The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 163 The Commercial Press (Full Order)
"My master is happy to be a teacher. If brother Meihe goes to Fist of Fury, he will definitely teach him carefully."

Chen Zhen said lustfully.

After the two of them practiced martial arts, Xunzi also prepared lunch in the living room.

take a seat.

The meals are plentiful.

"Unexpectedly, brother Meihe also knows a little about the food in the Shanghai market."

Chen Zhen thanked Bai Gui.

He took a bite of sauce-flavored braised pork, and the sweet and greasy juice was soaked on the rice with fine grains, which made people appetite.After eating, it is also extraordinarily sweet.

As the saying goes, guests do as they please,

But if you can take care of the eating habits of the guests.

It also makes guests feel valued.

Xunzi is from Dongying, so he obviously doesn't know much about the food in Shanghai.

The two dishes on the dinner table, vegetarian crab noodles and Su-style braised pork are obviously the specialties of the Shanghai market.

"Brother Chen came here from Kyoto to pass on my martial arts, a little hospitality is nothing."

Bai Gui replied.

……

Bai Gui had been kind to Chen Zhen earlier, so when Chen Zhen taught him, he spared no effort.

In addition, Bai Gui also treated Zhou Xiang to him.

Therefore, Chen Zhen stayed in Tokyo for three days, not only teaching the Huo family's 72 grappling hands one by one, but also telling him all the experience of using this grappling hand. Just returned to Kyoto.

Some other martial arts are not taught.

This is the rule of the teacher.

Unless Huo Yuanjia speaks, he can only teach what martial arts should be taught.

It cannot be passed on privately.

Not long after Chen Zhen left, about four or five days.

Bai's private residence.

He came to the door of the well-known Commercial Press in the Qing Dynasty.

"Mr. Bai, the Great Qin Empire series you wrote has also aroused great repercussions in China. According to our knowledge, many middle schools do not teach Japanese, but many students forget to eat and sleep to learn Japanese in order to read your masterpiece... ..."

In the living room, Bai Gui sat opposite a person. This person was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and wore gold-rimmed glasses. He was also dressed as an intellectual, but he had a bit of a philistine demeanor, not as refined as a school professor or lecturer.

"Manager Liao, previously, Guangzhi Bookstore, Huayang Bookstore and other Shanghai-listed bookstores also wrote to me about these things."

Bai Gui poured a cup of tea for the two of them, took a sip of the tea, and said calmly with a calm expression.

In fact, after he became famous in Japan, he received letters from publishers from the Shanghai stock market one after another, hoping to authorize the publication of books, translate them, publish Chinese books, and sell them in China.

It's just that there are not many letters at this time, and I only see one or two occasionally in a month.

From the beginning of the Westernization Movement, translating foreign language books was also a very profitable project, and many people devoted themselves to it.As long as there are some well-known foreign language classics abroad, they can make a fortune after being translated and published in China...

After the release of the first issue of The Great Qin Empire in April, and after Ambassador Wang purchased [-] copies of "The Great Qin Empire" in his own name and donated them to schools in various provinces in China, there were more and more letters from the printing presses around the country.

The conditions are getting higher and higher.

Among them are the two Shanghai stock market bookstores that Bai Gui mentioned.

As for why it is the Shanghai stock market, there is a reason.Shanghai is now the largest city in the Far East. In the "Shanghai Tourist Guide" published by Wen Yehe in [-], it was written: "There are more bookstores in Shanghai than latrines. On both sides of the road'.

In addition to some local bookstores in Shanghai, there are also some bookstores from other places that set up branches in Shanghai, such as Tangyi Academy in Shanxi University Hall, Shanghai Yishu Branch in Jingshi University Hall, Puyi Bookstore in Nanchang, Sima Road, etc. .
It is a well-deserved publishing center!

If you want to buy a new book, you have to go to the Shanghai stock market!

As for the largest publishing house in Shanghai, the Commercial Press is the first, followed by Guangzhi, Huayang, and Zhugu.Some other bookstores are famous, but compared with these few, they are much worse...

When Bai Gui mentioned these two publishing houses, the meaning is obvious. His current books are very popular. If the conditions are not high, there is no need to say the following.

"Mr. Bai is right."

Manager Liao nodded, and then said with a smile: "Given your reputation, Mr. Bai, and the popularity of the Great Qin Empire series, it is normal for the two of them to write to you, including our publishing house, which also wrote to you before. , but...the two of them are not as sincere as our Commercial Press, and I made a special visit today..."

"The price offered by the Commercial Press to Mr. Bai will also be the highest!"

He was decisive.

Bai Gui couldn't help admiring it secretly. No wonder the Commercial Press has endured for a long time. This courage is not comparable to that of ordinary people. On the contrary, the larger the printing office, the more likely it is to seize business than the smaller printing office.

After taking another sip of tea, he calmed down and nodded, agreeing with Manager Liao's statement.

Soon.

Manager Liao didn't hold back, and said directly: "For Japanese, we will hire someone to translate it. It would be even better if Mr. Bai translates it himself. The royalties for Mr. Bai will also be set at 30.00%. For the first issue, the circulation will be set at 1 copies..."

"If Mr. Bai agrees, I have already brought the remuneration..."

He took out an envelope from his briefcase. The envelope was stuffed bulgingly, and he could tell at a glance that there was a lot of money in it.

Then he pushed it in front of Bai Gui.

"Twelve thousand volumes?"

Bai Gui raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

Although he knew that his Great Qin Empire would definitely sell well in the country, the Commercial Press was very bold in making this decision. You must know that except for the top newspapers with a big reputation in China, the best-selling newspapers in general newspaper offices are only tens of thousands of dollars per issue. Zhang..., newspapers are cheap, and they don't sell many, let alone books. The initial issue is set at 1 copies, and the time to recover the capital will be relatively long...

Generally speaking, the first issue is to test the waters, similar to the first issue published by Asahisha.

The printing quantity of the first issue is generally relatively low, and the quantity of the next issue will be determined according to the sales volume of the first issue.

"I have seen the sincerity of the Commercial Press."

Bai Gui accepted the envelope and said casually without counting the money.

In fact, he originally planned to reduce his royalties, thereby reducing the unit price of the booklets issued by the Great Qin Empire.When Asahisha published the first issue, he had already suffered a loss. If it weren't for the help of Mitsuko Yamada, the number of his second issue would not have increased in vain, and the smell of wine was also afraid of deep alleys.

So he learned a lot from a pitfall, and he planned to reduce the royalties.

However, this matter went through his mind once, and it was immediately dismissed.

Once this kind of thing is done, the readers who buy the booklet may be grateful, but 100% of the colleagues will dislike him. Originally, everyone lives on royalties. After you reduce it, it seems that they are not kind. This is just not human...

(End of this chapter)