The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 413 Here comes the problem

Xiao Han patted Luo Yufan on the shoulder and said, "That's nothing. Just follow me and we will make a fortune soon."

Luo Yufan immediately expressed his loyalty, "Don't worry, senior, I will do my best to complete everything you ask me to do."

The two of them then immediately went about purchasing blank photo stones and began to copy them.

After directly copying two or three hundred photo stones, he decided to test the waters in Anyang City first.

After all, the orders placed by Liu Yiming and Qin Yu are too special and cannot reflect the real market.

Xiao Han's final sales strategy was to cooperate with Banrixian and have each of their six teahouses open a screening room, allowing the monks who came for tea to buy tickets to watch the show, and she would split the profits with Banrixian Teahouse.

Then, she also set up a sales point for photo stones in the teahouse, selling them for 10,000 spirit stones each.

The previous parts of the film can be played repeatedly in the lobby of the teahouse. If you want to continue watching but don’t want to spend a lot of money to buy the film, you can go into the projection room to watch it.

If you have money and don’t want to watch it with others in the screening room, you can just buy one and watch it at home.

Tao Yu'an's brother, Tao Yiran, is a middle-aged monk with a short beard and elegant demeanor. Judging from his appearance, who would have thought he would be such a successful businessman?

After Xiao Han expressed his idea for cooperation, Tao Yiran stroked his short beard and said, "Setting up a special room to display this video is not as simple as it sounds. This kind of room cannot be small. It is difficult to spare such a large space in our teahouse.

The most important thing is that there is only this one drama on the market right now. If it is played over and over again every day, it won’t be long before no one watches it anymore. Then won’t my empty house be idle?”

Xiao Han smiled and said, "I believe that once this form of interpretation of the storybook is released, many people will definitely imitate it, and many new dramas will appear. And I myself will soon be planning to shoot the next play. When there are no more cultivators watching Feng Xiang Jiu Tian, the new drama should also be released."

Tao Yuan, who was standing by, interjected, "I also think setting up a screening room has great potential."

But Tao Yiran shook his head, "This is just your prediction. No one can guarantee whether it will turn out as you said. Besides, I bought a photo stone and projected it to others. Why should I share the profits with you?"

If you want to borrow my space to sell individual photo stones, I can agree to that, but how do you calculate the rental fee? Otherwise, how about we split the profits? I'll give you a certain percentage of each photo stone you sell."

Xiao Han looked at the man in front of him in shock.

How could such a refined and elegant man say such words that are even more unscrupulous than those of a profiteer?

But she had no effective way to stop the other party from doing so. In this world of immortal cultivation, there was no government, no copyright law, and she had no powerful backers to prevent others from doing so.

For a moment, Xiao Han was actually very discouraged.

"Fellow Daoist Tao is indeed worthy of being a cultivator who can open five or six teahouses in Anyang City. His business skills are really amazing. I admire him."

Xiao Han sneered and turned to leave the Banri Teahouse.

Seeing Xiao Han leave, Tao Yu'an couldn't help but say, "Brother, isn't this too much? She booked our teahouse for a banquet that day, and so many people came to perform storytelling. I bet she must have put a lot of effort and spirit stones into creating this video drama."

Tao Yiran took a sip from the teacup in front of him and said calmly, "I told her my plan in advance, instead of finding excuses to refuse. I was very kind to wait until I bought the drama stone before setting up the screening room. At least, she is mentally prepared now and can think of a solution in advance."

Of course, for Tao Yiran, no matter what method Xiao Han came up with, as long as she sold the photo stones, he could buy one and set up a screening room to make money without having to give Xiao Han half a spirit stone.

Xiao Han returned home and told Luo Yufan about the negotiation process. He couldn't help but curse again, "This person is too shameless. He takes the fruits of other people's labor as if it's natural."

Luo Yufan said: "How about we rent a house and open a screening room and charge a viewing fee?"

Xiao Han sighed, "You've forgotten that before, whether we were renting a yard or a stage, we were always hindered. Now we're renting a house to screen the film. When others see us making money, they're probably even more jealous."

Luo Yufan said ashamedly: "It's all my fault that I have no foundation or power in the family, and my own cultivation is not high, so those clansmen don't give me face."

He then added, "I'll sign a contract before renting this time. As long as there's a contract, I won't be afraid even if the younger generation of my family picks on me. As long as there's a contract, the City Lord's Mansion will definitely uphold justice."

Xiao Han thought about it and agreed to give it a try.

The two first searched the city for eight suitable houses that could be used as screening rooms. The next step was to ask a formation master to set up the formation. After all, some houses had small frontages but large backyards, making them suitable for outdoor cinemas.

The light and shadow effects presented by this kind of photography stone in the world of immortal cultivation are not like those of movies in modern society, which need to be played in a dark environment for the picture to be clear.

After renting a house, the next step is to hire people.

This time, Xiao Han directly hired extras from the previous crew as employees.

Some of them were clansmen whom Luo Yufan knew well, so Xiao Han asked them to sell photo stones or collect entrance fees.

This time, Xiao Han's promotional method was to take photos directly in front of the storefront facing the street, play the beginning part of Feng Xiang Jiu Tian in a loop, and then let the hired employees shout and promote there to attract passing monks to go in and watch.

Of course, billboards with text introductions are also essential.

After finding the staff, Xiao Han personally provided pre-job training to these people.

Then, she set the ticket price for moviegoers at ten spirit stones.

It’s not that she didn’t want to set the price higher, but she was mainly afraid that someone else would also buy a photo stone and then set up a screening room to play it, and set the price lower than hers.

The price of ten spirit stones will not bring much profit even if others try to lower the price.

She once considered not selling individual photo stones and making money directly from the screening room, but in the end, she gave up the idea.

This wasn't a society ruled by law; it was a world of immortal cultivation where the strong were respected. If a few Jindan cultivators came in and forcibly used the photo stone to copy her, would she still dare to do anything?

As for going to the City Lord's Mansion to file a complaint, the City Lord's Mansion would never bother with such a small matter.

She might as well make 5,000 from a photo stone and make some money first.

Then, the monks in Anyang City discovered this novel item that used a photo stone to play storybooks and perform them with real people.

Some female cultivators who had read the Fengxiang Jiutian storybook, after seeing how handsome the cultivator who played Xuan Ye was, immediately took out ten spirit stones without hesitation and went in to read the complete story, while also appreciating Xuan Ye's stunning beauty.

Female cultivators like to look at Xuan Ye, and male cultivators naturally like to look at Su Yao. The combination of handsome men and beautiful women really attracted a large number of people who were attracted by their looks.

Just when Xiao Han was happily hoping that all eight screening rooms would be packed, she received a piece of news that made her angry and depressed.

As expected, Tao Yiran took advantage of his large number of tea customers and started to make money by setting up a screening room.