Chapter 312: Divide the profits? Will the shopkeeper agree?
While he was in a daze, the bookstore owner came out and was particularly respectful when he saw Du Wanwan. He also heard what was said just now. It turned out that this person was the famous Doctor Du in Liang County City.
He was friends with the Yan family and had long since found out that the doctor who cured the mighty general was named Du and had opened a very special clinic in Liangjun City called the People's Clinic, which specifically served the common people.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she came to the capital, she actually opened a people's clinic in the west of the city, probably intending to serve the people in the west of the city.
You can't offend such a good doctor, you never know when he might be of use.
When the students saw the shrewd and capable shopkeeper, who was in his fifties, coming out, they knew they had something to discuss and they all dispersed.
Meng Qingran waved to Du Wanwan and asked, "Doctor Du! Can I bring my grandfather to see you tomorrow at noon?"
"No problem." Du Wanwan nodded in response.
"Thank you so much!"
Meng Qingran finished speaking and skipped away. Her grandfather loved her the most. She was dark-skinned and had no confidence since she was a child. She was called "dark-skinned" by her illegitimate sisters, and she cried out of grievance.
Grandfather always comforted her: "It's not your fault that you are dark-skinned. It's the one who curses you that is guilty. Qingran is your most lovely granddaughter."
Because of the love of her grandparents and parents, she is still happy even though she is not good-looking. Grandfather has been ill for almost half a year. Everything else is fine except coughing. It keeps coughing.
He coughed so much that he had no energy at all. He lay in bed every day, looking haggard and skinny. It was really pitiful to see him.
The imperial physician from the palace came to see the patient and prescribed some medicine for him to drink, but it had basically no effect. All the famous doctors in the capital were also consulted.
My father and several uncles were very worried and didn't know what to do. Unexpectedly, Dr. Du came to the capital and opened a clinic.
This is great. She has to go back and talk to her father about it. She will take Grandpa to the People’s Hospital for a checkup tomorrow at noon.
After Meng Qingran left, the owner of Changyuan Bookstore took Du Wanwan, Liang and Yetingyu to the backyard and ordered people to serve tea and cakes.
He asked politely, "I wonder what business Dr. Du wants to discuss?"
Du Wanwan reached out her hand, took the manuscript that Liang took out of the cloth bag, and handed it to the shopkeeper: "I have a manuscript here, shopkeeper, take a look, if you like it, we can talk about it."
Liang's hands were clenched tightly together, and her expression was nervous, while Du Wanwan, on the other hand, was calm and composed, raising her cup to drink tea, not at all embarrassed. She forced down the anxiety in her heart.
Ye Tingyu didn't have anything to be nervous about. After all, she was not involved. Her sister-in-law said that even if she wrote a script in the future, she would not have to come forward to negotiate it herself, as her sister-in-law would handle it.
She just needs to write at home and not worry about anything else.
Seeing her sister-in-law's calm and distant demeanor, and her composure in the face of difficulties, her heart became at peace.
As long as her sister-in-law was there, she didn't need to worry about anything, no matter how big the problem was. Although she was born out of wedlock, her family had never treated her badly since she was a child.
She was raised by her mother as the legitimate daughter. Her father and two brothers were also very kind to her. They never bullied her or treated her as an outsider.
Suddenly she felt that she was very lucky. Even though her family had met with a disaster and her brothers and father were gone, a magical sister-in-law came and actually snatched away everything in her room.
When her mother opened the bag and took out the trinkets and head jewelry that she had hidden away, she could hardly believe her eyes.
How could my sister-in-law be so powerful? The house was in a mess and she was shouting that she was going to confiscate the house. She was so scared that her soul flew out of her body, her hands and feet were weak, and her heart was in a panic.
She had never thought about planning for her future, but her sister-in-law thought about it and ran to help them pack their things.
All the valuables in my aunt's room were collected, packed into a bundle, and handed over to my mother.
It was because of the sister-in-law's foresight that they did not have to sleep on the streets, suffer from hunger and cold, and live like beggars when they arrived in the capital.
The eldest brother was really good at choosing her to marry such a capable sister-in-law. If they came to the capital with no money and were separated from the old house of the Ye family, who knows what their future would be like.
While Yetingyu was daydreaming, the shopkeeper had already finished reading the storybook. He could almost foresee the hot-selling scene of this storybook.
But he didn't show it on his face: "This book is innovative, you can accept it. I didn't expect that Dr. Du actually has this hobby. I wonder how many episodes you plan to publish?"
Du Wanwan told the truth: "This book was not written by me, but by my third aunt."
"Oh?" The shopkeeper looked at Liang, his eyes flashing with surprise, and gave her a thumbs up, "Madam, you are so talented! I wonder how many volumes your book has?"
"How many episodes does the shopkeeper want?" Du Wanwan asked back.
The shopkeeper was slightly stunned: "Doctor Du means that I can have as many episodes as I want?"
"Of course." Du Wanwan was not modest at all. "It's just a story. I can tell it as long as I want."
Liang smiled and agreed, "That's right, the shopkeeper can have as many episodes as he wants."
Ye Tingyu secretly pulled her without saying anything. Liang was stunned for a moment and then shut her mouth.
She knew that Ye Tingyu was reminding her not to say too much, so as not to disrupt Wanwan's negotiation with the shopkeeper. At first, she was worried that the shopkeeper would not accept the book, but since he said he could accept it, then they had to talk about the money.
This is very important, so she'd better not interrupt, lest the shopkeeper notice something.
The shopkeeper was very smart. He was basically certain that perhaps the story was told by Doctor Du and the lady in front of him was just writing it down.
"Let's try playing one episode first." The shopkeeper held the book in his hand. "What do you want in terms of the writing fee? Usually our bookstore charges new writers one or two taels of silver per episode. What do you think?"
One tael of silver? Liang was very excited. She just stayed up half the night and wasted some paper and ink, and she could earn one tael of silver?
But she didn't dare show it on the surface. She had never been involved in such matters before, so it would be better to let Wanwan handle it.
She firmly believed that Wanwan would never let her suffer any loss.
"Then forget it!" Du Wanwan directly rejected the shopkeeper's proposal and expressed her own opinion, "If the shopkeeper is sincere in wanting to keep the book, we don't need you to pay for it first. There is another way to use it."
The shopkeeper was shocked: "What can we do?"
"Share." Du Wanwan said these two words lightly.
"Share?" The shopkeeper didn't understand. "How?"
"After deducting the printing costs, the profit can be 37%, 46%, or 55%. It all depends on what the shopkeeper can afford."
When these words came out, not only the shopkeeper was stunned, but even Liang was shocked. Changyuan Bookstore was very large, not only in Beijing, but also in other places. If they really divided the profits, even if it was 10:9, it would be impossible for one volume of storybooks to be divided into only one or two taels of silver.
It has to be at least dozens or hundreds of taels.
Will the shopkeeper agree to so much silver?
(End of this chapter)
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