Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 314 Selling Newspapers
Wang Pingan asked the fifteen people to proofread the poems, songs, and gossip news collected in the morning.After they picked them out, they asked the artisans to typeset the layout. It took nearly four hours to complete a set of procedures. Fortunately, the wages paid by Wang Pingan were high enough, and everyone was busy with enthusiasm.

On the other side, Wang Ping'an was telling a story to Zhou Jin, about "Legend of the White Snake". Zhou Jin was not only listening, but also recording it, which will be reported.He handed over Chapter 1 to craftsmen for typesetting and proofreading.

Wang Pingan talked for four hours, drank four pots of tea in the middle, went to the toilet several times, and finally finished the story.The people listening next to me couldn't help applauding, and those with rich feelings even cried.

"Okay, the story is finished, Zhou Jin, please do a proofreading, and remember to update a chapter in each issue." Wang Ping'an ordered.

At this time, Li Chengqian came with Li Ke and Li Tai, and everyone saluted the three of them.

Only Wang Ping'an picked up the newspaper that had just been published and read it, and then said fiercely: "As expected of Master Li and Master Yan, great Confucians are great Confucians, with their two articles, plus "Legend of the White Snake", it is difficult not to make a fortune. "

I saw the famous work "Annotation of the Analects" printed on the front page, the second edition was "Yan Shi Xianwen" written by the great Confucian Master Yan, the third edition was "Legend of the White Snake", and the rest of the editions were written by some literati , as well as jokes, and gossip, including Wang Pingan's commercial plaza's investment promotion, which can take up half the page.

Li Chengqian looked at Wang Ping'an excitedly and said, "Ping'an, do you think the works of Master Li and Master Yan can make us rich?"

"That's right, read it for yourself." Wang Pingan handed the newspaper to Li Chengqian and the other three, and they each took a few copies and read them.

What Li Chengqian read was Li Gang's Annotation to the Analects, what Li Ke read was Yan Qingshan's "Yan Shixian Wen", and what Li Tai read was "The Legend of the White Snake".

After reading it, the three asked at the same time: "What's next? Is there any more?" The three were stunned at the same time, exchanged newspapers with each other, and after reading it, they read each other again.

Wang Pingan spread his hands and said, "For more information, please read the next issue."

Wang Ping'an's refusal made the three feel itchy, but there was nothing they could do.

At this moment Zhou Jin came over and said, "Prince, King Wu, King Wei, Young Master Wang, how many newspapers do we plan to sell tomorrow?"

"Hmm..." Wang Ping'an thought for a while and said, "Five hundred copies? Let's print 550 copies first, and then go to various restaurants and sell them on the streets for [-] copies, and give the other fifty copies to His Majesty and the ministers of the court. have a look."

"Ping'an, how much do you plan to sell for a copy?" Li Tai asked, he was more concerned about this.

Wang Ping'an had already made some calculations in his heart. The target audience of the newspaper in the early days were those scholars and rich people, not ordinary people, so the price should not be too low, so he said: "Selling two hundred coins, the target we are selling at present is It’s those rich scholars who lose money if they sell it cheap.”

Li Ke thought silently for a few minutes, and suddenly shouted: "My God, Ping An, you can earn 180 yuan for a newspaper, and [-] copies are [-] yuan, which is [-] yuan? You are robbing money?"

"No, no, King Wu, you only counted the money from the sale, you haven't counted the money from the advertisement yet. Datang Commercial Plaza made an advertisement in the Datang Daily, so it also made a hundred dollars. At present, it is only because It’s just getting started, so it’s worth the price, if we can sell tens of thousands of newspapers a day in the future, or even [-] cents, then the broadcast fee will be tens of thousands per issue.” Wang Ping’an drew a big cake for them.

However, a year later, Datang Daily did sell a record of [-] copies a day, and the advertising fee alone had an income of [-] in one issue. This excited them and frightened them at the same time, because Li Er couldn't see how his son could be so rich.

Li Er has a bad habit of treating his own people quite harshly and harshly.But he is very tolerant towards ordinary courtiers and common people.

After confirming the price, Wang Pingan inquired about Li Chengqian's affairs in the court today, and learned that Li Chengqian was in the limelight today and left those ministers speechless. In addition, Du Ruhui was fanning the flames beside him, and everyone in the court was against the prince. He looked at each other with admiration and praised again and again.

Seeing his son being praised, Li Er, who was sitting on the dragon chair, laughed even more.

In the end, the patent law was basically finalized, and Chang Qun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui were asked to draft the relevant laws, with Li Chengqian assisting.

After Wang Pingan understood clearly, he left immediately. He was going to refresh himself. There are a lot of things waiting for him recently.

Early in the morning, a teahouse called Xueer in Chang’an was already full of guests. The yamen, so it is very lively here. The literati and refined scholars, all kinds of officials don't come here to drink morning tea before going to work.

There are also many students who will come here to drink tea and get acquainted in front of various officials. Sometimes those officials will bring some nephews to drink tea, and then show off their literary talent.

Today, as usual, the teahouse was full of people. After Wang Pingan brought Zhao Hao to the teahouse, he found a seat at random and sat down.They found that everyone was drinking tea and chatting, and many officials were discussing the performance of the crown prince yesterday and the introduction of the patent law.

"Newspapers are sold, newspapers are sold, Datang Daily is launching for the first time today, a copy of [-] articles, first come, first served, and there will be no more."

At this moment, a childish voice came to the Xueer teahouse. Although in the past at this time, some beggars and singers would come up to ask for a few copper coins, and no one would chase them away, nor would they dare Drive away, there are many censors among the tea drinkers.

However, the strangest thing today is that apart from the usual beggars and singers, there are also cleanly dressed children with newspapers in their hands.

"Little guy, come here." A middle-aged man with a goatee and an upright face waved to the children selling newspapers.

The kid selling newspapers rushed over and asked immaturely: "Do you want to buy newspapers, sir? A copy of two hundred coins, I don't have much left here."

"Haha... I don't want the newspaper, and you don't want to sell it. You will keep the money." The middle-aged man casually gave the child a dozen or so coins.

(End of this chapter)