Chapter 31 - 031 Game Teaching (Part One)
Liu Chuan hurriedly stood up from the chair, and hurriedly shouted to the assistant, “What are you still doing, please invite some bosses in.”
Before the assistant could say anything, the owner of the bookstore outside had already come in because he was in a hurry, and the first request he saw Liu Chuan was. “Editor Liu, you must reprint! Before, our employees were ignorant, and I have taught them a lesson. It is true that we are wrong, but as long as you agree to reprint, you can ask for anything.”
“Yeah, Editor-in-Chief Liu, I have four or five branches, and there are so many colleagues here, each one can’t distribute a few copies, so they must be printed. After those small bookstores are sold out, they will definitely come to you.”
When several bosses heard that the small bookstore was also their competitor, they all became vigilant. Originally, there were not many books left. The four big bookstores could not get a hundred copies for one person. How could there be a small bookstore? The bookstore has already sold a batch, and this batch will be given to them anyway.
Maybe it means Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive, and after a while, the assistant said that there are other bookstore owners waiting outside.
When the bosses of the big bookstore heard this, their expressions instantly became anxious.
“Editor Liu, we came first, this book must be given to us!”
Liu Chuan was worried about how to sell the book a minute ago, but now he didn’t expect that all the major bosses would come to grab it. It all felt too unreal, but he reacted immediately and agreed happily: “Don’t worry, everything is available. First come, first served, and the rest of the books will be given equal marks to you, and will be printed later, but it will take a few days.”
“Then Editor-in-Chief Liu, you can hurry up. Now this book is very popular. I’m afraid that customers will wait too long and have more dreams at night.”
“Don’t worry, I will print it as soon as possible.”
After a few big bookstore owners finished talking, they rushed to the warehouse to move the books. Liu Chuan could only let the owners of the small bookstores go back first, and promised that they would be able to supply the work within a week.
Although I was very upset that I didn’t get the book, but now I have no choice but to go back after confirming with Liu Chuan again and again.
Liu Chuan entertained the bookstore owners, and then found someone to load the books and arrange things. Before the arrangement was finished, someone visited the publishing house to ask him for books. After sending him away for the same reason, he recovered from his busy work and suddenly returned to his senses. I realized that I had never been so busy before.
And the situation where he was urged to ask for books behind his butt, this was the first time a big girl got on the sedan, which has never happened in history, and the backlog of English books has all been emptied. In fact, it can’t be called inventory. Did not notice the value of the book. But gold always shines, and the same is true for this book. Liu Chuan calculated that the number of orders from more than a dozen bookstore owners totaled more than 2,000 copies, which was enough for the publishing house to make a fortune.
This book is very popular now, and it is very likely to bring his publishing house back to life on the right track. Liu Chuan has a hunch that he should be able to do this. If the sales volume is still only increasing, you should print another batch, and then ask Chen Yuan to discuss and discuss the second set of “How to Learn English”.
Just thinking about it, Liu Chuan saw the editors who contradicted him from the corner of the window, and he didn’t know what to say.
Liu Chuan was very angry. Now that the book has been sold, he has the confidence to endure these people at all. He said angrily, “Are you doing nothing? Dare to be lazy here? What about today’s salary and this month’s salary? All subsidies have been deducted.”
When those few people heard that their faces were like eggplants beaten by frost, they were angry and angry, and they were very unwilling. How could books that could not be sold at first have been sold now? This thing is really too evil.
After the first 500 copies of “How to Learn English” were released, they were quickly snapped up by customers, but after that it was out of stock for a long time, and more and more people knew how good and how good this book was. It is suitable for children’s study. Unfortunately, when I want to buy a book, I can’t buy it. I can only worry about it.
Jiang Lili’s “Happy Writing Essay” has also been released. Because their publishing house has many channels, they did not encounter any difficulties when pushing the book. Several major bookstores have also released this book.
The big bookstore is thinking that English books are out of stock during this period, so the main reason is to make an emergency to see if they sell well, just when new customers come in.
The salesperson took the initiative to sell and said: “This is a new book in our store, called “Happy Writing Essays”, which is very helpful for writing essays. You can take a look.”
The customer shook his head: “Is there “How to Learn English”? I came to buy this English book, I don’t want this.”
The salesman accompanied the smiling face: “How to Learn English is out of stock. It is estimated that the content of this composition is not bad until next week. You can see and decide.”
When the customer heard this, he really took it over and read it carefully. After reading it, he said, “This book is too difficult, and my baby is not suitable.”
The sales clerk didn’t say anything else, thinking that the recommended group should be wrong, and wait until there are older customers recommending it.
It didn’t take long for a qualified customer to come up and recommend it again, and the other party said it immediately after seeing it.
“My children are all in junior high school. Yours is obviously an elementary school composition. I want “How to Learn English”.”
The sales clerk murmured in his heart, why is there no age limit for children in this English book, and the audience for the composition book is so small?
So I have a hunch in my heart that this book doesn’t seem to sell well.
After seeing off the guests, she was scolded once because of her English book last time. This time, she quickly reported the situation to her boss.
This situation has been going on for a long time, and the boss also thinks that there is a problem with this book. Because there are pearls and jade in front, this book can’t sell a few copies at all, and the price of the composition book is one dollar higher than that of the English book.
It’s expensive and hard to sell. The bookstore has bought hundreds of these books. If they lose all of them, it will be very depressing.
So after a few days of observation, I found that this book is indeed not selling well. Not one person out of 100 customers will read this book. In order to find out why the sales are so bad, I also asked customers what they think. I feel that the age difference of this book is too rigid, and everything I learn can be taught in school, and the price is expensive, so there is no need to buy it back and waste money.
But Chen Yuan’s English book is different. It’s something that can’t be learned in school. Moreover, the students and teachers of the fifth grade in Wucheng have started to use this book to teach. Not only has their English scores improved significantly, but their scores in other subjects have also improved. obvious.
Only when I opened the teaching method of the English book did I know that the method of this book would be equally practical if it were replaced by mathematics and Chinese, such as replacing words with numbers and letters with sentences, all of which are common things.
Moreover, the children are very smart and know that they can draw inferences from one case, and everything can be learned. It can be said that all subjects can be improved with a single price, which is very cost-effective in terms of price and quality.
Many bookstores have decided to return the composition books for fear of losing costs, and instead invest in the potential stock of English books.
Inside the office of Wucheng Literature Publishing House.
“Editor Jiang, I’m really sorry. This book is really not easy to sell, and our store is too small to bear the loss. There is no way for everyone to eat, so we can only discuss with you and return the book.”
Jiang Lili’s face is particularly ugly. She has completely lost her previous self-confidence. How could this book make her have no idea that her grades would be so poor, and it was so serious that she would have to withdraw the book.
She hurriedly said to the staff of the bookstore, “Could it be that it’s been on the shelves for a short time, and the effect has not been seen yet? Can you tolerate it for a while, and if it still doesn’t work, you can withdraw it.”
The staff of the bookstore thought that the English books will arrive in a few days, and they will definitely occupy the most conspicuous and spacious part of the bookstore. Now this composition book is too obstructive, and it cannot be sold, and it is profitable. It’s still low, and it’s not as easy to sell as English books. Of course, discerning people know how to choose.
“Editor Jiang, let’s tell the truth, the English books published by Huayu Culture were sold out within a few days, but we bought hundreds of composition books and only sold two copies, which were still sold out. , if it normally sells at all, so we can now see the truth about how the book sells.”
After saying this, Jiang Lili’s last bit of confidence was really broken. She slumped on the chair and had no strength at all. The cost of this book was very high, and a total of 3,000 copies were printed. If it doesn’t sell well If they do, all of them will be backlogged in the warehouse, and the losses will be huge. Even if their publishing house is strong, they can’t stand to lose money like this.
Jiang Lili was helpless for a while and didn’t know how to deal with it.
Soon the second batch of English books also went on the market, and the sales were still as good as before. Almost all customers rushed to buy them. You can often see “How to Learn English” in front of the counter, and many customers are asking.
It can be said that the third reprint is a sure thing, and as time goes on, the number of reprints will also increase, and Liu Chuan also received an order from a bookstore outside the city for the first time, not far from Wucheng. In a small town, seeing that the situation is getting better and better, it is estimated that more and more money will be made.
Liu Chuan now has all the book fees in his hand. He sent the manuscript fee to Chen Yuan today. Speaking of his mental journey this month, it feels very ups and downs, and it is really exciting to think about it now.
At first I felt that I was going to lose money, but now I feel like I’m going to make a profit. The difference is really huge, but this time the hot sale made Liu Chuan especially thank Chen Yuan. It can be said that Chen Yuan used her own strength to break the embarrassing situation of their publishing house. This month has become the best month for profit of the year. They have started to make profits from this month, and they have made up for some past losses. The entire publishing house has begun to rejuvenate. It is the feeling of falling from **** to heaven and coming back to life.
So he wanted to come to thank Chen Yuan, not only to pay the author for the manuscript, but also to be a benefactor to the publishing house.
At Chen Yuan’s house, she was teaching Shen Mingyuan how to fry melon seeds. Shen Mingyuan finally made a little progress. He knew that he should not endure any longer and left the newspaper office to concentrate on the melon seed business.
Jasmine-flavored melon seeds and cream-flavored melon seeds sold well before, but after a period of sales, they have reached a state of saturation, and it is time to introduce new flavors.
What she taught Shen Mingyuan today was caramel flavor, plum flavor, and five-spice beef flavor and melon seeds. These three flavors require relatively high production skills.
What caramel needs is old brown sugar and rock sugar to boil the sugar color, the ratio of boiled sugar and water and the time need to be exactly the same to achieve the final caramel flavor.
And although the taste of caramel is sweet, it should be more fragrant in the mouth sooner or later, and the taste of the melon seeds itself is blended in it, so the entrance must be more fragrant than sweet. If it is sweeter than fragrant, the taste will be boring. .
Shen Mingyuan took the small notebook and remembered it clearly, how to confirm when, and firmly remember the method of making caramel, because the price of sugar is very expensive, and it can’t stand spoiling things. waste money.
The plums used in the plum flavor are seasonal things. Now there are hawkers on the street who are selling them, so this flavor can be introduced. Moreover, the plums at this time are all natural fruits, not those grown in large numbers, so There is also obvious sourness on the taste, but it does not affect the plums. The plums can be used to make melon seeds as long as they are marinated for a period of time. Just remember the time and how to season them.
The flavor of spiced beef is the most special. It is the only salty melon seeds among these flavors. The beef bones are used to make broth, and more than ten seasonings such as cinnamon, grass fruit, and star anise dark soy are added. In short, I’m used to eating sweet, and this one will feel especially delicious.
When Liu Chuan came, Chen Yuan was busy frying, and hurriedly poured him a glass of water and served a plate of melon seeds as a treat.
It was the first time that Liu Chuan came to Chen Yuan’s house. He was a little restrained. Not too long ago, he saw Dabao Erbao and a few children in make-up classes. They sat in the chairs and didn’t know what to draw or write, so they paid attention unconsciously. The power was drawn.
I saw a neat white thick cardboard on the table, and a very large map was drawn on the cardboard. If you look closely, isn’t this a map of a certain district in Wucheng?
And it seems to be near here.
Shops, bookstores, markets, schools, hospitals, bus stations, railway stations, various units, factories, and residences are marked on the map, all carefully marked with specific information and 100% similar to reality.
Each of Dabao and the others held a wooden figurine chess piece in their hands, and walked according to the number of steps marked on the grid. Erbao held the chess piece in hand, and it was time for him to shake the dice.
A delicate dice formed a throw arc in mid-air and landed on the table with 6 o’clock on the front, that is, 6 steps forward.
Several children stared enthusiastically at where Erbao would go.
“One step, two steps, three steps… Five steps, six steps, ah, the hospital.”
Dabao said: “Er Bao is the first time to go to the hospital to see a doctor. This rule shows that he is weak and has to go back three steps.”
“Three steps back on the map is a vegetable market. The following is the content of the story. It is written that Erbao met an old man who bought vegetables in the market. The old man asked himself that there were 47 cabbage in the stall. 4 pieces, the second customer bought 6 pieces, and the third customer returned 5 pieces, how many pieces of cabbage are there now?”
Erbao thought for a while and replied, “There are still 42 cabbage.”
Liu Chuan watched for a while and sighed. Such a young child is really smart, and the children play games on the surface, but they are actually doing arithmetic problems, and the methods of learning math games and English books are the same.