Otoharu

Chapter 217 Tea House
Li Xin nodded after listening, "That's a good idea, but the books that the storyteller talks about are all pre-ordered, so it might not be easy to ask them to change our books temporarily."

"Isn't it okay to give money?" Li Yan and Mrs. Jiang had already discussed to use some money, so Mrs. Jiang asked with a frown.

"Those storytellers are all hired by the shopkeepers of the teahouse, and they can't make decisions themselves." Li Xin and the two explained.

"Then can we talk to the shopkeeper directly?" Mrs. Jiang didn't expect it to be so troublesome, so she asked again.

"I do know the shopkeeper of a tea house. I can help you to ask. Our book is good, so the shopkeeper will not refuse it." Li Xin pondered for a moment before saying.

"That's really great, thank you third brother, if it weren't for you, we would have bumped into each other like headless chickens." Jiang said gratefully.

Li Xin just waved his hands and smiled, "Helping you is helping me. As long as "Journey to the West" sells well, I can make money."

Li Yan and his wife made an appointment with Li Xin to visit the shopkeeper of the teahouse together tomorrow.

Dinner is Baiweilou banquet noodles called by Li Xin. The Baiweilou in this state capital is much higher grade than the ones in the town. Both the appearance and taste of the dishes are much better.

Li Mei'er ate very happily, thinking that when she became rich in the future, she would order noodles from Baiweilou every day.

Early the next morning, Li Yanhe took his two children and followed Li Xin to the teahouse.

The teahouse is called Yiyuan Teahouse, and it can be regarded as a mid-range teahouse in the state capital, but generally the business of this teahouse is not as good as that of Lefang and restaurants. For young people with spare money, watching beautiful girls sing and dance is more interesting than hearing old men talking to themselves.

However, there were quite a few regular audiences in the storytelling industry. When Li Yan and the others walked into the lobby of the teahouse, they saw a dozen or so guests inside, drinking tea while listening to stories told by the old man on the stage.

"This teahouse does not charge for listening to books, but most of the guests who come here order a pot of tea and a few dishes of side dishes when listening to books. This is where the income of the teahouse comes from. Occasionally there are generous guests. When you go to Xingchu, you will be rewarded with some money, and half of the money will be deducted by the teahouse, and the rest is the extra income for the storyteller." Li Xin introduced in a few people's ears in a low voice.

Li Yan and Jiang Shi nodded in understanding, Jiang Shi chose a table first, sat down with Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing, and Li Yan followed Li Xin to meet the shopkeeper of the teahouse.

Li Meier came to the teahouse for the first time, and everything she saw was new. She was not interested in the old storyteller. Instead, she looked at the audience around her. Seeing that those who came to listen to the book were not young, she whispered to Jiang Shanqing : "I think these people are not too young, and they don't seem to be able to buy books and read them at home." If you can calm down and read books, you don't need to listen to them.

"Our target customers are not all them. Many literati like to come to the teahouse to meet friends. As long as they hear our book occasionally and think it is good, they will take the initiative to promote it for us." Jiang Shanqing also replied in a low voice.

While the two were talking, the old man on the stage had already finished speaking, only to hear the guest on the side shout loudly: "It's still early today, let's talk again!"

The old man happily said another paragraph.

Only then did Li Meier listen carefully, the old man was talking about a strange story about a scholar and a fox fairy, it was a story about the old-fashioned scholar who saved the fox fairy, and the fox fairy came back to repay his kindness.

The guests also listened to such routines with great interest. Li Meier couldn't help curling her lips in disdain, and said in a low voice: "These people really haven't heard any good stories. I thought the state's books were better than ours. The town will look better, I didn’t expect it to be like that, it’s far worse than Journey to the West.”

"Nowadays, all the books are like this. Is the limitation of the times? Everyone's imagination is limited." Jiang Shanqing commented casually, just like those web articles on the Internet in his previous life. It’s just those routines. Later, some people innovated many genres, but many genres became popular for a while and then fell out of date. The novel industry is changing with each passing day, and the changes are very fast. Those that can be passed down for a long time are all high-quality goods. Otherwise, "Journey to the West" would not be one of the four great masterpieces.

Li Meier listened to another storytelling drowsily. Jiang Shi was afraid that she would not be able to sleep at night, so she didn't let her drink too much tea, so she ordered some snacks for her.The dim sum here is not bad, but it drove her drowsiness away.

When Li Meier almost finished eating the snacks, Li Xin and Li Yan finally came back.Jiang immediately got up and asked anxiously, "What's the matter? What did the shopkeeper say?"

Li Xin replied with a smile: "The shopkeeper agreed, let the storyteller here tell him to give it a try in a few days first, I left him a sample book, he was very interested in reading it, and said that if there is this book The follow-up can also be brought to him again."

Jiang's heart was finally put back in his stomach, and he asked again: "Then when did he start talking about our book?"

"It will be tomorrow at the earliest. After all, the storyteller has to take the book back and read it through first, so that he can speak better." Li Xin said.

"Then let's come to the teahouse tomorrow." Mrs. Jiang nodded and smiled.

After coming out of the teahouse, Li Xin took a few people to a famous restaurant for lunch.Although this restaurant is not as gorgeous as Baiweilou, the taste of the dishes is also very good. It is an authentic Mingzhou cuisine.

Jiang didn't want Li Xin to spend any more money, so she left the meeting and settled the bill secretly, which made Li Xin complain for a while.

"Didn't we agree that I will be responsible for all your expenses when you come to the state capital?"

Jiang Shi just smiled and said: "Third Brother helped us a lot today, we husband and wife will naturally invite you to have a meal with Third Brother, otherwise we will feel really sorry."

"Yes, third brother, let us husband and wife do our best." Li Yan also echoed from the side.

"That's just this one time, it's not an example." Li Xin could only nod helplessly, exhorting.

Li Yan and his wife naturally agreed with a smile. After lunch, Li Xin took a few people to his bookstore in the state capital.It was the afternoon, and there was no business in the bookstore. There was only a drowsy boy in charge of the shop. When he saw Li Xin coming, he immediately perked up and trotted forward to greet him, "Boss, you are here. "

Seeing the emptiness of the shop, Li Xin asked dissatisfiedly, "Where's Shopkeeper Liu?"

(End of this chapter)