Xie Bin heard Li Guohui agree, and quickly patted his chest and said: "Dad, you can choose the objects here, there are still a few in my villa, and I will give you a look at them later, and take any one you like." ”

Li Guohui was really polite, and after flipping through the photo album for a long time, he pointed to a bright green Eight Immortals across the sea ornament and said to Xie Bin: "That's it." ”

This Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea is also one of the treasures of the town store prepared by Xie Bin, and it is also priced at 100 million. However, Xie Bin nodded and agreed without frowning, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll order them to take this off the shelves." ”

Xie Bin was so simple, but it made Li Guohui hesitate a little, "You really don't regret it?" This isn't necessarily worse than your Guan Gong statue. ”

When Li Guohui said this, Xie Bin smiled: "Really? I don't think that in addition to the very good material, this Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea is very ordinary in other aspects, especially the idea is very ordinary. ”

Li Guohui smiled and shook his head, "I really don't know whether to say that you don't know the goods or whether you should say that you have a high vision, such a treasure is just an average level in your eyes," said Xie Bin and carefully analyzed why this Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea is called a treasure.

According to Li Guohui, the first outstanding thing about this Eight Immortals crossing the sea is its material. This material is also an ice species, but the color is very strong, almost the best existence in green, if the foundation is better, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is imperial green.

Secondly, the carving process of this Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea ornament is very good, and the image of the eight characters is very perfectly expressed. This is mainly due to Xie Bin's good craftsmanship, and the expression technique is not just the general line and surface, but adopts a more refined expression, through the most significant characteristics of the eight immortals, the eight immortals are very vividly expressed.

For example, the crutches of the iron cane, the orchid of Lan Caihe, etc., each piece is carved in every part very finely, like a miniature version of the real thing. Moreover, these eight figures add so many props and ornaments, concentrated on this material that is less than 40 centimeters high, there is no sense of chaos and complexity at all, but it makes people feel very clear, and the layout is very reasonable, especially the action modeling of several characters and the reasonable distribution of those weapons and mounts, which makes this work show a unique charm.

And what Li Guohui likes the most is that although the theme of this work is the traditional Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, the characters in it are slightly different from the traditional Eight Immortals, but bold adjustments have been made, especially in terms of facial expressions. When Xie Bin portrays the facial expressions of the characters, he uses some techniques similar to Western carving techniques, which have a stronger sense of three-dimensionality and more appeal.

After listening to Li Guohui's explanation, Xie Bin imagined that this was also the case. However, Xie Bin also found that he knew too little about the carving level of other people, seriously underestimated the absorption capacity of the market, and had too high requirements for himself, always thinking about creating every work into a rare treasure.

The main reason for this is that Xie Bin rarely communicates with others, and it is difficult to see anything just by looking at those pictures on the Internet, and the Internet is generally a collection of high-quality products, and few people are really willing to put them up at an average level.

Speaking of which, a person who plays a craft is already very satisfied if he can create a work that can be remembered by others in his life, where is he as insatiable as Xie Bin, and he wants to create every piece as a rare treasure.

Of course, to put it mildly, Xie Bin's mentality is still learned from his grandfather, whether the old man is doing red and white things for people or writing couplet carved furniture, they are required according to the highest level, and those carefully created works are thrown in the firewood room like rags. This has made Xie Bin's vision very high since he was a child, if it weren't for those few years, Xie Bin would probably be a great artist.

But to put it mildly, Xie Bin in those years was not in vain, although there were not many high-quality products, but he laid an extremely solid foundation, so that once he broke through, the level flew up like a rocket. And Xie Bin is also good at calligraphy and painting, although he didn't write much in those years, but when carving, he can still use it, and even intentionally or unintentionally, Xie Bin integrates calligraphy and painting with carving, so that his level has been maintained at a very high level.

It's like if you are proficient in a foreign language, even if you don't use it for several years, you can use it very proficiently. Not to mention that the calligraphy, painting and sculpture that Xie Bin is proficient in are actually complementary to each other, but the forms of expression are different, but the content to be expressed is similar.

In terms of carving, it is nothing more than the distribution of lines and surfaces, the use of space, the portrayal of images and the overall layout. The same is true for calligraphy and painting, especially when painting. It's just that there is a little more color ratio, of course, the ability to use space is higher, because when painting, the abstraction is stronger, and it is much more difficult to show a stronger sense of space on the plane.

And these jadeites with extremely high hardness are no different from those woods in Xie Bin's hands, and the difficulty of carving is really nothing, so Xie Bin consciously or unintentionally moved the difficulty to the creativity of the work. But is it that simple to be creative? Isn't it a basket of cabbage picked up by the roadside?

And these works that are very mediocre in Xie Bin's opinion are actually very rare, especially the jade ornaments, as long as the material is good enough, it has been able to appreciate absolutely, and then the carving craftsmanship has more characteristics, which is a very good work.

And Xie Bin's object, which seems to him to be very ordinary, is actually better than the efforts of others in a lifetime, but Xie Bin himself doesn't think so.

Who is Li Guohui? I've been dealing with these things all my life, and I definitely don't have to say anything about my eyesight in this regard, since he says it's valuable, he definitely can't lose it.

But whether it is a treasure or not, Xie Bin said that he wanted to give it to his father-in-law, and it is impossible to say it again anyway, and the father-in-law has to help him advertise, what else can Xie Bin not be satisfied with? In other words, the advertising effect of the old man is definitely much stronger than the visual bombardment advertising effect broadcast by the TV station, and the pertinence is also very high.

Seeing that Li Guohui really unceremoniously crossed the sea with the jade eight immortals packed by Xie Bin, Peng Yurou glared at Li Guohui and said unhappily: "You are really embarrassed, I think you are getting older and thicker-skinned, hmph, look what your daughter says about you." ”

Li Guohui smiled, but he didn't dare to oppose his wife, Xie Bin stood aside by himself and had fun, he didn't dare to answer this talk. He can fight with his father-in-law, after all, they are all men. But the mother-in-law can't, if she thinks that Xie Bin is unreliable, it is estimated that she can encourage Li Jingjing to rebel at any time.

In other words, just look at Li Xiaojun's ending, he was already about to marry Zhang Lu, but because of his own almost crazy performance and rough behavior towards Zhang Lu, the ducks in his beaks have directly fluttered to the edges. Of course, Xie Bin also felt that Zhang Lu's choice was right, although it was a bit cold to say this, but Li Xiaojun's performance really didn't look like a person who could be entrusted with his life.

Seeing off the satisfied old man and mother-in-law, Xie Bin discussed with Zou Xintong again, and raised the prices of several boutique items in the store by a part, and the Guan Gong statue was directly characterized as not for sale, and it was not sold for any amount of money.

Zou Xintong looked at Xie Bin and asked with a smile: "Why do you think about raising the price?" I've never seen you adjust the price in less than a day after opening," he emphasized: "I have never run such a high-end store, and I don't know much about the thoughts of rich people, so don't be fooled by your father-in-law." ”

Xie Bin smiled, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, even if you adjust the price, for some rich people, you can care about anything, but you don't care about money, we can't scare them with this little money." ”

Zou Xintong raised her slender neck and said: "It's up to you, anyway, you are the big boss, I will do what you say, by the way, do you think the salary of the clerk should be raised?" ”

Xie Bin nodded, "This can be adjusted appropriately, but the amplitude is not too big, just have more bonuses and benefits, but the security side has to discuss it carefully, after all, these things in the store are worth a thousand gold, if there is an accident, it will be bad." ”

Zou Xintong nodded, "Okay, let's increase it to three people in the middle of the night, so it's safer." ”

Xie Bin has no opinion on these, in fact, these things should be Zou Xintong's own responsibility, but on the first day of opening, Xie Bin is embarrassed to really let go. Of course, it's good to be able to know what he knows, otherwise he doesn't even know what his store is like, and it's too embarrassing for others to ask.

Except for a few transactions in the morning, there was no transaction in the afternoon, Xie Bin and Zou Xintong didn't care, after all, they were mentally prepared enough when they opened this store, and they were ready to fight a protracted war, otherwise Xie Bin would not have waited until the guests came to the door before coming from the villa, and he thought that the first day would be a deserted scene.

And the turnover of more than 40 million has already exceeded Xie Bin's expectations, although it was Mr. Zhou's support, but it also shows from another aspect that Xie Bin's strategy and positioning are still relatively accurate. Otherwise, Old Man Zhou wouldn't really throw so much money to buy a bunch of waste products in vain.

It closed at half past five in the afternoon, handling accounts and packing up things, etc., officially got off work at six o'clock, changed to the night shift of security guards, and after making sure that the store was in good condition, Xie Bin and Zou Xintong drove straight to the Ted Hotel in Fang Weizhong.

This time is a real good start, Xie Bin has no reason not to celebrate, and these friends have all cheered, how can Xie Bin not show it? However, after arriving at the hotel, Xie Bin found that the eating and drinking team this time seemed to be really small.

(To be continued)