Chapter 23: The First Pot of Gold
Guan Chang was not in a hurry to let Wang Qihe talk about the sale of the new store site, nor was he in a hurry to return to Yinling.
He thought that those few burned down shops were tailor-made for the Invincible Sect, and he didn't dare to miss it. But the problem is that he has no money! The top priority is to dig the first pot of gold as soon as possible!
Guan Chang went directly to Feng Lao's house. At this time, Feng Lao's home was quite lively, and Feng Lao was directing several apprentices to create new wooden furniture.
These furniture are all drawings given by Guan Chang. There are more than a dozen kinds of "new furniture" that have never appeared in this era, from large beds to small hangers.
Guan Chang came here today to pick up a gift. The so-called coming and not being rude, Guan Chang accepted the gift of his eldest brother Yin Zhengyang, how could he not show it.
Previously, when he was separated from Yin Zhengyang in Jinfeng Building, he mentioned that he would send the furniture produced by Jiancheng, but there was no agreed date. Now Guan Chang is in a hurry to use the money, so it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, anyway, they are all people in the rivers and lakes, so they don't pay attention to so much etiquette......
As soon as Feng Lao saw Guan Chang, he showed extra enthusiasm, he was a pure craftsman, and he admired Guan Chang's insight in furniture manufacturing.
"How's the progress on Hall Master Feng's side?" Guan Chang asked.
"Back to the master, we carpenters are very energetic, and we have already made one or two things on the drawings. Feng Lao replied with some pride, "And some craftsmen and I are thinking that we can add some fancy styles to the original style, which may sell better." ”
Guan Chang walked in the courtyard and watched, he was also quite surprised by Feng Lao's exquisite carpentry skills. After all, there was no lathe technology in this era, and there was no strict uniform size in terms of measurement. It's really not easy for these carpenters to make a yard full of finished products with experience alone.
Guan Chang looked at some solid wood cabinets that had been coated with tung oil and said, "Come on, put these things together with the cabinet, and find a way to get these small pieces into the cabinet." I'm going to ......"
Guan talked freely, but the apprentices were unmoved. They wondered in their hearts, who is this little brother?
The apprentices didn't know Guan Chang, and they all looked at Feng Lao with inquiring eyes.
Hall Master Feng glared at these few apprentices who had no eyesight, and scolded: "If you don't do what the master says, what the master asks you to do in the future must be done immediately!"
Several apprentices immediately clasped their fists and saluted, and after saying "I have seen the master", they scattered to work.
Hall Master Feng asked a little puzzled, "Is this going to be sold together?"
Guan Chang didn't expect this Feng Lao to think of bundling, but he didn't have the intention of learning from sales skills for the time being.
"In the future, we will try to combine different pieces of furniture. For example, this bed is not necessarily only for sleeping, if there is a cabinet or shelf next to the bed, how convenient it is to lie on the bed and take some things; and then this cabinet, if the cabinet can distinguish the storage space of the inner and outer clothes, and then give some of our new clothes hangers to support the coat, is it better; and this desk, you see that the table is so thick that it is a pity not to use it, it is more appropriate to open a secret compartment to hide some things, and a mechanism can also prevent gangsters from breaking into the house and robbing ......"
Hall Master Feng looked at Guan Chang like he was looking at a monster, and he really didn't know where he came up with these ideas. Each of these ideas that subverted his perception was different, but all of them were reasonable and feasible.
What shocked Feng Lao the most was that these new designs seemed to have a unified idea. He only vaguely captures a small detail, but he can't see the whole picture.
Fortunately, Guan Chang didn't let him wait for a long time, and finally gave a concluding remark.
Guan Chang put forward reliable and unreliable suggestions for improvement of all the furniture, and finally stood in front of Feng Lao and said: "Look, Master Feng, what I just said is one of the core competitiveness of our building hall in the future: multi-functional!"
Feng Lao felt that a light lit up in his mind, illuminating the originally dark area in his mind! That's right, multi-functional. One thing is multi-purpose, and everything is used to the fullest! But the boss seems to have mentioned a new word just now -- what kind of heart and what kind of strength, so what?
Guan Chang found that most of the objects in ancient times carried only one function, which was quite different from the design of later generations. Although some basic home design has returned to simplicity in the era he has traveled through, the concept of multi-functional design has penetrated into various fields.
Multifunctional design is not so much industrial design as a way of thinking, which is formed after the productivity has evolved to a certain level along with the needs of human production.
The current productivity of Ye Guo has not yet been able to give birth to the soil of the concept of "multi-functional", but this does not mean that the concept of "multi-functional" cannot bring qualitative changes to the lives of Ye people and bring benefits to themselves!
Guan Chang asked several craftsmen to toss for a long time, and finally put together a set of standing wardrobes and a recliner with adjustable angles.
"It's okay, wrap these two pieces up and load them!" Guan Chang gave an order, and all the craftsmen breathed a sigh of relief. This head is really going to toss people!
"Be careful, wrap the corners with some waste materials and soft cloth, don't break them!" Feng Lao did not forget to follow behind.
Then he wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Master, have these been sold?"
Guan Chang smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not for sale." I'm going to give a gift. ”
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Yin Zhengyang happened to be at home today.
When Steward Zhao came to report, Yin Zhengyang was practicing calligraphy.
He is not only excellent in martial arts, but also good at writing, and he is the best calligrapher in the martial arts and the one with the highest martial arts in the calligraphy circle!
When Yin Zhengyang and Steward Zhao saw Guan Chang's gift, their faces were covered with black lines......
Other people's souvenirs are calligraphy and paintings, handles, elegant objects, etc., but what kind of gifts are the wood pulled on the two donkey carts. It doesn't look like a precious wood, and it's very easy to paint. The bottom line is – what the hell is this?
The furniture in these years is basically custom-made, and few finished products are sold, and most of them are high-end. The main part of the high-end is the material, such as the selection of Nanmu pear wood.
Guan Chang pointed to the two pieces of furniture that had been placed in the courtyard, and formally introduced, "Big brother, this is the first batch of furniture produced by the Junior Brother Invincible Sect Construction Hall. sent it to the eldest brother for evaluation, and it was ugly. ”
Steward Zhao of the Yin Mansion muttered in his heart: Guan Zhangmen, you are really not ambiguous when you say that you are ugly, these two objects are really ugly......
Yin Zhengyang's first impression of these two gifts was not good, but he believed that the newly recognized virtuous brother would not let him down. So he asked, "People are not to look like things, and things are the same." Tell me what these two are?"
Guan Chang couldn't be happier when he heard this, isn't the furniture I made very ugly? Is this the original ecology good, and the aesthetics are not on the same starting line, and it is painful to communicate......
Guan Chang took the eldest brother's arm and walked to the cabinet to introduce them one by one.
The more Yin Zhengyang listened, the more interested he became, and he only felt that although this thing was ugly, it might be really easy to use. Especially when he heard that there was a hidden compartment in this cabinet that could be used to hide secrets, he was actually aroused to find it. He started it himself, pushing and pushing here, knocking there, and finally found the secret grid with the keen senses brought by his profound martial arts.
At this time, Guan Chang whispered in his ear, but it shocked his heart!
Guan Chang told him in a voice that only the two of them could hear that there were actually three hidden compartments in it, and one of them was easier to find and was deliberately done!
Yin Zhengyang never expected that this wardrobe would still contain a trick of deceit! This virtuous brother is really not simple, not only is he good at martial arts, but he also knows how to know how to know the news!
Putting aside this dark grid, the cabinet with free partitions inside and the easy-to-access hooked clothes hanger all made Yin Zhengyang's eyes shine.
And just then, a voice sounded in the courtyard.
"This cabinet, use good pear wood, make me a set. Yin Shu didn't know when she entered the courtyard, so she was standing on the edge of the cabinet at this time.
Her hand tapped lightly on the cabinet a few times. Every time she shoots, the corners of Guan Chang's eyes pick up. This woman is too powerful...... The three positions she photographed are the three dark grids designed by Guan Chang!
Guan Chang looked at Yin Zhengyang with sympathetic eyes, only hoping that he didn't have something to hide from his sister.
"It's just too ugly. After Yin Shu gave an evaluation, he disappeared into the moon gate.
"Ahem," Guan Chang coughed awkwardly and continued to Yin Zhengyang: "Big brother, please try this chair, just sit on it, and lean your back slightly." ”
Guan Chang put Yin Zhengyang's hand on a connecting rod next to the recliner and said, "Big brother, you can break that rod." ”
Yin Zhengyang operated like this, and the chair made a clattering sound. Yin Zhengyang coldly felt that his back was empty, and he was alert and jumped up.
Then he looked awkwardly at the chair with its back tilted back even more, and he asked in surprise, "Can it move?"
Guan Chang demonstrated it himself, and finally said: "Not only can it move, but it can also be folded." In this Tan County, there is a lot of water, if you take this deck chair to fish, it is called enjoyment. ”
Yin Zhengyang followed his train of thought and looked satisfied. Then he sighed and said: "This is also troublesome for the virtuous brother to help build an extra set of pear wood, and the sister also likes fishing." I will let Steward Zhao pay the expenses, and I can't take advantage of your construction of the hall. ”
Guan Chang and Yin Zhengyang entered the main hall, and Steward Zhao ordered someone to serve tea.
The two of them then got down to business.
Guan Chang came this time mainly to discuss two businesses with Yin Zhengyang.
In the first business, he hoped that Yin Zhengyang could hand over the construction of the Splendid Gate to the Invincible Sect. But as soon as he said this, he regretted it. There must be a lot of hidden places involved in the sect, how can these be in the hands of others?
And I'm afraid that my non-mainstream ideas about the construction of the sect will not be accepted by the eldest brother.
Sure enough, Yin Zhengyang also rejected very clearly. His splendid gate had been designed by his brothers a few years earlier, and now it was time for the best craftsmen from the capital to break ground.
Guan Chang hurriedly confessed, "It's a reckless mistake to be a younger brother."
However, Yin Zhengyang also understood Guan Chang's intention to come here. This virtuous brother is very short of money, otherwise he would not have abruptly asked to take over the project.
Yin Zhengyang took the initiative to propose that in the future, the furniture used in the Splendid Gate could be customized from the Invincible Sect's construction hall first, but the style should be beautiful and generous. This is actually a change of direction to send money to Guan Chang.
The second business went much better.
Guan Chang hopes to let Yin Zhengyang become a shareholder of Jiancheng! The conditions he put forward are also very generous, and Brother Yin will buy 500 taels of shares, and he will be able to get 50% of the shares of Jianchengtang in the future.
Guan Chang assessed the land price next to Liu's blacksmith shop in Yuetan Fang, and if he wanted to win that piece of six or seven connected shops, it would cost about three hundred taels of silver. He asked Yin Zhengyang for five hundred taels, one was to buy the shop, and the other was to renovate and decorate.
Naturally, the shares cannot be missing Yin Zhengyang's. Not to mention that brotherhood is not divided into each other, but in order to build the development of the church itself, it is also necessary to bind the interests of Jinxiumen.
He has now fallen out with the Xuanwu faction, and he can be regarded as standing on the opposite side of the "combination of interests of the rivers and lakes in Tanxian County headed by Jinhuanmen". Now there is an alien sect - the Splendid Gate, which is high and low, and it is not on the same level as the Golden Ring Gate.
Guan Chang thinks that this backer is still quite solid and worth relying on!
Yin Zhengyang is an old Jianghu, and he also heard that Guan Chang slapped the Xuanwu faction in the face on the street yesterday. He didn't break it at the moment, and the two of them invariably put aside their feelings and talked about money.
In the end, Yin Zhengyang insisted on buying 500 taels of shares, but only accounted for 40%.
Although Yin Zhengyang is talking about money, he thinks about feelings. Because he didn't think that this hall could make a lot of money at all, after all, he hadn't heard of any wealthy businessman who made a fortune by making furniture!
Guan Chang is talking about money, and what he thinks about is also feelings. Because he felt that he had lost money, he was very confident in the scale and profit model of his future building. The 500 taels of shares will be a drop in the bucket compared with the future 40% profit. I have the right to do it as a benefit to my brother-in-law!