Shui Yiyao clicked on the other person's homepage and saw that he was also a jade carver.
It’s just that his business skills are not very good, and the jade carvings are ugly.
She returned to the chat box and typed a long paragraph in the dialogue box, scolding the other person.
Who doesn't have a keyboard?
After she finished arguing with people, she found her own homepage and added a paragraph after the original introduction: "Chengdao Jade Carving Studio, can accept custom-made traditional crafts from the north and south schools."
Our studio has been certified as a master craftsman by the Jade Association. We master the unique finger knife carving technique, a traditional craftsmanship of the southern and northern schools. Our production time is generally at least 50% ahead of our peers. We welcome all jade lovers to come to us for custom-made materials or to order custom-made materials. We will not kill you.
She closed the editing page and went to check other private messages. She had to see if anyone had any work coming in. She had been getting inquiries in the past few days, and a few had looked at the design drafts but hadn't made a decision yet.
She read several comments, all of which asked how she had the nerve to set the price so high.
One of them contained a link. Shui Yiyao saw that it was a link to a community forum, so she clicked it.
[Jade lovers, have you seen the masters' fee rankings over the past two days? May I ask who this master came from? It's so sudden. He's only registered a few days ago, and when I clicked on the details page for only two pieces, he's already charging thousands of yuan for his work. Does anyone know him?] The featured image is a ranking of jade carving masters, sorted from highest to lowest in terms of fee. "Chengdao Jade Carving" is at number 10, his name circled in red by the person who posted the image.
-You dare to charge thousands for just two works? Are you serious?
-Two works?
-Are newcomers nowadays so desperate to get on the charts?
-If you don’t learn to be down-to-earth, how can you carve jade?
-I heard that she had asked Nanyi University and the Cheng family to advertise and hype her, and she was very good at it.
Most of the people in this forum are jade carving studios.
So although these people knew that she only had two works, they didn't even take a look at the craftsmanship used in these two works?
The reason they're putting her up now seems to be for rankings. Customers visiting the studio search for various rankings, so naturally, those at the top get more exposure.
But this labor cost list is not a very impressive list, so what?
Shui Yiyao took a general look around and found that the building had three hundred floors, and everyone's statements were basically the same.
——Charging over a thousand yuan for two jade carvings is outrageous.
There wasn’t anything new to say, so Shui Yiyao took a quick look at it and closed it, then continued to read her private messages.
There were several messages that came to meddle in her affairs and said that her labor fees were too high. She impatiently crossed them out one by one, and finally found a few who were asking for advice, and one who decided to place an order.
Seeing that the customer decided to place an order, Shui Yiyao smiled again. As a craftsman, she was happy whenever she received an order.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: My friend, I will start the work today. The construction period is five days. The deposit is 20%, and 50% will be paid after the major repairs are completed. The full payment will be paid after the finished product is produced. Do you think this is feasible?
-Feng Lingwen: Okay.
-Feng Lingwen: Can I ask why your construction period is shorter than others?
-Feng Lingwen: I need it urgently. I’m making it as a wedding gift for a friend. Other projects take half a month to complete, but yours only takes five days.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Because others work 8 hours a day, I work 15 hours a day.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Don't worry, although my construction period is short, the working hours are not short, and the finished product is not bad compared with others.
-Chengdao Jade Carving: Also, if you like, I am doing a live broadcast of my carving. The platform is Dazhou Live, and the ID is the name of my studio. You can supervise me at any time.
-Feng Lingwen: OK.
-Feng Lingwen: Actually, I have seen your two finished product examples, and I can see that your craftsmanship is indeed good.
After saying a few words to the client, Shui Yiyao closed the chat box and found the draft she had designed for the client before.
The customer wanted to give a gift to a newlywed couple, so he customized a zodiac plaque with a rabbit on one side and a tiger on the other, made of sugar-white jade.
Sugar white jade, as the name suggests, is a jade that has both "sugar color" and "white" colors.
Sugar color, a bit like the brown sugar sold in supermarkets, is a light brown color, or the color of honey.
Sugar color is formed by the oxidation of iron. The iron in the soil around the material coexists for a long time and then oxidizes and infiltrates the color.
It is not the skin that is dyed by the "iron", but the entire jade flesh is permeated with the color, becoming a bright sugar color.
There are two types of sugar white jade that are popular on the market now, one is Russian material and the other is Qiemo material.
The white part of the Russian material will be very white, but the sugar color will be lighter, and the sugar color of the final material will be darker, usually called "brown sugar", and its sugar will also be more transparent.
She only has Qiemo ingredients here.
It is one of the mountain materials I bought from the Jade Bazaar last time. Because the Qiemo mining area is in Xinjiang, its market price will be a bit higher.
She chose a piece of sugar-white jade with a very mature sugar color for the customer, carved a tiger on one side of the sugar and a rabbit on the white side, and made some unconventional designs in the details. The customer was very satisfied.
This process is not difficult, so it can be completed in five days.
She was cutting and polishing the material, preparing to start the live broadcast and carving, when the golden conch beside the table suddenly lit up.
Shui Yiyao paused, turned off the polishing mechanism, touched the golden conch, and the sound from inside came out.
"Princess, we have listened to you and called the police." It was Xiaobei's voice.
Shui Yiyao: "That's good. What's the Coast Guard's reaction?"
Ever since she found out that the Jiao people were all giant octopuses in disguise, Shui Yiyao asked the mermaids to call the police. She had thought about calling the police before, but because the police were from the Jiao people, she had never taken any action.
There is also a Sea Nation Alliance under the sea. In the Sea Nation Alliance, the powerful Jiao Clan is the leader. The Jiao Clan contributes the most to each agency, and the coast guard is basically composed of the Jiao Clan.
Although she was still not completely relieved about the Jiao clan, she still had the courage to call the police.
Since the giant octopus doesn't want the Jiao clan to know, they will definitely be in trouble if they call the police.
"We've already started investigating. When they came to the Holy Land to inquire about the situation, we told them everything."
"The Great Elder allowed them to enter the Holy Land?"
"No, they were outside the door, but they spoke face to face."
"oh."
"The real diplomat Ao Cheng is here too. He's nothing like the fake diplomat who came before."
She even knew it was fake. Shui Yiyao laughed: "What's the difference?"
"Ao Cheng always smiles and doesn't look fierce at all. He speaks in a very soft voice, as if he doesn't want to scare people."
"And, Princess, there's something very annoying." Xiao Bei suddenly became angry.
"What are you so angry about?"
She said, "We only found out about this when the Jiao Clan came to investigate! The Sea Nation Alliance was originally going to allocate two purifiers to us, but during the distribution process, the Shark Clan embezzled them and didn't give them to us!"
Shui Yiyao was also surprised: "Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, the Shark Tribe was responsible for distributing the purifiers to the three tribes in our area. The other tribes gave them out after paying a small bribe, but they only embezzled ours. They were bullying us because we wouldn't complain!"
Xiaobei became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and even started yelling.
Shui Yiyao: "Have you returned the purifier to us now?"
Xiao Bei hummed, "The diplomats kept an eye on them, and then punished them according to maritime regulations."
"But..." Xiao Bei paused, "The Great Elder said that we have enough. He asked the Jiao Clan to take the two back and redistribute them to the clans in need."
"By the way, Princess, the family of the little white whale came to thank you since you were away."
"Little white whale? Oh, little white whale, how is she recovering?"
The last time she returned to the seabed with the purifier, she held a fainted white whale. Later, the white whale woke up, rested well, and contacted relatives to pick her up.
"It's fine, there are no sequelae."
Shui Yiyao: "That's good."
There was nothing more to say, so Shui Yiyao hung up the phone and continued to polish the material in her hands.
[You have a new jade carving order, please check. ]
[You have a new jade carving order, please check. ]
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Shui Yiyao was polishing the material in her hands seriously when suddenly a notification sound came from the computer.
It happened five or six times in a row and it didn't stop.
Is this a bug?
Shui Yiyao put down the material in her hand, wiped her hands with a rag, picked up the mouse, and clicked on her merchant center.
Orders awaiting confirmation: 8.
Shui Yiyao:?
She clicked on them one by one and took a look. They were all different orders. Some people ordered custom bracelets and necklaces, while others ordered custom brand pendants.
After a while, the private message also rang.
-Song Sheng Yuanyang: Boss, I want to make a bead carving! Do I need to queue?
-Qiuzhen: Boss, I want to make a pendant. Can I place the order directly?
-Meow: Boss, I want to be a "contented and happy" person, how much does it cost?
Where did all these people come from? Why are there so many of them all of a sudden?
Shui Yiyao found someone and asked, and the other party gave her a Weibo link.
She clicked on the link and found that it was Bai Gege’s Weibo post, which was posted ten minutes ago.
Bai Gege: I discovered a talented jade carver, a true treasure. Without further ado, let me show you this work. It's a small bead, 0.6cm in diameter, with a painting carved into it. It was originally crafted by Master Nanchi Yu, but unfortunately, it was only halfway done. I searched everywhere for someone to finish the work, but no one took it, except Master Chengyu @Chengdao Jade Carving, and the turnaround time was quick. If you have a jade carving need, go directly to her. I can vouch for her excellence. [Image] [Image] It's quite a long paragraph.
It had actually been some time since she finished Bai Gege's order. After Bai Gege received the goods, she posted a message on her Moments to show off her earrings, but she didn't say it so directly.
The order for Ao Li Jade Pendant came from her circle of friends, and there are still a few orders that are still being negotiated and have not been confirmed.
But what she posted on Weibo now can be regarded as an advertisement.
When a top actress in the entertainment industry advertises, orders keep pouring in. No wonder they charge millions for advertising. The effect is simply amazing.
She also received these customers in order. Most of them were determined to spend money, without even looking at the design draft. After hearing Shui Yiyao's confirmation that the order was acceptable and informing them of the construction period and waiting time, they paid directly. Most of them were very straightforward.
It took me an hour to contact all the orders that came in today. A total of more than 20 orders were confirmed, and the queue was extended to half a year later.
After finishing the orders, Shui Yiyao went to find Bai Gege and jokingly asked her if she wanted to pay for the advertising. She thought Bai Gege was a little strange, suddenly promoting her after everything was over.
-Bai Gege: I went back to the bottom of the sea, visited the mermaid tribe, and found that you are you.
- Chengyu: You...
-Bai Gege: I know you are the eldest princess of the mermaid tribe. Zhuzhu is my only sister.
-Bai Gege: She said you saved her.
-Bai Gege: There’s nothing I can do to help the mermaids. I can only do my best and hope I can help you.
-Chengyu: That’s really helpful, thank you.
-Bai Gege: You’re welcome~
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Shui Yiyao's work started to get busy. Fortunately, the orders she received were not complicated and could be completed quickly.
But when she was busy, someone sent her a private message to cause trouble.
The same words were repeated over and over again, followed by another link.
[That studio that dared to charge a master's price for only two works has been manipulating the charts again. Is anyone still in charge?] Two pictures were also provided, showing the studio rankings: "Most Orders This Month" and "Largest Transaction Amount This Month."
The first place is always Chengdao jade carving.
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