In the evening, the father and son of County Magistrate Song came to the county hospital, nominally to visit Yun Jiying, but actually to find Su Tuo. Dean Liu attached great importance to this matter, and specially arranged two little nurses to serve them, do some tea and pour water, and also prepared fruit plates, pastries and tea.

Yun Jiying was suspicious when she heard this, and when she saw the county magistrate and the old secretary, she began to be at a loss and unable to speak. Seeing this, County Magistrate Song took the initiative to step forward and hold her hand and say a few words of condolence. He also said that Su Tuo was admitted to the University of Arts and published his works, adding glory to Wufeng County, and was a hero in the county. So let her not have any worries, the county is responsible for the care and expenses of the hospital.

Su Tuo saw that it was almost there, so he let the two of them into the small bedroom. As soon as he saw the old secretary, he knew the general situation of the matter, and it should be this old man who helped him out of the siege today.

"Su Tuo, let me introduce first, this is my father Song Dingxing, who has been the secretary of the county party committee in Wufeng for more than 20 years, maybe you have heard of it. My name is Song type, the type of modeling. After sitting down, County Magistrate Song introduced it first.

"Old Song, County Magistrate Song. ”

Song Dingxing laughed and said, "Su Tuo, don't be so polite, just call him Uncle Song." ”

Su Tuo nodded and didn't call.

Song Xing said at this time: "Let's not be polite, let's get straight to the point." You have been in Wufeng since you were a child, and your village belongs to the poorest group in Wufeng, so you should feel it very deeply. ”

Su Tuo nodded again.

"The biggest problem in our county is poverty, which is not something that a national-level poor county can represent. Of all the impoverished counties, we are at the bottom of the group...... We have been exploring how to develop the economy for many years, and we have tried many directions, but so far, none of them have been effective. For these explorations, I threw a lot of money in, and I'm ashamed to be the county magistrate......"

"You're looking for me to do economics? I'm studying art, but I don't know much about economics. The more Su Tuo listened, the more confused he became, of course he knew that the county was poor, and he knew that Shangquan Village was even poorer, and their family was the poorest. If you had the ability to solve this problem, why bother so much, you would have done it a long time ago.

County Magistrate Song said for a long time in one breath, and also took the opportunity to drink a cup of tea, and continued: "That's the case, my father is an art fan, well, an amateur. When he was the county magistrate, he found that there was marble in many places in the county, and it was still pure white marble of very high quality, which was even better than that of Dali, and there were black lines on the stone there......"

"There is a problem with your expression, the love of art itself shows that I am not an art practitioner, and you have to add what amateur is of any use...... I did the marble, I said it myself. The son emphasized that he was an amateur, and the old man was not happy.

"Our pure white marble material is very good, and some of them are close to the texture of jade. These stones used to be sold as countertops and floors. I think it's a bit of a waste of materials, so I want to get some stone carving factories, and if you make sculptures or crafts from the stones first, and then sell them, it will definitely be more valuable, right?"

Su Tuo replied: "It's not bad to sell stones, Dali has become a pillar industry, can we get it right?"

Song Dingxing shook his head and said: "The situation is different, the traffic in Dali is developed, the stone transportation is convenient, and the freight is low. The stone we have here is more expensive than other people's after it is shipped out, and it cannot be sold. ”

"Yes, we are located in the depths of Wufeng Mountain, and transportation is a big problem. ”

"Therefore, I want to ship it out after deep processing, and for the artwork, that freight is not a big deal. ”

"I think it's a good idea, why didn't it work out?"

"It's hard to put into words, I've done this for many years, and the reason for the final failure, I summarized:

First of all, the product line is single, and we will carve too few things, so we will get some bridge railings and stone lions. With these things alone, users can use granite, which is much lower than our cost. The marble railings that really build bridges are generally scenic spots and the like, and the market is too small.

Moreover, there are too few carvers with good skills, and the carvers with skills are basically in Qingshui Town. So the small sculpture factories in other towns closed down not long after, because they didn't even carve a stone lion. Hehe, Lao Huang's family is the most outrageous, and they have to die begging to look at it, so that they can barely see that it is a lion, which is jokingly called a lion-shaped rough stone.

Finally, there is the problem of funds, such as mining stones, processing and production, promotion and sales, and so on, all links need to use funds, which may not be anything to other counties, but for us, it is really an insurmountable problem......"

"Then now the small sculpture factories are down?"

"It's all down, the last two in Qingshui Town are officially closed today. ”

"Ahh ”

"Uncle Zhuzi?"

"It's my friend's father, Yun Dazhu, who has been ...... Qingshui Town Sculpture Factory"

"I know this Yun Dazhu, the craftsmanship is very good, and a group of brothers and sisters together are all good hands. Now, alas......"

Su Tuo remembered that he was still persuading Uncle Zhu to put the sculpture stone next last night, but he didn't expect it to be closed today. After thinking for a while, he asked, "You two, come here at night, do you want to ......?"

Song Xing was just about to speak, but was snatched by his father: "That's the case, we know that you are very valued at the University of the Arts, from the principal to the ...... We would like to ask you to contact the sculpture department of the University of Arts to get some sculptures and expand our product line......"

"Aren't they all out of business, and are they going to be?"

"You can get another one on the basis of the previous one, a dead horse as a live horse doctor, give it a try, I always think this path is feasible. Seeing that he failed, he was always a little unconvinced. ”

"I can help with this, no problem. ”

When Song Dingxing heard this, he stood up happily and circled around the room, he was so happy. I had this idea a few years ago, but there was no way out. I once went to the University of Arts and wanted to contact about it, but I was directly bombarded by someone, saying that he was copying and infringing on the rights of the work. Therefore, he has always been obsessed with this matter, shouting on the spot: What is the importance of power, or is it important for the common people to starve to death? Are you still in China, and are you still under the command of the party...... In the end, he was persuaded to leave by the police station.

Now that I heard Su Tuo directly agree, my excitement can be imagined.

"Song Lao, do you think that as long as there are imitation works, the sculpture will be a big seller?"

"I didn't think it would last that long, but at least I was half the battle. Further down is the promotion of sales, everyone works together, there is nothing that cannot be done. ”

"Dad, it's not that simple. You don't even know what type of work people have, so you think about how to promote it? For example, urban sculpture and decorative sculpture, how to promote it together?"

"Yes, I'm happy, we still have to determine our main genre, and then let Su Tuo find a work. Well, urban sculpture definitely can't be done, that thing only gets one at a time, and the factory has to produce mass production, so you can't get this. Get some small handicraft sculptures that should sell well. ”

Su Tuo's eyes lit up at this time and said, "I have a suggestion. ”

"You say. ”

"Architectural sculpture. ”