Chapter 14 Customized Equipment
The next day was Sunday, and as soon as she finished her morning workout program, Liu Xinyi arrived, and Ling Yuexi simply packed up and boarded the brand-new BMW coupe.
"Oops! You're a new car, whose one is it? Ling Yuexi asked curiously as she touched the soft leather seat.
"Of course it's my own, but I don't have a driver's license yet, so I won't be able to drive it myself until later, but now I've also practiced it secretly."
"It's a good car, and it fits you well."
"Of course, I picked it myself."
"By the way, do you know the people you contact with the factory? It's not that old to listen to the voice. Ling Yuexi remembered the cos prop factory she was going to go to in a while and asked Liu Xinyi.
"I've seen it twice, in Wanda's studio, the woman is not very old, just a few years after graduating from college, studying fashion design."
"So, all the clothes in the studio were designed by her?"
"How is that possible, it's just imitation and improvement, how can it be so simple to be original."
This is already a suburb of Shencheng, and the north side of Shencheng has always been the most desolate geographically, and there are traditionally fewer people and more factories.
Xingrong Animation Props Factory is located in a commercial street on the edge of Baoshan Industrial Park, the door does not look big, and now it is used as a display, but the space inside is not small, and the backyard still has a tinkling sound from time to time.
"It's the two of you, the little beauties who made an appointment to visit yesterday. Come in, there are a lot of things, take your time, don't rush. As soon as the two entered the door, they saw a young round-faced girl, who was enthusiastically approaching and greeting her.
"It's Sister Jiang Lin, why are you waiting here? What a coincidence. Liu Xinyi was also very happy to see acquaintances.
"What a coincidence, my sister is waiting for you here. Anyway, I haven't had anything to do lately, and business isn't going to be easy right now. ”
"Yes, I see that the shipment from the Wanda store is fine, why is the business getting worse?" Liu Xinyi is a little confused.
"The competition is fierce! You can't see that many props factories here can't do it anymore, so they have moved to Zhejiang, and their costs are lower than ours. Fortunately, our family is word-of-mouth, and we don't run the volume, otherwise we will definitely not be able to do them. Jiang Lin sighed and said, while making tea for the two of them.
Liu Xinyi and Jiang Lin were chatting, but Ling Yuexi was more curious about the goods on display, there were a lot of various cos costumes and props hanging out in the store, which were much more complete than Wanda's, and she could only recognize some of them, but more did not know which character in the anime.
And there are also a few thick and beautiful picture albums on the table, and if you look at the cover, you can tell that it is a photo album or something.
Ling Yuexi was very interested in flipping through it, and found that there were not only cos props here, but also some equipment in the game, and even some real equipment, and it seemed that it was still acceptable to place an order.
The other book is full of gifts, weapons, and crafts. There were even a few weapons she had bought in the gift shop, and she had seen something similar in them.
Continue to flip down, and you can find that the front ones are all some kind of goods, but the types are very complete, and they are basically fitness weapons. And the last few pages are not many types of real cold weapons, although there are only a few, the style is relatively simple, but even through the photo you can feel that the material is different.
Jiang Lin saw that Ling Yuexi was looking at it vigorously, and asked, "Does Xiao Xi have anything in mind?" Is there anything you need? ”
"Sister Jiang Lin, I'm really interested, but I also have some special needs." Ling Yuexi curled the corners of her mouth and said with satisfaction.
"Then I look at it like this, you first look at our production process with me, and you also have a number in mind, let's talk about it in detail." As he spoke, he grabbed Liu Xinyi's arm, beckoned to Ling Yuexi and said, "Come, go around with my sister, we're having fun here." ”
After the spring door at the back, enter a large compound, the yard is paved with cement, a lush tree in the middle, it does not look like a precious species, around the yard are two-story buildings, you can roughly see that some are offices, some are workshops, and there are like warehouses.
The three of them entered from the right-hand room, and Jiang Lin introduced as she walked: "This is the material room, we usually have a reserve of commonly used materials, and those that are not available will be specially purchased from the outside." There are semi-finished products here, as well as raw materials, such as cloth and metal, which are always available. ”
The second room is a sewing room, where several aunts are stepping on the sewing machine.
Jiang Lin said: "Usually we determine the style, size and other customer requirements, and then cut and process here. The back room is the accessories room, where small matching accessories and delicate patterns are added. ”
It's the same, walking through one by one, it feels very systematic and organized. Going around to a large room in the middle, seeing that there were even a lot of machine tools placed in it, Ling Yuexi asked curiously, "What are you doing here?" How does it look like a factory. ”
"This is a weapons metal processing workshop, aren't those lathes you are looking at process weapons? There's also a furnace in the back, so you can easily forge weapons. Jiang Lin introduced, and pointed to the middle-aged man who was sitting on a sofa with a cigarette in his mouth, this is our master, don't look at him like this, he used to be a famous blacksmith.
When the blacksmith saw the two little girls who came in, he also stood up, brushed his messy hair with his hand, and smiled: "New customer, welcome, welcome, take a look." ”
Ling Yuexi said with interest: "This uncle, are the weapons on the last few pages of the album all produced here?" Are those made of lathes? ”
"Hey! Just call me Lao Li, ordinary weapons are directly poured and molded at one time, that is, use the mold here, pour molten iron, and dry it. As he spoke, Lao Li pointed to a few large boxes on the side, which were indeed weapon templates.
"Finally, it is polished on a lathe and the pattern is carved by hand. Nowadays, it is basically done in this way, mainly fast and convenient. Lao Li smacked his lips and said: "The process of the furnace in the back is big, it has to be forged repeatedly, tempered thousands of times, and finally come back here to do the later stage, that is a real guy, ordinary people don't need these, they are all special supplies for the army." ”
Ling Yuexi was suddenly happy, she just wanted this kind of thing, and now the kind at home can only be called handicrafts, and it can only be compared to each other at ordinary times, and none of them will be useful when the time comes. Originally, she still wanted to buy it online, but how can she rest assured that it is produced here.
"Great, I just wanted to buy some real guys, and it just so happened that you could produce them here, what a coincidence."
"Really? That feeling is good, my Lao Li's craftsmanship is not ambiguous, but this forging is not cheap, you have to know it. In addition, we have no problem making it here, but it is not open, and the one that is open is the murder weapon. ”
"Know, know, as long as the quality is excellent, and also, money is not a big problem."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Lin's eyes were smiling, knowing that this was a big job, the price difference between weapons and other things was too big, and the general handicrafts were only a few hundred or thousand. However, the forged ones can be sold for thousands or tens of thousands, and there are hundreds of thousands of high-quality products.
Jiang Lin smiled so much that her eyes couldn't see: "Many of our samples are in the next warehouse, where is it convenient to look at them and put forward requirements and opinions." ”
Ling Yuexi had no opinion: "Okay, then let's go over there and talk." ”
The four of them were all sitting around a round table in the middle of a huge warehouse, and Ling Yuexi was flipping through the atlas while observing the objects hanging around him. The others were not in a hurry, drinking tea and chatting quietly.
Seeing that it was almost over, Ling Yuexi had already made a decision, but she still had to find a reasonable excuse for herself, otherwise she would have to ask for a bunch of weapons as soon as she came up, and others would not be sick if you were sick?
"Sister Jiang Lin, I'm going to participate in an internal combat competition of an armed police department in a while, so I'm preparing to purchase some equipment, and I signed up for the cold weapons group, and I happened to know you here this time."
This kind of lie Ling Yuexi came as soon as she opened her mouth, without the slightest embarrassment. Falsehoods that have no malice towards the other party, but are beneficial to oneself are not told in vain.
Sure enough, Jiang Lin immediately became a lot more serious when she heard this, and the armed police system is also a powerful department: "I didn't expect it, Xiaoxi, you are from the armed police system, you can rest assured that we guarantee the quality of your things, but since it is actual combat, it is not just a matter of appearance, the material is fundamental." ”
"That's right, that's what I meant." As she spoke, Ling Yuexi pointed to a photo and said, "I think it's about this kind of armor, the whole is based on leather, and the important parts outside are protected by hard cowhide, it should be regarded as a light leather armor suit, a bit like the shape of the archer in the Aion game in this photo." ”
Jiang Lin looked at the pictures and Ling Yuexi's introduction, and understood at once. She nodded and said: "This is very good, it is not fancy, the close-fitting leotard leather skirt can be bought directly into the finished product, this kind of leather clothing is now ready-to-wear." We mainly do the external hard protection part, the legs can buy cowhide over-the-knee boots, we add knee pads and ankle pads, which are beautiful and have strong protection capabilities. ”
Ling Yuexi nodded and affirmed: "That's what I mean, the exterior is mainly based on actual protection, it must be able to block the direct stab of cold weapons, and the internal leather must wait to prevent scratches." These parts can be dispensed with for the sake of good looks, as long as they are practical and durable. I think the color is black as a whole, which is conducive to concealment, and it can be decorated with bright red in some parts. ”
Jiang Lin is worthy of being a professional fashion designer, and while the two communicated, they drew the pattern, and discussed the details and materials used in each part, and this set was decided.
Weapons are much simpler, just weigh the weight of the sample and determine the style, material and color of the metal. In the end, Ling Yuexi ordered two short knives, two long knives and a women's glaive knife with a length of 190cm, and also bought two flying knife sacs, which can be directly tied to the outside of the thigh, which is very easy to use, and finally set two bows and arrows with different tensions.
In the end, the best materials and processes were used, and the total value exceeded 80,000. Ling Yuexi said that she was very satisfied, and directly paid the deposit and measured the size of the body, even if the transaction was established.
Liu Xinyi only ordered a few sets of exquisite cos costumes, and under Ling Yuexi's persuasion, she bought two weapons for self-defense. According to the conditions of Liu Xinyi's family, as long as she wants, even a pistol can be obtained.
However, Ling Yuexi thought that the pistol was really useless in the last days, it was originally designed to kill people, not to kill zombies. Judging from the zombie defense, the bullet can only be fired at close range, and it must hit the vulnerable vital point.
Otherwise, it will be a slight injury to the zombies, and the gunpowder weapons in the last days have been significantly weakened, and there is no experience value for ordinary weapons to fight monsters, so that thing can only deal with humans themselves.