Chapter 400: Model Samples
In this way, until the early morning, the mold was finally burned.
It's Saturday, but everyone at the factory is here. There are only four people who have the skill of carving ceramics. The four men were scraping the ceramics with steel knives, and the others were all staring at each other, extremely nervous. This is a cooperation with Celadon Technology! It is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, once the sample makes Wang not lose his interest, with the order of Celadon Technology, it will be different in the future!
The factory director personally carved one. Concentrate and scrape out the details little by little with a small steel knife.
Hand engraving is very slow and has a high failure rate. If you fail, you're wasting hours.
But they all know what's at stake. Celadon Technology is different from other customers, don't give gifts, don't kickback, and don't get drunk at entertainment. Everyone knows that as long as the quality of the products is good enough, they can win orders and save this dilapidated ceramic factory.
Since your fate is in your own hands, you can't let this opportunity slip through your fingers. These four people slept in the factory as if they had forgotten to sleep and eat, and as soon as their eyes opened, they struggled to catch up with the work.
The hardest working is the factory director himself. This factory contains his countless efforts, and it can be said that his whole life is tied to this factory. Among all of them, he is the one who wants to bring the factory back to life the most.
Models need to be carefully crafted, and in order to increase the yield rate, the production speed is necessarily limited. But under the unaware struggle of the four people day and night, on Sunday afternoon, they finally succeeded in creating the first porcelain J-20 model. There was no slip of the mark.
The porcelain J-20 is currently very rough and still needs to be polished. But it looks angular, and it is almost indistinguishable from the blueprint.
It's just that the production time is inevitably too long. The failure rate is also surprisingly high.
Even if you are skilled in the next step and will not miss easily, it will take at least half a day to carve. Four people who have mastered porcelain carving technology can produce up to eight a day.
They were distressed. The product is finally made of satisfactory quality. But can this pitiful output satisfy Celadon Technology?
"This kind of toy is all about going to be measured. We do eight ...... a day It's only a few thousand ...... a year," a technician said with a wry smile. I didn't think much about it when I did it before, but now I have a sample. The issue of production capacity lies squarely. It's like an impassable mountain.
The director of the factory was also apprehensive. But now that it's like this, I can only grit my teeth: "This model is exactly the same as the design drawing, let's polish this smooth first, and then take it to Wang Buful!" Tell him about our practical difficulties. ”
That's all there is to it. They could not influence the king's decision. But this model can be done well. Maybe it can make Wang live up to his eyes?
Monday morning. Wang Bubu saw the polished model, and sure enough, his eyes lit up.
Unlike the general porcelain handicrafts, which are warm and soft textures, the porcelain fighters are made of sharp edges and corners. The wings are definitely the hard part. But it was handled very well. The best way to express your intentions is the details of the tail. The layers of scales are made, which is very staggering.
"That's a good job!" Wang said in surprise that he put the model on the desk, which felt very beautiful, and compared with the alloy model, it had a more handicraft temperament.
Not only did Wang live up to his liking, but the people in the entire "Air Combat Vanguard" team were distracted, looking at this porcelain Jianxi with a blank eye.
Looking at the real thing is different from looking at the picture. "Air Combat Pioneer" was made by their own hands, and their affection for this game is unparalleled. Now that I see the real thing, I am very greedy.
Wang simply called them all over and asked them to evaluate the model up close.
Obviously, they all loved this delicate porcelain fighter and couldn't put it down.
The name of the company "Celadon Technology" is related to porcelain, and then using porcelain to make fighter planes has a special symbolic meaning for them.
Wang was very satisfied, and decided to wait for this peripheral product to be made, and give each employee a model like this.
The factory director kept staring at Wang Buful's face, and when he saw that Wang was satisfied, he was even more worried. But he still truthfully explained the problem of production capacity: "Because they are all hand-carved, the production capacity can't keep up." The limit of a day is to do eight. But in the early days, when the craft is not yet proficient, there are three or four at most. ”
"Capacity is so low?" Wang was taken aback. What he originally thought was that this kind of thing could be made like an assembly line, so that it could be made into surrounding industries.
"We had to burn out a rough sample and then carve out the details by hand, so it was slow." The director of the factory explained head-on.
"Can no machine do it?" Wang asked.
"Yes, there are laser engraving machines in Japan, so it's easy to make porcelain crafts. But we can't afford this kind of machine, it's too expensive. The director said.
"How much?" Wang asked.
"About nine million." The director has always paid attention to the ceramic industry, so he can immediately tell the price.
Wang did the math in his heart, and asked, "Is there a machine for painting porcelain?" How much does it cost? ”
When you can spray paint in the future, you will have more options to sell your products. You can learn from the Id software and the methods of Villefort, and engage in activities such as "a limited release of 5,000 models of fighters in a certain livery". Use limited quantities to stimulate players' purchasing power.
The factory director said: "Painting machines are available in China, which is cheaper. A medium-sized set costs a million. ”
Wang Bubu knows the threshold, to make this kind of product, the cost of equipment alone is 10 million. And unless you spend money, don't think about industrially making a large number of ceramic fighter models.
When Wang Bucheng knew this, he was not disappointed, but he was a little happy. The most common copycat problem around the game, but because of this high threshold erected here, you don't have to worry so much.
Plush materials, plastic materials, and even alloy materials are easy to imitate. Cards like "Pokemon" are almost everywhere at home and abroad, and there is almost no difference between Wenzhou goods and Japanese products. The same is true for the assembled Gundam model.
For buyers, since they can't tell the difference, they won't be ridiculed for buying fakes, so buying a bargain is also a natural choice. On the other hand, who would buy something that is instantly recognizable as a fake?
With such a high investment threshold, Wang Bubu didn't believe that some people couldn't figure it out, and spent 10 million to buy equipment, just to make a little money around the game of copycat Wang Buying.
The ceramic factories that already have these equipment must be a bit large-scale. If it is counterfeit, ask a lawyer to sue at that time, and fight to the end. No matter how much money you make from counterfeiting, you have to spit it out.
Of course, there is still the possibility of hand-carved ceramic imitations. However, due to the weak production capacity, there are not many waves.
The Nanjiang ceramic factory did not have the equipment for large-scale production, but Wang did not want to invest in them. Then by taking shares, the production line is controlled in their own hands. Feel more at ease.
The sales of the product, Wang is not worried. He looked at these fine ceramic fighters and felt that this thing could be sold. Even five or six hundred can be sold. Because after the player buys it, not only does he have a collection, but he can also get the activation code and get the fighter in the later game in advance.
The combination of game data and models can definitely bring about a greater than the sum of its parts. If you sell data directly, or only sell models, you will definitely not be able to attract many players to buy.
"Can Japanese manufacturers of laser engraving machines really make complex ceramic products? These machines have to be done by hand to make a large number of such fighter models. Wang Bubu said in order to be safe.
The factory director lost his temper as a technician and explained to Wang Buyi seriously: "It should be possible." At last year's Ceramics Expo in Japan, a new laser engraving machine was used to carve a ceramic dragon fruit. As long as the drawings are designed accurately, that kind of machine is definitely better than hand carving, and it is more efficient. ”
The sales director next to him heard Wang Buying's voice, coughed, and said, "Boss Wang, how can you care about these equipment?" ”
"I'm very optimistic about the potential of the game's peripherals, and I plan to produce these fighters on a large scale. Not only fighters, but also more Q version characters will be made in the future. No line that can't be controlled can't be done. Wang said.
The factory director also understood at this time, Wang Bufu was ready to produce such ceramic models on a large scale!
Does Wang plan to run it himself, or does he plan to cooperate with a ceramic factory? The factory director had some vague expectations in his heart, but he couldn't believe it himself. That's an investment of 10 million! Wang Bubu can directly grasp it in his hands, how can he let the ceramic factory stain the light for no reason?
As for the technology in ceramics...... This is not cutting-edge technology, experts in porcelain vases are everywhere, where can Wang Bufu not find it?
Wang Buyi really didn't mention anything about cooperation, but said: "You should make some handmade products first." Do as much as you can. ”
The scale has not yet risen, and the quantity of handmade products is definitely not enough. Selling is not selling. Wang Bufu plans to take it out as a gift or prize for those creators who wrote fan fiction and drew comics for "Air Combat Vanguard".
The number of handmade models is not enough to make prizes. This is to hold an event, and the best ones are chosen...... Wang did not live up to the consideration in his heart.
The factory director was immediately excited when he heard that Wang Bucheng did not dislike the lack of production capacity, but asked them to do their best and do as much as they could. Thank you again and again.
In fact, judging from the speed at which it took the four of them two days to carve such a sample, they couldn't do much. But this is the only order from the factory, and we can only try to do it well.
After some negotiations, the details of the order were confirmed. Celadon Technology bears all the costs. carved out a fighter plane, and Wang did not bear to give the ceramic factory a processing fee of 300 yuan. For the factory, this is a very valuable business.
Before the factory director could speak, the sales director spoke. didn't say anything else, but thanked Wang Buyi for giving the order when the factory was about to collapse and helping the factory survive.
The king is not surprised, what is going on? (To be continued......)