Section 142
As for the first-grade high-quality puppet, it takes even longer, basically ten days or half a month.
Lu Changsheng knew clearly that he did not have so much time and energy to make puppets in batches, as he had to practice, make talismans, accompany his wives and concubines, and have children.
Moreover, the cost of materials required to make puppets was very high.
Lu Changsheng made a preliminary estimate.
The material cost of an ordinary first-grade low-quality puppet alone was twenty or thirty spirit stones.
Although he did not know the specific price of a low-quality puppet.
But he also knew that the price of a low-quality puppet would not exceed one hundred spirit stones.
In other words, making a puppet took three or four days, and in the end there was only three or four times the profit.
Compared with talismans, this was simply embarrassing!
"No wonder there is a contempt chain among craftsmen. The four mainstream arts of formation, alchemy, refining, and talismans look down on other arts."
"Puppetry is considered to be okay among the hundred arts of immortal cultivation, but compared with the relatively easy and profitable craft of talisman making, the gap is immediately apparent."
"What's more, among the four mainstream arts of immortal cultivation, talismans are still ranked at the bottom."
Lu Changsheng shook his head and sighed.
He suddenly felt that this second-level puppetry skill was a bit useless for him at the moment.
First of all, this skill cannot be used to make money.
Making money by making puppets is not as easy and fast as making talismans.
Then the manufacturing time and material cost are too high.
He gave up the puppet sea strategy he had originally imagined.
Even if it was a first-level low-grade puppet, he couldn't afford to play with it.
As for his desire to make a second-level puppet, there was no need to think about it.
It's not that there is no way to make it, it's simply that there is no money.
Lu Changsheng was not very clear about the material cost of a second-level puppet.
But he initially estimated that it would cost at least several thousand spirit stones.
"It's too difficult!"
Lu Changsheng sighed deeply.
It feels like money is needed everywhere on the road of cultivation.
He needs money now to save the poor female cultivator who is stranded in the White Jade Tower.
He also needs money to buy a first-level top-grade talisman pen, buy second-level talisman materials, and draw second-level talismans.
He doesn't have enough money and needs money very much. Where can he get money to buy materials and make a second-level puppet.
"Alas, a person is limited after all."
"If you do everything yourself, it's too difficult to do everything by yourself."
"There is simply not enough time and energy. No wonder many craftsmen choose to join a force."
Lu Changsheng shook his head and sighed.
He also understood why many people choose to join a force.
Because joining a force has too many conveniences.
Just like when he was in the Lu family, he also enjoyed a lot of family conveniences.
But the problem is that his second-level talisman making and the current second-level puppet cannot be displayed.
There is no way to quickly transform them into resources.
And now he is not strong enough, so he dare not show his second-level skills.
Otherwise, what if he is reduced to a tool man who makes talismans for eight hours a day.
"Hey, wait, the skill of puppetry is difficult, but its main difficulty lies in its complexity."
"Not only do you have to be able to polish materials, make parts, refine parts, assemble and assemble them yourself, but you also have to engrave spiritual patterns and formations on the puppets, etc."
"It is naturally difficult for one person to master all of this, but these steps can be divided and let different people do it."
Lu Changsheng digested the knowledge of puppets in his mind.
Suddenly, I felt that this puppet manufacturing was a bit like the assembly factory where I screwed screws on the assembly line in my previous life, and I couldn't help but have an idea.
"If one person only needs to master one of them, wouldn't it be easy?"
"I will find a group of apprentices with some talent and teach different people the parts, positions, and assembly of puppets."
"Then engrave the core spiritual pattern array of the puppet and teach it to the trustworthy people. Wouldn't it be possible to realize the assembly line of puppets?"
"As long as the puppets are assembled, the quantity will be increased, and it will be easy to make money, right?"
"After all, even if the profit is high, there is only one person in the process of making talismans, which is not as good as the products of the assembly line."
Lu Changsheng thought to himself.
The more Lu Changsheng thought about this idea, the more feasible it seemed.
Making talismans can only be done by oneself.
But with the second-level puppet skills, as a second-level puppet master, he found that puppets can be divided into different tasks.
The difficulty of puppet craft lies in its complexity.
Not only do you have to create and assemble the parts and components of the puppets, but you also have to engrave the spiritual pattern array on the puppets.
You even need to understand mechanical engineering, human mechanics, physics, mechanical structure, and so on.
But if you divide these things up, industrialize them, and let different people do them, the threshold will immediately be lowered.
There is hope that it can be built into an assembly line industry.
"If I can think of this kind of thing, others should be able to think of it too, right?"
"Forget it. Anyway, this is a bit far-fetched for me now. I'd better consider it when I have strength in the future."
Lu Changsheng shook his head and suppressed the idea that he had just thought of.
If he wants to build a puppet manufacturing industry, he must have a certain strength before he can start to implement it.
Now he has no money and no strength, so he should rely on making talismans to make money and have children to grow up.
Seeing that the sky outside is almost getting dark, it will be evening soon, and Lu Changsheng walked out of the talisman shop.
Prepare to buy some materials for making puppets.
This thing is expensive, but since I have the skills, I have to make two for fun.
If it doesn't work, I can give it to my children as a toy.
Lu Changsheng didn't go to the casual cultivator market to buy materials.
This round trip, before he finished shopping, it was getting dark.
Half a quarter of an hour later.
Lu Changsheng came to Qingyun Chamber of Commerce.
This is a shop opened by Qingyun Sect itself, with a total of seven floors, very luxurious.
There are elixirs, magic tools, techniques, natural treasures, etc. for sale, and the items are guaranteed.
Lu Changsheng came to Qingyun Chamber of Commerce and bought materials for making a first-level low-grade puppet and a first-level middle-grade puppet.
He also bought some spiritual materials for practicing the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art.
Although the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art has the Black Dragon Magic Pearl, his own practice has also made rapid progress.
But Lu Changsheng would also take out half an hour every day to practice the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art.
In the end, Lu Changsheng bought everything he wanted, spending 236 spiritual stones.
This made his already poor family even worse.
The day to go to Baiyu Tower will be postponed again.
After leaving Qingyun Chamber of Commerce, Lu Changsheng passed by a "Qianji Pavilion" that sold puppets.
He went in and asked about the price of the puppets.
The shopkeeper told him that different puppets have different effects, and even the same grade has different prices.
Then he told him the approximate price of the puppets.
The price of a first-level low-grade puppet is about 70 to 80 spirit stones.
The price of a first-level middle-grade puppet is about 300 spirit stones.
The price of a first-level high-grade puppet is about 1,100 spirit stones.
The price of a first-level top-grade puppet is about 3,000 spirit stones.
After hearing the price, Lu Changsheng said goodbye and left.