Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Six Wonderful Fate (Seeking the Moon)
The audience cheered again.
One hundred dollars is just the starting point, and the temptation is too great.
"Then how much salary can I get if I learn all Mr. Du's skills?" Someone with a more out-of-touch personality shouted loudly from below.
Zhang Junping smiled and said: "If you can learn all Mr. Du's skills, then you can start at least two hundred."
After the mobilization meeting, Zhang Junping invited Master Du to his study.
"Master Du, do you have any friends who know traditional carpentry skills and are retired at home?"
"Why, Director Zhang still needs someone here?"
"As long as it's a master of Master Du's level, I won't have too many."
"It's natural that Director Zhang is willing to recruit people, but we old guys are out of date. We don't know how to use any of the power tools in the factory, and no one likes the furniture we make.
Director Zhang, what do you want people like us to do?"
"Haha, Master Du, let me tell you the truth.
I personally like to study ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The main purpose of opening a furniture factory is not to make money, but to promote changes in traditional furniture.
The traditional carpentry craftsmanship is passed down through changes. Just like in the past, our ancestors went through continuous changes. The furniture of the Song Dynasty was transformed on the basis of the furniture of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the furniture of the Ming Dynasty was transformed on the basis of the furniture of the Song Dynasty.
With the peak of Ming and Qing furniture.
Now, we are in a great era, and the social and political forms have undergone earth-shaking changes.
If you used to work in a Beijing woodware factory, you should know that traditional hardwood furniture is no longer popular and people prefer Western-style furniture.
Is this the people's fault?
Obviously not, it is because our traditional furniture has not kept pace with the times and has not made timely changes.
I have always firmly believed that traditional furniture should have a more glorious future, but we have not yet found the right path.
I opened this furniture factory because I hope to find a path suitable for the survival and development of traditional furniture."
Zhang Junping's words are very contagious and can touch the hearts of some people. Master Du is over sixty years old, but Zhang Junping's words made his blood boil.
As an old craftsman, I naturally hope that my craftsmanship will be popular, carried forward, and passed down forever.
However, it is a fact that hardwood furniture is not popular nowadays.
Otherwise, at his age, he should be still dedicating his last bit of waste energy in the factory, and should be re-employed back to the factory, with double wages (one retirement salary, and one re-employment salary.)
However, he could only stay at home and make some extra money.
"Director Zhang, what you said is very good. I also think that our old craftsmanship cannot be left alone and thrown away like this.
That has been passed down from our ancestors for thousands of years.
In the past, the craftsmanship was not lost during the war, but now, with the new China, the people are living a good life, but the craftsmanship passed down by our ancestors is about to be lost..." Master Du said the emotional part, and his eyes became a little red.
"Master Du, I promise you that the craftsmanship passed down by our ancestors will not be lost and will never be lost.
You should have noticed that our furniture store does not actually need a carpenter like you, or even a carpenter of Du Meili's caliber.
However, I still offered her a high salary of 100 yuan, and promised that whoever reaches her level would also receive a high salary.
I just hope to pass on the skills first in this way.
As for the path of traditional furniture, we can slowly explore and search slowly, and we can always find it."
"Okay, that's great!
Director Zhang, how many people do you need? I will help you find them.
I can't guarantee anything else, but I have been a carpenter all my life, and my ancestors have been carpenters for six generations. I can recognize at least half of the old carpenters in Beijing."
"Do you know Mr. Yang Mingde and Mr. Yang?" Zhang Junping asked tentatively with his heart moving.
"Yang Mingde? Director Zhang knows about Yang Mingde?"
"Mr. Yang is my master." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Are you a disciple of Shaodong's family?" As soon as Zhang Junping finished speaking, Master Du grabbed his hand and asked excitedly.
"I am Mr. Yang's apprentice. That's right. As for the young master's family you mentioned..."
"Yang Mingde belongs to the Young Master. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, one of the three major woodware factories in Beijing was owned by the Yang family. Three generations of our Du family have worked in the Yang family woodware factory. Later...
Forget it, don’t say it anymore, don’t say it anymore.
I didn’t expect that you are actually the apprentice of the young master’s family, so you are no longer an outsider.”
"Yeah, I didn't expect that we actually have such a relationship. From my master's point of view, you are not an outsider." Zhang Junping also felt a little emotional. The world is so big, and the fate is really wonderful.
"Little Master..."
"Master Du, we are in a new society and this title is no longer suitable. You can just call me Xiao Zhang."
"How dare you do this? I'd better call you Factory Director Zhang!" Master Du waved his hand and refused.
"It's up to you, do whatever you like."
"Director Zhang, you hire so many apprentices and find so many master carpenters. This cost is huge. Can you afford it?"
Otherwise, my salary should be based on Qi Yatou’s salary, and the master I’ll find later will also be paid based on this.”
It doesn't matter, it's just different. Zhang Junping said so much just now that Master Du's eyes were so moved that his eyes were red, and he didn't say a word about reducing his salary.
Now that I have just renewed my relationship, my salary will be reduced by half immediately.
"Haha, Master Du, don't worry about this. I can still afford this salary. It's as much as I said before. Even if you don't like it, you are worth the money.
Let's put it this way, our factory's orders have been scheduled until next summer.
There are still many others who dare not take them, so the top priority is to seize the time to train a group of qualified carpenters."
"Director Zhang, we are not outsiders. Don't be offended if I say anything.
If you are teaching a craft, I can teach it by myself, so you don’t have to spend extra money to find someone else. Don’t worry, I will never hide my secrets.”
"Mr. Du, you misunderstood. I asked you to help find the master, not just to teach the disciples.
There are thousands of damaged pieces of ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties stacked in my warehouse, and I plan to restore them.
I took apart the damaged ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties and studied them bit by bit. I studied about hundreds of pieces.
He even collaborated with Mr. Wang Shixiang and Wang to publish a book on ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
But those are all just words on paper. When it comes to furniture restoration, especially restoring it to its original state, I feel like I'm still far behind.
So, I invited the old master to come over to help me restore ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties."
"Director Zhang, if you like ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this is easy to do and there is no need to go to trouble to repair it.
You leave it to me, and I can get it for you as much as you want." Master Du quickly promised.