I'm Actually The Big Villain In The Book

Chapter 55 Are you also from time travel?

"Yutong" pawn shop.

Behind the tall counter, an old man was looking at Xu Qingwan with a rather indifferent expression.

Most of the women dressed like this can't bring out any good items, it's probably just tattered jewelry.

But coming here is business, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it's still meat, so he asked politely.

"Girl, what do you want to be?"

"This knife."

Xu Qingwan hesitated for a while and handed the sparrow into the window with a worried face.

"Oh, let me see."

The old man took the bird's cry, only glanced at the handle of the knife, and his pupils shrank suddenly.

Centennial huanghuali!

Although the small piece of the knife handle is not very expensive, but it must be not easy to use this wood as a handle!

After looking at the scabbard, he slowly pulled out a blade.

"Whew~"

The sound of unsheathing like an oriole's cry is clearly audible, without a trace of noise.

Some shriveled fingers brushed against the cold blade, and the old man's face changed drastically in the next second, and he opened his mouth wide to look at Xu Qingwan.

"This knife...how did the girl get it?"

"What are you asking this for?"

Xu Qingwan showed vigilance: "How much money can I earn? If you don't see me, then go to another house."

"Don't don't!"

The old man hurriedly waved his hands and got up: "Wait a minute, girl, I can't decide this matter alone, I need to discuss it with the shopkeeper."

He didn't wait for Xu Qingwan to answer after he finished speaking, and immediately went into the inner room with the knife in his arms, and it took a quarter of an hour to come out.

"The girl has been waiting for a long time."

The old man carefully put the bird on the table, and then directly ordered the staff to close the door and refuse customers.

After all the doors and windows of the pawn shop were closed, he looked at Xu Qingwan and slowly stretched out three fingers: "Girl, if you want to pawn this knife, we can give you this amount."

"Three hundred taels?"

Xu Qingwan was greatly surprised.

Ordinary weapons on the market usually only cost a few taels of silver, and even "official weapons" forged from fine steel like the Liu Ye Knife cost only a few taels.

And this sparrow's cry was directly worth a hundred Liu Ye knives, no wonder she was so shocked.

Xu Qingwan didn't know what kind of treasure knife was worth the price, but before she could figure it out, the old man shook his head with a complicated expression, and corrected him softly:

"Girl, it's three thousand taels."

"Three, three thousand taels?"

Xu Qingwan's eyes widened suddenly: "This, this knife is worth three thousand taels?"

"It's not worth three thousand taels, but it can be worth three thousand taels."

The old man took a deep breath, and looked at Que Ti as if he was looking at a stunning beauty who just came out of the bath.

"One knife is worth a thousand gold, this knife is worth at least ten thousand taels of silver."

"Ten thousand two..."

Hearing this new record high price, Xu Qingwan seemed to become a repeater, unable to say anything, just repeated the word "ten thousand taels" in a daze.

The old man was not in a hurry, and after waiting for a while to see Xu Qingwan calmed down a bit, he asked:

"I wonder if the girl is satisfied with this price?"

"If you want to sell it, that's even better, and I, Yutong Bank, can deliver the bank notes right away."

"...I'm wrong, and I won't sell it."

Xu Qingwan shook her head bitterly: "I just wanted to ask how much it was worth..."

"what?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed anger: "There is no such rule! If you want to take the knife back, you can take it back, one hundred taels of silver..."

"clank~"

Something suddenly fell on the counter, not silver, but a black token.

The old head turned red as if he was choking, and it took him a while to force a smile: "It turns out to be the master of Xuan Jingsi. You were offended just now, don't take it to heart..."

Soon, Xu Qingwan walked out of the pawnshop holding the bird in her arms.

Not only was there no joy on her face that made a lot of money, but she was worried.

Ten thousand taels, so expensive...

I only have more than a thousand taels now, and I don't know when I can save enough money to pay him back...

He lowered his head to look at the word "bird cry" on the scabbard, and clenched his little hands tightly.

Xu Qingwan suddenly showed determination and waved her small fist, as if to cheer herself up.

Keep making money! I can!

...

Just when Xu Qingwan took the initiative to shoulder the "huge debt" of ten thousand taels of silver, Wei Changtian, as the "creditor", had already returned to the Wei Mansion, and was listening to Li Yang and Wang Er's work report at this time.

The preparations for Chunshen Bookstore have been basically completed. Li Yang bought a yard with a storefront and a warehouse. The front can be used as a bookstore, and the back can be used as a printing factory.

The assistants have been recruited, the printing equipment has been put in place, and Lu Jingyao has already given "Journey to the West (Part 1)" to Li Yang.

Everything is ready, tentatively scheduled to open on August 28.

"...That's about it. I have also arranged for the brothers of the Freemasonry to mix with normal guys, and ordinary people will never see the clue."

Li Yang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Brother Wei, I have an idea about selling books, and I want you to come up with an idea."

"what idea?"

Wei Changtian nodded in satisfaction: "Brother Li, you can just say it directly, what are you polite about?"

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point."

Li Yang scratched his head embarrassingly: "I want to sell "Journey to the West" together with the playing cards you invented, Brother Wei."

"Poker is a new item that has never existed before. I think it will be very popular if it is promoted properly."

"Now we have our own printing workshop, which can reduce the production cost of playing cards to a very low level. If we can sell them together with "Journey to the West", it will not only greatly increase sales, but also..."

Li Yang tentatively explained his "new idea", while Wei Changtian became more and more surprised the more he listened.

Boy, isn't this a bundle sale?

Do you understand such a modern concept?

"Brother Li, I think it's feasible!"

Wei Changtian quickly fully affirmed it: "You just have to let go and do it, this move will definitely be a great success if there are no accidents!"

"Really? Brother Wei, why don't you listen to my thoughts?"

Li Yang was very excited when he got the affirmation, and he simply said all the things he had figured out in the past few days.

In the following time, Wei Changtian heard the shadows of many modern marketing methods such as "hunger sales", "star endorsement" and "brand packaging", some of which were even very similar.

Damn, you didn't also come here through time travel, did you? !

"Brother Li, you are truly a genius in business!"

Looking at Li Yang like an alien, Wei Changtian admired sincerely: "If you were born a few decades earlier and still have the Xu family, the richest man in Daning will definitely be yours!"

Li Yang was both surprised and delighted when he heard the words: "Brother Wei, I'm even embarrassed by what you said."

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. You don't have to ask me about the bookstore's business in the future, just make up your own mind!"

Wei Changtian patted Li Yang on the shoulder, and then suddenly said: "Odds change and even don't change!"

? ? ?

Li Yang looked blank: "Brother Wei, what are you talking about?"

"Hahaha, nothing..."

Wei Changtian laughed twice, raising his teacup as if to drink tea.

However, at the moment when the edge of the cup touched the mouth, he blurted out again unexpectedly: "Helium, hydrogen, beryllium, beryllium, boron!"

Li Yang: "..."

Wang Er: "..."

(end of this chapter)