My villain, Ximen Qing, married Pan Jinlian at the beginning

The lakeside bookstore is built on the edge of a lake.

This lakeside bookstore is the only bookstore in Yanggu County.

It is also the place where students gather during the day in Yanggu County.

This bookstore is built along the lake, which has a quiet atmosphere.

It is also very suitable for quiet reading.

And at the moment in the lakeside bookstore, the shopkeeper of the bookstore is at a wooden tea table, pouring tea for a young man who looks a bit arrogant.

"Xu Huai, I don't know when the third paragraph of "The Legend of the Knife Warrior" will be written?"

"It's out of stock everywhere now, and many people's enthusiasm for buying books is also very high. I hope you can do it as quickly as possible, Xu Huai."

The shopkeeper spoke to the arrogant young man in front of him with a good voice.

This high-spirited young man, named Xu Huai, is a person who specializes in writing travel notes and novels.

He has also written many best-selling books.

So basically all major booksellers would come to him and beg him to publish the manuscript in his bookstore.

And what he is writing now is a novel called "The Legend of the Swordsman".

The plot of this novel is also very ordinary, it is about a child of a powerful family, through practice, defeating bullies one by one, and finally becoming a generation of heroes.

But in such an old era when entertainment was very scarce, it could even be called an entertainment desert.

Such books are very attractive to these readers.

So this Xu Huai also made a lot of money by relying on these cliche novels.

This Xu Huai, with a haughty look on his face, looked at the shopkeeper in front of him.

"Master Zhang, I have already prepared the manuscript for the third part of "The Legend of the Sword-seeking Knight."

"But you want to continue publishing in your lakeside bookstore."

"I still have some conditions. After all, you also know the reason why I am here, you little Lakeside Bookstore in Yanggu County."

"The main reason for publishing the books I wrote is because of our old relationship in Bianjing."

"And now two manuscript chapters have been released in a row, and the sales volume is also very high."

"These should be enough to repay the old friendship, so the conditions of our current cooperation may need to be changed!"

After saying this, Xu Huai immediately took a sip of the tea in his hand slowly.

The former Xu Huai was just a down-and-out scholar who was about to starve to death.

At that time, he was still the shopkeeper of the bookstore in Bianjing, the Zhang shopkeeper in front of him.

I came across something written by Xu Huai by chance.

I thought it was pretty good, so I let this Xu Huai publish what he wrote.

In this way, Xu Huai earned some living expenses, so that he would not starve to death.

And at the beginning, what Xu Huai wrote was quite ordinary.

The shopkeeper Zhang also gave him a lot of guidance.

After all, shopkeeper Zhang is also the shopkeeper of the bookstore, and he has a lot of experience in reading books.

Under the guidance of shopkeeper Zhang, the things written by Xu Huai became better and more exciting.

In the end, Xu Huai became a writer of travel novels that could be called a name.

It can be said that the shopkeeper Zhang in front of him is kind to Xu Huai.

The shopkeeper Zhang at this moment did not expect that Xu Huai suddenly wanted to discuss the terms of re-cooperation with him.

So shopkeeper Zhang, who was frowning, immediately said: "Xu Huai, we had an agreement before that each book you wrote will be settled at 500 taels of silver."

"This price is already the top price, what else do you want?"

Facing shopkeeper Zhang who was clearly showing some displeasure, Xu Huai still took his time and took another sip of tea lightly.

"As far as I know, at least each volume of the "Legend of the Swordsman" I released to you earlier earned you two or three hundred taels of gold."

"And the 500 taels of silver you gave me is just a drop in the bucket of the 300 taels of gold."

"I don't want to waste time with you anymore. 100 taels of gold is a book manuscript. If you don't want to, I can sell it to someone else."

"You don't think the price is suitable, but Tashan Bookstore, shopkeeper Wang's, is very willing."

"You have to know that during this period of time, there are basically no books that can compete with my "Legend of the Swordsman."

"If my next book is given to Tashan Bookstore, then your Lakeside Bookstore will definitely be affected."

"I have already looked at our past friendship, let you make a choice first."

"So don't waste my time, if you don't want to, I will leave."

"After all, it will take at least two days to travel from Yanggu County to Tashan Bookstore!"

At this moment, Xu Huai has a look that is completely in control, the look of shopkeeper Zhang in front of him.

"100 taels of gold? This is impossible, although the first two volumes of your previous "Legend of the Knife Hunter" had a total income of several hundred taels of gold."

"But these include the printing cost of our bookstore, the transportation cost, and the cost of various relationships."

"It is also because I mainly promote your book "Legend of the Swordsman" that it has such a successful performance."

"If you take the 100 taels of gold away, let's not talk about making money, and even pay back."

"100 taels of gold is impossible. If you can lower the price a little bit, we can still talk."

"In this way, I will give you 800 taels of silver, which is already the highest price!"

But in the face of Zhang Zhang's words.

Xu Huai in front of him immediately revealed a look of disdain.

"Are you sending beggars away? I want 100 taels of gold, and you give me 800 taels of silver?"

"Zhang Quanshan, don't blame me for not reminding you, you have already released the news, saying that the third volume of "The Legend of the Knife Warrior" will be released soon."

"If I hand over the third volume of "The Legend of the Knife Hunter" to Tashan Bookstore, your Lakeside Bookstore will face the result of dishonesty."

"The consequences of this are very serious. I will give you another chance. 100 taels of gold is already my bottom line. You should think about it carefully."

After hearing what Xu Huai said.

Zhang Quanshan's expression became even uglier.

"Xu Huai, you are taking advantage of the fire to rob me. You have clearly promised me, but now that the matter is approaching, you suddenly raise the price."

"You know that doing this will have a huge impact on my lakeside bookstore. Isn't it too unethical for you to do this?"

And just when the shopkeeper Zhang said this sentence.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside the room.

"Shopkeeper, there is a customer coming outside, saying that he is looking for some manuscripts from us, and he is by my side right now."