Chapter 365: Collecting Wealth (continued)
Lin Jue's original plan was to borrow a sum of money from Xie Yingying, but he still failed to open this mouth in the end. Although when he stayed in Xie Yingying's room a few days ago, between the clouds and rain, Xie Yingying once asked him if he was short of silver flowers, so he decided to sell autographed books and sell his fame. Xie Yingying also said at the time that she had saved 20,000 taels of silver by herself, and if Lin Jue was short of silver flowers, she would take them to spend.
Lin Jue endured and endured at that time, but after all, he didn't open his mouth or tell the truth. If the relationship between him and Xie Yingying hadn't developed to the point where he had been on a skin-to-skin blind date, Lin Jue might still be able to open his mouth, after all, it was a friendship. Friends have the meaning of wealth. But now, by mistake, he has slept with Xie Yingying's body, and he also promised to marry her as a concubine. As a man, Lin Jue can't pass this psychological hurdle. Lin Jue thought that he still tried his best to make money, and he would not open this mouth unless he had to.
Lin Jue originally thought that his rough way of earning money might not have any good results, maybe he would lose face, and in the end he didn't earn money, but ended up with a bad reputation and was criticized and ridiculed. However, what Lin Jue never expected was that his influence in Hangzhou City would be so great, and his name would be so valuable.
On the morning of the ninth day of October, it was the day when Lin Jue officially signed and sold books. On that day, the people who came to buy autographed scripts were crowded. Although each book is as high as twenty taels of silver, which is simply a sky-high price for ordinary people, for other people, this is nothing at all.
Among the people who buy books are true fans who really like Lin Jue, and this type of people will do whatever it takes to get the idol's signature. They buy books for the sake of cheer and enjoyment. The other type of people are the people from the major green buildings. Recently, almost all powerful Qinglou have opened a side business of theater, and the Jiangnan Grand Theater has the highest level of script in the industry, so many people want to get a complete script, so as to learn from it. Because the words Lin Jue sold were not only the plot and lyrics, but also the various designs of the director's props, lighting, and stage art, as well as the notes of the purpose achieved. It's almost a textbook for writing words. Buying a copy back has a high research and reference significance for the creation of my own script and the design of the repertoire.
There was also a group of people in the city who were keen to collect books and make friends with scribes. They are wealthy and keen to collect calligraphy and paintings of celebrities as well as books of all kinds. Naturally, I refused to let go of this opportunity. Of course, some of them did not come for Lin Jue's signature, but simply to appreciate a few scripts in the Jiangnan Grand Theater. After all, the Jiangnan Grand Theater has a very high standard, it is not a small farce in the street house, every play is a real book, and there are even many exquisite poems in it. Needless to say, these poems are all written by Lin Jue, so these words have a very high appreciation value.
In short, there are people for all kinds of purposes. As the saying goes, the same rice eats a hundred kinds of people, in the eyes of many people, the act of spending 20 taels of silver to buy a Lin Jue signed script is simply an idiot who is full of food, but in the eyes of others, it is too worth it to spend only 20 taels of silver to get a Lin Jue signed script. Everyone's different backgrounds, status, rich and poor, and tastes also make them behave completely differently. In fact, on the whole, there are only a few people who are willing to spend silver, but in Hangzhou, a big city with a population of one million, even if only one in a thousand people is willing to spend these twenty taels of silver, it can be regarded as a lot of money for Lin Jue.
What's more, many people have spent more than twenty taels of silver. For example, the two Qinglou of Wanhualou and Qunfangge sent people to buy ten sets of signed plays with all eight copies at once, in fact, this is not only for study and reference, it is a move made by Chu Xiangxiang and Gu Panpan in order to cheer Lin Jue.
In just half a day, nearly 600 signed plays have been sold out. Xie Danhong smiled and closed his mouth, planning to order someone to go to the library to print it overnight, but Lin Jue decided to stop there. Lin Jue didn't want his name to be worthless. Even if there are still hundreds of people waiting for his autographed notebook, Lin Jue doesn't want to make this money anymore. If you really have a copy, it's worthless. It is necessary for many people to want but not get it, so that those who can buy it will not feel at a loss, but feel that it is a good deal. It's not that these signatures would have appreciated or anything, Lin Jue just wanted these people who enthusiastically praised themselves to have a sense of value for money, and passed on to them that this event was not held entirely for silver, but a kind of feedback and exchange. For Lin Jue, it is good to stop in moderation, and there are already more than 10,000 taels of silver in the six hundred scripts, which has exceeded Lin Jue's expectations.
However, the rest is not over. After Lin Jue announced the end of the book signing event, Xie Danhong had already received invitations from several big families in the city. Some of them were rejected after befriending Lin Jue before. At that time, they couldn't erase their faces, and when they heard the news that Lin Jue was clearly priced to accompany the tour and accompany the banquet, they immediately came to make an appointment. For them, silver is nothing, the key is face. Lin Jue's actions made them very unhappy before, but now that Lin Jue is fake Qinggao, then taking the silver and letting Lin Jue come over obediently by himself may not be a means to relieve his anger all the time.
Of course, there are also those who want to make friends with Lin Jue. I couldn't do it before, but now that I have the opportunity, I naturally refuse to let it go. As for the comparison between spending a little silver and being able to invite a famous person in Hangzhou like Lin Jue, the latter is naturally more cost-effective. If you can get another lyric by Lin Jue, it will be even more profitable.
Lin Jue naturally didn't go by himself for money, some people were obviously trying to practice themselves, how could they go to the appointment and be humiliated. But more or less, for the sake of the silver's face, Lin Jue will not be too selective. Lin Jue only gave himself ten days, and he could use this simple and crude method to collect money before the list was released, and he couldn't do so after the list was released. If you win the autumn season, then your identity is Gongsheng. Although Gongsheng is not an official, all the Gongsheng of Qiufu High School are already the key objects of care on Liangzhejiang Road. Every word and deed of the Gongsheng who went to participate in the Spring Festival on behalf of the Liangzhejiang Road will be controlled by the government, and the government does not want any of these Gongsheng who go to the capital to do anything wrong, and when the time comes, they will embarrass the entire Liangzhejiang Road in the capital. Like Lin Jue's behavior, the government will definitely interfere, and it will not be tolerated if it is solemnly afraid.
If he loses his name, he has no reason to do so. Once Qiu Yu loses, his popularity in the city will drop sharply, and even if he wants to make money, he is afraid that not many people will buy it. Lin Jue had already thought about it, that the golden period of more than ten days before the release of the autumn exam was the best time to do this kind of thing. At this time, he is the identity of cloth clothes and is not subject to the rules.
Lin Jue has also calculated, if the time goes well in the past ten days, he should be able to quickly accumulate more than 10,000 taels of silver. In this way, at least more than 100 people can be officially armed. Although it can't make all the manpower in Luoyan Valley reborn, at least the combat power can also be raised to a larger level. There are more than 100 well-equipped people, which is definitely a huge bargaining chip based on Funiu Mountain.
Now it looks like the picture is quite optimistic. Just selling autographed scripts has already earned more than 10,000 taels, and Lin Jue has adjusted the next target to 20,000 taels. This would increase the number of people who had been given weapons and equipment to nearly two hundred. With these two hundred people, Lin Jue believes that Gao Muqing will be able to take root in Funiu Mountain steadily.
Starting in the afternoon, Lin Jue's 'three escorts' business officially began. Lin Jue's two customers today are Zhao Sangongzi from Chengnan and Zhang Dahu from Xihe Street. Zhao Sangongzi sent several posts before, hoping to ask him about the way of poetry, and his attitude was very humble and sincere. Lin Jue thinks that this third son of Zhao may not embarrass himself. As for the big family, it was entirely because he paid twice the price, and he hoped to invite Lin Jue to accompany him to a dinner. Lin Jue naturally wouldn't have trouble with money, so he agreed.
In the afternoon, I went boating on the West Lake with Zhao Sangongzi, and I had a good time. Although Zhao Sangongzi is a rich second generation, his character is upright, and he is obsessed with poetry. Lin Jue actually has nothing to teach him, after all, his poems are also pirated from them. However, Zhao Sangongzi admired Lin Jue very much, and Lin Jue's nonsense was also regarded by him as a wise saying. Lin Jue also tried his best to talk to him about some of the goods in his stomach, as for whether he could improve the level of Zhao Sangongzi's poetry creation, he didn't know. But at least Lin Jue thinks that it is worthy of the two hundred taels of silver for these two hours.
Originally, Lin Jue felt that the two hundred taels of silver were too easy to earn, and his heart was happy, but the dinner party with Zhao Dahu in the evening made Lin Jue dumbfounded.