Chapter 363: Luo Qingluan's series of stories
The story of the Peony Pavilion, Luo Qingluan used the form of vernacular, and it was written in an easy-to-understand manner. Not only those noble women, but also the scholars can understand it, and even the peddlers' pawns, as long as they can read and write, they can understand the content of the story.
Modified and added, sprinkled with seven or eight thousand words, and the story was released. When Luo Qingluan was writing the story, Jiang Yunhai had been waiting behind, and when she wrote a page, he couldn't wait to read a page, and muttered when he saw the benefits.
After Luo Qingluan finally finished writing, Jiang Yunhai still sighed at the end of the end, envious and happy, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Great, this Liu Sheng is finally with Miss Du, after going through hardships, he finally lived up to his affection and righteousness, God pity me......."
He looked at Luo Qingluan excitedly, and bowed deeply with the manuscript in his hand: "Miss Luo, this story is too beautiful." ”
Seeing Jiang Yunhai like this, his face was flushed with red light, and he had a full sense of substitution, Luo Qingluan knew that the effect would not be bad. She smiled: "Since the effect is good, then Jiang Gongzi will quickly ask people to print it and make it into a book." By the way, it's better to find another one who is good at drawing, draw a few pictures according to the content, and insert them in the story, so that the effect will be better. ”
After thinking about it for a while, Jiang Yunhai couldn't help but nod again and again: "Miss Luo is really whimsical, there has never been this kind of content illustration in those story books before, this time I must find a good one to draw Miss Du and Liu Shusheng." ”
Jiang Bingwen on the side secretly sighed that Luo Qingluan just provided a story at random, which was so wonderful. He almost imagined that in a few days, his Baiwei study would be overcrowded again, and his wealth would be extensive.
"Miss Luo is worthy of being the person His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes!" He sighed in his heart, full of admiration.
Putting down the pen, Luo Qingluan carefully dried the ink on the paper, and neatly put away a stack of manuscripts and handed them to Jiang Yunhai. The latter had already been attracted by the story of the Peony Pavilion, and said to Jiang Bingwen, and immediately went to find a worker to start printing.
"It's not a long story, and it can only be made into a booklet, about five dollars a piece." Luo Qingluan began to count: "The first batch, how many do Mr. Jiang plan to print?" ”
"Such a wonderful story, try a thousand copies in advance, right?" Jiang Bingwen thought about it, seemed to have made a major decision, and looked up at Luo Qingluan: "No matter how much it can be sold, the old man will pay Miss Luo three hundred taels of silver first, this story was originally written by Miss Luo, and the old man simply took advantage of Miss Luo." Wait until the sales profit exceeds three hundred taels, and then the rest will be divided into three or seven points with Miss Luo, how about Miss Luo accounting for seventy percent? ”
Seventy percent? So after all, doesn't Jiang Bingwen have much income at all?
Doing business must be beneficial to both parties, otherwise there will be contradictions sooner or later, although Luo Qingluan does not plan to develop in Dongwan for a long time, but her character is not to take advantage of others. And she does admire Jiang Bingwen's temperament, although she wrote the story this time, she didn't specifically talk about the benefits, Jiang Bingwen took the initiative to mention it, which proves that it is worth reassuring to cooperate with him.
Smiling slightly, Luo Qingluan shook his head: "If Mr. Jiang reckons accounts like this, then I won't give you this story." ”
Jiang Bingwen was stunned for a moment, thinking that Luo Qingluan was too little, and his face was very embarrassed: "Uh...... The old man is indeed taking advantage of Miss Luo, since this is the case, then Miss Luo will account for eighty percent......"
"No, Mr. Jiang misunderstood what I meant, I don't want eighty percent, I don't want seventy percent, I want four achievements to be enough. And the three hundred taels, Mr. Jiang didn't have to give it to me at the beginning, the forty percent I said was forty percent of the net profit after the story was sold, and I didn't want anything else, so it was enough. ”
Looking at Luo Qingluan's serious appearance, Jin Bingwen's heart jumped, and he still didn't believe it: "Miss Luo, you ...... Forty percent, you say? I can't do it, I can't help it, these forty percent are really too little. If it weren't for Miss Luo to write this story, the old man wouldn't have earned a penny......"
Interrupting Jiang Bingwen's words, Luo Qingluan said with a straight face: "Mr. Jiang, in fact, I didn't write this story just to make quick money and short money, but to cooperate with you for a long time. ”
"Long-term cooperation?" When Jiang Bingwen heard this, his eyes immediately lit up: "Could it be that Miss Luo means that you still have such a good story?" ”
This is naturally Luo Qingluan's original intention to use stories to make money.
If it's a one-shot deal with only one story, then she doesn't have the heart to earn this few hundred taels at all. For her, money is very important, but she is not a miser stingy, she can afford a few hundred taels. If it weren't for the fact that he was waiting for Nalan Night in Dongwan, and he was idle, Luo Qingluan wouldn't have bothered to make so much effort.
With a confident look in his eyes, Luo Qingluan smiled: "I can make up at least seventy or eighty stories like this one, and I can write a lot of not only short stories, but also novellas and long stories." When I was a child, I didn't like to read, and my parents wanted to teach me, so they hired a gentleman who could tell me stories. I've been listening to his stories for five years, and now they all stick in my head...... Besides, after listening to so much, I'll make up some myself, right? Mr. Jiang can still rest assured? ”
casually made up a reason, Jiang Bingwen also had to believe it, otherwise how could Luo Qingluan know so many interesting stories?
A 'Peony Pavilion' of a few thousand words can increase his income by at least 1,000 taels of silver this month, not to mention the endless printing and printing in the future...... If Luo Qingluan writes more stories, wouldn't it be his Baiwei study......
It's really a famous continent!
Holding back the excitement in his heart, Jiang Bingwen bowed deeply to Luo Qingluan: "Miss Luo brought the old decay back to life, the old decay is grateful, please accept my worship." ”
Even if she really received Jiang Bingwen's gift, Luo Qingluan deserved it, but she still held Jiang Bingwen: "Mr. Jiang, don't be polite, we are just a mutually beneficial cooperation, even if I know so many stories, but if I don't have your study, I can't find a source of customers." Let me do the printing myself, and I have to deal with the workers, I have a headache. ”
Looking at Luo Qingluan's sincere appearance, Jiang Bingwen knew that she really had no intention of tempting, so she agreed to the dividend method of four or six points between the two parties.
But Jiang Bingwen knew that he must have taken advantage of Luo Qingluan. Even if she talked about those troubles, how much convenience Baiwei Study gave her, Jiang Bingwen understood better that as long as Luo Qingluan had this wonderful story, no one with a little brain would miss her. What she said wasn't a problem at all.
stayed in Baiwei Study until the evening before leaving, Jiang Yunhai was really quick to find someone, but he brought two painters back in half an hour, saying that he wanted Luo Qingluan to pick and choose who was suitable for illustration.
After confirming these, the three of them discussed the cover of the booklet of the story of the 'Peony Pavilion', the font, including the font size of the printing, etc., and confirmed them one by one, until it was slightly dark, and Luo Qingluan did not leave.
The fiery sunset hung on the horizon, dyeing the sky golden, but the sky overhead was gray-blue, quiet and lofty, and cool. Luo Qingluan and Xu Lian walked slowly, looking at the people returning home on the street, the merchants and the farmers who bought vegetables, and they were already immersed in this peaceful atmosphere.
Everything is good here, but it's a pity that it's not Xichu.
Luo Qingluan knew that this was not her home, although she was safe and rich, she still missed the place where Nalan was there at night.
There was no need to be sad, Luo Qingluan quickly came to his senses and smiled slightly. It didn't take long for Nalan Ye to work hard, as long as he got the situation in Xichu and everything was stable, she could go back to see him.
Back in the courtyard, Luo Qingluan did not waste time, and continued to write after dinner.
She had just prepared a thick pile of paper for her, and she was going to work as quickly as possible and write a few more stories.
Luo Qingluan has already been able to predict that a classic story like 'Peony Pavilion', which has been popular and has been passed down for thousands of years, will definitely cause a sensation as soon as it is listed. A single story can be sung for a long time and generate countless benefits. But she won't be satisfied with that, the more stories she makes, the more money she makes.
Money is never too much.
Pick and choose the stories you remember, and in the first batch, Luo Qingluan prepared three stories.
In addition to the Peony Pavilion, she also selected two that she knew by heart, one was Liu Yichuan, and the last one was Nan Ke Yimeng. These three stories are different, but they are all novel and interesting, not only storytelling, but also far-reaching, and not just a story after dinner.
The protagonist of the Peony Pavilion is Du Liniang, who tells a beautiful and indomitable love story, and in the end, it is naturally a happy ending that everyone likes to see. Although Liu Yi's biography is also a comedy, it focuses on being suitable for men, and through Liu Yi, he won the favor of the dragon girl, but he refused the marriage of the dragon king, which can better satisfy the arrogance of those who read.
But in the end, Liu Yi was still with the Dragon Girl and became famous, this is what everyone likes and pursues.
The third story, Nan Ke Yimeng, is completely different from the other two stories. Using big dreams for decades to warn everyone, even people who can't understand the meaning will like such a bizarre story, and they will definitely be amazed to see it. And those who are knowledgeable and thoughtful, older ones like Jiang Bingwen, will definitely understand the far-reaching educational significance of this story.
These three stories, compiled into a series, are estimated to make her gain no less than 5,000 taels of silver after a sensation, right?
As soon as he thought of the silver in vain, Luo Qingluan was full of energy.
Another deviation appeared, when on the third day, when Nangong Yu occasionally passed by Baiwei Study, he found that the guys in the store were carrying piles of small books, and he knew at a glance that they were newly printed books.
Seeing that Jiang Yunhai was writing a book sales notice, Nangong Yu just picked up a copy and flipped through it at will. After two clicks, he couldn't throw it away, and his eyes seemed to be on the book, and he couldn't take it off.
"This son, do you like the story of this 'Peony Pavilion'?" After writing the notice, Jiang Yunhai walked over and greeted with a smile: "If you like it, you might as well buy it back and read it slowly, it's not expensive anyway, it's only five dollars of silver for a copy." ”
"Five cents?" Nangong Yu took out the silver and immediately took out the silver: "Okay, I want a copy." As soon as he handed over the silver, he remembered something and asked, "By the way, you wrote this story, brother?" That's wonderful! ”
Jiang Yunhai said honestly: "Don't hide it, this is the story written by the benefactor who came up with the membership system in our store last time, it's really good, right?" By the way, in addition to this Peony Pavilion, there are two other stories that are about to come out, and they are being printed in the past two days, and it will be almost the same if Childe comes back in two days, and he will definitely not lose to this story. ”
"Really, there are two more stories? Well, I'll pre-order two copies first. After speaking, Nangong Yu gave another tael of silver.
But he was also really depressed, he wanted to know who wrote this story, and he could see at a glance that this person who wrote the story was extremely powerful, and his thoughts were wild, and it would be great if he could dig it under his command.
It's a pity that obviously the owner is hiding like a treasure and won't tell him.
Nangong Yu definitely didn't expect that the person he had been looking for was right in front of him, but he missed it every time.