NovelPantry Chapter 270 Millionaire
Chapter 270 Millionaire
Chapter 270 The Millionaire
"Han Xianggong also wants to run a newspaper?"
Hearing what the old butler said, Zhang Qingfeng was very surprised.
Who is Han Yuzhou? He is the person who concocted the Qingyuan Party ban in order to suppress political opponents.
As the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Qingfeng seemed to understand that he was going to run a newspaper now.
At the same time, he had to admire Han Yuzhou. The newspaper had just appeared, but within half a month, the other party had already seen the role of the newspaper.
Zhang Qingfeng naturally had no reason to refuse Han Yuzhou's plan to buy a printing press and publish a newspaper, and he was still the prime minister.
The most important thing is that no matter how Han Tuozhou suppressed his political opponents politically, Zhang Qingfeng admired him because he dared to make the Northern Expedition.
Although the Northern Expedition failed due to a group of villains, Zhang Qingfeng still admired him.
"Wang Steward, because I promised to allocate a few printing machines to the imperial court, there is no ready-made machine for the time being. It will take about ten days. Is it okay?" Zhang Qingfeng asked the old housekeeper.
"Oh, that doesn't matter. Besides, there's no rush to do this in a day or two."
The old housekeeper said: "It's just that Mr. Han doesn't have much experience in running newspapers, so it's better to ask Mr. Yang for more help at the beginning."
"This is naturally no problem." Zhang Qingfeng nodded in agreement.
"Then it's settled, the old man won't bother Mr. Han, let's leave." The old butler bid farewell to Zhang Qingfeng.
Zhang Qingfeng also returned to his residence after sending the old housekeeper out.
The next day after the old housekeeper left, Zhang Qingfeng started to find someone to manufacture printing machines in large quantities.
Fortunately, Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty had all kinds of craftsmen, and the printing press was not very complicated to manufacture, so Zhang Qingfeng would not be left without anyone to use.
"Master Yang, I am the shopkeeper of Maolong Commercial Bank. Our firm wants to buy a few printing machines and two sets of movable type."
"Master Yang, I am... My master wants to buy some movable type printing machines..."
In the next few days, many people found Zhang Qingfeng. Except for Han Kanzhou, everyone else came to Zhang Qingfeng as businessmen.
Seeing these people, Zhang Qingfeng knew without guessing that behind these businessmen were definitely a group of court ministers who followed Zhao Kuo to visit the printing workshop that day.
For these people's requests, Zhang Qingfeng agreed, but then shirked that there was not enough time, at least one or two months would be needed.
Everyone understood Zhang Qingfeng's words. After all, the court wanted thirty machines, and they didn't dare to take the machines they wanted unless they were handed over.
In just a few days, more than [-] printing machines for Zhang Qingfeng have already been ordered.
The reason why so many people buy printing presses is mainly because they see huge profits from printing.
Zhang Qingfeng made a lot of money by printing [-] copies of the Romance of the Gods in just over a month.
There are too many benefits here, and everyone naturally wants to get a share.
Zhang Qingfeng had no way to stop those who came to share his wealth with him, so he could only take more benefits from the beginning.
Therefore, the printing presses he sold to these people basically cost [-] guan each, and the movable lead type cost [-] guan each.
If you want to buy a printing machine and a set of movable lead type, you need at least two thousand coins.
For this price, considering the printing speed of the movable type printing machine, many people also pinch their noses to recognize it.
As long as they have a printing press, they believe that they can make back their capital soon.
Zhang Qingfeng also roughly calculated that the fifty printing presses, excluding the thirty from the imperial court, the remaining twenty could bring him almost twenty thousand yuan in income.
Including the order of [-] units from the imperial court, the income of [-] to [-] guan is secure.
Moreover, printing on printing machines requires ink, so this is still a long-term business. With the popularization of printing machines in the future, the ink business will become a big one.
Although the income from selling printing presses is not comparable to the income from selling books, making too much money in this era is not a good thing.
Zhang Qingfeng's printing workshop, after printing the Romance of the Gods, is stepping up printing The Legend of the White Snake and The Butterfly Lovers.
He was going to make a fortune out of him to raise money for the construction of his grand theater before anyone else got a printing press.
A month later, 50 copies of The Legend of White Snake were printed and bound. Then, without waiting for Zhang Qingfeng's notice, a large group of dealers came to the door, including at least [-] businessmen.
In fact, the Fengshen Yanyi printed by Zhang Qingfeng was so easy to sell. In less than a month, many people made at least double their money.
Although there were [-] sets of Legend of the White Snake, each merchant only got less than [-] sets under the division of many merchants.
The selling price of The Legend of the White Snake was twenty guan, Zhang Qingfeng earned 60 guan in just a few days.
In addition, the printing of Liang Zhu has already completed more than half, and in less than half a month, he can earn at least 30 guan.
This number made Zhang Qingfeng tremble a little.
This is the power of monopoly. If he has enough power, he would want to monopolize the sale of lead movable type printing all the time, because it is too profitable.
But he just thought about such a good thing. If he really wanted to do this, he would be killed before he could live long.
After Zhang Qingfeng's White Snake was sold out, more businessmen came to him to buy printing machines.
In less than a month, the number of printing presses booked has reached more than 150.
For this reason, Zhang Qingfeng had to recruit a large number of craftsmen to make printing machines and cast lead type.
Among so many orders, the printing machine is not the big one, but the movable lead type is the biggest one. A set of movable lead type needs at least [-] kan.
Zhang Qingfeng made so much money at once, he felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, so he went back to Zhuantang Town and told his family about it.
In the future, he will need to use the money to build the Grand Theater, so he must find some trustworthy people to help him.
Especially the printing workshop, where the benefits are too great, so he is going to ask his father Yang Maocai to help him look after it himself.
Hearing that Zhang Qingfeng almost made millions of dollars in a few months, even the Yang family, who can now earn [-] to [-] dollars a year by relying on the brush and ink workshop, were shocked by this figure.
Million Guan, this is too scary. Fortunately, Zhang Qingfeng is now an official of the imperial court, and he has a good relationship with the emperor Zhao Kuo and the court ministers, otherwise someone would have messed with him long ago.
"Father, I want to call off our marriage with the Tian family." On this day, Zhang Qingfeng said to his father, Yang Maocai.
"Retired?" Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words.Yang Maocai said: "With your current rights, if you really want to divorce, I can't stop you. But you have to think about it. If you really do this, your reputation will be ruined. No one wants to Sincerely associate with a man who abandons his wretched wife when he is prosperous."
"This, it's not that serious." Zhang Qingfeng didn't believe it when he heard Yang Maocai's words.
(End of this chapter)