"This gentleman, may I ask how much money you receive at a time when you write letters?" Coming to the middle-aged scribe's side, Chen Zhi asked curiously, as if he had no intention. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The scribe did not doubt him, looked Chen Zhi up and down, and when he saw the appearance of the other party's son and brother of the crown family, he suddenly lacked interest, and knew that he was not here to write it for himself, so he replied weakly: "Your Excellency is a son of the family, why do you ask about this copper smell?" ”

"Curious." Chen Zhi's reply was not leaky, but he didn't have to know the result from this person's mouth, after all, there are many practitioners in this letter-writing industry, and the person in front of him does not want to disclose it, but he can also learn about it from other sources.

Due to various constraints, knowledge is almost monopolized by wealthy families, it is difficult for ordinary people to access, and the number of literate people is limited, even if they have the opportunity to contact knowledge, but in order to engage in social production and make a living, poor families cannot spare time for systematic learning, so the proportion of people who can read and write in the total population is very low.

However, the demand for letters and reading is inevitable for ordinary people, whether it is to communicate with family members or to read the provisions of the government, they need to be able to read and write, and if there is demand, there is supply, and industries such as writing letters came into being.

Not only do they write on their behalf, but they often read on their behalf, and those people in cloth who receive letters from their families and don't know how to read and write also need to come to them for advice.

The middle-aged scribe saw Chen Zhi's casual questioning, and also knew that the market was not confidential, so he said: "A letter, within 100 words, five yuan, but you have to bring your own paper, if you use my paper, it is seven yuan, you can also use paper to offset the account, three pieces of paper of this size, can be worth a letter." He patted the paper on the table and said so.

Chen Zhi looked down and saw a stack of hemp paper on the stall, this kind of paper is made of rags and ropes, made by ordinary technology, and the whiteness is about forty percent, that is, it does not look white, but if Chen Zhi uses the technology improved in his previous life, the whiteness can break through fifty percent, and hemp paper is currently more popular and less expensive paper.

However, the quality of the paper on the middle-aged scribe's stall varies.

"It's five dollars a piece?" Chen Zhu also came over, and listened, and was very surprised when the scribe talked about the price, in his opinion, it didn't take much to write a letter, and he could still earn five yuan.

The middle-aged scribe was immediately dissatisfied: "This little gentleman, you are a rich and noble family, you don't understand the truth inside, the weight of the family letter is like a thousand gold, besides, in today's world, a good brick costs seven or eight yuan, why is my hand not worth five dollars?" ”

"I was offended." Chen Zhi didn't want to entangle with the other party, so after a perfunctory sentence, he returned to Shulinzhai with Chen Zhi, and asked puzzledly, "Brother, what is the purpose of asking that person to write a letter on your behalf?" Do you want to recruit this person? With all due respect, he only earns five cents for a letter, and he is definitely not willing to come over to help. ”

"The most expensive thing in these years is labor, if you can not recruit people, you will definitely not recruit people," Chen Zhi didn't care whether Chen Zhu could understand the meaning of "artificial", and responded with a smile, "You and I can write, who can't do this generation of writing letters, right?" ”

"What?" Chen Zhi understood it, "Is it difficult, eldest brother, are you going to do the business of writing letters on your behalf?" If this spreads, I don't know what kind of turmoil will be caused by it, even if the uncle hears it, I'm afraid he will be unhappy and will insult Sven's family! ”

"I'm already going to make a living, what else do I need?" Chen Zhi disagreed, and after he came up with the idea of "writing letters on his behalf", he had other ideas, but he had to do it step by step.

Chen Zhi also has his own considerations, his reputation is too bad now, he definitely can't do anything too out of the ordinary, don't look at Chen Chi who asked him to run the business, once something goes wrong, the first person to be held accountable is Chen Chi.

In contrast, although ghostwriting has a bad reputation, it is not ridiculous after all, and without a certain amount of writing skills, it is impossible to do it, and more importantly, it is ......

"My original intention is to settle down the family, but more important than to make money, it is more important to enhance fame, with fame, not only their own circumstances can change, by the way, you can also draw more than 100 lots, there is this trouble-saving tool, there is no reason to deliberately abandon it, than the people of this era, 100 lottery holders are my real hole cards, otherwise even if you have insight, in front of the famous cattle in history, it is not enough to see!"

In order to improve his reputation, it is inevitable to come into contact with people and then spread the word, and in Chen Zhi's view, writing letters on behalf of him may be able to find another way, allowing him to bypass his bad reputation and build a new situation.

"Although a bad reputation can also be used to draw lots, the fame gold liquid formed tends to be turbid, and the side effects are greater, and the result is half the effort."

On the side, the second brother Chen Zhu also fell into contemplation, he was thinking about the various livelihoods he knew, those industries that invested little, didn't show their heads much, and didn't damage their identity were really not much, maybe there were, but it wasn't something that their brothers could easily get into, and their position softened, but there were other worries.

"According to what the man said just now, he only earns five dollars by writing a letter on his behalf, and he is an old man, so I'm afraid we can't compare."

"It's good that you can think of industry competition," Chen Zhi nodded and praised, "If you fall into the competition with that person, maybe you end up lowering the price of each other, getting cheaper and cheaper, and there is no profit at all......" He didn't wait for Chen Zhi to ask worriedly, so he changed the conversation: "Therefore, we have to come up with the difference in price, a letter...... Fifty bucks! ”

Burst!

Before Chen Zhi could say anything, Chen Jue, who was sorting out the clutter, subconsciously squirted, and after Chen Zhi's brother looked over, he hurriedly confessed, but he didn't say much, but he more or less doubted his judgment in his heart.

"Could it be that this stale has not changed at all? Or is it the original ridiculous young master? Writing letters in this generation is not what a child of a big family like him should do at all, let alone fifty yuan for a letter. What is the concept of fifty money? The bad land outside the city, one mu costs 200 yuan, and writing four letters is worth one acre of bad land, isn't this whimsical! No matter how good your words are, can you be so valuable? It's a ridiculous joke! ”

Chen Jue felt that the reason why Chen Zhi dared to ask for such a price was because he was praised by Chen Chi for his calligraphy, but in Chen Jue's mind, no matter how good the calligraphy is, can it be better than real money? What person with an abnormal head would spend this unjust money just to write a letter? Taking a step back, can someone who can afford this price be guilty of finding someone to write a letter on his behalf?

Here, he was still thinking about it, and Chen Zhi said again: "This fifty yuan is also within 100 words, and you must bring your own parchment paper, otherwise you will not write." ”

In this way, no matter what, the reputation will definitely be played, such strange rules, amazing prices, it is difficult to think of fame.

Chen Zhu also realized that something was wrong.

"Big brother, are you too much of this rule? That person has five dollars for a letter, and you have ten times as much as him for a letter, and you have to bring your own parchment paper, these rules add up, where can ordinary people get them? ”

"So," Chen Zhi said as a matter of course, "this letter of mine is not written to ordinary people at all, otherwise wouldn't it be a deception to the poor?" Earn is those who are not short of money, once the money is earned, naturally do not worry about food and clothing, rest assured, I count in my heart. ”

Chen Zhi opened his mouth, wanted to speak and stopped, seeing Chen Zhi's demeanor, he knew that he couldn't persuade him, and he didn't say much, after all, there was not much investment in writing letters on his behalf, and if he couldn't make money, his brother would definitely change his mind.

Chen Jue next to him shook his head secretly, he was very disappointed in Chen Zhi, thinking that he had bet on the wrong treasure, but fortunately he was not deeply trapped, and when he went back this time, he said that he would not say anything for Chen Zhi again.

"It's a pity that my dressing table wasted favors."

No matter what the two of them thought, Chen Zhi had already figured out a specific plan in his heart.

Chen Mansion's white affairs were not very busy anymore, so his time gradually became freer.

The next day, Chen Zhi made a vertical move with cloth, wrote a few words on it, supported it with a bamboo pole, and put it at the door of Shulinzhai.

Chen Zhi knew very well that whether this almost absurd plan could succeed or not, the signboard had to play a big role.

"This is bait, and those who wish to take the bait."

It just so happened that the middle-aged scribe of that generation of letterwriters had eaten and came to sit down again, and at a glance he saw the new signboard, and his eyes suddenly widened, and his face was stunned, and then he became angry.

"It just doesn't make sense! Outrageous! ”