God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 611 Two Transactions
After asking Xu Zhongheng and Li Bin to sit down, Li Bin couldn't wait to ask: "Brother, do you have any ideas?"

Xu Jingxing smiled wryly, "I just woke up yesterday, so I didn't have time to think about it. Besides, I didn't go to the scene to see the situation, and I didn't communicate with you, Brother Li. How can I have any ideas?"

Li Bin laughed and said, "I didn't come here. I'm afraid you're short on time, brother, so I'll have a brief exchange with you first."

"You can have this," he nodded, "How would Brother Li want to communicate?"

"Ahem, let's talk about details such as materials, shapes, and designs. Otherwise, how can we communicate?"

"Okay, let me ask first," Xu Jingxing smiled, "Brother Li, you said that you also want to make a carving similar to the big lion in Dacheng Mall, thinking of attracting customers, right?"

Li Bin nodded vigorously, "That's the idea. As for the feng shui and other things that Hu Dacheng did, I don't believe it at all. I just want to make an eye-catching sculpture that can attract customers who have never been here before." I want to take a look," he said with emotion: "The business of physical stores is not easy these days, it's not the era when you can make money lying down a few years ago, and now there are only so few customers, but the competitors are getting more and more If you can attract more customers, you can make more money.”

"Haha, isn't this the same reason as online stores fighting traffic blogs?" He laughed when he heard this.

Li Bin smiled wryly and said: "That's not the case. The current customer flow is the same as the amount of attention and clicks on the Internet. If you want to make money, you have to attract customers first, and then you can win with quality, service and other details. , I am not afraid of fighting for service, but I am afraid that customers will not come. If customers do not come, no matter how good the quality is, no matter how enthusiastic the service is, it is useless. It cannot be commonly used, and the cost is too high, and the effect is mediocre.”

He was a little bit amused when he heard it. Last year, he wrote Spring Festival couplets for Li Bin. In just one week, he took away more than 100 million yuan. Although the wool came from the sheep, it was not a big loss for Li Bin. If he doesn’t make money, he loses money. After paying him more than 100 million yuan, Li Bin's Silver Beach Shopping Center was as busy as those days ago. Although it did play a role in increasing popularity, as Li Bin said, the effect was mediocre and the duration was very short. , it is only useful around the Spring Festival.

Moreover, such an activity cannot be held every day, or even every year. It is very conscientious to hold it every three to five years. After all, it is really unaffordable for ordinary shopping malls to invite a serious calligrapher to write Spring Festival couplets.

He is also considered half a businessman now, so he naturally understands this, thought for a while and said, "I understand what you mean, you just want a gimmick, and it has to be a more artistic gimmick that appeals to both elegance and vulgarity. It's a large, bulky object, right?"

Li Bin nodded quickly, "Although the scale of the shopping mall is not small, the space on the first floor is really not big enough to fit too big objects," he said hesitantly: "But if it is too small, will it be too inconspicuous?"

"Brother Li, you don't have to be big to attract attention," he explained, and then said, "I know this well, what about the material?"

"The material depends on your needs. What kind of material do you want? As long as it is available in the market, I will buy it for you," Li Bin said, patting his chest.

"If that's the case, don't be in a hurry. Go and see the scene tomorrow." Hearing what Li Bin said, he was convinced, and then turned to ask Xu Zhongheng, "Brother Xu, how about you?"

Xu Zhongheng laughed and said, "I heard that you are a good carpenter, brother. Hey, I want to order a batch of sandalwood boxes. I have already prepared the materials, and I have calculated the dimensions. I can start work at any time. Hey, buddy, make an offer."

Hearing this, he was a little speechless, "Brother Xu, it's just a box, you can find any furniture factory to make it, right? It's cheap and fast, but the fees here are high and the efficiency is low."

He is not self-effacing, because on the premise of not pursuing "pure handwork", those people in the furniture factory can work much faster than him. When the big machine is started, it can be processed in a few minutes. A large number of qualified components can be assembled by workers according to the drawings. Even the patterns on the boxes can be carved by machines. After the processing is completed, it will be no problem to spend a little time assembling it.

Compared with those furniture factories with mechanized processing and assembly line production, his efficiency here is much lower. Not to mention, it is very troublesome to carve pictures by hand, although his work efficiency is much lower than that of ordinary woodcarvers. It's fast enough to get up, but compared with a machine, it's really incomparable.

Moreover, the box that Xu Zhongheng wanted was obviously for packaging. Generally speaking, do the packaging boxes need to be handmade?That's too extravagant.It's not that he brags, any packaging box he made by himself can sell for 800 yuan if he throws it in the market. As his fame grows, the price may be even higher.

Although Xu Zhongheng's paper and ink charm is not a small street shop, it is not too high-end in the antique market. It can only be said to be quite satisfactory. Most of the items inside do not need such expensive handmade Solid wood box.

That's why he said that and asked Xu Zhongheng to go to a furniture factory to order.

Xu Zhongheng quickly shook his head, "Brother, we can be regarded as cultural people anyway, how dare we use junk products produced on the assembly line to fool customers?" Then he added: "Just do it, let's discuss the price first, and we will not let you Brother, you are at a disadvantage, if you use it well, I might customize it for a long time."

Now that it's all said and done, what else can he say?No matter how small a mosquito's leg is, it's still meat. What's more, the list Xu Zhongheng gave was not a mosquito's leg, the size could be considered a chicken leg.

But there is one thing he has to make clear in advance, "Brother Xu, I have to tell you one thing clearly. Carpentry work is not the same as carving. My apprentice will help. For example, work such as cutting and cutting will be handed over to you." For her, I am generally only responsible for the design, carving, and assembly processes."

Xu Zhongheng smiled indifferently and said, "I understand, what I want is your carving."

"It's good to understand, then let me see the size of the box first?"

Xu Zhongheng quickly took out a stack of printing paper, on which several boxes were simply designed, rectangular, square, strip-shaped, and even round, with different sizes. The smallest one looks like a jewelry box, and the largest one is full of It is one meter long, and its shape is a very common and simple clamshell structure.

(End of this chapter)