As night fell, the workshop of Qiqu Pavilion was still brightly lit.
Ma Zhou bent over the table and was writing something. He had been eating and living in the workshop for the past two days. Although it was tough, Ma Zhou was excited.
The first day of Datang Daily's sales volume was 1,000 copies. The second day's sales volume soared to 10,000 copies. Moreover, it was still in short supply. According to this, the sales volume in the next few days would increase at an amazing speed.
This brilliant result showed that he had succeeded in running the newspaper. It was not only a success in his career, but also a real success. At this time, Ma Zhou could not help but think of the subtle changes in the attitude of the scholars who helped compile the dictionary in the workshop. In this world, strength spoke louder than words.
If Li Zexuan had helped him that day, those scholars would not have been convinced and it would have seriously affected the progress of compiling the dictionary. It was much better to rely on his talent to convince people.
Thinking of these pleasant things, Ma Zhou felt that his body was full of vitality again. The frequency of the vibration of the writing brush in his hand increased.
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The next day.
As Ma Zhou expected, the sales of the newspaper were even better.
"Hey, hey, hey, kid, give me two copies of the newspaper. My young master and young lady are anxious to read The Legend of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality!"
"Give me one copy! My young master is anxious to go to the Imperial College! "
"Give me ten copies!"
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After two days of word-of-mouth accumulation, there were very few people in Chang 'an who did not know about the newspaper. Driven by the popularity of the newspaper, when it was sent out by the newsboy in the morning, it was snatched up. Fortunately, Ma Zhou was prepared and printed 35,000 copies. That was how he withstood the crazy rush in the morning.
"Master Ma, the 35,000 copies of the newspaper printed this morning are almost finished. Do you want to print more?"
Now in the workshop, who dared not to admire Ma Zhou when they saw him? Therefore, the people below called Ma Zhou Master Ma instead of Steward Ma.
Ma Zhou pondered and said, "Print another 5,000 copies. The demand for the newspaper in the afternoon should not be as high as in the morning."
"Yes!"
"Old Ma, there are two businessmen outside. They said that they want to buy a batch of newspapers from the workshop and send them to the counties near Chang 'an to sell!"
At this moment, Song Xiaosi rushed in from outside and said.
"Oh? Someone came so quickly? It seems like there are still smart merchants around! "
Ma Zhou stroked his chin. He was mentally prepared for this situation.
"Let's go and take a look!"
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"Brother Ma, how's the newspaper sales today?"
After lunch, Li Zexuan came to the workshop. After finding Ma Zhou, he asked directly.
Ma Zhou smiled and gestured with his hand. Li Zexuan's eyes lit up as he happily said, "Eight thousand?"
Li Zexuan didn't know about yesterday's newspaper sales. Otherwise, he wouldn't have guessed that it was 8,000 yuan. According to his estimation, it would be good if the sales volume increased from one thousand to eight thousand in three days.
Ma Zhou shook his head and smiled, "Lord Jue, it's eighty thousand! Yesterday's sales volume reached ten thousand. "
Li Zexuan was shocked and exclaimed, "Eighty thousand? How can it be so many? "
The newspaper was launched less than three days ago and the population of Chang 'an was only a few hundred thousand. No matter how optimistic Li Zexuan was about the newspaper sales volume, it was impossible for it to reach eighty thousand!
Ma Zhou smiled and explained, "Lord Jue, at noon, two calligraphy and painting businessmen came. They directly ordered forty thousand newspapers from the workshop. They plan to sell them in other counties in Chang 'an. Now, the printing department of the workshop is working at full capacity. We're trying to print forty thousand copies before noon."
Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "I didn't expect someone to see the potential of this newspaper! Brother Ma, what price did you sell it to them at? "
"I sold it at the original price. Our newspaper is already very cheap, so I didn't dare to lower the price privately. These businessmen will definitely sell it at a higher price in other counties. They won't lose money!"
Li Zexuan nodded and praised, "Hmm, not bad, not bad!"
Ma Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Lord Jue, since yesterday, some businessmen have been hoarding a batch of newspapers and selling them at a high price to other places. However, because the number of newspapers they can buy from the newsboys is limited, the scale is not big. The two calligraphy and painting businessmen who came today are the real big spenders."
Li Zexuan nodded thoughtfully. Then, he suddenly said, "Brother Ma, since the other businessmen have smelled the business opportunity, why don't we take the opportunity to expand Datang Daily so that the newspaper's influence is not only limited to Chang 'an. It's best if we can spread the newspaper's influence to the whole country."
"This …"
Ma Zhou was shocked by Li Zexuan's ambition. He hesitated and said, "Lord Jue, if we do this, we will need too much manpower and resources. With Qiqu Pavilion's current foundation, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult."
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Brother Ma, of course, we won't do it ourselves. We can find someone we can cooperate with for a long time. For example, Wang Renbiao. The Wang family has ready-made channels in various places. We don't need to worry about it at all."
Ma Zhou thought for a moment. If they cooperated with someone for this matter, there were indeed many benefits. He agreed and said, "That's true. Then I don't have any more questions."
"Hmm, then I'll go find Wang Renbiao later and see if he's interested in cooperating with us."
Li Zexuan stood up and suddenly remembered something. He said, "Oh, by the way, Brother Ma, has the first batch of printed books been printed?"
"Hmm, indeed. These books will probably all be sold at Qiqu Pavilion in the East City tomorrow!"
Ma Zhou heard and replied excitedly.
"Great. Brother Ma, remember to make a short advertisement for Qiqu Pavilion in tomorrow's newspaper. It's best if you can make a list and tell everyone how cheap our books are!"
"Lord Jue, what's an advertisement?"
Li Zexuan explained, "It's an advertisement. The purpose is to let more people know about Qiqu Pavilion's cheap books."
"Oh, I see!"
Ma Zhou nodded in understanding. Then he thought for a moment and said, "Then in the future, can we also put up some advertisements for the merchants and shops that have paid us?"
Li Zexuan was shocked. This Ma Zhou's thinking was really advanced. He even knows how to collect advertising fees now. What a genius!
"Hmm, theoretically, we can do that! This advertising revenue will be the newspaper's biggest source of income in the future. Now, the most important thing is to promote the newspaper. The more people know about it, the better! Also, Brother Ma, you have to take care of yourself. I see that you don't look too good. You should hurry up and find some assistants for you. Datang Daily can't rely on you all the time. You can't do it all by yourself! "
"Hmm, Lord Jue is right. I will hurry up!"
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