"You are joking, little official. If you are not here to buy books, how can you be here to sell them?"

Wan Yan smiled and said, "Yes, I'm really here to sell books."

The store owner didn't look very good now.

"Young official, our store is too small to make such a joke. Do you know how much it costs to print a set of books? No one will buy poems written at your age, even if they are compiled into a collection."

Wan Yan was not angry, but said harmoniously: "What I want to sell is not a collection of poems, but a novel. If you are willing to cooperate for a while, I will give you the manuscript, and you will receive the profit from the sale of the book." I will divide it according to the proportion."

The store owner was not very happy.

"Xiao Guanren, Xiao Ke just said that a set of books is expensive."

"Let's do this. I'll pay for the money needed for the first batch of printed books, and I'll just sell them on consignment with you. If the sales are good in the future, we can discuss cooperation. What do you think?"

Wan Yan took a step back and said.

The shopkeeper curled his lips and said very reluctantly: "Consignment, that's fine. But there is one ugly thing that I have to say beforehand. If this book fails to sell, Shuangfengtang will not bear any responsibility."

Wan Yan quickly raised his hands and said, "Of course that's right. What's your surname?"

"My surname is Chen, and the single character is An."

The store owner said coldly.

Wan Yan nodded softly and said in a harmonious voice: "I will inevitably bother shopkeeper Chen if I need to in the future, so please bear with me."

"It's easy to talk about."

As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Seeing Wan Yan's good attitude, Chen An couldn't help but be so cold-faced.

"Farewell."

Wan Yan hugged Chen An again, turned around and left the store.

Early the next morning, Wan Yan went straight to Shuangfeng Hall.

As soon as he entered the bookstore, Wan Yan saw shopkeeper Chen sitting there with a sad face, as if someone owed him a hundred taels of silver.

Wan Yan had bad intentions, but now the arrow was on the string and he had to shoot it. Even if he had to bite the bullet, he had to shoot it.

He took a deep breath, took a few steps forward and smiled at Shopkeeper Chen, cupping his hands and saying, "Shopkeeper Chen, I'm sorry to bother you."

Chen An was already unhappy, but when he saw Wan Yan's playful smile, he became extremely angry.

"I'm telling you, young official, if you have this free time, you might as well study a few more times. Wouldn't it be a good idea to make a special trip to see my jokes?"

Wan Yan secretly thought of bad luck, but forced a smile on his face and said: "What did Shopkeeper Chen say? How can Xiaosheng have that free time? You are afraid that noble people forget things. Xiaosheng told you a few days ago It’s settled, I have a book manuscript that I want to consign with you.”

Chen An then remembered, but he shook his head and sighed: "It's too late, it's too late."

Wan Yan was annoyed in his heart and thought, can you say everything at once? It's so suffocating to say every word like this.

But he had something to ask for, so he could only continue to say with a smile: "Shopkeeper Chen, is there any difficulty? You might as well tell me, and the young man can help you with the details."

Chen An didn't have any hope for Wan Yan, a young man like him, but he sighed and said: "That's all, since the matter is at this point, I'm not afraid of one more person watching the joke."

"Young officials should know that Ningzhou City is extremely prosperous inside and outside, and every inch of it is worth every penny. I rent this shop, and the owner of this shop came to ask for a rent increase the day before yesterday. This is a small business, and it is profitable. Bo, now there’s nothing more I can do. Hey, I’m thinking that I’ll pack up and go back to my hometown after the manuscripts in stock are sold out.”

Wan Yan thought to himself, what was going on? Wasn't it just that he couldn't pay the rent?

Fortunately, you met me, and I asked you to watch a "comeback from desperate situation" show.

"May I ask Shopkeeper Chen, when will your lease expire?"

"The end of this month."

Chen An said weakly.

"That's good."

Wan Yan was overjoyed and said, "There's still more than half a month left, and there's still enough time. The manuscript that Xiaosheng mentioned last time has to be troubled by shopkeeper Chen to help sell it on consignment for a while."

Chen An suddenly felt a surge of anger in his chest and said sarcastically: "Didn't the little official listen to what I said? I can't continue my business. Where can I find time to help the little official sell books? The little official should look elsewhere.

Bar."

Wan Yan thought to himself that you have really met a noble person. I, the young master, will not remember the faults of small people and will not care about them like you.

His father is the governor of Ningzhou. No one in Ningzhou City dares to deny his father's face. Raise the rent and drive people away? This is not a problem.

"Shopkeeper Chen, wait a minute. As long as you are willing to help Xiaosheng sell manuscripts on consignment, Xiaosheng can guarantee that you will make a lot of money within half a month. Not to mention paying the rent, it is not impossible to buy this shop."

Chen An wanted to laugh when he heard this young man boasting about Haikou, and asked instinctively: "How can a small official be a guarantee?"

Wan Yan said leisurely: "Whether you believe it or not depends on Shopkeeper Chen. But if Xiaosheng is Shopkeeper Chen, he will always give it a try. If it is worse, can it be worse than now?"

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I have to say that what Wan Yan said was on point. Chen An thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I will trust this little official for once. Where is the manuscript? Please give it to me for printing."

Movable type printing has become very popular in the Zhou Dynasty. Except for those fixed formats of the Four Books and Five Classics, engraving printing is rarely used in bookshops. Even so, printing takes time. Shopkeeper Chen means to hurry up and get Wan Yan out sooner rather than later.
Chapter completed!