The popularity of the Dime Book Series quickly attracted the attention of a large number of people.
Several people in dormitory 203 knew that Li Jie had initiated this project. They were not optimistic about this project at first. The teaching aids on the market were generally priced at more than one yuan or ten cents, which was too low.
When they learned the selling price, they even wondered if Lao Wu was doing charity.
Yang Jianhua was also not optimistic about this project. He had even advised Li Jie that it would be better to set the price higher.
Among Li Jie's relatives and friends, only Guan Xiaoguan is optimistic about this project. The reason why she is optimistic about this project is not because of the project itself, but because she is optimistic about Li Jie as a person.
As the Dime Book series became popular all over the country, they also learned about this news one after another. In the past few days, they contacted Li Jie one after another to ask him whether he had lost money, and if so, how much he had lost.
Song Zhenguo, who was more impatient, even directly suggested that these books should not be produced anymore, otherwise the more they sold, the more they would lose.
Even if you have money, you can't spend it like this.
Faced with everyone's concern, Li Jie simply called everyone together and explained something to them while eating, so as to avoid them having to explain one by one.
Because the things discussed were too scary, the meeting place was held at Mr. Guan’s home.
Mr. Guan has a big heart and spent tens of thousands of dollars on his hands in the early years. This small amount of money will not scare him.
If it were left in the Han family and Han's mother found out about it, I'm afraid she would not only not be happy, but would also be frightened.
If you earn more than ten or two hundred thousand a month, wouldn't you be a capitalist that everyone calls out?
One weekend in May, while everyone was resting, Li Jie called them to the Han family courtyard to get together.
On this day, he rushed to the Dongdan vegetable market early in the morning and bought a lot of chicken, duck, fish, beef and mutton. Counting Yang Jianhua, there were nine people in total. Except for the old man and Guan Xiaoguan, everyone else
I am a big-bellied man, so if I don’t buy more ingredients, I won’t be able to eat enough.
Since there were too many people, Li Jie was too lazy to cook vegetables one by one. He might as well get two copper pots and have a meal of meat-shabu-shabu, which was simple and convenient, so as not to let them know about his craftsmanship and then rely on him.
Hot pot is one of the simplest cooking methods. As long as the pot base and dipping sauce taste good, it has almost no requirements on the chef. The kitchen only needs a few vegetable chopping chefs.
(This is also why celebrities like to get together to open hot pot restaurants. There is no need for a master chef, which means low labor costs, low investment, and quick returns. A hot pot restaurant with a good business can basically recover its capital in one year, and the rest is pure profit.
To make a quick buck and leave, a celebrity opens a hotpot restaurant and relies on the spending power of fans to maintain it for two or three years. It is not a big problem. After one year, it will be a pure profit.)
The soup base of old Beijing hot pot is clear soup. All you need to do is add a pot of stock. Li Jie started cooking the soup last night. After a night of slow simmering on low heat, the soup base is finished.
Dun, dun, dun!
In the small courtyard, Mr. Guan was lying on a rocking chair, listening to the dull sound of chopping vegetables coming from the kitchen, smiling as he listened to his granddaughter telling her about the interesting things that happened in the small courtyard.
The old man laughed out loud from time to time, and his mouth basically never closed.
Ever since Guan Xiaoguan decided to go to college, his granddaughter has spent more and more time at home day by day. Although she spends most of her time studying, she is very happy as long as she sees her children around her.
The old man was very satisfied with days like this, and all these changes were brought about by that boy from Chunming.
"Grandpa, I'm about to graduate. I don't want to work in a machine factory. I plan to help Brother Chunming. Do you agree?"
"Agree, agree!"
The old man agreed to his granddaughter's request with a smile. He is already over seventy this year and has experienced the late Qing Dynasty, Beiyang, the Republic of China, the Central Plains, China, reform and opening up, and has seen all the ups and downs.
The country is undergoing great changes recently. The official has made it clear that economic construction is the centerpiece. Economic development is definitely inseparable from money. In the future, the social status of wealthy people will definitely improve.
What Chunming is doing now is not recognized by the public, but ten years from now, looking back, that won’t necessarily be the case.
Therefore, he was totally willing to have his granddaughter do things with Chunming, not to mention that he had other ideas in his mind.
Thinking of this, the old man showed an elusive smile.
"By the way, little lazy cat, grandpa wants to ask you something, and you have to tell me honestly."
"What?"
The old man laughed dryly and whispered: "What do you think of this boy Chunming?"
Guan Xiaoguan was always a very smart person, and with the influence of four years of university, how could she not understand the implication of her grandfather's words? After four years of getting along, Li Jie's figure had already quietly entered her heart.
Although she has always been a person who dares to love and hate, on this matter, for some reason, she has been coy and unable to speak out whenever the words come to her lips.
Looking at his shy granddaughter, the old man already knew the answer without answering.
'Perhaps it's time to find time to talk to Chunming.'
"Okay, you don't need to say anything. Grandpa knows, I know."
"grandfather!"
After his thoughts were exposed, Guan Xiaoguan couldn't help but let out a coquettish shout, and then started to act coquettishly.
Not long after, there was another burst of laughter and laughter in the small courtyard.
Li Jie resumed his training in this dungeon. Although he didn't achieve anything famous, his ears were not weak, and the conversation between the grandfather and grandson in the courtyard was vaguely transmitted to his ears.
Even a vague guess can probably restore the content of the conversation.
He is not stupid. How could he not understand Guan Xiaoguan's thoughts? He just doesn't want to settle down so quickly.
This girl is actually a very simple person at heart. She still has a long way to go in the future. She should walk more and see more. It is not too late to make a decision after the other person truly understands her inner feelings.
Dun, dun, dun!
There was another dull sound of chopping vegetables in the kitchen.
It didn't take long for the guests to arrive at the Han family courtyard one after another. The first one to arrive was Yang Jianhua. He had often gone to school to see Li Jie over the years, so it was natural for him to recognize Guan Xiaoguan.
"Old man, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you in good health? Some time ago, the company issued a batch of coupons and brought you two bottles of wine."
Yang Jianhua raised the Maotai in his hand and waved it. He knew the old man's preferences and would definitely not come to the door empty-handed.
After saying hello to the old man, he praised Guan Xiaoguan again with a smile.
"Xiaoguan, I haven't seen you for a while, and you've become beautiful again."
Guan Xiaoguan gave him a look and took the two bottles of Maotai from his hand.
"Thank you."
A roll of the eyes is a roll of the eyes, a thank you is a thank you.
"What's the relationship between me and Chunming? Don't be polite. His grandfather is my grandfather."
Yang Jianhua laughed evilly, walked narrowly, and then deliberately looked around.
"Where's Chunming?"
Guan Xiaoguan gave him a look. This guy was obviously asking questions knowingly. How could he not hear such a loud chopping sound? He was not deaf.
However, she still sounded very satisfied with her grandfather's argument.
Forget it, just bypass him.
Guan Xiaoguan stretched out her slender fingers and pointed to the kitchen next to her.
"I'm chopping vegetables inside."
Yang Jianhua smiled and nodded, and shouted to the kitchen carelessly: "Chunming, what delicious food have you prepared for us?"
Entering the kitchen, Yang Jianhua saw the ingredients on the table and cut them.
"Are you going to entertain us with this?"
Li Jie glanced at him sideways, his hands kept moving, and pieces of mutton as thin as cicada wings appeared quickly on the chopping board.
“Eat it if you like it!”
Yang Jianhua didn't pay attention when he first walked in. When he took a closer look, he suddenly found that the meat slices on the plate were as thin as paper and crystal clear. The knife skills were no less than those of the masters in Donglai Shunli.
This discovery surprised him again and again.
"Good boy! Do you still have this skill?"
Li Jie didn't even raise his head, he was really too lazy to pay attention to this guy's inexperienced appearance.
Yang Jianhua smiled, suppressed the smile on his face, and asked seriously.
"Chunming, tell me the truth. Did your dime book series make any money? If so, how much did it make?"
Hearing this, Li Jie put down the knife in his hand and looked up at him.
"Is this what your old man asked you to ask?"
"yes?"
Yang Jianhua nodded in surprise, replied subconsciously, then came back to his senses and said doubtfully.
"How did you guess that?"
Li Jie smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this? I asked you for help when I first published the book. You must have used your old man's connections. Now that there is such a big commotion, it would be abnormal for your old man not to ask.
Bar?"
In fact, he was well prepared to face these questions. Just as he said, the sales of the dime series skyrocketed, and it was not surprising that it attracted the attention of the authorities.
With the official power, trying to find out the details and calculate the profits is as simple as eating and drinking.
"Then did you make a profit or a loss?"
"I've made a profit. I've made about 300,000 yuan so far."
"What??"
When he heard this figure, even though Yang Jianhua was prepared (in his eyes, Li Jie would definitely not engage in loss-making business), he couldn't help but be surprised.
"Three hundred thousand?"
Li Jieyun replied calmly: "Yes, more than three hundred thousand."
Yang Jiancheng clasped his hands and paced back and forth in the kitchen, muttering in his mouth.
"Three hundred thousand!"
"Three hundred thousand!"
The environment in which he grew up gave him a political sensitivity that his peers did not possess.
A dime-priced book made 300,000 yuan in less than three months.
When he learned this number, his first reaction was that something was bad.
This profit is too high!
Terrifyingly high!
There is absolutely no way this matter can be hidden from above!
'no!'
'We must make amends immediately!'
Yang Jianhua lowered his head and thought for a long time before raising his head and said with an extremely serious expression.
"Chunming, this business can't be done, it must be stopped immediately!"
"I won't eat anymore. I have to go back quickly and let the old man think of a solution."
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Yang Jianhua's worries were not unreasonable. When he met with Li Jie, on the other side, in a conference room, a group of think tank experts were having a heated discussion about this matter.