Zhao Ruxi sat down next to Xu Xue and asked the shopkeeper: "What price can you offer, shopkeeper?"

As soon as Zhao Ruxi participated, the shopkeeper stopped trying to trick Xu Xue and said according to the price quoted to Qing Feng: "Because the book is not thick, our price cannot be too high, so we usually buy such a thick story book. The price is five taels of silver."

Xu Xue was extremely excited when she heard that she actually bought it and got five taels of silver.

This was money that their family had not been able to save for a year before. At least she could earn it by herself by studying in the academy. And this was just one book. If she could sell one, she could sell two. With three books, you might be able to earn dozens of taels of silver in a year.

However, after witnessing Zhao Ruxi selling jewelry, she knew not to let others see her emotions.

She quickly suppressed her excitement, pretended to be calm, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, giving Zhao Ruxi the chance to speak.

"You said it was average." Zhao Ruxi smiled and said, "I have read a lot of your story books. The theme of my sister's story book is novel and completely different from the old story books about talented men and beautiful women on the market. And it is quite well written. Not bad. I think as long as you market it properly, you can create a wave of craze, especially among literate ladies."

"And..." She glanced at the shopkeeper, "The shopkeeper's profit from selling this storybook is not only based on this storybook, right?"

In just a few words, the shopkeeper could tell that although this little girl was not much older than Xu Xue, she was a powerful character. I am afraid that this storybook cannot be obtained at a low price.

Seeing her stop talking, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean, young lady? I would like to hear the details."

"If this storybook sells well, it will attract some readers to your bookstore. When they come here, they will not only buy the storybook, but they may also buy some pens, inks, paper, inkstones and books. Just for this reason, your bookstore will You can make a fortune just by buying a bookstore. And if you treat my sister well, she can continue to cooperate with you in the future and even sell this bookstore to you exclusively. This kind of flow of people is long-term. Think about what you can do in these aspects. How much do you earn?"

She smiled: "But on the contrary, if we sell the story books to your colleagues, this wave of people will move to other bookstores. People who usually buy books and pens in your bookstore will go to his bookstore. If you go, there will be less traffic here."

She pursed her lips and smiled: "Shopkeeper, you are a shrewd person. You can figure it out without me telling you, right?"

After hearing this, the shopkeeper laughed dumbly: "Are you so sure that your sister's words can be popular and can bring me huge traffic? I have also collected a lot of story books, and the writers are all old scholars and even... Juren may not be like you said."

He glanced at Xu Xue: "I am a little girl, and I have just started writing a storybook. There are some things I don't want to say, lest the little girl cry. This girl's storybook, although the subject matter is a bit novel, but The writing is young and jerky, and the characterization is average. And it is precisely because of its novelty that I have to take risks. After all, it is not the most popular subject on the market. It is still unknown whether anyone will buy it. So what the girl said, I can only say that it is just A girl’s best wishes.”

After saying this, he didn't wait for Zhao Ruxi to speak, and said directly: "Well, both of you are students at the Women's Academy, and this girl has some talent for writing story books. I am willing to support her. If the girl can agree to write story books in the future, If you sell them all to me and not to others, I will add one tael of silver to the purchase price."

Qing Feng had already told Zhao Ruxi and Xu Xue the prices offered by each bookstore on the carriage. So after hearing the price, Xu Xue felt that it was perfectly fine to add one or two.

But Zhao Ruxi knew that what Qing Feng said was the general purchase price and did not involve the content. The storybook is based on content. If the story is good and the writing is great, the price will naturally be different.

"I won't ask the shopkeeper for more money. You can take this script for twenty taels of silver," she said.

"No, no. I have been doing business for so many years, but I have never received twenty taels of silver for a story book. Unless you are a famous writer; or, your story book is very thick, and you can break it up and sell it as four or five books." The shopkeeper said.

When I heard it, I shook my head.

"Six taels of silver is the highest price I can pay. Your book is too thin, so I can't set the price high. If it were too expensive, I don't know how many copies I would have to sell to get back the money. I would make no money at all.

"

Zhao Ruxi was not in a hurry and said with a smile: "If twenty taels doesn't work, I have another way to cooperate, which is to share the money. Every time you sell a storybook, my sister will get 20 cents. How about it? Storybook

If it's not easy to sell, you won't lose money; if it's good, you'll make more. This is actually the most beneficial thing for you."

The shopkeeper was stunned and thought about it in his mind.

They usually sell a thick storybook like this for 200 cents. Excluding the cost, he can earn about 60 cents each. Based on the purchase price of 6 taels of silver, he has to sell a hundred copies to not lose money.

It's pure profit.

But if one hundred copies are sold according to the share, the little girl in front of him can get a reward of two taels of silver. And he himself can make a profit of four taels of silver. The most important thing is that there is no need to take risks. Even if he sells more

, the little girl can make a little more, but she can't make as much as twenty taels of silver. And if she sells more, she can make more.

Thinking about it this way, he felt that the girl in purple in front of him seemed smart, but was actually confused and was driving his classmates or younger sisters to death.

He turned around and asked Xu Xue: "Girl, do you also agree with her idea of ​​twenty cents for each copy?"

Xu Xue nodded without hesitation: "Agree."

Her sister's idea is definitely not wrong. If she can propose this method, it will definitely be more cost-effective than taking six taels of silver. She believes in Zhao Ruxi.

"Okay, let's do it like this." The shopkeeper patted the table and decided directly.

When the shopkeeper asked the waiter to polish ink and prepare to write the contract, Xu Xue asked Zhao Ruxi softly: "Sister, how do we know how many copies of the storybook they sold?"

Xu Xue's ability to think of this shows that she has considered the issue very comprehensively.

Zhao Ruxi gave her an approving look, turned to the shopkeeper and said: "We have no way of supervising how many story books are sold in the bookstore. Then we will use the number of printings in the contract signed between your bookstore and the printing workshop as the total, and then subtract

How about going to the bookstore's inventory and figuring out the number of sales? We must write this sentence in the contract."

The shopkeeper originally operated with integrity and had no intention of concealing the number of sales, so he naturally agreed.
Chapter completed!