Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 109 I saw what I wanted
"Newspapers are on sale! Newspapers are on sale! The newly published "Datang Newspaper", don't miss it when you pass by!"

"You can't buy a newspaper that costs a penny, and you can't be fooled, and you can't get a loss if you don't buy it."

""Datang Newspaper" is published in limited edition, if you miss it, it will be gone."

"Only what you can't think of, there is nothing that is not in the newspaper."

In the deep winter of Chang'an City, a group of newspaper sellers suddenly appeared in the streets and alleys holding a stack of newspapers and shouting as they walked.

"The great river goes east, the waves wash away, and the hero of the ages. Just watch "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"Hey, newspaper seller, where did you say that just now?"

Wang Zhijian was walking on the road when he suddenly heard such a classic sentence from a kid selling newspapers, so he stopped immediately.

"My lord, this is the opening line of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" serialized on our "Datang Daily". You can own a copy of "Datang Daily" for only one penny. You see, there are so many newspapers, as long as A penny, if you're in a bookstore, you won't even have enough money to buy paper."

The children who sell newspapers are obviously carefully selected.

Although he is almost all illiterate, but after simple training, he still understands some basic words.

Anyway, it's just following the gourd's drawing and using the words given by the newspaper.

For these teenage newspaper boys, few of them are stupid to stand out from the crowd of refugees.

Don't think that the ancients were all dumber than the moderns, this is simply not in line with common sense.

It's just that everyone's knowledge is not on the same level.

If you place characters like Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling in later generations, although they may not be able to achieve such a high position, they are definitely far beyond ordinary people.

"This "Da Tang Daily" really only costs a penny?"

Wang Zhijian couldn't bear to accept the newspaper handed over by the newsboy.

As a storyteller in Yayi Pavilion, Wang Zhijian often has to deal with various books.

Just simply took over the "Datang Daily", and knew that if the newspaper sold for a penny, it would definitely lose money.

Not to mention printing costs and other messy expenses, the cost of buying paper alone is not worth a penny.

In fact it is.

According to the current price of one penny, the more you sell, the more you will lose.

Therefore, the first edition of "Da Tang Daily" was only printed in a limited edition of [-] copies.

Qin Xiedao planned to rely on the unique report content on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Datang Daily" to gain fans first.

After the newspaper's own paper-making workshop goes into mass production, it will slowly expand sales.

"That's right, it's just a penny. If you buy it, you'll earn it!"

The newsboy was very happy when he saw Wang Zhijian's reaction.

Obviously, I have successfully done another business.

For these newsboys, there is no basic salary for selling "Datang Daily".

The newspaper office is responsible for their two meals a day, and whether they can make money depends on how many newspapers they can sell.

For every ten newspapers sold, an extra penny will be rewarded.

If a hundred copies can be successfully sold in a day, there will be a profit of ten yuan.

If you really count it, you may not earn less than ordinary craftsmen.

Of course, it is not so easy to sell hundreds of copies a day.

People in this era have a pitifully low literacy rate.

Even literate people have not yet formed the habit of buying newspapers.

Therefore, the sales volume of "Datang Daily" in the beginning was not very good.

Even if some people stopped to look through the newspapers in the hands of the newsboy curiously, they often would not make up their minds to buy them.

After all, being interested is one thing, spending money is another.

Just like in later generations, although some people like to read novels, they are unwilling to spend even a dollar.

This is also very common.

Why did various online platforms desperately give various subsidies at the beginning, so that consumers have the opportunity to take advantage?

It's not for customers, but to cultivate consumers' consumption habits.

You think you are taking advantage, but in the end it is really hard to say who will suffer.

"Here, here's a penny!"

Wang Zhijian handed the newsboy a penny with a bit of distress, and then opened the newspaper, looking for what the newsboy said just now, "Go to the east of the river, the waves will be washed away, and the romantic people through the ages."

Soon, he saw what he wanted.

"Feasting Taoyuan Heroes Trinity, Beheading the Yellow Turban Heroes for Meritorious Service"

When Wang Zhijian saw this title, he became inexplicably excited.

As a professional storyteller, he has a very keen sense of smell for various storytelling themes.

As far as this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the title of Chapter 1 alone is already worth looking forward to.

Coupled with that line of poetry that made people feel emotional, Wang Zhijian felt that his money was very valuable.

He had a premonition that his wish to successfully become the No. 1 storyteller in Chang'an City seemed to be coming true soon.

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"Liu Goudan, how are you? Are all the newspapers you received today sold out?"

At the gate of the "Datang Daily" newspaper office, Zhang Erwa couldn't help asking Liu Goudan, who came back empty-handed.

The two of them met in the refugee pile, and because both their parents died, they forged a deep friendship in the refugee pile.

This time when "Da Tang News" recruited newsboys, they were lucky and successfully applied.

"It's sold out. This "Da Tang Daily" is much better than we expected. This time I only took out a hundred copies. Let me tell you, even if there are a few hundred more copies, it is likely to be sold. .”

Liu Goudan was full of excitement.

After a while, he will be able to receive a salary of ten cents. This is the first time in his life that he relies on his own hands to earn money.

In the future, there is no need to go to the porridge shed to get porridge.

With today's ten money, there will be more ten money in the future.

Coupled with the fact that "Datang News" helped the newsboys solve the problem of accommodation, Liu Goudan's life can be said to have undergone a huge change.

"Well, it's really selling well. The key is that I think the rhetoric that Editor-in-Chief Xie taught us seems to be very effective. Many people are attracted by our rhetoric, and some people are even curious about this and that. Woolen cloth."

Zhang Erwa was equally excited.

This kind of thing that relies on one's own hands to change one's own destiny is definitely exciting.

"The newspaper office will open a literacy class starting tomorrow, and I'm going to study hard at that time. If we can understand the contents of the newspaper, then when we sell newspapers in the future, we will be able to better organize our speeches, maybe In the future, we can really sell hundreds of newspapers a day.”

Liu Goudan is obviously full of confidence in his future.

In the future, the fate of many people will be changed because of a newspaper.

(End of this chapter)