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"Um?"

Hearing the sound coming from the outer hall, Li Mo signaled Zhao Hai to boil medicine for Xue Song before turning around and leaving.

As for the final book to send to the palace, you should not be too blind. You must first inquire about the concubine's preferences, and prescribe the right medicine for better results.

There are many classic stories in my memory,

Far more than "The Legend of Yingying" and "A Dream of Red Mansions", there are also "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" and so on.

After a while, I came to the outer hall,

Li Mo saw five men dressed as scholars peeping eagerly inside. At the same time, there were many noisy sounds outside the door.

"A few of you are..."

Li Mo asked.

"Li Langjun, I wonder when your lecture will start today? I listened to half of it yesterday and I was really itchy."

Seeing the rightful master appear, one of the scholars smiled sheepishly.

"It turns out that you all are listening to books, so there should be another hour..."

Li Mo understood.

By the way, yesterday we were talking about opening the book at noon, but it’s only that time now, so it’s still early.

"But... Mr. Lang... can you take a look at the situation outside first, or can you arrange a seat for those of us who come first? Otherwise... I will worry about not having a seat when noon arrives!"

The scholar who spoke first pointed to the door with some worry.

It is said that after listening to the first few chapters of Journey to the West yesterday, they were completely attracted to the story. They were thinking that they must listen to the follow-up today and not miss the time.

As a result, I passed by the door of the book club today because of something, and found that the place was already surrounded.

As a result, they would definitely not have a seat when they arrived here at noon, so they decided to go in and ask in advance.

"Arrange the location first?"

Li Mo was puzzled. In confusion, he walked to the door and took a look, and was shocked.

I don't know when the door of the bookstore was already packed with people. Not to mention, some people actually brought their own benches and occupied most of the street in front of the door. It was bustling with people and was even more lively than in front of Liuxiang Pavilion.

"how so?"

Li Mo couldn't help but scratch his head.

Just yesterday afternoon, the popularity of Journey to the West has reached this level?

It shouldn’t be!

In fact, Li Mo still underestimated this era of lack of legends. In the decades of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the people's cultural needs reached a peak without material worries. Poems, lyrics and songs were exclusive to the nobles and had been sung for many years.

no longer satisfied,

Therefore, legendary stories came into being.

However, manuscripts often cost several hundred words, and many common people and literati could not afford them.

Yesterday, Li Mo gave a lecture. The format was novel, the story was exciting, and it was free of charge. How could it not attract people?

Especially those who listened to the book yesterday and spread the word by word of mouth after going back. They all wanted to get a good seat in advance today, and this was the scene before them.

"Li Langjun, we didn't let Langjun reserve his position for nothing. How about ten coins for each position?"

Li Mo was stunned when the scholar next to him spoke again.

"Ten cents per position?"

After coming back to his senses, Li Mo was quite surprised.

"Well, in our opinion... Li Langjun's story is even more exciting than the "The Biography of Liu Yi", and the price of the manuscript of Liu Yi's Biography has risen to 350 yuan today. I'll listen to Lang Jun's advice.

The story cost only ten cents, and it’s already a profit.”

The scholar replied seriously.

After returning home yesterday, they also told many people about what happened at the book club. After hearing this, many literati who bought copies of "The Legend of Liu Yi" were very dissatisfied, thinking that Journey to the West could not be more exciting than the Legend of Liu Yi.

Finally, I took out Liu Yichuan for comparison on the spot.

In contrast, the scholars found that Liu Yichuan was really average in front of Journey to the West.

Therefore, even if you spend ten cents to buy a seat today, it is not a loss, but a profit.

"That's...that's fine!"

Li Mo thought for a moment and suddenly had an idea.

It would be a fool not to accept the money delivered to your door. Since the popularity of Journey to the West is unexpectedly high, we might as well arrange some special seats for VIPs, so that the book will sell well.

In addition, these scholars and scribes who are willing to spend money to buy seats are also the main customers for buying manuscripts. They are arranged in the front to suit their wishes.

"Very good, Sir... just accept these coins!"

When they heard Li Mo's promise, the scholars were overjoyed and hurriedly handed over a lot of copper coins, no more, no less, exactly fifty coins.

"Okay! But please wait a moment for me to write you a voucher. Then you can sit down with your voucher."

One pass, all the answers, Li Mo said after receiving the money.

Since it is a VIP seat, it must be treated like a VIP seat.

This business model was quite common on Earth, but Li Mo didn't expect that the popularity could reach this point directly. Originally, he thought of waiting for the popularity to rise later before taking it a step further.

"It's so good. Mr. Lang is so considerate."

The scholars looked at each other and were very satisfied with this arrangement.

"Um!"

After a while, several people took the number written by Li Mo and left.

At this time, Zhao Hai had finished preparing the medicine for Xue Song and came to the front hall.

"Xiao Hai, you came just in time! You and I will pack up the manuscripts in the front hall and move them to the back hall, so that the front hall will be empty."

Li Mo looked around the front hall and said.

"Make room? Master, is this what you want?"

Zhao Hai was puzzled.

Even if I had made plans to send books to Xidu, I wouldn't be in such a hurry.

Besides, writing books also has its place.

"Today we will put the book table in the outer hall to teach, and we will also put some benches here."

Li Mo explained.

He already had a rough idea of ​​what the outer hall of the bookstore would look like next, and he studied teahouses, which only appeared in modern times.

At that time, a few tables and chairs will be set up, storytellers will be placed on the table, and some tea will be sold.

After that, Li Mo looked at the fifty coins in Zhao Hai's hand and said, "Just now, a few scholars were worried that they would not have a place when they came over at noon, so they gave them fifty coins. Since they gave money, we can't

Neglect."

"Fifty coins, or money from selling the location?"

Seeing the money, Zhao Hai was stunned and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

It has been said that he has not seen such a large amount of income from the book club for a long, long time. Those manuscripts in the past could only be sold for thirty or forty cents a day at most.

If we collect some reward money today, wouldn't it mean that the Storytelling Club will have a hundred articles in its account today?

Are you afraid that you won't be able to pay the rent as long as this continues?

"Master, I'll move it right now!"

Come back to your senses,

Zhao Hai rolled up his sleeves without saying a word and carried the manuscript to the inner hall.

In the past, these manuscripts were really treasures in Zhao Hai's eyes. Although they could not be sold, they were still a hope for future success, but now... these manuscripts really took up a lot of space in his eyes.

...

Time flies and it’s noon in a blink of an eye.

At this moment, the outside of Moran Book Club was already crowded. Scholars and literati who wanted to come to listen to books were crowded into a noisy group. They only left a place for placing bookcases at the door.

"You little man, why are you trying to squeeze me?"

"Hmph, I grabbed this position first, why do you want to take it?"

"Your position? Ridiculous! Why do you say this is your position?"

"I put the stools here early!"

"Are the tables and stools set up? Where is your stool?"

"Yes...where is my stool? It belongs to you, sir. Which thief stole my stool!"