Nongmen Shuxiangzhi returns to ancient writing books

Chapter 337 Did You Watch The Legend of Cultivation of Immortals Today?

On the day when "Legend of Cultivating Immortals" went on sale, the business was booming, and customers came like a cloud. Even the surrounding tea and pastry shops, the business was very good. The whole street was very lively because of the presence of Shuxiangju.

However, the atmosphere in Scholarly Curie is very strange.

The ones paying at the counter turned out to be shopkeepers from two bookstores in the book market. If Shuxiangju is too busy to ask a few guys to help, then everyone can understand, it’s nothing unusual, but if you can invite all the shopkeepers who are traveling with you , that is not something everyone can do.

On the tea table in the study, Chu Chu and Chu Huanchen drank tea and chatted very leisurely. Shopkeeper Fang and Shopkeeper Chen paid the bill willingly.

If it can improve the business, not to mention helping with the checkout for a day, they will be happy to help here all the time.

Not everyone will have such an opportunity, didn't you see the envy and hatred on the faces of those shopkeepers?
"You want to cooperate with that bookstore?" Chu Huanchen asked in a low voice.

Chu Chu poured tea with one hand, "Smart."

"But, why do you want to cooperate with them? Your bookstore has a carving workshop, you can print it yourself, and you also have someone you know to write scripts for you. I can't think of anything else that you need to cooperate with Bieken."

Chu Huanchen asked suspiciously.

"I can handle the production by myself, and the rest is naturally for sales." Chu Chu smiled, picked up her teacup, looked at the two busy shopkeepers at the counter, and said softly.

"How to cooperate?"

Chuchu stood up, walked to the counter, looked at the two people who had been busy for a long time, "What do you think of "The Legend of Xiuxian"?"

Shopkeeper Fang: "Very popular."

Shopkeeper Chen: "You can tell by the reactions of these customers. I just collect money today, and my arms are tired."

"I can sell the story book to you at a low price, and you can take it back to your own bookstore and sell it separately, but the price must be the same as that of Shuxiangju, how about it?"

Chu Chu smiled and asked.

"Really?" The two said in unison, unable to believe it.

"Of course it is true. My copy of "Xiu Xian Zhuan" is [-] texts. If you take more than [-] copies at a time, I can charge you a book of [-] texts. If you think it is suitable, we can sign a contract. The Lord is here too, let him be a witness for us."

Chu Chu said.

"Yes, yes, of course I am willing." Shopkeeper Fang said again and again.

"That's right, there's nothing we can't do about such a good thing." Shopkeeper Chen immediately added.

"But there's one thing, we've got an ugly word up front, we can't engrave it privately, and the unit price can't exceed [-] Wen, otherwise, the cooperation will be terminated immediately, and Mr. Nan Keyimeng will sue you."

Chu Chu's attitude was serious, and the two nodded again and again, reassuring.

Two contracts, three-party cooperation, reached this point.

After sending the two away, Ye Yi and Gong Yu closed the shop, and the bookstore became quiet again.

"You want to divide the business, why?" Chu Huanchen thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out, "Although there are a lot of guests in Shuxiangju these days, it's not like you can't handle it. They, isn't that the same as pushing the guests out?"

"If you have money, please transfer it. What's wrong with that?" Chu Chu said with a smile.

"Why do you have to earn money together? You can earn it yourself! Why share the money you can earn yourself with others? Do you think you are the God of Wealth or a boy who spreads wealth?"

Chu Huanchen complained.

"Master, you are so smart, why do you think I should distribute the silver that one person can earn to others?" Chuchu jokingly said.

Chu Huanchen frowned in thought, and then stopped talking.

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The success of "Legend of Cultivating Immortals" once again became a big topic in the wells of the capital city after dinner.

But in all street restaurants, teahouses, restaurants, and inns, people can hear people talking about "The Legend of Xiuxian".

It's not about when the hero will shine, but it's talking about how the hero can really cultivate and ascend, and what kind of Taoist partner he will choose.

Regardless of whether you know it or not, as long as you have read "The Legend of Xiuxian", you can get together and express your opinions on these topics.

The business of restaurants and teahouses is particularly good, because most of the guests like to discuss various things about "The Legend of Xiuxian" here.

When you meet some stubborn people, you may argue about a certain issue. The two sides disagree, and each insists on their own opinions. The reasons are very good. The debate is called a close relationship. Before this time, no matter whether it is a wine shop or a teahouse The shopkeepers are very happy.

Because, at this time, there will be extra wine and tea.

Taking advantage of the popularity of "Legend of Xiuxian", these small shops in the capital also made a lot of money.

The one who made the most money was of course Shuxiangju, and Fangji Bookstore and Chenji Bookstore also made a small fortune. However, for the two of them, although their two shops did not earn as much as Shuxiangju, they were already better than the usual ones. The situation number is too much.

And all of this was because of Chu Chu, the two were extremely grateful to Chu Chu, and were also happy to introduce business to Chu Chu.

On this day, there is still a long queue outside Shuxiangju, even if there are more Fangji Bookstore and Chenji Bookstore to share these crazy book fans, Shuxiangjuwai is still overcrowded.

"Master Fang, today's [-] volumes are ready, you can just send someone over to pick them up." Chu Chu said.

"Mrs. Chu, you really surprised me. Your shop sells three or four thousand copies every time it's too difficult for these customers. Now you have to distribute them to me and Chen Ji. How serious are you?" Fang, unexpectedly can supply such a large demand!"

Shopkeeper Fang said in shock.

Chu Chu just smiled and didn't answer, "Scholarly House of mine relies on story books to survive, so naturally I won't waste time on engraving."

Shopkeeper Fang didn't delve into it, everyone is in business, so who doesn't have a secret?

"I came here today to introduce you to the elders in my family. My Fang family is from the Jiangnan family. The family also started with a bookstore. This time my uncle came to visit and learned that my wife has taken care of me so much, so I came here to thank you." Fang Xi said.

"The two of you, please." Chu Chu led him to the study in the backyard.

"Mrs. Chu is really extraordinary. I heard Assi said about your achievements. To be honest, I didn't believe it at first. After all, my Fang family has been running the bookstore for several generations, and I have never seen such a grand scene. Today When I saw it, I realized that I was watching the sky from the bottom of a well, Madam has great talent."

"Mr. Fang's reputation is too high." Chu Chu personally poured tea for the two of them. "My cooperation with the shopkeeper Fang is just a matter of mutual benefit. There is no need to talk about taking care of him, and there is no need to thank him."

Fang Xiuwen took the teacup, hiding the shock in his eyes. This lady is young, but she has excellent eyesight and unfathomable thoughts.He couldn't help but respect him more and more.

"Mrs. Chu, I heard that your store is very popular. I wonder if we can cooperate?"

Chu Chu pursed her lips lightly, this tea was brought by Ye Yixiao, and it tastes really good.

"I don't know how you want to cooperate, sir?"

"Just like Asi, I bought a batch of scripts from your bookstore and shipped them back to the south of the Yangtze River. The south of the Yangtze River is rich and full of scholars. These scripts should be more popular there."

Fang Xiuwen said.

"How many copies do you want this time, sir?" Chu Chu's expression remained the same, without even the slightest surprise.

"[-] volumes." Fang Xiuwen replied with a smile, "The capital city is far away from the south of the Yangtze River. Since we want to cooperate, the quantity must be reduced, otherwise it is not worth the journey."

Chu Chu lowered her eyes and thought deeply, ten thousand volumes!It seems that this Fang family has a lot of influence in the south of the Yangtze River, and they have such guts!

"Even if the order is such a big one, my book can't be less than [-] Wen. Since you are a bookstore family, you should be able to understand the cost of a book, right?"

Chu Chu asked.

When Fang Xiuwen heard the price, why didn't he choke on a mouthful of tea, "You want two hundred coins for such a large quantity of goods? Isn't Madam's business a bit dishonest?"

"Of course not. Sir, you should know that engraving, printing, ink, paper, labor, and shop all need money!" Chu Chu explained very seriously.

"I've seen the scripts you printed at Axi's. They are all ordinary ink and paper. The cost of a book is no more than fifty cash. Even if you add the labor costs you mentioned, it will not exceed Eighty Wen, but you want two hundred Wen?"

Fang Xiuwen began to bargain.

Chu Chu smiled slightly, "Have you overlooked a very important thing, Mr.? Where did the story come from? Don't you need to give the author money?"

"Even if you pay a sky-high price for a story book, it won't be higher than 100 taels of silver, right? It's nothing to your sales of tens of thousands of copies, right? Don't fool me? Growing up in bookstores, you know more about the ways these bookstores operate than you! You can't fool me!"

Fang Xiuwen was still smiling, and was not angry because the cute lion opened his mouth wide.

"Sir, that's wrong. I didn't deceive you. We have different understandings about the author's remuneration. I cooperate with Mr. Nan Keyimeng. As long as it is written by him, all the scripts written by him will be engraved and sold by us at Shuxiangju. Correspondingly, every one sold Ben, I will give him twenty cents."

Chu Chu didn't continue talking. Since Fang's family started their business by running a bookstore in the Jiangnan area, they are naturally not bad at thinking. She believes that these two people will understand.

Fang Xiuwen stroked his beard with one hand, and his face was solemn. This was the first time he had heard of this way of calculating remuneration.

"Madam came up with this method, and Mr. Nan Ke proposed it. It's really wonderful! This can not only reduce the risk of loss in the bookstore, but also greatly increase the author's income. It is a method that has the best of both worlds."

"It doesn't matter who came up with it. What you need to know, sir, is that the cost of my book is very, very high. No matter how many scripts you want to collect, each book will cost [-] Wen, which cannot be lower than this price."

Chu Chu brought the topic back.

Fang Xiuwen's face was still flickering and he wanted to discuss the calculation method, but was interrupted by Chu Chu.

"I wonder if Madam can recommend Mr. Nan Keyimeng. He must be a wonderful person who can write such a script." Fang Xiuwen asked.

"No, Mr. Nan Keyimeng is the basis for the survival of Scholars House now. If you are hacked by Mr., I will have no place to cry." Chu Chu said seriously.

Fang Xiuwen was slightly taken aback, then laughed a few times, and stopped talking about other things, and continued to discuss matters related to cooperation.

[-] copies, [-] texts each, delivered in half a month.

After seeing off the Fang family's uncle and nephew, Chu Chu returned to the bookstore again, and while busy with Ye Yi paying the bill, she told Ye Yi what happened just now.

Although Ye Yi was not good at business, they still knew some things. After hearing this, instead of being happy, they looked solemn.

"Although we have quite a lot of stock, but for [-] copies, we only have a few people in the engraving workshop. In fifteen days, if we don't rest day and night, plus the stock, we can barely make up [-] copies, but , We are still selling this script during this period of time.”

"The original inventory was not enough to sell at all! You took such a big order all at once, and you never thought that we would not be able to deliver the goods? We would have to pay the breach of contract if we could not deliver the original ten thousand. Be careful, all the money we earned during this time will be lost!"

Ye Zhan looked worried, and his brows were full of worry.

Chu Chu patted him on the shoulder, blinked at him, and looked like a master teaching young people, "Let me tell you, what you need most in business is to have the vision to predict the future, so that you can seize the opportunity in the fierce competition." Take the lead, strategize, and develop orderly, do you understand?"

Ye Yi shook his head honestly, "I don't understand."

Chu Chu patted him on the shoulder, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, if you understand everything, then you are the boss, what do you want me to do?"

"Are we going to recruit artisans for engraving now? Find more artisans, and we should be able to engrave [-] copies." Ye Yi muttered softly.

"Yes." Chu Chu nodded while counting the money, her attitude was very casual.

"Ma'am, my boss! Can you be more correct about such an important matter?" Ye Yi was very helpless.

"My attitude is very correct! Although you don't have any talent in business, your eyesight is still very accurate. I will leave the artisan work to you. I believe you will do very well."

Chu Chu patted her shoulder, as if she had entrusted her with something important.

Ye Yi was very helpless, looking at the smile on Chu Chu's face, he always had a feeling of being fooled, and always felt that there was something wrong with this matter.

In the next two days, Ye Yi searched for a group of craftsmen extremely quickly, and rented a shop next to Shuxiangju, where the new craftsmen were basically placed.

These craftsmen are very quick to learn, and Shuxiangju treats craftsmen very well, and the wages are calculated on a piece-by-piece basis. These craftsmen will work harder even if they want to earn more money for themselves.

Ye Yi was busy, and kept thinking about the [-]-volume vernacular issue. When he was free, he realized that there seemed to be not as many customers in the bookstore recently, and the two window settings had been cancelled.

Although the bookstore is still very lively, compared with the previous few days, it is completely different. It feels like an instant effort, and the popularity has nearly halved.

Inside the scholarly home, Chu Chu is checking the accounts, no, it should be said that Chu Qianyue is sitting at the counter quietly doing the accounts, and Chu Chu is just watching.

Ye Da strode into the bookstore, looked around, and frowned, "Why are there so few customers today? Shouldn't it be?"

"I remember when people sold "Xian Xia Xiao Yao Zhuan" before, but for more than 20 days in a row, the customers were overcrowded. After a month, there are still more customers than usual. Why is it so fast this time?"

"Didn't you say that "Legend of Xiuxian" is more popular than "Legend of Xianxia Xiaoyao"? It's only been a few days, and there are so many fewer customers!" Ye Yi poured himself a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, and moistened it. Soothe a thirsty throat.

"Oh, I see, it must be because you sold the book to other bookstore vendors in the capital, and the customers have gone to them, so the number of customers coming to us has decreased!"

Ye Yi suddenly understood, and then began to complain, "I really don't understand, why do you sell the bookstore to those bookstore vendors? Let them use the bookstore to gain popularity, and in the end, our bookstore has so few customers."

"Do you think it's because of this that our bookstore has so few customers?" Chu Chu asked with a smile.

"Isn't it? When I came back from outside, I saw a lot of customers gathered in many bookstores. Those customers should have been in our bookstore."

Ye Yi said.

"Hehe," Chu Chu smiled slightly, and walked to the tea table, took out new tea leaves, and brewed a pot for herself again, "You, you are really not suitable for business."

Chu Huanchen came over in a hurry, "You still have the leisure to criticize Ye Yi here, but now that things have become like this, don't you know how to be anxious?"

(End of this chapter)