Chapter Eighteen, The Wood Workshop
Zhang Mingxuan opened his eyes and glanced out the window. It was dawn! It was dawn? Zhang Mingxuan opened his eyes suddenly and got up late again.
He quickly put on his clothes, took the manuscript, and trotted open the door and ran out. Zhang Mingxuan ran to the bookstore, looking confused, and didn't open the door! Sister Qingya didn't get up? It shouldn't be!
Zhang Mingxuan put the manuscript behind the counter with confusion and walked back. He walked to the hall through the path and saw Qingya sitting in the hall holding a book that he couldn't even understand even his name and savoring it.
Zhang Mingxuan smiled and said, "Sister Qingya, it's so early!"
Li Qingya lowered her book and showed her beautiful face. Zhan Yan smiled and said, "It's not too late now."
Zhang Mingxuan said embarrassedly: "I wrote the book very late yesterday."
Li Qingya nodded to show her understanding.
Zhang Mingxuan asked in confusion: "Sister Qingya, why hasn't the bookstore opened yet?"
"Well! I am a woman, it's not good to show up in public to run a business. This is why I left you behind. From now on, you will be in charge of the bookstore."
Zhang Mingxuan said disappointedly: "Is that true?"
"What do you think?"
Zhang Mingxuan smiled and said, "I thought it was because I was handsome!"
Without waiting for Li Qingya to react, Zhang Mingxuan ran away.
Li Qingya was stunned at first, then her face turned red, and she didn't know if she was shy or angry.
Zhang Mingxuan washed up and happily went out with the manuscript.
Not long after, Zhang Mingxuan found the previous bookstore. This time, Zhang Mingxuan took a closer look and said, "Well, the name is good, with four words." Zhang Mingxuan nodded in appreciation and walked into the bookstore.
Boss Wu was still at the back of the counter, arranging the accounts. I don’t know where so many accounts came from. Is the business so good? Zhang Mingxuan thought sourly.
Hearing the footsteps, Manager Wu raised his head and saw Zhang Mingxuan. He immediately smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Young Master Zhang, you are here, you are in a bad way to welcome him!"
As he spoke, Boss Wu walked out of the counter.
Zhang Mingxuan also laughed and said, "Boss Wu still remembers me!"
"Of course! Of course! Mr. Zhang is so extraordinary and a person like a dragon and phoenix among people, he will impress the old man when he meets him!" Boss Wu said with a smile.
Zhang Mingxuan was originally proud, but the more he listened, the more he was, the more he was wrong. Why did he be so familiar with this? It seemed that he also said this when he fooled those scholars!
Zhang Mingxuan rolled his eyes and decided not to talk to him anymore. This old man is also a master.
Zhang Mingxuan handed over the manuscript in his hand and said with a smile: "Please help me print it."
Boss Wu paused, but took the manuscript and asked, "How many copies?"
Zhang Mingxuan smiled and said, "The first volume I printed last time requires another 100 copies, and this time the new one also requires 100 copies. The worst paper and the worst ink, as long as you don't delay reading."
Boss Wu took the manuscript, and when he heard Zhang Mingxuan's words, he was stunned and then smiled and said, "Young Master Zhang's request is really special!"
Zhang Mingxuan smiled bitterly and said, "There is no way, I'm poor!"
Zhang Mingxuan looked at Boss Wu expectantly and said, "Can this be cheaper?"
Boss Wu smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master Zhang, you will also give you the lowest price."
Zhang Mingxuan said with satisfaction: "That's good, don't worry, your orders will be indispensable in the future."
Boss Wu thought to himself: "A genius wants to make your order, and he has no money at all!"
Boss Wu still smiled in surprise and said, "Then it depends on Mr. Zhang to take care of him."
Zhang Mingxuan smiled and nodded and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say. How much does these two hundred copies cost?" He looked at Boss Wu with anticipation.
Boss Wu hesitated and said, "The template I printed last time is still there, and there is no need to re-engrave the film. Two hundred copies will be 1,500 documents."
Zhang Mingxuan raised two fingers and said, "Two stakes of money, and one hundred new books."
Boss Wu shook his head and said helplessly: "Yes!"
Now it was Zhang Mingxuan's turn to be embarrassed, so he stepped forward and patted Boss Wu on the shoulder and said, "Boss Wu is righteous. I, Zhang Mingxuan, are not a stingy person. You will be indispensable when I am prosperous."
Boss Wu smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for Mr. Zhang to support him."
But the casual perfunctory in his eyes meant that he did not believe Zhang Mingxuan's words.
Zhang Mingxuan patted his chest and promised: "It won't be long, wait!"
Boss Wu said to Zhang Mingxuan: "Young Master Zhang, take a walk around casually. I'll arrange the printing matter."
Zhang Mingxuan smiled and said, "Okay, don't worry about me."
Boss Wu hugged Zhang Mingxuan and turned around and left. Zhang Mingxuan smiled and walked around the bookstore. He removed the book and still did not recognize a single word. He shrugged helplessly and walked out of the bookstore.
Zhang Mingxuan walked around, yo! This is a paper mill?! The paper mill and the bookstore are located next to each other, and the boss has such an idea! The paper can be transported directly to the bookstore.
This is a woodworking workshop? Zhang Mingxuan found another woodworking workshop next to the paper mill, with the master shaving wood, and the wood chips flying. Zhang Mingxuan praised, can this wood chip be made directly? It’s great to integrate resources!
Zhang Mingxuan walked into the woodworking workshop, and immediately an old man in a gray cloth robe came over and said with a smile: "Young Master, do you need anything?"
Zhang Mingxuan's eyes flashed, as if he could really make something!
Zhang Mingxuan smiled and said, "Master, can we find a place to discuss it in detail?"
The master wearing gray cloth clothes smiled. This is a big business! He reached out and said, "My surname is Zhang, please come with me."
"Okay, Master Zhang!" Zhang Mingxuan followed Master Zhang through the planing area and walked all the way. He saw a huge production area behind him, including riveted, carved, shaped, polished, etc.
The two walked through the production area and came to a room. Master Zhang said, "Please sit down!"
Zhang Mingxuan nodded and sat on a chair next to a table.
Master Zhang picked up the teapot on the table and filled a cup of tea for Zhang Mingxuan, saying, "Please have tea!"
Zhang Mingxuan waved his hands repeatedly and said, "There is no need to drink tea."
Master Zhang smiled and sat opposite Zhang Mingxuan and said, "Young Master, don't know what you need? How many hundred pieces are needed?"
A few hundred pieces? That’s right. If the quantity is small, you can buy it on the market. The orders placed in the factory should be large, but a few hundred pieces are too many!
Zhang Mingxuan said embarrassedly: "It's just one thing, and I don't have money yet."
Master Zhang's smile froze, and said with a slight smile: "Young Master, are you kidding me!"
Zhang Mingxuan explained: "This is something I designed. It has not appeared on the market yet. If you helped me make this thing, that means you have another product!"
Master Zhang's eyes flashed twice and said, "What if this thing is not easy to sell!"
"Tsk! No matter how hard it is to sell, you have just lost some wood manpower. What's the big deal? And I can guarantee that it will be easy to sell."
Master Zhang smiled and said, "The deal is completed!"
Indeed, no matter how you look at it, they made a profit. As for whether it is easy to sell or not, it can be seen at a glance that it can be said that you have gained a big profit without any loss.
Chapter completed!