《Unbridled Medical Expert Consort: Demon Prince, Be Good》Chapter 20: Principles of Making Money
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"But....."
Dai Yue puckered her little face in a very aggrieved way. "You like Fifth Prince so much. Now that you've been divorced, I know you find it difficult to bear. It's just that you don't want the side madam to be able to tell, that's all."
Increasingly sensing that this girl was truly worried for her, Luo Qing Luan tenderly patted her shoulder, then grinned. "Dai Yue, look at me, do I look like someone who's heartbroken and depressed?"
"But My Lady......"
"Stop with the buts!"
Luo Qing Luan pulled Dai Yue towards their room. "Let me tell you. Your mistress, I, will absolutely not like Nangong Chen, that useless man, in the future. In order to celebrate my separation with that waste of a man and my return to unmarried freedom, let's go, Dai Yue, we'll go out to play.
After properly putting away the newly written book, Luo Qing Luan brought Dai Yue, changed to men's clothes as before, and left the mansion.
Leaving the cage-like General's Mansion, they watched the crowd on main street bustling with activity. Luo Qing Luan was like a small bird taking flight, her mood lifting high up.
Dai Yue was dressed like a book boy*. She combed a knot on top of her head wrapped with a strip of cloth, dressed in coarse dark clothes, beaming with joy like before.
(*TN: In ancient times, wealthy scholars would employ a boy to carry books for them.)
"My Lady, are we also going to eat sweet rice balls and steamed pot-stickers, and steamed dumplings again today?" When she recalled those delicious foods they ate last time, she couldn't help but salivate.
"You want to eat those things again?" Luo Qing Luan took a glance at the drooling Dai Yue and she couldn't help but knock on her head. "Be a bit mature, will you? Follow me, has your taste level really not improved at all?"
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Dai Yue rubbed her head miserably. "Then My Lad...uh, Young Master, what is a taste, taste level?" These words sounded very strange, so she couldn't figure it out at all.
How to explain this?
Luo Qing Luan scanned the areas around her and pointed to a very distant place, at an exquisite, magnificient, five storied rosewood structure with eaves which seemed to be flying. "You see that? Wait until I make some money, then we'll go to there to eat and drink our fill, what do you think?
All of the shops in the surrounding area were only one story high. It's already not bad if they were two stories high. Once Dai Yue looked there, her eyes lighted up and she nodded repeatedly. "En, very very good. The food there must be very tasty! Young Master, let's hurry and make some money."
......
Hundred Taste Study's Boss Li was already waiting for Luo Qing Luan's arrival early on.
Once he saw her appear, he immediately put aside the business at hand and welcomed her smiling from ear to ear. "Young Master, you're here. I've been waiting for you for several days."
How would she not know that Boss Li was waiting for her new book? Luo Qing Luan also didn't expose him, each minding their own business, as she brought Dai Yue, and entered the store. Boss Li promptly had his assistant offer them some tea and even brought a few plates of tasty pastries. Only after Luo Qing Luan leisurely sipped tea and moistened her lips did he speak with a hopeful expression. "Young Master, do you have a new piece of work?"
It's not that he wanted to rush things, the truth was that......the sales volume of the last new novel exploded. A lot of people came into his store to ask about buying a new book and also a lot of people who still asked for the previous title, such that he had already produced three editions. As before, supply did not meet demand.
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If he seized this opportunity to push a new title, he would most likely make even bigger profits again!
Nowadays, in Boss Li's eyes, this Young Master Luo, whose identity he did not know, was like the great god of wealth!
"New book? I've already brought it." Luo Qing Luan spoke levelly.
"For reals?!" Boss Li was pleased beyond expectations and extended his hand to ask for the copy.
Holding the book in her hand, Luo Qing Luan didn't hand it over. Boss Li watched with a palpitating heart, and promptly said, "Aiya, my Young Master Luo, don't make me nervous. A lot of customers are waiting for a new book. Each day that we delay is one less day that we can make money. You also don't want that, right?"
Money. Of course Luo Qing Luan likes money, in addition, the more the better.
However, she cared about one thing even more.
At the present, her foundation was unstable, so without any protective barrier, if the information was leaked that she was the one who produced these books, she's afraid her father, Luo Cheng, and Luo Qing Shuang and company, including Nangong Chen, will immediately know that the previous book and also the erotic illustrations were produced by her.
When that time came, it's going to be serious. She's afraid that the matter will even reach the palace and stir up a gargantuan disaster.
Thinking to this point, Luo Qing Luan felt that it's necessary to remind Boss Li once again. It's good to make money, but protecting her confidentiality is even more important.
"Boss Li, I'm going to be direct with some ugly words. We've agreed previously that you'll help me maintain confidentiality, I trust that you are able to accomplish it. Even though I know that you also have a backer, but some people will covet the money that we're earning. Once other people became aware, not to mention if they'll come looking for trouble, at the very least, I will no longer do business with you."
"Without your Hundred Taste Study, I will still have other choices, but Boss Li, you......if you want to find someone else like me, someone able to produce these new and unusual content for you, it won't be that easy. Tell me, do you agree?"
Half reminding him, half threatening him, hearing these words, Boss Li's complexion changed.
Since he was threatened by someone much younger than him, he felt uncomfortable too, but he had no choice but to admit that this Young Master Luo is telling it as it is. A businessman like him only needed to worry about making money. Besides gifting his backers a bit of money each year, the remainder all belonged to him. He only needed to keep his mouth closed, that's all. Why bother offending the 'god of wealth'?
"Yes, Young Master Luo can be at ease. I understand clearly." Boss Li repeatedly nodded his head.
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