"Indeed, working hard to earn money is the most fulfilling life in this world."
After the morning service ended, the restaurant returned to its peaceful state.
Meg made a pot of braised food and sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, basking in the warm sunlight. He nestled comfortably in the chair with Ugly Duckling, who had been abandoned at home, in his arms.
Amy, who had a month's break, finally started school again, about a week earlier than the students of Chaos School.
Anne was drawing in the study upstairs. The little one planned to refine Miss Black Cat again and personally hand it to Captain Vicky tomorrow to see if she could get her approval.
Irina went to the textile factory as there were many things for her to handle for the Night Elves.
Meg had not opened the restaurant for a long time, but the work of being the head chef did not tire him out. Instead, he felt even more motivated when he heard the praises of the customers.
What other job in this world could earn him money and reputation at the same time? Such a job with both fame and fortune was not easy to find.
After drinking a pot of tea alone, Meg wrapped Ugly Duckling in a red and blue coat and put it in the bicycle basket. He then took a picture book hand-drawn by Anne from the bookshelf and pushed the bicycle out.
Meg rode the bicycle to the textile factory in the north of the city. The elf at the door was very polite to him, the nominal investor, and let him enter the factory without any trouble.
Meg did not disturb Irina and went straight to the empty factory where the printing press from Ultraman's hometown was stored.
The huge machine stood in the middle of the factory. The originally dusty surface had been scrubbed clean, and the unknown silver metal had a cold luster, exuding an amazing sense of technology.
This thing was nuclear-powered, and it had attracted Xi Xi's attention the last time it was activated.
However, Meg and Xi Xi were already familiar with each other … At least, they were familiar with each other.
However, it should not be a problem to use this machine.
For The Ancients who could build advanced battleships, a nuclear-powered printing press was not something worth paying attention to. If they really asked, he would say that he dug it out from underground.
Moreover, even if The Ancients wanted to move it away for research, Meg would have no objections as long as he could get a printing press with the same function from them.
After all, he had gotten this printing machine from Amy's system for free, so he didn't feel the pinch at all.
Meg placed Anne's picture book in the scanning area. This was Anne's first complete work, The Story of the Little Mermaid.
The machine is very advanced, but the operation is very stupid.
Simple settings: scan the entire book, print the entire book, and then set the print quantity.
Meg pondered for a moment. How about we just print 10,000 copies first?
Most cartoonists would be embarrassed to call themselves a best-selling cartoonist if they didn't sell at least 10,000 copies, right?
However, looking at the roaring machine and the neat stacks of picture books that were sent out from the conveyor belt, Meg felt that he was a little careless.
He hadn't even found a sales channel for the picture book, and he had already printed 10,000 copies …
"At worst, I can just put it in front of the restaurant and sell it at 1,000 copper coins per book. That's a business worth 10 million." Meg stroked his chin as he pondered. He picked up a picture book that had been printed from the side. The printing quality was very high, and it looked as if it had been hand-drawn. There were no traces of printing, and the colors were vibrant, and the style was bright and lovely. It was an excellent color picture book.
A picture book of this quality could be sold for at least 10,000 copper coins in Rodu.
This was because before there was a breakthrough in printing technology, color picture books could only be hand-drawn by an artist. For an artist who could draw such an excellent picture book, it would take them a month or even longer to complete it. Even 10,000 copper coins would be considered a low price.
Of course, Meg was using a printing machine, so he was cheating.
However, 1,000 copper coins could be used as an enlightening reading material for rich people, as a bedtime reading material for young people, and as a good choice for straight men who couldn't get a gift.
"I heard from them that you're here …" Irina pushed open the door and came in. She was a little surprised to see the picture books being sent out from the conveyor belt. "This is the purpose of this machine?"
"Yes, this is the printing machine." Meg handed the picture book in his hand to Irina with a smile.
Irina flipped through the picture book in her hand, and the surprise on her face became even more pronounced. In the end, she put down the picture book and looked at the machine before her with starry eyes. "This is a machine that can print money."
Indeed, as a family, she also immediately discovered the value of this printing machine.
"Get a few people to pack it up in wooden boxes. 1,000 copies per box, and ship one box to Mamy's every day. We'll start selling it today," Meg said with a smile.
"How much are you planning to sell it for per book?" Irina asked.
"1,000 copper coins per book. This is a long-term business, so we can't make it into a luxury item. Anne is a freak with her hands," Meg said with a smile. "I have 10,000 copies here. Let's make 10 million to test the waters first."
Irina nodded in agreement. After thinking for a while, she said, "But the price of 1,000 copper coins will still be looked down upon by many children."
Meg thought for a while and said, "Why don't we print another batch of black and white copies, and then sell them through the bookstore at the price of 1,000 copper coins?"
"That's good." Irina's eyes lit up. "There are still many Night Elves who are free now. I can transfer a batch of elves who are good at drawing and sculpting to complete the engraving and printing work."
"There's no need to trouble themselves with the engraving of the printing plates. This is a super printer, so they can just print the printing plates directly. They only need to complete the printing and binding work." Meg smiled and shook his head. He had already begun to consider the plan to build a simple black and white printer.
With this super printer, he could complete the modeling and printing work directly on it. For many simple machines, he could even print all the parts.
This was the power of technology.
Meg originally had a 3D printer, but that thing had limited functions and could not be compared to this one. It was extremely difficult to play with.
"Alright." Irina nodded. Although she did not really understand what Meg said, she somehow felt that he could be trusted.
The printing of 10,000 copies of the picture books was completed very quickly. The elves custom-made wooden boxes, packed the picture books, and prepared to send them to Amy's.
Meg set up the printer, and directly 3D printed the printed plates of the picture books. The precision was extremely high, and it could be used by brushing ink.
Meg wrote a simple manual on how to use it. As for the specific work of choosing the paper and printing, he left it to Ashley to coordinate.
The job of printing black and white picture books created at least 500 jobs for the Night Elves.
Meg's initial request was to print 1,000 copies a day.
After all, this was only black and white printing, so the price would not be too high. The profits could only be increased by the production.
As for the market, Meg was not worried at all.
The Norland Continent would welcome a long 100 years of peace. Meg's goal was to sell Anne's picture books to the whole world!
…
"Just leave it here. You two young ladies, please wait for a while." At the entrance of Amy's, Meg stopped the two elves who came to deliver the books.
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