Chapter 1146 The Real Master
“The total weight of this batch of jade carvings is three hundred and twenty-six kilograms, which works out to 326,000...”
“Wait a minute Manager Zhou, the first-grade white jade I purchased this time is 700 yuan per kilogram. You calculated it for me based on the market price of 1,000 yuan per kilogram."
"Ah..." Manager Zhou had a sad face and tried his best to I found out a phrase: "But the materials you bought are all gross weight, we have to calculate the net weight! Mr. Xiao Zhou, do you think this is true?"
Zhou Zhi secretly laughed in his heart, these carvings, according to the Based on this calculation, I am afraid that more than 30% of the materials are wasted. It can only be said that twenty years ago, the mineral materials were too abundant and the market was too narrow. Hetian jade could not be eaten or drunk, and the price was completely unaffordable. Only then could we afford this luxury. .
But he couldn't let go: "The leather shell also has the function of a leather shell. The algorithm of gross weight is scientific. That's because the corners will belong to me in the end. Even if the leather shell is beaten off, I can use it to carve small pieces and monetize it."< br>
“But the weight of these carvings you put together is quite different from the raw materials. "Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "If Manager Zhou can bring back to me all the scraps he made back then, I will think that this algorithm is reasonable. If he can't find it back..."
This is all It was carved twenty years ago. Where could Manager Zhou find those leftover materials for Zhou Zhi?
After hesitating for a moment, Manager Zhou had no choice but to say: "Well, let's each make a concession. Mr. Zhou, don't make it difficult for me to find any leftover materials. As for us, we won't calculate it according to the market price, but according to the raw material price. Selling at 30% off is absolutely not possible. Should we raise it a little higher? "How much does the manager think is appropriate?"
"10% off, what do you think, Mr. Zhou?"
"Mr. Zhou, do you think that offering 30% off to 10% off is called 'raising a little bit'?" Zhou Zhi laughed loudly: "I also have two Beijiang people here. In the eyes of students from Xinjiang who study media and Chinese, this grammar may be a bit exaggerated. "
Ayiguli and Xu Gang had been watching Zhou Zhi "discussing business" with interest. After Xu's father came back, he praised Zhou Zhi hard in front of them for a while. In short, he was good." "Other people's children", asking them to study hard. Now that I see it, it is really interesting.
As a result, Zhou Zhi was caught off guard and put more pressure on Manager Zhou. Both of them had weird and ridiculous expressions on their faces.
Mr. Zhou didn’t know that the two people’s expressions were directed at Zhou Zhi, so he couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed: “Then... Mr. Zhou, can you give me a number?”
"Twenty percent off, I'll give you 10% more." Zhou Zhi said.
"Two hundred and sixty thousand..." Manager Zhou pondered.
In fact, at this time, he was already secretly happy. There is no serious market for this thing now. Generally speaking, except for the relevant departments and large state-owned enterprises, large-scale jade carvings have never been heard of being sold privately. Or purchased by private enterprises.
But what’s going on this year? In the year of the soft landing of the economy, we are now discussing the cost of materials. If the budget is 80%, the shopping malls can actually accept it.
After all, these two pieces of material were too cheap at the time. Looking back now, it is almost the same as picking them up for free. They are priced at 80% of the market price by weight. There is no way to lose money by selling them.
Having made up his mind, Manager Zhou still had a grimace on his face: "Mr. Zhou, how about you add more? Even if the price is adjusted, I still have to explain to my superiors..."
Zhou Zhi was thinking It’s funny, in addition to Manager Zhou, there are also the account manager and waiter Xiao Liu in this room. The account manager looks good, but Xiao Liu’s expression has actually completely exposed Manager Zhou’s trump card.
However, since they have mentioned the adjustment, the industry must also give them the face they deserve. Zhou Zhi nodded: "Then it will be 15% off, no more." "Okay, then it will be 15% off. "Manager Zhou was so happy that he asked for 15,000 more in one sentence. Several people in the Gongmei Hall already had a year's bonus: "We will pay for that material. Two hundred and seventy-seven thousand. In terms of wages, we calculate it based on weight, which is 320 kilograms. The processing fee for one kilogram is 100 yuan. How about 32,000 yuan? "
< br>"Pfft——" Zhou Zhi took a sip of Tieguanyin. When he heard Manager Zhou's "bold" offer, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea.
"Cough cough cough..." As Zhou Zhi coughed, the account manager, Xiao Liu, and Manager Zhou wiped the water stains on Zhou Zhi's body together. Manager Zhou even apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so hasty. , let’s talk slowly, don’t rush, don’t rush...”
The reason Zhou Zhi was choked just now was not because Manager Zhou’s quotation was too high, on the contrary, it was too low.
In his concept, the "pure blood" of this set of Hetian jade carvings that have participated in various exhibitions for a long time must be at least at the level of a national arts and crafts master. This kind of carving is second to none. For ten years, wages should be calculated as two or three times the cost of materials.
That is to say, if the raw materials are 20,000 yuan, the labor cost of a famous master craftsman will generally be 40,000 to 60,000 yuan, and the final carving cost will be 80,000 to 100,000 yuan.
But in the end, the market price that everyone saw in the mall started at 200,000, with no upper limit...
Of course, these refer to small pieces. The labor-material-to-money ratio of small pieces is the largest. Then as the material increases, even if it is the same engraver, the labor-material value ratio will become lower and lower.
But even if the materials are less than one million, the labor price will match it. Zhou Zhi just kept paying for the materials, but in fact he had secretly multiplied it by one or two in his mind and calculated the total price based on the labor-material equivalent. .
"Whose works are these?" Manager Zhou set this price, which made Zhou Zhi a little unsure. This was the first thing he asked after coughing.
"'Wanfang Music Plays in Khotan' belongs to Huang Zhonghe. Later he became the director of the Suzhou Jade Carving Factory. He was the only one among the Chinese arts and crafts masters selected for the first time by the Ministry of Industry in 1979. A master of jade carving. "
This is not an era when fakes bearing the name of masters are everywhere. "Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts" is a resounding official title.
So far, the state has only organized two evaluations of Chinese arts and crafts masters. The first one was in 1979, with a total of thirty-four selected. The second one was in 1988, with a total of six selected. Twelve.
In other words, strictly speaking, there are less than a hundred people in China's arts and crafts circle who truly have master qualifications recognized by the state.
There are many categories of arts and crafts in China, and there are only one or two people in each category. These people are all the top craftsmen in the category.
These people are the real masters, and their value cannot be compared with those of the pseudo-masters in later generations.
This weighty evaluation was later submerged in the chaos of literature and entertainment, but insiders have always strictly followed this standard to determine the "artistic class".
How strict is it? Shu Province is the funniest example.
The entire Shu Province started applying in 1988, and until 2011, a total of ten categories were applied for, among which there were only nine national masters.
After more than 20 years in total, on average there is only one master per category, and one category is still vacant!
(End of this chapter)