Chapter 035: Master-Apprentice Strategy
The dinner was arranged at a farmhouse with special flavors of Qiong Province on the edge of the reservoir in Cangjiang City.
There were more than a dozen tables in total, and everyone had a great time.
Designers and installers, as the front and back ends of the three ends of the home, are very important for whether the product can be perfectly landed according to the plan and according to the drawings.
Whether the cooperation between the two ends is effective, there is nothing that cannot be solved by one drink, if not, two meals.
After eating, everyone began to string the table and put together the wine. From time to time, laughter rang out, and the distance between everyone quickly narrowed.
At the main table, after eating, Wei Zhijie, Dai Yongxing and Li Wei took a walk around the reservoir together.
After spraying everyone with anti-mosquito toilet water, Dai Yongxing was in the center, and Wei Zhijie and Li Wei were half a body slower on his left and right.
Walking on the road around the lake, Dai Yongxing said with emotion: "I originally thought that it would take you ten years to grow to where you are today, but I didn't expect it to be less than two years."
Wei Zhijie smiled and said, "Luck is better."
Dai Yongxing was noncommittal: "Luck is one thing, but your hard work and carefulness can also rank in the top three in front of you, brothers and sisters."
Li Wei laughed: "Yes, especially careful, two years ago in the headquarters of Yapai Home, in 20 days, 60 chance encounters were arranged, and there were always 3 encounters every day, and there was no one."
Dai Yongxing also laughed after hearing this. It seems to be remembered for the process.
Wei Zhijie listened, scratched his head a little embarrassed, and smiled.
Compared with others who have a lot of help at the beginning, Wei Zhijie's start can be said to be the bottom, when he joined Yapai Home for a 60-day pre-job training after graduation.
By chance, Dai Yongxing and others who came to play on the side of the football field met Dai Yongxing, and during the break, Dai Yongxing and Li Wei talked about the preparations for the Milan exhibition.
Wei Zhijie keenly captured the information, and after inquiry, he learned that Dai Yongxing was the chief designer and boss of the well-known Huishang Home Design Studio in China.
Moreover, Dai Yongxing has received a lot of apprentices, and he has a lot of popularity in China, and the most important thing is that it is said that Dai Yongxing takes the design fee of product research and development every year as high as one million.
For Wei Zhijie, whose monthly salary is only 4,000, it is simply astronomical.
Therefore, Wei Zhijie quickly made a plan for himself, how to become Dai Yongxing's apprentice or student.
In the days that followed, Wei Zhijie often made chance encounters, or participated in some Dai Yongxing activities, such as playing football.
After the two sides got to know each other for half a month, Wei Zhijie asked Dai Yongxing a question: "How can I become a person like you, or how can I have top-notch technology like you."
Dai Yongxing laughed and said: "You need to have two qualities, patience and carefulness, if you want to become a top designer in the home furnishing circle, it takes 16 years, 4 years on the marketing side, 4 years on the production side, 4 years on the R&D process side, and the last four years need to participate in a lot of practical work on the market side."
Judging from the memory of the parallel world, Wei Zhijie did it, but the development of later generations was a little fast, and it only took him 12 years to accumulate the knowledge system of becoming a chief designer in advance.
And Dai Yongxing's help to Wei Zhijie can be said to have run through his entire career.
Including these two years, whether it is a simple customer design or engineering design. Everywhere is the help of Dai Yongxing and his brothers and sisters.
Including the soft decoration in the model room, those ornaments, pendants, calligraphy and paintings and special utensils with ethnic elements are all out of the hands of several senior sisters.
Dai Yongxing really likes Wei Zhijie, a closed disciple, the most, originally thought that he would just receive a successor with comprehensive thinking and a chance to inherit his mantle, but he didn't expect him to grow up so fast.
The three of them walked forward slowly, and Dai Yongxing's face suddenly became a little serious and asked, "Tell me in detail about your plan a few days ago."
Wei Zhijie nodded and said, "Master, I want to create a home design platform that integrates home information, design sharing, order conversion and offline services."
"Why?"
"The first year of custom home furnishings should be 2000, and in 03, the industry formed a corresponding standard, so it was relatively easy to train designers.
Five years have passed since this year, and the first generation of designers has quietly matured, and 10% of these designers will become bosses, or represent other brands, or set up independent design studios.
The remaining 90% of designers will circulate in the industry, but they will face a very embarrassing situation, that is, their income will stay at a level for a long time and not be improved. ”
Li Wei was a little surprised and said: "It's obvious that you come out to be the boss yourself, after all, you make a lot of money as a boss when you are mature, but the income level you said can't be improved?" Isn't it arbitrary? ”
Wei Zhijie shook his head and said: "Senior brother, have you noticed that in 05 years, since Yapai Home Furnishing and Soya Home Furnishing took the lead in proposing free design, do the designers' plans still have design value now?"
Li Wei was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said a little bitterly: "Unless it is a high-end villa or a large flat, the current design fee has basically been amortized into the product price."
Wei Zhijie nodded and said: "The designer of the store takes 1-3% of the product sales commission, and the same appearance produces different benefits just because of the different materials, which in itself is unfair to the designer."
"Moreover, brother, have you noticed that as the competition in the market becomes more and more fierce, the price of products is getting lower and lower, although the designers are becoming more and more mature, and the plan is getting faster and faster, the income has not changed much."
Li Wei thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's true."
Wei Zhijie pondered for a while, combined with the memories of the parallel world, and said a little heavily: "In the next ten years, home designers must rely on stores to survive, and they will become more and more busy, but there is no substantial progress in income.
I want to create a platform for more than two million home designers to make design valuable. ”
Dai Yongxing looked approving, but his face was even more solemn and said: "This road will offend many people, and it is not easy to walk."
Wei Zhijie nodded and said: "I understand the hardships, and as long as the time is well planned, it will not bring too much shock to the industry."
"What are you going to do?"
Hearing Dai Yongxing ask, Wei Zhijie knew that the teacher had approved his idea, and he was a little excited: "I plan to set up a brand, in the early stage, to carry out business in a direct way, and in the medium term, you can use the direct store as an offline-experience store, open to all designers in the industry, their orders can be brought over to the transaction, the store only charges the factory price and the commission for the use of the venue, and the more and less are all designers."
Li Wei exclaimed a little: "Isn't that forcing other brands to death?"
Wei Zhijie shook his head and said: "No, a brand will always be a brand, they have brand value, and people with brand awareness will always follow the brand."
"Your plan?" Dai Yongxing always focuses on the core, and he is concise and to the point.