"Brother Zhang, I passed by Shanhai Bookstore yesterday and saw the sign saying buy one, get one free. What does this mean?"
"Buy one and get one free? It must be a way for businessmen to pursue profits."
"Since it's a gift, why is it profitable?"
"..."
Jian Hangfu sat in front of the case and read a book. He was amused by his classmates' conversation and tried his best to suppress the urge to laugh out loud to avoid misunderstanding.
But buy one get one free? Jian Hang was thoughtful.
You have to go check it out.
Jian Hang is a disciple of a branch of an aristocratic family. His family is only a small fortune, and he has no worries about food and clothing.
However, studying is a big expense after all. Pens, inks, paper and inkstones all cost money and are not cheap.
It was actually more expensive for him to buy a book than for his sister and grandma to buy tailor-made clothes. Most of the family's income was spent on his studies and his father's entertainment.
Ever since he learned about this, Jian Hang has deliberately been frugal. He doesn't need the best paper and ink, just ordinary ones will do. There is no need for pretentious decoration at all, simple and elegant can attract people.
Suddenly, he transformed from a son of a noble family who was ignorant of the sufferings of the world to a common man who was calculating every penny and spending every penny.
His classmates said he didn't need to, but Jian Hang couldn't do it if he asked him to ask for money from home shamelessly.
After school, Jian Hang didn't go home. He went to the bookstore first.
At first glance, I saw the sign at the door of the bookstore. It said buy one, get one free. The words were so big that no one could see them.
Jian Hang was delighted, "Shopkeeper, please give me a copy of "Historical Records"."
His sister Jian Tong was talented and intelligent since she was a child. She liked reading and was best at history.
Her birthday is coming soon, and Jian Hang plans to give her a book of historical records, and now he happens to encounter a store where he buys one and gets one free.
Just enough to buy two copies. He and Jian Tong each have one copy.
The shopkeeper took out a historical book from the counter and handed it to Jian Hang.
Jian Hang looked at the shopkeeper expectantly, waiting for him to give another copy.
However, after waiting for a long time, the shopkeeper didn't say anything.
Seeing that he was stunned and refused to pay, the shopkeeper reminded: "Lang Jun hasn't paid yet."
Jian Hang paid the money and continued to look at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper felt uncomfortable being stared at and said in confusion: "What else does Mr. Lang have to do?"
Jian Hang pointed to the banner hanging at the door of the bookstore and asked doubtfully: "Isn't it buy one get one free?"
The shopkeeper's expression froze and he pointed to the large pile of books placed next to him that Jian Hang had seen last time.
"Mr. Lang, take it yourself."
The shopkeeper won't touch it anyway.
Jian Hang couldn't believe it: "Buy one, get one free, is this the gift?"
"Yes, Langjun." The shopkeeper looked sympathetic.
Jian Hang's heart was bleeding, and he cursed secretly that he was really unscrupulous.
But he still wanted to save face and was too embarrassed to say that he would return the book.
If you don't take it, it will be for nothing. Jian Hang took the book back with a bleak look on his face.
Comfort yourself, after all, you got something as a gift and you didn’t suffer any loss.
When he got home, Jian Hang put the book in the study room.
Go and say hello to your mother first.
When I came back, I stared at the book expressionlessly. Still a familiar cover and familiar font.
After all, you spent money to buy it, and if you don’t look at it, it will be in vain.
Thinking like this, Jian Hang still opened the book.
This book is not thick, but a thin one.
It should take most of a day to read.
As a result, he was so fascinated by it that he forgot the time. When he saw the last page and turned over, a voice suddenly sounded from behind.
"Oh, why is there no more?" Jian Tong suddenly appeared, startling Jian Hang.
"When did you come? Why didn't I hear you?"
"Brother was so engrossed in the book he was reading that of course he didn't see me." Jian Tong winked and said mischievously.
"Where's the back? What happened in the back, brother, take it out and show me." Jian Tong couldn't wait to know what was going on.
Only then did Jian Hang realize that he had read such a ridiculous, false, sensational, and devoid of literary merits book, and he was engrossed in reading it. , and Jian Tong discovered it. Embarrassment and shame suddenly flooded into my heart.
"You can read all kinds of messy things. This is the only one in the book. There is no more later." Jian Hang just took a look at it for himself, but unexpectedly, his sister saw it. What should she do if she learns to be bad?
"Brother can see it, why can't I see it?" Jian Tong frowned and said unconvinced.
"That Chu family Aye is too much. Just because Sister Chu is not good-looking, we don't want her. And that stepmother is really hateful."
As Jian Tong spoke, she fell into memories. In a blink of an eye, she forgot how angry she was just now. She was truly worried about the protagonists in the book and even called them names.
"Impossible, this book has not been finished yet, how can it be possible that there is no sequel?"
Jian Tong eagerly took the book from Jian Hang's hand, flipped through it anxiously, and found a line of small words under the last page: To predict what will happen next, please go to Shanhai Bookstore to buy the following.
He hurriedly pointed at the line of words and poked it in front of Jian Hang and said, "Look, do you think there's more at the back? Brother, can you buy it for me?"
Jian Hang said with a dark face: "I won't buy it."
It's enough to do such a shameful thing once, but can you do it a second time? How can the family’s money be spent on such a place!
"If you don't buy it for me, I'll tell Aniang that you read this kind of book." Jian Tong saw that Brother A didn't want people to know about it, so she deliberately said this to threaten him.
Jian Hang rubbed his forehead and felt a headache.
Fortunately, he still wanted to buy this little girl a birthday gift. He was really heartless, and now he was threatening him for this inferior book.
Oh, yes, he bought other books.
He picked up "Historical Records" and threw it into Jian Tong's arms. "Here, look at this. Unfortunately, I was still thinking about buying you a birthday gift. I didn't expect to be threatened by you, a white-eyed wolf."
Jian Tong felt a little guilty. She didn't expect her brother to be so kind to her. She felt guilty for what she just said and said coquettishly: "Brother, you buy it for me. I will never talk back to brother again or make brother angry." . Just be obedient, okay? Just this once."
Unable to resist Jian Tong's coquettish behavior, Jian Hang finally agreed. However, she still told her not to let her mother know about this, otherwise she would have to break their legs.
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Buy one get one free is the method Xu Chengyue came up with.
People who can go to this bookstore to buy books usually have some money and are willing to spend money on books.
What Xu Chengyue writes is not a serious drama, not to mention that she is not well-known now. With such a serious title, no one will buy her book.
The first step they have to do is to sell the book first, and readers will be attracted after reading the previous ones.
Xu Chengyue used her own deception method and discussed with Lu Hongzhuo to give away the first volume for free. She also did not want the royalties for this volume to attract readers.
This will break the ice.
After all, Lu Hongzhuo is also the son of a businessman. How could he do a loss-making business?
But he still has some discernment and feels that Xu Chengyue's book is very fresh and something unprecedented.
Maybe it can set off a wave throughout the Tang Dynasty.
By then Luoyang Zhigui will no longer be a legend.
On the other hand, he liked this book very much and really wanted to support Xu Chengyue in continuing to write this book.
This is how the two sides reached a consensus.
Xu Chengyue walked out of the door leading to the bookstore in front and saw the shopkeeper standing in the corner behind the counter pretending to be calm. He looked like he didn't hear anything.
She glanced at the statue of Guan Gong.
From that day when she was discussing the deed, she found that the shopkeeper's expression was not right.
Now when I look at this statue of Guan Gong, what else don’t I understand?
"The shopkeeper is not sincere, why is this bowl for incense still missing a mouth?" Xu Chengyue said jokingly.
This fragrance wasn't available when she first entered, so the shopkeeper probably brought it to make up for it.
After they entered, the shopkeeper found a bowl and lit incense to offer to Guan Gong, hoping to awaken some of the man's sanity.
However, it didn't work. Seeing that Lang Jun was about to sell the bookstore, the shopkeeper was heartbroken.
No, he must tell A Lang.
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Xu Chengyue felt a little guilty because she had deceived Lu Hongzhuo, so she speeded up writing the second volume. She actually has no outline and writes whatever comes to mind. There is a general framework as a whole, and as long as you follow the framework, you won't go astray.
Soon, the second volume was written and she handed the manuscript to the bookstore.
When the day came for Lu Hongzhuo to hand in his manuscript, he was already waiting anxiously in the library. The last time he heard Xu Chengyue say that he could write three thousand words in a day, he was actually dubious.
Although the book is in popular language, in his opinion, it cannot be completed in a day. You must know that many people spend nearly a month writing an article and polishing it.
He also deliberately relaxed the conditions in the deed. He didn't write a lot of words in a book, it was just a verbal agreement. It didn't matter if she couldn't meet this condition.
However, Xu Chengyue was unexpectedly so fast.
Lu Hongzhuo was overjoyed and praised: "My wife writes like a genius. She can finish 20,000 words in just a few days. She is truly a literary star."
There is some exaggeration in these words.
Xu Chengyue was numbed by the rainbow fart.
He couldn't wait to pick up the manuscript and started reading it. He was really scratching his head about the part at the end of the last time for a long time. For several days, he dreamed about the contents of the book.
I even made some assumptions about what will happen later, but they are all dramas about talents and beauties with nothing new.
It feels unworthy of the ups and downs like the previous article.
Lu Hongzhuo read the manuscript intently.
I thought it would satisfy my expectations last time, but now it seems even more empty.
Lu Hongzhuo frowned and asked anxiously, "Ms. Xu, why did it end in such a place?"
"Of course it has to be stopped in a place like this, otherwise what's the point of attracting people?" Xu Chengyue said matter-of-factly.
If you were satisfied after reading just one chapter, all the readers would have run away.
Lu Hongzhuo was even more sad when he heard this. Will he feel so painful and happy every time he reads a book in the future?
When I didn't watch it, I was anxious to see it, and after it was over, I was even more anxious to see it.
When will this end?
The key is that it makes me very sad to watch it.
Lu Hongzhuo then thought about it, he was not alone, there were many readers.
Yes, that’s right, you have to write it like this and let others experience his pain.
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Because the first volume was not sold at first, when I bought one and got one free later, the second volume was almost finished.
Once the first volume has been sold out, the second volume will go on sale.
Putting the second volume of "The Miraculous Doctor and the Poisonous Concubine" newly given to him by Lang Jun on the counter, the shopkeeper sighed. He hated the prodigal Lang Jun and waited to see their good show. He was sure that this thing would not be sold.
