Chapter 1412

"You have to understand, a finished, high-quality star-oil paper umbrella — the current selling price isn't low at all."

"In my view, the biggest threshold holding back the spread of traditional craftsmanship is still the price."

"Of course! It's not that this craft isn't worth that price."

"Look at those foreign luxury goods."

"They easily run into tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands! And in US dollars too."

"If more people could throw themselves into these industries, maybe the price could be driven down."

The female netizens said—

Other netizens saying sentences like "drive the price down"—

Would feel a bit jarring.

But Second Uncle is different.

He spends all day scrolling through Douyin short videos.

Second Uncle's words—

Made the viewers in the livestream deeply agree, nodding in complete empathy!

—【Exactly! Traditional crafts — high-end ceramics, oil-paper umbrellas, even things like sandalwood — if they're handmade by a master, the price really is astronomical.】

--【Has anyone here heard of Longquan seal paste? The production process is extremely tedious, and gathering the materials takes an unusually long time. Of course the price isn't low either.】

--【The swallows that once nested in the halls of princes and nobles, flying into the homes of ordinary folk — that's no easy matter.】

—【After all, the labor hours and material costs are right there.】

—【So! It's not that our Huaxia has no luxury goods — it's just that you haven't seen them, and you can't afford them.】

--【I just love how Second Uncle tells it like it is. Any traditional craft with a bit of fame won't die out — at least not now.】

—【If you're really at the top of the industry, you can still rake it in hand over fist.】

—【Second Uncle is a clear-headed one among mortals! The main point is authenticity~】

That said.

These goofball netizens in the livestream — although they usually love to shoot their mouths off — see things pretty clearly. The very top of any industry—

Its benefits and profits are far beyond imagination.

The hardest part—

Is maintaining the middle and lower tiers — that's an issue that needs attention.

Therefore.

In the final analysis, it's simply that relatively few people are willing to throw themselves into the traditional handicraft industry.

At this moment.

Second Uncle had already used cotton thread to fix the spliced umbrella ribs.

Because the materials had all been prepared earlier—

The whole process wasn't particularly complicated.

He said to Qin Feng: "Next we need to cook up some paste and mount the umbrella face onto it."

"If you want to film the entire oil-paper umbrella making process, you might have to lend a hand."

The moment Second Uncle finished speaking—

Rebar nodded repeatedly and said: "Qin Feng's hands-on ability is amazing, let him help you!"

Qin Feng shrugged, spread his hands and said: "So you're just standing by watching the fun, and everything has to be done by me, right?" Rebar matter-of-factly stuck out her tongue.

She said: "Who asked you to be my husband?"

Meanwhile.

Rebar focused her attention on the bamboo materials Second Uncle had discarded.

Even Qin Feng was a little puzzled.

What on earth does this woman want to do?