Flowers in full bloom

Hualei paused, lowered her head slightly, and looked pitiful. Her voice was much lower, "I want to use cheaper paper to print it, so that the price can be lower. Then maybe students in private schools or some poor students who can't afford pens and ink can afford it.

In fact, this does not conflict with the Dong family's sales to official schools and aristocratic families. Instead, they complement each other. Besides, the Dong family can't sell to me at a loss. It's nothing more than making less money, right? You supply the same price to other bookstores and private schools, so it's better to sell to me as a favor, right? Anyway, you are selling goods. If you don't sell to the Dong family, you can sell to other families. Three years later, it will be the Dong family's world. "Hua Lei looked at the fat old man at the top.

"Miss Hua, you are not afraid of me tampering with your work. I won't buy your plates now. I can just help you print them, and then I can imitate you later."

"Grandfather..." The young man sitting at the bottom left looked at the fat old man with a look of disapproval. Hualei smiled, it turned out that this was the grandson of the young master, the chief winemaker.

Looking at Gui Jijiu who was sitting at the head, Hua Lei said slowly, "In fact, I had thought about this problem before I took out this grid. If the boss really wants to do this, I can't do anything now. However, I am still young, and this is just a small attempt. Maybe I will have better ideas in the future. Hua Lei believes that the boss will not be so short-sighted."

Gui Jijiu was impressed by Hualei. This girl was really good at speaking. She made precise analysis, got to the point, moved people with emotion, persuaded them with reason, tempted them with benefits, and finally gave them a big promise. This girl, given time, really should not be underestimated. If she were a boy, she would definitely make great achievements. Thinking of his sons, Gui Jijiu felt a little depressed. With a soft sigh, Gui Jijiu put away his thoughts.

"Okay, then our printing house will buy the engravings all at once, and Miss Hua cannot sell them to others. If they are imitated in the future, as long as they are not the engravings Miss Hua gave us, we will never trouble Miss Hua. As for the sales rights, we will do as Miss Hua said. All bookstores and private schools in the capital, except for the official schools, will belong to Miss Hua. In three years, I will print a batch first, calculate the cost, and report it to Miss Hua. As for the future imitation, if Miss Hua is preempted from the market, don't trouble us. Manager Liu will first draft a contract for the sale of engravings, and then draft a contract for the sub-sale rights."

"Yes." Manager Liu responded respectfully. Things went unexpectedly smoothly and Hua Lei was very happy.

What Hualei didn't know was that no matter whether the official printing house wanted to carve and print books, it had to be signed by the Imperial Academy Jijiu, so Gui Jijiu didn't worry about being imitated at all. If he really wanted to imitate, it would only be the private printing houses, which would have an impact on his own printing house, but not much. But Hualei didn't know that in order to drink more broth later, he spent a lot of time and did a lot of things. However, he also occupied an absolute advantage in the market later. It can be said that Gui Jijiu ate the meat with power, and Hualei drank the broth with his brain.

At this time, Hualei sat on her mule cart and thought, no matter how much market share this grid pattern would be taken away by others after being imitated, her bookstore had already taken the lead. Although the sales rights would expire in three years.

But at least there should be no problem for the next three years, and now I still have three hundred taels of silver in my hand. Although it may not be much in the eyes of outsiders, it may be the price of a piece of jewelry, but for Hua Lei, it is a considerable windfall. I just don't know if the imperial examination book can be engraved. If it can be, I don't know if it can also take over the bookstores and private schools in the capital.

Hualei sat on the mule cart, thinking carefully. When she returned to Qingyun Lane and told everyone about it, everyone was delighted. Aunt Song even rushed to the market and bought a chicken to make soup, saying that she wanted to nourish Hualei. Hualei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she still drank a full bowl of chicken soup.

In the evening, Hua Lei went to the study on the second floor and took out the maps of various districts that she had secretly bought from Manager Chen of Sifang Yahang last time and spread them on the table. She only bought the map of East City District the first time, and later asked Fang Youdi to secretly find Manager Chen and buy the maps of South City District, North City District, and West City District as well.

At this time, Hua Lei was holding a map, searching carefully for something on the map, and recording it in her little notebook. The map bought from Manager Chen was very clear. Every street and alley was on the map, and every shop and house on every street was also recorded, with details of what the shops and houses did, which was exactly what Hua Lei needed now. At this time, Hua Lei's little notebook was already full of records.

All the bookstores and private schools in the four districts were listed. The specific streets and addresses of the bookstores and private schools were all there. Hualei looked at the sky and saw that it was already late, so she decided to rest first. After thinking for a while, she added a few more notes in the small notebook. Then she turned off the lights and went to sleep.

The next day, after sending Xiaoyuan off to the private school, Hualei went into the study room, took out a large pile of papers, sorted them according to her needs, then spread out paper and ground them, and began to copy the test papers by hand. After copying a few copies and thinking for a while, she took the papers that needed to be copied to the bookstore in front and asked Xiaoqun to copy them when there were no customers in the bookstore. She also asked Ping'an to make a detailed list of all the goods that her bookstore would need for the imperial examination, including the unit price.

He took Uncle Fu, who had just finished selling buns at the market, to Sifangyuan Yahang, and made an appointment with Fang Youdi and Manager Chen in the name of wanting to buy the shop. He then treated the two of them to a meal in the private room of Zuiyuelou. After telling them what he wanted, he went home.

The next afternoon, Fang Youdi turned into the bookstore in Qingyun Lane and gave Hualei the suburban map she asked for. After thanking Brother Youdi, Hualei took the suburban map back to the study on the second floor. After another night of searching by following the map, Hualei's little notebook was filled with several pages of addresses of village and county schools in the suburbs of Beijing.

During these few days, Hualei asked Xiaoqun to help Ping'an sort out a few more lists of imperial examination supplies for her own bookstore, and Xile and Xiaoxiao copied the papers. She sorted out a detailed list of all the papers she had, and drew up a few blank contracts based on the contract format of the printing house. The printing house moved quickly, and after three days, they sent a message to Hualei to see the finished product.

On the sixth day of May, Hualei took Uncle Fu, who had just returned from selling steamed buns, to the printing house. Ping'an and Xiaoxiao stayed in the shop to continue sorting out the list and copying the papers. In the printing house, the smiling manager Liu welcomed Hualei to the room where they had been last time. Several people sat down at the table, and Manager Liu placed several stacks of grid copying papers of varying quality in front of Hualei.

Hualei looked at them one by one. The printed grid was exactly the same as the one she had drawn by hand, even the few osmanthus flowers in the middle. The size of the printed copy paper was also the same as Hualei's three-foot square size. This is the most commonly used size of paper in private schools and the best size of paper sold in bookstores. Hualei carefully asked about the supply price and carefully wrote it down in her notebook. Then she took a few dollars of each type of copy paper and left.