Nan Yi realized that it had been a month since he traveled through time and he had yet to hear the music of this world. Although he did not plan to copy the music, it would be great to listen to the music in Goulan and understand the situation of Dali music.
But Tao Zhiming said: "It's an ordinary hook. Junior brother can go there on his own when he has free time in the future. As for where senior brother goes, you are still young and have a low level of cultivation, but you can't go there."
Tao Zhiming gave a rough introduction.
The third level of refining and transforming qi is called transformation.
It is both the transformation of the ordinary mind and the transformation of the ordinary body.
During the transformation stage, monks must use their own will to completely refine their source energy and determine their path before they can hope to build a foundation.
During the refining process, due to the supernatural energy of the source, the magical power of each person, and even the momentary thoughts, it is possible for oneself to be alienated.
Alienation of the mind requires constant introspection through the cultivation of one's own mind, and is not easy to detect.
However, physical alienation is quite obvious and easy to detect.
Each major immortal sect has its own method to solve the alienation of the physical body.
Among them, for the female cultivators of the Yin-Yang Immortal Sect, the solution to alienation symptoms such as fox tails, cat ears, and animal dens is naturally the Yin-Yang Acacia dual cultivation method.
It can both eliminate alienation and enhance spiritual practice. It can be said to be the best of both worlds.
In particular, this method can also help some male practitioners eliminate alienation.
The righteous path of the Immortal Sect has its own way to resolve alienation. But for ordinary casual cultivators, if the inheritance is incomplete, it will be difficult to cope with the alienation of the physical body.
Some female cultivators of the Yin-Yang Immortal Sect use this dual cultivation method to eliminate alienation for casual cultivators, and they can also collect money, which can be said to be the best of all worlds.
"However, this method of transformation into the mortal stage. Junior brother, your cultivation is too shallow and you haven't even started cultivating your qi, so you can't grasp it." Tao Zhiming shook his head and said, walked out of the bookstore, and left leisurely with his hands behind his back.
Nan Yi followed him out of the bookstore and saw that Tao Zhiming really didn't take him to broaden his horizons, but he didn't take it seriously. After all, he was just teasing and having fun.
After having dinner on the street, Nan Yi returned to his rented house and devoted himself to absorbing the source of Qi, transforming the spirituality gained from drinking into the half-month Taoist practice.
The next day, he came to Chengyou Bookstore again.
Tao Zhiming was full of energy and said: "Junior brother, when you work here, you mainly greet customers, sell books, copybooks, etc. Occasionally, if you encounter someone coming to the store to sell ancient books, you can also accept them as appropriate. Sometimes, there are many ancient books in the store. It’s amazing, this will test your eyesight.”
"The class schedule in the academy is relatively loose. Apart from the lectures given by the teacher, there are mostly exchanges and discussions between students. You are a part-time student with me. After February, you do not need to participate in ordinary student exchanges. After listening to the class, Come back to the store and you won’t be delayed much.”
"As for the salary, you will be given one silver dollar a month. But if you want to practice successfully in the future, junior brother, you still need to think of your own way and find more livelihood."
Nan Yi nodded.
There is no so-called spiritual stone in this world. However, the silver dollar, as a magical instrument "auspicious treasure", circulates not only in the mortal world, but also in the spiritual world.
Because gold and silver coins can be used as a medium for casting spells, replacing certain raw materials. Among them, silver coins can be used to consume Huang-level spells, and gold coins can be used to consume Xuan-level spells.
There are also some methods, although they will not completely consume the gold and silver coins, but they will only be used as a guide, which will also damage some of the gold and silver coins, and it will take time to recover.
In short, gold yuan and silver yuan also have the theory of magic, gold and silver.
If a monk wants to practice successfully, he must have enough gold and silver coins to spend on casting spells, and even to purchase elixirs, magic weapons, etc.
This is also the reason why monks in this world mostly manage industries or influence in the mortal world. Not only to accumulate wealth, but also to make a living, one has to operate an industry.
Nan Yi thought for a while and asked: "Brother Tao, I wrote a novel in the county before and it is being serialized. It is quite profitable and can be regarded as a livelihood. I wonder if the newspaper that serialized my novel may have access to it. Senior brother, do you want this bookstore?"
"Oh? Which newspaper? What novel?" Tao Zhiming asked with interest.
Nan Yi answered: ""The Legend of Two Dragons of Dali" was published in Ming Pao, a new newspaper founded by a bookseller I met in Nanshan County."
After hearing this, Tao Zhiming looked a little strange: "It turned out that you wrote this book."
"Huh? What's wrong? Do you have anything to say?" Nan Yi looked puzzled and asked.
It turns out that "The Legend of Two Dragons in Dali" and "Ming Pao" have actually been circulated in a small area in Nantian City.
Because on the day of the annual exam, Xie Beihe had given money to three of the proctor's cronies and delivered several newspapers.
When the invigilator returned to the county town, sooner or later, everyone saw the "Ming Pao", and then spread it in a small area.
However, after the literati and scholars in Nanshan County saw the direct drawing method, they wanted to join it as soon as possible and take advantage of the opportunity to become famous.
As for the officials in the county and city, those who are not cultivated do not need fame, but only want to acquire equity and enjoy the profits; those who are cultivated suspect that other monks are behind the scenes and have no interest in helping others open up the market in the county and city.
In addition, Xie Beihe and Fei Jin intended to surround the county town with the county seat. They were busy conquering the county town first and were not in a hurry to open up the county town market. So for a while, "Ming Pao" was only circulated in a small area in the county and city, and had not yet spread to the people.
Tao Zhiming smiled and said: "Since "The Legend of Two Dragons in the Great Li" is a book written by you, and "Ming Pao" is also related to you, then I will go back and say hello to everyone and ask them to control their hands."
"You can go out later, write a letter back to Nanshan County, and ask them to send all issues of "Ming Pao" to my store for sale."
Nan Yi was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Senior Brother Tao."
"No need to thank you." Tao Zhiming narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I was originally thinking about whether to give you some commission on sales in addition to the salary of one silver dollar per month. Now it seems that I don't need to give you commission. On the contrary, I have to take a commission from the sale of Ming Pao."
Nan Yi could only smile helplessly.
It doesn’t matter whether you give commission or not, the main thing is commission.
A copy of "Ming Pao", regardless of the impression, costs one penny to print, sells for ten pence, and makes a profit of nine pence.
But this is limited to Nanshan County and is sold directly by Xie Beihe.
When it comes to markets outside Nanshan County, it is naturally no longer possible for Xie Beihe to sell directly, and local booksellers need to be found for distribution.
In this regard, Fei Jin's connections as a bookstore deacon were needed to open up channels.
So in fact, in the market outside Nanshan County, Xie Beihe entered the market with a stipend of four cents a piece and only made three cents. Fei Jin, as a distributor, would sell the books to booksellers in various counties, and the local booksellers would distribute them separately.
Then, because of the market outside the county, the actual profit attributed to Xie Beihe was only three cents. Therefore, whether it is a 30-70 share or a 19-share share, the final dividend distributed to Nan Yi will not be too exaggerated.
As for the Nantian City market, although Tao Zhiming was optimistic about Nan Yi and felt that his junior brother had a bright future, when it came to money, it was another matter.
After all, Tao Zhiming also wants to make money and save money.
As the biggest backer to protect "Ming Pao" from interference by other monks in Nantian City, Tao Zhiming will not get involved in the equity of "Ming Pao", but he will not be polite about the purchase price.
He paid only five cents for a copy of Ming Pao.
But in this case, Fei Jin refused to pay four cents to get the goods - he still had to bear the cost of transporting the goods from Nanshan County to Nantian City, which cost four cents in and five cents out, and there was also the risk of an accident on the way. , although it is not a reverse post, it is more or less equivalent to doing it in vain.
Therefore, in the end, the "Ming Pao" that supplied Nantian City paid three cents for the fee, and then paid five cents to Tao Zhiming.
Of course, the price dispute between the distribution and distribution of "Ming Pao" is a story for another day.
At this moment, facing Tao Zhiming's demand for a commission of only five cents for the goods, Nan Yi smiled helplessly, mainly feeling:
I thought that inheriting Xu Luo's inheritance and getting one gold and five silvers would be enough to be called a nouveau riche, and I once thought of giving up coding to earn hard-earned money.
Who would have thought that after becoming a monk, this little money would become tight instantly, and I would have to find a way to continue making more money.
Nan Yi understood why there were female cultivators from the Yin Yang Immortal Sect who were willing to donate their bodies and earn money from casual cultivators.
Nan Yi thought about it and felt that she had to increase her efforts and let Diandian continue to work hard and write more words.
After all, if you only code 10,000 words in a day, how can there be enough for readers to read? !
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