It has been a month since Li Yu’s new book was put on the shelves.
During this period, Li Yu did not go to town. He was either working on his manuscript or teaching Lin Mei how to knit a sweater at home.
Lin Mei has almost learned everything now, and all that’s left is to practice.
Only then did Li Yu let go.
She planned to go to town today because she had finally finished writing the middle part of The MasterChef.
There's only one month left, it's time to settle the bill.
I don’t know how much she can get, but she is quite looking forward to it.
It was almost October and the weather was starting to get colder. After getting the money, Li Yu considered renting a small shop to do business.
It’s really hard to set up a stall outside in cold weather, but not setting up a stall is also not an option.
Their livelihood has been cut off, and now Lin Hai and his wife are in charge, so they probably won’t agree.
Making money is addictive.
As soon as Li Yu entered the library, the sharp-eyed Ah Hu saw her and hurried out to greet her, "Auntie, you're finally here! Our boss keeps nagging about you, and I'm almost getting calluses on my ears."
Li Yu's appearance now is completely different from when she first came here. Because she has been staying in the house to finish her manuscripts, she has become much whiter than before.
Also because the food has gotten better recently, I've gained a little weight compared to before.
So now she looks much more energetic and younger than the original owner, the thin old lady who looked at people with cold eyes.
As a result, the guy didn't recognize her as the old lady who came to buy paper.
Li Yu didn't plan to tell him either.
"Where is your boss? Why isn't he here?" Li Yu asked curiously.
"Oh, on the second floor, you don't know, people come here every day to ask when the next volume of Cooking Peak will be available, and whether this one is still available.
The boss got so fed up that he just hid on the second floor." He went on and on.
Li Yu was very happy to hear this. This was all money. If the business was good, she would get money.
Thinking this in his heart, Li Yu walked up from the second floor and just as he reached the top, he saw Chen Zongwen coming out of the study.
Seeing Li Yu, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Sister Li, you are a rare visitor. You are really patient. It has been a month and you have not come to the library to see the response to your book. What a mentality." He gave a thumbs up.
"Haha, seeing what you said, I actually also want to know how this book is received, but I'm busy now. Look what I brought you." Li Yu shook the manuscript in his hand.
He knew who Chen Zongwen was after just one glance. He didn't bother to blame Li Yu anymore and just grabbed the manuscript and started reading.
After reading for a while, she looked up and said to Li Yu, "What a great story. Sister, your imagination is unparalleled."
Before Li Yu could say anything modest, he pulled Li Yu towards the study and said, "Come quickly, sister, I will pay you."
Back in the study, he flipped through the account book while calculating with Li Yu: "This first volume, we sold 340 copies this month. And that's because we're too slow in production. If we were faster, we'd definitely sell more. We're out of stock almost every day."
Li Yu listened and sighed inwardly: "In ancient times, the cost of producing a book was really huge, and the efficiency was not high. Five or six people could only produce 340 copies a month. No wonder books are so expensive."
Chen Zongwen then said, "Now that you've finished writing the middle part, we have to hurry up and finish it. Sister, do you think we should hire two more copyists?"
Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "Let's do it. We'll publish a book later, so it's not a good idea to have no products."
Chen Zongwen nodded in agreement.
Then he continued to calculate: "We sold 340 books, each one costing 5 taels. The total sales were 1,700 taels, but the labor cost and the cost of buying paper were almost 1.5 taels per book.
This means our net profit is 1,190 taels. If you take 40%, it will be 476 taels." After calculating, he gave the account book to Li Yu for her to check again.
He also took out a purse for Li Yu, which contained four 100-liang silver notes and 76 liang of change.
He said, "Sister, please take a look at the account book. This is a banknote from Huitong Bank, the largest bank in the country. It is valid throughout the country."
Li Yu admired his thoroughness.
"Okay, I trust you. No need to look at the account book, it's troublesome. We are in long-term business cooperation, I definitely trust you." Li Yu said to him while holding the purse.
Chen Zongwen said with a smile: "Thank you for your trust, sister. I will recruit a few more copycats and try to get our central section on the shelves as soon as possible."
Li Yu nodded in agreement.
Before leaving, he asked Chen Zongwen, "Does our library still have this book? I'm planning to buy two copies for my children. They know I write storybooks, and they keep asking to read them."
"What are you buying? Just take the storybooks we have. There's no need to buy more. We're out of stock. But I have ten in my personal collection, so it's no problem for me to give two to you, Sister Li," he said.
Li Yu wanted to give money, but was stopped by Chen Zongwen: "I paid for all this, so just take it with confidence, sister. It's okay, consider it a gift for my nephews and nieces. If you really think I'm losing money, then work harder to write more storybooks. Hahahaha..."
Li Yu had no choice but to take it. "Then I'll take it. Thank you, Boss Chen."
"You're welcome, just get busy."
After Li Yu left, Chen Zongwen always felt that he had forgotten to tell Li Yu something. What was it?
I thought about it for a long time before I suddenly remembered what it was.
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