Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 330 Competitor Appears
"What's the matter?" Du Jinning sat down in the teahouse.

This is a teahouse opened in the west of Fucheng City. It is not yet business hours, and the teahouse is empty, so it is very convenient to talk about things.

"That's right. Ever since your "Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were sold, some imitation scripts have appeared one after another. It's just that the author's level is not enough. Write a thin Bo's two or three books are over at most [-] words, and the plot is not exciting enough to cause any big waves, so I didn't tell you."

Du Jinning nodded.

It's not surprising that there are follow-up works everywhere.Moreover, people in this era write scripts, which are basically short stories of [-] to [-] words.Anyone who has written novels knows that if you ask someone who is used to writing short stories to write a long novel with millions or even millions of words, he will not be able to do it all at once without practice with one or two works.Complicated clues, numerous characters, and a series of plot designs will make him feel a mess.

However, two years is enough time for a standard follow-up work to emerge.

Sure enough, Yao Shuqi's next words confirmed Du Jinning's conjecture: "Now there is a script called "Legend of Heroes of Seven Swords". Storytelling and publicity in teahouses, and then printing out and selling in bookstores. And in order to attract customers, whether it is teahouses or story books, the price charged is lower than ours.”

Du Jinning asked: "Then does it affect our teahouse and bookstore business?"

"Not yet, because those who listen to books in teahouses or buy books in bookstores have been deeply attracted by the plot. They want to know what will happen next, but no one would give up on us and go to Xinxing to save a few pennies." I went to drink tea in a teahouse. As for the storybook, I also asked the guys to inquire about it. Those who wrote the storybook said that our storybook was too slow to read, so in addition to buying our storybook, I also bought the "Sword and Fairy" Biography "bought."

Yao Shuqi sighed: "I'm worried about the future. If its reputation slowly rises, it is estimated that our customer source will be taken away. After all, there are only a small group of people who have money and leisure to listen to books. On the other side, our customer base will inevitably decrease. On the other side of the bookstore, some customers are cash-strapped and forced to squeeze out a little money from daily expenses to buy scripts. After buying the books there, they bought our books. You might not necessarily buy it.”

He raised his head and looked at Du Jinning expectantly: "Master, what do you think?"

During this time, Du Jinning took the county examination and then the government examination. In order not to disturb Du Jinning, he kept suppressing the matter and tried many ways to solve it by himself.Reluctantly, his abilities were limited, and he couldn't think of a good way after thinking about it.As for the price war with the other party, Du Jinning had to agree. He didn't dare to make a claim, so he kept suppressing this issue.

At this moment, he hoped that Du Jinning could come up with a good solution.

If it was before, he would not have expected such a thing.Because Du Jinning is too young and has little knowledge, he has been living in such a small place as Lishui County, no matter how smart he is, he has little knowledge.

But after experiencing Zhou Dongping's incident, he no longer had such thoughts.

Although Du Jinning is young, what he sees and thinks of is that the scale is so big that people like him can't match it?

Du Jinning asked: "Who wrote this book? How many teahouses use it as a book? Are these teahouses owned by the same boss? Where are the bookstores? Who are their bosses?"

Yao Shuqi had checked these things a long time ago.

He calmly said: "The person who wrote this book was a poor scholar in his forties. I asked someone to find out. It took him a whole year to write part of it, and he got one and opened three teahouses." Peng Jiaxing bought it at a high price. Peng Jiaxing immediately bought a bookstore and started it according to our business model. This Peng Jiaxing is a local with a wealthy family. Every county has his shop in the silk and satin business. His family has only opened two tea houses. However, if the storytelling effect of this storybook is good, he may open it again, and it is possible to open it in the county. In this way , will compete with us for customers."

Du Jinning rubbed his chin, then smiled and said: "It's okay, even if there is no Peng Jiaxing, there will still be Li Jiaxing. Everyone sees that our business is doing well, so it's okay to follow along. As long as they compete legitimately, there will be no shame. means, you can ignore them."

Normal commercial competition is inevitable, and it is impossible for them to monopolize the cultural entertainment.Although the market is not big, what they have to do is not to fight to the death in a small pond, but to think about how to make this cake bigger.To be a big cake, there must be a thriving cultural and entertainment market.It is wise to let a hundred flowers bloom.

"Ignore?" Yao Shuqi was stunned, he didn't expect Du Jinning to respond negatively.

Since Du Jinning didn't act, he, the shopkeeper, had the responsibility to come up with countermeasures.

He said: "I thought and thought, and thought of two countermeasures. One is that we also lower the price, which is the same as his price. He has no price advantage, and he doesn't have a reputation like us. Naturally, this business cannot be done. Over time. , We lost by ourselves. Another, we can buy a Goulan tile shop and let them play "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In this way, our reputation will be even greater, and they will not be able to defeat us no matter what they do."

Du Jinning was noncommittal, but turned to Lu Xiaobei and asked him, "What do you think?"

Lu Xiaobei bowed his hands to Yao Shuqi first, and said: "Master Yao, let's discuss the matter. Please forgive me if my words offend."

After finishing this sentence, he said: "Let's not talk about the first price reduction or not, just talk about Goulan Wazi. I have stayed in Wazi for several years and I am familiar with it. I don't think it is suitable for the young master to set foot in Wazi. My son, the situation there is too complicated, and it's not good for the young master's reputation."

As soon as Lu Xiaobei said, Yao Shuqi slapped his head: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't think properly."

Goulan Wasi is a place where low-class people gather. Storytellers, entertainers, jugglers, and even brothels all gather here. Officials in the Song Dynasty were forbidden to enter this place.

Du Jinning is going to be an official, how can she become the boss of a Goulan?Even if they only bought the Liyuan business, it would not sound good to say it.

He apologized to Du Jinning: "Get rid of this point, and we won't get involved in the hook."

Du Jinning nodded.

The film and television industry is prosperous in modern times. It is not that she has not considered adapting works such as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" into dramas in ancient times, so that the audience will be wider and more money will be made.

But Goulan Wasi is something she doesn't want to get involved in.Although the consideration of reputation is one reason, but more is the complexity of this business.

(End of this chapter)