Decorated with logs, old tones, and carved windows.
There is a wooden plaque at the door, which still has five words on it, Wang's Leather Shoe Shop. The plaque has been changed, but the words have not. Wang Xudong took the old plaque and gave it to the artist to rub it and then carved it onto the new plaque.
, but it is more atmospheric and has a sense of age. You can tell at a glance that this is a century-old store.
There is a sign on one side that reads "Wang's Traditional Handmade Shoemaking Art Studio", while there is no sign on the other side. This is the place reserved by Wang Xudong for the future after he successfully applies for the intangible cultural heritage of Donghai City.
For listing.
Just when Wang Xudong was about to take the key and open the door, he saw Qin Kexin's car driving over.
"The decoration is really nice, it really looks like a century-old store." Qin Kexin said to Wang Xudong after getting off the car and looking at the decoration.
"It doesn't really look like it, but it is a century-old store. This store was started by my grandfather, so it's almost a hundred years ago." Wang Xudong opened the door and went in with Qin Kexin.
Entering is Wang Xudong's own shoe store, but now it has been converted into a lobby. There is nothing in the lobby. There are Taishi chairs on both sides, a set of mahogany coffee tables specially used for making tea, and carved wooden screens on both sides.
There are murals painted on the walls on both sides, depicting scenes of craftsmen making shoes by hand during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The whole hall looks very grand and full of feeling.
Wang Xudong and Qin Kexin walked in from the door on the left side of the hall. Inside was a full set of shoe-making tools and appliances from the previous shoe store. All of them were traditional tools and none of them were modern machinery. The most advanced one was the sewing machine.
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The room on the right is the exhibition room that Wang Xudong introduced before. First of all, there are two large photos and many other small photos hanging on the wall. There are text introductions below the two large photos.
"This is my grandfather, and this is my father." Wang Xudong pointed to the two photos and said to Qin Kexin.
"Did your grandfather really make shoes for so many noble people?"
"The context of the words written here may be a little exaggerated, but the content is not false at all. It is all true. My grandfather made shoes for many dignitaries in the past, and he was very famous at that time.
, these celebrities of that era are real, these are what my father told me. My father was the same when he was young. At that time, leather shoes were all made by hand. The first generation of government leaders in Donghai City and the earliest
Several big bosses in the country have customized shoes from my dad. You may have heard of these names. Everything I have here is real and can withstand scrutiny and research. It’s just that my dad is in the business of making shoes.
He is a good person, but he is really not good at business." Wang Xudong stood there and introduced to Qin Kexin.
"Actually, some of these photos can verify my introduction to them. Most of these daily life photos are photos of my father and these celebrities when he was making shoes when he was young. I also found them through digging through the bottom of the box. My grandfather's photos at that time were not available.
Well, maybe there was no such thing as photos at that time. There are also photos of these shoes above, which were also made by my dad at that time. They look very tacky now, but at that time these were the most popular leather shoes. I still remember you and me when we were young.
What is the style of leather shoes we wear? They are all like this." Wang Xudong continued to introduce.
And below, there is a display cabinet. There are lights in the display cabinet, and the crystal clear glass display cabinets contain pairs of shoes. These shoes were actually displayed in the shoe store by Wang Xudong's father during his lifetime.
Shoes, there is a sign in front of each pair of shoes, which is a detailed introduction to the pair of shoes. It seemed that these shoes were very ugly before, but now after doing this, I suddenly feel that these shoes are high-end, just like
They are the same cultural relics displayed in a museum. There is also a display cabinet on the other wall, but the lighting of this display cabinet is more dazzling, but the display cabinet is empty and has nothing on it.
"Why is it empty here?" Qin Kexin asked curiously, because it was obvious that Wang Xudong had a purpose in arranging such a display cabinet.
"Because I haven't finished the exhibits yet, and I've been renovating them recently, so I have no place to do them. However, I have already designed all the design drawings." Wang Xudong said with a smile.
Qin Kexin glanced at Wang Xudong, and then said: "I understand what you mean. The shoes displayed here are the shoes you made, the modern shoes like the ones you gave me, right?"
"No, they are not modern shoes." Wang Xudong shook his head, and then said: "The pair given to you is unique. The styles displayed here and the styles I will use to make shoes in the future are a combination of Chinese and Western styles, as well as a combination of old and new.
, my idea is to give traditional crafts and traditional styles a new era significance."
"Can you please keep it simple?"
"It's a combination of old style shoes and now popular shoes." Wang Xudong smiled helplessly.
"You are still talking in a formal way in front of me." Qin Kexin rolled her eyes at Wang Xudong, and then she laughed out loud.
"Xudong, sometimes I really admire you. Only you can come up with these things, and only you dare to work hard to turn your thoughts into reality. I can't imagine that you are just a shoe store.
I feel like yours is more like a leather shoe expo or museum."
"What I want to do is this effect. I said, what I want to make is not shoes, but handicrafts. If you say so, it means that the hardware aspect of my decoration has basically met the requirements." Wang Xudong said happily.
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"You opened today, didn't you notify some friends to come and support you? Didn't you hold a ceremony?" Qin Kexin asked Wang Xudong, looking at the empty and deserted store.
"This is not a store, and generally speaking, it is unlikely to be open to ordinary people, so there is no need to do these things, and I don't really like doing these frivolous things."
"But, you worked so hard to build the store, and today it finally reopens. You have to celebrate, right?"
"Of course we have to celebrate."
"Then how are you going to celebrate?"
"At noon, I will cook for you." Wang Xudong said with a smile.
"Do you really think this store can do business like this? I really don't understand how anyone would come here to buy shoes." Qin Kexin asked Wang Xudong doubtfully again.
"Believe me, there will be, but it will take time. This thing has to be done slowly. Brand value cannot be established all at once." (To be continued)