Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 527 I have some requirements for materials

"Is it Boss Wei?"

When Chen Li got off the Jinbei car, the first thing he saw was the owner of the furniture factory who had cost him his life in his previous life.

Reasonable~ If he was just reborn, Chen Li would actually have a bit of resentment towards him.

After all, if he hadn't sent this guy to him, he probably wouldn't have been hit by a car.

But how should I put it~ If there hadn't been that accident, Chen Li wouldn't be in the current situation.

So if you want to say how much Chen Li hates this buddy, that's not enough.

It can only be said that when Chen Li saw this person, he felt a little strange in his heart.

"Ah~ I'm Wei Shuanglin, may I ask you?"

Wei Shuanglin was a little confused at the moment, he didn't know these people in front of him at all.

Although he runs a furniture factory, it is normal for someone to come to him, but the sight of such a large group of people is somewhat strange.

But what Wei Shuanglin can be sure of is that the other party should have no malicious intentions.

After all, there are female family members and even little girls here, so they are definitely not looking for trouble.

"Uh~ That's right, I was introduced by a friend."

"When he got married before, he ordered furniture from you."

Chen Li took out a cigarette from his pocket, and talked nonsense while unpacking the cigarette.

In fact, he is not talking nonsense, because Wei Shuanglin's furniture factory already has this business.

Not to mention anything else ~ at least people in this town get married ~ many of them will choose to order furniture from his furniture factory.

So Chen Li's nonsense~ From Wei Shuanglin's point of view, it was a business call.

After realizing that it was business, Wei Shuanglin instantly burst into a bright smile, and before Chen Li opened the cigarette, he had already taken out a box of Zhonghua from his pocket.

"Yes~ yes, we can make custom furniture here."

"Come here~ smoke, by the way~ inside please~ inside please."

"Dongzi~Hurry up and bring a pot of boiling water to make tea~!"

Wei Shuanglin in 2000 was actually less than 30 years old.

The reason why he took over the furniture factory was not only that he had learned carpentry skills, but also that his father-in-law was sick.

Wei Shuanglin is actually from this town, but his parents died when he was young, and it was his uncle who sent him to a carpenter to learn his craft.

And his master carpenter is actually the original owner of this furniture factory.

But why is Wei Shuanglin now in charge of the factory?

That's because Wei Shuanglin's wife is his master's daughter.

To be precise~ In fact, Wei Shuanglin is the door-to-door son-in-law of the original owner of this furniture factory.

Many people may not be clear about it~ In fact, the word “home-on-door son-in-law” is not a good word.

The door-to-door son-in-law ~ also known as Daoqimen ~ is called "Zuo-son-in-law" if you pay more attention to it.

Later, many film and television works and even online novels will be written in this capacity, but in fact~ the real door-to-door son-in-law~ is not as good as those film and television works or online novels.

To put it bluntly~ it’s called a son-in-law, and to put it bluntly, some so-called door-to-door son-in-law~ It’s more like a free long-term worker who doesn’t need to start wages.

Basically ~ if it is not forced by life, almost no one is willing to do something like a door-to-door son-in-law.

But Wei Shuanglin is different~ He was indeed forced by life to enter the master's house as a carpenter's apprentice, and later he was recruited by his master to become a door-to-door son-in-law.

But from the beginning to the end~whether it is his master~ or his wife, they are actually quite good to Wei Shuanglin.

And the reason why Wei Shuanglin agreed to come to marry him was because there was no one else in his family, and he was alone, so it didn't matter whether he married or not.

And even so, his wife gave him two sons, one with his wife's surname ~ one with his Wei Shuanglin's Wei surname.

But having said that~ there are no sons-in-law like Wei Shuanglin, but they are definitely rare.

Most of the sons-in-law~ are actually not doing well, and it can even be said to be a bit bad.

But it doesn't matter anymore, anyway, Chen Li only knows a son-in-law like Wei Shuanglin.

And just a few years ago, Wei Shuanglin's father-in-law, the former head of the furniture factory, had a major surgery due to illness, and later the furniture factory was handed over to Wei Shuanglin.

According to what Wei Shuanglin told Chen Li when he was drunk in the previous life, when his father-in-law handed over the furniture factory to him, it even aroused great dissatisfaction with his wife's sister's family, and even his wife and his sister's family later reunited. Completely fell out!

That is to say, Wei Shuanglin did develop the furniture factory well later, and the elder sister's family, who is the shareholder, finally died down.

But in fact, Wei Shuanglin is also a little dissatisfied, because he almost supports the development of the furniture factory alone, and his wife's sister's family can share 30% of the profits every year without doing anything, which makes Wei Shuanglin complain again and again.

It's a pity that as a door-to-door son-in-law, he can't complain about these things at home, but he can have a chat with Chen Li, an outsider who can't fight, after getting drunk.

And this kind of situation happened a few times~ Wei Shuanglin became very familiar with Chen Li.

At that time, Wei Shuanglin~ Whenever he had social gatherings, he almost always chose to go to the nightclub run by Chen Li. There were even two times when Wei Shuanglin didn't bring enough money because he was in a hurry to go out~ Chen Li paid the bill for him.

In the night show~ it is almost impossible for the staff to help customers pay bills, but Chen Li helped Wei Shuanglin pay twice.

No one else~ because the money Chen Li earned from Wei Shuanglin far exceeded this figure.

And when Chen Li helped Wei Shuanglin pay the bill, he was already prepared that he would not be able to get the money back.

Fortunately~ Although Wei Shuanglin had become an unscrupulous businessman at that time, he was still a fastidious person after all, and he didn't let Chen Li, the service staff of the night show, suffer.

"Several bosses~ What kind of furniture do you need to order?"

"Did someone in the family get married? Or did the family buy a new house?"

After serving tea and pouring water, Wei Shuanglin finally asked about the real purpose of Chen Li and his party.

"Cough~ cough cough!"

"That's it!"

I don't know if it was because the dust in the furniture factory was a bit heavy, but Chen Li suddenly coughed for no reason, but then he changed the topic to the purpose of his trip.

"Our family ~ has built two new houses, so I want to buy a batch of furniture."

"Before we also went to the furniture city to have a look, but what do you say?"

"Boss Wei, you are running a furniture store, so you should know it best."

"The finished products in the furniture city are not of good quality, and I don't like them at all."

"Occasionally, some brands of furniture look okay, ahem~ but the price. Basically, it's like rip-off."

"I had a friend get married just before, and they said they ordered a batch of furniture from you last year, and it's okay to use~"

"No~ I asked for the address and came directly to the door. Ahem!"

After speaking~ Chen Li coughed again, at this moment he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

It didn't seem to be because of the dust from the furniture factory, he touched his forehead with his hand while talking.

But to be honest~ People who really have a cold can't feel it at all when they touch their foreheads.

Chen Li guessed that he might have caught a cold~ The main reason is that the weather on Hong Kong Island is very different from that in Sichuan Province.

He accompanied his family around the furniture city for a long time today. Although he wore a woolen overcoat, the warmth retention effect of this thing was much worse than that of a down jacket.

Although Chen Li's health is very good ~ but this cold... Sometimes it comes when you say it.

"Oh~ Boss Chen, you are right."

"Actually, to tell you the truth, more than half of the furniture in that furniture city is produced in our factories."

"We sell the ex-factory price here, and they sell it at several times as soon as they change hands."

Wei Shuanglin here didn't notice Chen Li's abnormality. Compared with Chen Li's health, he only cared about whether he could get an order today.

"I don't know what kind of furniture you want, Boss Chen, I'm not bragging about it~!"

"Basically, we can make almost all the styles you have seen in the furniture city."

But when he heard Chen Li's words, it felt different.

Although Chen Li didn't know what Wei Shuanglin's furniture factory looked like in 2000, but considering the small scale of the furniture factory today, Chen Li could guess the water in Wei Shuanglin's words with his toes.

And the most important thing is that Chen Li remembers clearly that Wei Shuanglin's furniture factory did not develop smoothly before 2006.

It's not that Wei Shuanglin's furniture factory didn't make money in these years~ but it made money. Not much!

Because Wei Shuanglin's furniture factory was in the state of OEM for a certain brand before 06~.

OEM for others ~ Wei Shuanglin actually made a lot of money, but compared with when he made his own brand and even sold it overseas. The gap is not 01:30.

The main reason why Wei Shuanglin had been OEM for a certain brand before that was because Wei Shuanglin's furniture factory was actually mainly engaged in traditional Chinese furniture.

In the middle, Wei Shuanglin also tried to transform ~ but in the end the transformation failed.

And just when Wei Shuanglin was about to accept his fate, and planned to continue to work for others like that. Suddenly ~ traditional Chinese furniture became popular.

At that time, Hainan huanghuali and traditional mahogany furniture began to be hyped in China, and Wei Shuanglin started his own brand at that time, and even sold his own products to overseas markets after that.

So~ Chen Li is very aware of the moisture in Wei Shuanglin's words, this guy is purely bragging.

However, Chen Li did not expose Wei Shuanglin, because the purpose of his visit this time was to order a batch of traditional Chinese furniture.

"I'm going to make a set of classical furniture~ no, I'm going to make two sets!"

Chen Li calculated in his heart that the reason why he came to Wei Shuanglin was not just because Wei Shuanglin's furniture factory made Chinese style furniture well.

"Two sets?"

"Uh~ Boss Chen, if you want to order a complete set, then this furniture is not too small!"

A complete set of Chinese style furniture~ If you really want to calculate it carefully, the items are really not too small.

Simply put, classical furniture can be roughly divided into five categories!
Bed ~ table case ~ chair stool ~ cabinet frame and the rest of miscellaneous!
It seems that there are five categories, but in fact each category is subdivided into many small categories.

For example, table cases are divided into Kang table, Kang table, Kang table; incense table; wine table, half table; square table; table table, table table;

Of course~ It is definitely impossible for ordinary people to customize a complete set of furniture. In fact, Wei Shuanglin, a furniture factory, does not have that condition.

According to modern people's cognition, the so-called complete set of Chinese furniture often includes a bed ~ a table ~ a table case and its supporting tables, chairs, benches and so on.

Then according to different needs, there are often matching cabinets and dressing tables and so on.

So the two things Chen Li said seemed a bit nonsense.

Regardless of whether Chen Li has that need, the two sets of classical furniture alone are not affordable for ordinary people in terms of value.

Even if Chen Li could afford it, his furniture factory was not complete.

Some traditional crafts, let alone him, even his father-in-law didn't master them.

"Ah~ I was a little vague."

"I have a list here, Boss Wei, you can take a look."

Under Wei Shuanglin's explanation, Chen Li understood that what he said was a little vague, so he directly took out the list he had written in advance from his pocket and handed it over.

Wei Shuanglin took the list and looked at it, and then directly gave a shock.

"Hey~ Qiangong Babu Bed?"

The first one on the list immediately tensed up Wei Shuanglin's spirit.

"This. Boss Chen, I'm sorry!"

"We may not be able to do this Qiangongbabu bed!"

Wei Shuanglin looked at Chen Li with some embarrassment. He never thought that this young man would have such a high difficulty when he came up.

In fact, the Qiangong Babu Bed is only for the craftsmen of the older generation, and it is not that difficult, but now it is 2000 years old, and those craftsmen of the older generation are all old!

In fact, Wei Shuanglin's father-in-law can do this, but now his father-in-law can't do carpentry at all.

And he, Wei Shuanglin~ is far from this kind of old-fashioned classic skills!
In fact, it's not that it's technically difficult, but because in modern society, these old-generation craftsmanship are not popular at all.

When Wei Shuanglin's father-in-law taught him the craft, he didn't teach it at all.

In fact, many traditional crafts have almost declined in this way.

In fact, this also has a certain relationship with economic development. Many skills that were once considered amazing~ have almost been lost in modern times.

It is not that these skills themselves have been eliminated by the times, but that the consumption level of their skills is not enough to be accepted by contemporary people.

Especially the skills like Qiangongbabu bed, let alone modern ~ it was put in the Ming and Qing Dynasties ~ it is not a craft that can be used by small households.

But put it in modern times. Putting aside the decline of Chinese furniture, the cost of the Qiangongbabu bed alone is not acceptable to ordinary people.

"Uh~ can't you do it?"

Chen Li was a little surprised, because he had heard from Wei Shuanglin in his previous life that the most expensive product in their furniture factory was this Qiangongbabu bed.

"Boss Chen~ I'll tell you the truth!"

"If it's an ordinary stepping bed, our factory can actually make it."

"But what you want is a Qiangong Babu bed. Our skills may not be able to achieve this."

Wei Shuanglin in 2000 hadn't become the unscrupulous businessman he later became, so he chose to tell the truth about Chen Li's request.

If it was more than ten years later, this guy might just agree to it, and then kill Chen Li by the way without saying a word, and in the end he might use an ordinary Babu bed to deal with Chen Li.

In fact, what Chen Li didn't know was that 20 years later, Wei Shuanglin's furniture factory had Qiangongbabu beds because Wei Shuanglin hired two master craftsmen at that time.

But in the current furniture factory, let alone looking for any master master, Wei Shuanglin even only accepts one apprentice.

"Uh, okay then!"

"Then make a canopy bed!"

"You should be able to do this, right?"

Chen Li sighed a little~ He had seen the so-called Qiangongbabu bed on the Internet in his previous life, and this time he planned to get some wool from Wei Shuanglin's place, so he wanted to get a set of Chinese-style furniture.

Unexpectedly, this Wei Shuanglin didn't have this skill!
"This can be done ~ this is no problem!"

"Well, apart from this, we have no problems here."

Wei Shuanglin quickly agreed. The cost of the canopy bed is naturally not as high as that of the Qiangong Babu bed, but it is also much more expensive than the ordinary bed, and the corresponding profit will be higher.

And with the addition of other furniture on the list, this order... is estimated to make a lot of money.

"Cough cough~cough cough!"

Chen Li suddenly coughed again, this time he clearly felt that he might have caught a cold.

But what should be said still needs to be said, so Chen Li looked at Wei Shuanglin who was opposite after taking a sip of hot tea.

"Oh~ That's right!"

"I have another request for these two sets of furniture."

"Boss Chen, do you have any requirements for the style? There is no problem with this. We have the finished product picture here, you can take a look."

Wei Shuanglin thought that Chen Li had some requirements for product design, which was a normal requirement, so he didn't think much about it.

"No~ listen to me."

Chen Li waved his hand, signaling Wei Shuanglin to listen to him.

"It's not about the style. Of course, I definitely have a demand for the style, but we'll talk about it later."

"That's it~ these two sets of furniture!"

"I have some requirements for materials!"

"One of the sets, I asked to use huanghuali!"

"And the other set is made of mahogany!"

(End of this chapter)