God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1367 Sky-high liquidated damages

As for his new contract, Xu Jingxing simply took a look at it, after all he was not a professional in this area, he only knew that his liquidated damages were as high as [-] million.

But it doesn't make any sense to him, after all, there are only two of the most popular live broadcast platforms left, and it doesn't make any sense for him to quit or not.And if he really wants to change jobs, even this liquidated damages can't stop him.

On the contrary, the vice president surnamed Gao was quite funny and knowledgeable, and he chatted briefly when signing the contract, which was quite speculative.

Finally, Gao Zhiqiang carefully made a request, wanting to have a closer look at Xu Jingxing's works these days.

Naturally, Xu Jingxing would not refuse such a small request, so he called Gao Zhiqiang into the workshop and brought out some of the works he had completed these days.

Gao Zhiqiang was fine at first, but the more he looked at it, the more careful he became. In the end, he didn't dare to touch it with his hands. He said with a wry smile, "Brother, I'll just take a look, just take a look."

"What's wrong?"

"These works of yours are too expressive, I'm afraid that if you are not careful, you will fall into them."

"President Gao is too exaggerated."

"It's not an exaggeration at all," Gao Zhiqiang said with emotion: "Before I came here, I watched all your live videos these days. From the videos, I felt that your craftsmanship is exquisite, and every piece of work is excellent, but now Only then did I realize that it’s best to appreciate works of this level up close, otherwise you won’t be able to feel their true charm.”

"Indeed, this is where the charm of artworks lies. Looking at it from a distance is one feeling, and seeing it up close is another feeling. Just like the exhibits in museums, looking at pictures on the Internet is really two different feelings from seeing them up close. ," Xu Jingxing echoed in agreement.

Gao Zhiqiang looked at it and asked, "The price of these items will be high, right?"

"Look at the material, size and workmanship. There is no standard price, but generally it will be several percent higher than the market price."

"This is what it should be. I have met many artists, but almost none of them can reach your level." Gao Zhiqiang flattered at first, and then asked a little curiously: "By the way, your calligraphy and painting skills are not low, why haven't I seen your calligraphy and painting skills?" How about the works entering the market?"

Xu Jingxing shook his head: "The water in that circle is too deep, I can't make a name for myself like this, just entertain myself." Having said that, he added: "And I like to do sculpture, whether it's bamboo wood carving or Jade carving."

"The happiest thing in the world is turning a hobby into a job."

After looking around, Gao Zhiqiang fell in love with the set of Water Margin character cards, and tentatively asked about the price.

Xu Jingxing was also not polite, and said with a smile: "The price of a single brand is 99 million, and the whole set can be rounded up."

A single piece is 99 million, a set of 900 pieces is more than one billion and seventy-nine million, and the whole number is one billion.

He put together the whole thing so lightly, and he just put together a fraction of more than 7000 million.

It's just that when Gao Zhiqiang heard the price, he waved his hands, shook his head, and backed away, looking quite frightened.

Well, although Gao Zhiqiang's income is not low, it is difficult to buy one, let alone such a set.

To put it bluntly, the local tyrants who are willing to spend money to buy such a set of Water Margin character cards are rare in China, and no amount will exceed three figures. After all, it is one billion in cash, not stocks, bonds, or market value. , but real cash.

A high-end wage earner like Gao Zhiqiang can only drool over the pictures. Maybe he can afford a dollar or two even if he gritted his teeth, but there is nothing more he can do.And this kind of complete set of objects is still the most fulfilling to make up a set, just like collecting similar cards when I was a child, I feel uncomfortable if I lose one.

Now Xu Jingxing is looking forward to the appearance of such a local tyrant who likes to collect jade and also likes to collect Water Margin character cards.

There is no way, the characters of the Water Margin are just like this image, I like it very much, and I hate it very much, it is not as lovable as other characters in the four great classics.

To put it bluntly, the market for the Water Margin character brand is not very good, and whether it can be sold or not depends on luck.

If you are lucky, you will be able to sell it on the opening day.

If you are unlucky, you may not be able to sell it for three to five years or even ten years.

The business he is doing is really not open for three years, and it will last for three years after opening.

If it really becomes a big business, it won't be a problem if it doesn't open for 30 years.

After Gao Zhiqiang was frightened by the frightening quotation, he didn't dare to ask the price again. He just browsed through them one by one and then left.

And Xu Jingxing didn't hold back too much, but just sent a small gift box to Gao Zhiqiang when he was about to leave, saying it was a worthless gift in return.

It is not worth much, but it is actually worth six figures. It is a white jade plaque. On the front of the plaque is a majestic flag. On the flag is written "Walk for the Heaven" in big characters, and on the reverse is carved Liangshan. The name of one hundred and eight generals.

One hundred and eight heroes of Liangshan, with their names and nicknames, are engraved on the reverse side of the entire jade tablet from top to bottom. The characters are small but very clear.

It is a work he used to practice his hands when he was making the sculptures of the Water Margin series. Although the workmanship is very exquisite, there is almost no sense of design. Only a little thought has been put into the front flag, and other aspects only need to be carefully carved.

The material is also ordinary white jade, although it can be regarded as a good material in the mid-range, but on his side, it can only be reduced to his practice material.

There is no way, most of the materials on his side are top-quality materials, those ordinary white jade materials are specially selected by him to cover up, and of course there are some inferior miscellaneous materials or even waste materials.

You can't buy a car full of leather materials, cut it open and see that it is all top quality jade, then even a fool will know that there must be something wrong.

There is more or less an excuse for such a mixture of good and bad, and it will not be too shocking.

But those ordinary white jade materials are too ordinary, even if he carves carefully, he can't sell them at a high price, which doesn't match his and Jin Xiaoxiao's positioning of the capital store, so they can only be used as handmade materials to make some simple small objects for others to use.

Using this thing as a gift, he has face, the recipient will be happy, and at the same time, he can deal with the "waste", which can be regarded as three birds with one stone.

Well, he also knew it was a bit extravagant to do so.

But there's no way, he can't throw away so many mutton fat jade materials, but fight with those white jade materials every day, right?
It's also a good idea to sell it. It can be sold for a lot of money, but he is too lazy to worry about it, so he has accumulated so much white jade in his workshop. After cutting it out, Li Ling Yu casually threw it in the big plastic box, and only turned around a few times when it was needed.

Sending Gao Zhiqiang away and returning to the work room, Xu Jingxing continued to work.

Now that the four major series of masterpieces have been completed, it is time to write some other masterpieces, such as "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "Flowers in the Mirror", which are classical love or classical fantasy works. Although these works have no depth, the pictures are very interesting and very It is suitable for carving, it has a good meaning and is fun, and he is also happy to do it.

Of course, he didn't cling to the classical classics, and he did a lot of other types of works. Anyway, jade carving, there are only a few big categories, no matter how ingenious it is, it is impossible to exceed those categories. Even he can only Can knock out small ideas in those categories.

But even so, his works are quite brilliant. After all, each piece of carving is worth millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions. It must not be perfunctory. Materials and carvings are the most basic things. , you must reach the top level to be considered qualified, and then you will see if there are any special effects.

If the workmanship and materials are poor, even if the effect is strong, customers may not buy it. After all, his customers are super rich, and even if they are rich, they will not wrong themselves in terms of vision.

So he would rather slow down and keep the design and craftsmanship level on the horizontal line.

But even so, by the eleventh day, he had hoarded a large amount of inventory, and he dare not say how long he persisted, but he would definitely not be able to sell them all in the first few days of opening, because according to his estimation, all these items would really be sold, and the turnover It is estimated to be tens of billions, catching up with the annual turnover of many superior companies.

Of course, in fact, he can only be his good imagination, because no matter how many people come to the opening day, it is impossible to bring him a turnover of several billion at once. A hundred million would be nice.

After all, most of these objects are small, except for a few of them that are larger and have really excellent workmanship and special functions.

No matter how valuable a small piece of carving is, it is only worth seven figures. Like those carvings made of thumb-sized seeds, no matter how excellent the carving is, no matter how effective the effect is, the price will not exceed seven figures. That is, if it is too expensive, customers will really not buy it.

On the contrary, although the series of Water Margin characters he carved had no special effect, but because the size and weight of the brand were relatively large, he dared to ask for a price of 99 million.

The day before the opening, his relatives and friends basically came back. Needless to say, his mother will definitely come forward to support him, and his apprentices and women will not be idle. Even Chen Xiaoyan told him with great interest To be a free waiter for him for a day.

Even An Xin also came from Dao City, although he strongly requested it.

The opening of the capital store is also a big event for him. Of course, it must be well organized, because if there is no accident, his obvious stores will only have two stores, the island city store and the capital store, and will not open other branches .

There is only one reason, he is too busy.

And Jin Xiaoxiao, the shopkeeper, is naturally busier. She has to worry about the big and small things in the store, and she is so busy that she hits the back of her head. Qin Xiaoxuan would help, otherwise, she would be too busy alone.

On the morning of October [-]st, just after dawn, the courtyard became lively.

(End of this chapter)