Chapter nine hundred and eighty advancing with the times
The employees with academic backgrounds assigned by Chen Wenzhe all have solid skills, but they have not yet found their own unique path, otherwise they would have become famous.
Let them come over at this time, and they will do whatever Chen Wenzhe orders.
If you don’t become famous, you won’t have any ideas. Of course, you just have to work honestly.
For Chen Wenzhe, as long as he is willing to work hard and has some skills, he will definitely make a lot of money.
And these employees who come here also have pursuits, otherwise they wouldn't come here.
Therefore, after we really started working, all the chores and hard work were left to the South Vietnamese.
These are master craftsmen who only need guidance or completion of the final process.
The entire factory is similar to Yi Niantang in China, with a few masters and a group of apprentices.
In South Vietnam, the wages of apprentices are not as good as those in China.
You may not believe it, but even now, in Hu Minh City, Vietnam, which is a big city, an ordinary worker here has a basic salary of 3 million dong a month, which is equivalent to about 900 yuan.
Even in some foreign-invested brand factories, that is, workers on the assembly line, their salary is only two thousand yuan per month.
This salary level is already considered very high.
If you are not in a big city or working hard on the assembly line of a foreign company, the salary will be very low, usually around 900 yuan.
In some third- and fourth-tier cities in our country, the income of ordinary workers is two to three thousand yuan.
A monthly salary of about 900 yuan, if you were in a big city in South Vietnam, would definitely be enough to cover basic living expenses.
Therefore, the income of ordinary people in South Vietnam can be said to be very low.
But on the streets of South Vietnam, many local people ride motorcycles and their lives are very comfortable.
Because prices here in South Vietnam are relatively low, there is a reason why people's wages here are low.
In recent years, with the rise of tourism, many local people have begun to switch careers to the tourism industry. It can be said that the development prospects of this industry are also very good. In fact, Chen Wenzhe is also borrowing this shareholder's wind.
The porcelain factory has grown up, so Chen Wenzhe will naturally not be tied here. Besides, the antique porcelain he made himself cannot be sold casually.
Therefore, we mainly rely on masters from China.
Zhang Gu is one of the best. He is holding a piece of blue and white porcelain and decorating it constantly.
Chen Wenzhe knew at a glance that this porcelain must have been made by the South Vietnamese because their techniques, especially the habit of painting blue and white patterns, were different from those of the Chinese.
There is nothing to say about the shape of the vessel. The biggest difference is that the finished works have more complicated patterns and more colorful colors.
Even if it's blue and white, if they can, they can make their hair look fancy.
It seems that these foreigners prefer eye-catching things, such as gold, bright red and so on.
Since the South Vietnamese like it, they make it.
Of course, proper production of some porcelain with Chinese characteristics is also essential.
Because these products are mainly used for export, that is, sold to foreigners who come to travel.
Now Zhang Gu is manually removing the luster from this piece of porcelain, that is, removing the luster.
When these technicians come to South Vietnam, Chen Wenzhe will naturally have to pay some price, such as the loss of his reputation.
Gulong
Chen Wenzhe casually picked up a piece of Guangsu pottery. This was pottery produced by the South Vietnamese, not porcelain.
This is a modern work of art, but there is no trace of fire on the outside. No matter how you look at it, it feels like it has a sense of old history.
This is the effect after using a method to remove light thief.
Obviously, this thing has also been processed by stretching, and the calendering method was used.
This is a light-stealing technique that Chen Wenzhe has taught to ten technicians in China. Now many of them have mastered it or are practicing it.
Zhang Gu's method of processing the blue and white porcelain in his hand is also a calendering method, but it is slightly different from the method of processing the pottery.
Because this method of treating gloss is mostly used for glazing the surface of unglazed pottery.
Here, there is no conflict between glazing and removing the layer of fire on the surface of newly fired pottery. They are both a process and the same effect is pursued.
The specific method is: first use a hot hair dryer or oven to heat the colored area to 60℃-70℃, and then apply a layer of paraffin or Sichuan wax.
When applying, first apply the wax on the cloth, and then rub the colored or imitation glaze parts with the cloth.
Then use hard and smooth tools, such as jade rollers and agate rollers, to roll the surface until the desired luster appears, and finally wipe it with silk cloth.
This method will leave subtle traces, which can be discovered by careful observation.
If you are dealing with porcelain, after such treatment, use a high-fine sand to polish it, so that the old antique glaze can only be discovered under a high-power magnifying glass.
It can be said that with the development of the Internet, various old-fashioned methods have become widely known, making it more difficult to deceive people.
Therefore, various methods of making things old are also advancing with the times.
The antique porcelain produced by a simple old-fashioned method will definitely have flaws.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe thought about studying all kinds of skills and taught them to these employees.
He is not afraid that these employees will learn to change jobs, because they have too much to learn.
Besides, what's the use of just learning how to steal light?
After turning around, Chen Wenzhe saw another employee glazing, or polishing, a piece of porcelain.
Many distressing techniques are actually not just for simply distressing, such as polishing.
This method is commonly used and is divided into two types: manual polishing and mechanical polishing.
Manual polishing involves dipping a silk cloth into abrasive paste, applying it to the soft polished area of the imitation glaze surface, and then cleaning the polished areas with gasoline and ethanol respectively.
If necessary, add some paraffin wax or Sichuan wax and use silk cloth to throw it.
Using this method, the gloss produced by polishing is softer.
In addition, you can also use a mechanic's grinder and a high-speed turbine drill for polishing. This is mostly used for the repair of Ming and Qing porcelain.
Mechanical polishing can not only improve work efficiency, but also improve polishing quality, and the thrown light has a better enamel feel.
Follow the sun's rays and use a magnifying glass more than ten times to inspect the glaze layer on the surface of the porcelain. You will see that the wear on the surface of the ancient ceramics is crisscrossed, with different thicknesses and depths. This phenomenon does not exist on new ceramics.
However, it is very difficult to use machinery to make the same wear marks on the surface of ancient ceramics.
It's difficult, not impossible, especially for Chen Wenzhe, doing these things is not difficult at all.
Now that he combines various skills, the antique porcelain he makes is getting better and better. That is to say, he is not free recently. If he is free, even if he makes some high-grade ancient porcelain, no one may be able to identify it.