"Zhu..."
When the beauty asked her name, Zhu Ming was naturally happy to answer.
But when he was halfway through speaking, Xu Miaojin on the side had already opened his mouth to answer for him.
"His name is Zhu Ming."
It's just that Xu Miaojin's move seemed like she was helping him answer, but her tone was filled with anger.
"Miaojin, what's wrong with you?"
Mu Ruanjun looked at Xu Miaojin's somewhat abnormal look and couldn't help but ask.
It seemed that after seeing the emperor's grandson, Xu Miaojin's temper became strange.
He was obviously fine just now, but now he suddenly became angry.
"No."
When Mu Ruanjun asked this question, Xu Miaojin was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhu Ming blankly.
Is this change in me so obvious? It must be because of this guy's arrival.
"Well, I came here today to apologize for what happened yesterday..."
Zhu Ming scratched his nose and smiled awkwardly at Xu Miaojin.
"I am not angry."
Xu Miaojin lowered her head, no longer looked directly at Zhu Ming, and her voice became softer.
"Well, I'm going back first. Say hello to Mr. Wei Guogong for me."
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a little awkward, Zhu Ming felt a desire to retreat and smiled at Xu Miaojin and Mu Ruanjun.
With that said, the man had already taken Liu Jin and ran out the door.
Xu Miaojin looked at Zhu Ming's leaving figure, still stunned.
Mu Ruanjun originally wanted to persuade Xu Miaojin to see him off, but he was not sure about the relationship between the two, so he had to give up.
After coming out of Wei Guogong's mansion, Zhu Mingcai breathed a sigh of relief as if he had escaped from death.
Unexpectedly, just the addition of Mu Ruanjun made the atmosphere suddenly become so awkward. It was really a mistake.
"Let's go, I'm tired."
He sighed and slumped listlessly. This trip to the Duke of Wei's mansion was really exhausting, and I was the worst at dealing with women.
"His Royal Highness, look."
Liu Jin followed Zhu Ming, and suddenly seemed to see something, and pointed to the shop nearby with some excitement.
Zhu Ming said and looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw that a large plaque with the four characters "Xinhua Bookstore" written on it was hanging on the shop, and a lot of people were already crowded at the door.
"This is not the store I bought originally."
Seeing that this shop was named his own bookstore, Zhu Ming couldn't help but murmured, and then he squeezed in that direction.
This store is really popular. With Liu Jin's help, Zhu Ming finally squeezed into the store.
"The book is on the shelf, read it yourself..."
In the bookstore, a somewhat thin middle-aged man lowered his head and typed something on the abacus.
When I felt someone coming in, I didn't raise my head to greet him. I just pointed to the bookshelf perfunctorily, and then started counting there again.
"Xinhua Bookstore, why don't I remember this store exists?"
Zhu Ming just looked at the plaque outside the door and asked aloud.
The middle-aged man raised his head impatiently. He was about to scold the guest, but he was stunned when he saw it was Zhu Ming.
"Gu Boyang, tell me, what's going on?"
Zhu Ming looked around and saw that this store was more than twice as wide as the one he bought before. Four or five new clerks had been recruited, and only one new face was Gu Boyang.
"His Royal Highness, you are here."
After recognizing that the person was Zhu Ming, Gu Boyang stopped what he was doing, walked up to him, and smiled at him a few times.
"His Royal Highness Zhu Song is inside."
With that said, he asked Zhu Ming to go inside.
After changing the store, even the guest room is much more spacious.
"Uncle Emperor, what's going on?"
Zhu Ming randomly found an empty seat, looked at Zhu Song who was sitting there drinking tea, and asked.
I don’t remember buying this store.
"Hey, the first edition of the book received a good response. I thought this bookstore was on the right track, so I asked Gu Boyang to print more than a thousand more copies for sale."
Zhu Ming was asked this question, and Zhu Song was obviously excited. In front of him, he explained to Zhu Ming with words and gestures.
"Guess what, these more than a thousand books were snatched up in one fell swoop. Just these one thousand books made us earn five hundred taels of silver."
Five hundred taels is not a big amount, but it is just the beginning. What is more important is the reputation of these books.
The first book has already established the name of the bookstore, and the market is also good.
This shows that the business of selling books can be done.
"Gu Boyang does have some skills. From paper to printing, the price is very low, so we make a lot of money."
"I went back and got some money, and Xu Miaojin and I scraped together some more to change the store to a bigger place."
As Zhu Song said that, he remembered that he hadn't poured tea for Zhu Ming yet, so he quickly turned around, poured him a cup, and brought it to him.
"This business can be done."
This first business alone allowed him to see the profits of this industry.
"But the money I just earned has been used to decorate this store, so I can't give you any dividends for the time being."
After saying that, Zhu Song also rubbed his hands in embarrassment.
As the person who proposed the idea of opening a bookstore and the person who wrote the first book, Zhu Ming’s importance to this bookstore is self-evident.
It's just that there is indeed no extra money in the bookstore's books now.
"Xu Miaojin, why did she also pay for it?"
Zhu Ming didn't care about the money being distributed as dividends. What he cared more about than this was how Xu Miaojin came to contribute money together, and she didn't seem to be interested in these people.
"Maybe, I think this bookstore belongs to you and I want to help."
Zhu Song was not familiar with Xu Miaojin, so he could only guess about this.
Xu Miaojin did not interfere with the affairs of these bookstores except for providing money.
"I think you should ask him."
Zhu Song said and touched his chin thoughtfully.
"Not to mention this, I just have something I want to see you for."
Zhu Song waved his hand and changed the topic directly. He still had something to do now.
"looking for me?"
Only then did Zhu Ming temporarily take his mind away from Xu Miaojin and turned to look at Zhu Song.
"Didn't I ask those people from the Imperial College to submit manuscripts to prepare the next volume of the book?"
Zhu Song was obviously a little embarrassed and looked at Zhu Ming awkwardly.
"What, no one submitted?"
Seeing Zhu Song's appearance, Zhu Ming also became serious.
I still have Fang Xiaoru's manuscript in hand, and it's already here, so I might as well just let Zhu Song take it away.
There is absolutely no need to change a single word in Fang Xiaoru's manuscript.
"No."
Zhu Song shook his head, sighed helplessly, and poured himself another cup of tea: "Too many people have submitted articles."
Zhu Song said, as if exhausted, he leaned on the chair and looked up at the ceiling.
