Chapter 25 Marketing (2)
"What kind of book is this "Journey to the West", and why do you hear people discussing it everywhere?" There are still ten days before the Yuntai Mountain Grand Gathering, and a few Confucian monks who have just landed in Yuntai Shanfang City have heard monks everywhere in the streets and alleys talking about "The Legend of Journey to the West", and they can't help but be a little curious. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Maybe it's the latest book written by a great Confucian cultivator? But when I came to Yuntai Mountain half a year ago, I never heard of this name. One of the monks who traveled with him also said that these people are all monks of the Wen School, and their understanding of knowledge is far beyond that of ordinary monks of the same level, and such a hot book should not appear suddenly, and many huge works in the cultivation world took hundreds of years to write, and the world is waiting to see through it.
"These seniors, have you just come up from the mountain?" A middle-aged monk who was only in the middle of Qi refining on the side came over.
"What?" The monks who just came to Yuntai Shanfang City were all in the middle and late stages of foundation building, and they were not very polite to the passers-by in front of them.
"Do you want a trial version of "Journey to the West?" the middle-aged monk in the middle of Qi refining looked mysterious, leaned in and whispered.
"What did you say?" Actually, a few of the foundation building monks heard it clearly, but what was the trial version?
"That's right, what about this "Journey to the West", it will not be sold until the opening day of the big set, and most importantly, the number of sales is very small, and now many monks are very curious about what kind of book "Journey to the West" is, so-" The middle-aged monk in the middle stage of Qi refining proudly patted his chest at this time and said: "Don't look at the lower cultivation as low, but I got "Journey to the West" through some special channels The early sale right of the first few stories of the story, this is called the trial version, from the birth of the Monkey King to the end of the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, it is recorded, and the price is only one or two spirit stones!"
"The Monkey King was born and made trouble in the Heavenly Palace? One of the foundation building period monks smiled and directly took out a lower grade spirit stone.
"Okay, please take this senior. The monk in the Qi refining period took out a piece of broken jade the size of a thumb and handed it to the foundation building monk who came out of the spirit stone.
"Just such a small piece of broken jade?" The monk who spent a piece of low-grade spirit stone was a line, this is obviously a leftover material for making jade slips, there is no spiritual power at all, even mortal writing, there is not much record, such a thing dares to ask for a price or two of spirit stones?
"Why don't you only sell one or two low-grade spirit stones? The cost of the lowest-grade jade Jianguang of the yellow level is at this price, senior, you take a look at this content first, to ensure that it is worth the money! There is also a brief analysis in it, I am afraid that you can't help but want to read the whole collection after reading it, then you can only wait until the day when the big set opens!" said the monk in the Qi refining period with great confidence.
"Okay, I'll see, you can go. The Zhuji monk who took the broken jade waved his hand, and he had to take a good look at the book that was passed on to the gods, and he didn't pay attention to it at all after one or two times of the spirit stone, and he didn't dare to deceive them for this little monk in the Qi refining period, thinking of this, this monk looked at the broken jade on the street.
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"Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" Monk Zhuji looked at this broken jade on the street, and saw that he had been looking at it for half an hour, and he couldn't help but make several senior brothers with him a little puzzled, it stands to reason that the contents of this small piece of broken jade can be seen in a few cups of tea at most.
"This trial version of "Journey to the West", only selling one or two spirit stones really defiled this book. Although this book does not contain spirits, nor does it contain Taoism, it is really a book of Taoism, and it is comparable to the world, and it is not more than a palm. When the big set opens, I will have to see the full version of "Journey to the West". After reading this small piece of broken jade, the foundation monk opened his eyes and said--He said this remark, not only because of "Journey to the West", but also because of part of the analysis in the book.
"What? It is such a strange book, which one wrote it?" The faces of several monks on the side could not help but change.
"I don't know who the name is 'Old Driver', have you heard of it?" asked the monk rhetorically.
"Old driver?" the monks pouted, apparently unheard of the name.
"The old is the longest, the extreme, the division is the main, the dynasty, there is the meaning of the reason; the machine through the product, the number is the quantity, the intention is to take the accumulation, the so-called building blocks vitality, help the cause of the relationship, to take the positive result. The method of transforming the results of karma is the opportunity. The meaning of the old driver is probably to refer to the person who has been immersed in the avenue all the year round and wants to achieve positive results? Just listening to this name, I am afraid that it is an unborn power. One of the monks pondered in his mind for a long time, and his opinion was spoken, and he received a large number of nods of approval from his companions.
"In this way, when the Yuntai Mountain Gathering begins, I will have to buy a copy of this "Journey to the West" to take a look, by the way, what about the little monk who sold the trial version just now? I also want to take a look at it first..."
"The little monk doesn't know where to go, why don't a few Taoist brothers take a look at my trial version first to satisfy their hunger?" The monk who bought the trial version handed out the broken jade in his hand, but was sternly rejected by several fellow Daoists.
"Brother Dao can't, the so-called Tao does not pass on non-people, the law does not pass on six ears, this book is related to the Tao, how can it be obtained without work, just one or two spirit stones, I will buy it by ourselves, it doesn't hurt to see it later, if Brother Dao buys the book alone, but for us to watch, I am afraid that the old driver will know, and I will not be ashamed. Several monks in the same group refused one after another, but the monk who had read the trial version first was a little impressed and apologized again and again - the most literate monks of the three categories of Taoism, Dharma, and Literature, all those who have achieved some achievements are all broad-minded and open-minded people, but they disdain to get something for nothing and see pirated copies.
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Let's go back and talk about the qi refining monk who sold the trial version of "Journey to the West" on the street, this monk's name is Cao Yang, and he is already in his thirties, but he only has a cultivation of the fourth level of qi refining- There is really no way, Lao Cao used to be an ordinary mortal, ten years ago by chance to get half of the cultivation exercises, and then embarked on the road of cultivation, but his own qualifications are only middle and lower, and the half of the exercises obtained are also not good, so it took ten years to only refine the fourth layer of qi, and it is normal that it is hopeless to build a foundation.
It is said that Cao Yang was hiding in a small alley at the moment, looked around a few times, and made sure that no one was following, so he walked to a door, knocked on the door, and flashed in as soon as the door opened.
"Twenty copies of the trial version have all been sold, and it is not effortless at all, here are twenty taels of spirit stones. Cao Yang took out a large pile of shining spirit stones from his waist, put them on the table, and said with some admiration: "Brother Zhao, on this Yuntai Mountain, there are tens of thousands of Qi refining cultivators, but my old Cao only obeys you!"
Standing in front of Cao Yang was Zhao Li, this house was rented by Nie Linghui, I saw Zhao Li put his hand in the middle of a pile of spirit stones on the table and drew it, dividing a pile of spirit stones into almost equal parts, and then pushed one of them in front of Cao Yang with a push of his hand - this not only includes the commission for selling broken jade slips, but also the five cents fee for being a "water army", and said: "Where is Brother Cao, if there was no Bigu Pill of Brother Cao, where would I Zhao Li today, but Brother Cao has to work hard these days." ”
"No, no, with Brother Zhao's ability, how can I be hungry, let alone any hard work, I have earned more spirit stones every day in the past few days than I have earned in previous months. Cao Yang said again and again that he didn't dare to be, a few months ago, when Zhao Li just went to Yuntai Mountain, and the first time he said "Journey to the West" at Nie Linghui's tea stall, he was the first to give Zhao Libi Gu Dan as a lecture.
"Here are twenty pieces of broken jade. Zhao Li and Cao Yang chatted for a while, took out a small pile of broken jade from the side, and handed it to Cao Yang - that's right, Cao Yang's so-called special channels and early sale rights were directly given to him by Zhao Li.
"Okay, then I'll go first, by the way, Brother Zhao, you have to be careful, "Journey to the West" has been too popular these days, and the people of the Blood Sea Crazy Knife Gang are looking for you, saying that they want to collect the money. Cao Yang put away the broken jade, and now he doesn't do the original work of digging medicine, but comes to Zhao Li every day to get the trial version of "Journey to the West" to sell, and by the way, he is used as a water army everywhere to market "Journey to the West".
"I know, sooner or later, I'm going to have to give them some color. Zhao Li nodded quietly, and also reminded: "Brother Cao should also be careful. ”
"Don't worry, now there are many monks on this Yuntai Mountain, and if there are many people, it will not be easy to be discovered, and now the Yuntai Mountain is really full of golden pills, and there are many foundations like dogs, and those who bully the soft and fear the hard in the Blood Sea Crazy Knife Gang will not dare to do anything in front of the seniors on the street!" Cao Yang nodded, he helped Zhao Li sell the trial version of "Journey to the West", but he didn't make much money, if he was caught by the Blood Sea Crazy Knife Gang, in addition to being robbed, I am afraid that he would inevitably be beaten.
Zhao Li watched Cao Yang flash out of the door, and he was still a little uneasy in his heart, "water army marketing", selling the trial version of "Journey to the West" and so on are not something that two or three people can do, so he recruited a lot of poor monks who practiced at night in the "Immortal Refining Dao" and often came to Chabak to listen to him during the day to help, and he earned a lot of spirit stones, and the Blood Sea Crazy Knife Gang would definitely not let him go - where to find a fat sheep with rich money and low cultivation?