When Dai Zhou returned to Tai Chi Palace with the Yellow Pages, Li Shimin saw him.
When Li Shimin saw him coming, he asked directly.
"What's wrong? Have you found the board I want? It seems that you are looking for this board very quickly. You were still saying it was difficult in the morning, but now it doesn't seem difficult at all!"
As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, Dai Zhou quickly said: "Your Majesty, no, not found."
As soon as these words came out, people were unhappy.
Why did you come back if I didn't find you?
So, Li Shimin asked: "Then what are you doing back? Why don't you go find it quickly!"
Didn't you take his words seriously?
This wearing a jacket is too much.
But Dai Zhou said: "Your Majesty, I have something here. Please take a look."
"What is it? Instead of looking for the board, why don't you show me this thing? Don't look at it!"
Li Shimin came out as soon as he thought about it.
No matter what, let Dai Zhou go find the boards instead of spending time on such meaningless things.
What is more important than your own Tai Chi Palace?
But Dai Zhou still handed the Yellow Pages book to Li Shimin. At this time, Li Shimin was frowning, looking at the Yellow Pages in a daze.
"What is this? Why are you showing me this?"
How long will it take for you to read such a thick book?
And he opened it casually and saw that it was so densely packed with numbers and some words that he couldn't even tell what they were.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what you want is in this Yellow Pages."
At this time Li Shimin was very puzzled.
"I want boards, not books. How many times do you want me to say this?"
"But Your Majesty, how would you know if you don't take a look?"
"Okay then. Just show me."
Dai Zhou then put down the Yellow Pages, which were very thick.
"What kind of Yellow Pages or Blue Pages are you talking about?"
Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, this is called the Yellow Pages!"
"what does that mean."
"It's probably a collection of some kind of information. This is what Wei Zheng said, and I don't quite understand it."
"Really? I don't see anything different."
"Your Majesty, look again!"
"Forget it, I can't see why!" Li Shimin said again.
"Your Majesty...this is very important!" Dai Zhou said anxiously.
How could Li Shimin not know this was important?
"But I can't see why. You can do it!"
"yes!"
But as soon as Dai Zhou opened the book, he was confused for a while.
Dai Zhou thought for a while and said: "Boards are building materials, so I looked for them among the building materials."
So he opened the catalog and looked for his building materials, and found more detailed classifications in the building materials.
Things like glass curtain walls, aluminum-plastic panels, etc.
That category can be said to be perfect, and finally he found a category page called plates.
Li Shimin frowned and watched Dai Zhou operating there. After a while, Dai Zhou opened the yellow pages.
He spread the book in front of Li Shimin and said to Li Shimin: "Look, Your Majesty. Is there the kind of dragon and phoenix you want in this? If so, please point it out! There is something in this
Then give the manufacturers’ phone numbers and addresses, and we can go visit those manufacturers.”
Li Shimin took it and took a look, and then he understood what was going on.
So, he began to search carefully.
After searching for about five or six minutes.
As luck would have it, he found the board he wanted after flipping through a few pages.
So he pointed to an advertisement in the book and said: "That's him! That's him. What I want is his kind of board!"
Just looking in the direction of his finger, I saw the presence of the board on the book.
Dai Zhou was shocked, it was really amazing.
Whoever came up with this method must be a genius.
Is this what makes Li Min special?
I really didn’t expect that Li Min could understand so much.
This made Dai Zhou admire him to the point of admiration.
"This is simply an encyclopedia!"
Li Shimin said in shock.
Then he added: "I have seen encyclopedias in the library before, and now it seems that this encyclopedia can also do this. Is there anything that Shengteng Group cannot make?"
Li Shimin's feelings about Shengtang Group don't stop there.
Dai Zhou then said: "Yes, Your Majesty, when I went to find them earlier, Wei Zheng strongly requested this thing. So I immediately took it to the palace to show you, and I don't know what Your Majesty said.
What is a plate? Your Majesty can’t draw it! So I have to use this yellow page method to show it to you! Fortunately, this method is correct."
Li Shimin agreed very much with Dai Zhou's statement.
So, I said with absolute certainty: "That's right, that's right. What you said is right, what you did is right. You did a really good job in this matter."
Li Shimin looked at some advertising directories in the Yellow Pages.
The more he looked at it, the happier he became.
Because he liked some of the building materials in the yellow pages very much, and there were also different styles of advertising materials from the same manufacturer.
Li Shimin couldn't put it down.
Then he found a dozen more advertising materials and said to Dai Zhou.
"You need to negotiate on these things. As for the quantity, just look at the quantity required when renovating Tai Chi Palace. Then make a decision!"
The problem came to Dai Zhou again.
therefore.
Dai Zhou immediately said: "But! Your Majesty! There are so many things. What is our budget? How can we do it without a budget minister!?"
Li Shimin didn't take it seriously.
He said: "You can get it cheap. Then get it cheap. The cheaper the better."
How does Li Shimin know how much it will cost?
Dai Zhou had no choice but to agree to Li Shimin's wishes.
"Then I understand, Your Majesty. That Chen will go to the Shengtang Group now. No...that Chen will go to the building materials market to find these manufacturers to quote a price now."
"Go ahead! This needs to happen quickly."
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
When Dai Zhou was about to leave with the Yellow Pages, he was stopped by Li Shimin again.
"Wait! Leave that yellow page for me."
"Ah? Your Majesty..."
"Just copy down the phone number and so on."
"But there is no pattern, how can I find it?"
This is indeed the case. There is no pattern, so how can Dai Zhou find it?
Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "Then you just tear off those pages, and we'll stick them back together later!"
"Yes! Your Majesty! That minister will set off now."
Just as Dai Zhou was about to leave after tearing up the yellow pages, Li Shimin stopped him again.
"Wait, wait a moment!"
"Your Majesty, what else do you want?"
At this time, Dai Zhou was very angry.
Can’t Li Shimin finish what he said at once?
Li Shimin asked again: "I would like to ask, how much do they sell these yellow pages for?"
In Li Shimin's view, it is impossible for Shengtang Group to suffer losses, and it is impossible for them to advertise for these people for free.
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, one copy costs ten taels of silver!"
"Ten taels of silver? That's not expensive at all."
"Yes! I think it is not expensive, but for some ordinary people it is a bit expensive. But for some manufacturers who want to cooperate, it is relatively cheap."
Li Shimin also fully agreed with Dai Zhou's explanation.
"Yes, yes, these ten taels of silver may allow the manufacturer to earn a hundred times or a thousand times the amount due to some of the advertisements above! This kid has a very good mind.
So what if the court wants to advertise on it? How will it be charged?"
Li Shimin is already very interested in this Yellow Pages.
Dai Zhou quickly said: "I probably asked about a small advertising space, which may cost several thousand taels of silver."
"A few thousand taels of silver? This guy is really good at collecting money."
"Yes, Your Majesty, and it's only for one year!"
"What! One year? Not forever?"
Li Shimin thought it was permanent.
"No, if you buy it this year but not next year, they won't publish it for us."
"For a few thousand taels of silver a year, just buying a small advertising space may seem like a loss, but it's actually a profit. Li Shimin also knows this.
But generally the people who do advertising are very wealthy and don't care about the few thousand taels. It is possible that these few thousand taels can bring him a lot of income. The income of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels is possible.
"Do you know why he has to pay it once a year? Is it because they make money? Don't they make enough?"
Li Shimin asked again.
Dai Zhou quickly said: "No, it is said to be so that the information can be updated in a timely manner, that's why it is like this."
"I see!"
Li Shimin probably understood. It turned out to be like this.
"Now they are also working on a Yellow Pages registration method through the Internet!"
"What? There are also yellow pages like this?"
"Yes, Your Majesty! There is this kind of Yellow Pages! And it has the same function as the current Yellow Pages, and it can be searched faster. It can even know what we are looking for just by entering some key words. And it is above
Thousands of information!”
Li Shimin was tempted.
Is there really such a thing in this world?
If it really existed, that would be great.
"Then did he say how much it charges?"
Li Shimin was completely moved.
So I ask this.
"I haven't mentioned this yet, but as far as I know, the charge for this thing may not be cheap. And it is charged on a daily basis. It may be ten taels of silver or twenty taels of silver a day. It may also be hundreds of taels of silver. It may be based on
Isn’t it charged based on the size of the advertising space?”
The more Dai Zhou talked about it, the more trouble he got. This made Li Shimin laugh, because he knew that this was Li Min's urine. Li Min must have sensed a business opportunity, so he would change his approach and continue to charge fees.
In fact, if it didn’t charge like this, how could Shengtang Group survive?
While creating convenience for the people, he also needs to have money himself! How can he do these things if he doesn't have money?
So it’s really not the fault of Li Min and the others that they only care about money, but it really requires a lot of money to maintain.
Just maintaining a website requires a lot of money.
Just some small advertisements may require professional designers to produce them.
Documentation support is also needed.
All of these require money to maintain a website and servers, which consume a huge amount of electricity every day. The capital invested every moment is extremely high.
It's not like Li Shimin and others saw it, but just displayed some text on the phone, so they dared to charge so much money.
In fact, it is not the case. The hard work behind Shengtang Group is extremely huge.
Only Li Min and the others can understand the sadness in this.
"Okay, hurry up and collect these materials for these advertisements. By the way, you can learn more about what kind of web pages and how much they charge?" Li Shimin said.
Dai Zhou asked one more question.
"Your Majesty also wants to place ads? What kind of ads are you going to place?"
Since Dai Zhou asked.
Then Li Shimin said directly: "I think this palace should start a second business. Many soldiers have nothing to do, so they should be busy and create more value."
In the past, in the cold weapon age, victory was generally based on the number of soldiers!
Now Li Min has been dragged into the era of hot weapons.
Therefore, there was no obvious need for military strength, and the court could not keep these retired soldiers forever, so Li Shimin wanted to find a way out for them.
As for them, they are now some machinery manufacturing factories, etc., which are in great need of people, and once these things are produced, there must be a market, right?
If you can get a place in the so-called Yellow Pages, then I believe sales will be no problem.
Regarding Dai Zhou's question, Li Shimin didn't say much, he just said that it is necessary and you can just do it.
So Dai Zhou could only obey Li Shimin's wishes.
To handle the matters assigned to him, of course, he would also go to Shengtang Group to ask about the fees.
…
Soon, all the plates and some materials that Li Shimin needed were purchased. This speed was something that was unimaginable before.
In the past, he might have had to travel all over the city to collect these materials, but Dai Zhou purchased all the materials in just one afternoon, but the money spent was a bit too much.
But Li Shimin doesn’t care!
Now the court still has a lot of money to spend.
If you can advertise on the web, then Chaotian's income will also increase. These soldiers are very powerful. They can create more value.
Is this what Li Shimin has in mind?
And he is also working hard in this aspect.
When Dai Zhou came back, Li Shimin asked Dai Zhou again if he had asked about the yellow pages.
Dai Zhou's reply was, no.
It is still under planning, so the final result cannot be obtained yet.
But Li Shimin was not in a hurry.
At present, mechanical things can be produced.
As for advertising, we will just do it slowly in the future.
But it’s not about doing it now.
Finally, he asked Dai Zhou to ask questions when he had time, and kept asking until the results came out.
However, Wei Zheng also told them not to worry and said that if there were results, he would tell them.
Finally, Li Shimin felt at ease.
It is said that these materials were quickly put on the roof of Tai Chi Palace, as well as inside.
These things only took three days.
The entire Tai Chi Palace has a completely new look.