Nan Yi got a silver dollar from the Song Dynasty before, and now he has no shortage of money. He was not in a hurry to advance the manuscript fee, so he shook his head and said, "No, it won't be too late to split the account when I go to the county town after the year."
"Okay then." Xie Beihe didn't force it, and instead said, "But Nanlang, before you go back to your hometown, you have to give me some follow-up manuscripts first."
"I know, I came here today mainly to discuss with you, Uncle Xie, the follow-up to Ming Pao."
Xie Beihe looked solemn and discussed with Nan Yi in a low voice.
"Ming Pao" has now established a firm foothold in Nanshan County. Apart from printing follow-up content on a regular basis, all that is left is to expand into markets in other counties.
In this area, on the one hand, Fei Jin, the deacon of the bookstore, is relying on his own connections to contact booksellers and deacons of bookstores in other counties; on the other hand, Xie Beihe is working hard to bring goods to the county.
Including yesterday's annual exam, the three invigilators stayed in the classroom the whole time and did not interact with outsiders. However, their accompanying clerks are responsible for contacting and arranging dinner for candidates and other matters, and will be out and about.
Yesterday, Xie Beihe looked for an opportunity to send several copies of "Ming Pao" to these officials, stuffed some small money, and asked them to choose an opportunity later to submit "Ming Pao" to several invigilators.
In short, there is no need to say more about the various publicity and promotion methods, which are piecemeal.
The main thing is, what will happen to "Ming Pao" when Nan Yi goes to the county town and joins Nantian College.
Xie Beihe had already thought about it and said at this time: "Deacon Fei and I have agreed that the printing matters will still be handled in Nanshan County. Then we will slowly expand the sales network and gradually expand the reputation of "Ming Pao"."
Knowing that Xie Beihe and the others were worried that they might be forcibly purchased by others after following them to the county town, Nan Yi nodded.
"Then my future manuscripts will be written to Uncle Xie and sent to you?"
Xie Beihe smiled and said: "I have a nephew who you should also know. His name is Canan and he is studying at Nantian College. You can give the manuscript to Canan and he will send it back. In addition, if you encounter trouble, you can also You can ask Canaan to help you deal with it."
Nan Yi suddenly realized. Xie Jianan was the leader of Nanshan Academy’s annual examination two years ago.
That year, the original Nan Yi had just entered Nanshan Academy to study. Although he was not familiar with Xie Jianan, he knew him.
Seeing that Xie Beihe had already thought about the follow-up arrangements, Nan Yi stopped taking care of it.
Anyway, he only needs to provide the novel manuscript on time with high quality and quantity.
Seeing that everything was settled, Nan Yi turned around and wanted to go back to his dormitory to write the fourth and fifth chapters of "The Legend of Two Dragons in the Great Li".
But at this time, a visitor came to the door.
"Boss, buy a copy of Ming Pao." The visitor said, and when he saw Nan Yi, he was slightly surprised and said, "Nan Yi, are you here too?"
This person is none other than classmate Nan Yi, Zhou Qing who dared to take Mo Jing to take the annual exam.
In Zhou Qing's eyes, Nan Yi has always been a bookworm who only knows how to study. Although he is very knowledgeable, he has few acquaintances.
He suddenly saw Nan Yi and Xie Beihe chatting happily. He was slightly startled and surprised: "Nan Yi, are you here too?"
Nan Yi responded with a slight smile: "I am chatting with Uncle Xie here, and I am listening to Uncle Xie introducing his nephew who is studying at Nantian College."
Hearing the strong confidence in Nan Yi's words that he could win the first place in the annual examination, Zhou Qing's eyes flashed with envy.
"Then I wish Brother Nan in advance that he will win the exam this year." After Zhou Qing finished speaking, he quickly took out ten coins from his pocket and handed it to Xie Beihe. Then, he took a copy of "Ming Pao" with ease and left in a hurry, not wanting to stay with Nan Yi anymore.
As for Nan Yi, looking at Zhou Qingyuan's back, the smile on his face did not diminish, but he was thinking in his heart.
After Zhou Qing paid, he went straight to the bookshelf, without even looking at it carefully, he picked up a newspaper and turned around to leave.
It looked like Zhou Qing had bought Ming Pao many times in Beiheju and was already familiar with it.
Thinking of this, Nan Yi asked curiously: "Uncle Xie, does this person often come here to buy Ming Pao?"
"Yes, this young man comes here to buy one basically every day." Xie Beihe was a little surprised, "He should be imitating your illustration skills, Nanlang, but for some reason, he does buy more diligently. .”
Although other people also come to buy more than one copy, or give it to other people in the family, or want to exchange it for a new one after it is dirty and wrinkled, but they do not buy it every day. Xie Beihe remembered Zhou Qing and felt confused when he mentioned it now.
When Nan Yi heard this, he recalled Mo Lingtong, but secretly smiled in his heart: Imitation and learning should be real, but the one who is really learning may not be Zhou Qing himself.
Speaking of painting skills, Xie Beihe became interested and continued: "The current popularity of Ming Pao is actually ninety percent better than Nanlang's painting skills. Others want to understand it thoroughly, so they have to buy the newspaper and study it slowly. "
"So, Nanlang, you can draw some illustrations with different techniques as appropriate for your subsequent manuscripts and let them buy them, and you can collect some tuition fees."
Xie Beihe is also learning Nan Yi's painting skills privately. He had two more chapters of illustrations than others, and he clearly realized that without Nan Yi's step-by-step instructions, he had to combine illustrations from different angles and compositions to make imitation and learning easier.
"I can save it." Nan Yi nodded in agreement, then said goodbye, strode out of Beihe Residence, and chased Zhou Qing straight away.
Zhou Qing didn't walk fast. After a while, Nan Yi caught up with Zhou Qing.
"Brother Zhou, please stay."
Zhou Qing stopped and looked back, wondering: "Brother Nan, what's the matter, do you want to see me if you need anything?"
"I want to talk to Brother Zhou about something and discuss it."
Zhou Qing looked suspicious, looked at Nan Yi up and down, and said, "What's the matter?"
"Brother Zhou, are you currently learning the illustration skills of "Ming Pao"?"
"Exactly. I'm not like you, Brother Nan, who can win the first prize in the annual exam this year. If the next year's exam is really going to test your painting skills, you should practice diligently now."
"Is it just for this?" Nan Yi looked steadily into Zhou Qing's eyes.
Zhou Qing frowned, not wanting to continue the conversation. But thinking that Nan Yi's family was worse off than his own, he would not lose face by speaking out, so he said: "To be honest with you, Brother Nan, this method is a trend in the future and is so difficult to learn, so I thought I would learn it as soon as possible so that I can be a good example in the future." People draw drawings and earn some drawing fees.”
Make money, not shabby.
Although Zhou Qing's family background is higher than that of Nan Yi, after all, they are just a small family and cannot be called a big family. Zhou Qing is also very concerned about obvious ways to make money.
"Indeed, this direct drawing technique has its own rules. If ordinary people want to learn the basics, it will probably take more than half a year. But as it happens, I have a method that can help Brother Zhou learn it quickly." Nan Yi said with a smile, "I want to use this method to exchange the same thing with Brother Zhou."
After Zhou Qing heard this, he felt that Nan Yi might be joking and looking for fun, but he still asked, "What does Brother Nan want in exchange?"
"Replace the pen that Brother Zhou used for the annual exam yesterday and leave it intact, no less necessary."
Nan Yi finally revealed his intention.
When Zhou Qing heard this, he was confused at first, and then he reacted and his face changed slightly: "You——"
Nan Yi's intention is not in the pen, but in the essence of the ink in the pen.
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