Chapter 30 A good start
In order to promote "Young Heroes", a freshly baked children's book, Jia Cong spared no effort.
That's right, the sturdy young man who spoke out in the teahouse was Jia Cong himself.
Not only in a teahouse, but also in all teahouses and taverns near Ningrong Street, where Mr. Storyteller was stationed, he and his younger brothers all publicized it.
At present, the commentaries on the Beijing city are basically inseparable from the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Yue Quanchuan, in short, it is either Wagangzhai or Yue Yun Liu Pet and the like.
As for the story of the Three Kingdoms, it is relatively scattered, and at this time there is no unified chapter hui style, and it is not the mainstream of the storytelling industry.
Because of the factors of productivity and transportation, the speed of knowledge dissemination is extremely slow, even if the Sui and Tang Dynasty heroes and Yue Quanchuan who have been said I don't know how many times, there are still a large number of audiences who love to listen to them, but there are always times when they are bored.
The story of a talented and beautiful woman is obviously not suitable for commentary in a teahouse.
There are also some messy non-mainstream books, which are impossible to appear in broad daylight, and it can be said that the prospects of the storytelling market are not small.
Of course, Jia Cong himself has absolutely no idea of entering the storytelling market, but if there is a storyteller who uses the stories he writes as storytelling jokes, he will not object.
The capital is known as 'the south is poor and the north is cheap, the east is rich and the west is expensive', and Ningrong Street naturally belongs to the western district, and the main propaganda direction of Jia Cong and his younger brothers is also placed in this area.
The effect is quite obvious, on the one hand, through the relationship between the sons and ladies of Ning Rong's second mansion, they have embarked on the upper sales route; On the one hand, through the propaganda of teahouses and restaurants, the route of the well-off class of businessmen is carried out in a two-pronged manner.
The specially renamed 'Huiyou Bookstore' has been rarely lively in recent days, and from time to time customers come to buy a copy of the famous "Young Heroes".
The price is not close to the people at all, one or two pieces of silver, and ordinary families can't afford it at all.
Fortunately, Jia Cong's positioning is accurate, and the propaganda position is placed in a wealthy area like Xicheng, so there is no need to worry about purchasing power at all.
In addition to the traditional stories of "Kong Rong Makes Pears", "Sima Guang Smashing the Cylinder" and the most famous "Ganluo Twelve Phases", there are also fables of "Tortoise and Hare Race" and "Pony Crossing the River", which can be said to be full of sincerity.
In fact, all customers who spent money to buy the book are quite satisfied with the content of "Young Heroes".
Not only does it seem to be amusing for adults, but it's also a good 'children's book' with the hints on the last page.
The 150 copies that the printing workshop had stockpiled in advance took almost a month to sell out, which can be regarded as a fire.
Don't look at the publishing market in the world of Red Mansions with modern eyes, after all, it is just a children's book, which is of an entertainment nature, and the number of customers who are willing to spend a silver or two to buy it is still small.
It's not a book like the Four Books and the Five Classics, and it's not easy to sell 150 copies a month.
This is still through the promotion of the second master of the phoenix egg treasure, and the girls in the house have a copy as the reason, attracting a lot of family property of the Jia clan to follow suit, and a group of rich managers follow the trend of procurement, otherwise it would be good to sell more than 100 copies.
The people who are willing to buy books outside are unexpectedly first the storytellers in the nearby teahouses and taverns, and then the businessmen and well-off families who are excited.
After all, you still have to think about it when you pay a silver or two for a children's story book that is not very well-known.
Jia Cong was already quite satisfied, he didn't think that a children's storybook would cause a sensation in the entire capital and become a well-known existence in the capital.
Something simply impossible!
The influence of Ning Rong's second mansion is self-righteous up and down the house, and few people buy it when they leave Ning Rong Street.
The key is that Jia Cong is just a concubine in the Dafang General's Mansion, how can he call the network of contacts in the mansion?
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if he can call on the resources of the house, he will not waste it on promoting the storybook "Young Heroes".
All he wants is a good start.
Obviously, the sales of "Young Heroes" are already quite good, at least the Huiyou Bookstore and the author's name of 'Cong Sanshao' have been played.
If there is a new storybook coming out, there will be no need to promote it as hard as before, and there will naturally be regular customers who will take the initiative to pay for it.
That's right, Jia Cong directly used 'Cong Sanshao' as the author's name of "Young Hero", and it was easy for 'acquaintances' to guess him.
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When he went to school that day, Huan San was very embarrassed to say that the second brother Bao and a group of girls blocked him in the middle of the road and forced him to ask him about the identity of 'Cong Sanshao', but he couldn't resist the leak.
After speaking, he carefully observed Jia Cong's demeanor, for fear that the boss would be angry.
"It's okay, since I dare to use that pen name, I naturally have no intention of hiding it!"
Jia Cong waved his hand, his face didn't care, and he even had a little idea in his heart, he actually wished that he was 'Cong Sanshao', the more people knew, the better, and it was not a shameful thing.
Spending so much energy is not just about making money.
There is also the intention of gathering popularity, and when I was resting and meditating at night recently, I knew the golden finger 'Fortune Pagoda' in the sea, which increased the slightest luck.
For him, that's the best compliment!
"That's great!"
Huan San's face was happy, and he said happily: "Before the second brother Bao, there were a few sisters who said that they wanted to find the boss and talk about the story in "Young Hero"! ”
"If you have time, you can bring them over!"
With a light smile, Jia Cong knew in his heart that from now on, it would be difficult for him to be a little transparent.
Once the phoenix egg Jia Baoyu took the initiative to come to the door, the old lady and the second wife who regarded him as eyeballs would naturally focus on Jia Cong, and then the 'Cong Sanshao' would be exposed.
He knew about it and didn't worry too much.
To put it bluntly, "Young Heroes" is just a children's book, and it has little to do with the imperial examination and the Four Books and Five Classics, and it will not attract excessive attention from the old lady and the second wife at all.
Of course, if he showed that he had a talent in the imperial examination, then the situation would be different, maybe a disaster would fall from the sky, and the two shops in his hands would be lost immediately.
These are still a little far away for Jia Cong, at this time the whole clan classmates know that he is the author of "Young Heroes" 'Cong Sanshao', and the eyes of each of them are full of eagerness, and they are almost the same as fans in modern times.
But in such an atmosphere, Mr. Jia Dairu still turned a blind eye, as if he didn't know about it at all, and he didn't say anything.
Tut......
If you say it, the outside world will definitely not believe that the gentleman who is in charge of the Jia clan is such an existence......