Chapter 117 Cooperation
When Madi and Chu Yang returned to Changle, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. When they returned to the store, Chu Yang found that the door was closed. He called his father Chu Guochang and asked, and then he realized that the house was basically renovated today. Because it was fresh, the whole family moved there.
On the phone, Chu Guochang asked Chu Yang if he would go back to have dinner at night. Chu Yang only said that he had eaten outside and told them not to wait for him. After hanging up the phone, Chu Yang couldn't help but feel a little funny, thinking that his father and the others were really anxious to move in. But Chu Yang also understood their feelings. From the time he went to the new home to check the house design and decoration, Chu Yang could see that whether it was his father Chu Guochang or his mother Yang Ru, he loved this house so much, let alone the younger sister Lele, and she wanted to live there on the day when she paid the house.
Fortunately, the houses have been decorated in fine decoration, and the decoration is now just some soft decorations. They are all environmentally friendly high-end materials and have no smell. Otherwise, if you move in after the decoration, you may be choking people.
"Chu Yang, is this your musical instrument store?" Madi stood outside the store, looking at the store similar to the grocery store, and asked in disbelief.
"Haha, Teacher Ma, do you think my shop is too cold?" Chu Yang said, taking out the key and opening the store door.
"Oh, no, no." Madi said with a smile, then followed Chu Yang into the store.
Looking at this dark and narrow shop, it was hard for Madi to imagine that fine flutes like "Bamboo Yun" were produced in such places.
Chu Yang entered the store, turned on the light, gave Madi a seat, poured him a glass of water, and then took the big G flute he made over.
Madi was thinking about this flute in his heart, and he didn't even bother to drink water at this moment. Seeing Chu Yang taking it out, he quickly stood up and picked up the flute.
The flute is so heavy that it is even heavier than the average big G flute. The flute is still the most common purple bamboo flute. This kind of flute is the simplest workmanship, but simplicity has the advantage of simplicity. One flute sounds better and more labor-saving. Of course, if you want to make a flute a fine product, it is extremely larger than two flutes.
The flute head uses a high-quality cow horn, which is black and shiny, making it look very classy. The flute head is engraved with two large characters "Bamboo Rhyme" with flying dragons and phoenixes, and there is nothing else.
Madi looked at the flute. The more he looked, the more he liked it. He couldn't help it. He didn't care that it was already late at night, so he raised the flute and started blowing it.
A wisp of flute sounded like crying and complaining, echoing in the dark night.
The melody is desolate and simple, and it is Madi's famous work "Full Rhyme".
After blowing two blew, Madi immediately felt the unusualness of this flute!
Ordinary G-tuning flute. If you want to blow it well, blow each note firmly and transparently, it is very difficult, because the bass flute often needs more breath to support it.
But on this "bamboo rhyme", Madi did not feel this laborious feeling at all!
The moment he sounded the flute, he even had an illusion that this was not a G-ton bass flute, but an ordinary C-ton tune flute.
However, the low and thick sound coming from the flute was a sure reminder that it was indeed a G-tuning low-tone flute!
After blowing a brief introduction, Madi put down the flute, and the love in his eyes was unconcealed!
"Good flute, good flute!" Madi stroked the flute body and said with emotion.
After a while, Madi came to his senses and realized that Chu Yang had been watching from the side, and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
"Chu Yang, I want this flute. How much does it cost? I'll give it to you now." Madi said, and was about to take out his wallet to pay.
"Teacher Ma, I'll give you this flute, just treat it as my tuition fee." Chu Yang said with a smile.
"How can that be? Don't joke, my tuition is not that expensive! Besides, my class is free, and anyone can come to listen to it, but you don't know." When he heard that Chu Yang was going to be free, Madi shook his hand repeatedly.
He knew very well how much a flute from Chu Yang could cost. He heard from his student Xie Wenzheng that the "Huayin" flute that Chu Yang sold at him now costs 2,200 yuan, and it is still in short supply. This big G is obviously a boutique series, which will only be expensive and not cheaper than the "Huayin" series. Chu Yang said he wanted to give it to him, and Madi believed that he was sincere, but how could he receive such a heavy gift from him for no reason?
The two continued to give in. Seeing that Madi insisted on paying him, Chu Yang had to change his opinion.
"Teacher Ma, it's better to do this. I won't charge you for this bamboo rhyme, but I want to hire you as the endorsement of the flute series bamboo flute I made. What do you think? You see that you have become my endorsement. If you play my flute flute, it can be regarded as helping me promote the product. I will pay you a certain endorsement fee. How about it?" Chu Yang looked at Madi and said with a smile.
"Ending for Zhu Yun?" Hearing Chu Yang's suggestion, Madi stopped refusing, but sat down and thought about it carefully.
He is now a master of flutes, and among flute players, Madi can be regarded as a kind of person who devotes himself to researching and not asking about business. According to his current reputation, if he opens an art school named after him, he will definitely not lack students, but Madi does not do that. His principle of recruiting students is to be better than having nothing, so although he is famous, there are not so many students who are studying with him in the true sense. As for endorsement of products, I have never thought about it. On the one hand, it is because flutes are played in China, after all, it is a national instrumental music, and it is not as large as the influence of pop stars and the audience is relatively small, so few businessmen come to Madi for commercial performances or endorsements. On the other hand, it is also related to Madi's temper. He does not like commercial activities, which is basically inseparable from these things.
However, Chu Yang's proposal just now made him think. Endorsing bamboo rhyme is different from endorsing other products. First of all, Zhuyun is a flute. He is a bamboo flute player. It is legitimate to endorse flutes, and there is no problem. Secondly, the quality of bamboo rhyme is also there, and Madi is not worried that it will smash his signature.
More importantly, after endorsing Zhuyun, he can enjoy the high-end flute provided to him with "justified" without spending a penny! Although for a master, such a thought is too "prosperous", after all, if Madi wants a good flute, he doesn't know how many flute makers will rush to send him a flute. But Chu Yang's flute is different and unique. And according to the price sold at the last Yanjing auction, Chu Yang's flute is really not cheap. If you really buy this G-tuning low-tone flute, the price is really hard to estimate.
It was precisely for this kind of consideration that Madi seriously thought about Chu Yang's suggestions.
He sat on the chair and thought for more than ten minutes, and he played with the G-tuning flute in his hand from time to time. Finally, he looked at Chu Yang with determination and said, "Okay, I promise you to endorse your bamboo rhyme, but I also want to make a request for you."
"Haha, Teacher Ma, tell me, as long as I can do it, there will definitely be no problem." Chu Yang was very happy to see Madi agreeing to his request. The most troublesome problem he is now is that the flutes sold too slowly. Although Xie Wenzheng has sales of fifty ones every month, they are just mid- and low-end products after all. According to the auction price, a truly high-end "Bamboo Yun" series usually costs more than 10,000 yuan. If there is no person with enough weight to endorse such flutes, no matter how good Chu Yang does, no one will buy them. So when he saw Madi, he suddenly became inspiration and had this idea.
Looking at Chu Yang, Madi thought slowly and said, "I only have the same condition. Your store needs to be replaced. This place is too dilapidated and does not match the high-end quality of Zhuyun. My suggestion is to move the store to Qinhai. It is near West China Conservatory of Music, where there is a strong atmosphere and there are many professional groups. Then decorate the store to a higher level. Only in this way can we open up high-end sales."
Listening to Madi's words, Chu Yang blushed a little. What Madi just said was the biggest problem he faced. He thought that the flute he made was unique in the world, "The smell of wine is not afraid of the deep alley", but now it seems that this is not the case. In the past few months, there have not been a few "Huayin" flutes sold, which is enough to illustrate this problem. When someone comes to this dilapidated store, his first thought is "There is nothing good here". If you take out another flute and sell it for more than 2,000 yuan, it would be strange if you don't think you are being sued!
Not saying that, Chu Yang didn't think it was too urgent. He always thought about taking it slowly. Anyway, Xie Wenzheng's sales of 50 units per month are now available, and the money he earned is enough for Chu Yang to spend. He has not high material requirements. But now when Ma Di said that, Chu Yang felt that this was really a problem, and a very serious problem!
"Teacher Ma, you are right, and I agree with your opinion. However, if the store is opened to Qin Hai, the houses are probably very expensive. A community here costs about one hundred million yuan, and the houses in Qin Hai are at least twice as expensive as here. My funds are a little tight now." Chu Yang said a little embarrassedly. If he had known that he would open a store, he would have bought the house in Linhu Yayuan later. Now, he would have to spend all his money there and he still owed hundreds of thousands of yuan in the bank's payment. If he wanted to open a store, Chu Yang was really a little reluctant but not enough.
"Who said he wanted you to buy a house?" Maddy felt a little funny when he heard Chu Yang's words. He was so confused that he was not familiar with the world. Unexpectedly, Chu Yang didn't understand these things better than him. Opening a store and actually wanted to buy someone's store. This was simply like, wanting to eat bread and having to buy someone's toaster, which was a tiring thing!
"If you don't buy a house? How can you open a store?" Chu Yang said in confusion. His ex was just a high school student. He didn't care much about anything except studying, let alone business matters. So his concept of opening a business also stems from the rules of the Five Continents. If you open a store in Five Continents, you must buy that store first, so Chu Yang took it for granted that the same was true for opening a store here.
"Haha, isn't it enough to rent? I can't pay much money for a year. I don't know much about this. By the way, have you been in contact with Wen Zheng? I'll ask him for help to see if he is interested in investing. You might as well do it together. Anyway, he has a good understanding of this aspect of things over the years. Unlike you and me, when it comes to professionalism, you can't do it. When it comes to doing business, you will be smearing." Madi said with a giggle, then took out his cell phone and called Xie Wenzheng.
It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and Xie Wenzheng was drinking tea at home and watching the TV series. He suddenly heard the phone ringing. He took it over and saw that it was Teacher Ma Di's phone call. He quickly turned the TV to silent state, got up and answered the phone.
"Wen Zheng, it's so late to bother you and affect your rest." Madi's familiar voice came from the other end of the phone, with a friendly smell.
"Haha, teacher, look at what time you said. Besides, I have to answer your phone number no matter how late I am. I'm afraid you won't call me. I haven't contacted you for so long. I'm in good health recently." Xie Wenzheng said happily. He was in a happy mood when he received Madi's call. On weekdays, he wanted to contact this teacher, but he always felt embarrassed because he knew that he was a busy man, Madi was even more busy than him. His daily performances and teaching almost took up all his time and energy, so there was generally nothing particularly important, and Xie Wenzheng would not disturb him.
"It's pretty good, Wen Zheng, I'm here with Chu Yang now." Madi said with a smile.
"Chu Yang? Which Chu Yang?" Xie Wenzheng felt a little familiar when he heard the name. He asked in confusion.
"Haha, I said you Wen Zheng, you become a factory manager and you have really forgotten the trouble of becoming a noble person? You sell fifty flutes every month and earn a lot of kickbacks. After making money, you can't even remember their names. It's too much." Madi said jokingly.
"Ah? Teacher, are you at Master Chu Yang's house now?" Hearing Ma Di say this, Xie Wenzheng immediately remembered. No wonder he heard that his name is so familiar. Isn't Chu Yang the supplier of "Huayin" flutes, the master who makes flutes?
I have been too busy recently and have been a little confused. Huayin flutes have sold very well, so he has the brand of Huayin left in his mind, which has forgotten the real producer!
"That's right, I'm here. I'm not going to go around with you anymore. Wen Zheng, I'll just talk about the topic. Chu Yang now wants to promote his bamboo flute, want to open a store in Qin Hai, and ask me to endorse him for product. I think we two guys are not very familiar with business, and the students are doing very well in your business, so I'm thinking about asking if you are interested?" Madi asked directly.
"Ah? Teacher, you want to personally endorse Master Chu Yang's flute?" Xie Wenzheng asked in surprise when he heard Madi's words. In his impression, Teacher Madi had never endorsed any product.
"That's right, Chu Yang just invited me, I thought about trying it out, haha, I have been playing the flute for most of my life, and I have never endorsed it for the flute." Madi said with a smile.
Xie Wenzheng was even more surprised when he heard Madi's confirmed reply. Who is Madi? If he endorsed a flute product, this flute will be worth a hundred times the price immediately!
Wait, what did Teacher Ma Di say just now? The bamboo flute? Aren’t the flute Chu Yang sent to himself always from Huayin cards?
When Xie Wenzheng asked this question, the answer from the other side surprised him even more.
"What? Teacher, are you saying that Huayin flute is just an ordinary flute made by Master Chu Yang? Does he have better quality?" Xie Wenzheng was really shocked when he heard Madi's answer!
Huayin Di Zi's quality is so amazing, it is just an ordinary product? What should the fine product look like?
He has been making flutes for half his life, but he has never encountered such a fine product as "Huayin". Now that he knows that there are better flutes than "Huayin", Xie Wenzheng suddenly feels that his breathing is a little rapid!
"Teacher, I will fly over tomorrow. I want to see the product with my own eyes!" Xie Wenzheng said anxiously!
"Haha, no problem. I'll have nothing to do tomorrow. I'll wait for you in his shop." Madi said, hanging up the phone.
"Teacher Ma, did Director Xie agree?" Chu Yang asked when he saw Ma Di's smile.
"Haha, I am a student, a flute fool. I can't move when I see a good flute. He heard that you have a flute that is better than Huayin in your hand, so how can I wait? He said he would fly over early in the morning. Then you can talk to him about the specific things. An old man, I, can only play flutes, and I don't understand these things." Madi said with a smile.
"That's so thankful, Teacher Ma." Chu Yang said gratefully. He didn't expect that something he thought was very difficult was solved by Madi in just a few words. It seems that sometimes craftsmanship alone is far from enough, and the power of connections is sometimes more important!
Madi found something he was interested in. When he met Chu Yang, the master, and became interested, he simply stayed in Chu Yang's shop at night. The old and the young talked happily. It was not until after 1:00 in the second half of the night that they fell asleep.
At around 8 o'clock the next morning, Chu Yang received a call from Xie Wenzheng, saying that he had arrived at Qinhai Airport. The two drove Xie Wenzheng to the store. When they met for the first time, they had a very good impression of each other.
Xie Wenzheng was surprised at Chu Yang's youth, and Chu Yang was surprised at Xie Wenzheng's understanding of flute making, which in many aspects inspired him. He made flutes purely based on the knowledge of a sound monk and some special tricks, while Xie Wenzheng was a purely professional and had been working on his major for more than ten years. After confirming each other, both of them benefited a lot.
When Xie Wenzheng actually saw the "Zhuyun" flute, he was shocked again! Although the appearance was rough, the sound made by the "Zhuyun" almost instantly conquered this flute fool!
Chapter completed!