Chapter 90: Hunger Marketing
Lin Xiaoyue did not return to the backyard immediately after returning to the backstage. She was confident that Ge Baoquan would definitely come to ask her to go on stage again!
She leisurely drank a sip of tea, took out the candied fruit Liang Jingyao had given her before, and took a bite of it. The sweet and sour taste made her mouth water instantly, so comfortable!
Liang Jingyao, who followed her backstage, couldn't remain calm, because he also wanted to continue listening!
He sat down next to Lin Xiaoyue and asked curiously, "Where did you read this story? Can you lend me the book? I love this story!"
Lin Xiaoyue shook her head and said, "I don't have a book. I just heard others talk about it and memorized it. If you like it, why don't you continue to listen to it every day?"
Liang Jingyao was a little disappointed. "If someone wrote this book, it would definitely be a hit! What a pity!"
Lin Xiaoyue's eyes lit up. Publishing a book? That's a good idea, but how to do it?
This was a completely blank area for her, so she planned to ask Liang Jingyao before making a decision. "Is this printed? Or is it purely hand-copied?"
Liang Jingyao smiled and said, "Of course there is printing. You know so much, you must have read a lot of books, right? Aren't the books you read printed? If you want, I can open a bookshop for you and print books specifically for you. That way, all the money earned will be yours."
Lin Xiaoyue slapped her head with a silly smile. "Oh! Why am I so careless with my words?" Fortunately, this question was easy to brush off!
"Haha... I mean, it's hard to find a bookstore. Brother Liang, you're investing money in everything. Aren't you afraid of losing everything?"
Liang Jingyao touched her head lovingly and said, "Little fool, what's this little money worth?"
Lin Xiaoyue was surrounded by Liang Jingyao's gentle aura. She lowered her head shyly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Just then, Ge Baoquan came over. He didn't want to come, although he really wanted to know what the story was going to be like next. But it was easy to be manipulated in the business world. But the guests outside were making a lot of noise, and if he didn't come over to invite them, he was afraid that the saliva outside would drown him!
"Um...Miss Lin, can we discuss something?"
Such a warm scene was interrupted, Liang Jingyao's face turned as black as ash, and he was about to lose his temper when he was grabbed by Lin Xiaoyue.
Now is the time to negotiate terms. Lin Xiaoyue pulled Ge Baoquan aside and said, "What's the matter? Please tell me, boss!"
Ge Baoquan said embarrassedly: "Miss Lin, we originally agreed to talk for the time it takes to stick an incense stick, but the guests outside really like your story and can't wait to hear the rest. Can you go out and talk for a while longer?"
Lin Xiaoyue did not agree directly, but asked first: "How much silver did the guest give as a reward?"
Ge Baoquan understood what Lin Xiaoyue meant. If it exceeded five thousand taels, the owner of this place would become a stranger, and he would have no right to ask Lin Xiaoyue to go out and continue telling stories!
His face turned very ugly. It was all his fault for being greedy for money. The silver tips from the guests just now amounted to 20,000 or 30,000 taels. If he wasn't afraid of being killed by the silver, he would definitely still be collecting money outside! If this were the case last year, the money he made would be much more than this!
"It's about thirty thousand taels. I'm willing to accept the loss! But the guests outside won't leave. I think you should go out and talk for a while. That way you can keep them here!"
Lin Xiaoyue stretched out her hand towards Liang Jingyao, and Liang Jingyao immediately took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and placed it in Lin Xiaoyue's hand.
"Here's three hundred thousand taels of silver for you, but I don't have time to be the shopkeeper here, so you'll be the shopkeeper. From now on, I'll be your boss. You must listen to me about what I should and shouldn't do!"
Ge Baoquan took the thick banknotes and counted them back and forth four or five times, his mouth almost grinning to his eyebrows. This was the most money he had ever received in his life! And not only was he rich, he could still be the shopkeeper. He was so lucky!
He hid the money in his arms and said happily, "Thank you, Miss Lin! No, thank you, Master! Master, may I ask what I should do now?"
Lin Xiaoyue smiled and said, "Go tell the people outside that today's just a trial session. Starting tomorrow, each person who comes to listen to the story will be charged two taels of silver, and there are only fifteen people! The story will only be told at noon and in the evening, each time for the duration of one incense stick!"
Ge Baoquan looked at Lin Xiaoyue in disbelief. This girl must be crazy! Just drinking tea costs two taels of silver. How many people can afford that? And she only gives two lectures a day, and there are only fifteen places available. How much does she not want to make money?
"Boss! You should take advantage of this opportunity to speak more. I'll put more seats in the audience so more people can come and listen! Otherwise, once other teahouses go to listen, our business will be snatched away!"
Lin Xiaoyue's gaze is not limited to this small teahouse!
Not only would she be doing hunger marketing to build momentum for her future book release, she would also be sending people to keep an eye on teahouses everywhere. If anyone dared to tell her story about Journey to the West, she would have them go to their door and demand royalties! The more sensational this became, the more money she could make!
"Boss, just do as I say. Also, prepare your writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. I'm going to write a statement and leave it at the door, so no one can accuse me of not explaining it in advance!"
Ge Baoquan couldn't help sighing in his heart. Such a good opportunity to make money was given away just like that!
"Boss, you'd better think twice before you act!" He reluctantly took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and began to grind the ink.
Lin Xiaoyue smiled without saying anything, picked up the pen, dipped some ink on the inkstone, and then started writing on the red rice paper.
"Okay, take it and stick it outside!"
After a while, Lin Xiaoyue had written a full sheet of paper. She stood up and said to Ge Baoquan.
Ge Baoquan took a closer look, and sure enough, what was written on it was exactly the same as what Lin Xiaoyue had just said, with an additional sentence: If other teahouses, restaurants, bookstores, etc. want to make money with the stories of my Journey to the West Teahouse, they must pay a copyright fee of 10,000 taels. If they are found to have privately circulated Journey to the West, they will be fined ten times the amount of silver to my Journey to the West Teahouse as compensation!
"This... Boss, this might not work. You can only stop one person, but not a whole group. Besides, if you do that, it's easy for those people to rise up and besiege our teahouse!"
Ge Baoquan was very worried. Besides, the two Lins didn't look like officials. Would they cause trouble if they acted so brazenly? If they didn't pay, he couldn't just smash up their restaurant.
But the woman in front of him was obviously his cash cow and now also his boss, so he had no choice but to say with a bitter face: "If you do this, I'm afraid there will be trouble."
Lin Xiaoyue said confidently: "Don't worry, everyone encounters troubles every day. It all depends on how you solve them. Go ahead and do it. If you do it well, you will become rich too."
Liang Jingyao looked at Ge Baoquan who was leaving, then looked at the strong Lin Xiaoyue, and said with a smile: "Yue'er is indeed better than me. I support you. What can I do for you?"
Lin Xiaoyue pulled Liang Jingyao and said, "There are some things I need Brother Liang's help with. Come closer."
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