In the days that followed, the relationship between Yin Lian and Shen Lu actually remained the same. Shen Lu consciously increased the frequency of meetings a little, but it was not too obvious, and he was never pressing people.
The atmosphere during the meeting has not changed much, but the scope of the topics has expanded from the original business-related topics, and occasionally some personal stories have begun to be discussed. Although most of them are still inseparable from business matters, private matters will occasionally be involved.
"If you run this publishing house, the profit is not high, right? Compared to several other businesses?"
"I like reading. Books are the treasures of civilization. Even if I sell them, I am willing to start one." Yin Lian said, but she curled her lips and said, "But I won't lie to you. The profits from periodicals and journals are actually not small. It's just It’s just somewhere you can’t see.”
Shen Lu raised his eyebrows.
Yin Lian popularized the concept of intangible assets to him and gave examples of the various benefits that newspapers can bring.
As a powerful businessman, Shen Lu must be very knowledgeable about this kind of thing. But before that, he really didn't pay attention to this aspect of management - there were various reasons for this, and he didn't intend to ignore it, but through Yin Lian's explanation, it opened up a new world for him.
In return for the favor, Shen Lu later gave Yin Lian a lot of gadgets. They were not expensive at this time, but they just required some effort, but it took a lot of human and material resources to get them.
Yin Lian later took the opportunity to check, and was shocked to find that the things Shen Lu gave him would be worth a lot of money in the future. It is said that works of art are worth money after the creator dies. Although the value of these things given by Shen Lu has not skyrocketed yet, they do have the potential to be worth money after death.
In other words, although the price at this time is not high, the value is beyond.
This can be said to be an unexpected gain for Yin Lian.
For example, the rabbit that Shen Lu gave to Yin Lian was worth more than a dozen oceans based on current prices. Is it expensive? Of course it is expensive. According to the purchasing power, the domestic currency value is almost tens of thousands, which is equivalent to a luxury bag. But if you compare the current net worth of Yin Lian and Shen Lu with their daily business, they can't even make a fraction of the payment for each delivery.
But its producer is Mr. Tan! Yin Lian checked and found that five hundred years later in the Xia Kingdom, the latest auction price of a Tan's colored porcelain cat that was not well preserved was 200 million credit points! Two hundred million! During Tan's lifetime, many cats were fired, but few rabbits were made. Only the porcelain rabbits that were relatively intact were left. Not only were their ears missing, they were also put into the National Museum.
It is impossible for Shen Lu to get 200 million credit points, nor to see the Xia Kingdom five hundred years later, but this does not mean that Yin Lian can treat it as a luxury bag as a matter of course.
So Yin Lian began to think a little bit more about Shen Lu's return gift.
There are many things that Yin Lian can give as gifts in return, but if many things are used as gifts in return, it is difficult to explain the origin. As for Yin Lian, her return gift must also consider Shen Lu's own needs and must not appear perfunctory. Although ordinary expensive gifts are considered acceptable, ordinary gifts can only maintain friendship, not friendship.
Yin Lian thought in his mind that the value of the gifts sent by Shen Lu would soar in the future because he had put so much effort into selecting them.
So after thinking carefully, she searched for it, and finally selected some very essential economics articles, and then printed them individually by simulating the printing methods she currently used, and finally gave them to Shen Lu as a gift.
These overly advanced economics materials are just unintelligible bibles to ordinary people, but for people like Shen Lu, they are definitely good things that can make him enlightened. He may not really understand some business principles, but he must not have formed a complete system. Although capital was slowly expanding its power at this time, academic development was still very immature and weak, and it tended to be superficial. Yin Lian carefully selected these articles and confirmed that they could solve and summarize some of the issues that existed before Shen Lu. The content of the idea.
After giving this gift, Shen Lu really enjoyed it. When he first saw that the gift in return was a book, he wanted to laugh a little. He felt that although Yin Lian looked cheerful and smart, she still had some qualities of a literary youth deep down. However, after carefully reading these articles and information, he fell into Meditated.
When they met again, Shen Lu couldn't help but start to inquire: "Where did Miss Zeng get these article materials... Judging from the author and the title of the article... it seems that they are not from me?"
Yin Lian smiled and asked, "How is it? Is it useful?"
Shen Lu replied: "It's so useful. Is there anything else?"
Yin Lian replied: "I'm trying to get more. But even if I get the article, it needs to be translated first, so it may not be printed out so quickly."
At this time, it is not time to fully learn foreign languages. In fact, Xia Kingdom does not have the same tradition as China. Foreign language learning has always been a relatively free choice.
Because of his business relationship, Shen Lu could speak the languages of several major countries, but he was limited to the simplest social communication. The content of the economics article given by Yin Lian was very complicated and professional at first glance. When translated into Xia Wen, Shen Lu could barely understand it through comprehension. If it was in a foreign language, he would not have such confidence.
Moreover, sea transportation was inconvenient at this time, and cross-continental travel would take at least several weeks or even months. Shen Lu also lacked sufficient high-level overseas relationships, so after inquiring about the specific sources of these articles, he quickly gave up on traveling by himself. Get more information.
But Yin Lian's gift really pleased him.
Although the girl had no intention of relenting, Shen Lu still tried his best to find a gift for her, even sparing no money or time. His stewards in Beijing have recently learned that he is pursuing a girl, but not everyone knows Yin Lian's identity. They just know that Shen Lu is trying his best to find rare treasures to please her... just like a foolish king.
Yin Lian himself had no consciousness of being a vixen.
Shen Lu thought that the information he got was translated by Yin Lian himself. In a sense, it was true, but he also overestimated her. Yin Lian took advantage of his free time some time ago to start writing programs through the personal terminal and AI, and then wrote a list translator. Xia Guo's translator structure is actually quite complete, but after all, it is limited to the language system of the world where it is located. After referring to a large number of ready-made translators, Yin Lian made manual improvements with the assistance of AI, and finally compiled some of the major language databases she needed.
Among them, translating Chinese into Xiawen is the easiest. The structure and grammar of the two languages are basically the same. There is no big difference even in the tones. There is only a slight difference in the "accent" level of individual phrases. The translator translates both, just by slightly replacing individual words and phrases.
As for translating other voices in this world into Xiawen, there are various ready-made translators produced by Xia State in the future, and Yin Lian does not need to spend too much time and effort.
For relatively mature civilizations such as Tita, although translating grammar requires effort, it is just a waste of effort. In contrast, it is the Martier and Fengyu clan that are more troublesome. Because the language structure is relatively primitive and crude, Yin Lian does not seem to be translating, but rather seems to be perfecting their language system.
But in the end it was almost done.
With such a translation database, even without Yin Lian's language talent, the Yin brothers will be able to communicate simply through the personal terminal.
The article that Shen Lu got was translated by Yin Lian through these translators. After her manual inspection, she found that the meaning of the article was correct, and finally printed it and delivered it to Shen Lu.
But she wouldn't explain it either. Even if Shen Lu misunderstood that she spent a lot of time on translation, there would be no harm. On the contrary, it would show her intentions.
After completing the language entry and grammar conversion, Yin Lian spent another two days letting the workshop trial-produce two new models, and then went to find Shen Lu.
When she saw Shen Lu, Shen Lu was rolling up his sleeves and talking to the management of the dock. Suits were not popular in the Xia Kingdom at this time, but there were also Chinese tunic suits with similar styles. Shen Lu was wearing a sky-blue Chinese-style vest with a Chinese-style shirt underneath, showing that the development of Chinese and Western clothing will ultimately lead to the same goal.
In fact, generally everyone wears robes in formal occasions, but Shen Lu would probably not wear a robe at work unless it was too late to change.
He really doesn't look like a big businessman, but the capitalists of this era are like this. He has a down-to-earth sense of a local mine owner, and many times he will even do the work himself.
When Yin Lian rode her bicycle to the end of the field, Shen Lu looked at her light posture and was a little surprised. At the same time, he rarely noticed the peculiarity of the bicycle itself.
He smiled and said, "You're here? The way you came here today is very special."
The bike Yin Lian was riding was not a Xia Guo style bicycle. It would be better to say that there have never been two-wheeled vehicles in the history of Xia Kingdom. Yin Lian was riding a Chinese-style bicycle. When he got off the bicycle, it tilted over. Yin Lian quickly kicked the bracket to hold it up.
She did not get into the topic immediately, but asked: "Is this guy going to Yinzhou today?"
Shen Lu was stunned for a moment and said, "How did you guess that?"
Yin Lian said: "After all, this year's Ten Thousand Chrysanthemum Awards are about to begin. I see that your luck is all about small things."
Shen Lu said: "I can't hide it from you."
Yin Lian asked about the recent sales and distribution volume of rickshaws. The rickshaws here in Yin Lian were mainly man-powered trucks at first, and later rickshaws were added. Both of them were basically popular and were in short supply.
There are also other manufacturers who want to copy what they have learned, but the quality is too poor and it is not as easy to sell as Yin Lian's.
Shen Lu talked about the situation, but his mind was obviously not on it. He kept boasting about the hot sales of rickshaws. The steward next to him couldn't stand it anymore. He looked at her for a long time, but Shen Lu didn't realize the important point. Finally, Finally, I couldn't help but interjected: "Ms. Zeng, are these two new-style rickshaws?"
