Chapter 408: Quality is King
When Tang Chen carefully said the difference between the two kinds of yellow paper, Zeng Lao was completely stunned: "The yellow paper is so clearly distinguished?"
Tang Chen smiled bitterly and said: "Otherwise, Zeng Lao, how do you think that the talisman has such great power? If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools! Taoist priests can exorcise evil spirits and suppress evil, not because their Taoism is profound, but more often they rely on magic weapons and talismans. Even if it's me, I can't deal with 'frog money' with my bare hands, right?"
As soon as Tang Chen said this, Zeng Lao could accept it.
The saying that manpower is sometimes poor and man will win the sky is actually just a slogan many times. If you don't use external forces, let alone "win the sky", it is difficult to beat others!
"Of course, there are very few such papermaking processes these days, unless they are custom-made...... But it's too late, the amount is small, and the manufacturer has to lose money to help you. Tang Chen sighed, "I didn't think about finding this kind of 'hard yellow paper' now, even if it was handmade yellow paper, it was barely enough." ”
Zeng Lao also sighed: "It's difficult, who else uses handmade now? It's all machines that replace ......."
Tang Chen was silent for a while, although this is the inevitable process of industrialization, many things have lost their charm because they are all replaced by machines.
"Forget it, just find one and take a look!"
Tang Chen saw a shop specializing in selling ingots candles, so he turned in. The shop is small and even a little crowded. Inside the store, there is a goddess with a female figure, and in front of this statue there is an incense burner with three sticks of incense, all of which are almost burning. There is a faint smell throughout the store.
The owner of the store is alone, and he doesn't even have a buddy. But the ingots candle incense or something, but it is very complete. Because it is not the peak sales season, the store is deserted, just Tang Chen and Zeng Lao.
The owner of the shop was lying on a recliner reading the newspaper and did not see any customers entering.
When he turned the pages of the newspaper, he saw Tang Chen and Zeng Lao in front of him, he hurriedly put the newspaper aside, got up and said, "You two, do you need to buy something?" I have a good incense stick and candle ...... here."
Tang Chen threw a look at Zeng Lao, and Zeng Lao immediately understood: "Boss, do you have good yellow paper, it's best to make it by hand!"
The boss smiled: "You guys are in the right place, I specialize in selling handmade incense sticks, yellow paper and other ......."
Tang Chen showed a look of surprise, perhaps because he was afraid that Zeng Lao would not believe it, the boss turned around and took out a pile of yellow paper from the shelf, handed it to Zeng Lao, and said, "You should always know the goods, this yellow paper looks like it is cut out with a guillotine, look at this incision...... By the way, and the quality of this yellow paper, don't look at it thin, but it's not very permeable......"
After that, the boss picked up a piece of yellow paper, picked up the teacup he was drinking tea from, and carefully poured a drop or two of tea onto the yellow paper.
Something miraculous happened, as if dew was rolling down on the lotus leaf, and the two drops of tea dipped two or three times on the yellow paper before seeping into the paper. Zeng Lao was amazed, Tang Chen was also amazed, and said in his heart: "It really looks like that......
"However, what are you two doing with this yellow paper?" said the boss with some doubts, "The price of this yellow paper is not cheap, if you don't use it to make talismans, but burn it to your ancestors, I still recommend another cheaper ......."
Zeng Lao glanced at Tang Chen, and could see the heat in Tang Chen's eyes, he hurriedly said, "No need, that's it!"
"What a ......"
The boss said happily, "I have always been selling yellow paper for knives, two hundred yuan per knife!"
"It's a bit expensive!"
Zeng Lao said in surprise, he knew that a knife of paper was a hundred, and an ordinary large open paper was only one dollar, but he actually dared to sell it for two yuan, which was indeed half the price.
Tang Chen was stunned: "How many pieces of paper is a knife of paper?"
Zeng Lao said: "A knife paper is to describe the papermaking technology in ancient times, the paper that has just been made, the sheets are laid neatly, have not been cut, the hand is up and down, and the thick stack of standing blanks is immediately split, the raw edges do not fly, and the neat voice is still in the ears...... If you grasp this feeling, you will call the amount that can be completely cut by a 'knife' a 'knife'. But of course, there are no two knives with the same sharpness in the world, let alone a knife with the same strength, and the result is plausible, just calculate. Generally, a knife of paper is 100 sheets, and in ancient times, it was also said that a order of paper was 500 sheets. ”
"You're always a connoisseur!"
The boss couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "But my paper is twenty-five sheets of ...... with a knife."
Zeng Lao was taken aback: "Calculated by the ancient method?"
The boss was also honest and said: "I made this paper myself, purchased the best rice paper, and then used the plant juice to dye it, and the process was responsible for it...... You always understand people, I have to charge some hard money for what I make with such care, right?"
Tang Chen blurted out: "The juice of the yellow tiller?"
The boss was surprised: "This little brother is an expert! Yes, I was soaked in the juice of yellow tillers...... But this color is not very pleasing, so I added other yellow dye, but don't worry, it's just a little bit......"
Tang Chen nodded silently, no wonder he couldn't see it, it turned out that another yellow dye had been added. In this way, the yellow paper has changed from earthy yellow to bright yellow, which is very close to the yellow paper sold on the market. Of course, there is still a little difference in color, but there is no contrast, and you can't see it at all.
Zeng Lao teased: "Even so, your yellow paper is a little more expensive, close to eight yuan a piece, and it is still such a long ......."
The boss scratched the back of his head embarrassedly and said, "My cost is also high! And if you think about it, this talisman made of yellow paper is much more powerful than ordinary talismans." I won't tell you that Yuanmiaoguan, Guandi Temple, Tianhou Palace, Dongyue Temple, Zhenwu Temple, Beishi Wenxing Palace, Xiangong Mountain, Shigu Temple, Huxiu Temple, Fengshan Temple, Yunshan Temple, Zhaohui Temple, Qingshan Palace, ...... I bought yellow paper from me and went back to make talismans. I have stocked up a lot of goods these days, and just before the arrival of the Arctic Ziwei Emperor's Christmas, these Taoist temples and temples have come to purchase a batch of ......."
Tang Chen knew that this was true, what was easy to use, everyone would buy it again after using it, if it was not good, at most it would be the last time. It's like today's smart phones, why is Apple getting more and more popular, and the stars are getting worse and worse? This is the gap in experience, Apple's mobile phone doesn't get stuck for three or four years, and it can last two years if you change a battery. First of all, the system optimization is not good, and it is not in line with the usage habits of the Chinese. Now domestic mobile phones are slowly catching up, and the experience of domestic mobile phones represented by Huawei and Meizu can be said to be not much lost to Apple, that is, the quality...... In addition to Huawei, other manufacturers are still a little bit worse. Now consumers have passed the period of comparing parameters, and now they are fighting for quality and experience. The pig that was on the tuyere before almost didn't fall to death after leaving the tuyere, which is the reason. Quality is always the only way for manufacturers to survive.
(End of chapter)