God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1308 Favor Price

Of course Xu Jingxing knew that this charging standard was indeed a bit low, although he personally felt that it was not too low.

That's right, he really felt that 200 million yuan in labor costs was not a lot.

200 million, if it is replaced by wood carving, 200 million is enough for him to carve dozens of tons of materials. You know, he only charged tens of thousands of yuan for the golden nanmu statue of Lu Zu carved for Xiaoqingshan.Later, when he carved the big lion for Dacheng Mall, his net worth rose to the top level in the industry, but after two months and more than ten tons of materials, his labor cost was only a mere 200 million, and not only His personal salary also includes An Xin and Zhao Changfa, the two helpers for him.

When he was making that big lion, he really spent a lot of hard work. It took a full two months, and it was the kind of two months without day and night, which was exchanged for the working time of ordinary people. , there must be four months.

What about making a set of jadeware?

No matter how heavy the workload is, how complicated the process is, and how high the technical content is, Zhou Jianming's work will definitely not take two months to finish.

In other words, if he took over Zhou Jianming's job next week, he would be able to make a net profit of 200 million in less than a month.

A net profit of 200 million a month, is this low income?It's not low at all, on the contrary, it's very high. You must know that the annual salary of CEOs of many large companies and large groups is like this.

For him, this figure is not too small. Regardless of the fact that he has made a lot of money before, millions and tens of millions, but that is all by picking up the loopholes. The big money that is really made by his own craftsmanship is only a small amount. Of the more than 1000 million earned from Tang Deming years ago, the rest is "small money" of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and hundreds of thousands.

Now, he can get a salary of 200 million just as an OEM. The comparison is too strong.

Of course, he asked such a low price, firstly because he was too embarrassed to charge too high a fee, and secondly because he gave Zhou Xiaofei a friendly price for Zhou Xiaofei's face.

If it wasn't for Zhou Xiaofei's relationship, no matter how much money was given to him, he might not be able to take over Zhou Jianming's job, because his time was tight and he had to stock up before the opening on November.

In addition, with his current level and ability, he no longer needs to do OEM work for others. Although he earns a lot, it is not his pursuit to do work for others according to other people's requirements. He prefers to do it for himself. , Create according to your own mind.

The most important point is that you can earn as much from working for others as you do working for yourself.

Although the wages in the jade carving industry are very high, it is far from his own purchase price.

So he smiled and said to Zhou Jianming: "Second Uncle, this is a friendship price, that is, you. If it were someone else, I would not take this job at all, even if the salary was higher."

Zhou Jianming laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Okay, I will write down this favor, then I will give you the material later, and wait for your good news."

"Okay," he nodded and reminded, "It's just that I may be busy recently. Second Uncle, you have to push back this work. I can only guarantee that it will be completed before the end of the year."

"It will be very fast if it can be completed before the end of the year. Masters must be carefully crafted. The efficiency of many masters is calculated on the basis of years. They only do one or two pieces a year, or even a few years. Come out with one, compared with them, your efficiency is already top-notch," Zhou Jianming said with a hearty smile.

Well, his work efficiency does kill most of his peers in seconds, so there is no need to be humble.

During the chat, we naturally talked about the jade market in Hotan.

Zhou Jianming has been hanging out here for several years, and he is very familiar with all kinds of ways, and he is very familiar with all kinds of market conditions that outsiders don't know. He recommended several reliable jade shops as soon as he opened his mouth, and even said that he would take Xu Jingxing there I walked around the house of the jade dealer, who was not accessible to ordinary people, and finally said with regret: "It's a pity that you stayed here for too short a time, otherwise I will take you into the mountains to pick up jade."

Hearing this, he was a little curious: "Second uncle, there are still jades to pick up in the mountains now? Shouldn't they have been picked up long ago?"

His question is not random, but well-founded, because in recent decades, the jade pickers in Hotan are no longer the original jade pickers with small backpacks, shovels and chopsticks, but directly open Entering the mountain with the machine, using the machine to dig and manually screen, although the efficiency is not high, it is countless times higher than before.

After decades of extensive mining, Hetian jade is almost exhausted, not to mention exhausted. Especially the Yulong Riverside, which is rich in Hetian jade materials, has been dug up many times by machines. Going in at this time, the probability of picking up jade is really not high. .

Of course, this is his own speculation, and some people on the Internet also said so.

So after hearing Zhou Jianming's words, I immediately became curious.

Zhou Jianming laughed and said: "Lighting? What are you thinking? Hetian jade resources are indeed non-renewable resources, and there is indeed a possibility of being mined and exhausted, but it is definitely not now, and what is excavated and exhausted can only be mountain materials, not Seed materials, because the veins of mountain materials have veins to follow, and they exist as a whole that cannot be moved. After understanding the geographical environment, it is possible to catch all those mountain materials.

But the seeds are different. First of all, the seeds are all broken pieces of the mountain materials, and they are everywhere after being washed by the rain. In any downstream corner, with the current collection efficiency, not to mention decades, it may not be possible to collect all the light in hundreds of years, not to mention that there are many places in the mountains that machines cannot go to at all, and can only be collected manually.

Therefore, mining jade in the mountains is still a livelihood for many people in Hotan, and the receipt of goods is not much worse than in previous years. On the contrary, because of the improvement of equipment, tools and jade appreciation, the income of many jade collectors has not dropped. Anti-rise. "

Hearing this, Xu Jingxing thought about it carefully, and felt that it made sense. On the contrary, his previous speculation was a bit too taken for granted. Kunlun Mountain is so big, and it has existed for countless tens of thousands of years. How could it be possible for Fan to be collected by people in just a few decades?Picking jade is not like cutting leeks. Cutting leeks is simple, and you can cut them into pieces with one knife. However, no matter what tools are used to mine jade, the final screening must be manually distinguished, and the cobblestones and miscellaneous stones must be selected from the vast cobblestones and miscellaneous stones. The poor jade material is very low, which can be seen in the low efficiency.

With such efficiency, no matter how scarce Hetian jade seed resources are, they cannot be exhausted in just a few decades.

As for why there is a depletion of Hetian jade resources, it may be partly true and partly hype by merchants, just like Western diamond merchants hype about diamonds.

The reserves of diamonds on the earth are astonishingly high. If all of them were to be mined, one diamond throne per capita would be more than enough, but in fact the market price of diamonds is astonishingly high, and the reason is self-evident.

On the contrary, although the price of Hetian jade is relatively high, it is also true that the reserves are very low, and the value preservation rate is many times higher than that of diamonds.

After trying to understand this point, Zhou Jianming went on to say before he could open his mouth: "And those of us went to the mountains to pick jade. We said it was to pick jade, but we actually went to the mountains to play. It can be regarded as a themed camping trip. In the name of jade, I went to the mountains to have fun, and many jade pickers even became guides to take people into the mountains, and they made money."

Well, as long as you find out with your heart, there are business opportunities everywhere.

But don’t say it, it’s really interesting. The three-in-one experience of mountaineering, camping, and jade mining is not common. Most people’s mountaineering is dedicated to mountaineering, camping is dedicated to camping, and jade mining is jade mining. Combining these three items is very interesting. The combination of sex items is really something new.

Not only Xu Jingxing was a little tempted, but even Jin Xiaoxiao's eyes sparkled.

Xu Jingxing noticed this, and said to Zhou Jianming with a smile, "I don't have a chance this year, let's do it next year, I must try it next year."

"No problem, leave it to me," Zhou Jianming patted his chest to pack the ticket and said, "I guarantee it will be properly arranged for you."

"Then thank you in advance, Second Uncle."

"You're welcome, you're welcome," Zhou Jianming waved his hand: "Then let's walk around the city together tomorrow?"

"Ah."

……

The next morning, Xu Jingxing took Jin Xiaoxiao and followed Zhou Jianming out of the hotel, and drove to the home of the big seller that Zhou Jianming said.

The big seller mentioned by Zhou Jianming lived in the suburbs and drove more than ten kilometers to get there.

But when I arrived, I felt that the trip was not in vain. Even if I didn't buy a piece of jade, the scenery here is worth the ticket price.

In his impression, the Gobi Desert is the desert outside the western Xinjiang, which is a very desolate existence.

However, after coming here, I realized that I was wrong. Although there are large areas of Gobi and desert, there are also lush green plants. In the populated areas, the vegetation coverage rate is even higher than that of some inland cities. Many tree species grow It is tall and big, and its branches and leaves are extremely luxuriant, covering a large area of ​​shade for the ground, and it feels quite comfortable to drive a car under it.

The most important thing is that most of these plants are fruit trees. Needless to say, grapes and figs can be seen everywhere, and other types of fruit trees are also everywhere. The strong fruit fragrance can be smelled from a distance, which is simply intoxicating.

Entering the village, this feeling becomes more obvious, almost like coming to a fruit kingdom.

This kind of scene formed a sharp contrast with Xu Jingxing's inherent impression. This kind of contrast made him dizzy. Sitting in the car, he couldn't stop looking around, and took out his mobile phone to take a few photos from time to time.

Well, his actions are a bit exaggerated, but it's not outrageous, because the scenery here is completely different from what people think of Xijiang.

When the car stopped, he grinned even more exaggeratedly, because the farmyard in front of him was huge, and at the same time, the yard was covered with various plants inside and out, and there was even a wall of creepers, which are relatively rare in western Xinjiang, covering a The huge farmyard is dressed up as a green manor.

(End of this chapter)