From poor god to richest man

Chapter 134 How about we hold a competition?
In order to lose money, Zhen Qiong founded the Wahuang Handicraft Company, and asked people to hire wood and stone carving craftsmen, saying that it was to fill the vacancies in statues.

In Zhen Qiong's view, whether it is wood carving or stone carving, it takes a lot of time and energy to complete.

If you use good materials, then whether it is money or time cost, it will rise steadily.

And compared with the more affordable figures and assembled models, the price of the statue is not something that any glue guy can take over.

If the statue cannot be sold, but the craftsmen have to be paid wages, wouldn't the money be lost?

But I didn't expect that the Wahuang hand-run company hadn't been completed yet!The statues can start to be sold, and there are quite a few people who want to buy them. They even offered to say that it doesn't matter if they are not carved so finely.

It's very relevant, okay?
"How many master carvers do we have now?" Zhen Qiong asked.

The matter has not yet reached the point of getting out of hand, so there is still room for rescue. Zhen Qiong feels that he must handle it carefully, even if he can't lose money, he must make a lot of less money!

"There are ten woodcarvers and eight stonecarvers."

"Are they quick to carve a statue?"

After thinking for a while, Li Hubai said: "It took five days for the masters to complete the two statues at the competition site, but it was carved by their joint efforts. If they were carved alone, the time would be several times longer. "

"There are also differences in the materials used, which will also affect the carving time. We are lucky and happen to have good materials readily available. Otherwise, even if the masters work together, it will probably take ten days and a half."

Zhen Qiong nodded and said: "For the future statues, let the masters complete them alone. We recruit craftsmen, in addition to filling the vacancies of the statues, the main reason is to pass on this craft."

"If all the masters worked together to carve, wouldn't their apprentices have nothing to do? Without experience, how can we talk about progress? Let alone inheritance."

Taking out a small notebook, Li Hubai memorized it carefully for a while and said, "Mr. Zhen, I understand. It's not a problem for the masters to carve separately, anyway, they have their own places to work."

Zhen Qiong had thought of this a long time ago, so he continued: "As for the materials used for carving, just use..."

Zhen Qiong originally planned to use the most expensive materials to persuade the most people to quit.

Just imagine a wood or stone sculpture, the price is tens of millions, and the sculpture is still a character in the game, which has no collection value. Even local tyrants probably have no desire to buy it!
But unfortunately, his idea was warned by the system. Unless someone customized it, Zhen Qiong could not transform an ordinary statue into a luxury product.

And that's not environmentally friendly. The reason why expensive wood and stone are expensive is that apart from their own characteristics, the most important thing is that they are scarce.

Rare is precious!

Nowadays, many expensive woods are protected plants and grow slowly. If you want to cut down a tree, you need to go through layers of audits.

But even so, there are still frequent cases of illegal logging every year. Although the criminals were caught by the police afterwards, the trees were all cut down, and there is no way to revive the criminals after they are caught.

If Zhen Qiong asked the statues to use these woods, some people would definitely take risks for the sake of profit, and the endangered trees would probably be extinct by then.

Stone is a non-renewable resource, but it is the same reason. What's more, unrestrained mining of stone will cause huge damage to the mountain and have an extremely bad impact on the ecology.

"Understood! I was wrong! Stop scolding! You will be stupid to scold the child!"

Listening to the system's righteous preaching, Zhen Qiong quickly admitted his mistake. He also wanted to use this method to lose money on a whim.

But after learning that the consequences would be serious, he decisively gave up the idea. Compared to reinforced concrete and polluted environment, Zhen Qiong preferred the vibrant nature.

"For carving, use the materials that masters usually use! Of course, it must be the best material of this grade, and it must also be legal and environmentally friendly."

The wood used by woodcarvers generally comes from commercial forest farms.

In economic forest farms, the growth cycle of the trees planted is very fast. Usually, they can grow to a height of about ten meters in one or two years, and the diameter is about the same as that of a truck tire.

With proper planning, tons of wood can be produced every year.

With these timber injected into the market to meet the basic needs of the market, those protected forests can also be a little more peaceful.

As for some more expensive trees, many of them are cut down after natural death, and flow into the market to make furniture or wood carvings to exert their final value.

However, because there are too many monks and so few porridge, trees like this can only be obtained by relying on connections or means, not just by having money.

The stone materials are similar, they all come from state-run or legal private quarries. Given the size of Longhuang Kingdom, it can be said that it has a vast land and abundant resources.

If only ordinary stones are mined, there will be no depletion of stones in one billion years.

Li Hubai wrote down again in his little notebook and said: "Mr. Zhen, I understand. There will never be any black spots in this matter."

"Also, for every statue sold, the sculptor will be given a [-]% commission."

"Okay. Mr. Zhen."

Although the treatment and benefits given by Qiongshen are good, in general, the current situation of wood and stone carving craftsmen is not very good.

The reason is mainly that the machines are too developed, especially the recent rise of 3D printing technology.

Whether it is wood carving, stone carving, or other carvings, no matter how complicated they are, machines can make them.

In the past, craftsmen could only carve statues after studying for most of their lives. The machines only needed to import the drawings.

There is also the speed and quantity of carving, which cannot be competed with by craftsmen who inherit the old craftsmanship.

Therefore, under the impact of the engraving factory, the craftsmen are powerless to fight back.

Moreover, these old crafts are hard work and can't make money. Young people are unwilling to learn, and the older generation of craftsmen are getting old, and there is a risk of breaking the inheritance at any time.

So Zhen Qiong doesn't mind, on top of the original salary, give the craftsmen a commission, as long as this industry can make money, even if the land is self-made, he is not afraid of breaking the inheritance.

It can not only lose money, but also make a little contribution to traditional crafts, killing two birds with one stone.

As for those carving factories, there is no need to worry about whether they will carve statues along with them.

Long Huangguo is very strict about copyrights. If you don't get the authorization, you will be fined or even jailed if you carve the IP characters under the name of Qiongshen.

In particular, Qiongshen also has a legal department who thinks about fighting fiercely all day long.

Carving factories, teams and individuals who dare to carve statues and sell them privately, or make money through other methods, are afraid that they will be sued for bankruptcy.

"Also, the precision of the engraving must be high. You must not ignore any details in a hurry. If you find that you are perfunctory..."

When Zhen Qiong said this, Kun Yuxin on the side took over and said: "In the lightest case, the money will be deducted, and in the most serious case, the employee will be fired. If there is any violation of laws and regulations, it will be handed over directly to the Legal Department."

Kun Yuxin's tone was flat, but Li Hubai could still hear the ruthlessness in the words.

"In the future, we must not make Boss Kun angry!"

After admonishing himself in his heart, Li Hubai quickly wrote it down in his small notebook.

"By the way, Mr. Li is not the person in charge of the Wahuang Hand-made Company, is he? If he is entrusted with the statue, will it make him a little out of his wits?" Kun Yuxin asked.

"Indeed. But I haven't found a suitable candidate yet, so I can only let Lao Bai take the lead first." Zhen Qiong asked Wen Wan'er to find talents in this field before.

But the applicants were too reliable. Zhen Qiong was afraid of making money, so he didn't decide on a candidate for a long time.

"How about we hold a competition?" Kun Yuxin suggested.

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