"Second master, do you see it, it's here, there are a lot of businesses around, and the next door is selling Huizhou rice paper, and you can save a lot of money by buying materials from their house."

Jia Yun said to Shen Liang.

Seeing Jia Yun, a middle-aged man wearing a melon skin hat was greeted in the bookstore, wearing a gray cloth fat jacket, and his nose was red from the cold.

He nodded to Jia Yun and said hello, and when he saw Shen Liang, his eyes immediately bent into a crescent moon: "This little grandfather, you are auspicious." ”

Shen Liang smiled and nodded.

Seeing that Shen Liang was reluctant to speak, the old shopkeeper didn't dare to speak more, handed over the key to Jia Yun, and left with a small backpack.

The attacker asked, "Why don't you ask why this bookstore can't be run, and you can have a plan." ”

Shen Liang explained; "It's nothing more than poor management, there is no industrial pillar, but as long as he has a best-selling book, he will not transfer the shop."

This bookstore is the publishing house of later generations, and the profit of the publishing house depends on the publication of books.

If someone buys the published book, the publishing house can survive, and if there are not a few bestsellers on top, the publishing house can only go out of business.

Nowadays, most bookstores make a living by printing books such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, and examination questions, and of course, there are also popular novels and obscene songs.

HS books and periodicals in the Great Zhou Dynasty were prevalent, and some books in the boudoir room were popular, and the sales were very good.

The attacker looked curiously at this small bookstore.

Outside, there are some books and periodicals published by the bookstore, including "The Legend of the Demon of Sansui Ping", "Wisdom Tank", "Guangxiao Mansion", "Spring and Autumn Fingers", "Ancient and Modern Tan Overview", and "The Legend of Mohan Zhai".

These are all rotten street goods, which are not liked by readers, and ordinary people do not like to read these things.

From the time the door was opened until now, there was not even a single person who came to deliver the manuscript.

The owner of the paper shop next door is surnamed Zhang, called Zhang Dingqian, saw that the bookstore entered the newcomer, hurriedly came over to say hello, and learned that Hua Zifang was the new shopkeeper of this store, Zhang Dingqian smiled and said: "Boss Hua, you can count it, our paper is on this street, there is no cheaper, in the future, your family will print, I promise to give you the lowest price." ”

Printing requires a lot of paper, and in order to control costs, of course, the cheaper the better.

It's just that you get what you pay for, and the quality of paper that is too cheap is also problematic.

Shen Liang and his entourage came to Zhang Dingqian's paper shop, where the cheapest thing is leather paper, which is made from tree bark and straw.

Seeing that Shen Liang was quite interested, Zhang Dingqian introduced: "A knife of leather paper only costs 10 Wen, but you also know that this kind of paper is not valuable, and it is good to use it to wipe your buttocks. ”

There are more expensive ones, you look here, this is ribbed paper, the color is white, the texture is thin and soft. There are significant horizontal lines, which look the same as silk broke, so it is called ribbed paper. ”

"Most of the paper used for printing on the market is ribbed paper, and the price of this kind of paper is not expensive, 20 wen a knife."

Shen Liang asked, "Is there anything better?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, of course!" When Zhang Dingqian heard this, he couldn't close his mouth happily, and said in his heart that he had come to the big customer today, and he led Shen Liang to the inner position, "This is flowering paper, a knife costs 50 Wen, you see this texture, how delicate it is, just like the big girl's breasts, extremely white, without lines." Although the paper is thin but tough, soft and lovely. ”

"Poof-" The attacker followed behind, and when he heard Zhang Dingqian's introduction, he couldn't help laughing.

Shen Liang also thinks that Zhang Dingqian is an interesting person, not only is he articulate, but he is also a good salesman, and at first glance he is an old businessman who is used to doing business.

He picked up the paper and rubbed it in his hand, and it was really as he said, very delicate, better than the paper used to print textbooks in later generations.

This made Shen Liang a little surprised, it seems that the science and technology of the Great Zhou Dynasty has developed to a very high level, just looking at papermaking, it is not much different from later generations.

Next, Shen Liang looked at bamboo paper, cotton paper, stem stick paper, flowering list paper, Taishi paper, cotton paper, Sichuan paper, and Korean paper。。。。。。

I really don't know if I don't see it, I was shocked when I saw it, just this type of cotton paper, there are several small types of Guizhou cotton paper, Henan cotton paper, and Shanxi cotton paper.

And their prices vary, the best Xuande paper is dyed with indigo dye, the color is deep, close to blue and white porcelain, listen to Zhang Dingqian said, this kind of paper is mostly used to copy scriptures, a knife costs 5 taels of silver!

Hua Zifang and Raiden were stupid, they couldn't imagine that ordinary paper could be sold for a sky-high price.

After the introduction, Zhang Dingqian asked Shen Liang what paper he wanted to use for printing, and he said: "In fact, there is no need to use too good paper to print books, after all, the cost is there, if you use good paper, the price will inevitably be expensive, most of the people who buy books are poor scholars, you listen to me, ordinary ribbed paper will be." ”

Shen Liang smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for worrying about the shopkeeper, but we are different from the previous bookstore, we want a large amount, do you see the price?" ”

Zhang Dingqian swallowed his saliva and asked, "How much do you want?" I'm sure I'll give you the lowest price. ”

Shen Liang tugged at his sleeve and stretched out a finger in his sleeve.

"A thousand?"

Shen Liang shook his head.

Zhang Dingqian's throat was dry, and his small eyes widened: "It won't be 10,000 copies, it's a big deal." ”

Shen Liang smiled and said, "Add another zero to the end." ”

"10, 100,000 !!" Zhang Dingqian only felt that the boy in front of him was crazy, and he didn't speak at all.

Shen Liang said with a smile: "These are the preliminary, but it depends on the follow-up feedback, if it sells well, it has to be printed." ”

Zhang Dingqian glared at Shen Liang, shook his head with the eyes of a madman, and said: "Childe, you can't take too big a step, it's easy to have an accident, do you know, print 100,000 copies, not to mention the few books you want to print, our entire Shenjing City has a population of more than one million." ”

"The total number of readers is not 100,000, who do you print so many books to?"

Shen Liang saw that he said it so clearly, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about it, in a word, I want a large amount of paper, can you guarantee the supply here?" In addition, the price you mentioned, you must give me the lowest. ”

Zhang Dingqian stubbornly said: "As long as the money is in place, everything is easy to say, and I don't dare to guarantee anything else, but the supply is guaranteed." ”

"Hahaha, then you just wait for Luoyang paper to be expensive." Shen Liang laughed and patted Zhang Dingqian's shoulder.

In the end, I made an appointment with Zhang Dingqian, ordinary ribbed paper, 15 yuan for a knife, and paid 500 taels in advance, that is, 33,333 dollars, Zhang Dingqian rarely met such a big customer, and made up a whole, a total of 33,400 dollars.

When he arrived at the bookstore, Shen Liang handed over the revised manuscript to the raider and asked her to arrange for the printing craftsmen in the bookstore to start the work.

There are three printing craftsmen in the bookstore, the older one is in his 40s, his surname is Mo, everyone calls him Lao Mo, and the two younger ones are his apprentices, one is 15 years old, called Gao Qisheng, and the other is 16 years old, called Gao Qiqiang, and the two are cousins, both of whom followed Lao Mo last year.

There is a way that apprentices don't go out for three years, and they go out for ten years to honor people.