At this time it is a meeting of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce.
It was hosted by Wang Yang, together with Changsun Wuji, Li Erhu and a group of small merchants.
There are so many, but only ten people.
Compared with when the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce was established before, the difference is not small.
When the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce was at its most prosperous, there were about fifty members in total.
Now there is less than one fifth.
There are only two people who are really useful. The five major aristocratic families have become two major aristocratic families. They are also at the end of the night and are suppressed by Li Min!
This is also their own fault. If they go against Li Min, there will be no good end.
"Everyone, today, Shengtang Group sold a large number of cheap books, which had a huge impact on us and made us very uncomfortable! We must find a way!"
This is Wang Yang’s truth.
No one spoke.
What can be done? They were suppressed and beaten at every turn. The beatings made them lose their temper and made them quit the chamber of commerce.
Then it was Changsun Wuji who spoke next.
"So, Wang Yang asked everyone to come here because he has something to do!"
Everyone was silent.
Judging from the last bicycle ride, it seems that following Wang Yang will only result in losses.
Therefore, when Wang Yang hosted the meeting again, no one responded.
Wang Yang is a good person.
After looking around, there was someone who could pull him into the water.
So, he said: "This matter requires everyone to work together. When we are together, the future will be bright. Li Erhu, can you express your stance!?"
Wang Yang said this.
Li Erhu asked directly: "What is daring love? We have to talk about it first, right?"
"After reprinting an ancient book, the Shengtang Group only sold it for a hundred cents! They must be losing money and making a profit! What we have to do is to buy all his ancient books! And force them to print more! Let's
There are no books in the market! In the end, they gave up printing. As far as I know, if he does not supply the market, His Majesty will probably blame him directly. In this case, his printing house will probably close down, and our books will be lost.
Got the chance!”
In Changsun Wuji's opinion, Li Min was losing money. After all, no matter what, a book couldn't be that low, right?
"Yes, what Changsun Wuji said is right. We will eat as much as they have! When there are no books in the market, we can take the opportunity to raise the price. One hundred Wen will come in and five hundred Wen will come out. Those scholars will not have the same income.
Buy from us? We can say that we are doing business without capital!”
"Everyone should seize this opportunity and must not let low-priced books flow into the market! Otherwise, it may shake the foundation of the economy!"
The so-called foundation of the economy? In fact, it is the interests of the aristocratic family. They don't care whether the emperor's surname is Yang or Li, Sui or Tang? As long as their interests are affected, the foundation of the economy is damaged.
There is a certain reason why these people dare to say this.
Because they have been so important for hundreds of years, and they still control the economic lifeline of the entire Tang Dynasty.
As for now it is almost no longer the case.
There is a beast that is growing, and that is Shengtang Group.
Its emergence will break this pattern.
Therefore, the aristocratic family was panicked.
Although Shengtang Group is developing rapidly, it still has to work hard if it wants to gain a foothold in the entire Tang Dynasty.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was excited.
"I agree with Wang Yang's proposal!"
Li Erhu expressed his stance.
Other small merchants have no say at all.
Whatever the big family does, they just follow suit.
Therefore, you should also go along and say that you want to buy books together.
"Very good. Chang'an Chamber of Commerce will return to its peak in the future, and our novel will also be published. Because Changsun Wuji has obtained the Shengtang Group's movable type printing technology, it can increase our speed by more than ten times."
This is undoubtedly great news.
Li Erhu asked: "When will a book be published?"
"Tomorrow, print the number of 100,000 first tomorrow!"
"How is the quality? How does it compare to the Three Kingdoms?"
“Better than Three Kingdoms!”
Wang Yang said with some confidence.
The level of people he recruited was not as good as Li Min's, and the quality was even worse than that of historical masterpieces.
But he said this just to give everyone confidence!
Even though he had seen the Three Kingdoms, he still said it against his will.
"What's the price of that one?"
"One tael of silver!"
Someone asked: "With one tael of silver, can we still make a profit?"
Wang Yang smiled.
"Yes, now that the price of paper is so low, the cost of printing is all labor, so our profit is about 800 taels. When the book comes out tomorrow, 100,000 taels will be recorded. This is a good start! Then
, we will also expand production!”
All these profits were squeezed out by Li Min. If the paper was not cheap, they would still pay for it.
Just as they said, these people immediately organized people to start purchasing large quantities of books from the Shengtang Group.
But what shocked them was that they had purchased hundreds of thousands of books, but the Shengtang Group was like a bottomless pit, with new books constantly coming out.
Moreover, the serialization of the Three Kingdoms cannot be stopped for a day.
Regarding this time, it was the Wang family and Changsun Wuji who miscalculated.
Although nearly half of their novel was sold on the first day, hundreds of thousands more copies were printed.
However, they did not calculate that movable type printing was only part of it, and there were a large number of printing presses. These cannot be learned and cannot be copied.
Unless they can move one away and study it.
But how easy is it?
There are many traps in the Shengtang Group. If they really wanted to, they wouldn't even be able to see the machine and just hang it there.
Therefore, the people from the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce sat together again.
Li Erhu's voice was a little loud.
"Changsun Wuji, didn't you say they would stop production? Why do I feel like we are giving away money to Shengtang Group? I have spent nearly a million taels just on buying books. Now my house is full of books and I don't know what to do with them.
!”
As for other merchants, they are also complaining.
Although not as many as Li Erhu, there are still hundreds of thousands more.
Not to mention Wang Yang, the Wang family has rich financial resources.
It also costs the most money.
Changsun Wuji stood there silently.
He was thinking, why is this happening?
It was obvious that Li Min could be suppressed, but the reality was not as good as he imagined.
"It's impossible. If we buy it for a few more days, he will definitely not be able to hold it!"
Changsun Wuji finally said.
At this moment, a young boy suddenly ran in.
"No, no, no, Shengtang Group has directly cut off the supply of paper on the market!"
This is undoubtedly unbearable bad news.
That is to say, if their novels are sold again, they will probably lose money.
"what to do?"
The most common thing these people say is what to do?
It can be said that the more books they print, the more they will lose.
The price of paper used to be very high. If Shengtang Group had not supplied paper at a low price, 90% of the people would not be able to afford paper.
Regarding the importance of paper, Wang Yang did not think of it, and Changsun Wuji did not think of it either.
Unexpectedly, I thought I could have a comeback, but I was thrown into a trap by Li Min.
So what kind of tricks will Li Min use next?
Nobody knows.
Everyone was silent.
But at this time, in the Shengtang Group, Li Min laughed and said: "Wang Yang? You are still young when you fight with me!"