Lord of Earth Fiend

Chapter 124 When the book became popular (seeking subscription)

Unsurprisingly, "Boundless Wind and Moon Xiao Xiao Xia" became popular, and Chu Xiucai copied several copies, and rented them all out in one day, and there was an endless stream of people who came to ask questions.

It is said that those who rented the book, some people have already started to become Erdao dealers...

In this business, there are no laws and regulations on copyright protection.

Chu Xiucai only hated himself for not being superhuman. If he could copy faster and copy more copies, he would be able to help the study earn more money.In the current situation, most of the money has been taken away by outsiders.

Chen Jin didn't care about that, he never thought of making money from it.Unless it is printed on a large scale, it is useless to copy it by hand, no matter how fast it is copied.

The work of testing the waters is just to gain publicity, so as to explore and verify the mystery of "Li Yan Pian".

For Chen Jin, the more people watching, the better.

Word of mouth is fermented, one spreads to ten, ten spreads to a hundred...

This is the real purpose.

Books became popular, and so did Sanwei Study, attracting many people to check in.

Passenger flow is the most intuitive economic index. Although they can't rent books, they will buy some pen and ink consumables by the way.

But still the same sentence, whether it is writing a book or opening a store, Chen Jin is not rushing to make money.

Under the noisy and noisy, but feel annoying.

Chu Xiucai was the happiest when the business in the store improved, and felt that his job was secure.

At the same time, I admire Chen Jin's "serialization" strategy.

No matter how outsiders act as Erdao dealers, if they want to get follow-up content, they have to come to Sanwei Study.

So the heat of the study will always be maintained.

If the book was finished, and others copied it all, they would disperse in a hurry, so who would care about you?

However, behind Chen Jin, writing became slower and slower.

During this period of time, he has been immersed in "Li Yan Pian", familiarized with the formulas, practiced the methods, and discovered that the core mechanism is actually similar to "Ghosts and Gods Incense".

Incense Shinto is that the more people worship the faith, the stronger the power of vows;
What about "Li Yan Pian"?

It means that the more people read and appreciate what you write, the more literary and verve it will produce.

Comparing the two, it is easy to draw the conclusion of "the same approach but the same result".

It's just that Xianghuo Dao uses teachings to promote, while "Li Yan Pian" is just writing poems and articles.

But whether it is teachings or poetry, it is always inseparable from the output of "consciousness and viewpoint".To put it bluntly, it is to reason with others and make others agree with your reasoning.

That's all.

This core form can cover almost all aspects.

The output method of the Confucian Temple's "Liyan Pian" is obviously much gentler, focusing on "writing to convey the truth" and "entertaining education through entertainment".

Otherwise, Fengyue novels would not be recognized.

Easy-to-understand and simple-to-understand content is the most popular among people, and it is also the easiest to spread among the market.

That's why Chen Jin chose this book as an entry point. After a few days, the effect feedback came.

Niwan Palace, interior view, "Li Yan Pian".

The previously blank pages are now densely filled with words, but don’t worry about filling them up. After all, there are countless blank pages behind, and it seems that they will never be finished. At present, only a few pages are written.

It stands to reason that the popularity of "Boundless Fengyue Xiaoxiao Xia" is basically "standing", but the literary spirit and charm brewed between the lines are pitifully small, just a trace or two.

Could it be that not enough people have seen it?

It is indeed possible, after all, the length of the current writing is not even one-tenth of the full text.

As for the number of books rented out, that is about eight books. Of course, there are more than this number of people who have read them outside, and there are dozens of them.

Naturally, this data cannot be called "many", but it must be known that even in Jiangnan Prefecture, among the many ordinary people under its jurisdiction, there are very few people who can read and write.One in a million is an optimistic ratio, and one in a thousand, or even one in a million, is the truth.

From this point of view, "Li Yan Pian" is far behind the Incense and Shinto.After all, everyone can do kneeling and offering sacrifices to gods, but reading and writing is not enough.

In other words, the essential characteristics of the two are destined to take different paths.

Chen Jin is more concerned about how to quickly condense the literary spirit and charm, so he took a shortcut in the choice.

It's just that at present, the effect of this shortcut is not good.

He suddenly thought, because of the huge difference in the size of the subject matter, would there be a problem of weight?
That is to say, the weight of writing cute popular novels is low, and the weight of writing formal poetry and articles is high.

This is also very possible.

Therefore, for the next two or three days, Chen Jin continued to observe carefully. When he saw a trace of literary spirit in the sentence "In the world, you are suddenly like a traveler", he finally made sure:
Really weight.

Tens of thousands of words have been written in "Boundless Wind, Moon and Xiao Xiaoxia" eloquently, but this poem is only ten words.

The two are not of the same magnitude at all, but the literary spirit and charm produced are almost the same.

Don't say that the book is not finished, the poem is also not written in its entirety.

After clarifying this issue, Chen Jin found that the core logic of "Li Yan Pian" is quite rigorous, and his position is always above the mainstream system. It is not so easy to opportunistically.

As a result, the plan to harvest literary spirit and charm through Fengyuewen basically fell through.

Chen Jin's update is not so positive.

Of course, it doesn't mean that all the previous work is in vain. If you haven't done it, how can you verify it?

What's more, I also gained some literary charm, but it didn't meet expectations.

The update was slow, and there was no new manuscript, but Chu Xiucai was in a hurry. He was waiting to copy and read it.

I was looking at the hot and exciting place, but the bottom was gone, which was really heart-wrenching.

Ever since there were many people in the shop, Chen Jin always worked on drafts at home. Although Chu Xiucai had some guesses, he was not sure that "Xiao Xiaosheng" was the young master, and even if he was sure, he dared not say anything.

This matter involves reputation and reputation, how can you say it casually?
No matter what, writing novels is not serious business, let alone writing Fengyuewen?
So he could only urge manuscripts around the corner.

Chen Jin said in a very bachelor way: "The author has thought hard, writing is difficult, we have to wait for him."

Chu Xiucai asked: "What if I can't write it?"

Chen Jin shrugged: "What can I do?"

Chu Xiucai was dumbfounded by this, and then said unwillingly: "In that case, there must be many people in the market who will gossip, impersonate, and then write nonsense."

"Can you still do this?"

"Of course, everyone has read so much before, how can they not see a good ending? Some people want to read it, and some people continue to write it. But how they end up writing it is another matter."

Chen Jin thought to himself: The ending of the original work is a ruined family, so it can't be called a good ending... So he said vaguely, "I'll go and urge the author."

Things changed faster than expected. With the delay of "Boundless Fengyuexiaoxiaoxia", or even breaking the update, other versions have appeared on the market, and there are several versions, all under the name of "Xiaoxiaosheng" No., but the content of the continuation is messy, all rushing to the hand-to-hand combat scene, and the relationship between the characters is messed up.

After learning about it from other sources, Chu Xiucai was so angry that she couldn't eat, so she asked Chen Jin to think of a way.

Chen Jin said calmly: "This kind of thing is unavoidable and out of control."

"But what they're doing is disgusting."

Chu Xiucai still felt upset.

Chen Jin thought for a while: "The matter of copying books can be put aside."

Hearing this, Chu Xiucai secretly sighed: I'm going to lose my job again, I really don't want to...

But I heard Chen Jin continue to say: "Chu Xiucai, are you willing to stay?"

"Leave?"

He cheered up and asked quickly.

"Well, stay in the study as an ordinary clerk, the monthly salary is not that much, two pennies a month, and lunch is still included."

The income of this condition is naturally not as good as copying books, and it is better than leisure. The meal alone is far superior to others.

Chu Xiucai hurriedly said: "Thanks to the son's taking in, Chu is naturally willing to stay and do things."

"It's not about taking them in. I already need someone in my shop."

Chen Jin already had a plan in mind, it was impossible to guard the Sanwei Study every day, and so did Xiaoqian.Both of them belong to practitioners, every day, apart from the daily chores that must be solved, the focus should be on cultivation, how can they have so much free time to greet guests and bargain?

Under such circumstances, it is most appropriate to keep Chu Xiucai and let him be the front desk.

He is diligent and meticulous in his work, and he is qualified for the job.

He needs this job more.

After solving the work problem and having no worries about the future, Chu Xiucai became obviously relaxed, and asked, "My lord, is there no new work by this Taoist today?"

Speaking of calligraphy, in the past few days, Chen Jin has written nine pieces.

Every time, almost as soon as the front feet were hung up, someone came to buy the back feet.The speed was so fast that he doubted whether he was being watched.

But after inspection, nothing unusual was found.

Those who came to buy calligraphy in the next few groups were not the idiot scholar who cried whenever he wanted to, but someone else.

different people.

While selling the characters, Chen Jin observed carefully, but was disappointed.

These people are mediocre, just ordinary people.

Out of curiosity, Chen Jin asked the other party why he spent a couple of dollars to buy this character, and the other party only replied that he thought the character was good, so he bought it.

This answer is obviously a subterfuge.

If it was once or twice, it might still be possible, but so many times, it is by no means accidental.

To be sure, someone behind the scenes is buying his word.

who is it?

That weird scholar?

Do you really think that the words are good and the words are good, and then you like it more?

Chu Xiucai said excitedly that he might have met a collector.

The collectors he talks about are also speculators. They are often active in the Confucian Temple Street, shopping in various shops. If they encounter works by newcomers who think they have potential, they will take the opportunity to buy them in large quantities.

After buying it back, of course, it is not only for collection, but mainly to wait for the appreciation and then make a fortune.

To do this kind of business, first of all, you must have extraordinary vision, strong capital support, and personal connections.In this way, the goods can be fried, so that rare goods can be lived in.

The situation Chen Jin encountered now was a bit similar, but there were many differences and doubts.

But no matter how you look at it, this matter is not harmful to him. The calligraphy he writes is originally for sale, and it is better to sell well than no one cares about him.

But Chen Jin is a serious person, since he felt confused, he wanted to find out the truth.

Today, he took out another calligraphy work, which reads "Life is full of love and infatuation, this hatred has nothing to do with the wind and the moon."

Seeing this sentence, Chu Xiucai was amazed and shouted "talented".

I took it carefully and wanted to hang it up.

A customer came in and shouted: "Shopkeeper, do you have any new works by 'The Man in the Tao'?"

Sure enough, it came...

Chen Jin raised his eyebrows and looked at the other party. This time, the person who came was a young man dressed as a follower, with an ordinary appearance and an ordinary body.

Chu Xiucai shook the words in his hand: "There is a picture."

"how much is it?"

"One or two."

When quoting this price, Chu Xiucai was actually a little reluctant.

As the market tightened, he suggested to Chen Jin that it was time to raise the price.It is feasible to increase from one to two to two or more for one picture.

However, Chen Jin did not accept it, and still insisted on the original price, only selling it for one tael.

Chu Xiucai was quite puzzled by this, why not make money if he has money?After thinking about it, I guessed that Chen Jin didn't want to make a profit by selling his works, but wanted to make a name for himself.

If you explain it this way, it will work.

That's right, if one becomes famous and becomes a master, how many works can one write?
Dozens of taels, or even more than a hundred taels are not a problem.

Therefore, the young master still has a pattern and sees far.

So Chu Xiucai stopped talking and followed orders.

"That's one or two."

The young man took out a piece of silver.

Chu Xiucai took the title and confirmed it was correct.

Silver transactions are so troublesome, and often have to be cut, but if you don’t use silver to use copper coins, the money is always heavy and cumbersome.

It's still easier to use bank notes.

However, when this person came to buy calligraphy, he seemed to know the price, so he prepared a tael of silver, which was exactly the same.

It can be seen from this that it is absolutely prepared.

Chen Jin was even more curious. If he really came to buy words, why did he use so many tricks?
Every time I come to buy, a different person comes.

What kind of operation is this?
Want to cover it up?

There is no silver 300 taels here?
Or, did it on purpose, so as to lure him there?

The young attendant took the calligraphy and took it very carefully before leaving the shop.

Chen Jin said, "I'll go out for a while."

As he spoke, he walked lightly, walked out of the store, glanced over, caught the other party's whereabouts, and immediately followed.

When tracking, the mind vigilantly pays attention to the surrounding situation.

He doesn't want the mantis to catch the cicada and be followed by the oriole.

As the temple fair approached, the streets became more lively, people came and went, especially a lot of children, they were chasing and playing, and they laughed happily all the way.

After walking for a while, Chen Jin didn't notice the abnormality, and quickly caught an opportunity, and instantly cast the invisibility method.

The invisibility method of the world of mortals, when entering the state, will be in a certain mysterious state, like a person outside the world, so as to better observe everything around.

Now that he is so advanced in cultivation, even if there are crowds in the street, it will not hinder him.

Those are just ordinary people, and it is difficult to cause interference.

If there are strange people, masters of the rivers and lakes, then when the other party finds Chen Jin, Chen Jin can also find the other party.

Isn't this follow-up trip just to find out who is behind the scenes?
　When the book becomes popular, I want to eat roast chicken!Thanks to the book friend "Mie Shifang" for your generous reward, this month is unprecedented!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)