Chapter 205: The Storyteller (2)

Because Liu Man'er wants to mainly use storytelling to attract people, these two storytellers can get a commission on the turnover of the store that day in addition to a fixed salary, and as for the rewards given to them by booksellers, Liu Man'er will also share fifty-fifty with them.

In ancient times, everyone received a monthly salary, and they had never been paid in this way, so both of them felt quite novel.

This method of basic salary plus commission can greatly encourage people's hearts, and when Liu Maner told Han Shixin at that time, Han Shixin was also eye-catching and felt that this method was feasible.

Including the young men in the store, each of them is paid 500 wen per month, and then they take 1% of the net income share of the store, and the two storytellers are the same as them, taking 5% of the store's income share, and Uncle Han is taking 10%.

Although Uncle Han is a house slave bought by Liu Man'er, after all, he is rich and easy to do, you have no money, after all, it is not very good, but now that the family is nervous, he will not pay Uncle Han for the time being, but just let him take a share of the turnover in the store.

I hope that through this Fang clan, he can take good care of the teahouse.

The business of this teahouse should not be bad in Liu Man'er's expectations, after all, her words are written so well in the book, I am not afraid that no one will listen to it.

The teahouse has been renovated, the plaque is in place, and the guy has it, and the opening of this teahouse is also simple, boiling water and making tea, it can be opened.

Liu Man'er didn't invite anyone to cut the ribbon this time, nor did she let Shuai Shuai attract guests, she just let the Korean new play a simple plaque, and the coarse tea was free for the first three days.

This coarse tea is not expensive, you can buy a big catty for five cents, it is nothing more than boiling water and some firewood, which is not in the way.

There weren't many people who came on the first day, most of them were idle and boring old people, or some idle people, who saw that it was free, so they came to sit down, or they were tired and came to rest.

But as soon as they sat down, they didn't want to leave, without it, this story is so good, it really makes people reluctant to leave.

By the next day, the number of people who came to listen to the book doubled, in addition to men, there were also some children and middle-aged women, they sat in the teahouse, they were reluctant to leave, and when they heard the emotion, they burst into tears.

waited until Feng Yongkang finished the story before they reluctantly got up and left.

On the third day, the teahouse had not yet opened, but it attracted a lot of people, and when it opened, even the door was full, and because of the large number of people, the two guys were not busy at all, so Liu Man'er also asked Cao'er to go over and help burn the fire for a day.

After operating at a loss for three days, these people are gradually addicted to the story of "Journey to the West", and they don't listen to this storyteller once or twice a day, and they always feel itchy.

Stories always rely on word of mouth, and if a story is told well, it will naturally be widely spread. It's just a few days, and many people know about Liu Man'er's "storyteller" teahouse, and many people hear stories from other people's mouths and feel itchy, so they come to listen to them once or twice.

Although this Feng Yongkang looks short and fat, he is indeed a first-class storyteller, his voice is hearty and rich and eloquent, according to the words given by Liu Man'er, it is naturally better than what those people hear from others.

Originally, Han Shixin thought that the two seats near the storyteller's platform should be wasted, but he didn't expect that on the third day of charging, two guests came.

It was two young ladies wearing curtains, who should have heard this story from other people's mouths before rushing to listen, Liu Man'er charged five hundred wen for these two front-row seats, tea and fruit were free, Han Shixin always felt that the charge was a little expensive, but I didn't expect someone to come.

There is a row of long tables around this elegant seat, these long cases are a table of 100 Wen, tea is free plus a plate of fruit for free, of course, these tea types, most of them are Biluochun, Tieguanyin, Longjing in the good tea, although not the best one, but at least it is medium.

As for the ordinary tables and benches in the back, they are all ordinary coarse tea, and they are charged according to the tea, and they cost two pennies, and only if you have time, you can sit all day.

Of course, there is no special Xiao Er to serve these long tables, all you can do is to beckon Xiao Er to come and add water.

Most of the people who come here are people who come to listen to stories, so everyone is also very quiet and keeps their voices low.

Many people can't find a table, so they can only sit on the bench at the door, and more people are crowded at the door, or even standing outside the door.

At first, he was worried about whether he would lose money in the first three days of free, but after half a month passed, after such a calculation, two or three taels of silver came in every day.

Of course, a lot of these receipts came from the money from the elegant seats and VIP seats in the front, and many of them were rewarded by people to the storyteller, and Liu Man'er shared five or five points with them.

It's also funny, now this seat is almost covered by some girls' families, and some young ladies call their maids to come over early every day to occupy the seat, as if they are proud to be able to occupy this seat.

The suitors of these girls also tried to find a way, and came early every morning to help the beautiful woman occupy a seat, but even so, there were only two seats after all, and they could not occupy them, so they could only retreat to the next few cases.

Therefore, these private seats bring income to the store, and those seats in the back are just enough to pay the guys, and they have just saved their capital.

Drinking tea and listening to books is an elegant thing, and even if these girls come here, they will not feel immoral when they are veiled and sit in the front row.

Well, Liu Man'er has a dream, that is, she hopes that the book she wrote can become popular in this county, so that people feel that it is an honorable thing to come to her "storyteller" to drink tea and listen to books.

However, after all, this county is so big, there are so many rich people after all, and there are so many people who have leisure, many people have not heard the previous text, and they are a little incomprehensible to the following stories.

Liu Man'er thought about it and felt that after most of the people in the county had heard of her teahouse and her story, she could start publishing books.

Only by seizing the opportunity can she make money, and now her teahouse is also supported by the story of "Journey to the West", and there is no knowledge protection right in ancient times, but in just half a month, there are already many teahouses in this county town that have begun to tell this story.

Fortunately, because her story is always told ahead of others, there are still a lot of people who come to her, otherwise, with the fee of her teahouse, all the customers will be lost soon, but even so, because of piracy, there is still a lot of loss.

She felt that if she didn't seize the opportunity to publish the book, she might let someone else give it at that time, and if so, she would definitely be angry.

But now she is too busy in a day, not only to write the follow-up to Journey to the West, but also to write about Yang Jiajiang, and she is almost too busy every day.

Now her teahouse has opened two shows, Feng Yongkang still talks about "Journey to the West" in the morning, and Li Yongwen talks about "Yang Jiajiang" in the afternoon, so that the turnover has skyrocketed.

The reason is because many people sit all day in order to listen to stories, but now they tell two different stories every day, and people who come to listen to books can choose to listen to only their favorite stories, instead of sitting there all day, they can finish listening to books in the morning, and then go about their own business, so that many seats are freed.

Liu Man'er plans to organize and publish her Journey to the West, and now that this teahouse is on the right track, Liu Man'er plans to transfer Uncle Han back to help her do this publishing thing, and let Feng Yongkang help take charge of the store.

Feng Yongkang saw that he had not been in this teahouse for a month, and the owner had called him such a major task, and he was really a little apprehensive in his heart, but Liu Man'er smiled slightly, telling him not to worry, as long as he kept the accounts.

After all, he only needs to talk in the morning every day, and he can rest in the afternoon, and if he is the shopkeeper, he has enough time.

What's more, Li Yongwen can also help him, although the two quarrel as soon as they meet, they are actually brothers, and their relationship is very good, as Liu Man'er said, they are happy enemies.

In the past, they liked to compare, and each felt that they were good at telling stories, and after Liu Man'er learned about this, she enlightened them, "The two of you are not the same style of people at all, one is the voice of gold and jade, and the other is Huang Li's tactfulness, the two have no distinction at all, but should learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths." ”

Now the two of them are quite happy to tell stories here, and they have both gathered some listeners who like to listen to their stories, and there is no conflict of interest, although they still choke each other occasionally, but it is harmless.

Liu Man'er also let Han Shixin observe them well during this time, and Han Shixin also felt that their character was fine, but a small teahouse could do it.

And having the two of them as shopkeepers can also promote the relationship between the teahouse and the tea customers.

After all, most of the people who come here to drink tea do it to listen to books, and the two storytellers, Feng Yongkang and Li Yongwen, are like stars in their eyes.

Now there is not only tea in this store, but Liu Man'er has also made some melons, fruits, pastries and other snacks to sell there, which can be regarded as an extra income.

At least in just half a month after opening, her capital will come back, of course, it is still a little difficult to repay the huge debt of more than 2,000 taels of silver just by relying on this shop, so the future is long, and she still needs to think of other ways.

Liu Man'er thought of taking advantage of the current fire of "Journey to the West" to print some bookstores and sell them, after all, many people have not heard the complete story, and it is not bad to look at books.

Ye Feng also told Liu Man'er that now there are people in his school discussing the book "Journey to the West", and there are even some manuscripts, although it is not as good as the story written by Liu Man'er, but there is already a pirated version, if it continues, maybe even the following text she wrote will be continued by others, then the story she worked so hard to write will be in vain.