Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

With this cry, Boss Lin realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.In business, you like this item, but if you want to get it in your hands, you have to pretend to be indifferent on the surface, so as to kill the price and maximize the profit.

It's not that he hasn't read ghost novels, and he has published a few of them.

Aside from the profundity of the characters in "Journey to the West", the writing method of this book is also extremely fresh.

When the protagonists of other ghost novels appear on the stage, they are either Taoists with supernatural powers, gods and Buddhas in the sky, or simply mortals.

Beasts like monkeys are useless as soon as they appear on the stage. They need to learn from teachers everywhere, and they have to go through a lot of tests. I have never seen a book where they can learn the exercises.

After reading it, readers have a feeling of growing up with the protagonist, as if they are struggling in that fantasy world.But this kind of struggle is not depressing, and the counter-rhythm is lively, with a kind of inexplicable happiness.

He naturally knew in his heart that this would be a big red book and could make a lot of money.

In any case, this book is my oath.

Looking at the manuscript in Su Mu's hand, a golden mountain seemed to appear in front of him.

Boss Lin didn't care about anything else: "I've published this book. Runbi Nine... 30 taels."

Speaking of which, there were blue veins throbbing on his forehead.Maybe this Su Mu went to other bookstores to submit manuscripts. With the quality of this book, it is possible for others to offer a price of ten taels or even twenty taels.

At the beginning, he planned to pay nine taels of silver, but after thinking about it, he still felt uneasy, so he simply increased it to thirty.

"30 taels, what a great deal!" Su Mu sighed.

"Xiao Guan's book is good, and I should give you 30 taels." Hearing what Su Mu said, Boss Lin thought it was done, and felt ecstasy in his heart.

But Su Mu asked: "I don't know how many editions Mr. Lin plans to engrave?"

Boss Lin said he didn't think of anything else, and replied bluntly: "Let's try to publish a new edition first. To be honest, you are a newcomer, so it is a bit risky to give this price. Generally speaking, a book for a newcomer is only three or four taels, and the maximum is twelve copies. sky."

Su Mu sneered in his heart: 30 taels, are you going to send a beggar? If Wu Chengen knew that he sold his book for 30 taels of silver, he might be reincarnated early and come to settle accounts with him.Businessmen are businessmen, and Confucian businessmen are no exception. They all want to buy low and sell high, and it is best not to pay a penny.It's a pity, I already have a clear understanding of the printing and publishing industry in the Ming Dynasty, but you still think I'm just a book-study scholar?

Su Mu: "A edition of 2000 volumes, with the quality of my book, let alone one tael, two taels of silver is possible. Of course, it was impossible to buy such a high price at the beginning. The cost of a book is also But with a few hundred articles and three thousand volumes, it is still possible for Boss Lin to earn one or two thousand taels of silver. But you only paid me 30 taels for the manuscript, isn’t it too low?”

Boss Lin immediately yelled: "Little officer, 30 taels is really a sky-high price. This is the industry rule, and it cannot be broken."

Su Mu shook his head: "Old Mr. Lin took my manuscript and didn't return it and only printed one page. I really can't accept this price. If there is nothing else, I'll go back first. There are many things in the warehouse, so it's not good to delay."

As soon as you flick your sleeves, you are about to leave.

Boss Lin was still yelling: "60 taels, that's 60 taels, I can't add more. The small shop has small profits, so I really can't add... Xiaoguan, how much do you want? Please tell the truth, we are always like this." Guessing charades is no way!"

Seeing that the business was about to be negotiated, Boss Lin became anxious and asked Su Mu to set the price himself.

Su Muben had already walked to the door, and stopped for a moment when he heard the words, then turned his head and said indifferently: "Why is my manuscript worth hundreds of acres of land?"

"A few... a hundred acres of land... you are crazy..." Boss Lin was dumbfounded. Even if it is an ordinary dry land in Baoding Mansion today, it would cost two or one mu, a few hundred mu... Even if it is three hundred mu, it would be worth 600 taels Yin Zi, just for this book, this Su Mu really dared to open his mouth like a lion!

"Talking about gold and silver with a small official is already a smell of copper, which is insulting to the gentleman, and insults the gentleman..." Boss Lin couldn't breathe well, and he stuttered.

Su Mu didn't care about his words, and said, "As far as this book is concerned, Mr. Lin really dares to talk, and you want to buy my entire "Journey to the West" for 600 taels?"

"What do you mean?" Mr. Lin asked angrily.

"This is the price of the first and second volumes." Su Mu stretched out two fingers: "It's only [-] words, if you still want the latter part, I'm sorry, it depends on how I feel, maybe someone else will see you come out." These two volumes are selling well, so come and dig me up!"

"Two volumes, there are more in the back?" Boss Lin's heart moved, he suddenly realized something dimly, and asked anxiously: "How many more in the back?"

Su Mu: "There are still fourteen volumes left. Hehe, Mr. Lin, I found you because you and I are both famous teachers and we like each other. Otherwise, let's make a contract. You don’t need to take money out first. You just need to try out a volume first. If it sells well, you can give us the 600 taels, and I will give you priority for the rest. If it’s really not good, no I would like to publish the remaining fourteen volumes, even if I don't have the ability to eat this bowl of food, I have no face to ask you for a manuscript fee. Mr. Lin, do you think so?"

Boss Lin's concern, Su Mu, is understandable, after all, 600 taels is not a small sum.If it is placed in later generations, it will be worth 60 million yuan.Due to the limitation of smelting technology, the silver of this dynasty was not pure enough. After deducting the fire consumption, 40 to [-] yuan is always worth it.

In the Ming Dynasty, prices were low, and the salary of a county magistrate was only three or forty taels of silver a year.It is a common practice for officials in Xinjiang to send charcoal to the ministers of the cabinet during the New Year.

To spend such a high price to produce two novels of [-] to [-] words, it is indeed a bit risky for Boss Lin.

There was no point in talking to him any further.

Even if you go to other bookstores, it's probably worth dozens of taels of silver.

Instead of this, it is better to adopt the model of credit sales in later generations, first give the manuscript of the first two volumes to Boss Lin, and let him print the book first and sell it.

If it doesn't sell well, there's nothing you can do, and you have nothing to lose.

If it is sold in a hurry, with the profit-seeking nature of a businessman, are you afraid that he will not obediently deliver the money to the door?

"After publishing the manuscript first, let's talk about embellishing the pen?" Boss Lin didn't expect that Su Mu would offer a large amount of money on the front foot, but he would give himself a book for nothing on the back foot. While surprised, he was greatly moved by the courage of this young man. admire.Sure enough, he is the first name in the county test. This kind of bearing is really amazing, and the future may not be a character.

Immediately nodded, agreed.

So, the two asked the owner of the teahouse to take out a pen and paper, and wrote a contract.

The contract stated that Su Mu would sell the first two volumes of "Journey to the West", about 600 words, to the "Wind into the Pine" bookstore. The price was initially set at [-] taels, but the premise was that Lin's bookstore continued to purchase the remaining manuscripts.If the Lin family repented, Su Mu would not be able to get a penny of the manuscript fee.

Of course, if Boss Lin is willing to continue to publish Su Mu's "Journey to the West", he has to pay off the 600 taels of draft fees for the first two books.Next, Lin Family Bookstore had to give Su Mu 300 taels of embellishment pens for each copy of "Journey to the West".

"Journey to the West" has a total of 80 words and 800 volumes. If the entire contract is completed, Su Mu will get [-] taels of entry, which can be regarded as a properly wealthy household in Baoding Mansion.

Of course, Boss Lin's income is even more astonishing.

Everyone gets what they need, and everyone is happy.

Saying goodbye to Boss Lin with the contract with fresh fingerprints on it, Su Mu was not afraid that Boss Lin would regret paying 600 taels of silver after publishing his two books.

Perhaps, by publishing two books, Boss Lin will earn several thousand, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver.

But if he continues to make money, he will earn even more money. Who would cut off his future fortune just for a mere small profit of a few hundred taels of silver?

Su Mu couldn't walk a few steps, when he suddenly remembered something, he smiled wryly in his heart: I am penniless now, if I had known, I would have asked Boss Lin for a signing fee of tens of taels of silver.It will take half a month for the first [-] characters of "Journey to the West" to be written, and it will take half a month for the book to be printed, published, and market feedback.

It took thirty to forty days to come and go. It seemed that he would have to work in the Hu family's warehouse for two months.

The Hu family is fine, and Li's accountant is also easy to get along with, but Mr. Shao is really bad, and he keeps telling him what to do all day long.The way I look at myself is also weird, just like finding an excellent student, I can't wait to teach me to become a two-rank Jinshi before I give up.

In the next few dozen days, he will have to recite the mantra every day, which is hard!