Chapter 956: The female protagonist of the sad drama (11)
After a tour of the furniture factory with Yu Changfan, Qiao Shichu discovered that although his furniture factory's business was good, the furniture it produced were actually all very common styles nowadays. Even if there were slight changes, they were all basically the same. In short, the styles were monotonous and the designs were not fashionable.
Although people have just had enough food and clothing for a few years now, the demand for home decoration has not been stimulated. Most people think that furniture only needs to be affordable and practical, and do not pursue too much personalization. However, Qiao Shichu feels that if a furniture factory just blindly produces popular furniture without innovating and creating its own unique characteristics, then it is likely that it will not survive for long.
So Qiao Shichu asked Yu Changfan: "Does the factory have its own furniture designer?"
Yu Changfan was a little confused when he heard her say this, and said, "There are designers for furniture too? Aren't they all carpenters who make furniture coming up with ideas themselves or imitating other people's furniture styles? Don't tables and chairs all look the same?"
When Qiao Shichu heard this, he rubbed his forehead. Nowadays, people don’t pay much attention to this kind of personalized design, so it is understandable that Yu Changfan ignored it, but he can't ignore it all the time.
"Of course there are furniture designers, just like fashion designers and jewelry designers. Furniture designers are responsible for designing the styles that customers want according to their different preferences and needs. The more styles they design, the more customers they can attract, right? Their competitiveness is definitely much stronger than other furniture factories with a single style. After all, when you buy a piece of clothing, you want to see a few different ones and compare them. What's more, furniture is an everyday item that can be used for years or even decades?" said Qiao Shichu.
Yu Changfan thought for a moment, "You're right, but if I ask someone to design it, other furniture factories will soon copy the styles we worked so hard to design. Wouldn't that mean we'll lose money?"
"This requires registering patents and copyrights as well as preventing piracy." Qiao Shichu sighed. Piracy is very prevalent in every industry nowadays. Even after 20 or 30 years when the laws focusing on copyrights and patents have been improved a lot, various forms of piracy still occur. This situation is indeed very annoying, but you can't just give up just because it's annoying. The worst that can happen is that you can design some anti-piracy processes for your furniture.
Qiao Shichu explained to Yu Changfan the importance of protecting bricklaying and patents. Yu Changfan frowned when he heard it, but although he did not have the knowledge of later generations, he knew that this would only benefit his business and not harm it, so he took Qiao Shichu's words to heart.
When Qiao Shi first met him, she did not feel that she was meddling or bossing him around, but instead was very humble and willing to listen to her advice. She felt that this man was not chauvinistic and was willing to listen to advice, so she was so happy that she drew more than a dozen furniture designs for him on the spot.
There are foldable and retractable tables and chairs, hanging chairs on the balcony, Luohan beds and lazy sofas in the living room or bedroom, and bunk beds suitable for families with many children or small houses with many people...
Although she is not a professional in furniture design, she is well-informed after all. She designed a wide variety of fashionable furniture in accordance with the aesthetic tastes of people of that era, which would probably be more competitive than it is today.
Yu Changfan looked at Qiao Shichu in amazement as she drew several designs as if possessed by a god, and said, "Wife, how come I didn't know you had this ability? You can even design furniture?"
"Huh, I have attended high school. My favorite subject when I was in school was art. It's a pity that I didn't get into university, otherwise I would definitely be a painter." Qiao Shichu said proudly. She did not lie. The original owner did like painting very much when she was in school, but her talent was average. Qiao Shichu was just exaggerating a little bit now.
"Wife, you are so great! I am so lucky to marry you!" Yu Changfan's mouth was as sweet as honey, and he praised Qiao Shichu to the skies.
It’s not that Yu Changfan was praising his wife like this because he was putting a filter on her, but Qiao Shichu’s design drawings were indeed worthy of praise. The furniture was not a very complicated object, and the internal structure was clear at a glance. Moreover, Yu Changfan had been running the furniture factory for almost a year, so he still had a good eye. He could tell at a glance that Qiao Shichu’s drawings were extraordinary, and he could imagine how amazing the actual product would be after it was made.
"Don't think that you don't have to pay me the design fee just because you praise me like this. Let me tell you, these designs of mine are not given to you for free." After Qiao Shichu drew all the styles in his mind, he glanced at Yu Changfan and said.
"Of course. How can I let you work for free? I will definitely pay you a design fee..." Yu Changfan was stunned for a moment and immediately answered like this. He was very sensible and felt that since he had to pay people to design, he certainly had to pay his wife for the design. Otherwise, wouldn't he think that his wife was not as good as the employees outside?
"But wife, I don't know how much I should give as a design fee." Yu Changfan scratched his head.
"Let's split the profits. I'll explain it to you in detail later. After all, I don't quite understand the market prices right now." Qiao Shichu said bluntly.
"Okay, no problem." Yu Changfan agreed immediately.
After Qiao Shichu took Yu Chengxuan to the furniture factory, not only did the factory get more than ten new and fashionable furniture styles, but the female employees in the factory who had ulterior motives towards Yu Changfan also stopped thinking about them.
After all, after meeting Qiao Shichu, they felt ashamed of themselves. Before Qiao Shichu came, they just thought that the boss lady must be a unkempt, yellow-faced woman who only knew how to take care of children at home, and not as young and beautiful as themselves. If they work hard to pry her away, maybe they can really squeeze out the boss lady and take her place.
But as soon as Qiao Shichu arrived, they knew they had no hope of getting promoted, because they were neither as beautiful nor as elegant as Qiao Shichu, nor could they easily design unique, novel and fashionable furniture. What's more, not only was Qiao Shichu married and had children, she also had a very good relationship with the boss. When they stood together, they were so close that outsiders could not get in the way, and the family of three had their own atmosphere.
Flies don't bite seamless eggs. Unfortunately, Yu Changfan is that seamless egg. If he was an egg full of cracks like Xue Yanzong, the hawk that would bite him would be able to drown him completely.
After that, whenever Qiao Shichu asked if there were any young girls who kept coming to him, Yu Changfan would shake his head and say that the rumors about their furniture factory were all about how powerful the boss's wife was. She was beautiful and capable, and she controlled the boss very tightly...
Qiao Shichu: ...
Well, although there is no such person as her in the furniture factory, it is nice to have the legend about her.
(End of this chapter)
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