"If I had known earlier, I would have talked about it tomorrow!"
It is true that Liu Dong does not have imperial green jade of glass type now, but there is such a piece in today's clearly marked wool. Although the bidding for the clearly marked wool has not yet started, Liu Dong has long regarded this top-quality jade in his heart.
Take it for granted.
As long as he gets this piece of wool after today, he will naturally be able to get the imperial green glass he promised Wang Qiang.
At this moment, in order to divert Wang Qiang's attention, Liu Dong quickly asked: "Sister Wang, look at our capital, raw materials, and market factors, we have already talked about them! What other aspects do we need?
Did you pay attention?"
After listening to Liu Dong's words, Wang Qiang's pretty face showed a trace of thinking, "Besides these three aspects, the next thing should be the venue and personnel! But this can be easily solved, as long as we can acquire a jewelry company.
That’s it. If we recruit more people when the time comes, I believe these two aspects can be easily solved!”
After hearing this, before Liu Dong was happy, Wang Qiang's eyebrows wrinkled again, "However, there is still one thing we need to solve!"
"What's up?"
"Master craftsman!" Wang Qiang said solemnly, "Jade cutter and inlay master, without them, no matter how good the jade is, it will not be turned into exquisite jewelry!"
After listening to Wang Qiang's words, Liu Dong frowned. Because he himself was a jade master, he had forgotten this when he thought of starting a jewelry company.
This is somewhat suspicious of waiting for the next black man.
Of course, at this time, after hearing Wang Qiang mention it, Liu Dong also began to pay attention to the craftsman.
Although he himself has extraordinary jade carving skills, he alone cannot supply the entire company's sales, so jade carving masters are still needed, and of course there are inlay masters. Only they can turn the carved jade into a piece of jade.
A piece of exquisite jewelry in gold and silver.
But really speaking, Liu Dong's knowledge of people in these two areas was limited. He also looked down on people with poor skills, so he was scratching his head for a while.
"Sister Wang, how did other jewelry companies solve this matter?" Liu Dong had no choice but to ask Wang Qiang, an expert, for advice.
After listening to her words, Wang Qiang smiled and said, "Generally speaking, there are two ways to solve this situation. The first is to train jade carving masters and inlay masters by yourself, but the cost is too high. Usually only those with deep wealth can do it.
Only large jewelry companies would do this.”
“The other option is to entrust it to a third party!”
"Third party?" Liu Dong was surprised.
"Well, masters who carve jade and inlay were considered humble professions in ancient times. Few people learned this. The craftsmanship is usually passed down from father to son. In modern times, especially in Suzhou and Yangzhou in the south.
There are many high-level craftsmen in the state and other places whose skills are inherited from their families. They usually have their own studios or processing plants. At that time, we only need to provide jade raw materials and pay part of the processing fee, and they can replace the jade raw materials.
We process it into finished jewelry. The cost of doing this is much lower than training our own craftsmen, and most small and medium-sized jewelry companies will choose this method!"
After listening to Wang Qiang's words, Liu Dong also showed a thoughtful look on his face.
According to his original intention, he naturally aspires to use the first method and have his own jade carving master and inlay master. Because of his endless support of jade materials, Liu Dong believes that his jewelry company will soon rise to become a nationally famous jewelry company.
A large jewelry group.
However, Liu Dong also knows that taking this step will not happen overnight. After all, jade carving masters and inlay masters cannot be trained in a short time, and they are calculated in years. Even if they are recruited at a high price
, it is estimated that the results will not be too great. After all, high-level craftsmen are real treasures in the industry and are absolutely rare.
This kind of talent either has a job already, or they like to work alone. Unless it really happens by chance, the chance of this is basically not great.
But even so, Liu Dong didn't want to use the second method Wang Qiang just mentioned. He didn't want the jade he had worked so hard to gamble away to become a tool for improving other people's skills!
"Sister Wang, don't rush this matter yet! Let me think about it!"
After listening to Liu Dong's words and looking at the thoughtful expression on his face, Wang Qiang nodded slightly. Although there is no shortage of money, raw materials, and market now, it will not take a short time to find a store, recruit staff, and prepare for the opening.
What can be completed within a certain period of time will take at least three or four months, so there is still time for Liu Dong to find a solution to the problem.
"Xiaodong, do you plan to specialize in the jade business in this company from now on?"
Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled and said, "Of course not. I will add Hetian jade to it in the future, as well as Nanyang Dushan jade, Xiuyan jade from Liao Province, turquoise from Beihu Province, etc.! Anyway, as long as it is jewelry
We will run it from now on!"
It would be fine if there was no chance before. Now that he has decided to set up a jewelry company, Liu Dong naturally wants to do his best to make it the best. With only jade, the purpose of making money is achieved, but the influence is limited! Liu Dong
Naturally, Dong will not be satisfied.
"What about diamonds?" Wang Qiang asked immediately.
"diamond?"
Hearing this, Liu Dong had a headache.
Although China's diamond reserves rank first in Asia, the diamond mines being mined are not large in scale and have low output. The annual output is generally less than 100,000 carats, which can reach gem grade, and only about half of them are sold as jewelry.
Although, in China's jade mines, a 281.25-carat gold-colored large diamond, the "Golden Rooster Diamond", a 157.786-carat light yellow diamond, the "Changlin Diamond" and a 124.27-carat diamond, the "Chenbu No. 1", have also been produced.
As well as the 119.01 carat diamond, "Mengshan No. 1" and other hundreds of carats of precious diamonds that can be named, but they, like the diamond mines where they are located, belong to the state, and private companies cannot get involved at all.
Moreover, now that the share of domestic diamonds has been divided up by large jewelry companies that were established earlier, he has no chance to get involved.
After all, no matter who it was, they would not want another food grabber to pop up on their own territory.
Therefore, if Liu Dong's jewelry company wants to deal in diamonds in the future, it will have to find a way from abroad. But at this time, Liu Dong has no overseas channels.
However, Liu Dong himself also knew that diamonds, the most famous type of jewelry in the world, were also precious jewelry comparable to jade and Hetian jade in China, and he could not give up.
"Sister Wang, let's figure out something about the diamond later? I don't have any better ideas now!" Liu Dong said with a bitter smile.
Hearing this, Wang Qiang smiled, then nodded gently and said nothing.
As an insider who has worked in the jewelry industry for many years, Wang Qiang naturally knows how to treasure diamond resources. Just like Dingfu Jewelry, where she is now, although it is a large jewelry company spanning the two provinces of Shandong and Henan, diamonds are only
I can rely on Korean jewelry to give them a little every year, but I have no way to obtain the supply of goods myself.
Of course, the reason why she said this just now was because she wanted to embarrass Liu Dong, lest he become too complacent and stumble when he started a jewelry company.
"Ding bell...!" At this moment, Liu Dong's cell phone placed on the table rang.
"Hey, Brother Li, what's the matter with?" Liu Dong asked after pressing the answer button.
"Hey, Xiaodong, today you and Brother Zhou go to the Stone Gambling Venue first. I happen to have something to do here, so I'll meet you later!" Li Yuncong said, taking out the key and opening the car door.
"Well, I understand! If you need my help, just let me know!" Liu Dong said.
"No, I can handle this! Okay, let's not talk about it for now, I have to drive, so hang up first!"
"Well, goodbye!" Liu Dong said and hung up the phone.
"Who is it?" Wang Qiang asked somewhat curiously.
"Haha, a friend of mine will introduce you to him then!"
As soon as Liu Dong finished speaking, there was a knock on the door, "Hey, Liu Dong, Sister Wang, please open the door!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Wang Qiang stood up with a smile, "Haha, Tingting is here!"
Thinking of this young lady, Liu Dong's face showed a hint of headache.
At this time, as Wang Qiang opened the door, wearing a white half-sleeved shirt and a pair of cyan slim-fitting denim shorts, the tall Jiang Tingting rushed in.
"Yeah, you are eating. I happen to be hungry too. I'll eat something first!" Jiang Tingting said without being polite and sat down on Wang Qiang's seat. She didn't even wash her hands, so she just grabbed a bowl.
After taking a bite of a fried dough stick, he opened his mouth and started chewing.
She didn't look like a lady at all, which made Liu Dong wonder if she came from an official family!
Seeing the surprised look on Liu Dong's face, Wang Qiang couldn't help but smile and patted Jiang Tingting's back and said, "Okay, eat slowly. Is there anyone who can compete with you?"
"No, let's eat quickly, otherwise we won't be able to make it to the Stone Gambling Conference!" Jiang Tingting said vaguely with her mouth full of fried dough sticks.
Hearing this, Liu Dong looked at the time on his phone and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not yet 7:30, and the Stone Gambling Convention venue won't open until 8:30, so we have plenty of time."
"What? Half past eight? There's still an hour left. I have to eat quickly, otherwise it will be too late!" As she said that, Jiang Tingting sped up again.
Upon seeing this, Liu Dong and Wang Qiang looked at each other, shook their heads in unison, and stopped trying to persuade her.
Ten minutes later, Jiang Tingting raised her greasy paws high and said with a satisfied look: "Okay, I've finished eating! Let's go!"
Wang Qiang, who had already changed her clothes and came out, said with a smile: "Go and wash your hands quickly, they are all covered with oil!"
"Yeah, wait for me!"
With that said, Jiang Tingting trotted into the kitchen.
After she finished cleaning up, the three of them walked downstairs.