I became famous for writing ridiculous stories in ancient times

Fu Wenyu felt puzzled.

He remembered that Zhang had said a few days ago that after the Liuzhou tabloid became popular, the number of contributors increased day by day, so there were many stories waiting to be printed, and his "Zhen Niang Biography" was put at the back.

But from what Xu said, it seemed that there was something else going on?

So he pretended to be puzzled and said, "I'm afraid Xu heard it wrong. Zhang told me that "Zhen Niang Biography" couldn't be printed for a while, but he said that it was because there were several articles that were sent before mine, so they had to wait until they finished printing before printing mine. It's not that Zhang was incompetent."

But Xu laughed mysteriously.

"Is that what Manager Zhang told you?"

"No wonder, he is stubborn, inflexible, and very face-conscious. Of course, he is embarrassed to tell you, Mr. Fu, that he can't handle things."

He reached out and took a copy of the latest Liuzhou tabloid from his relative Kong Yun, unfolded it and said to Fu Wenyu: "Mr. Fu, please look, this one has 3,000 words left, this one has 8,000 words left, and this one and this one have been printed."

"In other words, there is space for four stories."

"And as far as I know, Liuzhou Tabloid has only selected two new stories to be printed. How can there be no space? It's Manager Zhang who has no connections."

Is that really the case?

Fu Wenyu felt that there might be something fishy here.

If he said that Manager Zhang deliberately neglected him or was incompetent, he would not believe it. After all, when Liuzhou tabloid made a mistake and printed his storybook in advance, it was Zhang who took the initiative to ask him to hurry up and write a new storybook so that he could "bargain" with Liuzhou tabloid.

How could such a Zhang not be able to grab the spare page?

It's impossible.

If that was true, he wouldn't have been the shopkeeper of Kaiyuan Bookstore for so many years, and he wouldn't have asked Tang Yuanwai, who was so smart, to change him when the business was average.

Fu Wenyu would rather believe that there was something wrong with the "shopkeeper Xu" in front of him.

After all, Zhang mentioned before that the seemingly kind-hearted "shopkeeper Xu" in front of him had cheated Sun Xiucai once and made him sell all his ancestral houses.

Although it is a matter of willingness, as the shopkeeper of the bookstore, he rashly agreed to print 100 sets without a deep understanding of the market of "hardcover version of storybooks". It can also be seen that this "shopkeeper Xu" does things only based on his own will, and has never considered the external environment or the consequences.

Hand over the storybook that he worked hard to write to such a person?

Fu Wenyu would not feel at ease.

And there is another very important reason. Cooperating with shopkeeper Zhang, he has a high degree of freedom. Now he can basically do whatever he wants. In addition, shopkeeper Zhang is open-minded, and the accounts shown to him by Kaiyuan Bookstore are also very clear. He will not take advantage of Fu Wenyu's ignorance of some things and fool around.

So why did he change the person he cooperated with?

Therefore, Fu Wenyu said in embarrassment: "This..."

"Manager Xu, this matter is of great importance, please let me think about it."

Manager Xu did not continue to persuade, but said generously: "Then Mr. Fu, you take your time to think about it. I can't bear to see you waiting in vain, so I came here after hearing the news."

"Our Rongsheng Bookstore has a good relationship with the government, the tabloids in Liuzhou, or with other bookstores in Jiangzhou, Anzhou, and even in the capital."

"Mr. Fu will never be disappointed if you hand over the storybook to us."

Finally, he added, "For talents like Mr. Fu, our Rongsheng Bookstore will never treat him badly. What Kaiyuan Bookstore can give to you, we Rongsheng Bookstore will give you, and even more."

"Please consider it carefully, sir."

Fu Wenyu responded with "definitely", and sent him out.

After sending him away, he looked at the sky, thought about it, and simply went into the city. After arriving in the city, he filled his stomach first, and then went to Kaiyuan Bookstore to find Manager Zhang.

After hearing Fu Wenyu's words, Zhang frowned.

"Is there such a thing?"

He thought about it carefully, and then said: "I remember that day when I took "The Story of Zhenniang" over, the people at Liuzhou Tabloid did say that because the tabloid was so popular, they received a lot of good storybooks, some of which were specially sent by people from Jiangzhou, Anzhou and other places. I tried my best to persuade them, but I only set the time within two months."

"But now Xu said that Liuzhou Tabloid didn't receive so many storybooks at all?"

The two looked at each other and felt that something was wrong.

Zhang snorted coldly, "Hehe, Wenyu, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter!"

You know, Fu Wenyu's storybooks are now a major source of income for Kaiyuan Bookstore. From last year to now, they have earned more than one thousand taels of silver from Fu Wenyu alone.

Not to mention that Zhang also knows Fu Qingshan, and has always treated Fu Wenyu as his nephew. But now the nephew he favored was calculated by others, how can he not be angry?

Fu Wenyu nodded, indicating that he would leave the matter to the other party.

However, after returning home, he thought about it and took out a pen and paper. Because he had a way to verify whether this matter was aimed at him or Kaiyuan Bookstore, and what was going on with the Liuzhou tabloid.

So he began to write and prepared to write two new stories.

At this time, Manager Xu had already returned to the city.

He first returned home and had a leisurely lunch, and then came to Rongsheng Bookstore leisurely.

"How is the business today?"

Kong Yun stepped forward, "Boss, I only sold three taels and five cents of silver this morning. But don't worry, when Mr. Fu switches to our Rongsheng Bookstore, it will definitely make a lot of money."

Manager Xu was dissatisfied at first, but he became happy after hearing what Kong Yun said.

"Not bad, not bad, your idea is still good."

"First, get acquainted with Yang Shusheng of Liuzhou Tabloid, and then take advantage of the boy surnamed Xiao going to the capital to hand over the task of selecting the storybook to Yang Shusheng, and ask him to help a little."

"Hehe, it's so simple."

He said proudly: "The old man surnamed Zhang and the boy surnamed Fu will never think that the root of this matter is here. It's a pity, if it weren't for the boy surnamed Xiao's stubbornness, I wouldn't have spent so much time, inviting Yang Shusheng to watch the play, and then I was drinking with him."

"Fortunately, my efforts were not in vain."

Kong Yun hurriedly said: "It was all the shopkeeper's good teaching."

Shopkeeper Xu hummed and smacked his lips and said: "That scholar Yang seems to be not getting along with the boy surnamed Fu. He agreed as soon as I said it. I don't know if Fu Wenyu had offended him before."

"But it's just what I want."

"Hahaha..."

Kong Yun rolled his eyes and agreed, "Maybe Mr. Fu really offended Scholar Yang. I saw him today, he was so arrogant that he didn't even believe the shopkeeper's words."

"People like them are like this "Such a thing." Shopkeeper Xu waved his hand and said indifferently: "As long as he can earn money for me, why not praise him?" "This kid surnamed Fu is not an ordinary person." "How can an ordinary person defeat Sun Xiucai several times in just one year? Sun Xiucai not only has the reputation of a scholar, but also is as famous as Mr. Sanliu in the field of storytelling." "But Fu Wenyu first wrote "True and False Young Master", then "Legend of the Divine Eye", not to mention "Rebirth of the Treasure Map", how much money did he make?" Xu The shopkeeper sighed, "Even the newly written "The Story of Zhenniang" is extraordinary. It is said that the play of Changxi Troupe was personally directed by him and it took only half a month. But now it has overshadowed Sun Xiucai's "The Story of the Green Hairpin". How can such a person not be coveted?"

"Wait until he gets his hands..."

Just then, a gnashing voice suddenly sounded next to him, "The play "The Story of Zhenniang" was written by Fu Wenyu, and he also directed it?"

The shopkeeper Xu and his clerk Kong Yun, who were talking attentively, were startled.

They turned around quickly and saw that Sun Xiucai, who had just been mentioned, was standing behind them with a gloomy face. His eyes were so deep that he seemed to want to bite people.

Shopkeeper Xu: "......!!"

He took a deep breath and quickly recalled whether he had said anything bad about Sun Xiucai just now.

You know, since Mr. Sanliu didn't know why he stopped writing storybooks and Fu Wenyu showed up again, Sun Xiucai has become the most powerful storybook writer in their Rongsheng Bookstore.

Although Sun Xiucai was good at writing storybooks in the past, he would only give his storybooks to the person who offered the highest price. So Rongsheng Bookstore has printed his storybooks, and Kaiyuan Bookstore and other bookstores have also printed them. In the past year, Sun Xiucai had a falling out with Kaiyuan Bookstore, and then he began to cooperate with Rongsheng Bookstore for a long time.

So although the previous "The Story of the Green Hairpin" failed and both companies lost money, under the maintenance of Manager Xu, Sun Xiucai still maintained a good relationship with Rongsheng Bookstore.

Now that Fu Wenyu has not been obtained, Sun Xiucai cannot be lost again!

Fortunately, Manager Xu thought carefully and found that he only mentioned that the popularity of the play "The Story of Zhenniang" suppressed Sun Xiucai's "The Story of the Green Hairpin" in the end, and did not mention much else, so he was relieved.

He immediately laughed and said, "What wind blew you, Sun Xiucai, here, please come in quickly."

"Kong Yun, why don't you go and serve tea to Sun Xiucai? Use the can of tea I just brought from home."

Kong Yun left in response.

But Mr. Sun was not in the mood to drink tea, but insisted on asking, "Who did you say wrote "The Story of Zhen Niang"?"

Mr. Sun was in a bad mood today, because after the performance of "The Story of the Green Hairpin", it did not become popular as he expected, but was tepid and gradually sluggish.

The reason was of course "The Story of Zhen Niang"!

What made him especially angry was that he suddenly decided to go to the theater this morning to take a look, and he actually heard a young man complaining that it was too difficult to grab tickets for "The Story of Zhen Niang", so he had to buy the previous "The Story of the Green Hairpin" together, so that he could have a good seat when "The Story of Zhen Niang" started.

This made the conceited Mr. Sun almost vomit blood.

But he sent someone to inquire, but he only found out that "The Story of Zhen Niang" was written by a man named Fu, and the people in the Changxi Troupe called him "Mr. Fu", but there was no more.

After leaving the theater angrily, he came to Rongsheng Bookstore again, wanting to ask if the so-called hardcover edition of "The Story of the Green Hairpin" had sold some copies after the play was performed.

But what did he hear?

"The Story of Zhenniang" was actually written by Fu Wenyu!

For a moment, new and old hatreds surged in his heart, and Sun Xiucai gritted his teeth and said, "It's you again, Fu Wenyu!"