Bachelor

Chapter 42 Cash
I made an appointment with Sun Hao at Sun's Bookstore earlier, and after handing in the paper, Sun Dan was worried about the matter there, so he hurried over.

When they arrived at the bookstore, Sun Hao and Sun Jia were waiting there, and the shopkeeper of the bookstore also sat beside him and served tea.

Sun Hao had already been selected by the county magistrate on the spot, so he had passed the county trial test, and his spirit was still in a state of high excitement.When I met Sun Dan, I didn't mention the book, so I hurriedly asked: "Brother Dan, did you win?"

Sun Dan didn't speak, just nodded.

"Okay, we've all won, and our brothers are proud this time." Sun Hao slapped the table excitedly, and stood up abruptly: "Straight mother thief, I don't think it's difficult for this boy to take the exam. Let's just take the exam this year." A show of talent for people to see."

Sun Hao slapped the table, and the teacup on the table jumped up, dripping with water, which shocked the shopkeeper next to him.

Sun Jia didn't feel like covering her mouth and giggling.

Seeing that Sun Hao was really carried away, Sun Dan reminded him kindly: "Brother Hao, the reason why you passed the test this time is actually largely because of Mr. Li's face. You think, this time Mr. Li started a month in advance. Make the questions and delineate the key points. Early this morning, he personally took me into the examination room again. If I still fail, it will be a strange thing. The county and government examinations are not strict at all. In the face of Huichang Hou Sun's family, letting a few Sun's children pass the test is just a nod, it's just a trivial matter.

But when it came to the entrance examination, it was much stricter, and the examiner was personally appointed by the senior Xuezheng of the province.Besides, the college examination is related to the eligibility of schoolchildren to participate in the imperial examination, and all aspects are closely watched.

Admiral Xuezheng is an important member of one party, he has no favors to speak of, everything depends on our true abilities.

At that time, Mr. Li can of course help us draw up questions and draw a range.But the questions in the college examination are much more difficult, and they cannot be dealt with simply by memorizing and memorizing them. "

The shopkeeper couldn't stop nodding his head when he heard Sun Dan's words: "Well, Brother Dan's words are reasonable. Before he took charge of this bookstore, the villain also thought about entering the imperial examination and becoming a leader. I have studied in the school for more than ten years, and I have successfully passed the county examination and the government examination, but I was brushed down in the courtyard examination. Next, the villain took fifteen courtyard examinations in one go, and unexpectedly There is no middle school, and the imperial examination has never been new. From my point of view, this courtyard examination is very different from the county and government examinations. The difficulty of the questions is high. Moreover, the total number of students in the province is thousands People. To stand out from the thousands of people, how can you just rely on rote memorization?”

The shopkeeper sighed softly, recalling the situation during the hospital examination, it was very unbearable to look back: "Tongsheng, Tongsheng, although there is a word for Tong in the name. But when you enter the examination room, you will find that the whole room is full of bright white heads. Fa, as for young people with weak crowns, there are very few. I heard that some people failed to pass the exam when they were 70 years old. The villain took the college entrance examination from the age of 15 until the age of 36. His family was too poor to bear it. Only then did I get rid of that wishful thinking and work in the family bookstore."

His face was miserable: "Game and fame are misleading people. If I had seen through this earlier, I'm afraid it wouldn't be what it is now."

Hearing the shopkeeper's words, Sun Hao was shocked: "People who are six or seventy years old are still taking the exam, my God!"

He hesitated for a moment, and then he said dully: "Based on my ability, it may still be possible to pass the government examination. If I want to be a scholar, I think Xuan, I might as well donate one."

Thinking of this, he became happy again, hugged Sun Dan, and laughed loudly: "Brother Dan, your book sold very well, we made a fortune this time."

He slapped a brand-new "Journey to the West" on the table: "All the books printed this time are sold out, and there was an additional printing, which was also sold out. We have settled the accounts yesterday, and everyone has 24 There are two denarii to divide."

"So many?" Sun Dan was a little surprised, he was not familiar with business.In his view, this edition is to cross the river by feeling the stones and testing the waters.But he never expected that the new book would sell well.

Seeing Sun Dan's surprised gaze, the shopkeeper nodded affirmatively to Sun Hao's words: "By the way, Brother Dan's "Journey to the West" is a good book. With my Sun's distribution channel, even if it is a I can also sell this book without words. Of course, it is a one-off sale. No matter how good a book is, once it is published, there will be a lot of printing in the market, and the bookstore does not have much profit. Generally speaking, our bookstore Only full-length books are published. This is the first time that you have published a series like yours a month. If readers want to see the next episode as soon as possible, they have to buy books from our bookstore.

Therefore, piracy can be eliminated to the greatest extent. After all, piracy takes a certain amount of time.We are the first launch here, as long as the quantity is increased and the goods are distributed within a unified time, no matter how many pirated books are produced, it will have no effect on our sales.Moreover, the amount of printing is also within the controllable range.For example, "Journey to the West" has 10 readers in the Shandong area. We occupied this market in the first place. Who can sell pirated books to? "

Sun Dan said, "But this is the truth, the shopkeeper can understand it." He picked up the book and only glanced at it, not feeling sweating profusely.The author's name item on the book is impressively written with the words "Penglai Mountain Man".

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Dan immediately understood what was going on.

Although the citizens of the Ming Dynasty regarded reading as a major pastime, they despised books such as novels and legends in their hearts, just like online novels in later generations. Although everyone loved to read them, their status was not very high.

However, most of the writers of this kind of legendary novels are outstanding talents, and scholars always have some so-called ideas of face. When writing, they naturally refuse to use their real names, so as not to be laughed at.

This is also understandable. At the beginning, Sun Dan also thought about using a pseudonym, but because of vanity, he still used his real name.

Thinking of this, Sun Dan was startled suddenly, and thought to himself: Fortunately, the shopkeeper changed his name, otherwise it would spread out, and his reputation would be ruined, which would be greatly detrimental to his future imperial examinations to become an official.

This "Journey to the West" is well printed, both in paper and binding.The most amazing thing is that there are a few illustrations inside, which looks like a handicraft. The printing technology of Sun Family Script is really good.

But Sun Dan still frowned slightly, and said unceremoniously to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, why is this book printed so well? In my opinion, this is a book for wasting time when sitting on the toilet is convenient. Look After you are done, you can just tear it up and use it to wipe your butt. Don’t you want to measure it, you don’t need to have such a beautiful binding.” ————— May Mr. Wu Chengen forgive me, of course, the ancient classics, to put it bluntly, In the eyes of the people at the time, it was just a casual reading material, which was not considered elegant, and it was also a kind of reading material like Internet literature in later generations.

Hearing Sun Dan's vulgar words, Sun Jia beside him couldn't help but blush.

The shopkeeper slapped his thigh: "Brother Dan is right. Ms. Sun Jia told me about this just now, and she also meant the same thing. From the next issue onwards, I will use the worst paper, and I don't want any illustrations. The characters are also printed smaller, so it can be read anyway. In this way, the cost will also be reduced by [-]%."

"Ah, that's what Sun Jia meant too?" Sun Dan was surprised.

Sun Jia nodded: "If you want to increase the quantity, sell the books as soon as possible and occupy the market, you can't be too particular about the quality of the books. If our genuine books are better than pirated books Poor, plus the large printing volume and low cost. If pirated books dare to grab the market, they will definitely lose one by one. We just want to compare with pirated books.”

Sun Dan rubbed his nose: "Bad money eliminates good money, the ancients never deceived me." I thought Sun Jia was just a little girl who didn't understand anything, but the truths she said just now made me Sun Dan looked at her with admiration.

He didn't know anything about the business, so he simply left it to Sun Jia and the shopkeeper to do it.In the Ming Dynasty, doing business was not a good way out, and being an official through the imperial examination was the right way.As the shopkeeper said just now, the college examination is very difficult, so don't be careless.

Stretching, Sun Dan said: "Today is a good day. Brother Hao and I were both picked up by the county magistrate. Everyone is tired, so we might as well go home and rest early. The official list will be announced in three days, and I don't know how you and I will rank. By the way, when the list is released, we have to pay a visit to Zhang County Magistrate, according to the rules, he can be regarded as your mentor and me."

"You've worked hard too." Sun Jia said, pushing a book of accounts over: "Close this month's accounts."

"Okay, share the money. I'll go home early when I get the money." Thinking of the huge sum of 24 taels of silver, and thinking that this was the first large amount of cash he earned after arriving in the Ming Dynasty, Sun Dan suddenly felt A little excited, but the expression is still very calm, even a little indifferent.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but nodded in his heart: this Sun Dan is good, he is a calm person, I don't want Sun Hao and the others, just after checking out yesterday, this guy jumped three feet high and laughed wantonly.Moreover, the sales idea he just mentioned is also thought-provoking. I have never seen anyone do this kind of serial publication before, and it is thanks to him that he can figure it out.If Sun Dan has no hope of taking the imperial examination in the future, he might as well invite him to the bookstore to help. With him making suggestions, it will be difficult not to make money.

The shopkeeper promised to publish books for Sun Dan and Sun Hao, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart.The start-up capital Sun Jia gave was simply not enough.But think about it, Sun Hao is the future head of the Sun family, and he will depend a lot on his care for his future job.Even if he lost a fortune in publishing this book, as long as he can please him, it will be of great benefit to his future.

As for the money lost, the big deal is to move it on the account and move the loss item to the next month.

But he never expected that Sun Dan's "Journey to the West" would be out of stock as soon as it came out. Up to now, booksellers from all over the world are still coming to ask him to promise that once the second episode of "Journey to the West" comes out, he must do it on the first day. Give them a spot at a time.

Until now, the shopkeeper admired Sun Dan to the extreme.

Sun Hao laughed loudly: "Brother Dan, don't worry, you are our backbone, and money is naturally indispensable to you. Grandma's, 24 taels, I, Sun Hao, have never handled so much cash in my life." Rubbing his hands together, he turned around the room excitedly: "I and Sun Jia's shares have already been taken, and your share is in the back room."

Sun Dan: "Okay, give me my share, I'm in a hurry to go home!"

The shopkeeper was suddenly embarrassed: "Yes, yes, I will give it to you right away, but the money is too much, do you need to hire a porter?"

Sun Dan was a little displeased: "It's only 24 taels of silver, why hire a porter?"

The shopkeeper blushed: "I'm sorry, many of the book payments recovered this time were copper coins. Miss Sun and Brother Hao exchanged the broken silver first, and now the store has run out of cash, and only three coins are left. A sack of copper coins."

"Ah, are you serious?" Sun Dan was taken aback.

"Of course it is true!" Both Sun Hao and Sun Jia laughed at the same time.

"The books of 24 taels of silver are all copper coins, how many coins do you need?" Sun Dan's head was a little swollen, and after calculation, it should be [-] coins. Float some.In total, at least twenty-five thousand or more.

How heavy is that?
Heaven!

Seeing the three bulging big bags, Sun Dan wanted to cry but had no tears.

While Sun Hao and Sun Jia were beside them with expressions of sympathy.

These two guys were very shrewd. Sun Jia had exchanged her share for a dozen gold leaves and put them in a book of "The Analects of Confucius", while Sun Hao had a small bag of snowflakes and broken silver, which was easy to carry and kept a low profile.

But Sun Dan couldn't calm down. Looking at the three sacks, he was stunned for a long time, and then he had no choice but to ask the shopkeeper to call three porters for him, carried the cash back, and walked towards home full of anger.

(End of this chapter)