Chapter 10 Books on the shelves
Although Jiangjing County is very magnificent, and there are many prosperous and fun places, Chen Xinghai and the others don't have time to be happy, of course, because they don't have more money to squander.
They brought more than 40,000 spirit coins this time, of which 40,000 was the cost of printing "Journey to the West".
After entering the county seat, the villagers of Hunan Village drove a dog cart to other places, and Chen Xinghai and several people went to the printing house under the leadership of Yun Feiyu.
A certain street.
In a small courtyard, Chen Xinghai met the owner of the printing house, whose surname was Yao.
It took a little time to get to know each other, and then the next time was to connect with the technical master of the printing house to correct the mistakes or changes in the first version, and add the elements that should be added.
In this way, I was busy for most of the day.
After all the revisions were made, Yun Feiyu, as the person who spoke to him, determined the number of the first batch of books to be printed with Boss Yao, and then paid a deposit.
Chen Xinghai: This is the first time I have seen the currency of the other world.
Spirit coin, a common currency jointly issued by multiple empires, is used by cultivators and ordinary people. It resembles an ancient Chinese round copper coin, with a square hole in the middle, but comes in three colors: green, yellow, and red. There is a difference in size, green is the smallest, red is the largest, but the difference in size is actually not big, which is similar to 1 cent, 5 cent, 1 coin. The surface of the spirit coin is printed with complex lines, presumably for anti-counterfeiting, etc.
"6,000 copies, even if it's all night today, I'll print it out for you, and I'll pick it up tomorrow morning!"
Boss Yao is also quick to do things.
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Several people who had been busy all day could finally take a break, and found a random restaurant on the street of the county town to have a meal, and ended up spending more than two hundred spirit coins.
After eating, everyone found another inn and survived for the night.
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, everyone arrived at the printing house with great anticipation, and by this time, 6,000 books had been printed, wrapped in hard paper and piled up in one place.
Although Boss Yao stayed up all night, he was still in good spirits, and it seemed that he was also a cultivator.
"Everyone, this is 6,000 copies, definitely a lot!" Boss Yao brought a few more copies from the side, "This is more printed, you have seen it, those 6,000 copies are the same as these books." ”
Chen Xinghai reached out and took a copy, and then stroked the cover, so that he had a sense of pride from the heart.
"From now on, we can be regarded as people who have published books?"
The back cover is printed with book copyright information and printing house information, and at the spine of the book, a row of words has been added: epoch-making gods and demons novel, "Journey to the West" Volume 1.
That means there will be a second, third, and fourth books in the future......
The thickness of this first volume is actually not particularly thick, but it is not thin, a total of more than 150 pages, after all, it is also a story from the birth of the Monkey King to the apprenticeship of Tang Sanzang for several episodes, after being translated in the vernacular, the number of words is much older.
"Eh~ Boss Yao, you have many friends who are well-connected, and you are in this industry, so give us a few suggestions, can you see which bookstore is more suitable for us to recommend this book?" Chen Xinghai had long wanted to ask this question.
Boss Yao really has a way: "If you want to say the best bookstore in Jiangjing County, it is Chongwen Pavilion, the imperial chain, which has been opened abroad, but the threshold there is also high, you can give it a try...... I'm going to say it myself, but I suggest you try your luck at the Reading Library, where the books are on the right path, the threshold is not high or low, maybe there is a good chance of success!"
"Okay! Then thank Boss Yao first, if it really happens, I will invite you to dinner when I turn around!" Chen Xinghai said goodbyely, and rented a small car with Xuan Ting's faction, and dragged these thousands of copies of "Journey to the West" to major bookstores to engage in pyramid schemes...... Phew, it's a sales pitch!
The first one, the Magic Iron Library.
The boss was lukewarm, and first politely refused Yun Feiyu and the others' request to put the book on the shelves of the store.
Later, Chen Xinghai said: "That's it, boss, put 500 copies of this book in your store, the price is as you set, we only charge the cost of 12 spirit coins per book, you earn if you sell it, and I will recycle it if you can't sell it! This can be regarded as giving us a chance, and also giving yourself a chance, how about it?"
The boss thought about it and finally agreed.
Chen Xinghai waved his hand, and Ao Shan picked up a few bundles of books for him and put them in the store.
After Yun Feiyu was in charge of the relevant matters with the boss, they turned to the second store.
The second one, Xiaoxiang Library.
The boss is a young grandmother of a family in the county, who happened to be in the store at the time, and at first he didn't care about what novels were not novels, mainly because he was fascinated by Yun Feiyu's temperament, and then he got the book and read it, and was immediately conquered by the plot of "Journey to the West".
She immediately said that she would keep at least 1,000 copies, and more than 100 of them would be given away.
The third one is Chongwen Pavilion.
Chongwen Pavilion in Jiangjing County is only a small branch, but it is also located in the center of the more prosperous county, with four floors up and down, and the flow of people in and out is like a supermarket.
That's right, the other world is not as developed as the earth's level of science and technology, and books are even an important tool for many people's entertainment, so many well-known people in the other world, in addition to cultivating to be superb masters, there are also literati who write books, just like literati before and after the Republic of China, a book can support a lifetime!
The shop is big, so Chongwen Pavilion is a little bit unkind to Chen Xinghai, they are kind on the surface, but they are not enthusiastic.
"Do you dare to ask which member of the Writers' Association your Excellency is?" asked the head of the Cabinet, whose surname was Li.
And after getting Chen Xinghai's negative answer, Pavilion Master Li didn't even read the book, but just smiled politely and elegantly: "The books of this pavilion are provided by the superiors, and they do not accept the recommendation of the people, so your masterpieces, this pavilion cannot purchase them...... Maybe you can send an application through the procurement department of this cabinet, and then sign a contract with this cabinet......"
Yun Feiyu pondered and said: "It may take some time to apply like this, why don't you review this book, it will definitely make you favor one or two......
Pavilion Master Li waved his hand: "I'm sorry, I'm so busy, there are many affairs in this pavilion, how can I have time to study...... So, I won't leave a few here. ”
In short, it's no play.
Chen Xinghai and the others had no choice but to express regret and regret, and then turned around to leave.
It's just that before he walked out of Chongwen Pavilion, he heard Li Pavilion Master greet the clerk and say: "In the future, if you enter the door like them to sell, first ask if you are a member of the Writers......' Association, and if you are not, you will all blast out!
Chen Xinghai didn't hear it either, but Yun Feiyu was a cultivator, so he naturally heard these words clearly, obviously, the Li Pavilion Master didn't deliberately avoid them.
Qiu Hai and Ao Shan were a little angry in an instant, and Yun Feiyu pressed his hand on the two of them: "This is the county seat, bear with it." ”
Chen Xinghai was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong, what's going on?"
Yun Feiyu shook his head and said that it was okay, but Qiu Hai's mouth was quick, and he immediately told him what happened just now.
Chen Xinghai is not a massive person, where can he endure this, he immediately became angry: "Fuck! It's okay if you don't cooperate, that's because he has no vision! Now he dares to underestimate us and scold us for being miscellaneous fish, I think he is a miscellaneous fish, he doesn't even have a name, it's just a passerby!"