Wealth and glory seek stability

Moxiang Pavilion.

The shopkeeper was entertaining several scholars who were buying books. There were also a few women in Moxiang Pavilion flipping through the books on the bookshelves.

Jian Xi walked to the bookshelf where the storybooks were kept with familiarity. It was strange to say, but there were not many restrictions on women in this dynasty. There were even some laws specifically designed to protect women.

Unlike the dynasties close to modern times in Chinese history, when women needed to bind their feet, stay at home, and abide by the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, under the laws of the Xuanyuan Dynasty, women could divorce their husbands.

In families that are slightly wealthier, girls in the family would go to special clan schools.

The shopkeeper sent the scholar away and walked towards Jian Xi with his legs crossed. "Hey! Miss Jian Xi, these are the most fashionable storybooks. Many wealthy families in the capital read them."

"..."

Exactly the same rhetoric as last time.

Jian Xi no longer believed in the shopkeeper's tricks. She carefully flipped through the storybook in her hand and found that there was a reason why Bi Hen got angry last time. The story in it was too clichéd, and it was the same thing over and over again.

Either a talented man and a beautiful woman or a hero saving a beauty.

She suddenly had an idea, took out a book wrapped in cloth from her arms, and motioned to the shopkeeper to find a secluded place.

The shopkeeper understood and called Xiao Liuzi over, "Xiao Liuzi, come and help me at the counter for a while. I'm going to the tea room to discuss something with this girl."

Moxiang Pavilion has two floors, and the tea room is on the second floor.

This was Jian Xi's first time going up to the second floor. The bookshelves there were filled with books. According to the different categories of books, there were astronomy and geography, classics and history, and miscellaneous notes on ghosts and monsters.

There was only one square octagonal table in the tea room, with an incense table in the middle, on which was enshrined the statue of the Saint of Literature, and there was still unburned incense ash in the incense burner.

"Your teahouse is quite simple." Jian Xi looked around. Such an environment made people feel soothed both physically and mentally.

Jian Xi opened the cloth bag and saw two thin pieces of paper on top of a book.

Hand the top two pages of rice paper to the shopkeeper.

This was incredible. The shopkeeper seemed to be absorbed by the contents of the paper. He couldn't even lift his head, and he stopped twirling his beard as usual.

I finished reading the two pages very quickly.

The shopkeeper was still not satisfied, "Is this written by your scholar husband?"

Generally, those who write this kind of articles are scholars who have studied for several years but have never passed the imperial examination, so the shopkeeper assumes that the person who wrote the book is the scholar behind Jian Xi.

Jian Xi didn't explain, she just asked, "Don't worry about who wrote it, just help me see if this book is selling well?"

The shopkeeper stroked his goatee from time to time, "Of course it is. I have read a lot of books. Just reading the first two chapters, they are very gripping. To be honest, I would like to know what will happen in the rest of the book. If the rest of the book can be as good as these two, I estimate that this book will become the best-selling book in Beijing this year."

Jian Xi was surprised, but soon calmed down, "Boss, don't bluff me."

If that were the case, she would be rich.

For a moment, Jian Xi seemed to see the life of buying a house, becoming a landlord, and eating and sleeping every day waving at her.

When Jian Xi came to her senses, the shopkeeper just brought in two cups of tea.

"Miss Jian Xi, please have some tea. This is the Longjing tea from before the rain this spring."

It turns out that the reason why she wasn't served tea before was because her rank was not high enough!

While Jian Xi was drinking tea, the shopkeeper was about to take the bound book from Jian Xi's cloth bag, but was stopped by Jian Xi.

"Shopkeeper, there are rules in the industry. Isn't it wrong for you to do this?"

If you want to read her book without spending a penny, forget it.

This book was written based on the style of the domineering CEO novels she wrote in her previous life. It tells the story of a young businessman and a commoner girl.

The most common books in the capital are stories about daughters of wealthy and powerful families and poor scholars, and it is obvious that they were written by men.

Jian Xi's story is novel in theme, the shopkeeper's experience is unheard of, the writing is fresh, and it whets the appetite.

The shopkeeper was anxious to know how the story would develop.

Jian Xi is extremely shrewd when it comes to money. If you don’t see the money, don’t even think about getting her book for free!

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Isn't it because I want to know what will happen next by reading those two pages? How about this? I'll go get the contract, and we'll split the profits from the book sales in 50-50. In addition, as long as you promise to sell this gentleman's books in our Moxiang Pavilion in the future, I'll also give you another 1,000 taels of silver."

When Jian Xi came to this era, the thing that she felt most deeply was that although technology was not well developed in this era, all the people were the best of the best.

This time she was careful and did not give in just for the one thousand taels.

Su Bai's fingers had been nurtured in the palace for several months and were no longer as thin and withered as before. He picked up the celadon teacup in front of him and took a light sniff. A faint tea fragrance lingered around his nose.

Jian Xi was not good at the tea ceremony, but there were two little girls in the house who made tea every day. She learned some basic knowledge about tea from them.

"Good tea." Jian Xi said something irrelevant.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper's expression froze for a moment, which coincidentally did not escape Jian Xi's eyes.

It seems that the shopkeeper is taking advantage of her because she doesn't understand the market and deliberately lowers the price.

We need to engage in psychological warfare, and we must not lose our composure at this time. Judging from the shopkeeper's performance, the book should have been written successfully.

She said that after going through the baptism of the developed online literature market in her previous life, the CEO novels that are still popular can still shine in another place.

Now that things are in short supply, Jian Xi is not panicking at all.

She was smart enough not to copy the novels of her previous life. She could travel through time, but there might be people who traveled through time in this era. There is no impenetrable wall in the world, so she must keep her vest well. Who knows if the person who traveled through time is a friend or an enemy?

The story routine of the previous life plus the historical background of this era is like copying homework, and the copying must be well-founded. She is not afraid even if it is dug up in the future. At most, she will say that she is gifted, and no one will associate her with traveling through time.

"This... I can give you a maximum of 1,500 taels, but all the books written by this gentleman in the future must be sold in our Moxiang Pavilion." The shopkeeper clenched his fists, as if he had made some kind of decision.

Jian Xi decided to stop while she was ahead and said happily, "Deal!" One thousand five hundred taels was enough for her to buy a small house.

In past and present lives, buying a house has become Jian Xi's obsession.

The shopkeeper picked up his pen and wrote the contract, then asked, "I wonder what this gentleman's pen name is...?"

Jian Xi thought for a moment and said, "Ling Jiang."

The shopkeeper picked up the pen and wrote it down, stamping his handprint on it, and Jian Xi also stepped forward to sign.

Jian Xi then turned over the book she had just finished writing, revealing the title -

Jewelry Hidden Love

I originally wanted to name it "The Domineering Young Master Falls in Love with Me", but it seemed a bit too explicit, so I changed it to a more subtle name.

It tells the story of the love-hate relationship between the young master of the world's largest jewelry guild and the kind-hearted heroine.

This was also thanks to the fact that Jian Xi was a Chinese major student in her previous life and had a certain foundation in writing. In addition, after coming to the other world, she conducted a survey on the entire vernacular novel market before she was able to write this.

I have only written the first volume, which is also much thicker than an ordinary book. I will decide based on the sales of Moxiang Pavilion.

This is also a word I often heard in my previous life, hunger marketing.

After pressing the fingerprint, the shopkeeper took out two silver notes and said, "These are silver notes from the largest bank in Xuanyuan Dynasty, HSBC. They can be exchanged for cash in the whole country. Take a look at them. We will pay you in cash."

Jian Xi had no idea how to identify a banknote, so in order not to appear timid, she pretended to look at it for a long time.