Lin Yifeng followed Wei Yuxian through a corridor and into a room closer to the inner room.
Not far from the entrance of the room, in front of a sunlit window, a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her early forties was wearing glasses and hunched over, slowly embroidering a red dress stitch by stitch in the sunlight.
The room was filled with all sorts of clothes, and there were also many gold and silver ornaments placed in the corners. The whole room looked like it was surrounded by various embroidery works.
Wei Yuxian turned around and gestured for Lin Yifeng to keep his voice down, and the two of them waited quietly to the side.
After an unknown amount of time, the middle-aged woman, who had been engrossed in embroidery, finally put down the clothes in her hands and prepared to catch her breath. When she looked up, she noticed Wei Yuxian sitting not far away.
"Xiaoyu?"
"Why are you here!"
“Oh dear, look at you, you’re even calling her Auntie.”
The middle-aged woman's face lit up with a bright smile. She quickly put down what she was holding and stepped forward to greet her warmly.
The doting look in his eyes was just like how he would look at his own daughter.
Wei Yuxian got up and went to the woman's side, taking her arm with her hand.
"Aunt Guang, I just arrived."
"I saw you were busy, so I didn't dare to bother you."
Aunt Guang frowned slightly, pretending to be angry, but she was still laughing and scolding.
“Look at you, child, saying such things to your Aunt Guang.”
"Aren't you treating Aunt Guang like an outsider?"
"And this is...?"
Aunt Guang turned around and looked at Lin Yifeng with a puzzled expression, her eyes filled with curiosity.
In her memory, Wei Yuxian was usually surrounded by no men. The only person who was always by her side was Uncle Wolf, who had been with her since childhood.
This was also the first time that Aunt Guang had seen Wei Yuxian with a man of similar age.
Wei Yuxian turned around and looked at Lin Yifeng beside her.
"Aunt Guang, this is my friend, he's in business."
"I've come to see you this time to do business."
Aunt Guang was slightly taken aback, a look of doubt appearing on her face.
"Doing business?"
Wei Yuxian nodded, personally helped the woman back to her seat, and began to recount Lin Yifeng's story about "Suzhou embroidery" in detail.
Aunt Guang found this matter quite novel.
Their palace embroidery also has enterprises and brands, but compared with those large enterprises, their products are more niche, and are only sold to a small circle of people.
In terms of reputation, it all comes down to introductions from acquaintances.
After Wei Yuxian explained the concept of "luxury goods" to her, Aunt Guang nodded as if she understood but not quite.
Lin Yifeng breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Wei Yuxian busy herself with various tasks.
He hadn't expected that Wei Yuxian would recommend such a good place to him.
Court embroidery.
To put it bluntly, this is something that most people can't use, and those who can use it are definitely not ordinary people.
Although these embroidery patterns can be found all over the country, the embroidery techniques and the level of detail are closely guarded secrets.
For example, when embroidering a picture of flowers, birds, and animals, what kind of thread to use, what kind of solution to soak the thread in, how to cover the thread, and how to trim the edges are all techniques passed down for hundreds of years. Only insiders like them know how to handle these processes.
This has led to the emergence of many embroidery schools in China. Among them, the most famous, besides the four major embroidery styles, is the court embroidery, which is not available on the market and is considered an intangible cultural heritage.
If we could get this into Suzhou embroidery, then the sophistication of Suzhou embroidery would be greatly enhanced.
Lin Yifeng looked at the two people talking in front of him and was looking forward to cooperating with them in the future.
After a lengthy explanation, Aunt Guang nodded repeatedly.
"I understand."
"Xiaoyu, do you mean to have your aunt embroider for him and then sell it to him?"
He took it and put it in the store to sell.
"How expensive it is depends on the price we offer, right?"
Wei Yuxian pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.
That's roughly the idea.
Aunt Guang frowned upon hearing this, looking directly at Lin Yifeng and hitting him where it hurt.
"Then isn't he just a middleman?"
These words left Lin Yifeng and Wei Yuxian completely bewildered.
Aunt Guang's words make some sense. Lin Yifeng does indeed buy their works and then resell them, which is no different from being a middleman.
But in essence, Lin Yifeng did not become a middleman to make money.
Seeing that Aunt Guang had misunderstood Wei Yuxian's meaning, Lin Yifeng took the initiative to explain.
"Aunt Guang, you've misunderstood."
"I am not a middleman, I am a carrier of culture."
Upon hearing this, Wei Yuxian looked at Lin Yifeng in surprise.
This was the first time she had ever seen someone describe something so grandly and beautifully.
Cultural transporters?
Aunt Guang looked puzzled.
"Cultural porters?"
Lin Yifeng nodded and continued to explain.
"That's right, Aunt Guang."
"Think about it, do people in the South know about palace embroidery?"
“They don’t know about this in the south, and my role is to promote various embroidery styles and techniques, so that everyone can witness the works of domestic embroidery.”
"For example, Suzhou embroidery items, plus palace embroidery decorations."
"The animal patterns in Sichuan embroidery, the silk in Hunan embroidery, and the flowers in Guangdong embroidery."
"Don't you think it would be interesting to combine all of these?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Guang also looked surprised.
After hearing what Lin Yifeng said, she understood his ultimate goal, which was to integrate embroidery techniques.
Specifically, these embroidery techniques were all part of the imperial court embroidery tradition in ancient times. Lin Yifeng simply combined these techniques to create more products.
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