Chapter 99 Writing
Xie Shuangbai: "Yes, I'll send the story over tomorrow. You can find someone to draw the illustrations. The illustrations should be printed in color. First, make a draft for me to see. Once it's approved for mass printing, I'll give it away free of charge to customers who come to the bookstore."
"Free? This... the cost won't be low."
Pei Wen didn't understand and just felt angry. The bookstore was not profitable to begin with, and it was a blessing that it didn't lose money under his management. Now a rich young man who didn't know what cost was came to make trouble!
He was angry, he was angry, but his wife said that he had to be patient in everything, and he couldn't lose the opportunity because of his temper.
Xie Shuangbai saw the obvious confusion on his face.
"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Pei. Just do as I say. I won't lose money. Show me what kind of cardboard you have in the shop."
Pei Wen didn't understand what he was doing, but he still went to get it.
Xie Shuangbai pointed at the white paper in front of him and asked, "Is the hard shell only white? Would it be expensive to dye it? How much would it cost to make a box like this?"
Xie Shuangbai drew a three-dimensional picture of a cake box and showed it to Pei Wen.
Pei Wen looked at the picture and calculated the cost in his mind: "The paper itself is expensive, and the cost of dyeing and such a large piece would be at least 380 wen."
Xie Shuangbai swallowed his saliva. He didn't expect that the cheap packaging cardboard boxes nowadays would be so expensive here.
He thought for a moment and said, "When the story arrives tomorrow, find someone to draw it as I instructed, and then print it out for me to see."
He gave a few more instructions and then left the bookstore with Rong Ye.
Xie Shuangbai was a little tired, so they went straight back home.
He lay on the couch, still thinking about the two shops.
"Rong Ye, I already have an idea for the shop. Yipinzhai will be a franchise store, and Shusi can take on advertising and expand its business in the future.
It would be nice to set up an editorial department. I think Pei Wen has some literary talent, so maybe we can give it a try!"
"It's just that paper is too expensive, and a lot of ideas need to be revised, otherwise the cost will be too high!"
Xie Shuangbai became more and more excited as he spoke. He looked up and saw Rong Ye staring at him. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Xie Shuangbai touched his face and asked, "Is there something on my face?"
"I love hearing you say that."
Rong Ye sat down and took a piece of hair away from his lips: "I like you to think about me, plan for me, and make me feel that your heart and eyes are full of me. I like it!"
Xie Shuangbai's face turned red. This guy started again.
He looked at Rong Ye and thought, maybe it was because he was too lonely when he was a child that he lacked a sense of security.
Xie Shuangbai hugged him: "You are so good to me, I will treat you better!"
"It's my duty to treat you well."
Xie Shuangbai leaned against his neck and whispered, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat tonight?"
Rong Ye said without hesitation: "Hot pot."
He still missed it after eating it last time.
"Okay, let's have hot pot tonight. Why isn't Chi'er here? Let's call him over too."
"Chi'er is in class."
Xie Shuangbai frowned: "Such a young child has to study for so long? Isn't it too strict?"
Xie Shuangbai does not advocate such high-intensity learning for children, as it may make them stupid.
"The Master has his own rules."
Xie Shuangbai thought of the cute and well-behaved Rong Chi and said, "Let him sleep with us tonight. He's still so young, it's inevitable that he'll feel lonely."
Seeing Rong Ye remained silent, Xie Shuangbai shook his arm: "The child is still young, you also want him to have more love and warmth!"
"Well, he'll come over tonight."
"Okay, then I'll ask Xiaochun to prepare the ingredients. Is there a small kitchen in our yard? It would be nice to eat in the small kitchen in the future."
"As you say."
Xie Shuangbai excitedly asked people to prepare the ingredients. Fortunately, there were a lot of ingredients in the palace, everything they wanted, even all the products sold by Youran Ju.
Xiao Xia lit the charcoal fire in the house, looked at the red and yellow soup in the pot, smelled the overbearing fragrance, and couldn't help sniffing.
The other three people busy in the room thought the same.
What kind of food was this? They had never seen it before.
Although there are few fresh vegetables, there are bean sprouts, cabbage and mushrooms.
Rong Chi ran in with his short legs, smiling, and pounced on Xie Shuangbai.
"Uncle, uncle, Chi'er missed you so much. The teacher's class was so boring today."
He lowered his head: "I would rather be with my uncle!"
"Chi'er, uncle misses you too. Do you enjoy sleeping with uncle and eating hot pot tonight?"
Rong Chi looked at the red soup on the table and clapped his hands happily: "Happy, I love uncle the most!"
Rong Jiu was listening to the young master's happy laughter outside the door, and he felt happy too.
The young master really likes the young master.
Xie Shuangbai saw that the water was boiling, put Rong Chi on the stool, and gave him the seasoning.
With the experience from last time, Rong Chi has become very skilled in putting the ingredients into the pot.
"Rongye, you see Chi'er is smart."
Rong Ye glanced at him and said, "There still have to be rules."
Xie Shuangbai didn't like his seriousness: "The child is only 4 years old, your expectations are too high. Can't you let the child be happy while eating?"
He ignored Rong Ye and added his favorite mushrooms to Rong Chi.
"Chi'er, ignore your father. Let's eat."
"Uncle, you eat." Rong Chi picked up his favorite mushrooms from the bowl and gave them to Xie Shuangbai.
Xie Shuangbai felt warm at heart, and smiled as he touched his little head: "Uncle's love for you is not in vain. You know to honor your uncle first, what's next?"
Rong Chi looked at Rong Ye timidly and said, "Daddy, eat some mushrooms. They are delicious."
Rong Ye glanced at his lovely son and took the mushrooms from him.
Rong Chi smiled happily.
Xie Shuangbai also did not forget the people serving him.
He had already prepared another pot and told Xiaoqiu how to eat it, and they solved it on their own.
Rong Wu and Rong Jiu were sweating profusely from the spicy food, and Rong Yi was also sweating profusely from eating.
Xiaochun and the others were still hesitant to eat with Rongyi and the others and wanted to separate, but Rongyi refused. He saw that the princes always ate together and thought that this pot would taste better with more people.
This was indeed the case. The relationship between the few people became much closer because of a hotpot meal.
Everyone was amazed by Xie Shuangbai's superb cooking skills and ate up all the prepared ingredients.
The only downside is that the smell is so strong after eating it that you can smell it.
In the evening, Xie Shuangbai gave Rong Chi a bath and let him play by himself. After taking a quick bath himself, he went to the outer room to write.
This time he plans to turn Yipinzhai into a specialty store that only sells wife cakes.
If you want your product to sell well, it’s not enough to just taste good, it also needs to be well advertised.
He plans to write a story to promote Wife Cake and let people of this era experience the power of modern soft articles!
After Rong Ye finished washing, he saw Rong Chi writing and drawing on the small table on the bed.
Xie Shuangbai was on the other side, writing furiously without even drying his hair.
Rong Ye frowned, picked up a clean handkerchief and walked over.
"Don't even dry your hair. Be careful of catching a cold."
He gently wiped Xie Shuangbai's hair and watched him write without saying a word.
Xie Shuangbai flung his pen aside: "Huh - it's finally finished, take a look."
Xie Shuangbai picked up the manuscript and gave it to Rong Ye.
Rong Ye was nonchalant at first, but later he became silent. Xie Shuangbai was confused by his reaction and asked uncertainly:
Rong Ye looked at him with deep eyes: "You... are very good."
Xie Shuangbai was confused by Rong Ye's reaction. Is this... a good thing or a bad thing?
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