Di Renjie also quickly reported the specific situation.
He originally came back to report on the situation in the newspaper office, but he accidentally encountered Brother Diao and made such a joke, so he forgot about it for a while.
According to Di Renjie's description, before dawn, the door of the newspaper office was already filled with people.
When it officially opened, half the street was blocked with water.
Crazy buyers caused the 10,000 books printed by the newspaper to be sold out in just one hour.
Muchuan was not surprised by this situation.
After all, he had done so much marketing before, so it would be a bit strange if it didn't sell quickly.
However, another thing Di Renjie mentioned made Muchuan frown.
Some people ordered books in large quantities, even up to a thousand copies at a time.
No matter how much you love reading, there is no need to buy a thousand copies of the same book.
There is only one possibility for such an approach - a second-rate dealer.
You know, the books sold here in Muchuan are very cheap, barely enough to cover the cost.
The purpose, as mentioned before, is to attract people into the trap.
But if scalpers interfere, this low price will become meaningless.
Muchuan even thought of something deeper.
In the future, when the books are sold out, some unscrupulous businessmen start piracy business, what then?
Thinking of this, Muchuan's face turned dark.
From ancient times to the present, piracy has been a cancer that is difficult to eradicate.
For a while, Muchuan couldn't even think of an effective way to deal with piracy.
The problem of reselling is easy to solve, as long as you limit the purchase.
Seeing Muchuan's downcast expression, Di Renjie thought Muchuan was worried about scalpers.
Di Renjie said quickly: "Master, in fact, this kind of thing is easy to stop. You only need to limit the purchase quantity. You don't need to worry."
Hearing this, Muchuan couldn't help but look at Di Renjie in surprise.
I have the support of future business ideas, so I can think of ways to limit purchases.
But Di Renjie came up with this idea purely out of thin air. With such intelligence, it is no wonder that he will become the most famous detective in Chinese history in the future.
"Huaiying, what worries me as a teacher is not reselling, but piracy."
"Piracy?"
Di Renjie was stunned for a moment. He was quite unfamiliar with the word piracy, but it was not that he had never heard of it.
Piracy is called piracy at worst, and fake at best.
Some well-known painters and calligraphers often suffer from piracy and counterfeiting.
Compared with paintings, books are more susceptible to piracy.
It doesn't even require any technical skills, just a printing workshop.
After learning of Muchuan's concerns, Di Renjie also realized the possible dangers of piracy.
"Master, my disciple is stupid and really can't think of a solution."
After thinking hard for a long time, Di Renjie finally had no clue.
Muchuan shook his head, not blaming Di Renjie.
Even he couldn't come up with any ideas, let alone Di Renjie.
"Master, how about you report it to the court and cooperate with the court like Longliqi did?"
Di Renjie tentatively said: "Only interests are related to the imperial court, and the imperial court must be the least tolerant of piracy."
Upon hearing this method, Muchuan's eyes lit up.
Yes, as long as he cooperates with the emperor, Li Er will not let piracy shake the status of the genuine product.
After all, this is about filling the national treasury.
Due to the supremacy of imperial power in the feudal dynasty, as long as the emperor explicitly prohibited piracy, few people would defy the law and commit crimes.
At the same time, this can also ease the relationship between oneself and the royal family.
No matter how unhappy Li Er was with Muchuan, he would definitely not refuse the money that was delivered to his door, right?
"Well, Huaiying, you have a good idea!"
Muchuan patted Di Renjie on the shoulder and praised with a smile.
Di Renjie scratched his head and looked embarrassed.
He just drew on Longrich's experience.
You should know that during this period, Longliqi's goods were also imitated and pirated by some unscrupulous businessmen.
Although the workmanship is poor, the price is low after all, which also reduces Longrich's profits a lot.
In response to this situation, the imperial court directly issued severe punishment orders, cracking down and destroying countless small workshops.
All in all, the big stone in Muchuan's heart was finally relieved.
Royal Palace.
Li Shimin is reviewing the memorial. As an emperor, unless you are willing to be a foolish emperor, the most important thing you do every day is to deal with the memorial here.
At this time, Wang De walked in lightly.
"Your Majesty, Mujia Newspaper Agency is open for business."
"How is business?" Li Shimin asked without raising his head.
"There was a huge crowd outside the newspaper office. In just half an hour, all 10,000 copies of the book were sold out."
Hearing this, Li Shimin's hand holding the pen froze in the air.
"Is this true?"
Li Shimin stared at Wang De, his eyes full of astonishment.
Wang De nodded repeatedly, "It's absolutely true. How dare I deceive Your Majesty?"
After receiving the affirmation, Li Shimin couldn't help but put down his pen.
The sales power of Mujia Newspaper Agency is simply terrifying.
Even Li Shimin began to think about what kind of excuse he should find to allow the benefits of Mujia Newspaper to flow into the national treasury.
After all, the Tang Dynasty was now in a position to defend the Huns from the north and conquer Goguryeo from the east, but it was the time when it was most short of money.
"Your Majesty, Minister Mu understands the great righteousness. As long as you speak your mind, I am sure that Minister Mu will contribute money to the Tang Dynasty."
Wang De saw Li Shimin's troubles and couldn't help but suggest.
Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but glance at Wang De and said displeasedly: "If I do this, how will I be different from those bandits who rob and plunder?"
"Your Majesty, forgive me, I said the wrong thing!"
Wang De quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
Li Shimin shook his head and did not intend to punish Wang De.
To be honest, if he hadn't wanted to become a sage, Li Shimin would have just found an excuse and confiscated the Mu family on the spot.
In this way, one can get rid of Muchuan, a potentially huge threat, and the other can fill the national treasury, making the frontline operations go more smoothly. This is undoubtedly killing two birds with one stone.
However, Muchuan has not made any mistakes now, and even in the eyes of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Muchuan is a meritorious minister.
If a meritorious official is eliminated in this way, I am afraid that the entire court will be panicked.
This is not the result Li Shimin wants to see.
Just as Li Shimin was getting more and more agitated, a guard suddenly ran in.
"Your Majesty, Muchuan, the Minister of Household Affairs, would like to see you!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.
Said Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived.
"Xuan come in."
"Here!"
After a while, Muchuan walked in.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Muchuan bowed and paid homage.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Okay, since you see that I never refuse to kneel down and worship, you will also be exempted from such false courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
To be honest, Muchuan himself knew very well that Li Shimin's dissatisfaction with him was born from the very beginning.
After all, he had never knelt down to worship Li Shimin, which was quite displeasing to an emperor.
However, even though he knew this truth, Muchuan did not intend to kneel down.
There is gold under a man's knees. He does not kneel to heaven or earth, but only to his parents.
Since Muchuan's parents were both dead, he didn't have to kneel to anyone.
