Chapter 353 Chang'an Paper Expensive 2 There is an idiom called Luoyang paper expensive.
Originally referring to the paper of Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty, because everyone scrambled to copy Zuo Si's works Sandu Fu, so that the supply was in short supply for a while, and the goods were short and expensive.
From the Jin Shu Zuo Sibiography: "So the noble families competed to write it, and Luoyang was expensive for it." ” Kong Sheng never dreamed that the manuscript of the Journey to the West, which he was bored with and copied to relieve his boredom, was inadvertently taken back to the mansion by Princess Ningguo, and somehow spread it out.
It may be an exaggeration to say that Chang'an paper is expensive.
But for a time, the legendary miscellaneous story named Chang'an Hou Kong Sheng: The Rise of the Great Sage of Journey to the West, this magical story of the natural stone monkey was widely spread in Chang'an City, not to mention the wealthy and leisure elites with entertainment needs, that is, the peddlers, pawns and peasants were all talking about it.
When Kong Sheng got Zhao Guangran's return, he was taken aback at first, and then regretted it a little.
Unintentionally lost an excellent business opportunity, if it was printed and sold by himself, how much copper money should be earned The manuscript that Princess Ning Guo took from Kong Sheng actually only wrote about the part where Sun Wukong successfully returned to Huaguo Mountain after learning art.
The more exciting plots in the back have not been developed.
Zhao Guangran bowed down and said respectfully: "Hou Ye, Princess Ningguo has repeatedly sent people to urge Hou Ye to continue writing, and she is still waiting for Hou Ye's reply." “” Kong Sheng raised his eyebrows, and a strange smile swept up at the corner of his mouth: "Guangran, Ben Hou suddenly realized that this is another profitable transaction." ” Zhao Guangran was stunned, and immediately smiled bitterly: "Guangran understands what Hou Ye meant, is Hou Ye going to continue to write the manuscript and sell it to the world for a fee?"
Kong Sheng laughed: "Guangran, if you don't make money, you are a fool."
Besides, I have my own money in the future, so in order not to be stretched thin, let's start accumulating wealth now. ” "Guangran, there are shops in Chang'an City that publish manuscripts," Kong Sheng pondered for a moment and asked softly.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was already an engraving and printing process recorded in historical records, but Kong Sheng was not sure whether there was such a market-oriented business in Chang'an City at this moment, and whether it was mature or not in terms of technology.
Zhao Guangran thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Back to the Hou Ye, there is a Diao's Printing Workshop in Zhongxi City, Chang'an, which can publish almanac scriptures, as for the manuscript, there must be no problem, but the price is relatively expensive." ” Kong Sheng's eyes lit up: "Price is not a problem.
Naturally, I will continue to write overnight, and you will come early tomorrow morning to pick up the manuscript, send someone to the Diao's Printing Workshop, and print the manuscript of the book I continued to write into a book, and then sell it at a price."
Zhao Guangran took a deep breath, although he was a little disappreciative in his heart, he didn't dare to show it.
In Zhao Guangran's view, the dignified Chang'an Hou, both civil and military, is famous all over the world, and he does not use his energy to participate in court politics and national affairs, but is busy doing business and making money, as if he has penetrated into the eyes of money, which is really speechless.
It's a dull and debilitating in disguise.
The frustration in his career, the emperor's snubbing, did not get the reward he deserved, and Kong Sheng, who was a young man, was reduced to this, which made Zhao Guangran very helpless.
Early the next morning, the Confucian Bookstore quietly opened its doors, and among the thousands of various shops in Chang'an City, the newly opened Confucian Bookstore did not attract anyone's attention at all.
But a day later, Confucius Bookstore suddenly advertised "Exclusive sale of Chang'an Hou Kong Sheng's Journey to the West manuscript", and the single book of Journey to the West: Havoc in the Sky Legendary Novel written by Kong Sheng himself was on the market, priced at 500 articles.
The news came out, many young ladies and sons of powerful families, impatiently sent people to buy, an engraved book was sold for 500 Wen, the price is a bit outrageous, but the nobles of Chang'an are not short of money, in order to meet the eye blessing, out of the urgency of continuing the above, only one morning on the market, the first batch of books in stock was sold out, no more, no less, a total of 100 volumes.
The follow-up books are still being printed and distributed day and night in the bookstore.
But not everyone can afford such an expensive single book of novels, and ordinary people can't afford to buy a single book, so a few people pool their money to buy a copy, and then go back and copy it separately.
As a result, the trend of paper in Chang'an City is even more unstoppable.
Kong Sheng knew that this kind of piracy was inevitable and didn't care, anyway, as long as the mainstream and official channels of publishing were in his own hands, it would be enough.
He suddenly thought it was fun and interesting.
This is probably an unintentional insertion of willows and willows, and the two things he got to relieve boredom have become his way to make money, at least for a short time, which will bring him a lot of wealth.
Since the money of the Tang nobles is so easy to make, Kong Sheng will not be "soft".
If you draw inferences from one case and use your brains a little, you can continue to "carry forward" these two ways of making money.
Even, more ways to make money are beckoning to Kong Sheng.
For example, there are already plans to increase the production of the brewery and develop new varieties, and at the right time, Kong Sheng even wants to try brewing beer and soft drinks.
Of course, if the technical conditions of the process are not up to the wine.
Another example is the bookstore's "exclusive sale" of various follow-up resources for single novels.
Just a Journey to the West can make Kong Sheng earn a lot of money, so what about the other three famous novels, as well as Dream of Red Mansions, which are destined to cause social trends Wait a minute.
After Kong Sheng handed over the affairs of the bookstore and wine shop to Zhao Guangran to take care of, he shifted his energy to other new things.
In the afternoon, he gathered a few well-known tailors in Chang'an City, locked them in his study and studied them for a whole afternoon, and in the evening, a few tailors went out with a few rough drawings with tired faces.
Recently, the biggest hit in Chang'an City is Chang'an Hou's wealth source.
Kong Sheng relied on the wine shop and bookstore, and he made a lot of money every day, not to mention that ordinary businessmen were envious, and even many elites began to be red-eyed.
No one is a fool, Kong Sheng monopolized two scarce goods that are unique in the world, he rose in the Chang'an business community with an almost straightforward face, and a large amount of money gradually gathered in the Chang'an Hou Mansion, and in the long run, Chang'an Hou will definitely become one of the world's largest businessmen.
Because of jealousy, all kinds of gossip began to spread.
Some people say that Kong Sheng did not do his job properly and did business as a marquis, which harmed the dignity and etiquette of the imperial court; Some people also say that Kong Sheng was originally a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and he amassed wealth, which damaged the face of Sven and His Majesty.
Of course, this kind of gossip also spread to the palace.
Even at yesterday's court meeting, Li Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, personally went to the court and participated in Kong Sheng's book.
It's just that the emperor laughed it off and didn't take it too seriously. oshow7 t1706231537: