Chen Xingchen looked at the seal on the inside of the pot lid: Memorial of Yi Niantang!
"Is the one kept as a commemorative one? Just bake this batch, or will this one be kept in the future?" Chen Xingchen quickly grasped the key point.
Chen Wenzhe smiled: "The fourth level is a commemorative piece of Yi Niantang, and your fifth level work is a Yi Niantang collection."
"The styles are all different?" Chen Xingchen looked at Chen Wenzhe in surprise.
He quickly found the Jiayi pot, which he was most satisfied with, and the money on it was indeed from Yi Niantang's collection.
"What does this mean? Does it mean it has reached the collection level?" Chen Xingchen said thoughtfully.
"Yes, it has reached the entry-level collection level. It is just an entry-level product, so the ex-factory price is two thousand. It should be sold for three or four thousand in Yi Nian Tang!"
"What if the quality is better?" Chen Qinghu next to him asked curiously.
"The works at Level 6 are from Yi-Nian-Tang's collection, and the Level-7 works are from Yi-Nian-Tang's collection. How about it? Do you want to challenge it?"
Looking at Chen Wenzhe who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Chen Qinghu smiled bitterly. He thought, but he would definitely not be able to achieve it in a short time.
"Okay, that's thirty teapots. We have to make fifty teapots this morning and fifty teapots this afternoon. I've calculated that the wages of us people, plus various expenses, if we don't think about it,
To make the boss lose money, he must complete a hundred teapots every day.
As for this, other matching tea bowls and so on, I haven't calculated them yet, so let's get started. Fifty teapots in one morning are still in a hurry. It's almost nine o'clock now, and it's official working time."
The people who were gathered around to watch the excitement dispersed in a hurry.
However, today's kiln opening is still a bit exciting for these new employees.
Especially for newcomers who have never been exposed to pot making or porcelain making, it feels very fresh.
They also know now that a teapot can be sold for two hundred yuan, and that strange-looking teapot can be sold for two thousand yuan. If they can make it, won't their wages be very high?
People have the same mind and the same principles, and they all think so, but when it comes to actually doing it, it’s not necessarily the case.
However, they now share a common sense of wonder.
"Is this the finished product of our company? It's so beautiful!"
"It's not beautiful. Can one piece be sold for two hundred yuan?"
"Is this the most common teapot? Two hundred yuan is not expensive, it can even be said to be very cheap!"
"You can't say that. The main thing is to see how many are produced every day!"
"Yes, if one hundred guns are produced every day, wouldn't that mean 20,000 yuan? Twenty thousand yuan a day, that's 600,000 yuan a month!"
"Is it more than six hundred thousand a month?"
"Isn't it much? How much does the boss's BMW cost? If you buy a BMW a month, it doesn't count as making money?"
"If you calculate it this way, it's really profitable, but the boss won't pay us a salary? The various expenses should not be less than three to five million per month, right? Manager Chen said that we can make a hundred teapots a day without losing money, right?
"
"Okay, okay, let's start working."
"Chen Qinghu, you are responsible for the clay training. It is now past eight-thirty and the first batch of qualified purple sand clay will be produced before nine o'clock. After that, you can go to work half an hour earlier and get off work half an hour earlier."
"Okay, I'll do it now, who wants to follow me?"
Chen Qinghu looked at the old man who was a long time early. They all came from the Academy of Fine Arts and had basic skills. It shouldn't be difficult to learn how to practice mud.
"Me!" said a shorter classmate who looked more polite.
Now that the workshop has just opened, everything needs to be adjusted and adapted. Once the adaptation is completed, it will definitely need to expand. By then, no matter which process is required, professionals will be needed. Learning to practice mud has a bright future.
You must know that clay training is not simply mixing mud, but starting from the selection of mineral materials. You even need to prepare clay, glaze, and materials later on. This is a truly technical type of work.
"In the future, a rotation system will be implemented in each process. Whoever is good at a process will be promoted. But in the future, you must reach the fourth level in all processes, even the fifth and sixth levels. There must be no shortcomings. After all, we are not
Workers on the assembly line, from now on you all need to produce works independently, and you can’t have any shortcomings.”
Soon, Chen Xingchen discovered the problem and corrected it immediately.
When everyone thought about it, this was really the case. It was impossible for them to do it. Those who practiced clay would just fight with mud, and those who made clay strips would only play clay strips, right?
Since they are all working hard after going to the Academy of Fine Arts, they all have ambitions. No one wants to become famous?
Producing your own works and having them recognized by the world is the ultimate goal of all students at the Academy of Fine Arts, right?
Although it's not yet nine o'clock, everyone has already started working in full swing.
Mixing clay is an essential skill for all porcelain makers. Since you have to reach the professional level no matter what, you might as well start practicing it from now on.
"Now that we have started work, there is no need to start work at 8:30 in the future. From now on, we will all start work at 9 o'clock and start working together."
"Chen Qinghu, you check every step from selecting mineral materials to filtering and kneading the mud. You must not let unqualified mud enter the next process."
"Those newcomers who don't have any foundation, don't know how to select mineral materials, how about a simple mud mixing session? You have completed a small procedure in the first step, and then you have to remove air bubbles in the mud, etc., during the mud mixing process
, also pay attention to impurities, sand, and even dust.”
"Do you know why? If these impurities are not removed, blisters or defects may appear after the pot is made and fired. If you are lazy during the kneading process, bubbles may be left. This is
After the firing is completed, the bubbles burst and it may be burnt."
Chen Wenzhe was watching from the side. Perhaps because he had taught freshmen in place of Professor Tao, Chen Xingchen had enough patience for any novices and could quickly integrate them into the larger group.
For example, now, those young people without any foundation have been carrying mineral materials, picking out impurities, and picking out impurities.
Then pour water and mix the mud, then filter the mud and knead the mud.
These are all available for newcomers to practice in the early stages.
Among these processes, the beginning is a laborious task, just working with mud, who can't do it anymore?
However, it is not easy to achieve a truly harmonious relationship.
Therefore, the second batch of students were students from the Academy of Fine Arts, and finally Chen Qinghu went through it again.
Chen Wenzhe is here today, so he will naturally learn some unique techniques to avoid bubbles as much as possible.
With Chen Wenzhe as the final check, this batch of mud is obviously better than yesterday.
If Chen Wenzhe had taken care of this, he might be able to produce a large number of level seven works.
"Let's start with the horizontal pot. This type of handle pot is very popular in the south."
Li Jinli, who had been watching from the side, suggested at this time.
"Then let's make the simplest horizontal pot!" Chen Wenzhe naturally would not object.