Recruiting soldiers and buying horses

Jia Sidao looked at the scene inside the factory and felt a little distressed.

Almost every worker has an incandescent lamp, and next to the worker's master, there is an electric jade grinding machine. Moreover, the place they faces directly opposite is a groove about twenty centimeters long below the horizontal machine, which contains fine sand, which is commonly used jade grinding carbam in the industry.

For a period of time Jia Sidao looked at, most jade carving workers were thinking about the jade at hand with horizontal machines, and some workers used nails, carving knives and the like on the top to carve. There are obviously more ways to carve it here than machines. Even if the tools used at hand, such as nails, there are many models. Just for everyone to place there, there are long rows. In addition, because everyone is good at carving techniques, the tools they use will have some deviations in details.

Ordinary tourists can just watch the fun. For someone like Jia Sidao who can also choose carving skills, seeing dozens or hundreds of jade carving masters working in front of him, the feeling in my heart is more profound.

It's hard to say that Jia Sidao was still urged to go up and do something in person at this time.

At the same time, Jia Sidao was also thinking in his mind how he should choose the right workers. Although on the surface, the carving masters in the factory had similar movements. The carved jadeware had not been completely formed yet, and the specific effect could not be seen. However, even an outsider would not think that the carving workers here had the same level, right?

"How is it? Isn't it easy to start?" Zhang Kuang seemed to see Jia Sidao's difficulties at this time and couldn't help but speak, "At the beginning, I was also going to come here to poach the corner."

"What's the result?" Jia Sidao asked curiously, then he understood it as soon as he thought about it, and couldn't help but smile, "The result must be Mr. Zhang, you found the jade store master you want, right?"

"It's not the case." Zhang Kuang said, as if recalling, "That happened several years ago. The jade factory here is not as large as it is now. The tools, equipment and so on are all arranged in a very chaotic manner. It's no different from an ordinary processing factory. However, the craftsmanship of the carving master at that time was still nothing to say. I first found several older carving masters according to the normal approach."

"This is not easy to deal with, right?" Jia Sidao said, "Although the older carving masters are very exquisite in their work, they are emotionally very deep for the jade factory. It is not easy to pry the gap from them."

"Who said no?" Zhang Kuang nodded and agreed, not caring at all. The two of them were standing at the door of the jade factory workshop, discussing the matter of digging out the corners of the people. "This is like finding a famous carving artist. They either have feelings for the jade factory and don't want to leave Yangzhou, or they think that my jade store has a development prospect that is not as good as the jade factory."

"Can Mr. Zhang provide good treatment?" Jia Sidao thought, it should not be very similar. Since they are already planning to poach people from Yangzhou Jade Factory, they will naturally have a great achievement. Otherwise, who would have put the effort into digging people with great effort and sent their jade materials to Yangzhou.

After all, Yangzhou Jade Factory also undertakes a lot of jade carvings to the outside world. Prices are based on the different quality of the materials, or the difficulty of carving and other factors. In comparison, if there is only a small amount of jade material on hand, it is still relatively cost-effective to send the things here to carve them.

Of course, if you open a jade shop like Jia Sidao and have long-term business plans, there is naturally no need to give the cost of carving to Yangzhou Jade Factory for nothing.

The price here is not cheap. Especially when it comes to the quality of Jia Sidao's jade materials, the higher the item, the more expensive it is!

Not to mention carving, it is even after carving, it is sent to Jieyang, Guangdong to find a skilled master to polish it. They also price the quality of your things!

The necessary expenses required for this are still only a small part of the profits of the jade industry. Many small jade shop owners do this when they accidentally obtained some jadeite raw stones and jade materials. If they were medium and low-end jade jewelry, there would naturally be no profit. Or they would directly sell the jadeite materials and hand them over to others. But if it was the best jadeite materials, then the profits they sent to Yangzhou Jade Factory for processing and the profits other than the handling fees would still be much more than what they earned directly from other people's factories.

From this we can see that the Jade Company's profits have been made.

Especially those who are involved in the gambling process of stones, or who are directly engaged in some jade materials, as long as they have a jade workshop under their own hands, even a small piece of jadeite raw stone, as long as they can cut out the best jadeite material, it is possible for a jade store that is about to go bankrupt.

If this were not the case, Zhang Kuang’s “Ruyi Jewelry Building” would be considered a high-end jade store in Beijing, and it would not have been sniped by other merchants just because of the source of goods. Jia Sidao’s mind, after thinking about Zhang Kuang’s current situation, he was even more certain that the bargaining chips that Mr. Zhang Kuang gave to those jade carving masters at the beginning would not be very low!

Sure enough, after hearing Jia Sidao's words, Zhang Kuang smiled faintly and said, "Don't say it was the standard treatment in the industry at that time. The price I offered was even moved by myself."

Although there were no specific numbers, Jia Sidao nodded repeatedly. Only such treatment can be called poaching from the Yangzhou Jade Factory. Otherwise, even Jia Sidao would not think that Zhang Kuang had the chance to succeed. Moreover, judging from Zhang Kuang's tone of speaking, it seemed that his actions were not successful. In this way, it would be even more difficult for Jia Sidao to find a suitable carving master here.

"It shouldn't be people from many years ago who are more nostalgic and have the concept of 'loyalty'?" Jia Sidao quickly proposed this possibility. It has to be said that when the economy and society develop to a certain level, the power of the 'renminbi' is really too powerful.

"It's probably right." Zhang Kuang said helplessly. Perhaps, with his current mentality, it is difficult to understand the thoughts of those people many years ago, and it is difficult to understand their values ​​at that time, "If you have confidence in your financial ability, you might as well give it a try."

Zhang Kuang looked at Jia Sidao with a smile and said this. He couldn't help but rolled his eyes a few times. In Jia Sidao's idea, if he had the chance, he would indeed not reject such behavior. Of course, the premise is that the carving master he liked had sufficient engraving skills and was the exquisite, small and practical route suitable for the "green, fat, red and thin" jade shop.

"Then I had no choice but to put my ideas on those carving masters who were in their twenties to thirties." Zhang Kuang said proudly, "It's true that I finally found a few of them. Until now, they are still working in the processing workshop under my hands."

"It seems that I should have found a few young people, too?" Jia Sidao muttered. I remembered that when Xu Zhiguo came back to Yangzhou last time, he brought back three young carving masters. He couldn't say that it was because he could not impress some older carving masters.

Thinking of this, Jia Sidao wanted to call immediately to ask how Xu Zhiguo did it.

Just like now, although Jia Sidao can see the carving masters in the factory busy, it is because there are so many people. If you want to have a deep understanding of their skills, it is far from enough to stand here and watch them casually for a while.

Although Jia Sidao himself has good carving skills, looking at the movements of these carving masters, their concentration and expressions during carving, they can roughly judge their level and what position they are in.

But before seeing the finished product, Jia Sidao could not know for sure what the carving skills of these workers were.

Just as Jia Sidao was thinking about what reason to find and chat with him, Zhang Kuang shook his head from the side and said, "Looking for a young carving master is actually a good choice. At least, as long as you keep a good job in craftsmanship, you won't be afraid of anything wrong. However, Xiao Jia, I'm here to advise you, not all young people are relaxed."

"What does it mean?" Jia Sidao suddenly felt a little worried in his heart.

"You think, why do I have a jade workshop in Beijing and Yangzhou?" Zhang Kuang said with a smile, "Although I am a partner with others in terms of ownership, I am not the only one who has the final say, but based on the locations of these two workshops, you should be able to think of something, right?"

Jia Sidao's eyes turned, but sighed and said, "It seems that my original idea is still very immature."

It’s like the three carving masters brought to Linhai by Xu Zhiguo. Among them, Brother Li, who is a little older, is with his wife and children. This kind of situation of bringing family members is one of the reasons why most carving masters are unwilling to leave Yangzhou.

"I originally planned to wait for them to get off work here and ask a few carving masters to ask, and see if there is anyone among them who are good at craftsmanship and want to go out for a while." Jia Sidao spread his hands and said, "It's great now. With your explanation from Mr. Zhang, I haven't taken action yet, so I have no confidence in myself."

"Haha, isn't this approach just like a blind cat hitting a mouse to death?" Zhang Kuang said with a smile, "But this is also a way."

Jia Sidao's face looked a little depressed. Although he looked at the smile on Zhang Kuang's face, Jia Sidao knew that it was not really admiring his behavior.

"Okay, don't be so frustrated," said Zhang Kuang, "Don't you already have a jade processing factory in your hometown? Is the carving master inside a lot of work?"

"It's not very big, right?" Jia Sidao replied, "But if you want to expand your business, it is definitely not enough to rely on a few three or four carving masters. So, Mr. Zhang, the few jade jewelry you need cannot be carved in three or five days. In this way, basically within one or two months, my carving master will be missing one more."

"Okay, if you say that, I'm thinking about it, why don't you just hand over your jade material to me and ask me to find someone to carve it yourself?" Zhang Kuang laughed a little unrestrainedly. After about a while, he continued, "Just, joke, but to be honest, you can also ask your carving masters to come to Yangzhou and find a few colleagues. There should be good communication between them."

"Yes!" Jia Sidao patted his forehead and said with some conscious thoughts, "Why didn't I expect it?" Speaking of which, Jia Sidao's subordinates themselves had three people from Yangzhou. Even Xu Zhiguo had some connection with Yangzhou Jade Factory, right?

Otherwise, when he first came to Yangzhou, he would not have taken back three young carving masters so smoothly. If one of the four of them came here to find new helpers, it would undoubtedly be easier than Jia Sidao.

Moreover, the purpose of Jia Sidao's first visit to Yangzhou was not to have the intention of recruiting a carving master, but to meet with Li Tiantian's aunt here. Porcelain matters are the focus of this journey. It was just that the atmosphere at Yangzhou Jade Factory was too strong. After Jia Sidao arrived here, he seemed to have put aside his love for porcelain and focused on looking forward to the carving of jade.

I have to say that the environment here is indeed very easy to infect people.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang." Jia Sidao was very sincere when he said this. If it weren't for his last words, Jia Sidao would have been dying about his mind.

"It's nothing. Speaking of which, Xiao Jia, you are already grateful to me for your best help at this time." Zhang Kuang said, "How about it, do you want to try your previous plan? There is still a lot of time before the employees here get off work. Just waiting here is a bit of a waste of time. I don't think so,"

"Why go to your processing factory on Mr. Zhang?" Jia Sidao seemed to have relaxed and felt much lighter.

"Haha, that's natural. Anyway, that place is close to you." Zhang Kuang said, "But before that, I suggest we should go to another place to check it out. Otherwise, we may miss a lot of good things."

"Oh? Then I'd rather obey my destiny than to be respectful." Jia Sidao said. Then, Zhang Kuang took Jia Sidao to the jade shopping mall in the jade factory. As the saying goes, the storefront of the Yangzhou Jade Factory may not be the workshop where the carving masters worked just now, nor may it be the display stands for those fine jade products. The most direct place is still these jade shops.

After all, the workshop shows the craftsmanship of carving masters and the carving process, which is to see a fresh place for tourists. However, the things in the boutique exhibition hall are hard to see and touch, and it is even more impossible to take them back home. It is not as attractive as the jade artifacts in jade shops.

Therefore, the number of tourists in the entire jade shopping mall is far more than the places Jia Sidao went before.

It seems like it is a finished jade product made by various carved jade, which is arranged in such a neat and orderly manner, which is far more attractive than many other facilities. However, as long as you think about it casually, you also think that such a scene is quite reasonable. If you can come to the jade factory in Yangzhou, you will naturally come here to find some jade to bring back. No matter whether you can understand the carving process or not, it is not in vain to bring a souvenir or something.

Jia Sidao naturally had this idea and simply turned around and felt that the jadeware here was obviously much worse in grade than the fine jadeware exhibited in the exhibition hall.

The difference in price and material texture is certainly a very important factor, in addition to this, the carving process shown on these jade wares is obviously lower than that. This made Jia Sidao's expression a little depressed. He turned his head and looked at Zhang Kuang and asked, "Mr. Zhang, aren't the good things you are talking about just these?"
Chapter completed!