Chapter 433: Manuscript Fees: A New Source of Income (Part I) (Summoning a Monthly Pass)
I took a deep breath and showed my fearless courage that Mount Tai collapsed and did not change color, I really wanted to say two words to support my courage, I don't know what was going on, when I saw the eldest sister Bi Niang, I would always be in a mess, under the surface of the righteous gentleman, the little liver was constantly tickling.
The third sister glanced at me, glanced at her eldest sister, and then suddenly said: "The eldest sister also wants to hook up with her brother-in-law?" One sentence made the eldest sister Bi Niang into a big red face, and raised her hand to beat: "Okay, you Runniang, I think you want to be beaten, you little girl who chews her tongue ......"
The third sister smiled and got into the door, and the footsteps gradually faded away. Leaving me alone with a stomach cramp that was holding back and almost cramping, I stood on the steps of the courtyard gate with my eldest sister Bi Niang, who was full of shame and anger.
"What? Just laugh if you want to, look at how hard you endure. The eldest sister Bi Niang turned her head, bit her red lip, and looked at me for a long time, until she saw the hair in my heart, and then she smiled lightly.
At this time, I still have the leisure to laugh, coughed twice, and wanted to say goodbye, at this time, the eldest sister Bi Niang suddenly said: "The third sister seems to like you as a brother-in-law." ”
"What?!" I was dumbfounded, almost biting my tongue, holding the lantern, standing stiffly in place, the eldest sister Bi Niang glanced at the half-hidden door, and shook her head as if she had a headache: "Maybe the slave family wants to be bad, but ......" She raised her head, moved forward, and stood at a distance of more than two feet from me before she paused, the breath of a mature woman came to her nose, and her cheeks were covered with a layer of transparent glaze under the light, which was extraordinarily brilliant, and her eyes blinked gently, one by one, It was as if everything was going to be cut in two.
"You're so beautiful." I swallowed my saliva for a long time, stood on the corner of the steps, and held back such a sentence under the gaze of Bi Niang. Bi Niang was slightly stunned, and her face burned with a charming flush, and her eyes glanced at me timidly, as if she was blaming me for speaking improperly.
-----------------------------------------------------------I can't wait to slap myself, why are you here, I'm full? Tease to provoke your own sister-in-law? But then again, this sentence is usually put into normal times, and it is normal to praise people, but the time and place are not right at the moment, in the middle of the night, standing here with such a smart girl, the ambiguity just now has not disappeared, and when I say this, isn't it adding fuel to the fire?
"Well, I'm complimenting you." The sweat on her forehead was dripping, and she held back such a sentence after a long time, which made the eldest sister Bi Niang laugh amusedly, and sighed softly: "Today, after listening to the story of my brother-in-law, Bi Niang feels widowed in her heart, and she thinks of my deceased husband, and I don't know why." ”
"The eldest sister is still mourning, there is an old saying: people cannot be resurrected after death, and there are two brothers-in-law's flesh and blood, so you need to be carefully nurtured and taught by the eldest sister." I comforted me.
"Hehe, yes, if it wasn't for the two of them, I'm afraid that the slave family would have given up their lives at that time, and went with their husbands, but they just couldn't let them go, in fact, today, Bi Niang has something to trust, and I hope my brother-in-law can agree."
I said with doubts: "What's the matter with the eldest sister, just say that where Jun can do his best, he will do his best." ”
"The slave family hopes that my sister-in-law will take these two children as apprentices when they grow up, teach them some knowledge, and then find a background in the future, and will support themselves, I don't know ...... brother-in-law" The eldest sister Bi Niang said a little twisted for a long time, and I understood.
Apprentices, well, that's nothing, anyway, I have more students, and two more junior ones are nothing, but well, at least I have to wait until the two of them are above kindergarten, and I don't want to demote myself to a kindergarten aunt.
Seeing that I agreed, the eldest sister Bi Niang was overjoyed, and finally persuaded her to enter the house, "By the way, you can be careful, my sister seems to like you as the second brother-in-law." Just when I was about to turn around and leave, Wu Biniang suddenly turned around, such a sentence startled me, and before I could ask, Wu Biniang smiled coquettishly, and had already closed the door, and the light footsteps gradually disappeared.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Wu Biniang didn't pursue my rudeness, but Wu Biniang's words really made me feel funny, how old is Wu Runniang? That is, a twelve-year-old girl's family, where do you know what love and love, I'm afraid that I worship my brother-in-law is almost the same, besides, a funny person like me, and I don't like to lose my temper, well, to the beautiful girl, we have always been polite and gentlemanly, this is my principle of life. Therefore, it's normal for Wu Runniang to like to stick to me, pay attention, it's like, not love.
Thinking about it like this, I was relieved again, as for the words of the eldest sister of the martial family, forget it, a woman's mind, especially the mind of a woman like Wu Biniang, I can't guess it at all, why bother to guess it? We still have a lot of work to do.
At the beginning of October of the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, Fang Fuzhi's two copies of "Romance of the Gods" and "Cinderella" were released simultaneously, and for a while, Datang set off a book review fever, which was a big hit, as for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been reprinted many times, and the circulation has far exceeded my expectations, as high as nearly 200,000 copies, don't say it's me, even the shareholders who co-own with me are not taken aback, just this nearly 200,000 copies of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the income is no less than 100,000 yuan, plus hardcover, collector's edition, The printing and shipment of the pocket edition also earned nearly 100,000 yuan, and there are still booksellers from afar waiting to place orders.
As for the two new books, the initial order alone was as high as 50,000 copies. The printing house is like a money printing machine at the moment, and the money is flowing into our pockets like flowing water, and Uncle Li is also staring at his dividends again and again, I didn't think that I could have so much income every month when I said it at the beginning, this is the private money collected from Uncle Li's own treasury, how can I not be happy.
As for the paper mill, this originally the most inconspicuous little thing makes several times more money than the printing house, why? Everyone has to use paper, since the improvement of paper, divided into several types of paper suitable for various occasions, the wisdom of the ancients is really not covered, even hand paper, this soft paper products, has also been popular in the dignitaries and rich people, nonsense, with hand paper, is cheaper than silk cloth, right? Besides, it's much more comfortable than using the disgusting stuff of the toilet chip, after all, it's a one-time consumable, and it's inexpensive, and almost everyone can afford it.
And with the efforts of the shareholders, as well as under the hint of Uncle Li, the paper mill has a tendency to spread, but well, the patent right is still tightly held in our hands, of course, it is precisely because of the emergence of the paper mill and the improvement of the process, at present, the Hanmen Shu people do not need to practice words on the sand table.
----------------------------------------------------------- all this has made me gain a great favor in the eyes of readers, and there are already some scholars who are interested in this with their own leisure office to visit, the meaning is obvious, must also want to be famous, so very, both come, then use, of course, every scholar I have given the corresponding manuscript fee, But some of the scholars didn't care about it at all, thinking that I was using money to vulgarize them.
For example, the one in front of me, Wang Yifang, had to be awarded the post of joining the army in the Jin Palace, a very famous scholar personally introduced by Li Zhi, he wrote some unique insights on Confucianism, and wanted to give me a review or two, and then publish it, but when I wanted to give him money, Wang Yifang felt that I was insulting his personality, and now he was blowing his beard and glaring at me, damn, what does this old boy mean? I'm here to help you.
Li Zhi also squatted on the side with his own head, it was a headache that this plague god invited by himself was in my home, if it was Li Zhi, I was afraid that this little kid might fight for more manuscript fees with me, but this one in front of me was good, and he actually felt that I had insulted him.
And what kind of gentleman is not eaten to me against. But my face that makes me angry is green, but it's not good to scold people in person, plus this Wang Yifang I also know that this guy is a straight person, don't say it's me, even Li Zhi, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, often gives him speechless, but he also says the problem reasonably, so Li Zhi is both angry and helpless. It is said that he came to Chang'an when he was in charge of the scriptures, and met a person on foot on the way, who claimed that his father was the commander of Yingshang County, and heard that his father was seriously ill and wanted to go there at night, and he could only walk at present, and it was very difficult to hurry, but there was no way. Wang Yifang listened, and without saying a word, he untied the horse he was riding and gave it to him, and left without telling the other party's name.
After this matter, because the person who borrowed his horse to go home came to Chang'an to find him, for a while, Wang Yifang's deeds spread, and many people praised his character, and soon after, he was awarded the position of "Jin Wangfu to join the army", Wei Zheng Wei's uncle loved and valued him very much, and once proposed to marry his wife's niece to him, but he politely refused, which couldn't help but make Li Zhi and his colleagues strange, such a good family business, he did not get married, nor engaged, Why don't you want such a good marriage?
(To be continued)