Chapter 43 Will anyone really buy this collection?
"A book costs thirty cents, at least fifty copies." Hearing this, Zhang Fu looked at Yu Hua's eyes, pondered for a while, raised his right hand and put the five fingers together.
According to the number of pages of this arithmetic problem book, the price must reach 3 cents to ensure sufficient profit, and the quantity must be at least fifty.
Printing fifty books can be considered a suitable business.
No matter how small a bookstore is, it is still a bookstore, with its own style and bottom line.
Yu Hua shook his head and stared at Zhang Fu with his clear and bright eyes: "It's twenty-five cents per book, so I'll print ten copies."
Ten collections of wrong math questions, this is the number determined by Yu Hua after careful consideration. If the number is too small, the other party will definitely refuse to print it. If the number is too large, the financial pressure on him will be too great and he cannot bear it.
Ten copies, no more and no less, are just right. They can be used for early sales after returning to school.
Since time traveling, in less than half a month, Yu Hua has spent more than 300 oceans. He spent 200 oceans to treat Xu Rui's sister. His father, Yu Qinghe, spent 45 oceans to pay for the funeral and burial. The tuition fee was 75 oceans.
All he had left in his savings was one hundred and forty yuan and one small yellow croaker.
Yu Hua listed one hundred oceans and small yellow croakers as emergency reserves, and forty oceans as mobilizable funds.
Yu Hua would not invest too much in the early sales of the math problem set, which would over-consume the few remaining mobilizable funds.
Forty dollars may seem like a lot, but in reality, you can't do anything.
Zhang Fu frowned slightly and said a little unhappy: "If Mr. Zhang can print 100 copies, then the price will be reduced to 25 cents, but the quantity is too small. If Mr. Zhang insists on doing this, Zhang can only say goodbye to this transaction.
Sorry, I believe you know the rules of Beiping City. They only print ten books. I searched all over the city, but there is no bookstore or printing house that can print them for you."
There are rules in every walk of life.
If you only print ten copies, Huangchenggen Bookstore can't do it, nor can any bookstore or printing house in Pingcheng, Peking.
Of course, it is only for private purposes. Government printing plants and newspaper-owned printing plants will not abide by this rule, but they will not accept orders from outside.
Regarding Zhang Fu's seemingly well-intentioned reminder, but actually a secret warning, Yu Hua completely ignored it and didn't care. Again, who am I afraid of if I am Zhang San?
Yu Hua looked at Zhang Fu and smiled: "Manager Zhang, I am only printing ten copies now, but if you print these ten copies today, you will be able to print five hundred copies in one month and one thousand in three months."
Ben, what do you think?"
"Five hundred copies? How can I trust you?" Zhang Fu was not dazzled by Yu Hua's words and a series of huge numbers that symbolized money. Instead, he asked calmly and calmly.
"If you believe it, then print it, if you don't believe it, leave it alone." Yu Hua smiled, put away the manuscript and stood up, bowed to the steward Zhang Fu, and strode towards the door.
Believe it or not, it all depends on the other person.
Yu Hua didn't have the time to explain to Zhang Fu how he would do it, or how he could guarantee that he could print five hundred copies in one month.
Are these things needed?
Yes, but not necessary.
Seeing Yu Hua's decisive attitude, Zhang Fu suddenly sat up and was caught off guard. He should have firmly grasped the initiative in the transaction in front of him, but he didn't expect that Zhang San did not follow the rules and directly turned the table over.
That's all, that's all, considering that I can print five hundred copies in a month, I finally caught a door-to-door business, but I can't just let it go.
The dilemma faced by Huangchenggen Bookstore forced Zhang Fu to succumb to reality. He sighed in his heart and quickly called out to Yu Hua who was about to go out: "Classmate Zhang, wait a minute."
As if he didn't hear the shout, Yu Hua went straight out of the door and headed towards the bookstore door.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Fu immediately became anxious. He quickly stood up and ran quickly. He ran out of his seat and caught up with Yu Hua. He stretched out his hand to stop Yu Hua: "Classmate Zhang, classmate Zhang, stay here."
Zhang Fu, who trotted out the door, and Yu Hua, who walked neither quickly nor slowly, immediately attracted the attention of the workers in the yard.
Yu Hua stopped, stood in the corridor, looked at the panting Zhang Fu, and smiled: "Has Manager Zhang changed his mind?"
"I believe you, this business can be done." Zhang Fu didn't pay attention to the workers' gazes, panted slightly, took a moment to relax, and responded...
Yu Hua said solemnly: "I will not give any written commitment. Manager Zhang must understand this. Don't fail to print 500 copies by then. Manager Zhang blames me and wants to hold Zhang San accountable. The price is twenty cents."
five."
"I don't blame you, I won't hold you accountable. Let alone five hundred copies, I am lucky to be able to print fifty copies. Classmate Zhang, please come into the room to talk." Zhang Fu seemed to have made a big decision.
He gritted his teeth, shook his head and replied.
In order to win back Yu Hua, a door-to-door customer, I had to reluctantly give up the decision to ask the other party to make a written commitment. Although the chance of getting the other party to make a decision in writing was less than 1 in 10, my family knew about my family affairs. Huangchenggen Bookstore said it was a bookstore, but in fact
There is a small workshop above, engaged in the business of pirated books, like a rat in the gutter that cannot see the light.
Chasing Yu Hua out means that he has completely lost in this business negotiation.
Regarding the five hundred arithmetic problem books mentioned by Yu Hua, Zhang Fu could only respond with expectations and could not take any substantive action.
"Okay." Yu Hua smiled and turned back.
The two returned to the room together and signed a printing contract, in duplicate, for a total of ten arithmetic problem books to be printed at a unit price of 25 cents each, for a total price of 2.5 yuan.
Party A: Zhang San.
Party B: Huangchenggen Bookstore.
It's very interesting. These days, when cooperating with pirates, you also need to sign a contract.
After signing the printing contract, Yu Hua took out the original manuscript of the arithmetic problem book from his schoolbag without hesitation and handed it to Zhang Fu again.
Zhang Fu took the original manuscript of the question book and carefully counted the pages. There were 320 pages in total and 150 math questions, all of which were difficult and key questions. After counting, he determined the specifications of the question book according to Yu Hua's requirements, 16 ink, black.
Fonts are uniformly simplified.
"Classmate Zhang, it will take about three days for the typesetting and text entry of the manuscript, and the printing will be completed in about four days." After the specifications were determined, Zhang Fu put the manuscript of the collection of questions into a wooden box for safekeeping and said to Yu Hua.
Yu Hua nodded and smiled, took out a piece of ocean from his schoolbag and put it on the table: "Here is the deposit. I will pick up the book at the weekend next week."
Zhang Fu nodded and collected the deposit from the table. Although a piece of ocean was not much, it was always a good sign for today's bookstores. He glanced at Yu Hua who was smiling and was a little curious: "Classmate Zhang, Zhang
Someone is taking the liberty, why do you dare to say that more than 500 copies can be printed in one month? I think this collection of arithmetic problems is obscure and difficult to understand. It looks like a heavenly book at a glance, and I don’t know its meaning. Countless foreign symbols occupy the main body of the collection. This collection of problems
Will anyone really buy it?"
"You will know after one month."
Yu Hua smiled, did not reveal the matter, and let it pass. After the matter was done, Yu Hua stood up, bowed to the manager Zhang Fu and said goodbye: "It's getting late, manager Zhang, take your leave."
Will anyone really buy this question book?
meeting.
As long as his math score reaches ninety percent!
Even though it is impossible to understand mathematics, which is extremely abstract and complex and symbolizes wisdom, this does not prevent students from tirelessly loving and pursuing it.
Yu Hua believes that the collection of wrong math questions he has carefully compiled will definitely make countless science students feel numb and make literature students confused.
This is confidence.
It comes from the confidence tempered by the tactics of later generations.
Literature has the charm of literature, and mathematics has the charm of mathematics.
However, Yu Hua would not tell the other party, who was a pirate.
Yu Hua hoped that he would be the one making money from the sale of his collection of wrong math problems, and that the fragrant silver dollars and French currency would go into his pocket, instead of getting into Zhang Fu's pocket and making Huangchenggen Bookstore a lot of money.
"Classmate Zhang, go slowly." Hearing Yu Hua's answer, Zhang Fu felt helpless, so he had to stand up, bow in return, and send Yu Hua off.
Zhang Fu was very curious about Yu Hua's self-confidence. If he could know the secret of Yu Hua's boldness to print and buy five hundred books in one month, he could instantly solve the current dilemma facing Huangchenggen Bookstore.
It's a pity that classmate Zhang San didn't say anything.
Regardless of the fact that the printing machines in the bookstore are still running, in fact, these pirated books are just printed for colleagues to earn a meager hard-earned money and barely keep the bookstore running.
From its glory a few years ago to its current state of survival and on the verge of bankruptcy, Huangchenggen Bookstore is on the verge of collapse due to the technological suppression of the Japanese's new binding and offset printing presses.
Genuine books are not authorized, and pirated books cannot be sold. Compared with printing speed and printing efficiency, the efficiency of Japan's new offset printing press is more than twice that of Huangchenggen Bookstore, and the quality is not bad.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Fu, as the manager of the bookstore, has been looking for a way to break the situation.
Yu Hua came to visit today and gave Zhang Fu hope.
If what this student Zhang San said is true, he can print 500 arithmetic problem books a month, and the profit from printing books alone will be 100 yuan, which can completely revitalize the bookstore.
If Huangchenggen Bookstore mastered the secret and completely occupied the profits of the arithmetic problem collection, how high would the profits be?
Now, Zhang Fu is only curious about one thing: in one month, whether this book-like arithmetic problem set will be able to sell well!
If it sells well...
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Inner Sixth District, on the way home.
"Looking for this kind of printing workshop that mainly engages in piracy is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger. It will definitely be pirated in the future. After all, the original manuscript is in the hands of the other party, but it doesn't matter. To me, as long as the first collection of questions can be sold
Five to six hundred dollars is enough. During the short period of time when the question books are selling well and have not yet attracted the attention of these pirates, I must seize every opportunity and sell as many genuine question books as possible.
I will need some help then, and Xu Rui should meet my requirements." Yu Hua walked on Ping'anli Street, thinking in his mind, stepping on the muddy and dirty ground. The weather was sunny, the snow had melted a lot, and there was water, ice and water everywhere on the ground.