Chapter 19
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, let us stretch out our fingers to speed up the time, the next afternoon, Xu Yuan listened to Du Ai's report, nodded from time to time, and occasionally put forward opinions, Du Ai recorded them one by one. Pen & Fun & Pavilion next to Liang Lun www.biquge.info like a curious baby, looking left and right in the newspaper building.
"Okay, that's for the time being, you tell the workers to hurry up and print, and the first two hundred copies will come." Xu Yuandao. The printing of the newspaper is also printed with movable type, and the article is given to the craftsman, and then the craftsman typesets it one by one, and it can be printed, and the typesetting work is a little troublesome, but Xu Yuan is looking for some skilled craftsmen, and his hands and feet are very quick.
"Brother Xu, how much does that newspaper cost?" Liang Lun Dao.
"We're tentatively forty wen." Xu Yuan said, he also told Liu Liang as he spoke: "The printing of the newspaper must be exquisite, and it has been emphasized to the craftsmen, and the paper must not be stained." "The newspapers they sell are different from those of later generations, most of which are for news consumption and take the road of small profits and quick turnover, while Zhihu Newspaper takes the road of literati, and the selection of paper and printing are all of the best materials. Moreover, the literacy rate in ancient times was not high, and the common people could not read newspapers even if they could afford them, and the literati who could afford to read newspapers did not count the small amount of money.
Liang Lun is still a little excited, he has almost invested all his pocket money, if he loses it, he can only live a tight life, as for asking the old lady for money, he has never thought about it. However, looking at this newspaper, there is also a part of its own, the craftsmen inside are busy, Du Ai is reviewing, Liu Liang is directing people to move tables and chairs in, everyone in it is like a gear to form the whole newspaper hall, Liang Lun has a feeling of glory. Xu Yuan is right, this sense of accomplishment is indeed fascinating.
The front page of the first issue of the newspaper was naturally Mr. Xie's article, and the rest was what Liang Lun went to the school and academy to find those teachers, and the little prince still had face. Xu Yuan has already found a sales channel for Zhihu Daily, first, many teahouses have promised to accept more than a dozen newspapers to test the waters, and second, he has found some clever little beggars to sell for him as newsboys. Because of the popularity of Huining's westward journey, the business of many teahouses in the west of the city plummeted, and many merchants took horse-drawn carriages from their homes in the west of the city to the teahouses in the east of the city to listen to the news. There's no way, when you talk about business, you don't know anything about the topics that everyone can talk about, wouldn't it be very disadvantageous, just like in the future, everyone at the wine table will talk about who Hillary is ridiculing and who, but you don't know any of them, and you can't even insert your mouth, so it's hard to talk about business. Although some things may seem different from ancient times to the present, their essence is the same.
This time, Xu Yuan mentioned this matter to the shopkeeper in the east of the city, and everyone bought him a face, saying that he was willing to test the water, anyway, even if he failed, the loss would not be big. And he found the shopkeeper in the west of the city, and made it clear, some of these people don't know that Xu Yuan is the author of Journey to the West, and after listening patiently, he said that he didn't want to try or didn't listen, and occasionally knew that he was looking for acquaintances who had learned about Xu Yuan's harm and their business plummeted, and they wanted to start Journey to the West but were reluctant to pay the price, and they were only willing to pay a little money in exchange for something that had undergone market testing, please, this is not an investment, this is not treating others as ****. Only a pine crane tower in the west of the city, which also sells tea, expressed its willingness to start, and it is still fifty copies.
This Songhe Tower is also very interesting, it only sells tea and cakes, because in Jingtian Academy, it is almost only a literati business. Those who read also love to come here for a cup of tea, meet friends, and some old gentlemen often come here, and the business is good, and they have not suffered too many losses because of the Journey to the West. The shopkeeper's surname is Lu, a thin little old man, who smiles when he speaks, which is easy to make people feel good.
Xu Yuan asked him why he was willing to accept this newspaper, and he said: "I and the shopkeeper Jin are also old friends, we used to meet it when we received tea, and later we became friends." This time, everyone in the city listened to this Journey to the West again, and when I listened to the guests chatting here, there were praises and disdains, but I could almost feel that this was indeed a good work, and it was recognized by many people. So I got my heart up, and when I inquired, I found out that the first person to tell this story was a young man at Yipin Teahouse. I asked the shopkeeper about gold, and he said that this person was very special, and he didn't say anything about it, and he didn't mention who it was. "As soon as I saw you, I felt that this person should be you." There seemed to be a light in Lao Lu's eyes. "I think your newspaper is very interesting, and these readers will like it." He wanted to sign a contract with Xu Yuan to get the newspaper for a long time, but Xu Yuan refused.
When Xu Yuan returned home, it was already night, and Ling Er was sitting in the yard with his eyes blank. "Master, you're finally back, I'll call Madame." With that, the bell bounced away. Xu Yuan closed the door again, and there were still a few snacks on the small table in the courtyard.
For dinner, Xu Yuan ate with Liang Lun, Du Ai, and Liu Liang in the natural residence, and after learning that Xu Yuan was the owner of this restaurant, the two of them were a little surprised.
"Xianggong, here, this is the autumn coat I asked the master to make, do you wear it or not." Su Jun took out his clothes and helped Xu Yuan put them on. This is a moon-white robe, with Xu Yuan's gradually hardened figure in recent days, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, which complement each other very well. Su Jun looked left and right, asked Xu Yuan to raise his hand, turned around, and asked, "Is this cuff a little too long?" "I think it's just right, I don't have to change it, I like the clothes." Looking at the woman in front of him, Xu Yuan reached out to hug her. "Don't, crumple your clothes." Su Jun said, "You take it off first." "I don't care, it's all crumpled, I'll have to settle accounts with the tailor." "If you want to find a tailor, you have to find the shopkeeper of the cloth shop."
Xu Yuan hugged Su Jun and sniffed the smell in her hair. "I'll tell you, the newspaper will come out tomorrow, and I'll show you first."
"Okay, but is that Liang Gongzi reliable?" Liang Lun is a little funny, always giving people a feeling of unreliability.
"It's okay, although Liang Lun doesn't look reliable, he has a good character and is a little clever. I also recruited two shopkeepers, one is called Du Ai, who used to be a scholar, even if he is a businessman, he is still dressed as a literati, and the other is called Liu Liang, who is very delicate in doing things, and his vision is also good......" Xu Yuan talked to Su Jun in detail, saying that Liang Lun deceived the manuscript in the past two days, saying that he went to find those teahouse shopkeepers, who was particularly fat, who was a two-faced villain, said that the newspaper set up this shelf Zhao Qi helped him a lot, said that he heard someone talking about Journey to the West on the road, and said that Liang Lun went to find Xiaoya and had trouble again. This is a different Xu Yuan from his previous life, the indifferent, sometimes pursed lips of the capital owner, he is more real and three-dimensional.
Su Jun listened quietly, interjecting from time to time, and occasionally giggling. She felt that Xu Yuan at this time was very charming and charming.