MTL - I-Chapter 71 070【Payment fee】

  Chapter 71 070【Payment fees】

  Zhao Han discovered an interesting phenomenon. Those who can most accept the Personality Theory are neither peasants nor workers, but lowly households and domestic slaves!

  At the same time, you must also be literate and have a certain amount of self-thought.

  Take Fei Chun and Fei Yu as examples. They also wanted to join the Datong Society, but they were collectively opposed by the members.

   Not only their masters remained silent, but even poor scholars such as Xu Ying and Liu Ziren were unwilling to stand up and speak out.

  Zhao Han tried to convince everyone, emphasizing that personality is born equal, but he still couldn't get everyone's approval.

   nothing more than—

  I recognize the theory of personality, and I also recognize the equality of personality.

  However, house slaves are not eligible to participate in the Gathering Society!

   "Brother, it's sold well today," Fei Chun said cheerfully, "There was a merchant who bought a hundred copies and gave him two taels of silver."

Fei Yu complained: "The Iron Foot Club and the Boat Club are stingy, and many people buy a book together. After buying it back, they tell stories to others, listen to a chapter of the novel for a penny, and earn back all the money they bought for the book. "

   "By the way," Fei Chun said again, "Some merchants asked if they could pay to order. They are all out-of-town merchants, and they only stayed in Hekou Town for half a month. They were afraid of missing the chapters of the novel."

Zhao Han slapped his thigh fiercely, and said happily, "This is a good idea, why didn't I think of it. Tell me, if you want to order, just pay a ten-cent deposit and register at the restaurant. From now on, you can directly come to the restaurant counter to pick up books. The restaurant only Keep it for three months, if you do not take it after the expiration date, the order will be voided, and the deposit will not be refunded."

   "Okay, I'll talk about it right away." Fei Chun acted immediately.

   "I'll go too." Fei Yu shouted.

  These two bookboys are very active in selling magazines, especially this issue of "Gate Theory"!

  They acted impatiently, wanting more people to understand the principle of "equality of personality". Even if the status quo cannot be changed, as long as everyone agrees that personality is equal, they will be happy from the bottom of their hearts.

   Peasants are a progressive force, but they also have negative thoughts.

  If you want to attract farmers, there must be natural and man-made disasters. Once you make a move, there will be a big commotion.

  The lowly households with knowledge should be the targets of early competition.

  It was almost evening, Zhao Han packed his things and went back to the academy, when Fei Yu suddenly brought a merchant over.

   "Brother, a master wants to see you." Fei Yu shouted.

  This man was wearing cotton-filled Yesa and a **** hat on his head. He cupped his hands and said, "Jinling Luyu, with great calligraphy, studied in Wanli for 30 years. I met Mr. Zhao!"

   "Don't dare," Zhao Han hurriedly replied, "Your Excellency is a senior, I can only be called a late student."

  Lu Yu immediately smiled and said: "Then I'll ask you, how about calling me a good brother?"

  Zhao Han said: "Brother Guang is too polite."

  Lu Yu took out a copy of "Goose Lake Weekly", and directly turned to the novel part: "My dear brother, is this "Legend of the Condor Heroes" finished?"

   "It's finished." Zhao Han said.

  Lu Yu explained his intentions: "I want to bring it back to Jinling for publishing. Can you send me a manuscript? As for the retouching fee, that's easy to say."

   "How much?" Zhao Han asked directly.

   "How about thirty taels?" Lu Yu asked.

  Zhao Han turned his head to look at Fei Yu: "See off!"

  Fei Yu smiled and said, "Master Lu, please."

  Lu Yu extended a slap: "Fifty taels."

  Zhao Han said: "Fifty taels is fine, and I will only give you half of the manuscript."

   "Too expensive." Lu Yu shook his head.

  Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are economically prosperous, the writing style is at its peak, and the publishing industry is developed, so the manuscript fee is very high.

   But it also depends on the type of work.

  For example, if manuscripts are obtained through special channels, and Cheng Mojizi (compilation of recent Jinshi articles) is printed and distributed, the manuscript fee for such teaching supplementary materials is very high.

   It is necessary to invite a famous artist to write a preface to Cheng Mo Jizi, and the manuscript fee should be at least one hundred taels, or even two or three hundred taels, depending on the status of the famous artist.

   Invite a few more talents to comment on articles, edit and proofread articles, the manuscript fee is at least 12 taels per person, and you have to treat them to a good meal, print them out and give each person a few sample books.

  The printing volume of this kind of teaching supplementary materials is very large, there is no shortage of sales at all, the profit is not lost, and the manuscript fee is considerable.

  Novel is not good, no one can guess for sure, it is purely a gamble.

  Lu Yu is very optimistic about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he thought for a while and said: "Sixty taels, I want all the manuscripts, how about the author's signature Li Zhuowu?"

   Alas, these profiteers, Li Zhi has been dead for decades, yet they still want to take advantage of their popularity.

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "Forty taels will sell you half of it. If the sales volume is decent, you want to finish the publication, and the remaining half will be sold to you for one hundred taels."

  Lu Yu was speechless and didn't want to speak.

  The market is like this. When Cheng Mo Jizi is published, famous writers can write a preface casually, and they can get one or two hundred taels of draft fee.

   Zhao Han spent three years working hard to write "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but the bookseller thought he was only worthy of a few dozen taels of draft fee—this is because the bookseller thought his novel would sell well.

   After some haggling, the final deal was one hundred taels, and both parties felt that they had lost money.

  Zhao Han gets 100 taels at a time, and he doesn't care about the rest. The author can sign it as a cat or a dog.

   This thing can't be famous, and scholars who create novels will only make people laugh.

   "Fengshen Yanyi" has been selling well in recent years, but it is not clear who wrote it. Even, there is no author's signature at all, only "editor so-and-so" is noted, and the real author is still guessed hundreds of years later.

  Lu Yufeng came with a deposit of thirty taels, and also treated Zhao Han to a meal of wine.

  Free dinner, if you don’t eat for nothing, Zhao Han also called Fei Chun and Fei Yu to the table.

   While pushing the cups and changing the cups, Zhao Han pointed to the magazine and asked, "What do you think, Brother Guang?"

  Lu Yu avoided talking about it, and said with a smile: "I only care about making money, and I haven't studied knowledge for a long time."

   "Are you here to buy goods from Lead Mountain?" Zhao Han asked.

   "Buy a few ships of paper and go back." Lu Yu replied.

  There are many places in the country that produce paper, including around Nanjing. Lu Yushe seeks distance because of the complete range of Qianshan paper, and the price is relatively much cheaper.

  In the trade and transportation of the Ming Dynasty, if the whole journey could be shipped by water, the biggest cost would be tariffs (tolls).

   However, tolls can be exempted for pens, inks, paper inkstones and books!

  Even if nobles and tyrants set up checkpoints privately, they dare not start with cultural items. This stuff is likely to cause public outrage.

Zhao Han knocked on the magazine again and said: "Mr. Li Zhuowu has been dead for decades, I am afraid no one believes that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is his posthumous work. If "Geographical Theory" is printed on the title page of the novel, wouldn't it Is it more convincing?"

"correct!"

  Lu Yu understood and said happily: "This method is very wonderful. Come, let me offer a cup to my virtuous brother!"

   After a meal, the two made an appointment to copy the manuscript tomorrow.

  The manuscript cannot be taken away by Lu Yu, Zhao Han still needs to use it himself. You can only ask someone to copy it, and then pay the balance of the manuscript fee after the copy is finished.

   As for the copyists, Zhao Han recommended Liu Ziren and Xu Ying, and it was considered to help them earn some extra money.

  Zhao Han threw out a silver ingot, which was worth two taels, and said to Fei Chun and Fei Yu, "You guys have worked hard these few days selling ten-day magazines, so let's share it for wine."

   "Thank you brother!"

  The two were overjoyed, and felt that following Zhao Han was even more of a mess.

  Zhao Han is also very happy, finally made a fortune, which is a huge sum of money.

  The next day, Lu Yu came to the academy and asked Xu Ying and Liu Ziren to copy the manuscript.

  He was in a hurry to get the manuscript, so Fei Yu and Fei Chun joined in, and the four of them copied faster together.

   During the lunch break, Xu Ying and Liu Ziren came to express their thanks.

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "They are all brothers of my own family. If there are benefits, I will naturally think of you. Don't talk so much."

   "Don't say thank you for your kindness, there will be rewards in the future." Liu Ziren cupped his hands.

  Xu Ying stopped talking. He became more introverted and silent. He kept everything in his heart and would not easily speak out to cause trouble.

  There were still many copyists in the mid-Ming Dynasty. With the popularization of movable type printing technology, there were very few book copying businesses in the late Ming Dynasty—except for remote counties.

  Ordinary books can be bought in bookstores, and the price is relatively cheap.

   There are very few people who need books that are really expensive. It is pure luck to help people copy books and make money.

  I don't know when, Fei Yuanjian suddenly appeared and said in a low voice, "Chen Lide is gone. I saw his resentment. I'm afraid he will slander you everywhere."

   "I am not afraid of being slandered if I dare to propose the theory of personalities," Zhao Han and Fei Yuanjian put their arms around each other, "However, thank you for reminding me, how have you learned recently?"

  Fei Yuanjian said: "I'm already studying the scriptures, and I'll see if I can be a scholar in two years' time."

   "Let's encourage each other." Zhao Han said with a smile.

  But said that the teacher of the academy, Chen Lide, was disgraced in the debate, and he was ashamed to stay in Hanzhu Academy to teach.

   After receiving his salary, the guy immediately packed up and left.

  He ran far away to Shitang Town, joined his classmates when he was young, and got a job in Zhu's private school in Shitang.

  (end of this chapter)