"This is "One Piece"? This is a comic? Although this book is not very thick, the pattern printing is so exquisite that the cost cannot be lower than that of us."

Xu Xiaode looked at the first volume of "One Piece" in his hand over and over again, and couldn't figure out what Xinhua Bookstore was going to do.

If he just symbolically took out ten books, or even one hundred books, or a thousand books, and made a promotion, he would not be unable to understand.

But this is not the case now.

According to the man, not only will it be sold for one cent today, but it will only be sold for two cents tomorrow.

With such a price, when the news spreads tomorrow, countless people will definitely come to buy it.

At that time, Xinhua Bookstore will lose at least tens of thousands of copies.

"The Chu Prince's Mansion is hurting people with its original intention!"

Wen Qiming wanted to cry without tears.

Why are you so unlucky?

"The court now promotes loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, righteousness and integrity, but this Xinhua Bookstore sells books like "One Piece". Just by listening to the name, you can tell that it is a story of pirates. This kind of propaganda is obviously incompatible with the court's trend. I will impeach "One Piece" at the court meeting tomorrow and mislead people's customs."

Xu Xiaode is a member of the Ministry of Rites and is also qualified to attend the court meeting.

Normally, he would definitely not be willing to go against the Chu Palace.

After all, it is difficult for everyone in the Chu King’s Mansion to mess with, and this is something that everyone knows about in Chang’an City.

However, I am unwilling to do so now. If I don’t resist, there will be few people paying attention to "Etiquette Story" at that time. At that time, all the hard work I have worked hard will be wasted.

"No! Impeach the court directly and open the conflict. At that time, what method will His Highness the King of Chu use to deal with us."

Wen Qiming was shocked when he heard Xu Xiaode's words.

This is really fearless for the ignorant.

Impeachment of One Piece, isn’t this arguing with the Chu Palace?

Even if you really want to be unable to get along with the Chu Palace, you don’t have to jump out like this.

Commercial matters should be solved by commercial means, which is a concept that Li Kuan has always admired.

Wen Qiming knew very well that as long as he used commercial methods to deal with "One Piece", the people from the King of Chu's mansion would also fight against him according to the rules.

But if it is as Xu Xiaode said, it will be a big trouble.

At that time, His Highness the King of Chu may not be so good for Xu Hui's sake, but his literary book shop will not be able to say anything.

Or, will there be any Wenqu Bookstore in Chang'an City then?

"What's there to be afraid of? Others are afraid of him, Li Kuan, but I'm not afraid!"

When Xu Xiaode saw that Wen Qiming actually jumped out to oppose his opinion, he couldn't help but become angry.

When is it time for a businessman to say "no" to him?

Wen Qiming was immediately overwhelmed when he saw Xu Xiaode's reaction at this time.

The thigh I hugged seemed to have been wrong?

"Xu Yuanwailang, it's not that we are afraid of the Chu Palace, but that I think there are other ways to deal with One Piece."

"What's the solution?"

"This is a manga, even if it sells waste paper, there are many people in Chang'an City who are learning to learn to read. Even if you buy this manga and use it as paper for practicing calligraphy, it is also very cost-effective.

Isn’t Xinhua Bookstore so generous, selling such a thick comic for a penny? Then we will use our tricks to encourage the people of Chang'an City to buy "One Piece". By then, this book will become the paper for everyone to go to the toilet, and the paper for practicing calligraphy will not be able to exert its due influence."

Wen Qiming had a sudden inspiration and came up with an idea that he thought was good.

Anyway, you make it difficult for me, so don't do it.

It is obviously impossible for "Etiquette Story" to surpass "One Piece".

During this period, the only book discussed by the people of Chang'an City may be "One Piece".

However, the number of "One Piece" printed by Xinhua Bookstore is definitely limited.

If most of the books fall into the hands of those who buy books for a penny and use them for other purposes, it will be considered to be indirectly reducing the influence of One Piece.

Although this method is not a good method, it can be disgusting to Xinhua Bookstore.

However, this is just a wishful thinking for Wen Qiming.

"Then you go and do it now!"

Xu Xiaode didn't pay any better attention, but being able to get to Xinhua Bookstore was a breath of excuse.

As for what to do in the future, I will talk about it later.

...

Such a lively incident happened at the entrance of Xinhua Bookstore, and the nobles of Chang'an City naturally knew it immediately.

Changsun Chong is no exception.

"Zhu Zhishan, what's the name of the Chu Palace? It's just a painting book drawn by a maid. It actually caused such a big deal. Is there any other purpose behind it?"

Changsun Chong happened to inspect the Chang'an Evening News today, so he called Zhu Zhishan to discuss with him.

As the head of the second largest newspaper in the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Zhishan has good insights.

"Langjun, this book "One Piece" is different from what was sold in each bookstore before. Strictly speaking, it is actually a book composed of countless paintings, but it just adds some simple character dialogues to the paintings.

This kind of thing they call comics should be the first of its kind in the Chu Palace. I think they should want to vigorously promote comics, so they used "One Piece" as a promotional tool and never thought about relying on this to make money.

However, there is also a strange thing. The price of a comic for this penny is really ridiculously low. If they want to promote "One Piece", there is actually no need to make the price so low."

Zhu Zhishan naturally couldn't fully understand Li Kuan's intentions.

"Guanshishan Academy is the best in the Tang Dynasty in terms of strange and obscene skills. It is possible that the printing workshop of Xinhua Bookstore used some new printing technology, and then the papermaking workshop of Chuwangfu has improved the technology, so the cost of printing books has dropped, and Li Kuan wanted to further reduce the price of various books on the market."

Changsun Chong was there to analyze Li Kuan’s thoughts.

From Changsun Chong's perspective, he must consider the problem from a higher level.

In Changsun Chong's opinion, it makes a lot of sense to link this matter with Li Kuan's attempt to lower the price of books.

After all, a long time ago, the Chu Palace was already a book price killer.

More than ten years ago, books that cost a few cents a day were basically not seen in various bookstores.

If a book can be sold for a consistent price, it is already a very, very high price.

Generally speaking, most books cost three to five hundred cents.

"Is there any possibility? It's that Li Kuan is really just trying to win the beauty's smile? Anyway, losing a few thousand guan of money is really nothing to the King of Chu's Mansion."

As soon as Zhu Zhishan was expressed, Changsun Chong immediately denied it.

The enemy knows you best.

Changsun Chong, who has always regarded Li Kuan as his opponent, naturally has a certain understanding of Li Kuan.

"This possibility cannot be said to be lacking, but it is very small! Li Kuan often cannot see any purpose at first when doing things, but later on, he can find that his foothold is relatively high.

The purpose of lowering the price of books is more consistent with Li Kuan’s past practices; there is another possibility, that is, he wants to vigorously promote the writing form of comics, but I don’t understand what the meaning of promoting this kind of thing is.”

Changsun Chong frowned and was a little restless and was walking around the room.

Every time he lost in Li Kuan, Changsun Chong felt that he was almost unable to bear it.

He really wanted to find an opportunity to suppress Li Kuan.

"We oppose the things that the King of Chu Mansion supports. If we don't understand the significance of the launch of "One Piece", it doesn't matter. Anyway, the above report in our "Chang'an Evening News" must be derogatory to "One Piece". I will write this article myself at that time.

Zhu Zhishan knew very well that Changsun Chong and Li Kuan were not dealing with each other.

In addition to the Changsun family's industry, it has been affected by the Chu Prince's Mansion in the past year, and the two sides have already broken up.

"Well, you plan carefully and you must find more questions that seem very reasonable to criticize "One Piece", which will ruin the reputation of this book!"

...

"Brother Jiu, read it quickly, what an interesting comic."

In the Summer Palace, Yizi ran to Li Zhi excitedly and handed over a copy of "One Piece".

"Comics? What comics?"

Li Zhi secretly glanced at Li Shimin, who was sitting on the imperial throne reviewing the memorials, and whispered to Yizi.

In fact, Li Shimin had noticed the movement between them, but it didn't go too far.

Anyway, there is no forbidden area for Yizi everywhere in the Summer Palace.

"Little Yumi gave it to me when she entered the palace today. She said that this second brother oral, a brand new entertainment book written by Qing'er can not only increase our understanding of overseas, but also pass the time."

Obviously, the first volume of "One Piece" has already conquered Aizi.

In this era, entertainment is really scarce.

Even if there are some books, most of them are traditional books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, and the number of other novels is still relatively limited.

The messy novels popular in Pingkangfang have no chance to enter the Summer Palace, so the life of Yizi is actually quite boring.
To be continued...