Chapter 67: Zhang Miao's Carving
Speaking of wood carving, this is Zhang Miao's old business, because he relied on this to make a living before he crossed over.
According to the words of the old director of the welfare home who loved him the most, it was "three years of drought, and the craftsmen did not die of hunger".
In fact, when Zhang Miao first learned wood carving with the old dean, he carved Buddha statues or something, but when he finished learning, he found that few people bought ordinary wood carved Buddha statues.
Because wealthy people generally go to "invite" the Jade Buddha or Agarwood Buddha statue, anyway, people don't lack that money; And those who don't have money buy a printed portrait and go back, which is not only cheap, but also can be used as wallpaper by the way to stick it on the wall.
As for those who are between rich and not, they are busy working to make money, how can they bother to buy a Buddha statue and go back to worship?
Therefore, although Zhang Miao's craftsmanship is good, and the carved Buddha statues are also very exquisite, even if he lowers the price to ten yuan, no one cares about it.
As the saying goes, "if you are poor, you will think about change", Zhang Miao pondered that since no one bought this Buddha statue, it would be better to carve something else!
A certain Jew said that women and children have the best money in the world, and Zhang Miao also thought so, so he set his goal on children, and began to carve his first work except for Buddha statues-
Pleasant Goat!
At that time, this cartoon, which could be called a "divine drama", can be said to have swept the land of China and fascinated countless children, and it is for this reason that Zhang Miao's Pleasant Goat carving sold very well!
Although he earned the first pot of gold by relying on Pleasant Goat, Zhang Miao was not satisfied with this, after all, Pleasant Goat is facing children, if it is expensive, parents will definitely not buy it, and if it is cheap, it will not make much money.
Therefore, he set his sights on another bigger market - Japanese anime figures!
As an extension of Japanese animation, the people targeted by Japanese animation figures are basically teenagers, and people like this kind of people have a certain degree of economic autonomy, so making Japanese animation figures is naturally more profitable than Pleasant Goat!
In order to study what anime is the most popular and what anime characters are the most popular, Zhang Miao bought a computer with the money from selling Pleasant Goat carvings, pulled the network cable, and then plunged into the world of anime.
Zhang Miao found that the most popular anime today is "Naruto", "Grim Reaper" and "One Piece", which are nicknamed the "three major migrant worker anime".
And Zhang Miao's favorite is Naruto, so he made this anime his goal.
The Hokage's character modeling and outfit are not complicated, and Zhang Miao's foundation is already good, so it only took a few days to think about it, so he began to put it into action.
Konoha Xiaoqiang, the three ninjas, the Hokage of the past dynasties, and even the nine-tailed beasts in the Hokage were carved out by Zhang Miao one by one, and then he took them to the door of the nearby school to sell them.
However, what Zhang Miao didn't expect was that his Naruto carving would be so popular, and at the same time, he didn't expect that today's students would be so rich!
As a result, his wood carving rose from 20 yuan a piece at the beginning, and soon rose to 50 yuan a piece, and in the end, the slightly flawed big snake pill carving was actually sold for a "sky-high price" of 100 yuan!
When he tasted the sweetness, Zhang Miao was even more interested in Hokage carving, especially those characters who sold better, he would carve a few more shapes and make a series to increase the price and sell them!
Zhang Miao's Hokage figure business is getting more and more prosperous, and there is even a teenager who chased him to his house and said that he was willing to pay 200 yuan for Zhang Miao to carve a swimsuit Hinata for him!
For such a shameless request, Zhang Miao decisively refused!
"How can 200 yuan be enough? Swimsuit Hinata also has at least two hundred and five! β
And just when Zhang Miao was looking forward to making a fortune with the Hokage figure, becoming a rich generation, marrying Bai Fumei, and going to the pinnacle of life, and thinking about it, there was still a little excitement, an accident happened-
He crossed!
Thinking of his unbearable past, Zhang Miao's heart suddenly became even more indignant.
"Ma Dan, people say that it is good to go to bed early and get up early, how can I sleep and cross over? I'm not even at the top of my life! Damn it! β
Zhang Miao muttered as she waved the kunai in her hand and slashed at the wood in front of her, causing the sawdust to fly.
But fortunately, now Zhang Miao already has a ninja-level chakra, and with the support of Chakra, he has been chopping wood for more than half an hour, and his face is not red or panting, but his forehead is slightly sweaty.
At the same time, the shape of a fox more than a meter long gradually emerged from the wood.
This hardwood is as thick as a bucket, so Zhang Miao enlarged the size of the model, which has two advantages, the first is that it does not waste wood, and the second is that it can make the details more exquisite.
It's not the first time Zhang Miao has carved nine tails, so he dares to be so unrestrained, but this is only at the beginning, and now that the shape has come out, he naturally has to be careful.
While decorating the details of the model with kunai, he said to the stunned owl next to him, "Xiao, help me get a lamp!" β
"Oh, okay!"
Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Xiao immediately reacted, he hurriedly agreed, and went to the house to pick up a lamp and placed it beside Zhang Miao.
"Thank you!"
Zhang Miao thanked him without raising his head, and then concentrated on carving the wood in front of him again.
This carving is one night!
When the sky was white, Zhang Miao finally stood up, and then exhaled a long breath.
"Phewβit's finally done!"
At this time, what appeared in front of him was no longer the ordinary wood from last night, but a round, chubby nine-tailed image.
That's right, Zhang Miao carved the Nine Lamas in his childhood!
Zhang Miao has carved many images of the nine-tails, but the best-selling one is this one-year-old nine-tailed carving when it was separated from the six immortals.
Especially the tears in the corners of its eyes, I don't know how many people have sprouted, so that they willingly stuff the big red ticket with the portrait of the great man into their hands.
Now, it's time for it to shine again!
Thinking of this, Zhang Miao suddenly grinned at the stunned owl beside him.
"Haha, Xiao, I worked hard for you last night, and I will work hard for you one last time, you help me buy a box of paints, I'll go make up for sleep first, ah, I'm sleepy!"
After speaking, Zhang Miao picked up the juvenile nine-tailed carving on the ground, and then went directly into the house.
When Zhang Miao closed the door, Xiao came back to his senses from his shocked state, and his eyes flashed with disbelief.
"He's carving ...... Nine-tails? β
Xiao had seen the Nine-Tails, but he couldn't connect the huge monster that appeared in the village with the cute thing carved by Zhang Miao.
"Maybe I guessed wrong, I'd better go buy paint first!"
Thinking of this, Xiao shook his head suddenly, and then a teleportation technique disappeared.