Smuggling Daming

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Seeing the impatient look on Zhou Zhong's face, Xie Lingyun couldn't help being a little angry even though she was very wealthy. With their Xie family's wealth and she is a rare beauty, no matter where she went, she would be treated graciously, but Now in Zhou Mansion, Zhou Zhong didn't even serve her a cup of tea, what a narrow-minded man!

Although Zhou Zhong has already been labeled as a "narrow-minded" in her heart, Xie Lingyun has long been used to controlling her emotions. She smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou is really a straightforward person. The little girl who came here today is actually I want to discuss with Mr. Zhou, can you give Journey to the West to our Xie family for printing?"

"You Xie family?" Zhou Zhong showed a very surprised expression. After a few words with Xie Lingyun in the teahouse last time, he deliberately inquired about Xie Lingyun's situation and knew something about Xie's family. If he didn't remember If it's wrong, the Xie family mainly made their fortune by smuggling. I've never heard of them printing books?

Seeing Zhou Zhong's surprised look, Xie Lingyun showed a faint smile, and then said: "Young Master Zhou, don't be surprised, I just bought the largest printing workshop in our Songjiang Mansion a few months ago, and all the craftsmen in it are left behind. After that, the usual business is pretty good, and we also take care of the printing business in several surrounding prefectures. If Mr. Zhou can entrust us with printing Journey to the West, it will definitely be printed into a book in the shortest time, and we also have special I can guarantee that the book Journey to the West will be available in all parts of the country within three months at the longest, and by that time, Mr. Zhou, you will also be famous all over the world!"

After Xie Lingyun said the above words, she stared at Zhou Zhong with a smile on her face.She knows scholars like Zhou Zhong very well. For them, there is nothing more attractive than being famous. After all, as long as they are famous, they can take a lot of advantage in the imperial examination. Well, this Mr. Zhou in front of him was a person who was very keen on fame and fame before, so he would never refuse such a good thing!

It's a pity that to Xie Lingyun's surprise, after listening to her words, Zhou Zhong didn't show the slightest move. Instead, he looked at her with a very strange look, as if looking at a very rare animal.

If it were an ordinary person, he would have already become furious under Zhou Zhong's insulting gaze, and would either slap him or walk away.But Xie Lingyun's concentration was extraordinary. She didn't seem to notice the insult in Zhou Zhong's gaze at all, and she still looked at Zhou Zhong with a calm gaze.

Facing such a wealthy Miss Xie family, Zhou Zhong had no choice but to be defeated, and finally he said: "Miss Xie, I would like to ask, you should know the situation of our Zhou family, right?"

"Of course I know!" Xie Lingyun saw that Zhou Zhong was defeated in the confrontation with her, and the smile on her face deepened again, but her eyes were still calm and kind, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

"Ha~, so Miss Xie, you know, then I want to ask another question, what identity did you come to find me, Mr. Zhou?" Zhou Zhong asked again with a playful look on his face.

"Naturally as a businessman!" Xie Lingyun said without hesitation. As the only heir of the Xie family, she was trained by her father as the successor of the family business since she was sensible. Ms. Fu Jia is completely different. Her thinking is more realistic than most people, and she doesn't think it is a shameful thing to do business. This is very similar to Zhou Zhong.

"Hahaha~, a businessman?" Zhou Zhong suddenly raised his head and laughed, and he stopped after a while and said, "Since Miss Xie is a businessman, let's talk about business, don't talk to me about nonsense. I know, if I hand over the manuscript of Journey to the West to your Xie family, what benefits will I get?"

Xie Lingyun's investigation is indeed very detailed. Unfortunately, what she is facing now is not the original Zhou Zhong, but a more realistic Zhou Zhong than her. For him, the most important thing now is to earn the first sum of money, and then let his family Live a prosperous life, as for what Xie Lingyun said about being famous all over the world, Zhou Zhong doesn't care at all.

Xie Lingyun never thought that Zhou Zhong, who was obsessed with fame and fame during the investigation, would directly ask her to raise money, and he also mentioned it so confidently, which completely subverted her cognition. Among the scholars Xie Lingyun met, Money has always been reported with an extremely contemptuous attitude, even if the other party is extremely poor, they will also show disdain for money, as if mentioning money will tarnish their elegant sentiment.

However, Xie Lingyun immediately thought that when Zhou Zhong was in the teahouse, he used such a disgraceful method to deceive the second son of Song. To find out that way, but now it seems that it is not the case, Zhou Zhong is probably the most special scholar I have ever seen!

Thinking of this, Xie Lingyun showed a charming smile to Zhou Zhong, using it to cover up her shock just now, and then immediately changed her strategy: "Mr. Zhou is indeed a straightforward person. Since you asked this, the little girl will not Now that the first ten chapters of Journey to the West have been circulated, our Xie family will not pay the bill for the first ten chapters, but from the No.11 chapter onwards, our Xie family is willing to redeem it at the price of two taels of silver each time. I don't know what Master Zhou wants?"

The ancients had no sense of copyright. After the content of a book was circulated, others could freely take it and publish it as long as they wanted. Therefore, in Xie Lingyun's view, Zhou Zhong did not need to pay for the first ten chapters of content that were circulated.It is precisely because there is no copyright, as long as Xie Lingyun prints Journey to the West, other booksellers will surely reprint it in the future, so Xie Lingyun does not make much profit from the book Journey to the West, which also led to her paying for it. Naturally, Zhou Zhong's remuneration for the manuscript was not much higher. In her opinion, two taels of silver a time was already an extremely high price.

Although Zhou Zhong had known about the publishing of books before, but when he heard that Xie Lingyun was only willing to pay two taels of silver each time, he still couldn't help saying: "Miss Xie, do you know that I want to write Journey to the West?" How much time and effort did it take? A Journey to the West is only a hundred chapters, and the first ten chapters are removed, and the total is only 180 taels of silver. For your Xie family, this amount of money is probably not enough to spend a day in the mansion, right?"

Although Zhou Zhong copied Journey to the West from the memory of later generations, and did not spend much time and effort, it is still one of the four classic classics of later generations. The copyright of such an important novel is only worth less than 200 yuan. Two, it really hit him hard.

Seeing that Zhou Zhong thought the money was too little, Xie Lingyun was secretly happy. What she was most afraid of was the other party's rejection, but since Zhou Zhong felt that the price was low, it also showed that her previous guess was correct. The name of Journey to the West really wants to make some money by writing books, so as to supplement the family.

Thinking of this, Xie Lingyun showed a confident smile again and said: "Mr. Zhou is a scholar, so naturally he doesn't understand the difficulties of doing business. For example, if we want to print Journey to the West, even if Mr. Zhou agrees to hand over the manuscript to us, we will have to print it. Strict confidentiality to prevent the contents of the manuscript from leaking out. In addition, the number of printed books is also a problem. If we print too many books and cannot sell them, we will lose money. If we print too few books to sell them, others will take advantage of our loopholes and take copies of our books. Printing, we are the ones who suffer in the end, and we only have one chance. In the future, the content of Journey to the West will spread, and any bookseller can find someone to print it, so the profit we earn from Journey to the West is not much. I hope Young Master Zhou will also be considerate!"

After listening to Xie Lingyun's talk about the difficulty of doing business, Zhou Zhong was unmoved at all, and retorted: "Miss Xie, don't bully me, a scholar. Although I don't understand business, I also understand one thing. Now Journey to the West is so It is popular, and it is foreseeable that as soon as Journey to the West is released, it will definitely cause people to rush for it. At that time, as the first businessman to print this book, there is no risk that you will not be able to sell it, and other booksellers want it. It takes a long time to pirate Journey to the West, so how much your Xie family can earn depends on how many copies of Journey to the West you plan to print at one time!"

Xie Lingyun was also a little surprised when Zhou Zhong suddenly pointed out the key point of the matter. Now she can see clearly that the Zhou Zhong in front of her is completely different from the Zhou Zhong she learned from her investigation, and she can't treat him as a pedantic man at all. scholars, but to treat each other as an opponent in the market.

Thinking about this, Xie Lingyun looked Zhou Zhong up and down again with her wonderful eyes. She has always been conceited and smart, and she has never made a mistake in seeing people. Zhou Zhong's curiosity increased a lot again.

"Well, since Mr. Zhou thinks the price is low, what price do you think is more appropriate?" Xie Lingyun finally asked again.

Hearing that the other party pushed the question of the price to himself, Zhou Zhong pondered for a while, writing a novel is hard and tiring, and even for books of the level of the four great classics, the income is only a few hundred taels. So he didn't plan to write novels as a lifelong plan at all, but now he needs to support his family and also needs the first pot of gold in his life, so he has to exchange novels for money, after all, it doesn't cost much.

"300 taels! There are still 300 chapters in Journey to the West, give me 300 taels, and I will write the next [-] chapters for you as soon as possible!" Zhou Zhong finally calculated a rough number, and [-] taels took out a small amount. Part of it is used for household use, and the rest should be enough to become the capital for him to make a fortune.

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