Chapter 6: The First Business
I moved a small stool and sat at the door of the uncle's store, seeing that it was noon, and there was no business at the door, and Fang Zheng was tired. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Glancing around, almost no one paid attention to this corner, except for the occasional glance of passers-by.
I have to admit that the aroma of wine in modern society is also afraid of deep alleys.
To listen to cross talk, the same burden, the same joke, are you willing to spend 100 yuan to listen to Guo Degang's cross talk? Or are you willing to spend 80 yuan to listen to the cross talk of an unknown cross talk actor? Even if the stage performance of this cross talk actor is comparable to Guo Degang.
The same is true in the world of engraving, where a master and a newcomer have completely different status in the eyes of customers. And now, Founder is completely a newcomer.
Is it true that you have to lose money and make money? This thought flashed in Fang Zheng's heart, and then Fang Zheng left it behind, even if the business could not be done, this figure could not be lowered.
What's more, today is different from yesterday, today is a big bazaar, even if it is noon, the people in the bazaar have not dispersed much.
Fang Zheng didn't believe it, he couldn't do a single business.
Just as Fang Zheng was about to temporarily close the stall and go out to eat, a couple walked out arm in arm after shopping in the market, especially the girl, holding a piece of red beeswax in her hand.
Maybe she didn't pay much attention when she walked, but when the girl was passing by the store, she accidentally tripped over a small stone raised on the ground, and the whole person staggered forward a few steps.
Although there was nothing wrong with the person, the beeswax the size of a baby's fist fell directly out and fell to the ground, and a piece of intact beeswax broke its horns.
The girl picked up the beeswax, her face was hard to see, this piece of beeswax was the whole skin beeswax she carefully selected, and now it was broken, which made her heart blocked.
Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and was sad for this girl's luck for a full second, and then he was happy, this business came to the door!
There was a time when Founder was also obsessed with beeswax, but his wallet was empty, so he could only look at it and couldn't afford it.
But the relevant knowledge is still a lot of knowledge, now beeswax is more popular is sea bleaching, white honey, chanterelle and whole skin beeswax, the price is much more expensive than ordinary beeswax.
From a square point of view, if the beeswax rough stone in this girl's hand is not broken, with the shape and size of this stone, the gram price will be at least more than 100, and the price may be cheaper if you are an acquaintance, and you can get it for 180.
"It's a pity, it's a beautiful rough stone." The corner of the beeswax just now fell right at Fang Zheng's feet, Fang Zheng picked up this rough stone from the ground, and looked at it carefully, it was white and thick wax, which looked like milk candy.
The whole skin is the whole skin, and no one can see through what kind of wax is inside, it may be transparent amber, it may be the wax doped with honey such as golden honey, and of course it may be chanterelle yellow or white.
Generally experienced people can roughly see the color inside, but they may not be sure.
This girl's luck is good, the whole skin is broken, but she falls out of a piece of white honey, and if you talk about the price of the rough stone alone, you will not lose money.
"But the blessing of misfortune depends on, you look at this wax, if you send it to the carving, the finished product will be very beautiful." Fang Zheng handed the coin-sized amount of beeswax to the girl: "What are you going to do with it?"
The girl also saw the milk-like wax, because the whole skin was broken and her ugly face finally got better, but looking at the coin-sized beeswax, her face showed some embarrassment.
"Polish, make a drop." The boyfriend gestured, suggested, and then pointed to the machine in the corner: "No, it just so happens that there is a machine here, you can throw it away, and the big one will go back and send the carving."
Hawkers, don't go back to send the carving! You're the master in front of you! Fang Zheng's heart was like a cat scratching, but his face was calm and breezy, and he couldn't see his expectations for the first business at all.
The girl may have some obsessive-compulsive disorder, and it is uncomfortable to look at this broken small stone, even if it is white honey, so after hearing her boyfriend's words, she nodded.
The young man took the pieces, and then asked Fang Zheng: "Boss, how much does it cost to polish it with your machine?"
In the regular market, there has never been such a thing as free, after all, there is no reason for not touching relatives.
"Polishing to make water droplets? Just give me three or five dollars, enough for water and electricity. Fang Zheng smiled heartily, and then changed his words: "But it's a pity that your stone is ground into water droplets."
"Huh?" After hearing the offer, the young man was just about to agree, and when he heard Fang Zheng say this, he couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "What's a pity?"
"Look at your stone, there are six or seven grams, and it can be made into a small carving." Fang Zheng took the beeswax in the young man's hand, and then explained while gesturing: "Look at this material, this side is so flat, it can be used as the bottom surface." The bottom surface is left with full skin, and the other sides are all thrown, and then a three-legged golden toad is carved. ”
The young man was a little moved when he heard this, and looked back at his girlfriend: "Why don't we send the carving there......"
"Hey! This little job is still specially carved? Without waiting for the girl to answer, Fang Zheng spoke directly, and if he didn't open his mouth, the cooked ducks would fly: "Besides, the level of sending eagles is not necessarily as high as mine."
After speaking, Fang Zheng picked up the pencil prepared next to him, and sketched the outline of the golden toad in three strokes and two strokes.
Perhaps calmed by Fangzheng's neat movements, the girl nodded slightly, and the young man immediately asked, "Boss, how long have you been in this business?"
This is to ask about qualifications, does Fang Zheng dare to tell the young man that this is his first carving? In that case, it is estimated that the young man will turn around and leave.
"It's been three or five years." Fang Zheng fooled people and didn't have to type the draft: "The price of the carving is given according to the market, and I will lose your money if the material is ruined."
"Okay." After a moment's hesitation, the young man nodded, "Can you be okay tonight?"
"Do you still need the night? Wait for me for a while, ten minutes. "Founder energized the bench drill, and there was sandpaper on it, so it didn't need to be changed.
When the beeswax rough is close to the sandpaper, the skin that is not thick is "brushed" and polished off.
After removing the skin, Founder abandoned the bench drill, and after installing a triangular nail on the hand drill, he didn't even make a mark pattern on the beeswax, and directly started carving.
The coherent movements made the young men who watched them frown.
Generally speaking, even a master-level figure will make some marks when carving, such as marking or something, or drawing a rough outline on the carving, and then carving.
And when Founder first started to demonstrate, he drew a sketch with a pencil on the beeswax with skin, and after the beeswax was peeled, he made a mark at all and began to carve it directly, how to look at it is unreliable.
The corners of his mouth twitched, if it weren't for the fact that the material had been handed over to Fang Zheng, the young man would never have let him carve it.
Fang Zheng didn't see the young man's dissatisfied expression, the details of the beeswax were imprinted in Fang Zheng's mind, and the hand drill with triangular nails was not abnormal to Fang Zheng, so the carving process was familiar to him, of course, there was no need to draw more marks.
After finishing it in minutes, he didn't even bother to deal with the powder on the beeswax, so he removed the triangular nails on the hand drill, replaced it with a small jujube core-shaped grinding needle, and then began to carve without raising his head.
The contour of the triangular nail grinding head is okay, and the details need a finer grinding head grinding needle.
After three or four minutes of fine carving, Fang Zheng replaced the jujube kernel-shaped grinding needle with a pointed needle-shaped grinding needle, and began the final fine carving, such as the eyelids of the three-legged golden toad and the copper coin in his mouth, all of which need to be carefully carved.
Fortunately, these details are all hand-to-hand work, as long as you have enough patience, you can carve these details perfectly.
And for Fang Zheng, the last thing he lacks now is patience.
After carving the copper coin, the carving was finally completed after carving many large or small pimples on the back of the golden toad.
When Fang Zheng blew off the powder on the beeswax, washed it in water, and took it out, the young man's eyes looked at Fang Zheng differently.
Because the carving in Fangzheng's hand is not a rough embryo that is hastily completed, but a delicate, small, lifelike three-legged golden toad. You know, it is much more difficult for small carvings to be brilliant than large carvings. And it only took about ten minutes to carve such a delicate three-legged golden toad, which is already quite fast.
Especially in the carving process, Founder didn't even make a sketch, and carved directly from head to tail in one go.
In the eyes of the young man, Fangzheng instantly changed from an unreliable apprentice to a master with deep carving.
Regardless of the change in the young man's gaze, Fang Zheng replaced the carving tool with a polishing tool, and after a simple throw, he put some polishing paste on the three-legged golden toad and began to throw it finely.
When all the work is done and washed in the water, the carving of the three-legged golden toad is truly completed.
"No, look at the carving." Fang Zheng handed the carving to the young man.
Under the sun, the three-legged golden toad white is attractive, especially after being polished, the whole carving is shining like a mirror.
The young man put the three-legged golden toad in his hand, looked at it over and over, and felt like he couldn't put it down. Especially Fang Zheng made a hole in the middle of the copper coin in Jin Toad's mouth, and if he wanted to bring it around his neck, he could directly thread the rope in the money hole.
"Good job!" For such carvers, the young man can only say one word: "How much does it cost?" ”
Glancing at the uncle who was standing at the door watching the excitement, Fang Zheng said directly: "Thirty." ”
"Huh?" The young man was stunned for a moment, and then took out thirty yuan. This kind of carving has at least twenty or thirty-one grams, and the finished three-legged golden toad has about four or five grams, and the normal fee is one hundred and eighty, he didn't expect the labor fee to be so cheap.
Shrugging his shoulders, Fang Zheng explained: "The first business, you opened a business for me." I didn't ask you for labor fees, just a utility bill. ”
There's no way, who asked the uncle to charge 30 oceans of water and electricity bills every day!