Mingshi

Chapter 904 Gold Card
The scenes of their own imaginations appeared in front of everyone's eyes. One was holding gold and silver and then asked for change, and the other was gently waving the silver card...

This style...

Do you still need to compare?
And the 200 taels of silver is not for buying a card, the card is given away for free, okay?The 200 taels of silver were only pre-stored with others, but still belonged to him.

Immediately someone said: "I want one."

But there are still very few people shouting. After all, 200 taels of silver is not a small amount. It seems a bit unworthy just to show off for vanity.

Luo Xin's cousin smiled and said, "Don't worry, we still have a gold card."

After finishing the words, he put the silver card into the tray, then took out the gold card, and said to everyone:

"The design of the gold card is the same as that of the silver card, but the gold card needs to deposit 1000 taels of silver."

"Om..." There was a buzzing sound on the second floor. After all, 1000 taels is not a small amount. Cousin Luo Xin said confidently:

"Also, it's not something you can get just by having 1000 taels of silver."

"We know!" A scholar said disdainfully: "Isn't it necessary to be a scholar?"

"No!" Luo Xin's cousin said indifferently: "If you want to have this gold card, you must first meet one condition, otherwise, even if you bring millions of gold, you will not have a gold card."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, seeing that the people on the second floor were watching him quietly, with pride on their faces and said:
"The entry condition for owning this gold card is that one must be among the top three in the previous palace examinations!"

"Wow..."

There was a commotion on the second floor, the threshold was too high.In the past 200 years of Ming Dynasty, there have been many people who have entered the top three.But how many are still alive?

"Of course, those who are not top three are not without opportunities. If they are Shilin masters, or Confucian and Taoist masters, they are also qualified to have a gold card."

"Wow..." The noise got louder.

"If you don't have this qualification, there is a third form. That is, you have published a book. As long as you have published a book, you are eligible to own this gold card, and you can have it by depositing 1000 taels of silver in advance.

Of course, this kind of book publishing is not a book that you write at home with a pen and then sell a book.Even if you find someone to copy the book, it doesn’t count if you sell a thousand copies in the end, it must be a book that was printed with a different plate.Moreover, there will be someone in our Juxian Club to review it specially. If the content is made up randomly, it is a book that has been engraved and printed, and it is not eligible. "

Everyone rolled their eyes and adjusted the printing...

In all bookstores today, except for the books that can stand the test and can be sold in different editions, such as "The Analects of Confucius", the rest of the books, especially the books written by today's scholars, have not experienced the test of the market at all. Engraving for you?
Do you think offset printing is cheap?

One word: Expensive!

Two words: very expensive!

If I engraved and printed it for you and couldn't sell a single copy, wouldn't I have to pay for it?

The more you sell in plate printing, the less the cost will be spread, and the more you will earn.If you only sell one or two copies, you lose big.Therefore, there are very few books on the market that are printed in different versions. Even some historical books, as long as they are not best-selling, have to be copied by someone, and all the books are sold in manuscript.

And what are the requirements of Juxian Clubhouse?
It must be printed in different versions, and this opportunity for speculation will be gone, and it still needs to be reviewed by the Juxian Club...

"Papa..." Cousin Luo Xin slapped his hands twice and said, "Here is a good news for everyone. Our Juxian Club is not just a place for gatherings and exchanges, there are benefits for everyone."

"Welfare?"

Everyone was stunned, and they gave away gold and silver cards for free, just to deposit some money in advance, and there are benefits?
"Our Juxian Club has issued two kinds of magazines?"

"Magazine?" Everyone was taken aback: "What is a magazine?"

"A magazine is a book, but this book is not finished once, but once a month. Of course, the content of each month is different. Let me introduce the first magazine first."

Luo Xin's cousin beckoned again, and a clerk came up with a tray covered with a red cloth. Luo Xin's cousin uncovered the red cloth, picked up a magazine, and said to everyone:
"This magazine is called Story Club, and it contains some popular stories. It is divided into short stories, medium stories, and long stories. Each issue of magazines consists of ten short stories and one medium-length story, plus a serialized long story. At the same time, the story meeting will set aside a certain amount of space to report some folk events that happened in Ming Dynasty. I am here to launch a long serialization of this issue of the story meeting, because everyone is too familiar with the author of this story."

"Who is it?" Everyone became interested.

"Do you still remember "Legend of Shushan"?"

"Huang Shiweng?" Someone couldn't help but surprise on his face: "Huang Shiweng came out of the mountain again?"

"That's right! Weng Huangshi has released a new work, "Legend of Shushan 2". For those who want to see it first, you can go to the first floor to buy it later."

Seeing someone moved, Cousin Luo Xin hurriedly said again: "Everyone, don't be in a hurry, the book is placed there, and it won't run away. Let's continue with what we just said. This story will be shared by all readers in our Juxian Club. Contributions, once selected, can be published in this story meeting, and we will also provide a contribution fee, which is a pen fee. Ten words and a copper plate."

Everyone's faces couldn't help showing surprise. In the past, they had to pay for the bookstore out of their own pockets to publish books, but they didn't expect it to be the other way around now.

"But!" Cousin Luo Xin's voice came again: "Although this story club is engraved and printed, it cannot be used as a qualification to enter the Juxian Club. Get a brush fee, but not qualify for a gold card. So, how do you get it? Let's move on to the second magazine."

Cousin Luo Xin put the story club on the tray, picked up another magazine on the tray, and said to everyone:

"You see, this magazine is called Shilin Famous Articles.

Not bad!

This is the real journal of Shilin academic field.This magazine is also published once a month, and the content of each issue is different.However, this magazine only accepts academic articles and poems.At the same time, a certain amount of space will be spared to publish some major events that happened in Ming Dynasty.

Everyone can contribute to the magazine Shilin Famous Articles, and the contribution fee is one copper coin per word. "

"Wow……"

There was a buzzing underneath, one word and one copper plate was really a lot.

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