Cutting meat from a fat man

After a disagreement, Xia Shang turned around and left. Not to mention the little fat man, even Jiangnan didn't react.

She thought that the master was usually kind and friendly, but why did he turn his face faster than turning a book at the wine table?

Jiangnan didn't think much about it. She just liked the master's arrogant spirit, and followed him to go out.

The old Zhu family is a businessman and a famous rich man!

It's unfair to call them rich businessmen, they should be called rich people.

It is said that the total area of ​​the old Zhu family's fields is equivalent to that of Yangzhou City, and they are the largest landlords in the Jiangnan area. There are countless merchants who come to curry favor with them every day. Wherever Master Zhu goes, there are endless guests.

Maybe the family is too rich, God has left the Zhu family with a single seedling, leaving only Zhu Jindou, who is regarded as the little emperor of the old Zhu family.

Always brought by Master Zhu, I have watched how Master Zhu talks about business since I was a child.

Therefore, Zhu Jindou has come into contact with countless businessmen.

What kind of businessmen has Zhu Jindou not seen? The only thing he has not seen is Xia Shang, who leaves no room for others.

Zhu Jindou went to Xia Shang because he valued the potential of "Dream of Red Mansions" and wanted to develop his own business.

Although Zhu Jindou was a little fatter and stingier, he had great ambitions. He felt that he was not capable of relying on his father to start a business, and he did not like the life of a landlord who bought land, hired people, sowed and harvested everywhere.

Now it is not easy to find a way to make money. It is a good opportunity to do something for his father to see. How can he let Xia Shang go easily?

"Brother Xia, slow down. Even if it is too little, we can still talk!"

Xia Shang still ignored him and was about to go downstairs.

Zhu Jindou was anxious: "At most you can make the conditions!"

After hearing this, Xia Shang finally turned around and smiled at Jiangnan: "Let's go back and continue drinking."

Jiangnan hurriedly followed him back, still a little confused, not knowing what the gentleman was thinking.

Back to the table, Zhu Jindou knew that this gentleman was not easy to mess with, and whispered: "Brother Xia, tell me, what exactly do you want to cooperate with me?"

"Simple, I will give you three chapters of manuscripts first, and I won't take a penny for these three chapters of manuscripts."

"No money?!"

"But you have to write in the book 'to know what will happen next, you can only do it after selling 10,000 copies'."

"To know what will happen next, you have to sell 10,000 copies of the book?"

"Yes! You put up a notice in your bookstore, posting the total number of sales every day, so that book friends can check it."

Zhu Jindou roughly understood Xia Shang's meaning, but frowned again: "The method is good, but these 10,000 books may be a little difficult. Now the book club can only sell 4,000 books at most. When can these 10,000 books be sold?"

"When the books are sold, the next step will be issued! Mr. Cao has time to wait, but I am afraid that Yangzhou readers and various book clubs cannot wait. Let's see if they will buy them in a hurry."

When Zhu Jindou heard this, he thought to himself that this guy was so cunning that he could think of such a trick. In the future, those readers will be so anxious that they will lose their appetite and sleep at night?

Xia Shang continued: "If you sell it this way, 10,000 books will be sold sooner or later. After selling 10,000 books, I will ask Mr. Cao to write three chapters, and then three chapters after three chapters. At first, it will be sold for 10,000 copies, and then 20,000 copies and 30,000 copies. In this way, the source of income will continue!"

This was the first time Zhu Jindou heard of doing business in this way. He roughly estimated that it might be possible to succeed, and he was very happy.

Let alone the future, how much can we earn from selling the first batch of 10,000 books? !

Just thinking about it, Xia Shang suddenly said: "If you want to cooperate with me, I need to take 80% of the cost price."

Puff!

Zhu Jindou was drinking, and when he heard this, he spat: "What? 80%? Brother Xia, you are not kidding, right?"

"Do you think I am kidding?"

"No!" Zhu Jindou touched his mouth, and his fat body was shaking with anxiety, "Brother Xia, I don't talk about business like you. I have contributed manpower and effort to open a bookstore. Paper, calligraphy, labor, venue, machines, etc. are all provided by me. How can Brother Xia take 80%, and it's still the cost price!"

"So you don't want to? Then we'll meet again."

After that, Xia Shang stood up again.

"Brother Xia, don't be anxious! Let's... let's talk about it. You really can't make me make any money, so why not split it 50-50?"

"80%, 80%, no problem! If you don't want to, I'll find someone else. You're not the only book club in Yangzhou. But the content of the book is unique. Have you thought it through?"

"40%-60%! Brother Xia gets 40%!"

"20%-80%! It must be the cost price. You said there's no profit, so I'll do the math for you. Three chapters have 20,000 words, and the printing cost is only two coins. The price is five taels per copy, and I get four taels, and you can make eight coins. If you sell 10,000 copies, it's eight thousand taels of silver. And the whole book has more than a hundred chapters, so you can make more in the future. If you cooperate with me, I'll give you exclusive authorization, and you'll be authentic, Others are thieves, and they can stand out from their peers without being sneaky. If you don't cooperate, I will find another company. At that time, you will be a side branch and can't be on the stage. "

"This..." After a series of analysis, Zhu Jindou couldn't refute, "Then let me think about it for two days."

"Okay, you think about it first, I'll find another company. If other companies cooperate with me first, I'll be sorry for you."

"Huh? Brother Xia, you and I have known each other for a while, can't you let me think about it for two days?"

"Brother, I make a few thousand taels a day. What if you don't cooperate after two days? How to count the time wasted? You can consider it, give me a deposit. "

After that, Xia Shang stretched out his hand without red eyes or panting.

Who is Zhu Jindou? He can dig water out of wild dogs.

Today, such a big table is set up, and the business has not been negotiated yet, and he still needs to pay. This pain makes his cheeks tremble.

But he was helpless. He knew that if the other party cooperated with others, it would have a great impact on him. After weighing the pros and cons, he had to cut a piece of meat from himself first.

"Brother Xia, do you think ten taels of silver is enough?"

Xia Shang shook his head.

"Ten taels of gold."

Xia Shang looked at the fifty taels of gold that Zhu Jindou had taken out earlier, which was still on the table. He knocked on the table: "Add another one of that size."

Two is one hundred taels of gold!

This is enough to open several bookstores!

"It seems that the little brother is a little unwilling. Let's not force it. See you another day!"

"No, I'll give it... I'll give it."

Today, Zhu Jindou's fat was half gone, and that was one hundred taels of gold! If it weren't for the sake of making more money, he would not take it out even if he killed him.

Xia Shang first put the ingot on the table into his pocket, and the next ingot of fifty taels of gold waited for a quarter of an hour.

Seeing Zhu Jindou take it out of the purse, he was still reluctant to let go.

Xia Shang had to use all his strength and scratched his nails until they turned white before he finally snatched it from the little fat boy's hand.

"Thanks! Brother Xiaopang, think about it and tell my student something, we'll talk in detail."