Soon, there was movement in Xuanhe Manor, and a moment later, a man dressed as a servant opened the door and revealed half of his body.
"I'm Li Mo of Moran Bookstore, please see Boss Liu Pingliu!"
Li Mo arched his hand.
He had been dealing with the shopkeeper of Xuanyang Paper Shop before, and Liu Ping, the boss behind the scenes, had never met him. He didn’t know if the people from Xuanhe Village would be in trouble. After all... Moran Bookstore only belonged to Xuanyang Paper Shop.
A small customer, Yunyi Bookstore is a big customer.
"Are you Li Mo, Li Langjun? Please wait a moment!"
To Li Mo's surprise, the servant was not embarrassed when he heard Li Mo's name. Instead, he politely replied and then went to the inner palace.
Not long after, the door of the mansion opened again, and in front of Li Mo, in addition to the servant just now, there was an old man in his sixties.
This man was dressed in splendid clothes, had a thin figure, and had a three-inch beard that looked like a scholar. He didn't look like a wealthy boss at all.
"I didn't know that Li Langjun was coming, so I failed to welcome him from a distance. I'm guilty of this!"
Before Li Mo could say anything, the old man took the lead and bowed his hands, which was quite polite.
He is none other than Liu Ping, the owner of Xuanyang Paper Mill.
"Boss Liu, you're welcome!"
After coming back to his senses, Li Mo also returned the gift.
"Sir, please!"
Liu Ping nodded slightly and made a gesture of invitation.
"please!"
After entering Xuanhe Village, Li Mo couldn't help but sigh again. He saw that the pavilions and pavilions in Xuanhe Village were connected one after another, the corridors were winding, and there was a large lake in the distance, which had the charm of a Jiangnan garden.
.
The boss who can own such a manor is definitely rich, but this person has clearly never seen me, why should he be so polite?
Logically speaking, he is the president of a down-and-out book club who would never look at him seriously.
"Li Langjun is wondering why I am so polite?"
While walking, Liu Ping smiled slightly and said, seemingly seeing through Li Mo's thoughts.
"I'm a little confused. After all, Moran Publishing House is not a big customer of Xuanyang Paper Factory."
Having seen through his thoughts, Li Mo told the truth.
I met Liu Ping for the first time, but this person gave me a very different impression, so I might as well open the skylight and speak frankly.
"Haha, Lang Jun is so grand, I can't hide it... Ever since I read the copy of Lang Jun's "Journey to the West", I have become addicted to it and can't extricate myself!"
Liu Ping smiled.
"Oh? Boss Liu has read the copy of Journey to the West?"
Li Mo was very surprised. This was something he didn't expect.
"To tell you the truth, Lang Jun, since Lang Jun started teaching, a clerk has informed me about this matter. After all, the business of the paper mill relies mostly on the popularity of the manuscripts. Later... Lang Jun moved to Yibo Building and published the manuscripts.
, I asked my slave to buy one privately."
Liu Ping nodded.
Although he has lived in the manor outside the city for a long time and does not appear in public, he is very clear about the affairs of the book club in the city.
"So that's what it is."
While they were talking, the two of them had already walked into the lobby.
After Liu Ping ordered the two maids in the lobby to serve tea quickly, he turned around and said, "Lang Jun came here just for the white linen paper?"
"Yes and no!"
Li Mo shook his head slightly.
"Oh?" A trace of surprise flashed in Liu Ping's eyes.
In his opinion, "Journey to the West" is extremely exciting, and Li Mo must have wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get more manuscripts and make a lot of money.
At the level of Journey to the West's Legend of Shi'e... it sold far more than the Legend of Liu Yi. Therefore, he had already asked his clerk in the city to temporarily bring in a large amount of white linen paper from outside and wait for Li Mo to come to his door.
But I didn't expect that Li Mo didn't just come to buy paper this time, which was really a bit surprising.
"Actually, when I come to visit Boss Liu next time, in addition to buying white linen paper, I also want to negotiate a big deal with Boss Liu."
Li Mo said again.
That's right, he didn't just come here to buy paper, but wanted to make a big deal, thereby monopolizing the entire Dongdu paper market and leaving Na Yunyi Bookstore without paper. The bullying he suffered before cannot be ignored.
"Big business? Li Langjun, please come and talk about it!"
Liu Ping looked startled.
If Li Mo didn't write Journey to the West, he might just think that Li Mo was talking big words. What kind of big business can a writer have? But now... he doesn't think so, just because Li Mo's face says
Full of seriousness.
"I wonder what Boss Liu thinks of Journey to the West: Shie Era?"
Li Mo paused and did not reply directly to Liu Ping.
"Lang Jun's masterpieces are wonderful, and I can't deny the truth... This manuscript is the most wonderful legendary story I have ever read in my life."
Liu Ping told the truth.
Otherwise, he would not have been so addicted to it that he could not extricate himself. He even had the urge to go to Yibo Tower to listen to books.
"How does it compare to Liu Yichuan?"
Li Mo said again.
"The Legend of Liu Yi cannot be compared with Lang Jun's Legend of Journey to the West. One is underground and the other is in heaven."
Liu Ping did not hesitate, nodded seriously, and gave a very high evaluation without hesitation.
"So, Boss Liu, what do you think the sales will be if I write the complete version of Journey to the West?"
At this time, the two maids had already made tea and placed it in front of them.
"If Lang Jun has enough people, even if he sells thousands of manuscripts every day, it will be more than enough. Unfortunately, Lang Jun doesn't have many people..."
Liu Ping said with some regret.
In his opinion, once the complete version of Journey to the West is released, even if it costs just one tael of silver, it will be snapped up.
"That's why I came to see Boss Liu today for this very reason! I have a secret technique that can make a large number of manuscripts into volumes in a short period of time. By then... it will not only satisfy the needs of scholars and scholars in Dongdu, but also
It can be supplied as far away as Yangzhou and the capital of the West."
Li Mo picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Yes, the secret technique Li Mo mentioned was movable type printing that had not yet appeared in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, he had considered engraving printing before, but it had too many restrictions. The engraving of a Journey to the West Shie could only
It can print "Journey to the West", but movable type printing does not have this limitation.
At present, as long as the paper can be negotiated, what is a Journey to the West?
Water Margin, Liaozhai, etc. can be published in large quantities.
Of course, Li Mo also had papermaking in his mind, but the papermaking technology in the Tang Dynasty was already very developed and rice paper had taken shape, so it was not within the scope of Li Mo's consideration.
Unless one day no one supplies paper to the book club.
"What? Lang Jun actually has such a secret skill in his hand?"
It was okay if he didn't listen, but when he heard it, Liu Ping suddenly stood up with a gleam in his eyes.
Others don't know, but he knows how big the business opportunities are.
Once The Legend of Journey to the West can be supplied to Western Capital, Yangzhou and other places, the demand for white linen paper will be huge and it will definitely be a big business.
"so....."
Li Mo paused.
"Don't worry, sir. If your husband is in need, I will do my best to provide him with paper."
Liu Ping said hurriedly.
"But... I have a small request. If Boss Liu can agree, Boss Liu will supply all the paper for our Moran Bookstore in the future."