This year's monsters are super fierce [75]

Yan Buzhou didn't know the analogy of Gongsun Ce, she disguised herself as a man in order to facilitate entry and exit from the tile shop.In the past few days, according to the makeup that Gu Jing changed when he first arrived, he dressed himself up according to the gourd painting.

At the moment, she was also slightly surprised that she actually saw Gongsun Ce alive.It is true that such a gentle and refined person will design the famous cruel torture tools Xinghuayu and the three-headed guillotine in the future.

However, once the background of the drama has become a real life, then you can't believe everything in the book.What's more, if you don't speak well, you can't remember clearly what happened to the Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses. You can only remember a few famous people.

These are not important right now, not as important as how to make a fortune during the five-day Qixi Festival holiday.

Living in Song Dynasty, taking a break from the busy schedule is not a dream.

Ten days is a ten-day period, and in January thirty-day period, there are three single holidays.In addition, there will be long holidays ranging from three to seven days, such as the Spring Festival Lantern Festival, February [-] Dragon Meeting, Qingming Cold Food, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Xiayuan, etc.

What I don't expect much is the five-day Chinese Valentine's Day holiday, because there must be a big market every time there is a long holiday.The city of Bianjing will be more lively than usual, the flow of merchants and customers will increase, and the crowds will be crowded, and she will be able to earn 80 taels of silver.

"I came here this time precisely for the matter I mentioned earlier, and I ask Brother Lin to tell the truth. It happens that Mr. Gongsun is also here, so I will have the audacity to ask for advice."

Yan Buzhou put the books she brought on the square table, and her second money-making plan was written on the side.Since the story of the shark is well-known in Qushuxuan, why not develop its peripheral products, such as interpreting the story in the form of ink stick figures.

Ink painting, Yan Buzhou practiced in his previous life.It was originally a hobby to illustrate her monster books, but before I knew it, it became a specialty, especially good at simple ink brushwork.Judging from the response, it is not bad and the popularity is quite high, although the monsters and ghosts in her works are far from the traditional image.

There is a saying that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.Town God's Temple is across the street from Huangfu, and Yan Buzhou grasped Lin Yuan's delicious food, and quickly established a food friendship with the Taoist priests next door.

There is no need for Lin Yuan to do anything for her, just to provide some gossip, so that they can help each other and get along well in the future.It's like providing real advice for her picture book right now.

Lin Yuan had heard about the design of Yan Buzhou's picture book, so he opened the bound picture book.

At first glance, it was far from the mermaid he had imagined, and the word "monstrous" could not be uttered, but it still attracted him to look at it.Coupled with a few lines of text on the side of the drawing, I turned all the way to the last page without knowing it.

"It's gone? What about the story behind?" Lin Yuan was a little unsure, obviously he had also heard the story of the mermaid, but there was a whole new kind of fun in reading picture books, and he couldn't find the words to describe it for a while.

"Ah Yan, let me tell you the truth, from the point of view that I am not an elegant scribe, this book is [-]% likely to be popular."

Lin Yuan didn't say the second half of the sentence, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the mermaid was painted so vividly, so he felt happy, probably because he was [-]% similar to him.

Yan Buzhou was half relieved when he received an affirmative answer, but if he knew Lin Yuan's second half of his thoughts, he would definitely tell him that he really thought too much.

The monsters in her paintings are famous for their cuteness, and Lin Yuan will have such an illusion, because this style of painting is rare in the world, and the face of the cute creatures is slightly round, which is definitely not based on Lin Yuan's drawing.

Lin Yuan's vision represents one group of people, and he shows that this era can accept such picture books, while Gongsun Ce represents another group.Although Gongsun Ce lost his name to Sun Shan twice, his full of poems and books and his erudition are probably only understood by those who understand him.

"It's wonderful!" Gongsun Ce pondered for a while, and gave a higher evaluation, "Mr. Yan's painting style is quite ancient, so he doesn't covet the breeze and the moon, but makes the world smile."

Yan Buzhou waved his hands quickly, she really didn't dare to take it seriously.All she needs is sales volume, and where does the word ancient meaning come from, so don't give her a high hat.

However, Gongsun Ce took the pen and ink, and simply sketched on the paper a utensil that is no longer used nowadays.

"I'm not bragging. You see, this is a good thing that has been sold at a high price in the Bogu market recently - a bronze vessel owl from the pre-Qin period. The owl and the owl have the same effect as the shark in the picture book."

Yan Buzhou took a closer look, she had really seen this kind of bronze wares before.Of course, it is not in the Song Dynasty antique market, but I have seen similar bronze exhibits in museums of later generations. They are indeed known for their cuteness and are quite popular.

"秬鬯一卣" refers to the use of you as a bronze wine vessel in the pre-Qin Dynasty to hold the fragrant and smooth wine "秬鬯".

Gongsun Ce's simple sketch of this owl is two owls standing facing each other, with the cover as the head and the vessel as the body.The beauty is that the owl's chubby eyes are wide open, which makes people smile knowingly.

"Actually, not only the bronze wine vessel, but also the tomb-slayer beasts in the dark market. You can see them pouting and smirking, and the monsters and ghosts are not all hideous. As the saying goes, appearances come from the heart, and the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees wisdom. From my point of view, this shark The painting style of the human picture album is expressing a happy attitude towards life."

Gongsun Ce twirled his pen, thinking of a more appropriate adjective, not just cute, nor just pity for me.He clapped his hands in a flash of inspiration, "That's right! As recorded in the "Book of Rites? Moon Order": Heaven and Earth are in harmony, and vegetation sprouts. People will feel happy when they see it, and they will have a beautiful and newborn feeling when they see it. , isn’t it the way to be cute.”

'Cough, cough, cough—'

Yan Bu Zhou took a sip of tea and almost spit it out.Gongsun Ce really taught her what it means to be knowledgeable about the ancient and the present, and even after looking forward to the millennium, he actually pulled out the cute characters by citing scriptures.

"Mr. Gongsun, you really have a unique vision, which is so admirable. The word cute is very cleverly used, and it sums up the meaning of painting."

Gongsun Ce didn't seem to have praised him so bluntly before, so he waved his hand, "I don't dare to be a bamboo. This is Mr. Yan's wonderful painting. In my humble opinion, this can be called a pioneering school. Maybe there will be more like this in the future." Picture books will be popular in the Song Dynasty."

"I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants." Yan Buzhou is very clear about where she learned from, which is the beauty of the aesthetics of cute things in later generations, but this can't be explained clearly, so I can only push the boat to the ancient meaning. "Mr. Gongsun also said that such images of cute creatures have existed since ancient times, and I am just a late learner."

"Meow-meow--"

Lin Yuan suddenly uttered four cat meows, interrupting the two people's mutual praise, "You two don't need to be humble, you share the four meows equally, you are all wonderful. But I just want to ask a question, Ah Yan, do you How much is the estimated value of the picture book? How much do you want to sell?"

Finally, the topic turned back to normal.

Yan Buzhou has already investigated the publishing situation of books in the Song Dynasty, because the papermaking technology continues to develop, and the price of paper varies from high to low, and books are much cheaper than in the previous dynasty.

It is a pity that movable type printing has not yet taken shape, so the number of books printed is still not high.Nowadays, there are engravings and prints of portraits, but their exquisiteness is inevitably lacking, and only black and white can be printed.

Generally speaking, books are not cheap, and printed picture books are even rarer.

It's not good to be ambitious at all if you don't talk well, and you don't plan to publish picture books at all.Her drawing skills are fast and practice makes perfect. Once the first draft is completed, it will not be a problem to rush to draw twenty or thirty copies in more than ten days.

On Qixi Festival, she only plans to sell hand-painted books.Then he stretched out his hands and showed eight fingers to the two of them.

"800 taels?" Gongsun Ce quoted a price, but when he saw Yan Buzhou's face changed, he changed his mind again, "Is it low? Is it 8000 taels? If it is 8000 taels, there is a requirement in quantity. If the painting book is published It will lose /spirit/rhyme, and two or three hundred picture books may be quite time-consuming and labor-intensive, Mr. Yan doesn't have to work too hard."

In fact, 80 taels is enough.

Yan Buzhou swallowed this sentence back, and she found that she seemed to live in a different world from Gongsun Ce.

Yan Buzhou thought about her fledgling, a thin picture book story, excluding the cost of paper and pen and ink, it is enough to earn three or four taels of silver for a book.However, according to Gongsun Ce's intentions, the pricing was directly doubled several times, and each copy was sold for at least 30 taels of silver.

Gongsun Ce didn't think there was anything wrong with his offer, and he only gave a normal offer.He has been immersed in //bookstores and book stalls for many years. How could he not know that the prices of printed books, copied books, and hand-painted paintings are completely different. Hand-painted paintings are the most expensive, because paintings have artistic conception.

At present, picture books that tell a complete story are uncommon in the painting and calligraphy market. Most of them are about sex/palace secret dramas, and their prices are astonishingly high.

Ancient books and classics have different prices depending on the paper they are printed on.In addition to recognized classics, the price of calligraphy and painting today is closely related to two points, one is quality and the other is reputation.Among them, fame is more important. After all, Maxima is common but Bole is rare.

The Mermaid picture book has a novel style of painting, which seems to outline the mermaid story with a few simple strokes, but it is quite vivid and moving.Coupled with the fame of the pearl story, how can it not be popular if it has both?

In this era when pearls are precious jewels, only the empress dowagers in the palace can use pearls as flowers.

One shark tear, ten big pearls.Yanhe became famous in Bianjing almost overnight.

On the night of Qixi Festival, the tickets for the sequel of Qushuxuan’s Mermaid Story have long been sold out, and many people are rushing to hear the story worthy of ten pearls.Nowadays, the word is not well thought out and the old is bringing forth the new. If you take advantage of the trend and release a picture book with such a unique style of painting, why not sell it at a high price.

After hearing Gongsun Ce's analysis, Yan Buzhou realized that she had underestimated how popular she was.

As soon as the ten pearls come out, it's like buying a hot search on the Internet in later generations, and it makes her on the topic list of Bianjing.Although there are some inside stories about the authenticity of pearls that cannot be revealed to outsiders, but if she becomes popular overnight, she will become popular overnight. As for how long she can be popular, it depends on her ability.Just like later generations, once a person becomes popular, he can drive the sales of the book, not to mention that the book itself is very interesting.

It's no wonder that Yan Buzhou didn't realize it. Who made Renzong's era of talents so brilliant that they couldn't be counted in succession.For example, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Yan Shu, Liu Yong, Di Qing, etc. who are already famous now.

She can also report those who have not yet made their fortune or are young, such as the third father and son of the Su family, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, etc. who will shine in more than ten years.

On the other hand, she went back and forth between Huangfu and Qushuxuan at two o'clock and one line within seven days, just to earn some money to live and live with a strange story every day, how could the light of the firefly dare to compete with the bright moon.However, Yan Buzhou really understood at this time, why Zhu Renyi was quite upset in secret.

"Mr. Yan, you don't need to belittle yourself. The books of the literary world have their merits, and such strange stories also have their fun. They are different, but they don't distinguish between high and low. At least, I think so."

Gongsun Ce understood Yan Buzhou's silence, and he didn't blindly say good things, "Of course, please forgive me, this picture book still has a flaw, and the words in the rich pictures and texts are lacking. If Mr. Yan can invite a famous artist to inscription , or don’t stop at the price of a few dozen taels.”

Where can I meet famous people?They are also asked to write for the picture book, not to mention the retouching fee, who is willing to write twenty or thirty books?

Yan Buzhou knew that her calligraphy could still be read in later generations, but in the Song Dynasty, there was a lot of room for improvement.

Gongsun Ce said it implicitly, but he actually pointed out that she still lacks strength of character.Moreover, there are always differences between the written text and the oral story, and some areas need to be improved.

"Why do you look for someone else, the person who writes a good article is not right in front of you."

Lin Yuan didn't take the job, because his handwriting had been misled when he was learning how to draw symbols, and he didn't have any literary talent.This is looking directly at Gongsun Ce, everything is in the air.

Yan Buzhou immediately got up and bowed to Gongsun Ce, "If Mr. Gongsun doesn't mind my limited retouching fee, please help me. It is a great honor for this picture book to have Mr. inscribed."

Gongsun Ce shook his head quickly, he really didn't compare himself to a celebrity, how could he earn a penny for this, "I'm just a scholar who has tried and failed, I can't afford it, I can't afford it."

"Mr. Gongsun deserves it. It's your sharp eyes that brought out the wit of this picture book, so it's enough to understand it and know it. What's more, golden scales are not a thing in the pool."

As soon as Yan Buzhou said this, Gongsun Ce no longer shirked.It's just because it's hard to find a confidant, and both of them believe in the second half of the sentence "Once the wind and cloud change into a dragon", this is how Ah Yan and Gongsun eldest brother called each other.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan couldn't help feeling proud. Although he was a bit reluctant, he still divided the pastries of Nianweizhai into three and put them on plates, "Come on, I'll borrow flowers to offer Buddha. We made this plate of pastries to celebrate the sale of picture books in advance!"

Yan Buzhou and Gongsun Ce looked at each other dumbfounded. I heard that after drinking a cup of tea and a glass of wine, it was the first time to make a plate of pastries to celebrate.

It doesn't matter what you do.

In the end, only [-] picture books were published under the suggestion of Baisheng, the boss of Qushuxuan, which is the number corresponding to the seventh day of July, and each book has an extra color drawing as the unique picture scroll of the first series of Qixi Festival special issue.This picture book is sold publicly at Qushuxuan, Baisheng gets a cut of it, and he is responsible for binding and other publicity matters.

On the night of Qixi Festival, Qushuxuan, the story of the shark once again won the popularity of Wazi in the north of the state.Yan Buzhou's first cute picture book "Sea Weeping Tears" released in Song Dynasty has become popular!

Baisheng took a wooden box and went to the backstage to give Yan Buzhou the 800 taels he earned tonight, but found that she was not there. "This man has such a big heart, he doesn't even care about money, where are you going to join in the fun?"