Chapter 12: The Way to Make Money! (Part 2)
Jiang Chengfeng was overjoyed, but on the surface he pretended to be very impatient. He waved his hand and said, "Brother, I spent fifteen taels of silver to buy it. Selling it to you for ten taels is already the lowest price! If you don't want it, I'll sell it to someone else!"
Having said that, Jiang Chengfeng pretended to turn around and leave.
The young man in fancy clothes became anxious, and hurriedly grabbed Jiang Chengfeng, looked around, then took out ten taels of silver and quietly stuffed it into Jiang Chengfeng's pocket.
Luo Youcai, who had been observing secretly, couldn't help but give a thumbs up. Jiang Chengfeng smiled and turned away.
"Brother, please wait!"
Just as Jiang Chengfeng turned to leave, a tall and thin young man came up to him and asked in a low voice: "What good thing did you give that person just now?"
Jiang Chengfeng looked up and down at the tall and thin young man, hmm... you can tell at first glance that you are a rich man, so you're the one!
"Of course it's a good thing!"
After saying that, Jiang Chengfeng took out a booklet and handed it over. The tall and thin young man flipped through it and his eyes lit up immediately, and he immediately asked how much it cost.
Jiang Chengfeng pretended to be in a dilemma and finally offered ten taels. He could buy it or not. While the tall and thin young man was hesitating, Jiang Chengfeng turned around and left.
Sure enough, the tall and thin young man was unwilling to be left behind, and took out ten taels of silver with great pain.
Seeing Jiang Chengfeng earn twenty taels of silver in a blink of an eye, Luo Youcai's eyes almost popped out. It was not until Jiang Chengfeng patted his shoulder that Luo Youcai reacted.
"Master Jiang, you are so smart...really so smart! I admire you!"
"Hey, Uncle Luo, you can do it too!" Jiang Chengfeng pointed at the huge crowd of people signed up and said with a smile, "There are still so many people!"
Luo Youcai also laughed, and holding the booklet in his arms, he joined the registration team of scholars.
Soon, Luo Youcai was surrounded by those so-called talented scholars. These scholars talked at once, asking all kinds of tricky and weird questions, and they almost asked what kind of underwear Miss Shen wore.
Jiang Chengfeng was also surrounded by many talented people. Many people were scrambling for the books, so Jiang Chengfeng struck while the iron was hot and started to sell them at the top of his voice, ten taels of silver per copy, no bargaining.
"I'll give you thirty taels!"
Someone shouted this at the back of the team, and then a bulging bag of money flew over.
Seeing people scrambling to buy the book , the talented scholars who were concerned about their reputation raised the price one after another. In a short while, the price of a booklet was raised to fifty taels.
In less than a cup of tea, the thirty pamphlets brought by Jiang Chengfeng and Luo Youcai were sold out. Taking advantage of the hot sales, Jiang Chengfeng asked Luo Dongchuan to go home and bring all the remaining pamphlets.
Near noon, only fifteen of the six hundred booklets were left.
In fact, according to Jiang Chengfeng's estimation, if half of the 600 booklets could be sold, it would be considered a hot sales. After all, ten taels of silver is not a small amount of money.
However, the reality far exceeded Jiang Chengfeng's expectations.
Because there was so much silver, Luo Dongchuan had no choice but to bring several baskets from home to transport more than 6,000 taels of silver.
Since it was inconvenient for the woman to go out, Luo Ahui disguised herself as a man, brought a food box, and invited Jiang Chengfeng to eat.
I have to say that Luo Ahui's cooking skills are very good. Although the four dishes and one soup are all vegetarian, they are delicious. Jiang Chengfeng almost swallowed his tongue.
"Ahui, your cooking skills are as good as those of restaurant chefs!" Jiang Chengfeng praised sincerely.
Luo Ahui was easily shy. When Jiang Chengfeng said that, her face immediately turned red. She said hesitantly, "Brother Jiang, you are joking. Actually, I admire you very much! Six hundred booklets were sold for more than six thousand taels of silver. I, Dongchuan, am rolling around on my bed at home happily!"
Jiang Chengfeng smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he also understood.
Seeing Luo Ahui's shy and lovely appearance, Jiang Chengfeng immediately came forward with a smile and whispered: "We have earned so much money today, Miss Ahui's dowry will be much richer! Let's make a deal, if you get married in the future, don't forget to invite Brother Jiang to the wedding!"
Luo Ahui became even more shy, her chin almost touching her towering chest.
After finishing his meal, Jiang Chengfeng leaned against a big willow tree by the roadside, drank the rice soup handed to him by Luo Ahui, and burped heartily.
"Brother Jiang, my father asked me to ask you just now, do you still want to continue printing?" Luo Ahui asked.
Jiang Chengfeng shook his head, "Even if it is reprinted, it won't sell for much!"
Luo Ahui hurriedly asked why.
"The most important thing is that ten taels of silver is too expensive. It's already great that we can sell so many of these six hundred volumes! We've already bought all the books we should buy. Even if we reduce the price to one tael, those poor students still can't afford it!"
"And...if my guess is correct, someone has already started printing this booklet and is selling it at a low price!"
Jiang Chengfeng smiled bitterly, but in his heart he cursed all the female relatives of those pirates.
It just so happened that at this moment a poor scholar was reading a pirated booklet with great interest. It was said that the book cost only two taels of silver!
Jiang Chengfeng had taken a look at it. Although the printing of this pirated booklet was crude, it was cheap and he still made a lot of money.
Luo Ahui, who was packing up her lunch boxes, seemed to suddenly remember something. She looked up at Jiang Chengfeng and asked, "Brother Jiang, you said before that you wanted to work as a servant in the Shen Mansion. Is that true? Are you doing this for Miss Shen as well?"
Jiang Chengfeng shook his head. "I haven't even seen her, how could I possibly become a servant for her? If this Miss Shen is a beauty, it would be fine. But if she has a chubby face, I might as well just bang my head against the wall!"
Luo Ah Hui giggled and said angrily, "Brother Jiang is really good at joking. If Miss Shen heard it, I wonder how angry she would be."
Luo Ahui went home, while Jiang Chengfeng leaned against a big willow tree, watching the people coming and going on the street. Suddenly, he felt tired and fell asleep in a daze.
Jiang Chengfeng was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by the barking of a dog. When he opened his eyes, he saw a cute little face looking at him with a smile.
Jiang Chengfeng stared at the girl in a daze, thinking that she was really pretty, a standard beauty. I wonder whose daughter she was!
But isn’t what this girl is holding in her hand the booklet she is selling?
Being stared at by this little girl, Jiang Chengfeng felt his face flushed. He touched his hot cheeks and said with a smile: "Miss, even if I am very handsome, you don't have to stare at me all the time! I am shy!"
The girl was stunned for a moment, then her pretty face flushed, she spat, shook the booklet, and said crisply: " Let me ask you, did you draw the portrait in here?"
