Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

In fact, apart from Changsun Wuji underestimating the charm of making money, there is another more fatal reason.

That is, the printing quantity of other magazines in this issue is very small, and the price has increased compared to before!
Under such double impetus, it is difficult for this issue of "Zhenguan Banyue Tan" to sell well.

In this case, besides Changsun Wuji, other aristocratic families who participated in the fight for the right to speak in public opinion also received the news.

At the Wang family's home in Taiyuan, Wang Gui was furious: "What's going on?"

"Why are there so few issues of our magazine this time!"

Hearing his father's anger, Wang Chongji quickly explained: "We only discovered this problem two days before printing. The printing potion in our inventory is only enough for one-third of the original printing output."

"Since we knew about this problem two days in advance, why not buy it immediately?"

"Before I repeatedly emphasized the importance of this matter, have you completely forgotten it!"

For Wang Chongji's explanation, Wang Gui did not buy it at all, on the contrary, he became even more angry.

He always felt that his elder son Wang Chongji was more like himself than his younger son Wang Jingzhi, but he didn't expect that this time he also messed up the matter.

For his father's questioning, Wang Chongji also looked guilty.

He said: "Because the potion may not be enough, I have already expected it, and I have already sent a purchase request to the merchants I have been cooperating with."

"According to the previous situation, the raw materials for making the potion can be supplied in time."

"But this time, the merchant said that there was a problem with the transportation, and it might be delayed."

"At first, I thought it was just that the merchant wanted to take the opportunity to raise the price, so I didn't think too much about it. After all, there are people who dare to raise the price in front of our Wang family, but that kind of merchant is really not good."

"It's just that I didn't expect that although they finally delivered the goods, neither the quantity nor the quality could keep up with the previous ones, so this caused the current situation."

Hearing the reason for his son, Wang Gui gradually calmed down.

"After you go to that merchant, how does he explain it?"

Wang Chongji said helplessly: "How else can I explain it? The businessman said that there was a problem with the carriage that was being transported on the road, and he also complained that we were rushing too hard. That's why it happened."

"In the end, not only did they refuse to continue the transaction with us, but they even refunded all the money this time."

Hearing this, Wang Gui also frowned.

In his opinion, the accident this time was probably secretly arranged by someone, and Wang Gui subconsciously felt that there was something wrong with the firm.

But now after Wang Chongji's explanation, Wang Gui was a little confused whether the man behind the scenes was the firm or the person who caused the carriage to go wrong.

He then asked, "Then what are you going to do in the future? Have you contacted other firms?"

Wang Chongji nodded and said: "I have already contacted, but the largest supplier of that material is that firm. Although other firms have them, the quality is somewhat different. We need some time to prepare new printing inks."

"I've got people working overtime to do it. It should be able to catch up with the printing of the next issue."

Wang Gui nodded. Up to now, he has figured out his own problems, but Wang Gui still hopes to figure out where the problem is.

"Well, you have to pay close attention to this matter, and don't make any mistakes!"

"This time our printing workshop has such a problem, so why is the Dou family's printing factory all right in Luoyang?"

Speaking of this, Wang Chongji shook his head remorsefully and said, "Hey, it makes me a little angry just talking about it."

"Father, do you still remember when I reported that I had snatched a big deal from the Dou family?"

"At that time, the Dou family prepared a lot of materials in order to accept the order, but we didn't want the order to be intercepted by us in the end."

"But who would have expected that after we finished the order in a hurry, our own raw materials had problems."

After finishing speaking, Wang Chongji lowered his head remorsefully.

Wang Gui went over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to take this matter too seriously, after all, it was my plan to suppress Dou's workshop."

"This time the opponent came prepared, a mistake is nothing."

"By the way, our family encountered an accident this time, but why did other families have such problems?"

"After you come down, contact other people to see if you can analyze other possible hidden dangers from various clues."

After completely calming down, Wang Gui has already discovered that this is a conspiracy against the magazines of various aristocratic families, and the purpose is to reduce the printing volume of other magazines and make "Zhenguan Banyue Tan" sell better.

Not only Wang Gui discovered this, but also other aristocratic families.

Compared with the failure of the Taiyuan Wang family in Taiyuan and Hedong, they only made a little less money. The Shandong area where the Boling Cui family and the Qinghe Cui family are located has suffered heavy losses this time.

Unlike Li You in the Hedong area, who does not have his own printing workshop and all the magazines are transported from Luoyang, in the Shandong area, the Boling Cui family united with the Qinghe Cui family to fight against the two printing houses of the Kong family.

Faced with an even more severe situation, the two great families founded four magazines at one go, including "Qilu Seven Days" which is published every seven days, and "Qilu Half-Month Talk" which is completely modeled on "Zhenguan Half-Month Talk". ".

In order to run these magazines well, the two companies also spent a lot of money. Not only did they invite a well-known local scholar to be the editor-in-chief, but they also assigned a large number of people to each editorial department.

With the success of the last two issues, the two aristocratic families also tasted the sweetness of running a magazine.

So this time, they're spending even more heavily on content.

However, this time, under Li You's operation, the printing volume of these four magazines dropped sharply, less than [-]% of the previous ones.

And the magazine's printing volume is low, and the income is naturally low.

However, the staff expenses of the four magazines will not be reduced.

For a while, the people in charge of running these magazines were also complaining.

"Despicable, I didn't expect that they would use such a method."

"Neither Gao Shilian nor Changsun Wuji would use such a method. King Yan must be behind it."

"It is only he who can reduce the production of major printing factories so much."

Cui Mingan said angrily: "I really didn't expect that this kid seems to have bought us every detail, but he kept a hand."

"In this way, if we really want to completely get rid of that kid's control, we have to establish our own resource supply system."

"This time, we took him too simply. We were too anxious."