Chapter 548 You gentlemen, you have to correct the big things
Chapter 548 You gentlemen, you have to be pretentious about big things (please subscribe and vote)
In the quiet room, Master Xu, who had recovered from the shock, stared blankly at Cheng Sanlang, the top-ranked man in Chang'an.
Then he subconsciously glanced at Li Ke, who was sitting next to him. Li Ke was sitting as quietly as a chicken and in a very orderly manner.
He did not reveal his true identity. After all, he knew very well that he was no more shameless than Brother Chu Bi.
The main reason is that a gentle man like me is more face-friendly, and there is no need to expose one's identity like Brother Chu Bi.
If my father knew about it, I'm afraid a scolding would be unavoidable. Maybe when my father was in a bad mood, I would probably have to suffer a lot.
After a long while, Master Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Mr. Cheng, I really don't understand how this small business could fall into your eyes..."
Cheng Chubi looked at Master Xu and could only explain patiently.
"Let me just say this, cooperating with Mr. Cheng will bring you a lot of benefits and no harm to you, Master Xu."
"Because I have to do a big thing in a short time. What I need are you, the skilled craftsmen in the printing house, and the engraving master.
What's more, I need your printing house to cover up people's eyes. As long as you agree, I will invest 5,000 yuan, accounting for 80% of the shares, while you can only own 20%.
"But don't worry, even if you only have 20% left, you will know soon.
The money earned from the remaining 20% will far exceed your current income.
In the future, if you want to continue printing your unseemly things, you can just start again when you have money."
"Five thousand strings? Mr. Cheng San, are you kidding me?" Master Xu took a deep breath after hearing this exaggerated number.
"Do you think Cheng is someone who likes to joke with others?" Cheng Chubi's face darkened.
Once the pretense was gone, Cheng Chubi's arrogance as a member of the Cheng family was clearly revealed.
"We, the Cheng family, have always done things neatly and neatly, with every spit and nail being nailed. I wonder, Master Xu, what do you think?"
Master Xu stroked his long beard and his eyes wandered on Cheng Chubi and Li Ke, even though Li Ke did not reveal his identity.
But Master Xu, who has lived for so many years, can guess with just a brief thought that this extraordinary and handsome young man is probably at least a top-notch son.
Such a person found himself, a powerless and unconventional art-loving commoner, to discuss cooperation.
For Master Xu, who has been involved in official circles and knows many official and business affairs, this is definitely a great blessing.
However, Cheng Chubi's unquestionable and even arrogant attitude made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"If... if I am not happy with it," Master Xu said after considering it.
"Haha..." Cheng Chubi smiled coolly, was too lazy to talk nonsense, and stood up straight away.
I think this matter should be left to an experienced driver like Uncle Ping who is willing to use physical contact for in-depth communication.
Maybe this old guy will burst into tears and come crying and shouting to ask for cooperation.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Chubi would immediately turn his back and leave. Master Xu immediately became anxious and quickly stopped him with agility beyond his years.
"Hey, hey... Mr. Cheng, please don't leave. Don't we have a good talk?"
"Do you agree or not?"
Seeing Cheng Chubi's appearance and thinking of the old Cheng family's notorious reputation, Master Xu wiped the cold sweat from his head.
"Come on, I just agree. Mr. Cheng, why do you have to do this..."
Cheng Chubi then stopped and said to Master Xu, who had become a small shareholder of the Cheng's Printing House of the Tang Dynasty.
"If I didn't do this, would you agree so happily? What's most annoying is that you gentlemen are so pretentious about even the most trivial matters."
Li Siwen Ke and Xu Siwen, the crooked master, all had dark faces.
He looked with resentful eyes at the proud Cheng *vulgar warrior* Chu Bi after completing the task.
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"Brother, wouldn't it be bad for us to do this? You actually spent 5,000 yuan just for his small printing shop..."
After leaving Master Xu's residence and walking not far, Li Ke couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.
"It's not like I gave the five thousand guan as a gift to him. I used it to expand the printing shop and purchase various raw materials."
"Did you forget that I said that I would print hundreds of thousands of books for His Highness so that everyone in the world would be surprised?"
Cheng Chubi sniffed with great confidence and said, no matter what, the purpose of building a large and powerful printing press is not just for now.
It is also for the future, after all, since I have such an artifact as movable type printing.
Don't hurry up and expand your production capacity to the maximum before this printing technology is widely spread, and wait until you can print hundreds of thousands of books here.
A large number of skilled craftsmen will inevitably be cultivated. By that time, the cost of movable type printing is far lower than that of engraving printing. Are we still afraid that there will be no business?
"Hundreds of thousands of books... Brother, have you thought about what to print?"
Cheng Chubi raised his hands with great confidence and blurted out without thinking.
"Haha... simple, "The Analects of Confucius", "The Thousand-Character Classic", and "The Three-Character Classic"."
"???" Li Ke looked at Chu Bi, who was extremely confident, with a confused look on his face. He had seen and read "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Thousand-Character Classic", but what the hell is the "Three Character Classic"?
I still remember the time when one of the brothers who chopped off chicken heads and burned yellow paper drank too much and started throwing drunkenness and swearing.
Brother Chu Bi even laughed at the other party's repeated use of the Three-Character Sutra, but now, is Brother Chu Bi planning to compile all kinds of curse words into a book?
Be a good boy, what kind of trouble is this bitch going to do?
Cheng Chubi took a few steps forward, but did not see Li Ke walking side by side. When he turned his head, he saw Li Ke standing there blankly, looking straight at him.
That expression was like seeing a terrifying giant man-eating beast or an evil ghost crawling out of hell. His expression was frightened and his eyes were dull.
Cheng Chubi suddenly became unhappy. "I said it's my brother's virtue. I'll say some heroic words for my brother's sake. You won't be frightened like this, right?"
"No, no, no, brother, you must not do this...you must not cause trouble again, okay?"
"Even if you look down on those pretentious gentlemen, if you really come up with the Three Character Classic, wouldn't you make His Highness the public enemy of scholars all over the world?"
"..." Cheng Chubi stared blankly at His Highness King Wu, who was jumping up and down with anxiety. It took him a while to realize that the other party had misunderstood.
"Do you really think I would collect those curse words from the public and compile them into a book?" Cheng Chubi rolled his eyes unhappily.
"Don't worry, this sutra I'm talking about is not that sutra... But dear brother, you have to keep it a secret and don't leak it."
"Are they really not those messy ones?"
"How could a person as upright as me make up something like that?"
Cheng Chubi was furious, glaring majestically at His Highness the King of Wu, who was fond of unorthodox works of art all day long and whose moral character was not up to standard.