God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1499 Paper Cutting Master
The batch of seals made by Xu Jingxing are indeed high-end products, and they are only used as warehouses or heads in the Capital store, but in the Daocheng store, they can completely occupy a counter by themselves.

No way, that was the original position.

This positioning was determined by Yang Liu as a staff member and Jin Xiaoxiao. It is aimed at ordinary wealthy families with a little spare money in the island city area. The prices of the items in the store are mostly between four and five figures. , There are even many small objects worth hundreds of dollars.

At that time, he felt that this positioning was relatively high-end, but looking at it now, it was really... for the masses.

However, the positioning of the Daocheng store is not high, but the annual turnover is not low, and the net profit is around one million, which is quite impressive for a handmade shop mainly engaged in bamboo and wood carvings.

Now that there is such a small category as the seal, this year's turnover will rise to a higher level, and the profit is estimated to double.

No way, although these seals he made are relatively popular, they are all made of solid natural bloodstone seals, each of which can sell for more than five figures, and these bloodstone seals have almost no cost, and almost all of them are sold It's pure profit, so it's not too cool.

Jin Xiaoxiao also realized this, so he emptied a counter in the back and prepared to display the remaining seals.

This batch of seals is enough for the Daocheng store to digest for a long time.

And with these seals, it is worthy of the title of handmade shop, otherwise there are only bamboo and wood carvings and some fragmentary jade pieces, which is somewhat misleading.

At the beginning, it was named "Xu Jingxing Handmade Store", and they wanted to take a mixed and refined path. Xu Jingxing and Jin Xiaoxiao's ideal store should have at least five mainstream products, bamboo and wood carvings are one category, calligraphy and painting works are one category, Jade carving is also a category. Now that there are more chicken-blood stone seals, there is still one category left to barely achieve their original vision.

Of course, it is already very, very good to have such a sales volume within two years of opening the store. This profitability has surpassed most of the handicraft stores of the same size, and it is several times higher than the small store that Jin Xiaoxiao started by himself. a grade.

And this is not counting the capital store.

The capital store is a complete monster, and it cannot be treated with common sense at all. As for the items in the capital store, even if a fool is arranged to be the store manager, it can properly secure a turnover of more than one billion a year.

This is also the main reason why Jin Xiaoxiao is unwilling to stay in the capital. The work there is too boring.

On the contrary, although the income at the Daocheng store is not very high, the work is very interesting, which can reflect her value to some extent.

Because of this, Jin Xiaoxiao was very satisfied with the arrival of this batch of stamps, and quickly completed the decoration with a blank face, and immediately uploaded the high-resolution large pictures of these stamps to the member's official website.

New arrivals.

This is no small surprise for those old customers.

So soon some customers called or sent messages to inquire about the specific situation.

Jin Xiaoxiao also got busy.

When it was almost noon, Xu Jingxing was about to order food when two old men in their fifties entered the shop together.

Because Jin Xiaoxiao was busy, Xu Jingxing went up to meet him: "You two, what are you looking for?"

"Xu Jingxing?" One of the red-faced old men was a little surprised: "You're not in the capital?"

"Come back to do something, are you?"

"Hello, hello, I have known you for a long time, and you have brought honor to Lu Province." The old man quickly shook hands with Xu Jingxing: "Liu Qingcheng, this is my business card."

Xu Jingxing took the business card and glanced at it, and immediately understood.

Vice President of Lu Province Arts and Crafts Association, National Master of Arts and Crafts, Painter, Sculptor, Professor of Lu Mei.

The kind of artist who is properly mixed.

This kind of person is a product of the times, most of them are very traditional old-school craftsmen, most of them have solid basic skills, but more thoughts are really working hard within the system, and they are more interested in the promotion of positions and grades, followed by fame , money most times.

To be honest, Xu Jingxing had a bit of a headache dealing with this kind of person.

It’s not that these people are not good, but that the two sides’ thinking is not on the same channel at all. These people always want to drag him into one or another association. It seems that the only way is to join the association. If you reject them, you will be criticized. Seeking progress and the like.

Moreover, when these people deal with people, they first reveal their identities as soon as they meet, and they are ranked first before they can do serious things, instead of talking about their skills.

To be honest, Xu Jingxing looked down on this kind of old guy. They are all craftsmen, but they insist on becoming officials. They are very airy, and there are a lot of troubles. There are so many messy meetings and activities. , very troublesome.

The higher the level of the association, the more troublesome things.

Xu Jingxing has rejected countless invitations to join the association so far, and many associations offer very good conditions, not only free of membership fees, but even give him a good part-time job, the kind that is just a name and does nothing.

If it was him two years ago, he would really consider it, after all, the bigger the name, the more money he makes.

But now, I really don't have any thoughts on any aspect, especially after looking for acquaintances to understand the operating principles of those associations, I am even less interested.

To be honest, the bureaucracy in these big associations is too strong, and people like him will only look nowhere when they go, and if you are really an official, it’s fine, but they are all a group of craftsmen, but The shelf is bigger than anything else, and it looks off-putting.

The last time he watched a poverty alleviation activity held by several presidents of a certain association, it was an activity to help the poor with the inheritance of craftsmanship. Teaching the poor people some skills in eating is also a good way to teach people how to fish, but those few The president's style is simply not too big, each of them is really like a leader, the front and rear cameras are taking pictures, group photos, and condolences to the masses, and finally leave without doing anything, leaving only some craftsmen below Make facts with grassroots civil servants.

Anyway, since then, he has been even more reluctant to join any association, and he didn't even give face to his old acquaintance Wen Changfeng.

Of course, it's one thing to be bored in the heart, and another thing to behave in the world. He still smiled and invited Liu Qingcheng into the living room, and waited for Zheng Sijin to serve tea before asking: "Professor Liu, who is this?"

Liu Qingcheng quickly said: "This is Professor Zhao Tan Zhao, a professor of the Department of Fine Arts of Lu University, and a well-known painter in Lu Province. Chairman of Jiaodong Folklore Research Association."

Fuck, there are so many names.

Sounds like a real guy though.

Painter, professor, master of paper cutting, folklorist, and native of Daocheng.

Xu Jingxing hurriedly shook hands with Zhao Tan, "Professor Zhao, I have admired you for a long time, and I didn't expect to see you here. To be honest, if I didn't have connections back then, I would have followed you to learn paper-cutting."

"You like paper-cutting too?"

"Hey, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I have nothing to like or dislike. I just read a report of yours, saying that you made millions of dollars just by selling paper-cuts at a folklore exhibition. I was moved at that time. I can't help it. , I was short of money at that time," he replied in an exaggerated tone.

Of course, this is not made up, but it is true.

When he saw this press release from the Peninsula Metropolis Daily, he was really moved, because at that time he had not obtained the "Ruyi Gloves" and was still working as a porter, and he could earn millions of dollars in one fair. Beautiful things have an unparalleled allure for him.

And he really took action. He went to find the paper-cutting studio opened by Zhao Tan according to the information given in the newspaper, but there was no one in the studio on the day he went, so he could only return disappointed.

Then, it didn't take long for him to obtain the Ruyi Gloves, and soon reached the pinnacle of his life.

If he hadn't met Zhao Tan suddenly today, he would have almost forgotten that little episode.

So I was quite emotional for a while.

Zhao Tan was obviously not very good at socializing, so he took Xu Jingxing's words seriously, and said solemnly: "It's not too late to learn now, I'll teach you personally when I go back to the research club to make a name for myself."

"..." Xu Jingxing didn't know what to say anymore, he just said a few polite words, but the little old man actually took it seriously.

Now that he really wants to learn paper-cutting, what research club does he need to join?You can find a few brilliant teachers here casually.

What's more, with his learning ability, he can learn a lot by pondering the teaching videos on the Internet. He doesn't need to ask a teacher at all, because the craft of paper-cutting is difficult or difficult, and it's easy to say. After finding the trick, Even a village woman who does not know a single word can get started quickly and cut out many exquisite paper-cut works.

Judging from the information he has learned before, many so-called paper-cut masters are from ordinary rural women. There is one in Daocheng, named after Zhao Tan, but she is indeed a rural woman who is not very literate. Relying on samples and copying is very simple.

To put it bluntly, this is a two-dimensional art, which is somewhat similar to seal cutting, but it uses scissors to do seal cutting, and it is also based on lines, and because the traces left by the scissors are very single, so as long as you have a pair of exquisite samples, you can get started with it A top paper-cutter can cut a work that is not inferior to a master.

So now Xu Jingxing is really not interested in learning paper-cutting.

Of course, the most important point is that paper-cutting does not make money.

Zhao Tan has the experience of earning millions of dollars in a single exhibition, but that experience is only one time, and there are very few paper-cut craftsmen who can achieve that kind of achievement in the whole country. , may be a way out, but there is really no temptation for him.

It doesn't have too much artistic content, nor is it technically difficult, and it doesn't make much money, so it's no wonder he's interested.

Of course, words cannot be said that way.

He could only laugh and said, "I'll talk about this later, I'm a bit busy now, come and have some tea, Professor Liu, Professor Zhao, please."

(End of this chapter)