As night falls, the Qiquge Workshop is still brightly lit.
Ma Zhou was leaning on the desk, still writing something. He had eaten and lived in the workshop for the past two days. Although it was hard work, Ma Zhou was very excited at the moment.
"Datang Daily" sold 1,000 copies on the first day, and soared to 10,000 copies on the second day, and the supply was still in short supply. Judging from this, the sales volume in the next few days will explode at an alarming rate!
This brilliant achievement all shows that the newspaper has been successfully run by him. It is not just a career success, but a real achievement. At this time, Ma Zhou couldn't help but think of the subtle changes in the attitude of the bachelors who helped compile the dictionary in the workshop towards him in the past two days. In this world, strength speaks for itself after all!
If Li Zexuan had helped him force his way out that day, those bachelors would only be dissatisfied, and it would seriously affect the progress of the dictionary compilation. It is far less refreshing than relying on talent and learning to convince people now!
Thinking of these pleasant things, Ma Zhou felt that his body was full of energy again, and the brush in his hand trembled faster.
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The next day.
As Ma Zhou expected, newspaper sales became even more popular.
"Hey, hey, kid, bring me two newspapers quickly. My young master and young lady are eager to read "The Story of a Mortal's Cultivation of Immortality"!"
"Give me one! My young master is in a hurry to go to the Imperial College!"
"Give me ten copies!"
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After two days of word-of-mouth accumulation, there are now very few people in Chang'an who don't know about the newspaper. Driven by this hot effect, the newspaper was robbed as soon as it was delivered by the newsboy early this morning. Ma Zhou was simply prepared for it today. A total of 35,000 copies were printed to withstand the crazy buying in the morning.
"Master Ma, the 35,000 newspapers printed this morning have almost reached their bottom. Do you want to print more?"
Now in this workshop, who would dare not to say "accept" when meeting Ma Zhou? Therefore, the people below also called Ma Zhou from Ma Guanshi to Ma Ye.
Ma Zhou pondered: "Printing another five thousand copies, the demand for newspapers in the afternoon should not be as strong as in the morning."
"yes!"
"Master Ma, two businessmen came outside and said they wanted to buy a batch of newspapers from the workshop and send them to the prefectures and counties near Chang'an for sale!"
At this time, Song Xiaosi hurried in from outside and said.
"Oh? Someone is here so soon? It seems that there are still smart businessmen!"
Ma Zhou touched his chin. He was obviously mentally prepared for this situation.
"Let's go and see together!"
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"Brother Ma, how are the sales of newspapers today?"
After lunch, Li Zexuan came to the workshop. After finding Ma Zhou, he asked directly.
Ma Zhou smiled and made a gesture. Li Zexuan's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Eight thousand?"
Li Zexuan didn't know yesterday's newspaper sales, otherwise he wouldn't have only guessed 8,000. According to his prediction, the sales volume increased from 1,000 to 8,000 in three days, which is pretty good.
Ma Zhou shook his head and smiled: "Sir, it's 80,000 copies! Yesterday's sales were already 10,000."
Li Zexuan was startled and exclaimed: "Eighty thousand copies? How can it be so many?"
The newspaper has only been launched for less than three days, and the current population of Chang'an City is only a few hundred thousand. No matter how optimistic Li Zexuan is about the sales volume of the newspaper, it is impossible to reach 80,000 copies!
Ma Zhou smiled and explained: "Sire, at noon, two calligraphy and painting dealers came and ordered 40,000 newspapers directly from the workshop at one time. They planned to sell them to other prefectures and counties in Chang'an. Now the printing department of the workshop We are already working hard to complete the printing of 40,000 copies before three quarters noon."
Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "I didn't expect that someone would see the potential of this newspaper! Then Brother Ma, at what price did you sell it to them?"
"Sold at the original price, our newspapers are already very cheap, so Mr. Ma did not dare to lower the price privately. Vendors like them will definitely sell them at a higher price in other states and counties, so they will not lose money!"
Li Zexuan nodded in approval: "Well, not bad, not bad!"
Ma Zhou thought for a while and said: "Sire, actually since yesterday, some vendors have stocked up a batch of newspapers and sold them to other places at high prices. However, because the number of newspapers they can buy from the newsboys is limited, the scale It’s not big, the two calligraphy and painting dealers who came today are the real big spenders.”
Li Zexuan nodded thoughtfully, and then he suddenly said: "Brother Ma, since other vendors have sensed the business opportunities, we might as well take the opportunity to completely expand the "Datang Daily" so that the influence of the newspaper is not limited to Yu Changan, it is best to directly spread the influence of the newspaper to the whole country this time."
"this…"
Ma Zhou was startled by Li Zexuan's ambition. He hesitated and said: "Sir, if this is the case, it will require too much manpower and material resources. With the current background of Qiquge, I am afraid it will be a little stretched."
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Brother Ma, of course we won't do this ourselves. We can find someone we can cooperate with for a long time, such as Wang Renbiao. Their Wang family has ready-made channels everywhere, so we don't need to worry too much. "
Ma Zhou thought for a while and realized that there would indeed be many benefits to cooperating with others on this matter. He agreed: "That's true. Then Ma will have no problem."
"Well, then I will go to Wang Renbiao in the afternoon to see if he is interested in working together."
Li Zexuan stood up and suddenly remembered something. He said, "Oh, by the way, Brother Ma, have the first batch of printed books been printed?"
"Well, indeed, these books will all be sold at Funny Culture in Dongshi tomorrow!"
Hearing this, Ma Zhou replied excitedly.
"Okay, Brother Ma, please remember to put a short advertisement for our Fantastic Culture in tomorrow's newspaper. It's best to make a list to tell everyone how cheap our books are!"
"Sir, what is advertising?"
Li Zexuan explained: "The purpose of advertising widely is to let more people know about cheap books about interesting culture."
"Oh I got it!"
Ma Zhou nodded clearly, then he thought for a moment and said, "Then in our future newspapers, can we also put some advertisements for the merchants and shops that have paid us money?"
Li Zexuan was surprised. Ma Zhou's thinking was really advanced. Now he knew how to collect advertising fees. What a genius!
"Well, in theory, it can indeed be like this! This advertising revenue will be the largest source of income for newspapers in the future. The top priority now is to promote the newspaper. The more people who know the newspaper, the better! Also, Brother Ma, you also need to take a break. I see that you are not looking too good. You have recently taken the time to find some assistants for you. "Datang Daily" cannot always be supported by you alone, and you can't support it either!"
"Well, what Sir Alex said is that Ma will pay close attention!"
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The third update, let’s start with the third update today. I’m so sleepy and my eyelids have started to fight. Let me take a nap first and continue writing when I wake up in three hours!
(End of chapter)