Before I knew it, more than two months had passed.
Today is the day when the ninth issue of the Mirror is on sale. In the past, Xiao Jing would sell out the newspapers as long as he sold them for a short period of time; today, he stood on the street for about two moments before selling a cart full of newspapers.
over.
It's not that the Mirror's appeal has declined or that fewer people are buying newspapers. The only reason why it takes so long is: the number of newspapers in Xiao Jing's hands has greatly increased!
Before, he could bring at most four hundred newspapers by himself; today, he sold two thousand copies alone, so what came with him today was a cart instead of a handcart.
All this is thanks to Old Man Zhang.
After receiving a large amount of funds from Xiao Jing, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the printing workshop. Regardless of his age, he ran around tirelessly every day and finally found a place between Changwo Town and Puhua Town.
A yard suitable for a workshop.
Seeing Old Man Zhang working so hard for his own affairs, Xiao Jing felt very sorry, so he came up with the idea of ​​"leaving him some property". After all, his family did not have his skills, and if they could only rely on farming to survive in the future,
At best, they are just an ordinary family with enough food and clothing but not enough to be well-off.
Therefore, when buying a property, Xiao Jing tried hard to persuade Old Man Zhang to put the house under his own name.
However, the stubborn old man Zhang refused to say anything. Xiao Jing was so worried that he just blew his beard and glared: "The little old man and his family have received great kindness from the master, but they have not yet repaid Yu Wanyi. What does the master mean by this?"
?Could it be that you look down on me? Don’t mention this matter again!”
As a result, Xiao Jing had another house under his name.
After sorting things out for a while, Old Man Zhang used his connections to find craftsmen to make pottery movable type and newspaper layout molds. There were many people without jobs in the market, so he recruited four smart young people as apprentices and worked as quickly as possible.
He taught them the skills of movable type printing step by step.
In order to present more content, the font size in newspapers is smaller than that of ordinary books; in addition to normal text, there are many blocks that often use particularly large or small fonts.
Therefore, it took a while to make movable type. At the end of last month, the first batch of trial printed newspapers was released. Although the printing quality has declined, the printing speed has been greatly improved: even those whose skills are not yet
A skilled apprentice can print nearly a thousand copies every day.
If more people are recruited in the future, the production capacity will be very impressive.
With his own workshop, Xiao Jing did not stop moving forward. He specially took out 150 taels from the 1500 taels and paid it to shopkeeper Yu of Yawentang, making an agreement: in the future, every issue of Mirror News, Yawentang
They will print 500 copies for Xiao Jing. The price of each printing, including paper, ink, paste, and labor, is about two taels. Therefore, Yawentang will print fifty issues in a row and see the results.
For shopkeeper Yu, this is a hugely profitable business. The workload of printing newspapers is not big, except for the time spent on typesetting, other things can be almost ignored. The movable type in the workshop is also ready-made, so instead of piled up with dust,
It's better to use it. Xiao Jing paid the printing fee first. Whether the newspaper can be sold has nothing to do with Yawentang's half cent. As the shopkeeper, he doesn't have to worry at all.
Xiao Jing still remembers the day when the business was settled, shopkeeper Yu smiled as if a heavenly official had given him a blessing: "If you have anything to do, sir, just ask. In addition to printing classics, the bookshop of the small shop does not have many chores. Even if the master
Printing a thousand or two thousand copies a day is a trivial matter."
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Xiao Jing's tired face. The newspaper was finally on track, and everything was developing as he expected. The only disturbing thing was that there were too few editors and reporters.
The printing capacity is sufficient. As for the editorial staff...well, except for the addition of a new Su Yuxian, there has been no other progress.
However, the front page of today's newspaper also released bombshell news: From now on, the Mirror will be changed to an issue every three days!
Even if it's half a month like now, Shao Ning is complaining that he is almost exhausted. Although Pan Feiyu didn't say anything, his resentful little eyes have already said everything.
Xiao Jing also knew that everyone was under great pressure. However, at this juncture when he needed to pursue victory to expand the results, he had no choice.
"I wonder why I haven't seen anyone at this point. It turns out that Mr. Xiao is in a daze here." Someone said a few steps away from him: "I see you laughing and frowning, but what's bothering you?"
?”
Xiao Jing hurriedly raised his head. Standing in front of him was a handsome young man as rich as jade, it was Qin Ziqian who was disguised as a man.
"Miss Qin." Xiao Jing smiled and said, "I'm thinking of something to make you laugh."
After that, he took out two newspapers from his backpack and said with a smile: "This is for you and Miss Xia, please accept it."
After the first issue of the newspaper was published, Xiao Jing, as the president and editor-in-chief, had a part-time job as a "newspaper delivery person". Every time the newspaper was released, he would sneak around Xia Mansion and wait for an opportunity to deliver it to Xia Hanxue.
Newspapers. It happened that Qin Ziqian was very interested in the Mirror. Since she knew that Xiao Jing would come every time, she stopped buying newspapers. Instead, she wandered around her house every time. Anyway, someone would deliver them to her.
I feel pity for Xiao Jing. He came here so many times just to see Miss Xia's beauty; but every time he saw it, it was a different person! Although Qin Ziqian, who is also naturally beautiful, is not inferior to Xia Hanxue at all,
But after all, the two of them have different styles, and she is not the little fairy who has quietly entered Xiao Jing's heart.
It was the same today. He looked behind Qin Ziqian, and then let out a long sigh of disappointment.
Qin Ziqian glanced at Xiao Jing's depressed look and joked: "Why did Mr. Xiao sigh so long? Every time my cousin and I got different newspapers, and being treated so favorably, even if someone wanted to sigh, it should be
Qin is right."
Xiao Jing, who didn't want to continue talking about this, smiled bitterly and shook his head. As if to change the topic, he suddenly said seriously: "I have something important to discuss with Miss Qin. Can we change the place to talk?"
Qin Ziqian turned his head and glanced at Xia Mansion not far across the street, and said with a smile: "It's a rare trip, and Qin doesn't want to go back so early. Since the young master invited me, how about you and I find a place to eat and talk?"
Xiao Jing made an "invite" gesture. After walking for a while, he saw a restaurant full of guests and very lively. Qin Ziqian wanted to go and find out, but was called back by Xiao Jing, and finally the two of them went in together.
The restaurant next to it looks a bit deserted.
When the listless waiter walked away with his head down, Qin Ziqian asked in a low voice: "Why don't you go to the restaurant opposite?"
Xiao Jing smiled slightly. There is such a big difference between publicity and no publicity.
The bustling restaurant is the property of the Shao family in the city. The reason why I chose the one with no crowds is because its food is not necessarily worse than the Shao family's, and it can also be a quiet place, so why not?
Chapter completed!