It was said before that Li Shouzhi was going back to the academy. However, transportation was inconvenient in ancient times and it took a lot of time on the road.
Counting this way, less than half a month has passed, and it will probably arrive in the next few days.
"Master! Honglin Bookstore is here!"
The attendant sitting on the shaft of the carriage shouted towards the inside, and then jumped out of the carriage.
The coachman looked on coldly, and the old lady told him to keep an eye on the seventh young master and not allow him to copy books in the library.
But lately, the Seventh Young Master is just reading in the library. How can he be a servant?
"Seventh Young Master! When will I pick you up?" asked the coachman Su Quan.
"There is no need to come to pick you up today. I will find a carriage to go back home later! Don't worry, I will go back before Youshizheng."
Then Su Yizhao winked at the waiter, who immediately understood and stepped forward to stuff a handful of copper coins.
The driver weighed it, and the heavy feeling made his eyes light up and he suddenly smiled.
"It's my duty to pick you up here, but if it's inconvenient for you, I can just wait outside the house."
"Then it's hard work!" Su Yizhao nodded and responded.
Money can make a fool of himself, and the coachman usually doesn't have much money, so Su Yizhao rewards him from time to time, which gives him a taste of the sweetness, and he is naturally happy to help her hide it.
After the coachman left, the waiter said dissatisfiedly: "This Su Quan's appetite is getting bigger and bigger. Before, you gave him twenty coins, and he was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. When Qianer gave you twenty coins, he actually dared to find it objectionable."
Young Master. Today I am thirty, and I don’t know how much I will grow tomorrow. I am afraid that my appetite will only grow bigger and bigger.”
Su Yizhao smiled nonchalantly, "It's only been a few days, and he's not so bold yet. After he swells up, I will have my own way to deal with him."
After entering the bookstore, the old man behind the counter saw Su Yizhao coming, and his face was suddenly filled with smiles.
"I haven't been here for two days. I thought there was something wrong with your family. Have you brought the new story book this time? Several scholars have come to urge you. You still have something to do. The serialization of the story book will really make them taste it.
I can’t sleep at night!”
Qin Shang walked out of the counter, grabbed Su Yizhao, and asked excitedly.
"What's the rush? I'm here to settle the accounts today. It's been more than ten days. Where are the account books?"
Su Yizhao had only distributed five days' worth of silver before. At that time, the book had not yet spread, and business was a bit bleak, but he only distributed 500 coins.
It was later that she secretly asked Zhu San to find a few scholars to publicize it for her, and the business picked up.
Speaking of account books, Qin Shang rubbed his hands.
He looked excited, "If you knew how much money you made, you would be surprised."
Su Yizhao took the account book and turned to the unsettled page. The first was the profit of a few days. The first day was the day when she found someone to promote it. The business was much better than before, a total of three taels.
On the second day it was six taels, and on the third day it increased to eighteen taels.
"Oh! The profit is pretty good!" Su Yizhao raised his eyebrows. His method was very effective!
"Look further down!" Qin Shang said with a proud smile on his face.
Next came piracy, and on the fourth day, business was bleak, with only five taels of silver left.
On the fifth day, she brought the new book, and the business picked up a lot again, twenty-three taels.
His eyes swept over the sixth day, which was the day after Qin Shang worked overtime at night to print.
The price of the storybook has dropped from the original five hundred words per book to two hundred words per book. This is because Su Yizhao added character sketches to the storybook. Otherwise, it would be all based on text descriptions, and the price would have to be lower.
Because of printing technology, after the mass production of notebooks, profits were cut by more than half.
In the following days, the number of storybooks sold increased suddenly, dozens of times more than the number sold every day before.
On the seventh day, more than forty copies were sold. Su Yizhao continued to look down, only to find that in the following days, the daily number was several hundred copies.
"The demand is so high?" Su Yizhao asked in disbelief.
Qin Shang nodded proudly, "But don't think that all these are bought by scholars in the capital. Look! More than 900 copies were sold yesterday. How many scholars do we have in the capital?"
An idea flashed in Su Yizhao's mind, "Could there be traders from other places coming to buy goods?"
Qin Shang nodded approvingly upon hearing this, "Yes! There are indeed businessmen from other places, but they are just passing by, and the number will not be large. Although the book is small and easy to carry, it is a book after all, and the more it is, the heavier it will be."
In order to save costs, Su Yizhao cut the script into palm-sized pieces.
Originally, Qin Shang felt that Su Yizhao was stingy, but Su Yizhao said that this is called a villain's book, and as long as the binding is more exquisite, it will be easier to sell.
Sure enough, after seeing such exquisite books, not only scholars liked to buy them, but even the boudoir girls of wealthy families would secretly send their girls to buy them.
"It seems that our storybook has become famous in the capital, and even businessmen from other places have come here!"
Su Yizhao felt excited in his heart, but this was just the beginning. The merchant behind him would definitely find someone to copy the book. Even if the sketch didn't look like the copy, it would not affect the reading.
Looking at the total profit below, excluding the five-day profits she had taken before, there were still thirteen days left to settle.
"In the first few days, there was no printing, so we still calculated according to the previous division, a total of fifty-five taels. After calculation, I got 44 taels."
Su Yizhao originally thought that there would not be much income, but he did not expect that he would have such a profit in just a few days. This was a surprise.
Of course, things won't be so good in the future. When this craze passes, I'm afraid I won't even be able to sell a copy of 200 copies.
Qin Shang was a little surprised, "Hey! Mr. Su's mental arithmetic is pretty good! He doesn't even use an abacus."
Su Yizhao then thought that although they now have the Nine-Nine Formula, they don't know how to multiply decimal points!
"In the next eight days, I just took a look and found that the number of copies sold was approximately 4,852. Because some of them were purchased at the purchase price, you made a lot of profit."
When Qin Shang heard this, he gave a thumbs up again, "Master Su is really good at mental arithmetic!"
"It's not that complicated!" Su Yizhao shook her head. At this moment, she was already calculating how much money it would be.
"Converted into silver coins, the total sold was nine hundred and twenty-one taels and eight hundred and eighty-three coins."
Qin Shang nodded, "It's good that you don't think the account books are wrong, Master!"
"Of course I believe you."
"My printing also consumes quite a lot of materials and energy. First of all, the printing template has many carved patterns, and after all it has the illustrations you mentioned. Even if I hired a familiar carpenter to help, it still cost thirty taels of silver.
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Seeing Su Yizhao nodding, Qin Shang continued: "Secondly, we have to calculate the ink, paper and wages. I drew up another account book and showed it to Mr. Su!"
After Su Yizhao took over another account book, she immediately frowned.
I can't help but sigh that the printing cost in the Great Cloud Dynasty is really high. No wonder books are so expensive.
Qin Shang sincerely cooperated with her, and even the ready-made items in the printing shop were not paid for.
In this way, Su Yizhao calculated and spent two hundred and eighty-three taels of silver.