Yuan Suijun visited several hotels and spent half a day asking about them.
His storybook was indeed very popular, and some storytellers even bought it and told the stories in restaurants and teahouses.
Although in the eyes of many literati, this kind of fantasy novels are difficult to be refined, Yuan Suijun is not such a person. Seeing that so many people like this story, as a creator, Yuan Suijun is quite happy.
In addition to "The Legend of Su Yuan", the biggest excitement in the state capital is the hot new play "The Lover" in Nanzhifang. Although the Wu family chair tried every means to block the mouths of outsiders, there were so many people in the state capital, and the Wu family did it again
Rather than covering the sky with one hand, the more they suppressed it, the more powerful the news spread outside.
Some wealthy businessmen who were at odds with the Wu family even liked to invite Nazhifang to sing this play. This also caused the Wu family to be very low-key during this period and rarely go out.
No one knows that both "The Legend of Su Yuan" and "The Lover" were produced by Yuan Suijun.
After the inquiry was almost complete, Yuan Suijun went to see the head of the Mo family again. His purpose was to ask Mo Lin to help find out where Hu Zhen was being held.
Hu Zhen is Wu Shu's nanny. Wu Shu still dares not openly oppose the Wu family because he is worried about Hu Zhen's safety.
After Hu Zhen was rescued, Wu Shu no longer needed to continue fighting with Wu Jiaxu.
The Mo family has made a lot of money from the white sugar recipes during this period, and Yuan Suijun sent two new recipes. Mo Lin was very happy to help Yuan Suijun. He said: "
I will tell you as soon as I have news."
After leaving the Mo family, Yuan Suijun took the manuscript to Qiu Yuxuan.
When the shopkeeper of Qiu Yuxuan met Yuan Suijun, he smiled directly and said, "Master Yuan, I have been waiting for you." The "Legend of Suyuan" that Yuan Suijun brought last time was very popular as soon as it was released, and Qiu Yuxuan's reputation
They all started. And as a person with a sharp eye, the shopkeeper also received a few compliments from his boss, and he hopes to be transferred to the capital in the future.
So when the shopkeeper saw Yuan Suijun, he wanted to be more attentive. The owner of the script, Huang Liangke, couldn't come forward, so Yuan Suijun had the final say in everything.
After chatting for a while, the shopkeeper asked: "I wonder how many times Mr. Huang has written in the past few months?"
When Yuan Suijun was at home, he wrote this in addition to writing books. In a few months, he had written twenty chapters, which was enough to submit the manuscript for half a year.
"Twenty times."
The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, twenty times! Then he won’t have to worry about it for the next six months.
The shopkeeper was very understanding of people and the world, and said before Yuan Suijun could speak: "Mr. Huang's story has been widely loved. No other story has had so many fans in recent years. So we thought that his retouching fee would also
It’s time to improve.”
"Twenty-two thousand words, what do you think?"
The shopkeeper wanted to tie up Huang Liang Ke in their Qiu Yu Xuan, fearing that other shops would poach him, and then they would have no place to cry. Unfortunately, they didn’t even know who Huang Liang Ke was, so they could only use Yuan Suijun
Communicate with him indirectly.
A thousand words and twenty taels, Qiu Yuxuan is indeed very sincere.
But when Yuan Suijun thought about so many mouths at home, the pressure immediately increased.
He smiled like a spring breeze and said in a gentle tone, "My good friend has his own ideas in this regard."
When the shopkeeper heard this, his heart clenched into a ball—could it be that Huang Liang's customers were dissatisfied with the price? If that didn't work, they would be willing to pay thirty taels.
Yuan Suijun said: "He wants to negotiate a new contract with you."
"What contract?"
Yuan Suijun's smile was as light as the breeze in the forest, "What do you think of the stepped charges?"
Half an hour later, Yuan Suijun came out with a new contract.
According to the new contract, when the sales volume is less than 10,000, the retouching fee is 1,000 words and 10 taels; between 10,000 and 20,000, it is 1,000 words and 20 taels; when the sales exceed 20,000, the retouching fee is 1,000 words and 30 taels.
For sales of more than 50,000 yuan, the price is fifty taels per thousand words.
Yuan Suijun also made a suggestion with the shopkeeper, saying that he could create a big-character poster similar to "Celebrate the sales of "Su Yuan Legend 1" exceeding 20,000 copies" to attract the attention of customers. After all, people have a herd mentality.
When I see a story that is very popular, whether it is out of curiosity or to share a common topic with others, I will choose to buy a copy.
The reason why Yuan Suijun did this was because Qiu Yuxuan valued the reputation more than the money for retouching fees. Therefore, they hoped that the reputation of the store would be louder and louder, so that they would not hide the sales volume for the sake of refining fees.
After signing the contract, Yuan Suijun handed over the twenty chapters and nearly 60,000 words of manuscripts to the shopkeeper, and also received a basic manuscript fee of 600 taels. As for the rest, he will wait for the sales volume of each volume to be settled.
He lowered his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. According to the current popularity of this story, these 60,000 words could bring him more than a thousand taels in the future, and the pressure on him was reduced.
Before waiting for news from the Mo family, he could stay in the state capital for a few more days to see if he could find two skilled embroiderers.
…
When Yuan Suijun returned home from the state capital, Wu Shu also received a letter written to him from Wu Shilin.
The letter first praised Wu Shu's ability, saying that she was able to sneak into Su Yueling's side and become a maid, and that she was doing better than he imagined. He also urged her to get the white sugar recipe as soon as possible.
Then Wu Shilin began to cry about poverty, saying that the Wu family has been suppressed recently, and the business is not as good as before. In the past few months, they have been unable to make ends meet, and the brothers and sisters in the family have begun to cut back on clothing and diet.
But Wu Shu endured the humiliation and shouldered the burden of being a maid for the sake of the future of the Wu family. He felt uncomfortable as a father, so he still squeezed out three thousand taels, hoping that Wu Shu would save money and spend every money wisely.
After Wu Shu read the letter, he read it to Su Yueling.
Su Yueling snorted through her nose, "It's only five thousand taels, and we actually got a discount and only gave three thousand taels. This is too stingy."
Wu Shu said: "Because we haven't received any useful information for them yet, we are reluctant to bleed."
Su Yueling was really unwilling to take a bite out of the Wu family.
Suddenly she remembered something and her eyes lit up, "Do you think the Wu family would be interested in a pedal spinning wheel?"
At present, the pedal spinning wheel is only known in Lushan Village. The person who got this spinning wheel is very smart. He knows that if everyone has this thing, the price of cotton and silk will definitely drop, so he didn’t even tell his relatives.
When they were spinning, they were not allowed to be seen by other people in the village.
As for the carpenter Lao He who has the drawings, he is now focused on making more pedal spinning wheels and selling them in one go after he has accumulated enough. This way, he can sell more before other carpenters steal their lessons.
This means that as long as Su Yueling is willing, she can make up for the time difference and sell the drawings to the Wu family at a high price. She only needs to say hello to the companies that own textile cars.
After the Wu family got the drawings, they used it carefully on Zhuangzi like a treasure. When they turned around, they found that the streets were full of pedal spinning wheels. It would be exciting then.
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Su Yueling: Look, this pit is big and round, perfect for you guys to stay in [kick the Wu family in]