Chapter 210 Furniture that most people can't afford
After making the rough prototype of the plaque, Zhang Junping took a carving knife and started carving on it.
When carpenters carve patterns or text, the general process is to design and draw a prototype first.
Then paste the pattern onto the wood, trace it onto the wood, and finally carve it.
Only a master carpenter like Zhang Junping can carve directly without designing a prototype or drawing a pattern on the wood.
I actually have the sample draft in my heart.
If you have it in your heart, you have it in your hands.
This is what is called the unity of mind, eyes and hands.
Sawdust flew everywhere, and big characters appeared on the plaque.
After a while, the four majestic words "Happiness Furniture" were displayed on the plaque.
"Director Zhang, your carving skills are better than mine, an old carpenter who has been working for decades."
"Don't talk about you and me, I think his carving is better than Master Chu's."
"Yes! Although Master Chu can carve directly without drawing a pattern, he is definitely not as fast as Director Zhang."
"Does that need to be said? Director Zhang is a calligrapher himself, and what he carves is his own calligraphy. What Master Chu carves are other people's calligraphy. How can this be the same?"
Master Du, Master Zhao and other masters complimented him from the side.
I'm not flattering, I'm really impressed by Zhang Junping's exquisite carving skills.
They have been working as carpenters all their lives, making and installing mortise and tenon structures, and making carvings. It can be said that they are proficient in everything.
However, if you ask them to be like Zhang Junping and carve directly without designing a prototype or drawing a pattern on the wood in advance, they will not be able to do it.
It’s not absolutely impossible. There are many patterns, and they can just carve them directly without drawing a pattern.
However, those are all patterns that have been carved for a lifetime, and they are already familiar. Practice makes perfect.
Therefore, they are absolutely convinced by Zhang Junping's skills.
Then again, it's really hard for Master Du, a carpenter like him who has been working with wood all his life, to flatter him.
If they were really good at flattering, they wouldn't retire early and sit idle at home with their superb carpenter skills.
"Master Du, who is the Master Chu you are talking about?" Zhang Junping didn't take their compliments to heart, but he was very interested in the Master Chu they were talking about.
"Master Chu is the master craftsman of the woodware factory, the master carpenter in the woodware factory, he is this!" Master Zhao said and gave a thumbs up.
"Master Chu's hometown seems to be in Yuandu City, but he has been in Beijing for more than a hundred years. During the Qing Dynasty, he moved to Beijing. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he opened a woodware shop in Luban Hutong..."
"Is this Master Chu still working at the Beijing Woodware Factory?"
"I have retired a long time ago. Master Chu is five years older than me. After retirement, he was re-employed by the factory for a few years and retired completely the year before last."
"Master Du, can you please invite Master Chu to our factory to be a teacher and lead a group of apprentices?
Master Du, Master Zhao, don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike you.
I have told everyone before that our factory is preparing to expand its scale again and will definitely need to recruit workers again.
Master Guangdu, you guys will definitely be too busy, and you won't be able to take care of so many carpenter apprentices.
This requires us to have more master carpenters, the more the better."
"Let me ask you. Master Chu is over seventy this year and may not be willing to come out." Master Du nodded in agreement.
"Okay, then I'll leave this to Master Du.
Please help Master Du polish this plaque.
I’ll sit on another couplet and hang it at the door.”
Zhang Junping made another wooden couplet.
Fortunately, metal, wood, water, fire and earth bring happiness to the east, west, north, south and middle.
The word happiness is hidden on the head.
After finishing this couplet, Zhang Junping made another couplet.
There is a pair of couplets in front, which are large couplets hanging on the doorposts on both sides of the door.
What I am making now are small couplets, hanging on both sides of the door.
Observe that this place is not like the ordinary place,
The furniture looks like a happy home.
Zhang Junping made the plaque couplets in front of him, and Master Du, Master Zhao and other masters personally helped with the polishing, polishing and waxing.
Now that he had done it once, Zhang Junping made the furniture factory's plaque and couplets in one go.
Xingfu Furniture Factory.
The ropes and ink set the rules, and the wardrobes and chairs are called exquisite arts;
A ruler can be used to measure a square and a circle, and carving a bed or painting a cabinet is a sign of craftsmanship.
After it was done, it was natural that it would be praised by Master Du and others.
Even the carpenter apprentices looked envious.
Probably thinking in his heart, the boss is so awesome.
The carved characters are more beautiful than the written ones.
It's so beautiful, this is the real beauty.
"Master Du, after you finish this plaque, just hang it at the gate outside.
I took this plaque and couplet."
Zhang Junping told them to wrap the polished, waxed plaque and couplets in a hemp bag and carry them away from the furniture factory.
Riding a bicycle with one hand and carrying a plaque with the other.
Fortunately, there weren't many cars at this time, so it was a long journey, and we finally arrived at Qianmen Street safely.
"Brother-in-law, come here and help hang up the plaque." Zhang Junping called his elder brother-in-law and several apprentices to hang up the plaque and couplets together.
At this point, it looks like a furniture store.
"Comrade, are you a furniture store?" As soon as the plaque was hung, an aunt came over and asked.
Why are there so many aunts? Because aunts retire early, while older men of the same age are still working their last glory in factories or workplaces, so there are more aunts than men on the street.
"Yes, aunt, we are a furniture store!"
“How do you sell furniture?”
"It depends on what kind of product you want, a single piece or a set?
A set is more affordable than a single piece, one thousand and two dollars per set.”
"What? One thousand and two dollars for a set of furniture? Are you robbing? It's so dark!" The aunt curled her lips, said a word, turned around and left.
Zhang Junping was not given a chance to speak at all.
Looking at his aunt's retreating back, Zhang Junping seemed to see the scene where he set up a stall in Dashilan half a year ago.
At that time, his wood carvings were sold for one yuan a piece, and this was the sentence I heard the most.
Zhang Junping is not angry either. His furniture itself is not positioned as civilian furniture.
Most people definitely cannot afford it and are reluctant to buy it.
What he wants is that most people can't afford it.
His goal is to become a luxury brand in the furniture industry.
One thousand and two thousand this year, two thousand next year, three thousand the year after that, and five thousand the year after that.
Ten years later, if you don’t have 10,000 yuan, don’t even think about buying his furniture.
Walking into the store, Zhang Junping saw that the originally empty store was already filled with furniture.
Furniture placement is also a science.
You can't just lay out the furniture casually, you have to match the colors and styles.
Downstairs is more than 300 square meters, with three sets of furniture placed, all arranged according to home life.
Zhang Junping looked up and saw that the lighting was a bit off. The shop was not bright enough and the furniture looked a little dull.