Chapter 103 Emergency Cases (Seeking to Read)

"Bang."

At night, in a room in the courtyard, Qi Ping threw a book on the round table and asked, "What's going on."

In the room, Qi Ping, Fan Er and Qi Shu sat around the small table and held an emergency meeting.

The so-called "volume 3" is naturally false. It starts with imitation by unknown people, and then fills in the first and second volumes.

Commonly known as: pirated copy.

Fan Er's expression was heavy:

"It should be several big booksellers in Kyoto that took action.

In the past two days, I have discovered that a large number of pirated books have been spread out quickly and I have found acquaintances. It should have been done by the group of people led by Tianxia Bookstore.”

Tianxia Bookstore... Qiping has heard of this name. It is the largest bookseller in Kyoto. It has won over the other booksellers, formed an alliance, and controlled the entire book market.

It is a real behemoth, not comparable to Hexagonal Bookstore.

"This is not in line with the rules." Qi Ping's complexion was not very good-looking.

In this era, there was no concept of "intellectual property rights" and the government did not provide protection, but there was a set of rules in the bookseller industry.

If a bookstore has a new book and magazine printed, it will be hung outside the bookstore. Within a certain period of time, peers will often not steal it.

"But they also have to be willing to tell us the rules." Fan Er was a little depressed.

In the past few days, he has devoted all his connections to the first sale, but the number of people he has covered is still limited.

Now that big booksellers are in full swing, their sales profits are shrinking.

"Who is behind Tianxia Bookstore? Have you ever inquired?" Qi Ping thought for a while and asked.

Since the other party is not moral, Qi Ping thinks that he can start with the background. Kyoto's book market is not small and profits are huge. There must be a relationship behind the big booksellers.

Fan Er hesitated and said, "It seems to be Xu's mansion."

"Which?" Qi Ping was stunned and asked back: "Xu Shisheng?"

"kindness."

...It's really a narrow road for enemies, Qi Ping has a little tooth pain.

Xu Shisheng, the sixth department chief, had a grudge with the Xu Mansion's chief manager due to the barbarian businessman's affairs. Later, the Pacification Department intervened and left it alone.

Unexpectedly, I bumped into it again.

It's a bit difficult... Qi Ping knew clearly that with his status, he could not beat Xu Shisheng, but he could not sit still and wait for death.

"It's not as good as the background, the scale of the business is far apart... the only advantage lies in the content."

"A book is sold in one volume, and the other party has no follow-up manuscripts, so there is a time difference here."

With the smooth thoughts, the room became quiet.

Fan Er was frowning, and Qi Shu was the same - such a big thing, I never hid it from the poor girl.

Qi Shu's reaction to this book was first spitting violently, but after learning that she had made money, she changed to urge her to update.

"How much have we made in the past few days?" Qi Ping asked suddenly.

Speaking of this, Fan Er smiled:

"Apart from the engraving and printing, the cost of hiring a peddler is about one hundred taels of silver."

When Qi Shu heard this number, her eyes were straightened. She only knew how to make money by selling books, but she didn't expect so much. You know, it's only been a few days.

Moreover, it is still the case of very small shipments.

The sales method that Fan Er can find is nothing more than hiring some peddlers and selling them everywhere.

Even the Nancheng City is not satisfied, let alone the entire Kyoto?

This amount of money is really a drop in the bucket compared to the theoretically accessible turnover.

But in Qi Shu's eyes, it was already a huge profit. It only costs 100 taels in a few days, and sold for one month, wouldn't it be worth thousands of taels?

You know, the three-entry mansion in the inner city is only a few thousand taels.

Outer cities are cheaper.

After earning a house in a few days... The girl's three views were severely impacted, and happiness was like a tornado that blinded her.

"Send it all, no point is left." Qi Ping said decisively:

"Our only advantage is to start the content, so if we want to try to avoid being eaten by big booksellers, we must open up more sales channels in a short period of time."

"It's not possible to rely on peddlers alone, and the more people, the harder it is to control.

In this way, from tomorrow, you try to put our books in bookstores and book stalls across the city, set a shipping price, and sell more, all of them will be the other party’s profit."

"The shops in Tianxia Bookstore are big, but there are more book shops that can be used by us. As long as they are given profits, the book shops in Kyoto can become our channel."

Qi Ping talked with each other.

Next to him, Fan Er was completely stunned, and felt a lightning bolt hitting his mind, thinking, can he still play like this?

This method is not difficult to imagine, but in this era, no one has used it, because it has rarely appeared that such a best-selling book comes from a small bookstore.

"This... is simply a genius idea!" Fan Er shook off the decline and felt enlightened.

Yes, I provide them with my books and spread them out in a short time. When the big booksellers start to pirate, the first wave of bonuses has been eaten up by myself.

At this moment, he looked at Qi Ping, full of admiration.

I sincerely believe that the other party is a buried business genius.

"Don't be too happy too early, this is just a temporary solution." Qi Ping glanced at him and said:

"The profits of books are amazing. It's okay now. When they grow bigger, those big booksellers are likely to intervene and instruct many bookstores not to take our goods. Therefore, this trick can only be used in the short term.

If you want to continue doing it for a long time, you must lead people to our own shop.”

Fan Er nodded violently, deeply agreeing:

"What should I do? Could it be that I put the new book in the shop?"

He was a little confused.

Liang Guo has relatively loose control over books. Fengyue novels are popular on the market, and there are countless more explicit ones than Jin Pingmei.

The government also turned a blind eye and closed its eyes, and was not very good at scrutinizing it.

But... such books ultimately have hidden dangers. The reason why he disguised himself as a street selling instead of selling in a book shop is that he had this concern.

Qi Ping shook her head: "Of course not. So, I plan to write another book and sell it in our own shop."

Fan Er was stunned: "You still have it?"

Qi Ping smiled mysteriously:

"Of course. And it's better than Jin Ping Mei and can be sold publicly.

Well, at that time, you can bundle the two books and tell the other stores that if you want to get the latest Jin Ping Mei, you must also get one of my new books.

As long as the first volume becomes famous, the address of the Hexagonal Bookstore is printed in the book, and there is no need to worry about people not coming."

Fan Er was shocked. Unexpectedly, Qi Ping had already planned everything, his nervousness was wiped out, and his body was full of energy:

"What's the name of the new book?"

Qi Ping looked respectful and said word by word: "Dream of Red Mansions!"

...

After discussing the details with Fan Er, he returned to the house and prepared a nightly liver draft.

The door was knocked.

"Enter."

In a small suit and figure, Qi Shu, who was a little plump in, pushed the door and walked in. Her little face was full of solemnity and entanglement.

"What's wrong?" Qi Ping asked with a smile.

The poor girl frowned her thin eyebrows and looked at him seriously with her shiny eyes:

"I feel like I'm dreaming, have we really made that much money?"

Qi Ping smiled: "Of course."

Qi Shu thought about it and said with a heartache:

"We should not argue with that library or not. It doesn't matter if we sell less. We have already made a lot of money."

She felt sorry for the one hundred taels of silver she was about to spend.

Qi Ping smiled and wanted to give her some popular science on economics and business logic, but after thinking about it, she put down her brush, rubbed the girl's hair, and said softly:

"We can live a better life, remember what I told you last time?

The eldest brother will buy you a big house, hire a bunch of maids and women, and let you be a big-name lady. You must have what others have."
To be continued...