In the next few days, except for returning home to meet with the princess in the evening, Gong Yonggu stayed in the newspaper all day long. However, to his disappointment, the sales of newspapers were getting smaller and smaller every day.

About 10,000 copies were sold on the second day, but on the third day, it dropped sharply to more than 5,000 copies, and then 4,000 copies, more than 3,000 copies. By the fifth day, the whole day was sold in Beijing.

To one thousand copies, the total sales volume is only about 30,000 copies!

"This is already very good." When he went home and talked about this with Princess Anle, the princess comforted her softly.

"Although there are nearly one million people in the entire Beijing city, how many people are literate? There are at most two or three out of ten. The whole newspaper is in vernacular. Scholars generally disdain to read it. If you buy newspapers, you will buy newspapers.

Most of them are servants, craftsmen, servants, and ordinary people. When they are free, they read and play as a pastime. Do you still expect these people to buy one?"

Gong Yonggu thought about it and felt that the princess was right.

But he only sold so much in Beijing, so why wouldn’t it work even worse in other places? At the beginning, he wanted to sell newspapers to other places.

"Tianjin Wei is very close to Beijing. I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of people, so I should be able to have a lot of sales. As for other places, I heard that the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous and there are many people who know how to read, but from Beijing to the south of the Yangtze River,

Is it not cost-effective to transport newspapers from afar?" Princess Anle said.

Gong Yonggu said: "Now the stations in various places have been rectified into Jinyi Outer Guards. The way to transport newspapers to various places is to be carried out by the way. They have to send people to the outside world to run them. After all, this stall requires a lot of people."

Princess Anle said: "So, you should manage the Gyeonggi first. If the newspaper can really make money, and you will send it to other places after you have the money, you don't need to transport newspapers. You will set up a printing workshop in other places.

, as long as the draft is delivered through post delivery, it can be printed and sold on-site."

"Okay, just do what the princess said. Princess, you are really my Zhiduoxing." Gong Yonggu said with a smile.

......

On the sixth, the editor, printing and sales departments of Royal People's Daily held a joint meeting, and Cao Huachun, the admiral of the Dongchang, who had the responsibility of supervising the newspaper, also came to listen.

At the meeting, the newspaper president, Gong Yonggu, spoke first and introduced the sales of the first page. What surprised him was that both the editor-in-chief Gao Qiqian and the supervisor Cao Huachun expressed their satisfaction.

"If you can sell 30,000 copies at once, the first shot will be fired. In the future, I know that more and more people will report to you, and the more you sell will be better and better." Cao Huachun smiled and said, "Since that's the case,

Let’s print another page, change the monthly report to a ten-day report, and then the page will be every ten days.”

Gong Yonggu said: "I have no problem here. It's a little more troublesome to engrave the plate, but it only takes two or three days to print it quickly. The more I sell it, the higher the salary of the craftsmen and the peddlers, and they want to review it.

Here is the editor of the manuscript?"

Gao Qiqian said: "There is no problem with the manuscript for the time being. The children have worked very hard these days and have written a lot of articles, which is enough to engrave them again. Moreover, some people have taken the initiative to contribute to the newspaper, but their level is generally a bit poor, and there is no

Recruiting a few articles.”

"Is there really someone who contributes it?" Cao Huachun said intrigued.

"Yes, the factory, the royalties are quite high, at least one tael of silver," Gao Qi said with a smile. "There is a guy named Lao Wang next door who delivers manuscripts to the newspaper every day for five consecutive days. He is simply persevering.

And my level has improved rapidly, and I have decided to hire him."

As he said that, Gao Qiqian picked up an article and handed it to Cao Huachun. Cao Huachun read it out loud and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay as a popular reading for ordinary people."

Whether it is Gao Qiqian or Cao Huachun, they all studied in the study since childhood. Those who teach them are all Hanlin Jinshi, and their knowledge is very good, so the quality of the article can naturally be seen.

Compared with them, the prince-consor Gong Yonggu's knowledge is much worse. When he picked up the article "Choose the Pedro and Take the Courtesan" by Lao Wang next door, he thought it was very good. His writing style was popular and he could easily understand it. The plot was tortuous and exciting.

People are motivated and have a good intention.

It is about a peddler named Wang Lang who accidentally saved a courtesan. The two of them had a good impression of each other, but Wang Lang was too poor and could not even pay the money to go to the brothel to see the courtesan. Every time he was still a courtesan

Paying for him for prostitution. The brothel maid was extremely dissatisfied with Wang Lang and often insulted him. For the sake of the concubine, Wang Lang endured it.

On this day, when Wang Lang was in the room with the courtesan, a rich young man arrived at the brothel and asked the courtesan to accompany the courtesan. Wang Lang, who had no money, could only helplessly watch the courtesan accompany the other men to force his face.

Laughing, heart full of desolation, and before leaving, he was habitually humiliated by the madam. Wang Lang was angry and swore to the sky that he must stand out and redeem the concubine's wife.

In the following days, Wang Lang carried a load and sold goods while studying hard. After hard study, he was admitted to the scholar a year later and the Juren three years later. After passing the Juren, he jumped over the Longmen and became an official.

Wang Lang finally got the money and came to the brothel to redeem the concubine's wife with a proud look. The madam accompanied her to curry favor with her. Everyone flattered the big teapots in the brothel, and the girls were extremely envious of the brothel...

"Hahaha, although one is a courtesan and the other is a peddler, the relationship between the two is as strong as that of Jin. Finally, the clouds are clear and the moon is bright. What a great article!" Gong Yonggu laughed.

Cao Huachun and Gao Qiqian looked at each other and curled their lips. What good articles are completely irrelevant? A peddler can pass the exam for a scholar after reading a year of books. Is it really easy to get a fame and a juren?

Besides, since you have become an official, some ladies from wealthy families can marry them, but what about the courtesans who ride thousands of people? Such articles can only deceive ordinary people without minds.

but.

"What is the people who report to the royal people? It is for ordinary people to read it. Since the prince-in-law has agreed, you can collect more articles in the future, so that newspapers can be sold more popular." Cao Huachun said with a smile.

"Yes, factory." Gao Qiqian quickly agreed.

"A newspaper that connects the royal family with the people must not only write articles that the people love to read, but also show their attention to the royal family. His Majesty has a night of clothing, food, diligent in government affairs, caresses the people, and saves them in northern Shaanxi.

There are more people who will starve to death, so that the people will also write more of these things to let the people know how much His Majesty has done for them. The royal people are to promote His Majesty's benevolence and show their attention to the people!" Cao Huachun continued.
Chapter completed!