Wu Xing Qi Wang acted quickly. In just half a month, he completed the engraving of the new version of "Shang Shu" and quickly started printing. The new bamboo paper was all made of new bamboo paper, and the printing and binding were very exquisite, focusing on a high-end one.
This is the power of cooperation. For such a large project, any ordinary bookstore would take three months to engrave the plate alone, let alone printing and binding.
"The new version of bamboo paper is still cheaper. If it were the old rice paper, the cost of making a book alone would cost one or two taels of silver, and not many people could afford it. Now it's better, one tael of silver per book, and double the profit. , we have calligraphy and painting shops all over the Tang Dynasty, we can definitely make our money back."
"Tomorrow, we will start in Chang'an first. Now every household has some surplus food, and more people will buy books. Let's invest 10,000 copies first and see the effect."
"Yes, the imperial court's promotion of national literacy plan has made our calligraphy and painting shop prosperous. Speaking of which, we have to thank that boy Xiao Rui."
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"It's not good, all the shopkeepers, "Shang Shu", "Shang Shu"..." A servant came to report the news in a panic. He was out of breath, his face turned red and he almost choked to death.
"What's going on? Is the sky falling?"
"No, "Shang Shu"..."
"Bastard, tell me clearly, what happened to "Shang Shu"?" the shopkeeper of the Wang family in Taiyuan asked. He thought something happened to the original "Shang Shu".
"There are people selling "Shang Shu" outside." The man finally made it clear.
oh?
"Trash, people are selling "Shang Shu" every day, what's so strange about this? Is it worth reporting in such a panic?" someone scolded.
The man shook his head desperately: "No, what they are selling is not a fragmentary copy, but the complete "Shang Shu" just like us!"
What? ? ?
Everyone was stunned. Someone from the Lu family stepped forward and grabbed the other party's collar, "Let's be clear, do you really mean the entire "Book of Secrets"? Is it the same as what we have here?"
The man took out a booklet from his arms and said, "I bought a book..."
Before he could finish his words, he was snatched away. Everyone looked through it quickly, you look at me, I look at you, this is impossible... We will only put it on the market tomorrow, why are there people selling it today?
"Who's touting?"
"I don't know, there are more than a dozen shops in Chang'an selling it at the same time."
"Xiao Rui, it must be Xiao Rui! No one except him would mobilize more than a dozen shops to sell at the same time."
"How much money does he sell for a volume?"
"Shiwen!"
What? ? ?
All seven shopkeepers were petrified on the spot, ten coins? Doesn't this cost us our lives? Our price is one denarius. Even if we follow the exchange ratio stipulated by the court, it is still worth a hundred denarii, because our costs are more than fifty denarii. He, Xiao Rui, Xiao Rui actually sold ten coins? Is it good enough?
Deliberately, absolutely deliberately, they deliberately lowered the price so that we would lose money! The Lu family members roared hysterically.
"Wait a minute, we shouldn't worry about how much he sold it for now. Should everyone ask him? We have "Shang Shu" for 200,000 yuan. Where did Xiao Rui come from? Unless... "The Bolingcui family member interrupted.
"Unless someone leaks the secret!" the Cui family reminded.
Everyone looked at the shopkeeper of Taiyuan Wang Family.
The people of the Wang family in Taiyuan are confused. I am the shopkeeper of the Wang family printing and publishing house. What the hell do I know! Anyway, I wasn’t the one who leaked the secret.
"What do you mean? Our families work together to make money. Am I going to deliberately leak the secret and ruin our business?"
"That's not necessarily true. Your Wang family has contributed a lot of money this time. Maybe you want to speculate on your own and earn back your tens of thousands of capital first." The Lu family said in a strange tone.
puff……
"What do you mean? Our Wang family..."
As they talked, the two began to struggle, and others quickly stepped forward to break up the fight.
The people of the Cui family in Qinghe watched this scene quietly, thinking to themselves, what the hell is this? It was just a bunch of scattered people, and before the war started, their own people started fighting first.
After calming down the situation, the people from the Bolingcui family said: "Everyone, what I just meant is that unless the original version of "Shang Shu" was originally in Xiao Rui's hands, he put it up for auction."
What? ? ?
"This is impossible! He Xiao Rui is not short of money, how can he put it up for auction?" People from the Zheng family in Xingyang were the first to stand up and refute.
I'm afraid he never thought that this thing actually belonged to his Zheng family.
"He is not short of money, but who said that if it is put up for auction, it must be because of lack of money?"
Then he is...
etc……
These people are not fools, they are all shrewd people, and they quickly thought of a terrible explanation.
hiss……
Looking at each other, Fan Yanglu's man stammered: "So, he, he deliberately spread the news to defraud us of our money?"
As he spoke, he looked at the people from the Wang family in Taiyuan.
Shopkeeper Wang said angrily: "What do you think I'm doing? Did I deliberately cooperate with Xiao Rui to get defrauded of money?"
The people from the Lu family snorted: "You can't say for sure. If your Qilin'er hadn't sold it for 200,000 yuan, Xiao Rui would have paid 160,000 yuan and eaten it himself."
"What do you mean...don't forget, it was you, the Lu family, who were the first to join forces to bid together."
As they talked, the two were about to fight again, but they were stopped by the Bolingcui family's people shouting loudly.
"That's enough! Isn't it embarrassing enough? The matter is over, don't doubt each other, this was Xiao Rui's trap. Now that we have walked into someone else's trap, let's think about how to deal with it."
How to deal with it?
Ten cents a book? How else can we cope? Are you going to lose money with him? He Xiao Rui can afford to pay, but we can't afford to pay. The original 200,000 yuan has already broken our muscles and bones. If we follow him and sell at a lower price, we are afraid that we will end up with another 200,000 yuan.
"Xiao Rui probably wrote ten articles just to squeeze us. He can't afford to pay. The price of paper on the market is here, and his cost cannot be lower."
"I heard that the new bamboo paper was invented by Xiao Rui. The bamboo paper we bought and the bamboo paper used by Xiao Rui are not the same cost at all. Looking at it this way, the cost of Xiao Rui's bamboo paper should be extremely low."
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There are many different opinions.
The people from the Bolingcui family said: "Don't forget, if our guess is correct, Xiao Rui sold "Shang Shu" to us, which means that he just earned 200,000 from us. One denarius for this book is enough for him to sell two million copies."
The people from the Zheng family said, "That's not possible. For two hundred thousand, he will have to pay a large auction commission."
Um? ? ?
Everyone looked at this guy as if he were a fool, wondering, are you stupid? How long has it been since you started worrying about such trivial matters as commission?
Where there are Wolongs, there must be Fengchus. The Lu family members continued: "I also went there on the day of the auction. I met Xiao Rui at the door and heard with my own ears the promise of the auction house manager. All the items that Xiao Rui auctioned did not require commission. .”
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The people from the Bolingcui family couldn't stand listening anymore. They turned around, waved their hands and left, "Stop all printing activities and disperse. Just pretend there is no such cooperation."
The people from the Wang family in Taiyuan panicked and quickly asked: "No, let's discuss what to do. At least we can make back our capital..."
Make money? Forget it, the more you print, the more you will lose. Stopping the loss in time is the wisest choice.
The Wang family and the Lu family were the most panicked in the audience, because they paid the most. The other families paid 20,000 yuan each, so a small compensation was nothing.
