"We have removed a chest of drawers, a single sofa, a single coffee table, and a set of dining chairs for you. In addition, the bed has been reduced by fifty centimeters. The wardrobe used to have four doors, but now it has been replaced with six doors. An additional set of 1.3 doors has been added.
meters of double-door cabinets!
In this way, I will charge you a total of eight hundred yuan, do you think it is okay?" Zhang Junping did a simple calculation and asked with a smile.
The aunt thought about it for a while and felt that the decrease was about the same as the increase. She even reduced it by 200 yuan, which was okay.
But he said: "Master Zhang, if you remove this dining chair, how will you eat in the future?
According to the eight hundred yuan you said, Auntie won’t give you any counter-offer, just fill in the removed dining chairs!”
“Auntie, you are really good at settling accounts, why don’t you call this a counteroffer?
A single dining set chair costs more than 100 in my store!
So be it!
Now that you have spoken, I can't refute your reputation. Isn't your pillar very eye-catching?
I will wrap it up with the same wood for you later, so that the pillars and the furniture are the same color and the pillars will not appear so abrupt, do you think so?" Zhang Junping said with a wry smile.
Although I didn't achieve my goal, it was still a lot cheaper. Auntie nodded with satisfaction, "Master Zhang is kind, so thank you, Auntie!"
When will this furniture be ready?”
"Let's give it a month! After it's done, we need to dispel the smell of paint so that it won't delay Auntie's marriage to your daughter-in-law. Then you have to treat us to wedding candies. We also want to share in your happiness!" Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Okay! Auntie will treat you to some wedding candy then!" Auntie said with a happy grin.
"Um...Master Zhang, can you...give me the picture you just drew?" After Zhang Junping and the aunt finished discussing the price, the aunt's son asked from the side.
"Brother, do you want this?"
"Yes, yes! I want to show it to my partner!" the aunt's son said shyly.
"Brother is very considerate. This life is a matter for two people. We should let my sister-in-law take a look!
This one is a bit messy, so I will draw another one for you. If my sister-in-law has any opinions or needs to add any small items, just go to my store and tell her!" Zhang Junping agreed readily.
For Zhang Junping, it only takes about ten minutes to create a sketch and perspective drawing.
After being thanked by his aunt and brother, Zhang Junping went downstairs and left.
Zhang Junping looked at the list and found that the next house was Fat Aunt’s house.
Zhang Junping rode his bicycle back to Wangfujing and went to the neighborhood committee to find the fat aunt.
"Master Zhang, you came just in time, I was planning to go find you!" As soon as Zhang Junping walked into the neighborhood committee, Aunt Wang stopped Zhang Junping.
"Aunt Wang, do you have something to do with me?"
"Did anyone come to your store again today?"
Good guy, these Dongcheng aunts are so awesome, no disturbance on the street can be hidden from their eyes.
Only one person came to the store this morning, and they all knew about it.
"Oh! He's my classmate's partner, and he's staying in the store!"
"Is this really a loan? Isn't it an employment relationship?"
“It’s really a good idea to stay here!”
"Master Zhang, don't blame me for talking too much!
It doesn't matter if you rent it, you just need to register with the neighborhood committee, but if it's an employment relationship, the number of employees in your store will exceed the eight-person limit stipulated in the policy!" Aunt Wang reminded Zhang Junping with deep meaning.
"I understand, Aunt Wang, thank you for reminding me!
There should be seven employees in my shop, not counting my eldest sister. She came with my eldest brother-in-law and just helped with cooking and other things!" Zhang Junping thanked him quickly and emphasized.
"That's fine, I'm afraid that Master Zhang doesn't understand the policy and will cause something that violates the policy again!
Also, although Master Zhang is a work-study student, he still needs to apply for the business license!" Aunt Wang saw that Zhang Junping understood what she meant, and reminded her with a smile.
"Okay, thank you Aunt Wang for reminding me, I will apply for a business license tomorrow!"
"By the way, Mr. Zhang came to the neighborhood committee for business?" After talking about the business, Aunt Wang remembered to ask Zhang Junping about his purpose.
"I'm looking for Aunt Lin to see when it's convenient for her to measure the area of the house!"
"Aunt Lin is out. Master Zhang will come in and sit for a while. She will probably be back soon!"
"No, Aunt Wang, please send a message to Aunt Lin. I'll wait for her in the store!" Zhang Junping wasn't in a hurry either. Fat Aunt's family was the only one left today, and the other families had appointments to measure the area tomorrow.
"Okay, I'll tell her when she comes back!" Aunt Wang nodded readily.
After returning from the neighborhood committee, Zhang Junping measured the house area and adjusted the size of the furniture.
Then I gave it to my elder brother-in-law and asked them to draw the lines and cut out the materials according to the new drawing size.
After the eldest brother-in-law and the others have finished drawing the lines and Zhang Junping has checked that everything is correct, they can then cut the materials.
Although it would be faster if Zhang Junping drew the lines himself, in order to train them, Zhang Junping still chose this more troublesome method.
He has set a position for himself as a furniture designer and furniture quality inspector. He would rather slow down and teach them bit by bit and let them learn to do it than do it himself.
Only in this way can we cultivate the eldest brother-in-law and third brother more quickly.
What he needs is a team, not a few tool people.
Just like Yang Mingde said angrily before, are there no craftsmen in Beijing who can make canopy beds?
Zhang Junping can understand Yang Mingde's unwillingness and helplessness.
Although I don't want to admit it, in terms of the craftsmanship of making canopy beds, Suzhou Furniture's carving of wood texture and patterns is indeed more delicate than Jingzhou Furniture's.
Yang Mingde asked Zhang Junping to promote Beijing furniture and regain his face.
However, the improvement of a craft school is not just a matter of naming one or two master craftsmen, it is an improvement of the overall level of the industry.
The eldest brother-in-law and others are the team trained by Zhang Junping.
He hopes that through the training of his eldest brother-in-law and others, he can slowly cultivate a group of carpenters who are proficient in traditional crafts.
And thereby improve the level of the entire industry.
In fact, Zhang Junping had another idea in his heart, which he did not tell anyone.
This idea started when I followed Aunt Wang to visit this store.
It's just that the time has not come yet, so there is no use in saying it. On the contrary, it will make people laugh.
After handing the drawings to his eldest brother-in-law, Zhang Junping began to check the materials that the third brother and the others had ordered in the afternoon.
After the inspection, Zhang Junping was ready to start making a model of the mortise and tenon structure.
Zhang Junping came to the place where scraps were piled.
After taking a look, I couldn't help but frown. There were a lot of scraps.
According to what they made in the afternoon, there shouldn't be so much scraps.
There were a lot of them, and it was obvious that they were cut wrong when cutting. After checking, they found that the size was wrong, so they had to throw them away and cut them again.
Zhang Junping didn't say anything. This was a matter of craftsmanship and it was useless to talk about it. If this situation continues to happen after a while, then he would have to talk about it.
I bent down and picked up some useful scraps, then came to the workbench and started drawing lines.