In fact, Ning Weimin did the same thing. He couldn't keep all his treasures in one place.
So in addition to the two art academies, he also specifically asked Kang Shude for help.
He asked the old man to introduce him to several jade factory technicians who wanted to make extra money.
Then I drew a sketch in person with more detailed requirements.
Finally, we agreed to ask them to make a hundred stone carvings at a price of three yuan per piece.
As for the things he customized, they are actually products that have been fully verified by the market in later generations, and are loved by both foreign and domestic guests.
Specifically speaking, there are three items: ashtrays in the style of towers and Great Walls, door piers and stone lion bookends.
Needless to say, Ning Weimin is relieved that the old man will be the middleman.
So for Master Quan's sake, without saying a word, he paid fifty to each person on the spot, which was regarded as a deposit.
And in this way, the elders are very satisfied and very happy.
Everyone patted Ning Weimin on the shoulder, pointed their thumbs up and said he was a happy person.
At first, they were a little bit dissatisfied with this job, and the awkwardness of having a butt to show off their face was immediately wiped out.
Of course, this is unavoidable and is considered to be a matter of fate.
After all, the Jade Factory in Beijing has a good reputation, so where is that place?
It is one of the top jade factories in the country, with an annual output value of over 10 million and a major foreign exchange earner.
I think back then, in the jade shop in Beijing, everyone knew this jingle.
"Beggars, Pan Bingheng, Xiaojiao, Liu Deying, Xiao Zhuge, Wang Datou, Xia Sanlan, it's He Rong."
This is not a curse word, but a jingle that describes the outstanding characteristics of each of the famous "Four Northern Jade Monsters" in Beijing. These four jade masters all became masters of jade factories after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Therefore, it can be said that the Jingcheng Jade Factory has been a representative of the highest level of northern jade production since its establishment.
It has won numerous awards and is full of talented people.
Ning Weimin wanted these disciples and grandsons of the "Four Monsters of Northern Jade" to get him such gadgets and use their jade carving skills to make stone carvings.
Wouldn't that be killing a chicken with a bull's-eye, and who would be happy with that?
Stone sculpture? That can only be regarded as a folk thing.
It's dirty and rough, and it can't be sold at a high price. It's a far cry from the jade carvings.
That is to say, I want my wife and children to eat well and wear good clothes.
Only these few masters were willing to sell Kang Shude to save face, so they reluctantly agreed to take the job.
But don't say it, the world is big and the earth is big, and human kindness is big. No matter how big it is, it is not as powerful as money.
No matter how many kind words and polite words you say, it’s really not as good as Ning Weimin’s demonstration of “Great Unity”.
This "Great Unity" definitely lives up to its name.
From the looks of it, everyone is really "united".
My heart is all high.
At this point, it should be said that Ning Weimin has almost made preparations for what he needs to raise.
There are two things left.
It's nothing more than asking the street director Li and Aunt Bian to help organize the housewives.
Then make some cloth tigers, straw insects, red auspicious knots, etc. as a supplement to the rich products.
It can be regarded as a way to repay the street and provide some benefits to everyone. It is not difficult.
Next, there is the problem of product packaging.
Ning Weimin certainly understands the principle of "goods sell for a piece of skin".
With packaging and without packaging are completely different things. The grade of packaging can also directly affect the price.
So he had to go to the Jingcheng Brocade Box Factory to see if there were any ready-made boxes, or ask about the price of custom-made ones.
Speaking of this thing, it can actually be regarded as a unique handicraft in Beijing.
Brocade box, also called brocade box, decorative box.
Since it became popular in the Ming Dynasty, in order to show its value, handicrafts in the palace were packaged in brocade boxes to give gifts to dignitaries.
Not only jewelry and antiques, but also local specialties from various places are decorated with brocade boxes to mark their value.
Subsequently, the number of folk handicraft workshops for making brocade boxes continued to expand.
From the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, it was the most prosperous period for brocade boxes in Beijing.
There are more than thirty brocade box workshops outside Qianmen and in the Liulichang area, specializing in packaging antique jades and jewelry.
There are more than 20 shops in the area outside Chongwenmen, specializing in making low-priced snack boxes, shoe and hat boxes, powder boxes, etc.
In addition, there are Sanduozhai, Zhidezhai and Zhimingzhai on Longfu Temple Street in Dongcheng.
There is Wenhua Zhai in Damao Hutong in Xinjiekou. There is Yihua Zhai in Yangmeizhu Xiejie outside Qianmen, etc.
It should be noted that the consumer market in this industry is not large.
There have never been large workshops in the brocade box industry. They are all connected to shops, commonly known as "gluing boxes".
It was not until the founding of the Republic that the craftsmen from these shops were unified and a small factory with 300 people was established, which can be regarded as large-scale production.
As for the reason why Ning Weimin did not go to the store to buy directly, he had to go to the factory.
This is not because he wants to be cheap and wants to buy goods at the ex-factory price.
Mainly because of convenience.
You know, the address of the Jingcheng Brocade Box Factory is right outside the front door of Langfang Toutiao, which is the doorstep of my home.
Ning Weimin had agreed with the street on how to cooperate, so he went for a walk along the way.
Besides, Director Li was very familiar with the leaders of the factory and knew that Ning Weimin wanted to take a look.
I took the initiative to hang up the phone for him and told him who to look for.
This is even more different if it has something to do with it.
Ning Weimin could look more carefully and ask how many styles of boxes there are and what their prices are.
The result was unexpected. During this trip, I made an unexpected surprise discovery.
The feeling came when Ning Weimin couldn't take his eyes away from those plum blossom-shaped, peach-shaped, diamond-shaped, long octagon-shaped boxes covered with various kinds of brocade.
He accidentally discovered that a seven-person workshop in the factory was producing Peking Opera puppets.
That’s called a beauty!
Sun Wukong wears yellow tassels, his mail armor has shining patterns, he wears a tiger tail feather on his head, and he holds a golden stick in his hand.
Liang Hongyu beats the war drum, wears a helmet, and her facial makeup are all perfect. They really look like the real characters on the stage.
This made Ning Weimin immediately overjoyed.
There is a deep feeling in my heart that I can’t find anything even though I have worn iron shoes, but it takes no effort to get it.
For no other reason than because he had already inquired from his master about the whereabouts of the Mane Man in the capital in order to make money from foreigners.
Unexpectedly, Kang Shude told him not to think about it at that time.
The old man said that this thing became extinct in the 1960s, and Wang Hanqing, the "mane king", had no descendants at all.
And Ning Weimin couldn't argue. He told the old man that there would be more in the next thirty years, and that the thing was still very expensive.
This is great, who would have thought that we would bump into each other.
So he couldn't wait to ask the workshop director who accompanied him on the tour.
"Director Zhang, why do you still have this thing here? This is the mane man from the old capital, right? How much is the ex-factory price of one? I have always wanted to find this thing. Guess what, some people actually said that no one makes it now
, you said this... it was just something that happened right under my nose, and I almost missed it. I had to buy one back to shut his mouth."
Unexpectedly, I actually showed my cowardice.
Because what the workshop director said next turned out to be a sign of humiliation for Kang Shude.
"Young man, alas, you are actually mistaken. This is not a mane man."
"In our capital city, there have always been two types of opera actors. Those made of paper, bristles, yellow clay, etc., placed on a copper plate and moved when knocked, are called bristles."
"And ours is made of Caijuan. It is highly imitative and cannot be moved. It is purely for viewing. It is called Juanren."
Well, Ning Weimin never expected that his mouth would be blocked by him.