In order to promote the newly released children's book "Young Heroes", Jia Cong spared no effort.
Yes, the sturdy young man speaking out in the teahouse is Jia Cong himself.
Not only in one teahouse, but also in every teahouse and tavern where storytellers were stationed near Ningrong Street, he and his subordinates publicized them all.
The current storytelling in the capital city is basically related to the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, as well as the biography of Yue Quan. In short, it is either Wagangzhai or Yue Yun, Liu Chong and the like.
As for the stories of the Three Kingdoms, they are relatively scattered. At this time, they have not yet formed a unified chapter body, and they are not the mainstream in the storytelling world.
Due to productivity and transportation factors, the spread of knowledge is extremely slow. Even if I have told Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and The Complete Story of Yue Yue countless times, there are still a lot of audiences who want to listen, but there will always be times when they get bored.
The story of a talented man and a beautiful woman is obviously not suitable to be commented on in a teahouse.
There are also some crappy non-mainstream books that are impossible to publish in broad daylight. It can be said that the market prospect of storytelling is not small.
Of course, Jia Cong himself has absolutely no intention of entering the storytelling market, but if a storyteller turned his stories into storytelling jokes, he would not object.
There is a saying in Beijing that "the south is poor, the north is humble, the east is rich, and the west is noble." Naturally, Ningrong Street is located in the West District, and the main propaganda direction of Jia Cong and his subordinates is also placed in this area.
The effect is quite obvious. On the one hand, through the relationship with the young masters of Ning Rong's second house, they have embarked on the upper-level sales route; on the other hand, through the publicity of teahouses and restaurants, they have followed the route of the merchants and the well-off class, and the two-pronged approach has been to promote the business.
The "Huiyou Bookstore", which was specially renamed, has been very busy in recent days. From time to time, customers come to buy a copy of the famous "Young Heroes".
The price is not close to the people at all. For one tael of silver per book, ordinary ordinary families simply cannot afford it.
Fortunately, Jia Cong's positioning was accurate and the promotional position was placed in a wealthy area like Xicheng, so there was no need to worry about purchasing power.
He didn't cheat anyone. In "Young Heroes", in addition to the traditional stories of "Kong Rong gives the pear", "Sima Guang smashed the vat" and the most famous "Gan Luo's Twelve Prime Ministers", there are also "The Tortoise and the Hare" and
The fable of 'The Little Horse Crossing the River' can be said to be full of sincerity.
In fact, all the customers who spent money to buy the book were quite satisfied with the content in "Young Heroes".
Not only does it look like it can be entertaining for adults, but it’s also a good ‘children’s book’ based on the tips on the last page.
The printing workshop had reserved 150 copies in advance, and it took almost a month to sell them all. It was considered a big hit.
Don't look at the publishing market of The World of Red Mansions from a modern perspective. After all, it's just a children's book and it's entertainment in nature. The number of customers who are willing to spend one or two silver dollars to buy it is still small.
It’s not like the Four Books and Five Classics. It’s quite difficult to sell 150 copies in a month.
This is because by promoting the Second Master of the Phoenix Egg Treasure, and the girls in the mansion each have a copy, it has attracted a group of wealthy Jia clan members to follow suit, and a group of wealthy stewards have followed suit in purchasing. Otherwise, if they can sell hundreds of copies, they will be able to make a fortune.
Not bad.
Unexpectedly, the people outside who were willing to buy books were first the storytellers from nearby teahouses and taverns, and then a group of eager businessmen and well-off families.
After all, you still have to think carefully about spending a few bucks for a little-known children's story book.
Jia Cong was quite satisfied. He never thought that publishing a children's storybook would cause a sensation in the entire capital and become a famous presence in the capital.
It’s simply impossible!
The influence of Ningrong's Second Mansion means that everyone in the mansion is self-righteous, and few people outside Ningrong Street buy it.
The key point is that Jia Cong is just a concubine of General Dafang's mansion. How can he use the personal connections in the mansion?
To put it bluntly, even if he could use the government's resources, he would not waste it on promoting the story book "Young Heroes".
All he wants is a good start.
Obviously, the sales situation of "Young Heroes" is already quite good. At least Huiyou Bookstore and the name of the author "Cong Sanshao" have been publicized.
If another novel storybook comes out, there will be no need to promote it as hard as before. Regular customers will naturally take the initiative to pay for it.
That's right, Jia Cong directly used "Cong Sanshao" as the author's name of "Young Heroes", which made it easy for "acquaintances" to guess him.
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When he was at school that day, Huan San was a little embarrassed to say that Brother Bao and a group of girls blocked him in the middle of the road and forced him to ask him about the identity of "San Shao Cong", but he couldn't resist and leaked it.
After saying that, he carefully observed Jia Cong's expression, for fear that the boss would become angry.
"It's okay. Since I dare to use that pen name, I naturally have no intention of hiding it!"
Jia Cong waved his hands, with a nonchalant look on his face, and even had some excitement in his heart. He actually wished that he was the 'Third Young Master Cong'. The more people knew about it, the better, and it wasn't something shady.
Spending so much effort is not just to make money.
There is also the intention of gathering popularity. When I was resting and meditating at night recently, I found the golden finger "Luck Pagoda" in the sea of consciousness, which increased my luck.
For him, this is the best compliment!
"That's great!"
Huan San looked happy and said cheerfully: "Brother Bao and several sisters said before that they wanted to find the boss to talk about the stories in "Young Heroes"!"
"If you have time, just bring them over!"
Smiling softly, Jia Cong understood in his heart that from now on he would never be a transparent person again.
Once Phoenix Egg Jia Baoyu comes to visit, the old lady and the second wife who regard him as an eyeball will naturally focus on Jia Cong, and then "Third Young Master Cong" will be exposed.
He knew this well and was not too worried.
To put it bluntly, "Young Heroes" is just a children's book. It has little to do with the imperial examination and the Four Books and Five Classics. It will not attract excessive attention from the old lady and the second wife.
Of course, if he was shown to be talented in the imperial examination, the situation would be different. A disaster might strike from the sky one day, and the two shops he controlled would be lost immediately.
These are still a bit far away for Jia Cong. At this time, all the ethnography classmates knew that he was the author of "Young Heroes", "Cong Sanshao". Everyone who looked over looked at him with eager eyes, just like modern fans.
It's almost done.
But even in such an atmosphere, Jia Dairu, the ethnology professor, still turned a blind eye, as if he didn't know about it at all, and didn't say anything.
Tsk…
If it were told, the outside world would definitely not believe that the gentleman in charge of the Jia family clan school was actually such a person...