Why was Ma Weidu shocked when he went to Switzerland to make coats?

Because it is too expensive. Although most things in Switzerland are handmade and are also called handicrafts, a coat costs 1 million, which should not be affordable for ordinary people. Although Ma Weidu He is a collector, but the price of such a coat is still unacceptable to him.

Handmade products are of high value and you have to queue up if you want to buy them

Foreign handmade products are always more expensive. This is common sense among our people, so most people go out to travel. From time to time, I would bring some foreign handicrafts home as souvenirs, the most representative of which are Italy and Switzerland. The master collector Ma Weidu once encountered such a thing in a foreign country. At that time, Ma Weidu went to Switzerland for a trip , following Ma Weidu’s translator, he introduced some local customs and customs to Ma Weidu, and also introduced some related content about Swiss luxury goods. The translator said to Ma Weidu that most of our upper class people currently wear luxury brand names. In fact, many of the luxury goods can be purchased by ordinary people and cannot be called luxury goods. Things that can truly be called luxury goods must be customized and have no brand name.

Ma Weidu continued to ask out of curiosity, why can those without brands be called luxury goods? The translator patiently explained to Ma Weidu that this is because most of these unbranded things are handmade by well-known local craftsmen, and they are appropriately tailored according to each person's body shape. These masters make it every year. The goods are very limited, and some people from the upper class have to queue up if they want to customize them. There is a very famous craftsman in Switzerland who opened a ready-made clothing store. The clothes made by the boss are all unbranded, but Since he made it himself, the price is very expensive.

A hundred-year-old ready-made clothing store, one piece of clothing costs one million

And this store has a history of hundreds of years. It has always been specialized in making customized ready-made clothes and has a good reputation. It is very good locally in Switzerland and has a very good reputation. At that time, Ma Weidu was very curious and asked Fang Yi to take him to that store to have a look, thinking about buying a coat. Ma Weidu was also a collector after all. In his opinion, no matter how expensive the clothes were, they would not be expensive. No matter where they go, at most only 200,000 will go to heaven.

After they arrived at the ready-made clothing store, they waited for a long time before they saw the owner of the store. After entertaining Ma Weidu and his party, the owner gave Ma Weidu a cold drink. After measuring it, he handed it directly to Ma Weidu. The price of the dress was marked on the note. Ma Weidu was shocked when he saw it. This coat actually cost 1 million yuan. At that time, Ma Weidu regretted it. Should he wear it or not after buying such an expensive piece of clothing? But Since Ma Weidu is a Chinese who has a good reputation, he couldn't lose face and refused on the spot, so he had to think about it again. But in the end, Ma Weidu gave up and told the store owner that he had other things to do, so he would not buy it next time. Come again.

Chinese and foreign cultural differences, the status of craftsmen are different

In fact, this incident also shows that there are some differences between our country and foreign cultures. In foreign countries, they attach great importance to the cultural inheritance of craftsmen. , so those handmade things are very expensive and have extremely high collection value, but in China it is just the opposite.

The status of these skilled workers in society is not that high. Except for some representative industry leaders, the monthly income of ordinary workers is only enough to survive. . In ancient times, the status of craftsmen was even lower. Once naturalized, they could not deregister, and craftsmen were not even allowed to participate in the imperial examinations. They enjoyed all kinds of unfair treatment in society. It is really sad to see this.