Chapter 6 A Taste of Jadeite
Xie Bin wants to open a boutique, and the decoration and facilities in this store must be the best, so calculated, five million is not a lot, but it is enough to use at this stage.
Zou Xintong was very satisfied with Xie Bin's generosity, and drove his Cayenne with a smile and continued to be busy. Xie Bin thought about it, and felt that he should buy another car, which could be regarded as a special car for Zou Xintong, and he couldn't let the dignified second shareholder take the bus all day.
When Zou Xintong returned to the villa in the evening, he excitedly said to Xie Bin: "The house has been rented," and said with some regret: "It's a pity that it can only be rented once a year." ”
Xie Bin smiled, "You are satisfied, now the house price is rising every day, if people sign for several years, then they are fools," said and said: "What kind of car do you like?" Go buy one tomorrow, you drive it first. ”
Zou Xintong looked Xie Bin up and down, puzzled: "You are so kind?" Isn't there any intention? ”
"Attempt?" Xie Bin said with a smile: "I don't dare, I'm afraid that Zhang Lu will settle accounts with me." ”
Zou Xintong glared at Xie Bin, "It's good to know, hum, stinky men don't have a good thing!" As he spoke, he stepped on his high heels and left with a "cluck".
Xie Bin thinks that men don't have a good thing, what is your husband? But think about Zou Xintong being out alone and not looking for other men, it's very good, as for playing with those false phoenixes, it seems that there should be no problem, right?
The next day, Xie Bin took Zou Xintong to the car dealership for a spin, but Zou Xintong didn't choose any good cars, probably because he wanted to save Xie Bin some money or was embarrassed to ask for a good one, so he only picked a new Volkswagen.
Xie Bin looked at Zou Xintong and said with a smile: "Have you thought about it, this car is generally only driven by yourself, well, it can become your special car in two years, don't regret it?" ”
Zou Xintong blinked, "Really let me choose?" ”
Xie Bin nodded, "Is this still fake?" When the store opens, there will be no need for any big investment in the future, it is almost pure income, the money is a lot of money, and you still care about the money of this car? ”
Zou Xintongjiao said with a smile: "You are really confident, okay, since this car is going to be given to me in the future, then I will choose a good one." ”
said it was good, but in fact it was still Volkswagen, it was a red Polo, which was very similar to Zou Xintong's bold and hot style, and it cost less than 130,000 yuan. In fact, Xie Bin thought that he would buy her an Audi or something, at least to drive it with face. It's just that Zou Xintong didn't want to ask for it, saying that she would buy it herself after she paid dividends.
Then Xie Bin went to his shop to take a look and felt quite satisfied. In the past, I thought about opening a shop in the antique street, but it was really just a thought. But now, he has opened a more upscale store in a more prosperous area, is this a realization of his dream?
In addition to these hardware facilities, recruiting employees and masters is a more important thing. Zou Xintong handled this matter single-handedly, just let Xie Bin be responsible for interviewing those recruited masters, and Xie Bin basically didn't intervene in other things.
These carvers come from all over the country, some specialize in carving, some specialize in polishing, and some make gold and silver jewelry. Looking at the craftsmanship, it can be seen, it can be seen that they have been taught by the master, and the objects made are quite good, and they are very experienced.
Xie Bin also asked Zou Xintong curiously, from so many masters. Zou Xintong glanced at him disdainfully, "As long as you give money, what kind of person can't be recruited?" These masters, the lowest annual salary is 500,000 yuan, you have to find some materials, otherwise you will be idle. ”
Xie Bin calculated, this is a total of six people, the lowest is 500,000, isn't that a salary of 3 million a year, if you count the other employees in the store, isn't it more?
But then think about it, these three million, that is, a piece of high-end jewelry, can be earned, and there is no pressure at all. According to Xie Bin's estimate, the price of those fine items should be more than one million. Now that the scope of business has been expanded, the profits are even more impressive.
There is a reward for paying, this is true, with these six experienced masters, Xie Bin's shop can even be a little bigger. In order to accommodate these masters, Xie Bin also deliberately found a large private house as a processing workshop, and at the same time, it can also live in people.
As for all kinds of machinery and equipment and other things, Zou Xintong was responsible for purchasing them. She is very familiar with the jewelry industry, and it is really well organized, but Xie Bin, the major shareholder, has really become the shopkeeper.
And the raw materials that are needed can be purchased directly, Zou Xintong is also directly looking for someone to wholesale, such as Hetian jade. Although Hetian jade can also be gambled, it is not much, most of it is clear material, and it can be purchased at a price. Only the jade needs Xie Bin to get it himself.
Xie Bin went to Pingzhou once before the Spring Festival, and that time he got a batch of materials back, and he didn't run out, Xie Bin was still thinking about when he was carving and playing, but now it just came in handy. With Xie Bin here, there will always be a vacancy in the jade materials, and when needed, Xie Bin will go for a run, and all kinds of materials will be available.
In fact, Xie Bin's boutique focuses on jadeite, and the others can only be regarded as supporting roles, as for gold and silver, which are mainly used to make jewelry, pure jadeite is still monotonous after all.
In order to hoard enough jadeite materials, Xie Bin also deliberately went to Pingzhou's public market to fish it once, and almost spent Xie Bin's own savings, which he still bought cheaply. Speaking of which, when it comes to the public market, the money is really worthless, Xie Bin has two million yuan, and he can't even see a splash when he throws it in. This is just an ordinary scale of small public market in China, I don't know what kind of scenery Myanmar's big public market is when it is opened.
With enough materials, Xie Bin and several masters threw themselves into the intense work. Xie Bin doesn't care about anything else, specializing in the production of high-end boutique objects, including conventional jewelry, such as brooches, earrings, rings, bracelets, beads, etc.; There are also ornaments, pendants and so on in different forms.
In fact, Xie Bin himself prefers to carve all kinds of ornaments, because that can best show the artist's artistic skills. Just to do business, naturally can't be so monotonous, those conventional jewelry is also a must, for which Xie Bin also deliberately learned from a few masters for a few days.
It's a pity that what Xie Bin learned is hardly useful, because he is completely different from the tools used by others. Those masters still need mechanical assistance to carve jadeite, otherwise there is no way to carve it at all. Xie Bin, on the other hand, carved entirely by hand, are two completely different means and methods.
Fortunately, Xie Bin didn't show his means in front of the masters in this matter, otherwise they would have been stunned. Even so, when they saw the finished product carved by Xie Bin, they were still amazed. Because in their concept, many of the objects carved by Xie Bin are processes that cannot be completed at all.
However, Xie Bin is a big boss, and they don't dare to ask too much, so they can only do a good job of each work diligently, so as not to be seen by Xie Bin, an insider.
said that it would open soon, but in fact, by the time Xie Bin's "One Tasting Jade" opened, it was already May Day, and it took four months. It took more than a month just to train the attendants. The particularity of jadeite and the grade of the store require these waiters to have a certain basic knowledge, otherwise no one else will know more about it by then, wouldn't it be a laugh off people's big teeth?
In addition, Xie Bin and they need to stock up on sufficient goods to avoid a shortage of supply. It's a good thing that demand exceeds supply, but it's not good for the development of the store. In the past four months, Xie Bin alone has made nearly 100 high-quality objects.
In order to save his ability, Xie Bin made the drawings by himself and asked those masters to help him make rough embryos, and he only carried out the finishing and polishing processes, so that Xie Bin's own speed suddenly increased, almost close to one piece a day.
In the past four months, Xie Bin really felt like he had forgotten to sleep and eat, except for chatting with Li Jingjing, he almost never did anything else, and even his father-in-law only went to it once. However, Xie Bin himself is very satisfied with this fulfilling life.
From the time he had the ability to the present, Xie Bin has been idle for most of the year. Now I can re-experience this kind of life, but the mood is completely different. Sometimes Xie Bin himself will be in a trance and feel that there is a feeling that is not very real. Thinking about it, the ups and downs of this life really came too fast, Xie Bin prides himself on being open-minded by nature, but sometimes he still feels a little unbelievable.
"A Taste of Jadeite" officially opened on May Day, and Zou Xintong did not engage in preferential activities or large-scale advertising activities like other jewelry stores. Just hang a banner on the storefront, saying that customers who spend in the store during the May Day period will give away a membership card worth 10,000 yuan for free. In addition, I put an advertisement on the online store, and then took some photos to list the prices and so on.
Xie Bin and Zou Xintong were not prepared to make a big operation, but they couldn't stand some people's well-informed, especially when some people learned that the major shareholder of this store was still Li Guohui's quasi-son-in-law, many people rushed to cheer.
Xie Bin didn't take it seriously, but when even Mr. Zhang Ruimin sent someone to send a flower basket, Xie Bin had to pay attention to it and hurriedly drove from the villa to his shop. Xie Bin thought that although his store opened on May Day, the high price was destined not to be too hot, so he didn't take it seriously, and just let Zou Xintong be in charge there.
But now I heard Zou Xintong say that there are a lot of people in the store, and many of them are heavyweights. In this way, Xie Bin will not have to go to the store to welcome customers. Of course, Xie Bin knew that these people were coming for Li Guohui's face, but now Xie Bin and Li Guohui are already one, and Li Guohui is not present, so he Xie Bin must be there.
When he arrived at his shop, looking at the five big characters of "a tasting jade", Xie Bin smiled, this is his own handwriting. Not to mention anything else, just looking at these five words adds a lot of color to the store. It is said that in such a fashionable and modern street, modern plaques are generally used.
However, in order to be able to integrate well with the surrounding environment, Xie Bin is using the thinking of seal carving, and the plaque is carved as a seal. Hanging on this street, it is neither obtrusive nor vulgar.
(To be continued)