Shen Qi reminisced about the aftertaste of the story, happily took the pen and dipped it in cinnabar, and made some small changes to the manuscript, mainly changing the name of the story.

As he began to write, a line of vermilion handwriting appeared next to the original title: "The Phantom of the Inkstone".

This name is indeed better than the original "Yanchi Vampoo", because Ling'er in the story is a beautiful symbol, but the first feeling of the word vamphire is terrifying, and now it is replaced by "The Phantom of Yanchi", which can give people some preconceived and beautiful feelings.

After doing this, Shen Qi put Li Guangdi's article aside, and according to his talent, it is inevitable that this article will be published in "Kyushu Qi Magazine".

After that, Shen Qi read it several times, but he couldn't find any more good articles.

At present, there are already four articles that can be published in the "Kyushu Qi Journal", and according to his previous plan, the novels in this journal will be maintained at around ten, mainly considering the cost, according to each thousand-word short essay with illustrations occupies three pages to estimate, eight of which need twenty-four pages of blank paper, plus a serial, a column, a total of forty pages. It is estimated that all the costs added together will cost at least sixteen taels of silver.

Now there are still six manuscripts that have not been collected, and Shen Qi has already had a direction, the share of world novels is enough, and the rest is only collected from Zhiwei novels, and all kinds of themes of gods, demons, demons and ghosts can be used.

"The shopkeeper, someone from the Chen Zhuang family's house has come to visit. ”

Just when Shen Qi was thinking about the situation behind, Shen Qi heard a maid knocking on the door, which should be to convey the news about the bookstore.

"Please. ”

Shen Qi was quite happy, walked over quickly and opened the door, and ordered to make a pot of tea, and there were tables and chairs for guests in his study.

Soon, I heard footsteps approaching, and then saw that it was Steward Qin who entered the backyard, and said from afar:

"Shopkeeper Shen is doing a good job, and Shengda Bookstore will prosper in a few days!"

"Steward Qin is too exaggerated, I still have just sorted it out, how can I prosper?"

Shen Qi took the initiative to greet him from the door of the bookstore, invited Steward Qin into the study, and the two sat on the table and chair and took a few sips of fragrant tea.

"Haha, Shopkeeper Shen is modest, I heard that your "Kyushu Qi Magazine" has received excellent works frequently, and progress has been made in sales, why not become an instant hit?"

Steward Qin put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Shen Qi with a smile, and the other party immediately understood what news he brought.

"Steward Qin, is there any news from booksellers from all walks of life?"

Shen Qi asked, and Steward Qin nodded:

"In the words of the shopkeeper Shen, I just got the news that the major booksellers in Quanzhou accept the invitation of our Shengda Qianzhuang and will gather in Anxi County tomorrow to inspect your novel publication, if there is indeed a market, they will consider signing a cooperation contract on the spot, and in the future, "Kyushu Qi Magazine" will hope to open up a market in Quanzhou first. ”

Hearing this, Shen Qi was overjoyed, and secretly said that tomorrow must show the potential of Shengda Bookstore, if it can gain a firm foothold in Quanzhou next month, it will have the strength to develop towards Fujian, the southeast coast, and even the whole country in the future.

"Very good, I don't know if Steward Qin has a list of booksellers from all walks of life, I want to know about it first, and I can be fully prepared tomorrow." ”

Shen Qi asked like this, Steward Qin smiled proudly, and took out a small fold from his sleeve, which was the news about various booksellers in Quanzhou:

"Shopkeeper Shen asked well, the owner has already prepared it for you, this is the list, you take a good look. ”

Shen Qi took this small fold gratefully, and after opening it, he found that it was classified as a record of booksellers in seven counties in Quanzhou, including Hui'an, Anxi, Yongchun, and Dehua, and even the names of the booksellers who would come tomorrow were written on it. However, there is no need to invite booksellers in Anxi County, because there is a direct sales store in Shengda Bookstore.

"Great, please ask Steward Qin to thank the owner for me, I'll go and prepare now. ”

Shen Qi passed Li Qinggang with a fold, ready to instruct him on how to greet these distinguished guests, and Steward Qin still had important things to deal with, so he left after drinking tea.

After reading the excerpt, Li Qinggang suggested:

"Shopkeeper, these people have come from afar, we should welcome them first, as long as they are happy, the contract is just a casual one. ”

Shen Qi felt that although Li Qinggang's words were a bit extreme, they were not unreasonable, if they were unhappy, his "Kyushu Qi Magazine" would be useless no matter how good it was.

"And how do you make them happy?"

Li Qinggang saw that Shen Qi had adopted his opinion, and said according to his understanding of Anxi County:

"Of course, it is good wine and good meat to entertain first, I remember that the old man Liu Changtai's family runs a restaurant, called Changtai Restaurant, we can charter there, and tomorrow the wine will pass three rounds, and then introduce them to the effect of "Kyushu Qi Magazine". ”

When Shen Qi heard this, he was immediately impressed by Li Qinggang, sure enough, everyone has their own strengths, and this guy is indeed more experienced than Shen Qi in this regard.

"Okay, then you can go and talk to my grandfather now, and it will be said that tomorrow our Shengda Bookstore will contract Changtai Restaurant. ”

After receiving the order, Li Qinggang hurried to Liu Changtai's house, but it was estimated that the expenses this time were not cheap, and he hoped that Old Man Liu would give his nephew and son-in-law a discount.

In this way, the overall progress is further advanced, as long as the contract with various booksellers is successfully signed tomorrow, the sales of next month will be guaranteed to a certain extent.

Then Shen Qi ordered Liu Yichuan in the engraving room to write a new recruitment notice, mainly to recruit a new group of writers, engravers, printers, and bookbinders, and these newcomers would naturally be handed over to the four of them to manage.

After the matter was over, it was finally possible to stop a little, Shen Qi sat in the study and breathed a sigh of relief, and the sky had slowly darkened.

At night, Liu Yichuan and the three of them went to Liu Changtai's house according to Shen Qi's instructions, and their family should also get together.

As for Shen Qi, after leaning back on the chair and taking a nap, he found a few books from the bookshelf to read, all of which were related to the August government exam. Seeing it in the middle of the night, he heard that Liu Hanchang's four siblings had come back happily, and they were all full of alcohol.

"Shopkeeper, you haven't slept yet?"

The eldest Liu Hanchang and his brother and sister stopped outside Shen Qi's door, and then heard footsteps coming from inside the house, and the door was opened. It was Shen Qi who appeared, he had been reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and the complexion on his face had become extremely good, as if he had absorbed some kind of sufficient nutrition from the book.

"You're back, go to sleep, it's going to be busy tomorrow. ”

At this time, the youngest Liu Cuiru raised her cheeks that were red by the smell of wine, stared at Shen Qi with drunken eyes and said with a smile:

"We know, tomorrow in the Changtai restaurant chartered, banquet for all kinds of booksellers, your grandfather also asked me to bring a word, will give you the cheapest price for this nephew and son-in-law!"