Principal Shi also thought to himself that he didn't even want his old face anymore. He was struggling with manpower in this way and that way, but he was just short of getting on stage to sing a big show. If he just sold a thousand copies, what else would he have left after excluding the cost?
Alas, as expected, this business is not that easy to do.
It seems that there is no hope of having enough money to purchase some new teaching materials before school starts.
When Principal Shi came home, he was dejected.
His lover comforted him: "Lao Shi, you can just concentrate on teaching from now on, and don't bother with anything else. We are not businessmen, and we don't have so many tricks, so we will just be honest.
Just do a good job in school and good teaching."
Principal Shi nodded and thought to himself, fortunately, they only allowed 10,000 copies to be printed first.
Otherwise, if you print 100,000 copies, wouldn’t all of them be lost in your hands?
Even if it was Xu Erlong who made the early advance, Principal Shi couldn't bear to see Xu Erlong lose money.
Principal Shi fell asleep worried.
Unexpectedly, at dawn the next day, some students ran downstairs to the family area and kept shouting: "Principal Shi, Principal Shi, it's exploded, it's exploded."
Principal Shi woke up from his sleep and was startled: "What exploded? What exploded?"
He didn't even bother to put on his coat and ran outside with his slippers on.
Other people in the family area were also frightened awake. What happened so early in the morning?
The student also realized that he had made a mistake and quickly corrected it at the top of his voice: "It's nothing serious, Principal Shi, I just said that the book sold like crazy, and the remaining copies have been assigned. Xu Erlong has now informed
Printing house, continue to print more."
Principal Shi, who had just run to the stairs, finally heard clearly.
It's not just something else that explodes.
He looked at his disheveled appearance at the moment. On a hot day, he was only wearing a pair of large pants, with the words "Huaguang Towel Factory" printed on them.
Well, shameful.
Principal Shi hurriedly ran back to the house to tidy up himself first. His glorious image of teaching and educating people could not be lost.
The bad-tempered old woman in the family building had already grabbed a basin of water and poured it down from the window: "What are you screaming for so early in the morning? Bang, bang, bang, it better go to the sky. Let's see if you still make a noise."
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The classmate who came to spread the word was so happy that he was so happy that he sadly endured this rootless water.
Fortunately, on hot days, I don’t have to worry about getting cold.
Principal Shi changed his clothes and hurried to the printing factory following the student who had brought the message.
He wanted to see why it suddenly sold out.
Xu Erlong was no less worried than Principal Shi and Reporter Yuan.
Principal Shi and Reporter Yuan invested energy and time, and he, Xu Erlong, invested not only energy, not only time, but also capital.
The printing factory's initial deposit and other deposits were all advanced by him.
You know, the printing cost is about the same
If the sales are not good, I am afraid that the capital advanced will not be recovered.
Now, the first 10,000 copies have been sold out, so of course additional printing must be done immediately.
It's a pity that this year is not the era of future e-commerce, and optimization can be carried out based on various real-time data.
He had no data, so he could only estimate the current situation based on statistics from interviews and news reports published in newspapers.
This time, he was no longer conservative and directly requested an additional printing of 100,000 copies.
Now that the effects of publicity invested in the early stage are showing, there should be a blowout in the later stage, and then, a long tail effect will be formed for a period of time.
Let’s print 100,000 copies first and then see how things go.
Principal Shi looked at the volume of 100,000 volumes, and some of his legs trembled.
Isn’t this one hundred thousand copies a little too much?
But when I turned around and thought about it, I was worried about the first ten thousand copies for a while, but in the end, I sold out those ten thousand copies in just one sleep.
With these one hundred thousand volumes, the worst thing is that I will sleep ten more times... Even if I sleep one hundred thousand times, it's actually fine.
Reporter Yuan is also making calculations in his mind.
If you sell one copy, you will get a commission of one cent. If you sell ten copies, you will get a commission of ten cents. If you sell a hundred copies, you will get a commission of one yuan. If you sell these ten thousand copies, you can already get a commission of a hundred yuan... This is already worth two dollars.
Three months' salary.
Sure enough, this is a good deal.
Just as the printing factory was running full machine to print the 100,000 books, another customer came to Yunji Middle School without any trouble, found Principal Shi, and asked for the book "Step-by-step instructions for you to enter college".
The visitor's surname is Yi. He is in his forties, thin, and wears black glasses. At first glance, he looks like a cultural person.
When he took out a copy of "Teaching You Step-by-Step to Admission to College" from his briefcase and confirmed with Principal Shi that this book was indeed learned by Principal Shi and others together, the other party breathed a sigh of relief and found something.
A true temple, seeking the feeling of a true Buddha.
"I want to represent this book." The other party got straight to the point and explained his intention to Principal Shi.
"Agent?" Principal Shi asked.
Recently, many acquaintances and friends came to him and wanted to buy a book from him through the back door. He always followed Xu Erlong's instruction and refused directly, telling them to go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy it.
In Xu Erlong's words, they are not short of a few dollars for selling these books, but they must let the people at Xinhua Bookstore know how well this book sells, so that they can order more, and then use the Xinhua Bookstores that are blooming everywhere
, rolled out across the country.
Xu Erlong has already analyzed these interests with Principal Shi, and Principal Shi must of course follow suit.
But now, someone actually came to my door and asked to be an agent.
Principal Shi felt that he was not a businessman. They could provide some teaching content, but Xu Erlong could only let Xu Erlong negotiate.
Xu Erlong looked at the thin man named Yi in front of him and smiled slightly.
Unexpectedly, I met another ranking person.
In his heart, Xu Erlong had full respect for him.
Although he is just a small figure now, he already has the potential to reach the sky. In two years, he will be able to gain momentum.
Xu Erlong and Lao Yi had a serious talk about being an agent for the book "Teaching You Step-by-Step to Admission to College".
Lao Yi had the vision and talkativeness of a businessman, and he and Xu Erlong had a good conversation. The two soon decided on the agency method for this book.
Therefore, people who can do great things actually possess decisiveness and foresight in many cases.
When others are waiting and watching and are not sure, they can smell the business opportunities, come to you proactively, and win the agency right decisively and neatly.
Although the two negotiated for a while in terms of costs and profits, they did not change their decision.
The main channel for this book is the Xinhua Bookstores that are popping up all over the country. As for the retail books and periodicals and newsstands, Lao Yi is responsible for selling them as an agent.