Huang Qubing has been very busy recently.
The garden party is an excellent publicity opportunity for Wenqing Bookstore.
If it could be opened to the public, allowing ordinary people to enter the Hundred Flowers Garden and participate in the selection of the most popular male and female characters in novels, it would surely be an unprecedented event.
It will be a hot topic that will last for at least a month.
However, because the eldest prince Liu Yu was choosing a wife, the garden party was turned into a blind date meeting between noble ladies and young masters.
But Huang Qubing was very depressed.
He asked the Queen Mother for permission several times, but was rejected every time.
The Empress's attitude was firm. "A girl's reputation is more important than anything else. If we don't control the number of people entering the Hundred Flowers Garden, it will be difficult to ensure her safety. As for expanding the influence of Wenqing Bookstore, there are so many opportunities, and this one is not lacking."
"But this is a rare opportunity!"
"No matter how rare the opportunity is, you can't joke with the girls' safety. If you really want to expand your influence, you can choose another time and hold another novel character selection."
"Reheating leftovers, nothing new."
"It doesn't matter if it's just leftovers, as long as it tastes good. You may run a bookstore, but you shouldn't make the same mistakes as a bookworm. You can treat this garden party as a small-scale rehearsal to gain experience. Once you've gained experience, you can choose a different venue next time for a large-scale selection event. In other words, doesn't it feel like reheating leftovers?"
Huang Qubing was speechless.
He listened to the Queen's words and treated the garden party as a rehearsal to gain experience.
Therefore, he is very positive and motivated.
Mobilize all the people in the bookstore.
Each of the gunmen kept in the backyard had two new sets of clothes made for them to appear at the garden party.
After all, many fictional characters are created by ghostwriters, and they deserve this honor.
Most of the ghostwriters are down-and-out scholars who have no hope of passing the imperial examinations, so they go to Wenqing Bookstore to write books.
At the beginning, everyone wanted to be decent and say something nice, after all, they were dealing with literature and calligraphy.
Later, it was for money, mixed with a little bit of my love for writing novels.
Of course, money is the main factor.
Life is all about eating and drinking.
Only when we have enough food and clothing can we talk about our ideals.
The writing fee offered by Wenqing Bookstore is really generous, and it is definitely the best treatment among all bookstores.
While the ghostwriters receive generous writing fees, they secretly dream of inserting their own personal opinions into the novels and writing about their ideals.
Huang Qubing rejected all such manuscripts and had them rewritten.
If you want to write down your ideals, you can.
Use your own name, not the gunman's identity.
Just like Yan Ci, write your own book and sign your own name.
Generation after generation of gunners.
Some people left and went home to become local rich people.
Some people go through great pains to get rid of their ghostwriting identities, write their own books, and sign their own names.
Some people live a life of drunkenness and dreams, and completely bid farewell to this business.
Some people did not give up and continued to study for the imperial examinations.
The ghostwriters who stay in Wenqing Bookstore now are all old employees who guide new employees.
As long as you work for ten years, Wenqing Bookstore will recommend you to work at Baijiafang Archives, where the work is leisurely and the salary is high.
You can also stay in the bookstore and continue writing your dreams.
Garden party, the gunmen were excited.
I'm not excited about the noble ladies from aristocratic families, but I'm excited about the selection of novel characters.
Whose characters are loved by everyone?
Whose character will be crowned the most wanted villain?
It makes me excited just thinking about it.
Huang Qubing scolded, "You are useless! With so many noble ladies present, don't you have any ideas at all?"
"What's the point of having ideas? We are not high enough to marry a noble lady from an aristocratic family. We should have some self-awareness."
Yan Ci, unkempt, came out of the room yawning and rubbing his shoulders. "Let's all go join in the fun and see something new. Boss Huang, don't expect too much of us."
Huang Qubing stared at him, "Stay up late again? How many days have you been up late?"
Yan Ci covered his mouth, afraid that the smell in his mouth would irritate others. "In just two days, the manuscript was finally finished."
Huang Qubing frowned when he heard this. "Go to bed quickly. I'm really worried you'll die suddenly. Your family will destroy the bookstore if you do."
"Ha ha……"
Yan Ci gloated, "So Boss Huang also gets scared sometimes. Okay, I'm going to sleep."
He waved goodbye and went to bed with a sour smell on his body.
Huang Qubing shook his head and pointed at the gunmen, saying, "Writing books is just a livelihood. Don't risk your life on it. Don't be like Mr. Yan. He will definitely die ten years earlier."
Bang!
A shoe emitting an indescribable smell flew out from Yan Ci's room, and it was almost hitting Huang Qubing on the head.
"You died ten years earlier!" A stern roar came from the room.
The gunmen burst into laughter, and some even made up limericks to tease the two.
Huang Qubing took a deep breath. He didn’t mind the harsh words, he really didn’t.
While writing a book, can you please pay attention to your personal hygiene?
At least we could call a servant from home to get some hot water, wash our faces and feet, and change our clothes, and everyone would be happy.
The gunmen were still laughing at him.
Huang Qubing roared, "Have you submitted your manuscript? If you haven't submitted your manuscript and still dare to do this, believe it or not, I will deduct your writing fee."
The gunmen laughed wildly as they ran towards the workshop.
Laughing at Boss Huang is the only way to relieve stress in daily life.
When Cui Qi was in charge of Wenqing Bookstore, the ghostwriters didn't dare to do this.
Whenever Boss Cui stood there, he put pressure on people and made it impossible to laugh.
When facing Boss Huang, everyone felt no pressure and just laughed freely.
Huang Qubing was very depressed. He found Sanshun and asked sincerely, "Doesn't this young master have any dignity?"
Samsoon looked left and right, "The young master is very majestic."
"Why aren't those gunmen afraid of me? When Cui Qi was here, they didn't dare to laugh so recklessly."
"Boss Cui has a naturally serious face, and everyone gets a little nervous when they see him, so how can they smile?"
"Does this young master's face look very happy?" Huang Qubing was angry, pointing at his own face and questioning Samsoon.
Sanshun waved his hands repeatedly, "Young Master, you misunderstood. You have the face that makes you sociable. That's what we call popularity. You have a face that makes you sociable. Boss Cui, you can tell at a glance that he has no friends."
"Bullshit! Cui Qi has friends all over the world." Huang Qubing shouted angrily.
Samsoon responded wittily, "Then his friends must all be like him, with naturally serious faces."
Huang Qubing thought about it carefully, and Cui Qi's face seemed, indeed, as if he was really serious, and he never smiled in his daily life.
"Never mind, never mind. Cui Qi may be able to convince the public, but I am the best at running the bookstore. He is not as good as me."
"Young Master is right. Since you came, the bookstore's profits have increased. Boss Cui is no match for you. He can only teach students."
This flattery is very loud.
Huang Qubing appreciated it very much and nodded repeatedly, thinking that Sanshun’s words were very pleasant to hear.
He reminded Samsoon, "Remember to bring your family with you to the garden party."
"Don't worry, sir. I'm already prepared. I promise not to embarrass you on the day of the garden party."
…
The ladies were very active in the garden party.
Even more active than the ladies were the students of Shanhe Academy and the Imperial College.
But there are only one hundred places.
In order to compete for these 100 places, the students almost fought each other.
Fortunately, the college had made preparations in advance and gave priority to students with excellent academic performance in all subjects.
In this way, everyone is convinced.
Rich students can get opportunities, and ordinary students can also get opportunities.
This is the fairest way.
The situation at the Imperial College is much more complicated.
In the past, most of the students at the Imperial College were children of officials, with a small number being children of meritorious military officers.
Anyway, they are rich and powerful, and their families have connections.
It was not until the Imperial College moved to a new location, expanded enrollment, and provided free education that the student body became diverse.
More and more common students and rich young men were admitted to the Imperial College, which gave the Imperial College a different color than before.
However, the Imperial College is still dominated by children of officials, who have absolute priority.
The life of commoners' children in the Imperial College was obviously more difficult than that in the Shanhe Academy.
However, no one dropped out and chose Shanhe Academy again.
The Imperial College is the best place to make connections and get to know the children of officials.
Every scholar has his own ideas in mind.
If you can get the recognition of one or two children of officials, and then get the recognition of the families behind them, you can save ten or even twenty years of hard work in your life. This is no joke.
Therefore, even though people knew that studying in the Imperial College was difficult, many people still tried their best to get in.
One hundred places were allocated to the Imperial College, and the children of officials naturally considered it a sure thing.
The children of officials whose families live in the capital can enter the garden party through family connections and do not care about the places in the Imperial College.
The children of officials who came from other places to study at the Imperial College really needed this place to get to know the ladies in the capital.
If I could find a good lady and marry a lady from the capital, it would be a wonderful thing.
But there are so many people, and there are more than a hundred people who need this place. How should it be allocated?
Before the children of officials could figure out how to allocate the places, students from ordinary families with more explosive tempers started to make trouble first.
They are all students of the Imperial College. Why should the 100 places be given to children of officials?
Who made the rule?
The Imperial College today is not the same as before, and it is no longer a place where the children of officials have the final say.
Many ordinary students just want to watch the fun, or they simply think that what is said is right and should be supported.
So they stood up one after another to oppose the private allocation of quotas among the children of officials.
Everyone should compete fairly.
We should follow the method of Shanhe Academy and assign students based on academic performance from high to low.
Many children of officials: Haha!
If you want to snatch the spot from them, you’re dreaming!
The two sides were deadlocked, a conflict broke out and a fight began.
The news reached Shanhe Academy.
The students of Shanhe Academy were gloating over the misfortune and were happy to watch the fun, so they formed groups to go to the Imperial College to watch the fun.
For a time, Xinmin Station was crowded with students from Shanhe Academy.
As the stationmaster, Niu Lao Da immediately made a decision, "Add ten double-track carriages, change all to ordinary carriages, and send them to watch the fun."
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