C46 (2/2)
Bing Ying said, ”Just now! ”And now?”
Dudian replied: ”The torn Geography of the Sky!”
Bing Ying held a chapter and chapter piece of paper in her hand and said, ”This is the newspaper! Or it could be called a flyer! ”The truth is the same, but the nature of the content is different!”
When Du Xiangyang saw the stack of papers in Bingying's hands, his eyes suddenly flashed with a strange light!
He seemed to have realized something …
However, he couldn't say it himself!
However, his intuition told him that he was experiencing something legendary!
Many years later, when Du Jinxing became the great media mogul of the Tianyue Dynasty, he mentioned this in his memoirs more than once: The greatest and most mysterious Queen of the Kingdom of Tianyue, Beitang Bingying, has advanced and innovative ideas, beautiful eyes and unfathomable wisdom! When the Queen introduced me to the newspaper, I felt like an ignorant frog at the bottom of a well! But I have always believed that we will usher in a new era of empire!
Bing Ying took the opportunity to explain the changes in Du Golden Light's expression and said, ”The nature of the newspapers: these pieces of paper are the newspapers, also known as flyers! The leaflet compels others to accept what you want to spread, and the newspaper is what you volunteer to spread what others want to know, or what they are interested in. ”
Du Jin fell into deep thought …
Bing Ying continued, ”Let's not talk about the flyers first. As a complete propaganda tool, this thing is too singular. What we want to talk about is — The newspapers! In another world, when the computer came out, the newspapers ruled the earth for 500 years! Even later on, when the world entered the era of advanced information on computer networks and mobile phones, it was never able to replace the important role newspapers played in people's lives! ”
Du Golden Light was completely captivated by what he heard...
Bing Ying began to explain the details of the newspaper's production, distribution, editing of its content, and so on.
”Oh my god!”
”This... This will be a completely new and subversive starting point! ”
”Young Master Wang, if you say these words to others, others will definitely think you're a lunatic. But my Du Family's three generations are all running a bookstore, although I don't know if your plan is feasible, just listening to you talk about it is enough to make my blood boil! If this plan can be implemented, then our achievements will definitely be recorded in history! ”
”Awesome!”
”This is the beginning of a legend!”
Du Golden Light was abnormally excited!
Bing Ying smiled and said, ”Of course it's possible! It worked! I have already thought about it carefully. The books in circulation in the imperial government are all too few. And if we give out newspapers for free, who wouldn't want to read them? ”
Du Jin said: ”What?” Free? That... ”How can I do that?”
Bing Ying said, ”Why not?”
Du Jin said, ”Master Wang, do you know how much it costs to print a book?”
Bing Ying shook her head and said, ”This Boss Du should be an expert, right?”
”According to the circulation of 2000 books, the cost of a single book would be about five silvers. Based on the circulation of 500 books, the cost would be twelve silvers. Currently, books on the market, excluding the quality and content of the paper, were priced around 8 or 9 silver coins. In other words, if the volume of a book is less than 1000, it will be impossible to sell. Even if it were to sell all of it, it would be a loss! ”
Bing Ying asked, ”How many people are there in the Tianyue Kingdom?”
Du Jin thought for a moment and said, ”About eight hundred thousand!”
Bing Ying said, ”What about the town entrance?”
Bing Ying was extremely shocked!
Eight million?
That was eight hundred million!
Was there that many people in this dynasty?
This was too unbelievable.
Bing Ying remembered that in the history of China, the number of people in the Qing Dynasty was the highest, yet it still hadn't exceeded 100 million!
If the dynasty had really eight million people, then it would be much more prosperous than the Tang and Song dynasties!
Why was there no mention of such a dynasty in Chinese history?
”About two million!” Du Jin replied.
Bing Ying said, ”How many people per household?”
Du Jin replied, ”There are about seven or eight people in the small families. A large family would have at least a thousand, or at least a few dozen. ”
Bing Ying said: ”Then let's call it ten for each household! Those who can read, just take it as 20%. In other words, every five families (50 people) needed to publish a newspaper! 100 pieces of paper for one book, that would require a total of 40 thousand books! ”Owner Du, how much is the total cost?”
Du Jin calculated carefully and said, ”The total cost is about four thousand taels of silver. Because the circulation rate is enormous, the total cost is less than one hundred taels of silver!” However, if we were to set up a book bureau in all the cities and towns of the country, in addition to the staff expenses, the total cost would be a huge sum! ”
Bing Ying said, ”Money is not a problem!”
Du Jin calculated and said, ”That is a huge number! Furthermore, if it were to be released free of charge, it would definitely erode a lot of capital! ”
Bing Ying laughed, ”How about this. Boss Du, how much does it cost to publish a newspaper every day and then add up all the other expenses? Just give me a certain number! ”
”At least! One million two hundred thousand! ”
When Du Golden Light said this number, he was also shocked!
One had to know that the treasury only had a yearly income of one million and five hundred thousand silver taels!
”One million two hundred thousand!” It was indeed a bit much, but no problem! Money is not a problem! ”