After Boss Li came over and had a few words with them, the man went directly to a room next to the canteen. He was carrying an old wooden box in his hand, which probably contained the tools he needed for work.
The woman followed Boss Li into the cafeteria and went to find Battle and Alaya. After a few words, he took her to the dormitory behind the cafeteria, probably to measure Alaya.
Battle also went with him. Without him, it is still difficult for Alaya to communicate normally with others in Chinese.
Sun Dahai had nothing to do at the moment, so he put on his coat and walked out of the canteen, ready to see how the Hezhe masters processed the fish skin.
Sun Dahai followed the chef into the next room. There was a fishy smell inside. This should be a special room for processing ingredients. There were several people in the room who were opening and scraping the fish for lunch.
The big catfish was placed alone on a cooking table, and the Hezhe master fixed the fish head on the chopping board with nails.
Then he used the small wooden knife he brought to make an opening in the fish's anus, and took out a long leather tube from the wooden box.
One end of the leather tube was connected to a simple foot pump, and the other end was inserted through the opening cut from the fish's anus.
While plugging the leather tube, he stepped on the air pump with his foot and pumped air into the fish's body.
"Haidai, why didn't you watch the show and ended up here instead?"
Sun Dahai looked back and saw that it was Wang Sanpao who had walked in.
"Uncle San Pao, I think making fish skin clothing is quite magical. I have nothing to do now, so I came here to take a look."
After Sun Dahai finished speaking, the master raised his head and said to him: "Now I am just preparing to peel the fish skin, not to make fish skin clothing. The process of making fish skin clothing is very complicated and demanding. Young people who like this craft
But there’s not much left.”
He turned to Wang Sanpao and said: "Sanpao, Boss Li will serve the big catfish as the main dish later. You came just in time. You and this young man can help me together. Let's finish it as soon as possible. Don't worry."
The guests eat."
Wang Sanpao was immediately shocked. He knew Sun Dahai's identity, and he thought to himself: This old man is really blind. He actually asked Sun Dahai to work for him. Don't make him angry.
Wang Sanpao peeked at Sun Dahai, but saw that Sun Dahai didn't mind at all. He took off his coat and said casually: "No problem, what do you want me to do?"
Although Master You didn't know Sun Dahai's true identity, he also knew that Sun Dahai was a guest, so of course he would not leave the dirty work to him.
"Fish has a strong smell, so don't touch it. Help me step on the foot pump. You don't have to go too fast, just step on it at a steady speed. Wait until I tell you to start."
"Okay." Sun Dahai just did what he said. He took over Master You's position and was about to step on the foot pump.
"Three guns? You pull the fish tail, roll the fish back, and let the fish belt tighten."
As he spoke, he took out a hollow and slender wooden skewer from the wooden box and put the end of the belt on the end of the wooden skewer.
At the same time, carefully insert the other end of the wooden skewer along the opening you just inflated.
"Okay? Let's start."
Master You gave the order and the three of them started working together.
I saw him stroking the skin of the big catfish with one hand and holding a wooden stick in the other hand, slowly stretching it in. The movement was not large, but the speed was not slow.
"Lao You, you have handled such a big fish less often in recent years, right?" Wang Sanpao seemed very relaxed. He cooperated with Master You's movements and chatted at the same time.
"In the past two years, the big lake has been closed to fishing, and only two small lakes have been opened. The chances of catching big fish are naturally less. However, how many years should Qixing Lake be cultivated? Otherwise, it will not be able to recover in the future." Master You
Answered in a calm tone.
"Da Dahai, this Master You is the best fish skin clothes maker here. The two sets of fish skin clothes that were given to Yuanyuan and Da He last time were made by Master You himself." Wang Sanpao introduced to Sun Dahai.
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"Really? Thank you very much, Master You. My brothers and sisters all like the fish skin clothes given to them very much."
"You're welcome. It's just that there are fewer big fish now, and we have fewer opportunities to make fish leather clothing. But according to the current development trend, in a few years? The situation will be much better than now."
When it comes to fish skin clothing, Master You seems very serious. This is the traditional craft of the Hezhe people, but not many people have this craft.
"Because fishing is now banned in the Great Lakes, Master You's handicraft factory outside Tun mainly makes fish skin paintings. Dahai, do you think there is a future for fish skin paintings?"
Wang Sanpao was asking for Master You. Although Master You didn't know how powerful Sun Dahai was, Wang Sanpao still knew it.
"Are those fish skin paintings in the specialty store made by Master You? Very good craftsmanship. Don't worry, after the official opening, the supply of these paintings will definitely exceed the demand. Don't just look at domestic tourists, foreigners are the ones who make these fish skins."
A real buyer of paintings and fish skin clothes.”
Sun Dahai actually saw several fish skin paintings. These exotic and strange works of art are inherently attractive to Europeans and Americans.
Sun Dahai believed that the supply of these fish skin paintings and fish skin clothes would exceed demand by then.
Should the prices of fish-skin paintings and fish-skin clothes be doubled or tripled? It feels like the prices in specialty stores are not very high, and good things should not be too cheap. Sun Dahai fell into thinking.
"Only fish of more than ten kilograms, the size and strength of the fish skin can be used as raw materials for fish skin clothing. The requirements for fish skin paintings are lower, but fish less than five kilograms will not be used as raw materials. So, the key
It still requires a big fish.”
Sun Dahai nodded, but he didn't agree with Master You's words in his heart. In fact, it's good as it is now. This kind of product is just hunger marketing.
Let’s not talk about how many big fish can survive in the waters of Qixing Lake. Just talking about making fish skin clothes and fish skin paintings, which one is not time-consuming and laborious?
If there are really countless big fish for him, not only will he not be able to make them, but the price will not be able to go up, so why bother?
Therefore, people who are engaged in art or technology, you should do your job well. Business operations should be handled by professionals.
Sun Dahai had already made a plan in his mind. He would talk to Guo Yuping when he went back in the evening and first increase the price of these special products three to five times.
A set of giant catfish skin clothing took two or three people more than a month of exhausting work to make, but it only sold for a mere $100.
Although this is the internal price given by Boss Li to Alaya, it also fully illustrates that there are some problems with the pricing ideas of specialty stores.
Sun Dahai highly doubted that the prices of goods in specialty stores were set by Boss Li and others, and Guo Yuping was not involved.
The pricing of these specific products must not be based on the current thinking of Chinese people. Instead, we must refer to those big-name luxury accessories in the world to form our own pricing ideas.