Chapter 156 Bei Family Caravan
Qi Moxuan had a very tormenting time these days. After listening to Cui Qingyi's magic words, he was full of confidence and prepared to start writing the script of the storyteller. It sounds easy, but he realized how difficult it was to do it.
It was only after he started writing that Qi Moxuan regretted being too harsh when criticizing other people's stories. He felt that compared to his own writings, those stories that he had discarded like trash and found three grammatical errors in one sentence were already top-notch.
What Qi Moxuan couldn't stand the most was that when he took the draft he had written to show Cui Qingyi, the other party's eyes that seemed to want to say something but were afraid of hurting his self-esteem were the most hurtful.
Rather than saying 'it could be better,' Qi Moxuan felt it would be better to just say that his changes were bullshit.
If Cui Qingyi knew what Qi Moxuan was thinking, she would definitely cry out in injustice. When Qi Moxuan showed her the original manuscript, she felt that the finished product was not so satisfactory, but she did not think it was nonsense. It was just that the original manuscript used by the storyteller needed to use more words and sentences to set the atmosphere. A plain and diary-like narration would not be able to arouse the interest of the guests.
Although this still depends on the ability of the storyteller she finds, they still have to do the preliminary preparations.
Fortunately, Qi Moxuan was not a man who gave up easily. After hitting a wall with Cui Qingyi, he took the time to reflect and did not rush to write. Instead, he went to Qinghe City and drank tea in the largest teahouse in the city. The waiter even jokingly asked him if he had been kicked out by his wife.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. After listening to storytelling for a few days, Qi Moxuan finally got it. He felt that he understood what Cui Qingyi really wanted.
While waiting to return from Qinghe City, Qi Moxuan simply handed the bookshop over to other people and devoted himself to his creation in seclusion.
As Cui Qingyi's teahouse was finally completed, Qi Moxuan's adapted script was also finally completed.
Qi Moxuan was very moved when he received the first sum of money in his life, which Cui Qingyi said was royalties. Shopkeeper Cui was very kind and gave him dozens of taels of silver as royalties just for adapting these two books.
The key is that the other person said something nice, "Mr. Qi, it's a pleasure to work with you. When my teahouse opens in the future, if you have any new scripts to send to me, I promise to give you the best price."
Qi Moxuan had always said this to Cui Qingyi, but he didn't expect that their identities would be reversed.
Qi Moxuan finally couldn't resist Cui Qingyi's flattery and agreed to continue providing storybooks to Cui Qingyi's teahouse in the future.
After discussing the business, the two sat down to drink tea and chat. "When is Shopkeeper Cui's teahouse going to open?"
Qi Moxuan has been oblivious to what's happening outside lately, but since the Cui family's teahouse was built by his father-in-law, he naturally knew that the rooftop was completed a few days ago.
"No rush. The government officials outside the city are still building their houses. Now is not the best time to open the business. Once the opening date is set, Manager Qi and Sister Fan must come."
Qi Moxuan thought about it and nodded. Indeed, although there were people coming and going outside the city now, most of them were migrant workers conscripted by the government and prisoners who were already doing hard labor. It was a mess, and it was not suitable for doing any other business except for stalls selling tea and food.
Qi Moxuan was a little envious of Cui Qingyi. When this person came to his bookstore for the first time, he just thought that she was a girl who had lived in seclusion for a long time and was ignorant of the world.
But who would have known that this seemingly weak and spineless girl actually had a lot of tricks in her heart, and was actually a hundred times more capable than most men in this world. Not only did she accomplish everything she wanted to do, but she also achieved absolute success.
Just based on Mr. Nancheng's current achievements, most men in this world can't even catch up with him.
Once a person has good luck, all the good things in the world seem to chase after him.
Cui Qingyi wanted to open a teahouse. At first, he thought it was nonsense to buy land outside the city, but who knew that the government was going to build a market outside the city by chance.
But envy is useless. Qi Moxuan feels that it may be time for him to make some changes.
At this point, Qi Moxuan casually mentioned something, "A few days ago, Shopkeeper Zhao from Qixing Bookstore came to my shop to chat. He mentioned that the Bei family's caravan would be coming to Dongping County in a few days.
It is said that the person leading the team this time is Bei Shangyuan, the current head of the Bei family. The strength of the Bei family should not be underestimated."
Upon hearing this, Cui Qing nodded in agreement. Because of her cooperation with Qixing Bookstore, she knew a little about the Bei family behind it.
The head of the Bei family truly lived up to his reputation as the Midas Touch. In Cui Qingyi's opinion, his business acumen was so good that even many modern business giants would be ashamed of themselves.
Qi Moxuan knew from the serious look on Cui Qingyi's face that she hadn't understood his intention in mentioning the Bei family. The strength of the Bei family was obvious to everyone in Qinghe County. After Mr. Nancheng's books were put on the shelves of Qixing Study, the silver that he brought to Cui Qingyi every month was dozens of times more than that of Moxiang Study.
There had been no chance to meet such a powerful partner before, but now that the head of the Bei family had come to Dongping County in person, Qi Moxuan couldn't help but think too much.
Cui Qingyi really had no intention of doing business with the Bei family without Qi Moxuan. Although Mr. Nancheng was a good person, the profits generated by a few books were probably just a drop in the bucket compared to the Bei family caravan. Since Bei Shangyuan was leading the team personally, his target must be foreigners.
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Because Cui Qingyi was the first person to buy land outside the city to build a teahouse, many people in the city did not care whether they had any friendship with her or not, and came to Cui Qingyi to inquire whether she had any channels inside the county government, otherwise how could she take action before everyone else.
Cui Qingyi felt that she was really wronged. Just as He Yaren had said before, it was just a coincidence. If she had to say who her only connection was, it was probably He Yaren.
Ever since the government started building a market outside the city, even the slowest-witted people realized that the government might make big moves in the near future. All businessmen, regardless of their financial strength, began to scramble to buy land outside the city.
According to the government's plan, the newly built warehouses would definitely be allocated first to foreign caravans and caravans from all over the Jin Dynasty, so there would be limited space left for local merchants, which led to a situation of scramble among the people.
There are too many monks and too little porridge, so some people are bound to have empty stomachs.
In fact, according to Cui Qingyi, if the market outside the city really reaches a certain scale, the merchants in the county town will also benefit. The inns outside the city cannot accommodate so many caravans, and in the end a part of them will definitely be diverted into the city.
Instead of spending a lot of money and wasting time and energy on land outside the city, it would be better to take advantage of this time to renovate your own inn or restaurant so that you can attract customers later.
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