I'm in the Red Mansion

Jia Cong persuaded him earnestly: "Think about it, do you in the West have any opera stars that you highly respect?"

"If you invite those artists who only perform for the upper class to record a record."

"Then sell it. Think about it, how popular will it be?"

"In this case, not all tape recorders may even be sold to wealthy people."

“You even sell it to some vendors through operations.”

"If these vendors had tape recorders in their hands and started playing records, would customers flock to them?"

"As long as one vendor buys a tape recorder, other vendors will have to buy it."

"Otherwise, no one will patronize their stalls anymore and their business will plummet."

Hearing this, Princess Lilia couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh, you are really a devil, er, no, you are a genius!"

Well, there is only a fine line between the devil and genius, which is difficult to measure.

Princess Lilia was naturally amazed at this method.

Princess Lilia is also very interested in the phonograph.

Well, tape recorder, phonograph and even some other names were given by different people.

Princess Lilia decided to take three thousand phonographs back with her.

Princess Lilia came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

This time when she went back, she not only took away two hundred electric cars, but also three thousand gramophones.

When Princess Lilia returned to Zhenzhen Kingdom, the whole country was excited.

Those nobles who had been waiting eagerly finally got the electric cars they had longed for.

However, only the first two hundred nobles who paid the deposit could get it.

Those behind need to queue up.

This made the nobles behind him very dissatisfied.

However, it was of no avail.

They urged Princess Lilia to go and urge them to deliver the goods as soon as possible.

At the same time, these two hundred electric cars triggered a craze in Zhenzhen Country and even the entire West.

Because this electric car is so cool.

This also attracted more nobles to come to Princess Lilia to pay the deposit.

However, Princess Lilia now dares not accept any more deposits.

Because now, among the nobles who have paid the deposit, she is already ranked behind a thousand people.

Based on China's production speed, Princess Lilia suspected that it would take at least a year to produce it.

One year is already the limit.

If you take more calls, it will inevitably have some negative effects.

Therefore, even though the tram originally sold for 20,000 gold coins, some nobles are now offering it for 25,000 or even 30,000 gold coins.

But Princess Lilia remained unmoved and no longer accepted any reservations.

This also made the first two hundred nobles who bought the trams feel very honored.

One thousand nobles who had already paid the deposit also felt proud of it.

And then, Princess Lilia began to promote the phonograph.

She originally thought that the phonograph would definitely be popular, after all, it was a new thing.

And the nobles' favorite thing is to pursue excitement.

But she also didn't expect that the phonograph would be so popular.

The phonograph, priced at one thousand gold coins, was quickly sold out as soon as it was launched.

You know, this time, she brought 3,000 units!
If each machine costs one thousand gold coins, three thousand machines would cost three million gold coins.

The sales from this time alone were almost equivalent to the entire assets of an ordinary noble.

Although, the phonograph must have cost.

But Princess Lilia speculated that the cost would not be too high.

Thinking of this, Princess Lilia couldn't help but smack her lips.

I have to say, His Majesty the Emperor of the East is really good at making money.

Of course, if you follow them yourself, you can also make a lot of money.

Soon, Princess Lilia also found out the reasons why those nobles bought the phonograph.

The reason turned out to be that when they were doing something embarrassing, they would record the sound on a phonograph.

Then when you have nothing to do, take it out and savor it.

It has to be said that this kind of bad taste makes Princess Lilia feel sick.

I have to say, these nobles are really playing in a perverted way.

But the gold coins are innocent.

Next, Princess Lilia began to find some pianists, opera singers, etc., gave them a certain amount of remuneration, and asked them to record records.

At that time, the phonograph had just come out, and these pianists, opera singers, etc. did not yet understand the value of copyright.

Plus Princess Lilia invited them as a princess.

Therefore, they signed the contract with the princess without knowing what was going on.

The copyright of their vocal music was sold to Princess Lilia at a very low price.

And they themselves think they have actually made a profit.

After all, they received a handsome commission and also gained the friendship of Princess Lilia.

Both parties feel that they have made a good profit, and this is a win-win situation.

Soon, the record was released.

This time, it was immediately popular once it was launched.

The price of each record was as high as ten gold coins.

Even so, demand still outstrips supply.

This made Princess Lilia even more excited, and she busied herself looking for more musicians to record records.

She had a feeling that it would not be long before these people came to their senses.

I’m afraid it will not be possible to purchase their copyrights at such a low price in the future.

We must take advantage of this cheap opportunity to make a lot of money.

The record business is actually what Princess Lilia cares most about.

After all, whether it was a tram or a phonograph, no matter how popular the sales were, she was just a partner.

She can only get 10% of the profit.

In fact, a 10% profit is quite a lot.

I believe that in a few years, she will become the richest person in the entire West.

But after all, His Majesty the Emperor of the East earned more, and 90% of it belonged to the other side.

Records are different.

She just bought some blank records.

These records were very cheap, and one gold coin could buy one hundred blank records.

The gold content of Western gold coins is still very high, and they are real gold coins.

In China, one gold coin can be exchanged for at least ten taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver to buy one hundred blank records was already a considerable profit for Jia Cong.

In fact, this price is higher than what they give to their dealers in China.

And Lilia is now considered the largest customer of their joint business.

It has to be said that Jia Cong was really good at tricking his biggest business partner.

But for Princess Lilia, this record business is truly her own business.

All the money earned is yours, and you don't have to give 90% of it to the Emperor of the East.

Although the emperor from the East was very young, very handsome, and very charming, and she liked him very much, she still didn't like the feeling of sharing gold coins with others, especially when she had to give him 90% of it.

A month later, all the records produced by Princess Lilia were sold out.

Princess Lilia earned a large amount of gold coins.

This time, she decided to go to China again.

This time, she not only had to send gold coins, but also had to buy back more blank records.

Of course, there are also gramophones on the tram, so I should bring back more of them.

After all, in terms of profit, the profits from trams and phonographs are actually much higher than those from records.

Princess Lilia, naturally, would not let it go.

Seven days later, Princess Lilia brought gold coins.

That was a whole shipload of gold coins.

It took thirty carriages to deliver these gold coins to the palace.

Seeing these carriages, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue fell silent.

It has only been a few years since China was founded?
Now it is considered quite wealthy.

Think about the first year after the country was founded. There were almost rats running out of the national treasury. How difficult it was at that time?
Of course, it didn’t take long to get through.

Later, the emperor raided the eight major salt merchants in Jiangnan and resolved the dilemma in one fell swoop.

Then by the second year, the tax revenue alone was nearly hundreds of millions of silver taels, and there was a surplus of tens of millions of taels of silver.

This was something they had never dared to dream of before.

By the third year, tax revenue had reached hundreds of millions.

Today, the national treasury is even more full.

However, these officials only realized it belatedly at this time.

There is money in the treasury, but the emperor is richer.

All previous emperors had their treasury allocated to them from the national treasury.

But Emperor Jia Cong is different from all other emperors.

He never asked the Ministry of Revenue for money, and even took money from his own small treasury to replenish the Ministry of Revenue several times.

Because the emperor had his own chamber of commerce before he ascended the throne.

And now, the emperor has started doing business with Princess Lilia from abroad.

It's only been a few months?
He actually earned thirty carts of gold coins in one go.

They have seen gold coins, and the gold content is very pure.

It is entirely possible to extract pure gold after smelting.

And the value won’t decrease much.

On this point, Zhenzhen Country is still very honest.

I have to say, the emperor is really good at making money.

I’m afraid the money in the emperor’s treasury is more than that in the national treasury, right?

Thinking of this, they felt very uncomfortable.

These ministers can't stand the emperor being rich the most.

The emperor is not just the emperor of one family, but the emperor of the whole world.

The emperor owns all the wealth in the world, and the emperor's wealth naturally belongs to the whole world.

What to do if you don’t have so much wealth?
The officials of the Ministry of Revenue could no longer resist trying to find ways to take money from the emperor's treasury.

An official who does not want to take money from the emperor's treasury is not a good official of the Ministry of Revenue.

However, now that the treasury is full, they really have no reason to do so.

This made them very uncomfortable.

……

Jia Cong was also very happy to see so many gold coins.

So, Princess Lilia was treated even more warmly.

Princess Lilia wanted to ask Jia Cong for advice on some issues.

Therefore, the servants were dismissed.

The two men clinked glasses and exchanged cups, their friendship, which was based on interests, was very warm.

Jia Cong did not hold back and gave very detailed guidance to the questions raised by Princess Lilia.

After all, this is the financial sponsor who makes money for him, so Jia Cong will naturally not neglect him.

Under Jia Cong's guidance, Princess Lilia decided to return to her country and began to build her own business empire.

Princess Lilia believed that as long as she clung to the Chinese emperor, she would be able to achieve great success.

In the future, she will definitely become the richest person in the entire West!
Because of excitement, Princess Lilia drank a lot of wine.

Her heart suddenly began to become restless.

She herself admired and liked the emperor Jia Cong very much.

At this time, under the stimulation of alcohol, she couldn't help but become bolder.

Well, Western girls are very bold.

Soon, she sat next to Jia Cong, and even sat on Jia Cong.

Let’s talk about Jia Cong—he himself is not a saint.

Now that the beauty has thrown herself into his arms, how can he resist?

The two people are like dry firewood and raging fire. How could they not catch fire at once?
Soon, the two hugged each other.

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The clouds are gone and the rain is clear, and the color is bright.

Princess Lilia lay lazily in Jia Cong's arms like a cat.

Princess Lilia couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, do you know? You are my first man!"

Hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but be surprised.

Princess Lilia’s age is probably not much younger than mine, and she may even be a few years older.

Although Jia Cong knew that she was not married, it was indeed surprising in the West that she had never had a man at such an old age.

As if seeing the expression on Jia Cong's face, Princess Lilia couldn't help but punch Jia Cong in the chest with her little fist.

Then he said, "What's that expression on your face? Do you think I'm a casual girl?"

"Until I meet a man I can look up to, I would rather be single than let those stinky men touch me."

Jia Cong couldn't help but tighten his arms and said to Princess Lilia: "Lilia, do you want to be my concubine?"

"I can even give you freedom. You don't have to stay in the palace all the time."

Princess Lilia was also moved after hearing this.

She turned around and kissed Jia Cong gently on the cheek, then said, "My dear, it is enough for you to have this heart."

"Let's just be lovers! I still want to be my own independent self. I'll be in the West, you'll be in the East, and we'll join forces."

"You are the most powerful emperor in the East, and I will be the richest princess in the West!"

Well, this is an independent and strong Western princess.

Originally, Jia Cong was still worried about how to explain to the Queen Mother and the Queen if he wanted to marry Princess Lilia.

Unexpectedly, there was no need for any explanation at all, and she had no intention of marrying me.

Jia Cong asked, "Lilia, have you ever thought about becoming a queen?"

Hearing this question, Princess Lilia was stunned.

After a long while, he smiled and said, "I have three older brothers, four younger brothers, and even an older sister."

"And my mother, who comes from a small noble family, how could she compete with others?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "You don't have to belittle yourself. You will soon be a wealthy woman who can rival a country. Don't underestimate the power of money."

"What's more, I'm behind you!" (End of this chapter)