[Chapter 2072 Planning]
After the foreshadowing of “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” and “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, the book “Marrying the Right Man on the Wrong Sedan chair” quickly became popular, and most of the people who bought this book were the maidservants of the young ladies or the maids of the wife. Wait.
Fifteen bookstores sold more than 700 copies on the first day.
The sales on the second day were even more terrifying, reaching more than 1,200 copies.
Puyang Houfu.
The Marquis of Puyang, called Hou Wenchang, was the eldest brother-in-law of the emperor, also known as the uncle of the state.
Hou Wenchang took a sip of the tea and asked the butler who stood below him, “Have everything been investigated clearly? Who are the owners of the fifteen bookstores?”
Song Yan’s plagiarized books are on fire. Not only are the pirates making up their minds, but some dignitaries are also thinking about it. After all, with tens of thousands of taels of money a month, who can resist this temptation.
And Hou Wenchang, the Hou of Puyang, was one of the dignitaries who wanted the idea of Song Yan Bookstore.
However, instead of rushing to find him, he ordered someone to investigate secretly, intending to find out the details of Song Yan before starting.
The housekeeper said: “Master Hou, I found out that the owner of the fifteen bookstores is called Song Yan. This person is a freshman, and this person is also a disciple of Cai Zixiao!”
The best-selling of those three books has also driven the sales of other books in the bookstore. Originally, a bookstore only had a monthly income of more than ten taels, but now, excluding those three books a month, the net profit has reached fifty taels. Two more.
Fifteen bookstores make a profit of seven or eight hundred taels in one month, or ten thousand taels a year.
No wonder the rich and powerful are jealous of bookstore profits.
“It’s actually Cai Zixiao’s disciple!”
Hou Wenchang frowned slightly, feeling that things were a little difficult to handle. Don’t think that he was a marquis and an uncle of the dynasty, but those civil officials might not take him seriously, and they didn’t like him, even if they added a few books to him. It’s nothing unusual.
Therefore, there is no need, he is not willing to offend those civil servants, especially Cai Zixiao is Wenzong, and has great influence in the court.
But he gave up on this, and he was reluctant to make a profit of hundreds of thousands of taels that year.
The housekeeper also knew how powerful the civil servants were, and he rolled his eyes, and suggested, “Master Hou, I have also heard that Song Yan only has a bookstore in the capital, and there are no bookstores in the nearby counties, but our Hou residence does not. There are a lot of industries. In fact, the reason why the business of the fifteen bookstores is so good is the three books. As long as Lord Hou takes the books from Song Yan, our Houfu will transfer the bookstores in the surrounding counties and county towns. If we win it, and then order the local government to crack down on piracy and check pirated copies, we can also make a lot of money, and if it really doesn’t work, we can directly produce pirated books!”
In the capital, those civil officials did not take Puyang Hou seriously, but in the local area, few officials dared to refute him, so this method really worked.
“In this way, you will come to the Hou’s mansion to have a banquet with this Hou’s post!” Although Hou Wenchang had planned to do it with the advice of the housekeeper, but his heart was not enough to swallow an elephant, he still wanted to eat the bookstore in the capital.
After serving Hou Wenchang for so many years, how could the housekeeper not know what he was thinking, he couldn’t help sighing softly in his heart, he was very worried that his own Hou Ye mutton would be provoked because he didn’t eat mutton.
the other side.
Song Yan received booksellers from the surrounding counties and went to the Imperial College.
He didn’t expect that the book sellers in the surrounding counties and counties had such smart noses, and they came to the door the day after the new book appeared. Perhaps they tasted the sweetness. These booksellers actually took 5,000 new books from him directly. Two thousand old books were also taken away.
The main reason is that although the content of the pirated books is the same, the layout is not good, and the illustrations are also blurred. Unlike the genuine books, the illustrations are all colored and clear and realistic.
The average poor are willing to save money to buy pirated books, but those with a little identity are still willing to buy genuine books.
Although it’s a bit slow to sell, it’s not a problem to sell out.
“Hello, Young Master Song, the old slave is the housekeeper of the Puyang Marquis. This is an invitation from my Marquis. I hope you can go to the house for a banquet!”
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, an old man greeted him and said politely. There were two warriors behind him, but they were not strong, at best they had reached the level of warriors.
“Marquis of Puyang?”
After staying in the capital for several months, Song Yan naturally knew who the Marquis of Puyang was. The emperor’s brother-in-law, called Hou Wenchang, was said to be greedy and extremely lecherous. The number of concubines he accepted was seventeen.
“He went to a banquet with himself? For what purpose?”
In an instant, he thought of the bookstore he tossed around.
However, he had long expected such a situation, so he was not in a hurry, what’s more, he was a Taoist golden pill, and he was not afraid of even the emperor, and he was afraid that an idle prince would fail.
So he took over the post and said, “Butler Hou, wait a moment, go down and get dressed!”
“Young Master Song, please!”
After a while, Song Yan changed into a creamy white gown, and then boarded the carriage that came to pick him up.
Half an hour.
The carriage arrives at Houfu.
Then he stopped in front of a hall, and the voice of Butler Hou came from outside: “Young Master Song, you’re here, please get off!”
“Okay!”
Song Yan responded and got out of the car.
Then he entered the hall under the guidance of Butler Hou.
In the hall, there are two maidservants with clear eyes and beautiful eyes.
“Young Master Song, wait a moment, this old slave will go to inform the Marquis!”
“Housekeeper please!”
Song Yanlai waved his hands in disapproval, and looked at the layout of the hall with a relaxed expression. The whole thing seemed quite luxurious, exuding an air of nouveau riche.
It is said that this Hou Wenchang was a pig slaughterer before he became a national uncle, working in a profession with his father-in-law.
Time passed slowly.
Just when Song Yan was a little impatient, Hou Wenchang finally appeared.
Seeing Hou Wenchang who walked in under a group of people, with a slightly arrogant expression, Song Yan had a direct look at him.
“Are you Song Yan and Song Ziyu?”
Hou Wenchang sat down in the main seat and asked.
“I have seen Hou Ye!”
Song Yan was not polite to him, but clasped his fists perfunctorily.
Seeing that Song Yan did not take him seriously, Hou Wenchang was furious, slapped his palm on the table and shouted, “Song Ziyu saw this marquis, why didn’t you kneel down and salute!”
“Pfft!”
Song Yan couldn’t help laughing, and Butler Hou, who followed, was speechless.
“You bastard, you dare to laugh at this Marquis, come here, take it down for me!” Hou Wenchang roared angrily.
“Master Hou, wait!”
The butler hurriedly shouted.
At this moment, Song Yan’s voice sounded: “The state has rules, and scholars who are well-known and famous, except for the emperor, do not need to kneel and worship, does the Hou Ye think that you are older than the emperor, if you can admit this, How difficult is it to kneel down and bow down to you!”
Hearing Song Yan’s words, Hou Wenchang’s face couldn’t help blushing. He was patronizing the show of prestige, and wanted to suppress the scholar with his aura, and then took advantage of the situation to bring up the bookstore, so that the other party had no room for rejection.
But he didn’t remember that a scholar who was famous and famous could not kneel even if he saw him as a marquis.
“I heard that Marquis was a pig butcher before?”
Song Yan said again.
Hearing the words of the pig butcher, Hou Wenchang’s face suddenly turned black, and there was a strong murderous intent in his eyes. He hated the most when someone used him as a pig butcher.
“Song Yan, do you really think this Marquis dare not kill you?”
Song Yan said again: “Don’t get me wrong, Lord Marquis, I don’t mean to humiliate you, because my father-in-law is also a pig butcher. Knowing that Lord Hou was a pig butcher before, he is kind of friendly.”
Hearing this, Hou Wenchang was stunned, he couldn’t go up and down in his heart, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.
Seeing this, Song Yan smiled slightly: “Master Hou, please come down, it’s nothing more than the idea of going down to those bookstores, Master Hou, am I right?”
“Nonsense, how could Ben Hou hit your bookstore’s idea!” Hou Wenchang shouted in a low voice.
“Isn’t it? That’s a misunderstanding. Originally, I wanted to invite Lord Hou to participate in the shares. Since Lord Hou is not interested, forget it!” Song Yan said with a smile.
Suddenly, Hou Wenchang’s face turned purple.
Song Yan didn’t seem to see Hou Wenchang’s face, and said to himself: “Actually, although the bookstore has a profit of tens of thousands of taels a month, from the bottom of my eyes, it’s just a petty profit!”
Tens of thousands of taels a month, and a monthly profit of hundreds of thousands of taels is still a small profit. Hou Wenchang’s eyes couldn’t help but stare directly out.
Song Yan looked around and said, “Master Hou, I have a big business that I want to cooperate with you. I wonder if you are interested?”
“You all go down first!”
This time, Hou Wenchang reacted and waved to the others, and then said to the housekeeper: “Butler, Song Gongzi’s tea is cold, so he won’t give Song Gongzi a cup of tea!”
“No need, I like herbal tea next time!”
Song Yan waved his hand.
While speaking, Song Yan took out eight exquisite glasses and placed them on the table, and asked with a smile, “Master Hou, how do you look at these glasses?”
Seeing these wine glasses, Hou Wenchang couldn’t take his eyes away. He grabbed one while watching and said, “Baby, it’s just a baby!”
Immediately, he looked at Song Yan and said, “Young Master Song, are these wine glasses your gift to Ben Hou?”
Hearing this, Song Yan couldn’t help rolling his eyes, this Marquis of Puyang is really a top-quality person, and he said with tears and laughter, “Master Hou, how much do you think such a set of cups is worth?”
“At least tens of thousands of taels!” Puyang Hou said.
“My business is related to this wine glass. I provide ten sets of wine glasses for Houye to sell. One set is 8,000 taels. As for how much silver the Houye can sell, how about the Houye?”
Hearing Song Yan’s words, Hou Wenchang’s breathing became rapid. Even if such a set of cups was sold for 20,000 taels, it would not be a loss. As long as he sold all ten sets of cups, he would make more than ten Ten thousand taels of silver.
So, he looked at Song Yan and said, “Young Master Song, ten sets of cups are too few, why don’t you give more to Ben Marquis, how about Ben Marquis give you a set of 10,000 taels of silver?”
“I can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry. If I want more cups, I will sell these cups after waiting!” Song Yan said with a smile: “I’ll give you an idea for Lord Hou, Lord Hou may wish to invite someone to come to the house. Go to a feast and serve them with these glasses!”
An hour later, Song Yan took the horse carriage of the Hou residence and returned to the Imperial College. The reason why he gave the glass to the Duke of Puyang was not to make money, but to give him the opportunity to make him cholera. The king’s Cao Kui had a chance.
