Chapter 246 Other issues

"Do you believe it now?" Wu Fan asked.

"Yes!" Zhao Yanan said, "Not only I believe it, but Master Lu also believes it!"

"In that case, do you think the high-end route I mentioned before is feasible?" Wu Fan asked.

"This..." Zhao Yanan hesitated.

"What's wrong?" Wu Fan asked, "Any other questions?"

"It's the source of wood, as well as the cost and marketing issues." Zhao Yanan said, "As far as I know, only solid wood can use mortise and tenon structure. After this blow, our timber yard has no problem collecting solid wood, but it is more difficult to collect good solid wood."

Good wood is always difficult to find, not to mention that the timber yard run by Zhao Yanan's father is not developing very well, and their good supply is limited.

"Don't worry about the wood, just leave it to me. I can get any kind of wood you can think of." Wu Fan said confidently.

The forest behind Wu Fan is very large, with all kinds of rare wood, so his wood resources are very sufficient.

Now, because of the need to build a city wall, the old village chief has allowed him to mine the forest in front of the village. In this way, Wu Fan's wood resources are more abundant. The material problem that Zhao Yanan is worried about is not a problem at all for Wu Fan.

"Teach you everything?" Zhao Yanan asked.

"Well, there will be no problem!" Wu Fan said.

Zhao Yanan thought about it. Wu Fan was able to get so much wood in just one day, including many rare woods. Obviously, Wu Fan does have a lot of resources in this regard. Since he said there is no problem, there will be no problem.

"The problem of wood source has been solved, but there are still problems of cost and marketing." Zhao Yanan said: "Master Lu and others are not very proficient in mortise and tenon structure. In the entire furniture factory, you are the only one who is proficient in this business, and you can't stay in the furniture factory all the time, so it will take a long time to build mortise and tenon furniture, and the time cost will be very high."

This is not only a problem for Wu Fan and Zhao Yanan's furniture factory, but also for other furniture factories. This is also the reason why mortise and tenon furniture rarely appears now. The time cost is too high, resulting in the final selling price must be not low, and ordinary people can't afford such a price at all.

"We originally took the high-end route, so it is normal for the final price to be high, and the higher cost is acceptable." Wu Fan said.

Wu Fan has also thought of the problem Zhao Yanan mentioned. It is indeed impossible for him to stay in the furniture factory all the time, and even if Master Lu and others have his teachings, it will take time to grow up, and even if they grow up, the speed cannot be as fast as him, and it still takes a lot of time to build mortise and tenon furniture.

However, for Wu Fan who decided to go the high-end route, this is not a big problem. The cost is high, and the final selling price is higher. It is a high-end route, so the selling price cannot be low.

"What about promotion?" Zhao Yanan said: "Our furniture factory has not considered the high-end market before. We don't have any connections or resources in this regard. Even if the furniture is built, it may not be sold."

Zhao Yanan's father's management ability is really average. No wonder that boss Liu wants to swallow up his timber yard. After so many years of operation, he has not been able to create a good situation for the furniture factory. The furniture factory's business has always been average, and there is no reputation in the high-end market. This is what Zhao Yanan is worried about.

You have built furniture, but people don't recognize it. It's useless. Especially for this kind of high-end products, potential customers are those rich people. They generally only recognize those big and well-known brands. Their furniture factory didn't have any reputation before, so it's not easy to get those people to recognize their products.

"You don't have to worry about this either. I know some rich people in Jiangzhou. If you really can't open the market, you can ask them for help." Wu Fan thought for a while and said.

Wu Fan had indeed neglected this issue before. He was very confident in his craftsmanship. After all, he was at the master level, so his craftsmanship could not be bad. However, good wine needs to be hidden in the alley. No matter how good your craftsmanship is, if others don't know it and the rich don't recognize it, it's useless.

If someone has the ability to appreciate this industry, he will definitely be able to see that Wu Fan's craftsmanship is much higher than others, but not everyone has such a fashion appreciation ability. Moreover, Wu Fan can't make furniture in the venue all day long. As for the furniture made by Master Lu and others, it may not be much higher than that of other venues, especially during the period when he just started learning with Wu Fan. Therefore, their furniture factory really has no competitiveness in the high-end market.

However, Wu Fan is not completely helpless. He knows Wang Ziming, Tang Yufei, and even met Liu Yuguang in the mall yesterday. In the case of no way to open up sales, Wu Fan can ask them for help, not to mention that on the day when Wu Fan's restaurant opened, many young men in Jiangzhou went to his restaurant to show their support. I believe that at that time, it is not impossible to ask them to help with furniture.

However, Wu Fan didn't want to take this step unless it was absolutely necessary. Wang Ziming and Tang Yufei were better, and Wu Fan had a good relationship with them. As for the others, Wu Fan had an average relationship with them. If he asked them for help, he would owe them a favor, and a favor is the hardest to repay.

This time, Zhao Yanan didn't doubt Wu Fan's words. Wu Fan was able to get so many precious woods. It would be impossible without some connections and resources. However, she didn't know how Wu Fan's connections and resources were, and whether they could support the place. Moreover, if the furniture factory wanted to develop, it still needed to have enough strength itself. It couldn't go far by relying on friendship.

"You don't have to worry about these things. You just need to be responsible for keeping an eye on the furniture factory and keeping an eye on the production. Teach me everything else." Wu Fan said.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on this, and there will be absolutely no problems!" Zhao Yanan promised.

"Yeah." Wu Fan nodded.

After discussing some details with Zhao Yanan, Wu Fan left. He had to deal with the furniture factory and the restaurant, which kept him busy.

As expected, starting a business is not easy, especially in the early stages of starting a business when everything is not on track.

Moreover, Wu Fan started two businesses at once, which made him even busier.