I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 55 Are you here too?

"Yutong" pawn shop.

Behind the tall counter, an old man was looking at Xu Qingwan with an indifferent expression.

Most of the women dressed like this can't bring out any good things, they are just tattered jewelry.

But it was business when he came, and no matter how small the mosquito's legs were, he still asked politely.

"This girl, what do you want to be?"

"This knife."

Xu Qingwan hesitated and handed the bird's cry into the window, her face a little uneasy.

"Oh, let me see."

The old man took the bird's cry, and after glancing at the handle of the knife, his pupils shrank suddenly.

Centennial huanghuali!
Although only a small piece of the handle is not very expensive, but to be able to use this wood as a handle, the knife must not be easy!
Looking at the scabbard, he slowly pulled out a blade.

"Hey~"

The scabbard-like sound of an oriole was clearly audible, without the slightest murmur.

Some shriveled fingers brushed the cold blade, and the next second the old man's face changed greatly, and he opened his mouth to look at Xu Qingwan.

"This knife... how did the girl get it?"

"What do you ask for this?"

Xu Qingwan looked vigilant: "How much money can you be? If you can't see me, then go to another place."

"Don't, don't!"

The old man hurriedly waved his hands and got up: "Wait a minute, girl, I can't decide this matter alone, I have to discuss it with the shopkeeper."

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Xu Qingwan to answer, he immediately went into the inner room with the knife in his arms, and took a full quarter of an hour to come out.

"The girl has been waiting for a long time."

The old man carefully put the bird crow on the table, and then he actually ordered the guy to close the door and refuse customers.

After all the doors and windows of the pawnshop were closed, he watched Xu Qingwan slowly stretch out three fingers: "Girl, if you want to be the knife, we can give you this number."

"Three hundred taels?"

Xu Qingwan was greatly surprised.

Ordinary weapons on the market generally sell for a few dollars, and even an "official weapon" forged from stainless steel like the lancet costs only a few taels.

And this bird's cry directly reached a hundred lancets, no wonder she was so shocked.

Xu Qingwan didn't understand what kind of treasured sword was worth this price, but before she could understand, she saw the old man shook his head with a complicated expression, and corrected softly:
"Girl, it's three thousand taels."

"Three, three thousand taels?"

Xu Qingwan suddenly widened her eyes: "This, this knife is worth three thousand taels?"

"It's not worth three thousand taels, but it can be three thousand taels."

The old man took a deep breath and looked at Que Ciao as if he was looking at a stunning beauty who had just taken a bath.

"A knife is worth a thousand dollars, and this knife is worth at least [-] taels of silver."

"Wan two..."

Hearing this new high price, Xu Qingwan seemed to have turned into a repeater, unable to say anything, but just kept repeating the word "ten thousand liang" in a daze.

The old man was not in a hurry. After waiting for a while to see Xu Qingwan's mood calm down a little, he asked:
"I wonder if the girl will be satisfied with this price?"

"If you want to sell it, it's even better. My Yutong Bank will be able to present the banknotes immediately."

"...I'm not right, and I won't sell it."

Xu Qingwan shook her head bitterly: "I just wanted to ask how much it was worth..."

"what?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed anger: "There is no such rule! If you want to take the knife back, it is not impossible, a hundred taels of silver..."

"Clang~"

Something suddenly fell on the counter, not silver, but a black token.

The old head blushed as if he was choking, and after a long while he forced a smile: "It turned out to be the Lord of the Xuanjing Division. It's offended when I was young, don't take it to heart..."

Soon, Xu Qingwan walked out of the pawnshop holding the bird crow.

Not only did she not have the happy look of making a lot of money, but she looked worried.

[-] taels is so expensive...

I only have more than a thousand taels now, and I don't know when I will save enough money to return it to him...

He looked down at the word "crown" on the scabbard, and clenched his hands tightly.

Xu Qingwan suddenly waved her small fist firmly, as if to cheer herself up.

Keep making money!I can!
……

Just when Xu Qingwan took the initiative to take on the "huge debt" of [-] taels of silver, Wei Changtian, the "creditor", had returned to the Wei residence and was listening to Li Yang and Wang Er's work report.

The preparations for Chunshen Bookstore have been basically completed. Li Yang bought a yard with a facade and a warehouse. The front can be used as a bookstore and the back can be used as a printing factory.

The guys have been recruited, the printing equipment has been put in place, and Lu Jingyao has also given Li Yang "Journey to the West (Part [-])".

Everything is ready, tentatively scheduled to open on August [-].

"...That's about it. I also arranged the brothers of the Freemasonry properly. Mixed with normal guys, ordinary people will never see the clue."

Li Yang hesitated for a moment, then said, "Brother Wei, I have an idea about selling books, and I want you to make up my mind."

"what idea?"

Wei Changtian nodded with satisfaction: "Brother Li, just say it directly, what's the courtesy."

"Okay, then I'll say it straight."

Li Yang scratched his head embarrassedly: "I want to sell "Journey to the West" together with the playing cards you invented, Brother Wei."

"Playing cards are new things that have never been seen before, and I think they will be very popular if they are promoted properly."

"Now that we have our own printing workshop, we can reduce the production cost of playing cards to a very low level. If we can sell it together with "Journey to the West", it will not only greatly increase sales, but also..."

Li Yang tentatively explained his "new idea", while Wei Changtian became more and more surprised.

Guys, isn't this just bundling?

Do you understand such a modern concept?

"Brother Li, I think it's feasible!"

Wei Changtian hurriedly affirmed: "Just let it go and do it, it will be a great success if there is no accident!"

"Really? Then, brother Wei, will you listen to my thoughts?"

Li Yang, who was affirmed, was very excited, and he simply said all the things he had figured out in the past few days.

In the following time, Wei Changtian heard the shadow of many modern marketing methods such as "hunger sales", "star endorsement", "brand packaging", and some of them were even very similar.

Damn, you didn't come across too, did you? !
"Brother Li, you are truly a business genius!"

Looking at Li Yang like an alien, Wei Changtian said with sincere admiration, "If you were born a few decades earlier and what happened to the Xu family, the position of the richest man in Daning is definitely yours!"

Li Yang was surprised and happy when he heard the words: "Brother Wei, I'm embarrassed for what you said."

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, you don't have to ask me about the bookstore business in the future, just make up your own mind!"

Wei Changtian patted Li Yang on the shoulder, and then suddenly said abruptly: "Odd changes and even changes!"

???

Li Yang looked blank: "Brother Wei, what did you say?"

"Hahaha, nothing..."

Wei Changtian laughed twice, raising his teacup as if to drink tea.

However, at the moment when the rim of the cup touched the mouth, he again blurted out and shouted: "Hydrogen helium lithium beryllium boron!"

Li Yang: "..."

Wang Er: "..."

(End of this chapter)