Became a prodigy in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 247 Wei Zheng's decision is shocking
For a long time, Cheng Chuli had been in a state of confrontation with those civil servants.

I have always impeached and impeached you, you step on me, either you die or I live.

None of them expected that Cheng Chuli would be so generous.They would spare no effort to support those scholars to write books.

What kind of heart is this?

Wei Shuyu couldn't believe it and asked: "Little Duke, are we really going to do this?"

Cheng Chuli nodded and said, "Yes, it's not just your father's book. It doesn't matter whoever writes the book. As long as it passes our review, the quality of the book is good, and the author is well-known, we can pay a high price."

"Of course, if it's those authors who are not well-known, the quality of the book is really bad. We won't print this kind of book for us."

"Hey, okay, okay, then I'll go back and tell my dad the good news."

Wei Shuyu was overjoyed, ready to go back to his father and put on a good show.

Cheng Chuli nodded and said, "Okay, you go back! We have to talk to you carefully, and see if he agrees with our plan?"

"Hey, I will definitely agree. You can rest assured, little prince!"

As Wei Shuyu said, he turned around and ran away, overjoyed.

After Wei Shuyu left, Li Yuan was in no mood to play mahjong anymore.

"Xiao Chuli, do you think my books are okay? I also want to print some, old man."

Cheng Chuli said: "The old man's book, it must work! As long as it is complete and of good quality, the price will definitely be higher than Wei Zheng's."

"Hey, Cheng Chuli, business is business, you can't give me a high price just because you have a good relationship with the old man. If I lose money, how can you make the old man feel ashamed?"

If it is other aspects, Li Yuan can definitely crush Wei Zheng, but in terms of writing books, Li Yuan believes that he is still not as good as Wei Zheng.

Therefore, his own books are more expensive than Wei Zheng's.That must be Cheng Chuli taking care of him on purpose.

Cheng Chuli smiled: "Old man, what are you talking about? Of course you have to pay a high price for your book. With your old reputation, the book must sell much better than Wei Zheng's. The price must be higher than Wei Zheng's."

"My book will definitely sell better than Wei Zheng's, how do you say that?"

"That's necessary. You are the Supreme Emperor, a person who has been an emperor. Let me tell you like this! No matter whose book is written, as long as you fill in your old name in the author column, it will definitely sell better than Wei Zheng's. OK. That’s traffic economics.”

Li Yuan didn't understand the traffic economy, but Li Yuan understood the meaning of Cheng Chuli's words.

If so, Wei Zheng's book can give [-] guan.Then his Li Yuan's book must be more than a thousand.

Li Yuan is not comfortable holding this money?What if you lose money?He is with this little guy every day, how embarrassing it would be if he lost money?

Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Let's do it this way! You can take the old man's book, print it and sell it however you want, and we will follow the plan behind, and divide it fifty-fifty."

From Li Yuan's point of view, no matter how much he takes, he can take it with peace of mind.

Cheng Chuli said in admiration: "The old man is indeed wise and powerful, with a vicious vision, and he can tell at a glance that the latter plan will make more money."

Li Yuan's eyes widened immediately.If it wasn't because of embarrassment, he would definitely adopt the previous plan.

It's worth a thousand coins for nothing, and someone helps to print the book, which is tantamount to picking it up for nothing!
"Are you sure that the latter plan makes more money than the former one?"

Cheng Chuli said: "That's for sure, only those short-sighted people would choose the first option."

Cheng Chuli's words sounded like he was flattering the old man, but to Li Yuan's ears, it was very embarrassing.

I'm wise and mighty, my eyes are vicious, my ass!
I'm just embarrassed, so I chose this way, okay?

Embarrassing, so fucking embarrassing.

Speaking of Wei Shuyu, he hurried home with good news.Upon inquiring, father Wei Zheng was reading in the study.

Wei Shuyu came to the door of the study, straightened his collar to make himself look pretentious, and then gently knocked on the door.

"Come in." Wei Zheng's voice sounded from inside.

"Cough cough cough..."

Wei Shuyu coughed a few times before pushing the door open and entering.

As soon as Wei Zheng saw that it was him, he slowly put down the book in his hand, and asked slowly, "How is the matter going?"

Wei Shuyu didn't say anything, but instead asked arrogantly: "Father, guess."

Wei Zheng frowned, and asked unhappily, "Has it been done?"

That old-fashioned look is not the kind of person who can make jokes at all.

"hey-hey……"

Wei Shuyu didn't dare to pretend anymore, and hurriedly said: "Father, it's done. But dad! You have to be mentally prepared. When I say it, don't be frightened!"

Wei Zheng was even more unhappy: "Who is your father? What else can scare your father? Tell me! How much is it? After you finish talking, go directly to the housekeeper to get it."

"hey-hey……"

Wei Shuyu said: "How about eight hundred guan?"

"what?"

"brush……"

Wei Zheng stood up from the blanket after brushing.His eyes were as big as copper bells.

"You brat, didn't you say that the book must be cheaper than other places when it reaches your printing factory? How can it be so expensive? This is simply unreasonable."

Yes, the books printed by the printing factory of Wannian Co., Ltd. are much more beautiful than those printed in other places, which is why Wei Zheng agreed to take the books.

But I didn't expect it to be so much more expensive than other places.

"Old man understands, it must be Cheng Chuli who avenged his personal revenge, right? Well, Cheng Chuli, the old man who suffered from previous grievances is the old man, and the old man doesn't bother with you. It's good that you are waiting for me here. Well, well, today , the old man went to Wannian Co., Ltd. to find him a good theory."

Wei Zheng didn't wait for Wei Shuyu to speak, so he cursed on his own.

Annoying, really irritating.It's as if the old man's books couldn't be printed without Cheng Chuli's printing factory.

Seeing that his father was so angry, Wei Shuyu immediately lost the mood to pretend.

"No, Dad, you misunderstood, our printing factory gave you the old eight hundred."

"Gah..."

Wei Zheng opened his mouth, and all the words he cursed at Cheng Chuli were stuck in his throat, making him choke so uncomfortable.His face turned red.

"No, what are you talking about? He Cheng Chuli gave me [-] guan, how can he die so easily?"

There is another sentence that Wei Zheng didn't say. In Datang, no one knew that he, Cheng Chuli, was desperate for money.

How could a person who desperately wanted money be in a hurry to send money out?

The old man took the book to print for him, and he returned the old man's money.Unless Cheng Chuli's brain is showing off, otherwise, this is impossible.

"Father, it's true. The little prince said that he not only wants to print it for you, but also sell it to you. The eight hundred coins is the outright price. The little prince also said that if you are not satisfied with the price, daddy, he will sell it to you." There is another plan, that is, after the book is printed, we will share the profit from selling the book [-]-[-]. Father, which plan do you choose?"

"Buy out?"

Wei Zheng smiled.

"Haha, I said how could this little guy be so easy to die? So he wanted to cheat the old man! He wanted to take the old man's hard work for himself! The little guy wants to cheat me, there is no way."

Wei Shuyu covered his face, Dad, don't talk about it, I'm going to lose face for you.This old man, why is he insisting on thinking badly about Xiao Guogong?

He quickly explained: "Father, you misunderstood. Xiao Guogong said it. The buyout is just that you have no share in the profit of the sale. The author of the book is still you, and the copyright is still yours as the author?"

Forehead?
Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment.

Thinking as he stroked his beard and walked up and down.

"His..."

He said to himself: "It's not that he wants to be greedy for my copyright, so why would he do this? He printed books for me and sold them for me, and he also gave me [-] coins. That's unreasonable! Shuyu, what do you think?" , how is he going to trick this old man?"

Wei Shuyu was speechless, when did this father become full of conspiracy theories?Can't you think of the good of people?

"Father, Duke Xiaoguo said that it is wrong for scholars to write books, and they have to pay to print them and hire people to sell them. In this way, scholars will not be in the mood to write books."

"He said that he wanted to change this kind of atmosphere, so that the author could get the manuscript fee, have a full stomach, and have no worries. Only in this way can he write a good book with peace of mind."

"Ha ha……"

Wei Zheng laughed again.

He stared at Wei Shuyu, and said disdainfully: "Do you believe what he said? Do you think it's possible? Cheng Chuli has always looked down on scholars, when did he treat them so well?"

Wei Shuyu is so speechless!
"Father! Don't think badly about people, can you? These words were said in front of the Supreme Emperor."

"Ha ha……"

Wei Zheng still sneered there, thinking about how Cheng Chuli would trick him.

Anyway, no matter what, he thought it was a pit.

If he knew it was a pit, he would jump into it, and he would definitely be laughed to death by then.

Wei Shuyu asked very speechlessly: "Mr. Xiaoguo asked me to come back and ask you, which plan do you choose? Daddy, you should choose one! Or my son can choose for you, and we will take [-] guan, okay? Anything can be fake , this money, he will not also fake it?"

Wei Zheng walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, back and forth.

Finally, he paused, waved his hand and said, "Shuyu, we will not print this book."

"What? No...not printed?"

Wei Shuyu's eyes widened, as if he had misheard.

My father, is this a grudge against money?

No, as the general manager of the book printing factory.This time, how could he go back to see Duke Xiao?
"Father, why on earth is this?"

Wei Zheng said: "There is no reason, the old man just doesn't print. This is definitely a trap. If the old man jumps in, he will definitely be laughed to death by the people of Chang'an."

"I."

Wei Shuyu really wanted to cry, why did I give birth to such a father?
what is this?This is absolutely cheap.

People give you money, but you don't want it, and you have to pay for it yourself.

The most important thing is that he didn't know how to go back and tell Cheng Chuli about this matter.

He knows his father's temper best, the more you beg him, the less likely he will agree to something he has decided.

Cheng Chuli gave such a big face, he originally wanted to come back and pretend to be tough in front of his father, but in the end...

Wei Shuyu had no choice but to leave home with a heavy heart.

When he rushed back, Cheng Chuli was still playing mahjong with the old man.

Wei Shuyu was able to run back and forth so fast, of course, because a general manager like him can call a pickup truck at will.

Wei Shuyu returned to Cheng Chuli's side with a bitter face.

Cheng Chuli played a two-shot and asked, "How is it? Which plan does your father choose?"

Li Yuan interrupted and said, "Don't talk about it, let me guess, he must have chosen [-] coins, right?"

Cheng Chuli said: "Master, you don't agree with what you say. Wei Zheng is such a shrewd person, he will definitely choose the split plan."

Wei Shuyu lowered his head and said with a dejected expression: "My father said that this book, he, will not be printed."

"What?"

Everyone turned to look at Wei Shuyu in shock.It was like hearing something shocking.

"No."

Cheng Chuli asked suspiciously: "Why doesn't he print it? It's unscientific, he doesn't even want it if he has money? Do he have to spend his own money to print it?"

Wei Shuyu said with a mournful face, "I don't know either! I asked him, but he didn't say anything."

Cheng Chuli and Li Yuan looked at each other.Are speechless.

In fact, Wei Shuyu knew what Wei Zheng meant.But he dared not speak out!

Cheng Chuli originally wanted to publish Wei Zheng's book to let people know about it.Let those great scholars take the initiative to come to him to print books.Thereby opening up the market in this area.

But I didn't expect Wei Zheng to be so rigid.

This time, the road is blocked.

What, you said to publish Li Yuan's book?

Sorry, publishing Li Yuan's book may not achieve such an effect.

First, people don't know about this policy.It is believed that Li Yuan paid for the printing and sold it himself.

Second, even if people knew about it, they would think that Cheng Chuli did this to flatter Li Yuan.

Others didn't dare to think that they would be treated like Li Yuan.

Cheng Chuli shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Wei, how about this! You go back and print some advertisements, write down our policy in detail, and post it in the streets and alleys, so that people will know about it."

"Also, you should go and find Kong Yingda and those great Confucian scholars yourself. Forget it, I'll take care of this matter! You can go back and be responsible for printing the advertisements."

"Good little prince."

Wei Shuyu agreed, without further ado, he immediately withdrew.

There's no way, I feel so embarrassed, he doesn't want to stay in this room for another minute.

If he hadn't had to come, he wouldn't have come to see Cheng Chuli.

Tell me, what is this called?

He really couldn't figure out how to let him do such a good thing.

On the mahjong table, Li Yuan couldn't laugh or cry.

"Xiao Chuli, are you really going to find that old guy Kong Yingda in person? It's not the old man, I deliberately hit you, that old guy Kong Yingda is much more rigid than Wei Zheng. It's easier to go directly to persuade Wei Zheng if you want to persuade him Some."

Cheng Chuli also knew that it was not easy to convince Kong Yingda, but this time, he had to leave.

(End of this chapter)