this era, if you were someone else, you wouldn't be able to write a few books in your lifetime.

But I'm different, there were so many good books in my previous life, I'm afraid I can't finish it even if I copy it for ten or eight years.

And this is where your real advantage lies!

One or two books, no matter how well they work, just cause a wave.

Only if you can write countless good stories in succession can you make a lot of money!

casually told Chai Shirong a few more stories at the beginning, and Chai Shirong was convinced.

gave Jiang Long a thumbs up again and again, and threw himself to the ground in admiration, and at the same time, he was excited again.

If Jiang Long continues to write a good story in the future, it will be really amazing, and the printing house will definitely be rich in the future, Chai Shirong saw Jiang Long's gaze at this time, as if he was staring at a cornucopia.

The back hair of Jiang Long is hairy.

Next, Chai Shirong naturally had no objection to the construction of the branch.

Moreover, he also released bold words to open printing houses all over Daqi.

This is also what Jiang Long thinks.

"The little money we have on hand is definitely not enough, if we don't tell the story, I can't convince the elders in the family to invest money in the printing house, and if we do show the story, the printing house will probably fall into the hands of my good brothers." Otherwise, let's print out the first two scripts and sell them first, and when we have money at hand, we can slowly build a branch factory in other places. ”

Chai Shirong talked about the biggest problem he is currently encountering, and he does not have much money on hand.

Jiang Long smiled faintly, Zhizhu was in his hand, "Where did you hear the story of Journey to the West?" ”

"Isn't it just that the treasure bottle spoke a short paragraph in the restaurant last time? Sun Wukong learned the art of Fangcun Mountain and his hermit master. When Chai Shirong talked about the story, he couldn't wait to know the development of the follow-up plot, so he stretched out his hand and asked Jiang Long to get his hands out.

Jiang Long took it out and asked Chai Shirong to read it, speaking of Journey to the West, there are a total of 100 times, and the original version does not have a lot of words, only more than 800,000 words, which is a bit less than the online novels in the previous life, but it is written in classical Chinese, and Jiang Long is reminiscing while transcribing in vernacular.

Coupled with a little bit of self-made up words, there is absolutely no problem in writing 1.2 million words in Journey to the West.

Now it is handed over to Chai Shirong's hands, and it is only about 300,000 words.

That's it, I wrote it a few days ago, plus Jiang Long worked overtime until late last night.

The speed of writing with a brush is really a bit flattering.

Jiang Long will still make money by writing books in the future, and he has already begun to want to change his pen to write.

I have to say that reading the story written in the vernacular is much faster than reading the classical Chinese version, and you don't need to think about it more than your brain, and it is clear at a glance, unlike classical Chinese, where you have to concentrate on reading word by word.

Jiang Long drank tea and ate a few pieces of snacks, and Chai Shirong finished reading the manuscript, but he shouted: "What else? This story is not finished, is it? This is only the twentieth chapter, and the Tang monk of Huangfengling is in difficulty, and the eight precepts in the middle of the mountain are competing for the first.

I said, Brother Xian, we still have to make money with this book, can you be diligent and finish the story as soon as possible, and we can start work. ”

"Who said you have to finish the story before you can start work?" The smile on Jiang Long's face was quite meaningful.

Chai Shirong was stunned for a moment, "If you don't finish writing, how can you start work?" ”

In this era, books were written and written, and they were naturally proofread and revised after they were completed, and then they were taken to the printing house for printing.

Jiang Long smiled and mentioned, "You said that we divided the entire story of Journey to the West into four volumes, but first we just printed the first volume and put it on the market, will anyone buy it?" ”

Chai Shirong just pondered.

Such a haode story,He likes to read.,If it's replaced by himself.,Although there's only the first volume.,But the beginning of the story is very attractive.,Even if there's no next few volumes.,But you should spend money to buy it at home to read.。

However, after all, it is still not a complete book.

He spoke his mind.

Jiang Long said: "Indeed, some people are more picky, and when they see that the book is not complete, they may not sell it, but when he hears the story from his friend's mouth in the future, it is very exciting, he will definitely change his original intention, and after we publish the book, someone will definitely use it to steal and make a profit." ”

"We just need to press more goods in the early stage." Chai Shirong obviously knew this kind of thing very well, and persuaded Jiang Long, "Let's eat meat, we have to let others drink some soup." In fact, Chai Shirong is also helpless, the money that should have been earned by himself will be given to others by fools.

But those who can open a printing factory in the capital have backers behind them, even if they are the Chengguo Mansion, there are those who are unwilling to offend.

Moreover, there is no crime of piracy in the laws of Daqi.

"I understand what you mean." Jiang Long also knows that it is difficult for the Guogong Mansion to come forward to rectify those who pirate their own books, "I am not saying to stop others from stealing our books, but to say that we will not print the whole book at once, but divide it into several volumes and publish it on the market in stages, which will greatly alleviate the losses we have suffered if it shows that our own books are genuine." ”

Chai Shirong turned his brain, and after a while, he figured out what Jiang Long meant.

If there is something genuine, who will buy a pirated one?

So if you calculate it this way, when the script first comes out, others will steal it, and you will suffer a greater loss.

But because there is only half a volume and the story has not yet been written, then while the readers are waiting and eagerly concerned about when the next few volumes will be published, they can tell the people who buy the books that they have published are genuine.

Will the people who buy books buy pirated books?

I didn't expect that there would be such benefits if I didn't print the book all at once!

"Brother Xian is really smart, I admire my brother!" Chai Shirong gave Jiang Long a thumbs up convincingly.

Jiang Long waved his hand lightly, "Although this method is good, there are also a few problems to pay attention to." ”

"You say."

"The first is that the inventory should be large, although everyone wants to buy genuine books, but the genuine books on the market are sold out, and there is no more, everyone has no choice, and is eager to see the following story, so they will naturally choose to buy pirated copies."

Chai Shirong nodded, "When the first volume comes out, we will make a lot of money, and then we will devote all of it to printing the next few volumes." ”

"Second, when publishing, according to the quality of the paper, the book is divided into several grades, people will naturally look at the price first when buying books, if our books are expensive, the quality of pirated books is poor, but it is much cheaper, and there are still people who will choose to buy pirated books."