C30 My Intestines Are Turning Green with Regret!

Ten thousand silver, that was the price for the second episode of Journey to the West that Lu Zheng and Chen Changwen had decided on. The price was easy to calculate, there were a total of ten thousand copies printed by over ten prefectures of the Li Yi Province. Before anyone else could print these ten thousand books, they would be sold for twenty thousand silver each.

Lu Zheng wanted ten thousand taels of silver, the remaining ten thousand taels of silver would go to the sculpting fees, printing costs, transportation costs, storefront expenses, etc. However, what made him earn a lot was his popularity. The popularity of the Hengwu Institution would be cut off by him, and the value of the benefits that the strong popularity would bring to the Qing Ya Institution would be immeasurable.

Ten thousand silver was a huge sum of money. Chen Changwen paid five thousand silver taels on the spot and paid the remaining five thousand silver taels to Lu Zheng. Chen Changwen pawned the land deed of Yangzhou Qing Ya Academy and promised to pay the sum of money within two months.

Chen Changwen used five thousand silver taels and a land deed to exchange for a box of manuscripts from Lu Zheng's book case. Receiving the money, Lu Zheng waved his hand at Yang Shitou and said: "Come here, I will reward you with a hundred silver taels."

Yang Shitou looked at the one hundred taels of silver in his hands, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

"Young Master Lu, you really are my parents!"

Looking at his comical look, the girl, Xiao Die, laughed until her waist was bent.

He would need ten years to earn a hundred silver taels. According to the current market, he could buy twenty acres of cooked land with the price of one hundred silver taels. This meant that he would be hungry for the rest of his life even if he did not work anymore.

At this point in time, Yang Shitou's admiration for Lu Zheng had already reached its peak. After all, there was no one else other than Lu Zheng who could be sold for ten thousand taels of silver in a crappy manuscript. In this era, there was no mention of copyright. The publication of Journey to the West would only take half a month for it to be filled with pirated copies.

However, even in such a situation, with Lu Zheng selling them for a sky-high price of ten thousand silver, Gu Zhilun had contributed at least eighty percent of the credit.

Gu Zhilun had used so many methods to create his momentum, Yang Shitou knew very clearly that Gu Zhilun had spent a lot of money to create his potential, this old fellow was calculating very well, using Journey to the West to build up his potential and raise the popularity of Bookshop, if he did, wouldn't he be able to earn a lot.

However, never in his dreams would he imagine that once he built up his potential, there would be no more stories about him in the future.

Even Yang Shitou was holding hands for Lu Zheng because he felt that Lu Zheng was not worth it. Why would he give away such a good manuscript for nothing? From the looks of it, Lu Zheng was a true expert. Without the previous abandonment, where would he be able to earn the huge sum of ten thousand taels of silver?

Furthermore, even if Gu Zhilun knew about this, he would have nothing to say. Lu Zheng treated him as a relative, even giving him such a precious manuscript did not ask for money! What was there to be dissatisfied with? How much did they sell to Chen Changwen? That was a full ten thousand taels of silver!

Under these circumstances, Gu Zhilun still had the nerve to blame Lu Zheng for selling the manuscript to Chen Changwen?

… ….

The weather gradually grew hotter. Ever since he returned from the "Rain Listening Pavilion" pleasure boat, Lu Zheng had not gone out.

Ten thousand taels of silver didn't change his life much.

In terms of wealth alone, he could have gone out and bought a house and moved out, but could he really have done that?

The answer was clearly no!

In the Great Kang, filial piety predominated, Lu Zheng lived in the Zhang Family of Yangzhou, that was the mother's decision, how could he disobey her parents' orders?

If he dared to act on his own and move out of Zhang Family of Yangzhou, what face would Zhang Family of Yangzhou have left? Once Lu Zheng was given a hat that was unfaithful and unfilial, Lu Zheng would be doomed for the rest of his life. Scholars could not have the slightest bit of morals and morals, so once Lu Zheng did that, his path of reading would come to an end before it had even begun.

How could Lu Zheng possibly do such a thing?

Living in the Zhang Clan was very difficult and very inconvenient, so he could only stay there. If his life was in danger, he could only stay there, unless the Zhang Clan took the initiative to ask him to move out. However, everything was slowly changing. Lu Zheng now had the money to take a crucial step.

Money was a good thing, money could make a fool out of itself. As long as he used it well, Lu Zheng was confident that he could turn the tables.

Hengwu Book Workshop, manager Tian Dengke rushed into Gu Zhilun's study in the backyard with a head full of sweat.

"Boss, boss, something terrible has happened!"

Gu Zhilun copied Wang Xi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface" with a flick of ink. Just as he was about to write down the "Orchid Pavilion Preface",'s shout caused Gu Zhilun's mind to be thrown into disorder.

He frowned and threw a large amount of paper at Old Tian, saying coldly, "Old Tian, how many times have I told you not to act so recklessly? Is the sky falling? "

Tian Dengke swallowed his saliva, and said: "Boss, the heavens are falling!"

"Hmm?"

Tian Dengke stomped his feet and said, "The elegant Bookshop Chen Changwen has released the second volume of < Journey to the West >. Five hundred years after Monkey Sun was suppressed by Five Fingers Mountain, the story has a sequel!"

"What?" Gu Zhilun only felt his vision go black, and almost fell down head first.

He practically jumped in front of Tian Dengke and said, "Old Tian, what did you say? Say that again? "

Tian Dengke repeated what he had said before and said with wide eyes, "How is that possible? Where's Zheng Geer? Zheng Geer will give the manuscript to Chen Changwen? They have never met, so how could this be … "

Tian Dengke said: "Old master, have you forgotten about this servant Yang Shitou? It was all because of this servant that Chen Changwen saw that our Bookshop was on fire. First, he poached Yang Shitou, the servant, and then, with Yang Shitou leading the way, he found Zheng Geer.

I sent some people over to the Rain Pavilion to ask around, and said that Chen Changwen threw over ten thousand taels of silver to Zheng Geer. Master, you have a good relationship with Zheng Geer, but Zheng Geer is still a young man, and Chen Changwen is a rich and beautiful woman, how could he possibly hold on? "

Gu Zhilun fiercely stomped his feet, and said: "Chen Changwen is truly ruthless, ten thousand taels of silver? Does he really think that he's digging up a mountain of gold? "

Tian Dengke said: "Chen Changwen has already bragged about it, and said that he did not hope for « Journey to the West » to earn money for him, what he earned was only a single breath, the struggle for money only lasted for a single incense stick. Owner, ah, we are the ones who brought out the fame of « Journey to the West », in the entire Nanzheng Li, an entire month's worth of restaurant, the brothel, and the pleasure boat, but all the storytellers were talking about 'Journey to the West', he did not even need to spend a single ounce of energy, and directly picked the peaches.

He said that he did not earn any money, but in the entire morning, it was said that over seven hundred books had been sold in Yangzhou, and this had not even spread to the school yet. After the few great academies hear the news, Chen Changwen would definitely be able to buy a few thousand books in Yangzhou.

Owner, the Nanzheng Li has more than a dozen prefectures, Chen Changwen's printing house is said to be working day and night, printing twenty thousand books …

Boss, do you know how can he not make money? "

Gu Zhilun was dumbstruck, his expression extremely marvelous. He had paid a huge price for < Journey to the West >, and in order to raise his popularity, he had used all of his skills. The temperature had just risen and it was getting better. The peach was picked by someone else!

The last part of < Journey to the West > was out, the first book had already been pirated and printed. Gu Zhilun could imagine the desolate situation that the Hengwu Book Workshop would be facing next.

was right, popularity was important, the Bookshop's popularity was high, naturally she could make money, it was precisely because of this point, that Gu Zhilun used Journey to the West as an opportunity, allowing the Hengwu Book Workshop to pull apart the gap between them and other Bookshop s. He never thought that he would be careless for a moment, and make such a fatal mistake.

What do we do now? It was too late for regret!

"Old Tian, quick, quick, hurry up and invite Zheng Geer. I will prepare a feast at the Lichi Lake. Gu Zhilun said.

Tian Dengke said: "Boss, where is Zheng Geer? The Zhang Clan was so big, how could it be accessible just by talking about it? This old servant really doesn't know how to find him! "

When Tian Dengke said this, he was stunned.

He suddenly realized that although it seemed like he and Lu Zheng were very close, he, Gu Zhilun, had never wanted to get to know Lu Zheng better! This was all because after Gu Zhilun had investigated Lu Zheng and found out about Lu Zheng's awkward identity, he concluded that Lu Zheng had no future. Otherwise, how could he not even know where Lu Zheng lived?

Gu Zhilun did not take Lu Zheng seriously from the bottom of his heart, even though he was polite on the surface, even if Lu Zheng had given him his manuscript, he would only be grateful for a moment.

Gu Zhilun fiercely stomped his feet, he wanted to slap himself, he was regretful in the end, in the end!

Tian Dengke said from the side: "Boss, actually, Zheng Geer treats you very well, why don't you treat him more amiably? From Jiangning to Yangzhou, it was difficult for him to move under others' fences. However, from what I can see, this child is definitely not someone to be trifled with.

In this world, there are people who add flowers to the cake, but there are people who offer coal in the snow. Owner, are you also going to learn from those ordinary people?

"Taking today's matter as an example, if the Dong Clan was slightly closer to Zheng Geer, how would they let that servant Yang Shitou take the chance?"

Gu Zhilun's face was flushed red, he cupped his hands and said to Tian Dengke, "Old Tian, stop! It's all my fault, Zheng Geer was only able to produce such a godly tool like "Journey to the West", not to mention anything else, so he definitely wasn't an ordinary person.

He had suffered a lot of ostracism in the Zhang family, but he had always avoided danger. This was a blessing in disguise. Fortune Restaurant was on fire, but he was still able to retreat. This was equivalent to surviving a great disaster. "Why am I blinded by lard? Sigh … Sigh …"

Gu Zhilun sighed, his intestines turning green from regret, this lesson was too profound, it was truly a pain that pierced deep into one's bones!