Volume Four: Blue Butterfly Chapter 198: Getting Added to Editing
In this part of the world, most of the people who write novels are from rich and noble families, and the young men and ladies from official families will come to support them.
Ordinary people, if they have that much money, might as well buy some kerosene so that they can light more lights at night.
Of course, these are just general situations. Some families with a slight income surplus will buy books and read them.
Hang Tianyi felt that this girl Liu Ruoxi was really good. At this time, he had a little more expectation for Tianxi Bookstore.
"Big pot, what do you think of the location we chose?" Liu Ruoxi's bright big eyes were filled with the words "please praise me, please praise me."
In this world, there is no Internet, so location selection is of course important, especially at the beginning. This is a place where young gentlemen often hang out, so it is naturally excellent.
"It's very good, but the business of this cloth shop is also very good. It is probably better than the bookstore I want to build. Will my adoptive father agree and let you work hard?" Hang Tianyi said.
"Humph, Cauldron...what are you talking about? What am I trying to do? I want to contribute to our Liu family and do something. Besides, my father has already agreed!" Liu Ruoxi said.
This girl's ability to act coquettishly is beyond question, and it's probably because of this that Liu Hongzhi couldn't stand being pushed around.
However, Liu Hongzhi has not been at home these days. It seems that he was convinced by this girl when he went out.
It seems that Liu Ruoxi's decision to build a bookstore was not a whim, but a long-planned plan.
Ahem, the idiom is wrong, but Hang Tianyi thinks it is very appropriate. This was really planned for a long time.
"So, according to your temper, the books have already started to be printed, right?" Hang Tianyi said.
Liu Ruoxi clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Yes, it seems that Big Pot understands me!"
"What are you printing? Could it be Confucian classics, Buddhist works? Or Taoist canon?" Hang Tianyi came up with some casually. Does this girl really want to make a novel instead of being more serious?
"I have already decided which ones I am not interested in. I will print a thousand copies of "The Romance of the West Chamber" and eight hundred copies of "The Peony Pavilion". These are all complete stories, as well as the "Dream of Red Mansions" you mentioned. Let's start with that one.
No move!" Liu Ruoxi said.
Hang Tianyi couldn't help but be stunned. Is this...really copying a book? If he was in the same era as the author in his previous life, it would have violated his copyright.
But think about it, these good books have been copied countless times in previous lives. Who would care about the copyright of the authors hundreds of years ago?
Thinking of this, Hang Tianyi sighed secretly!
"Do you plan to publish these in a book?" Hang Tianyi asked.
"Yes, I think books like this will definitely be popular!" Liu Ruoxi believed in her own vision and judgment.
Hang Tianyi secretly lamented that in this way, he and the characters in the time-travel novels he read in his previous life seemed to have the same virtue.
But just copy it, no one knows about it, well, even if they do know, there is no copyright issue with these books.
Ahem, in this world, there is no concept of copyright yet.
"Okay, you've decided, then let's take care of this bookstore and let the big pot satisfy the addiction of ordinary editors. It's pretty good!" Hang Tianyi said.
Liu Ruoxi couldn't help but be stunned: "What is an editor?"
Hang Tianyi came up with another over-the-top vocabulary, and he coughed dryly: "Editing means modifying, processing, etc. the book, which means grasping the main direction of the book!"
This explanation is extremely traditional. The editors of online novels seem to be missing a lot of these tasks. They are doing more. The most troublesome thing for authors is the recommendation section.
There are many authors who constantly refresh data in order to get recommendations. It is no exaggeration to say that editors control half of the lives of online novel authors.
Of course, this kind of law is only limited to unknown authors. For those who are famous, editors hope that they can all gather under their banner.
In this way, there is actually no use for Hang Tianyi to be an editor. After all, the published books were produced by himself and Liu Ruoxi, and there is no recommendation.
However, is it possible to recruit some authors, something like setting up a website?
After thinking about it, Hang Tianyi shook his head. This was a bit troublesome. After all, he was the head catcher of Kyoto Prefecture and had a lot of big and small things to do.
"So that's what it is. I originally asked the big pot to do this. Okay, you will be the editor!" Liu Ruoxi had no interest in all this mess.
Hang Tianyi originally wanted to become addicted to editing, but in this case, it seems that there is nothing to enjoy.
Forget it, according to Liu Ruoxi's current plan, this bookstore has Hang Tianyi as the shareholder and Liu Ruoxi as the founder. Strictly speaking, this bookstore is Hang Tianyi's first venture in this world.
In addition, regardless of success or failure, this is considered to be doing Liu Ruoxi a favor. How can my family care about so many gains and losses?
"You called me here today, and you should have brought the books, right?" Hang Tianyi said.
Liu Ruoxi smiled and said, "The big pot still understands me!"
The people inside the cloth shop looked helpless when they saw Liu Ruoxi. This good cloth shop opened here and made a lot of profits every year. They really couldn't understand why Liu Hongzhi actually agreed to change the cloth shop into
The bookstore.
No matter what, Liu Hongzhi is still the one who calls the shots for the Liu family. As servants, of course they can't say anything.
Fortunately, the cloth shop here was demolished and a new one was opened. In this way, my job was saved, so I had nothing to complain about.
Seeing these people moving the cloth out, what Hang Tianyi saw was the helplessness of these people. Obviously they were not optimistic about the so-called bookstore.
Hang Tianyi can't say anything about these, and no one can predict what will happen in the future.
After finishing the cloth, the next step is to move in the books.
One thousand eight hundred books, all of which published "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Peony Pavilion", with some revisions made by Liu Ruoxi.
For some reason, Hang Tianyi felt a little uncomfortable when he saw these books.
It's just that these books were not written by myself, but copied from predecessors and sold for money. This is really unethical.
No matter, let alone this world without the concept of copyright, even in the previous life, there weren't a lot of pirated copies?
People's skin, sometimes, really needs to be thicker!
After placing all the books neatly and calling the waiter who had been arranged long ago, Liu Ruoxi came to Hang Tianyi's side after giving instructions.
Not to mention, the little girl is very presentable, she really looks like she is in business.
"Daguo, when do you think we can get our money back?" Liu Ruoxi asked. Although he was confident, he really couldn't say for sure about the market. Obviously, he didn't know what he was doing.
Hang Tianyi smiled and said, "What do you think?"
"I think it will take a month or two anyway!" Liu Ruoxi felt guilty for a while. Although the cost of these books was not large, after all the expenses were calculated, it was almost two hundred taels of silver.