Chapter 387: The Strange Jade of the World
The world's strange jade is very famous in Baojian Street.
Xue Yang saw this from the business of the store.
Although the flow of people on Baojian Street is very good, none of the surrounding shops and stalls can compare with the world's strange jade.
There are not only many customers in the world, but also many carvers of all ages.
There are also a lot of engraving tables, apparently free of charge for those carvers.
This is undoubtedly a place that can make Xue Yang famous.
At this time, someone came to Xue Yang and said with a smile: "Little brother, do you want to go in and have a look?" ”
Xue Yang turned his head and raised his eyebrows slightly, only to see that this person turned out to be the boss of the so-called Ming Bao Zhai who helped him see the authenticity of the Tang imitation Han knife at the mouth of the alley just now, and this boss was also standing outside the door at this moment.
Xue Yang smiled when he heard this: "You also go in?" ”
The middle-aged boss smiled: "I come here every day to buy goods." Because there are many carvers here who carve, these carvers only need to pay the shop some carving fees to be able to carve here, while those of us bring our own jade directly, or buy jade directly here, and then hand it over to those carvers to carve, no matter how much jade you buy, you only need to give the store some fixed trading place usage fee. ”
"Oh?"
This method of opening a store, Xue Yang has really never heard of it in his life.
But doesn't this mean that this store is almost sure to make a profit?
Xue Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "The store belongs to theirs?" ”
The boss said, "Yes." ”
Xue Yang exhaled, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Good guy, this is too profitable." ”
"Although they make money, both the carvers and us merchants and those who want to buy carvings are satisfied," said the boss. Because the engravers have a platform and a very good working environment, and a very wide range of customer sources, and we don't need to go through the second-hand and third-hand dealers' markups, we only need to give some rake, do you say this is not everyone satisfied? So this store is the longest-running store here, and it has never been short of foot traffic. ”
Xue Yang said: "This boss is a very far-sighted person. At first, it was difficult for people to accept this kind of thing, so this kind of business was very likely to fail, but it was not easy for this boss to be able to make the business so big. ”
The boss nodded and smiled, "Exactly." This brother, haven't asked for advice yet? ”
Xue Yang smiled: "Xue Yang." ”
The boss stretched out his right hand and said, "Zhou Liu." ”
Xue Yang also stretched out his right hand.
Anyway, just now Zhou Liu was able to stand up and help Xue Yang determine the true value of the Tang imitation Han knife, and also helped Xue Yang say a few words, Xue Yang can treat him as a friend.
And this man is indeed a good friend indeed.
After Xue Yang and Zhou Liu exchanged names, they stepped into the world together.
The area of the world's strange jade is very large, with a total of 23 carving tables, as well as two large cabinets for jade and jade materials.
The jade in these large cabinets is jade, and the jade materials are all freshly cut materials, which are sold to buyers. Because those carvers only sell their own carving techniques, and do not bring their own jade materials and jadeite.
As soon as Xue Yang came in, he immediately felt a wave of heat rushing towards him.
It's already the depths of winter, and the New Year will be over soon, so it's really freezing outside.
But in this world, the house of Qiyu is crowded with people, and the heat wave is blowing.
Of course, the air conditioner is also turned on here, but the first feeling of heat is not coming from the air conditioner, but from these people.
No matter what kind of storefront can give people such a feeling, it means that such a store is successful.
Xue Yang looked at the twenty-three carving tables, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Why are there twenty-three carving tables here, twenty of which are blue, and the other three are pure white?" ”
Zhou Liuyan explained: "Have you seen that the tabletops of the twenty blue carving tables are very clean, and there are two guys who keep shuttling through the crowd, wiping the carving tables where the carver has left, and restoring all the props to their original appearance." The reason for this is that these 20 blue carving tables are leased to carvers from the outside world. The three pure white platforms, each surrounded by a waiter to help, are laying hands, the table is also messy, all kinds of materials are available, this is because the platform is not rented, only belongs to three people. These three people are all well-known carving masters in the carving industry in Liuhuang City, and many people come because of their three talents. The reason why the business of this shop is so hot is inseparable from these three old men. The boss of Tianxia Qiyu is very business-minded, and he also knows that if a store does not have such a hole card, it is difficult to successfully launch the brand. ”
Hearing this, Xue Yang admired the boss of Qiyu in the world even more.
Such a flexible person must be a very talented person.
Xue Yang really wanted to make a friend with him.
Xue Yang looked at the three pure white carving tables.
Sure enough, next to the carving table stood an assistant on each side.
Xue Yang said: "How much is the lease fee they charge?" And how much is the commission? I see that in this room, there are four bodyguards guarding the two large shelves, three people are in charge of selling and accounting for accounts, there are three people standing next to each of the three pure white carving tables, and there are five people in charge of collecting lease money for the twenty blue carving tables, each person is responsible for four carving tables, and the other two people are in charge of wiping through the blue carving tables...... Add to that the utility bills and the cost of damage to the house...... Their salaries and money are not small every month. ”
Zhou Liu nodded and said, "This does sound like a problem, but the world's Qiyu has a very strong ability to absorb gold, because their commission is the same as that of the auction house, and it is based on the percentage of the price of the carved items sold, so it is not a problem." Although they don't deal in anything, they can definitely be said to be the most profitable store in the entire Baojian Street. ”
Xue Yang sighed, dispelled the doubts in his heart, and said, "Are you here to buy carvings?" ”
Zhou Liudao: "My Ming Bao Zhai not only sells handicrafts, antiques, jade, jade and rough stones, but also sells carvings. It can be said that my store is supported by the carvings of the world's strange jade, because I can spend a lot less money to buy here. ”
Xue Yang said: "So you come to buy it every week?" Do you provide your own jade? ”
Zhou Liu said with a smile: "Of course, the jade material I provided is cheaper than here." ”
Xue Yang also looked at the box in Zhou Liu's hand, and was relieved.
Zhou Liu smiled: "Brother Xue Yang also wants to come and buy carvings?" ”
Xue Yang smiled when he heard this: "Don't buy it." ”
Zhou Liu raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Brother Xue Yang has the ability to appreciate treasures, is he still accomplished in carving?" ”
Xue Yang saw that Zhou Liu understood his thoughts, and immediately waved his hand and said with a smile: "I don't dare to be accomplished, but it is still okay to carve one or two finished products." ”
Zhou Liu sighed, shook his head, and said, "Brother, don't say that I hit you, it's not an easy thing to be an engraver here." Because there is a blacklist of the world's strange jade, that is, the carver who has no business within three hours will be blacklisted for a week, and the carver who has a loophole in the carved product will be blacklisted for a week. ”
Xue Yang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou thinks I don't have that carving ability?" ”
Zhou Liu shook his head and said, "No, no, no, there is no such intention." It's just Brother Xue Yang, look, behind the twenty-three carving tables in this room, what kind of people are sitting? Their youth is generally over forty years old. Carving is very similar to Chinese medicine, that is, it takes a lot of time to immerse. After all, you look too young, others don't believe you, and naturally they won't let you carve, and then you will not only be blacklisted for a week, but also pay for the rental of the carving table for three hours. ”
Although Zhou Liu did think that Xue Yang's carving ability was not good, there was not a word that he said that was not true.
Xue Yang raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw that the people behind these carving tables were all very old, fifty percent were around forty or fifty years old, thirty percent were around sixty or seventy years old, and the other two percent were young people in their twenties and thirties.
There were only two young men, a man and a woman.
The man looks gentle and handsome, calm and calm, but he is really a beautiful boy in the turbid world, a beautiful young man.
Such a person would have been able to give people a sense of stability and stability, even if he was very young.
At the moment, there are many people waiting for him to help carve in front, and it is clear that this person has a good business.
The other young man was a woman.
A woman who knows how to sculpt is always focused.
People always say that focused men are the most handsome, but they all have to admit that dedicated women are also the most beautiful.
This woman's focused appearance has a classical and elegant atmosphere, she seems to be an ancient virtuous woman who came out of a painting.
Such a virtuous lady is multi-talented in carving carvings, and of course it is easy to arouse people's trust.
But Xue Yang didn't look like that.
First, Xue Yang is not a literati, and he does not have the slightest breath of a literati, and no one wants to believe him. And Xue Yang's appearance is very ordinary, which is not enough to attract people's attention.
Even if Xue Yang really occupies a carving table, he may not be able to get business.
Perhaps in Zhou Liu's opinion, even if Xue Yang gets the business, he may not be able to carve it into any good finished product.
Xue Yang really didn't look credible.
Of course, Xue Yang understood what Zhou Liu meant, but he didn't listen to his thoughts.
Xue Yang smiled slightly, and found that a carver was about to stand up, obviously the carving time he had rented was up.
"Is this old gentleman leaving?"
The carver glanced at Xue Yang and said, "Yes, young man, if you want carvings, find someone else, I have to go home." ”
Xue Yang smiled: "No, no, no, I don't want to buy carvings, I want to discuss something with you." ”
There are many carvers who come here, but there are only twenty-three carving tables.
Three of the carving tables were also reserved for the three masters.
Therefore, if there is an empty carving table, it will definitely cause a scramble.
Xue Yang didn't want to rob them, Xue Yang wanted to discuss directly with this carver.
Xue Yang smiled: "See if I can give you the money, you renew the bell as a temporary user of this carving table, so that I will use this carving table next, and you will go to rest, do you think?" ”
Xue Yang's cheating immediately attracted the attention of many people.