Great Tang Southern Emperor

"The method has been handed over to you, you all have to experiment more, and send a few sets to the palace after you are done."

"Yes." Wu Liu agreed.

"However, to make furniture in such an assembly line, some parts require many parts, and many people are required to complete it. It's just that different people may make a lot of errors. Regarding this problem, do you have any good solutions?" This problem is Li Zhen. It's time to test Wu Liu's level.

"His Royal Highness, this is still very simple." Wu Liu didn't know that Li Zhen was testing him, so he thought for a while and said, "As long as we formulate a unified standard, the things everyone makes should be similar."

"This is a good idea, thank you." Li Zhen praised.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Wu Liu was overjoyed. It's not that he was short of the money, the problem was that this represented Li Zhen's attitude, which meant that Li Zhen had recognized herself and would not be replaced.

"And you can do it." Li Zhen simply told Wu Liu about the piecework system of later generations, which made Wu Liu even more elated: "Your Highness, this method is good. More work pays more, less work pays less. Why didn't it happen before?" Thinking of this method? Your Highness is indeed a genius. And this system of assigning responsibilities to people is also very good. As long as there is this system, the craftsmen will process it carefully, and the scrap rate will be greatly reduced."

Li Zhen is a little embarrassed, this is not what he thought of, but in this era, this system is what he thought of.

"I don't know if Your Highness has any other orders?" Wu Liu asked eagerly. It seems that he will not stop until Li Zhen's inventory is exhausted.

"Of course there is, the most important thing has not been said yet."

"My subordinates are all ears." Hearing is the most important thing, so Wu Liu immediately made a gesture of respectful listening.

"Do you think the furniture I designed is good?"

"The furniture designed by Your Highness is naturally excellent." Wu Liu said the truth. He is also a technician. Although he doesn't know what human mechanics is, he can tell that the sofa furniture designed by Li Zhen are very good. , if it is launched, it will definitely become a big hit.

"I think so too. But if our furniture becomes popular, will it attract the attention of interested people? If they are also jealous of this new type of furniture, and then imitate it, will it affect our business? You need to know about furniture. But it is easy to imitate." This is exactly what Li Zhen is worried about, he has never meant to underestimate my Shanzhai Empire, and the Shanzhai spirit has been deeply engraved in the genes of our ancestors since ancient times.

Wu Liu exploded immediately: "They dare! We are the royal property."

"Ordinary people don't dare, but what if they are relatives of the emperor?" Li Zhen asked back. With Li Zhen's status, ordinary people really dare not, but it is not uncommon for him to be afraid of him. For example, other princes who are also members of the royal family , or like a rich family, or a noble family who are not afraid of Li Zhen.

In the eyes of others, Li Zhen is superior, but in the eyes of these people, that is the case.If Li Zhen was the crown prince, they might still be afraid for a while, but Li Zhen is only Li Shimin's eighth son now, and he doesn't even have a title. Even if he is granted the throne, he is just a prince, an idle prince. In the eyes of those princes, county kings, dukes, wealthy families, and aristocratic families, they really are nothing.

"Should they not do this?"

"No? That's because the profit is not enough." Li Zhen sneered, and recited a classic: "Once there is a suitable profit, they will be bold. If there is a [-]% profit, they will be everywhere; With [-]% of the profit, they will be active; with [-]% of the profit, they will take risks; for double the profit, they will dare to trample on all human laws; Danger of hanging."

Chapter 33 Trademarks

Chapter 33Trademarks

Li Zhen uttered the Tang version of this famous quote from "Das Kapital". Such a powerful sentence shocked Wu Liu and the others.

"Your Highness's words are really wise and famous, and one sentence can explain the nature of a businessman." Wu Liu first praised, and then asked: "I just don't know, does Your Highness have a solution?"

"You also said that this is the nature of businessmen. Unless there are no more businessmen in this world, there will be absolutely no solution."

Glancing at Wu Liu, who was a little disappointed, Li Zhen smiled and said, "Although there is no solution, there are ways to restrict."

"I hope His Highness will inform you."

"The first is to solve it from the legal aspect, but this is not something you can control, so let's not talk about it."

"The second is the trademark."

"trademark?"

God is sorry to see, all the people sitting here are ancients, how do you know what a trademark is?

"How do you say this trademark?" After all, Li Zhen didn't study business administration, and he didn't know how to explain trademarks, but this didn't mean he didn't understand the role of trademarks: "A trademark is actually a mark, an exclusive trademark for us. mark."

"Sign?" The person sitting with the mark knows it, but what is the function of this mark?

"The function of this mark is to let everyone know us, and it can be regarded as the name of our workshop. For example, our workshop is called Tian Workshop, so we design a mark so that when others see our mark, they will know that it is our Tian Workshop. So that later, when buyers buy furniture, they will think of our workshop." Li Zhen scratched her head for a long time, and finally explained the concept of the trademark.

"Oh!!"

"Understand?"

"Forgive me for being dull, but I still don't understand what Your Highness means." But Li Zhen overestimated the ancient people's ability to accept new things, and despite all his efforts, he still failed to let everyone understand the meaning and meaning of the trademark.

"Isn't it? I've said it so clearly, but you still don't understand?"

Yan Jingsi was afraid that Li Zhen would be angry, so he quickly persuaded him, "Zhen'er, don't blame Steward Wu, even Uncle, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"What about you, Aya, do you understand?"

Aya shook her head in shame: "His Royal Highness's explanation is too profound, it cannot be understood by Aya, a slave."

"How could this be?" Li Zhen was deeply shocked.

"Forget it, let me explain it this way. The trademark is a mark to prevent others from counterfeiting our furniture. Only the marked products are our products." Li Zhen really didn't know how to explain: "For example, others Furniture made of inferior materials is sold, and the buyer finds that it is inferior after buying it, then we can use this mark to prove that the thing is not made by us.”

Yan Jingsi asked: "But Zhen'er, what if the counterfeiter engraves the mark, oh, the trademark?"

"It's nothing to worry about." Wu Liudao: "Every one of our masters here has their own unique skills, and there happens to be one master whose unique skill is carving. The things he carves are absolutely impossible for anyone to imitate."

"That would be great." Li Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, he planned to use a specially adjusted color as a trademark, but now that he has a special carving technique, he should not show his shame; For such a unique skill, the future salary of this master will be increased by [-]%."

"My subordinates have thanked His Highness on behalf of Wang Laozhe." Wu Liu quickly thanked him.

"Get up." Li Zhen waved Wu Liu to get up: "I've finished explaining my affairs, and here are the rest of the precautions. You can just follow the above."

"Yes." Wu Liu bowed and took the rice paper handed over by Li Zhen, carefully holding it in his hand.

"Okay, do you have any questions? If not, I'm leaving. I have other workshops to inspect."

Wu Liu remembered one thing: "There is one more thing to trouble Your Highness."

"What else?"

"According to what His Royal Highness said, this trademark is so important that it does nothing for two people. Why not design it yourself?"

"I've already designed this." As for the logo, although I haven't designed it, I haven't seen a pig run, have I seen pork (urban children, I guess I really haven't seen a pig run, or I see more pork)?There are so many trademarks in later generations, which is much simpler than designing machinery.

According to the name of the workshop, Li Zhen quickly designed a qualified trademark.The trademark is very simple. At a glance, it looks like a Wang character. In fact, there is a small horizontal line separating the Wang character, which is a deformed figure combining the Tian character and the I character.

"It can also be engraved with some patterns to increase the aesthetics."

"Yes, this subordinate understands." Hearing Li Zhen's words, Wu Liu was really relieved. If it is really like Li Zhen's design, with a smooth trademark, there is really no way to prevent counterfeiting.

"Give me a few sets when you're done."

"Your Highness doesn't say that your subordinates will do the same, but please trouble Your Highness to check for us."

"Okay, let's go, I will let Aya and the others inform you if I have any orders in the future."

"Congratulations, Your Highness."