[Red Mansion] Plane Merchant Jia Rong

After the noise subsided, Chu Wu went on to say: "The book "Legend of the Wang Family" written by Mr. Huajianke will be released on the first day of the bookstore. The two 'girls' inside the glass cover are The two characters in the book."

"Within ten days after the opening of the bookstore, anyone who purchases the book "Legend of the Wang Family" is eligible to participate in the lucky draw. At that time, a paper envelope with a special mark and a number will be given as a gift."

"After ten days, my master will personally write down sixteen numbers. The person who matches the number on the paper envelope in his hand will be the winner. Two first prizes, and the 'statue' in front of the door can be taken home. Four second prizes, each can get a six-foot-high 'portrait' of a beauty in a book. Ten final prizes, each can choose a three-foot-high 'portrait' of a beauty."

Jia Rong didn't have enough posters, so she asked Jiang Qiankun to select a few from the completed character illustrations, and printed a stack of one-meter-high ones for sale.

Except for a small part for prizes, Jia Rong intends to use the rest as gifts to attract booksellers to buy a large amount of "Legend of the Wang Family" and bring them for sale in major cities outside the capital to "help" Mrs. Wang Grow fame and become a "star" figure.

After Chu Wu quickly finished talking about the lottery drawing method and rewards, he ordered someone to take out two large posters that Jia Rong had given him. "Look, everyone, this is one of the prizes, the portraits of the characters in the book."

After Chu Wu finished speaking, the two men worked together to unfold the poster and hung it next to the portrait of the beauty in front of the door.

The "statue" and the "portrait" set off each other, and people's eyes burst out instantly.

"My God! What a big portrait! What a labor of effort it took!"

"The portrait is exactly the same as the statue!"

"What a nice view!"

"The woman in the painting is so lifelike, it's as if a living person has walked into the paper."

"This is the first time I have seen a portrait of this style in my life. I don't know who painted it?"

"The portrait is very realistic, and it looks a bit like an oil painting from the West. It's just that this painting looks more delicate and has a stronger sense of reality. Every strand of hair is clearly visible, natural and even strange. I can't imagine, Such a portrait is actually drawn by people with pen and ink."

In fact, these two "portraits" were not painted by people with pens, inks and paints, but were drawn by computers and then modified with professional software.

Hearing what the middle-aged man said, Chu Wu, who knew the essence of the "portrait", reached out and touched his nose.

Chu Wu clasped his fists and said: "Within two days, all kinds of books will be delivered to the store. My master's book store will open in three days. Before the official opening, every day during the day, the beauties and pictures of beauties in the book will be placed It will be exhibited in front of the store for your appreciation."

"After you leave and go home, please tell the people you know about our bookstore. I am very grateful."

Having said that, Chu Wu cupped his hands in front of the crowd, then turned around and entered.Only a few men stood in front of the door to look after the prizes in the exhibition, so that no one would touch them.

Soon, pieces of information from the bookstore flew into the homes of the noble officials through the mouths of the servants.

At the same time, the common people spread the relevant information of the bookstore by word of mouth.

In addition, Jia Rong's three ice food shops also put up posters of "Legend of the Wang Family".

In less than half a day, news of the bookstore, lottery, prizes, etc., drifted into the ears of more and more people at the speed of a gust of wind.

From this day on, in front of Jia Rong's bookstore, from morning to night, countless people come to watch the "statue" and "portrait" of the beauties in the book every day.

Among the people who came, there were ordinary people who didn't understand anything and only thought things were beautiful, there were also statue lovers, portrait lovers, and beautiful people, there were also scholars, rich children, and court officials...

A group left, and another group came in, and the flow of people never stopped.The door of the bookstore is filled with all kinds of comments all day long, so lively!

Later, someone even brought a stool over early in the morning and sat in front of the door with an umbrella, looking at it for a long time.

Beautiful things can always arouse people's love, and adding the characteristic of rarity on this basis will often attract people's competition.

The "statues" and "portraits" released by Jia Rong are examples of this.

The rarity and beauty of the two have aroused people's heart, making people like it more and more, and the more they look at it, the more they want it.

To become a winner, get a beauty statue or a beauty picture.Many people with rich pockets have already planned to buy dozens or hundreds of copies of him when the bookstore opens.

Many ordinary people with spare money at home, after seeing the attractive prizes released by Jia Rong, are also planning to spend the money of a book to buy "Legend of the Wang Family" and try their luck to see if they can become winners.

After all, whether it is a "statue" or a "portrait", it is worth looking at it.Once you are lucky enough to win a lottery, you can resell the things to Quanfu, at least you can get a few thousand taels of silver.

Of course, because the beautiful woman in the painting is as beautiful as a lotus in water, her appearance is unparalleled, and she is more flawless than a real person, many scholars and talents are heartbroken after seeing it.

They can't help but want to know all about the beautiful woman.

Therefore, excluding the temptation of prizes, many people have also become very interested in the book "Legend of the Wang Family" itself.

In addition, Si Ye and Jian Cheng of the Guozijian stabbed the emperor in front of the emperor about Li Shouzhong helping his students and bringing his daughter into the Guozijian.

After the emperor read the memorial, a thunderstorm broke out.

Because hundreds of students came forward to correct him, Li Shouzhong was indisputable, and the angry emperor sent someone to dismiss him from the position of sacrificial wine.

His whole life's reputation was completely destroyed, and his official position was gone.Li Shouxin was ashamed, and fell ill the day he lost his official hat, lying on the bed crying about Jia Qiang harming him, Jia's family had missed his future and so on.

When his wife and son heard that Li Shouzhong had been framed by the Jia family, they were furious. They brought the servants of the family to Rongguo Mansion to make a fuss, demanding that Jia Qiang and the Jia family give them an explanation.

Between the Jia family and the Li family, the Jia family has always held the dominant position. How could the members of the Jia family bear the criticism and attack from a mere family of a small official.Therefore, when they saw the Li family's aggressive appearance, they exploded.

Wang Xifeng started to fight back against Li's family on the spot, saying that Li Shouzhong was cruel, disrespectful, and led Jia Qiang down.

The two families started a war of words and guns, and the two sides were tit-for-tat and quarreled.

After a quarrel, the two families fell out completely.The Li family didn't even want their daughter, Li Wan, and made up their minds not to have any contact with the Jia family.

However, since then, when Jia Zheng went to the Ministry of Industry every day, he always encountered colleagues who spoke in a strange way, or felt that his subordinates were secretly pointing fingers at him.

His complexion was gloomy day by day, and he couldn't help complaining that the Ningguo Mansion next door was always having accidents, which brought their Rongguo Mansion down.

Jia Zheng couldn't bear to be angry outside, and immediately rushed to Ningguo Mansion to reprimand Jia Qiang after returning home, scolded him bloody, and vented his depression and anger.

After he finished scolding, Mrs. Wang came to scold him again.As soon as Mrs. Wang left, her niece Wang Xifeng followed.In the end, even Li Wan, a wooden man who has always been submissive, came to Ningguo Mansion and scolded Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang lost all face and could not lift her head up in front of the servants.The Rongguo Mansion over there was annoyed that he failed to accomplish anything but failed, and he also developed hatred for the people there.

If Ningguo Mansion hadn't let people rob the warehouse, lost the savings of many generations, and had no income from the business, and had to rely on Rongguo Mansion's money to maintain dignity, Jia Qiang might have turned against that side.

Not long after the quarrel between Jia Zhen and Qin Keqing subsided, the situation of the Jia family became better. Unexpectedly, the incident of Jia Qiang, the Imperial Supervisor, happened again, which once again pushed the Jia family to the forefront and shook the relationship between Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion. .

Today, although the two governments have not fallen out yet, cracks have appeared within the Jia family.

It is expected that if something happens in the Ningguo Mansion in the future, the Rongguo Mansion may abandon the Ningguo Mansion to preserve itself.

Leaving aside the disturbance caused by the little movie that Jia Rong gave to Jia Qiang for the time being, it is only said that the illustrations of Jiang Qiankun's plane were drawn and [-] copies of "Legend of the Wang Family" were printed and handed over to Jia Rong. superior.

That night, Jia Rong summoned a group of ghosts, cast a spell to transport all the books into the bookstore, and neatly arranged all the bookshelves.The rest are all stored in the warehouse. Once the books on the bookshelves are sold out, they can be taken out on the spot and continue to be sold.

On the fifteenth day, the much-anticipated opening day of the bookstore came.

That day happened to be the day when the Imperial College was closed. Shen Ruoxu followed Song Qing to the Song family to visit Mr. Song. Jia Rong left the Imperial College early in the morning and came to the tea house opposite the bookstore.While sipping tea, he watched with great interest the grand occasion of book sales.

Crowds are surging, the door of the bookstore has not yet been opened, and the street at the door is already full of people.

Pairs of eyes were staring at the door of the bookstore with scorching heat. The heat in the eyes seemed to burn down the door that prevented them from entering.

The "statues" and "portraits" of beauties that were displayed at the door for three days before have been placed on the exhibition stand inside the bookstore, and people can see them as soon as they enter the door.Now there are two pots of begonias placed on both sides of the door, the flowers are blooming bright red, which looks very festive.

Jia Rong's publicity is in place, and there is no need for an eye-catching opening ceremony to attract guests.Therefore, the bookstore followed the old rules of the ice food store, put two plates of flowers to suit the occasion, and announced its opening.

When the auspicious time came, the shop door opened.

As soon as the guy who opened the door got out of the way, the flow of people in front of the door rushed in instantly, almost breaking the door.

After entering the bookstore, people saw the room full of books like a sea of ​​books and paused subconsciously, then quickly rushed to Chu Wu and shouted loudly.

"Give me a copy of The Legend of the Wang Family!"

"I want to buy "Legend of the Wang Family"!"

"Shopkeeper, how much is a copy of "Legend of the Wang Family"?"

"Shopkeeper, come thirty copies of "Legend of the Wang Family"!"

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Since Jia Rong used the lottery as a gimmick to promote the book "Legend of the Wang Family", most of the people who came came for this novel.

In an instant, the bookstore was filled with the words "Wang's Legend".

Chu Wu hurriedly came out to stop the chaotic phenomenon of the guests crowding each other, and sent someone to watch them line up, and after quieting down, he explained the price of "Legend of the Wang Family", which was six taels of silver for a book.

Hearing this figure, which is equivalent to half a year's expenses for several members of their own family, ordinary people are immediately discouraged.

They left the queue for buying books, followed the clerk's instructions to the east seating area, and paid a penny.Then, amidst the clerk's introduction, he picked out a "comic book" and went to the seating area to sit down.

Those chairs were wrapped and looked limp.As soon as their buttocks sat down, their bodies sank in, and they felt as if they were sitting on clouds, which was very comfortable.Some people speculated that it might be filled with something soft like cotton.

They are all ordinary people who can't be more ordinary. They have never sat on such a rare thing. They are afraid that they will break down, so they are all cautious and cautious.

They shifted their attention from the seats to the "comics", and looked at the brand-new colorful writing with lifelike characters, people's eyes were full of wonder.

Their eyes stayed on the writing for a long time before they remembered to read the content.

After wiping their hands, people flipped the pages gently and roughly flipped through the entire book.Before they had time to read the content, they found that the patterns on each page of the book were painted in color, and they couldn't help but gasped.

Although they are not scholars, they also know that painted books are rare, and one book is already incredible, let alone every page of the entire book.

Coupled with the smooth and delicate paper and exquisite characters, the owner of the bookstore is really willing to spend money!

The more people thought about it, the more frightened they became.

Over there, after some ordinary people were scared away by the price of "Legend of the Wang Family", Chu Wu then ordered someone to lead half of the team in front of him to the second floor.

After the flow of people was transferred, Chu Wu pointed to the dozen or so book introduction posters pasted on the wall behind him, and explained to the customers that what was pasted on them were other comics in the bookstore except "Legend of the Wang Family" The content of the book is introduced, and you can choose the one you like to buy.

Jiang Qiankun selected more than a dozen comics such as "The Romance of the Gods", "The Legend of the White Snake", and "Journey to the East".

When people saw the posters on the wall, they were all attracted.

When Chu Wu casually took out a comic book and opened it to show the painted pages, the guests were even more dumbfounded.

The group of people in front of Chu Wu often dealt with books, and they knew the value of painted books better than ordinary people.

They thought that full-page colored books would sell for a very high price, but Chu Wu stretched out three fingers and said, "One piece of this kind of 'comic picture' is three taels of silver."

The crowd was in an uproar, not because they thought it was too expensive, but because they thought it was too cheap.

For each full set of comics, there are three or four books at least, and seven or eight books at most.Although the three taels of silver that Chu Wu said was only the price of a book, not the price of a complete set of comics.

Of course, even the comic with the largest number is only 24 taels.

As for the common books on the market, such a thick book only has ink-colored text, no illustrations, and the quality of the paper is not very good, and it costs two taels of silver.

Therefore, this price is a sky-high price for ordinary people, but in the eyes of a group of people who know how precious full-color is, it is still too affordable.

The guests, who were already moved by the painting, immediately took action after hearing the price.While purchasing "Legend of the Wang Family", I also bought comics.

A group of servants from the noble mansions of various officials not only bought dozens of copies of "Legend of the Wang Family", but also bought a complete set of every comic. The madness seemed like a shark smelling blood , attracted the attention of many people.

Jia Rong, who was on the teahouse opposite, looked down and saw groups of people carrying out boxes full of books in large wooden boxes, and almost spit out the tea from their mouths.

Jia Rong lowered her head and smiled sullenly, she had never seen such a rush to give him money.

Customers came to the front continuously, Chu Wu and other ghosts in the bookstore were busy spinning like a spinning top.

Many of those who bought the books checked the books on the spot.

At a glance, I found that the books sold by Jia Rong Bookstore were not thread-bound, but glued each piece of paper tightly together with something like paste to form a book.

They turned it over and felt that it was stronger than the threaded ones, and they were not easy to scatter.Once again, one of the advantages of books was discovered, and the guests were overjoyed again.

Then, looking at the back of the book, people found some unfamiliar things, like symbols and words.

In view of the fact that many books sold in bookstores are printed with some strange patterns that cannot be seen, which are used as genuine marks.Those who saw it thought it was Jia Rong Bookstore's anti-counterfeiting, and passed it by after a glance, not paying attention at all.

In fact, it was because Jiang Qiankun bought this batch of comics directly from the Internet, unlike the special printing of "Legend of the Wang Family". avoid.

However, no one is staring at this thing to be entangled, whether it is there or not, it doesn't matter.

The seats in the bookstore are limited, and the seating area will be full after a while.Those who came in later all paid the money, or stood or sat on the ground and stared at the pages of the book intently.

Some people who bought books wanted to read books in the bookstore, but found that there were no vacancies, and they were quite disappointed.Looking at the fascinated faces over the seating area, they couldn't wait to open the comics and read them as soon as they walked out.

While walking and watching, some people were amazed by the picture, some fell into the plot, and were fascinated by it without knowing it.

For a while, many people could be seen on the street staring at a book and crashing into a roadside stall, or stepping on stones and falling.Or knocked over people... a lot of jokes were made.

Jia Rong watched overjoyed in the teahouse.

Three days ago, when Jia Rong Bookstore began to display the "statues" and "portraits" of beauties in the book, the emperor received the news.On the second day, I sneaked out to enjoy it.

Looking at the lifelike "statue", recalling the fairy talk heard in the ice food shop that day, the emperor thought that the beauty "statue" was similar to the lotus tables and chairs in the ice food shop, and was used by the nine princesses, the daughter of the emperor of heaven. The fetish is made by hand.

The emperor recognized the many benefits of these fairy things to people. When he was in the lotus ice food shop, he heard that the lotus-shaped tables and chairs were refined from Yaochi fairy lotus, so he wanted to dismantle the tables and chairs and take them away. up.

It's just that he was afraid of offending the gods, so he didn't dare to do it.

Now I heard that there is a lottery in the book shop war, and the "statue" made by the fairy stone is used as the prize. The emperor saw the opportunity to get the sacred object, and did not hesitate to take out the money in his private treasury, and bought thousands of books at once. Wang's Legend".

After he took away the paper envelope with the lottery numbers, he kept a copy of "Legend of the Wang Family" for himself, and sent others to his concubines. Foreign relatives and relatives.

This kind of behavior made the officials in the court and China firmly believe that Jia Rong's property belonged to the emperor.

On that day, many people got the "Legend of the Wang Family" carefully prepared and vigorously promoted by Jia Rong through gifts from others or direct purchases.

Jialian and Jiashe's father and son in the Rongguo mansion, the emperor's concubine in the palace, Shen Ruo'an's family in the uncle's mansion, civil and military officials in the court, scholars and literati in the field... With anticipation, they opened "Legend of the Wang Family" " page.

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