Starting from Li Chengqian, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, to be honored

Chapter 20 Arrangement
In the corner of the street, Li Chengqian looked at the cold scene in the place selling newspapers, and his expression was a little ugly.

He thought Wen Hao could break everything.

Not only did it take out the slightly modified Shaoqing Kingdom Story as Wang Zha, but it also added a few chapters of Zhu Xian's plot at the end as the content of the later serialization.

Of course, it may be better to use the martial arts novels of Jin Yong and Gu Long, or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West.

But although he has read a lot of Jin Yong Gu Long's film and television dramas, he has not read many novels, so it is difficult to recount them.

He couldn't even remember the four great classics.

But Zhu Xian, the plot is not complicated, he has not seen it for a long time, the impression is a little deeper, and it is not difficult to write it in a semi-vernacular form.

In addition, this world believes in temples, and the theory of immortals and gods is widely spread.

The first time Fan Xian went to the temple, the temple set up a projection of a fairy with a sense of demeanor.

It can be seen that although the literariness of fairy tale novels like Zhu Xian is far inferior to the four great classics, their circulation is very likely to be wider.

Although the Dream of Red Mansions written by Fan Xian has become popular at the moment, most of them follow the trend and arty people.

Ordinary people can't see such literary things.

And the audience that the new newspaper is targeting is not just those rich men, princes and noble daughters.

After comprehensive consideration, Zhu Xian is indeed one of the most suitable novels to be serialized in the new newspaper.

It's a pity that Li Chengqian thought about it a lot, but he didn't consider that the premise that the text is so good is that someone will read it.

If no one reads it, even if it contains the words of a sage, the truth of heaven and earth is meaningless.

The so-called smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, which is probably the case.

However, Li Chengqian was only slightly dull. To put it bluntly, the current result was due to his lack of experience on the one hand, and his lack of emphasis on publicity methods on the other hand.

Of course, the shadow left over from the newspapers run by the inner court is also one of the reasons why no one cares about the new newspaper so far.

In the minds of many people, even if the Laoshizi Xinbao is much cheaper, spending five cents to buy a so-called Xinbao to wipe their ass at home is better than eating a bowl of wontons.

Realizing his own mistakes and shortcomings, Li Chengqian called Izumo after introspecting for a moment, and gave some detailed instructions.

Soon Izumo left quietly.

About a quarter of an hour later, Izumo reappeared beside him and whispered: "Your Highness, the arrangements have been made."

Li Chengqian nodded, and then quietly looked at the newspaper peddler who had been yelling for a long time, but still no one cared about him.

The peddler was a woman in her 40s, her expression was a little sluggish at the moment, and her peddling voice seemed weak.

"Freshly out of the oven, written by the prince himself, only five cents a piece, you can't get a loss if you can't buy it, and you can't be fooled if you buy it, don't miss it when you pass by!"

After one sound fell, it took a long time for the second sound to sound.

In order to sell the newspaper, she got up very early today excitedly, and took out a full two thousand copies.

According to what the beautiful fairy-like manager said, as long as he can sell these two thousand copies of the newspaper, the basic salary plus commission, at least 210 yuan.

This is a daily salary. For a family like her, if they live frugally, 210 Wen can support at least ten days.

In order to get this job of selling newspapers, it can be said that she was overwhelmed and exhausted all her skills.

But the bleak scene now made her heart feel as if it had been poured down by a basin of ice water, making her feel cold.

Up to now, only a few servants and servants of the nobles have bought a few copies.

Even the minimum of ten papers and one essay is still a little short.

If there is no accident, after a day of hard work and selling today, maybe only the basic salary of ten cents can be obtained.

Even, she couldn't help feeling a little resentful towards the people who ran the newspaper.

Don't do this porcelain job without that diamond.

With such a big momentum, [-] copies were printed in one printing, and this is the level in the end?
It's really laughable!

Just thinking about this, when I was full of complaints, suddenly a few people dressed as scholars approached.

One of them said: "Eldest sister, how do you sell this thing?"

Hearing this, the woman put away her despondent expression, and immediately said with a smile on her face: "Do you want to buy a copy, sir? It only costs five yuan, and the current crown prince wrote it himself, so the five yuan is definitely worth it!"

"Oh? The crown prince wrote it himself? You should take a good look at the book."

Someone on the side persuaded: "Isn't the lesson from the newspaper published a few years ago not enough? Why waste all this money?"

"Yes, yes, with this money, why don't you go to the restaurant and ask for an extra jug of wine. Wouldn't it be fun for you and me to drink and write poems?"

Their voices were so loud that they quickly attracted the attention of many passers-by.

In fact, many ordinary people are paying attention to the sale of Xinbao.

After all, just the name of a prince is enough to arouse the curiosity of many people.

In fact, many people also want to see how the current prince's literary talent is.

It's just that limited by the precedent of the newspapers run by the inner court, no one dared to test the water easily.

After all, a newspaper worth a tael is run like a bunch of pleadings, so how could a newspaper worth five cents be any better?
Many people actually have a similar concept, that is, expensive ones are not necessarily good, but cheap ones are definitely bad.

Therefore, no matter whether the newspaper sellers are blowing the hype or their voices are hoarse, they will just watch from the sidelines as if they were watching the excitement.

This sudden good show was like a small climax in the calm plot, which caused many people to stop and watch unconsciously.

The scholar who wanted to buy a newspaper suddenly said loudly amidst the voices of opposition: "I've made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore, it's only five cents."

After finishing speaking, he took out a money bag from his pocket, counted five copper coins, put one on the newspaper booth, and said, "Give me one!"

The woman thought that the business would fail under the persuasion of her companion, and she was thinking about how to save it, but when she heard this sound suddenly, she couldn't hide her joy.

Clutching the five coins in her hand, she picked up a new newspaper and handed it over.

"Okay, my lord, here is your newspaper."

Those companions saw that this person was determined to go his own way, so they stopped trying to persuade him, but shook their heads and said: "Sometimes you regret it!"

The scholar turned a deaf ear to it, took the new newspaper and opened it to read.

From this point of view, it seemed like a sculpture stood frozen in place.

However, within a short while, his expression became extremely excited, and he couldn't help chanting aloud: "Even though there are eternity, there are eight wildernesses. The future is like the sea, and the future is long. It's beautiful that I celebrate the country when I was young, and I am not old with the sky! Magnificent I celebrate the youth of the country, and the country has no boundaries!

What a young man Qingguo said, this is the words of the sages and sages! "

(End of this chapter)