Since elementary school, Qian Xiaofan has been a big fan. In order to buy models, he eats buns for a few cents at lunch. After working, he became a programmer, and his monthly salary spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying models.
Today, Qian Xiaofan is a model painter. He has opened his own online shop, set up his own studio, developed original model painting tools, registered his own brand, and exported his products overseas.
He said he finally realized his dream of turning his hobbies into professions.
Model painting, in short,
s to make up the model, but it is not a simple coloring.
"A model has hundreds of thousands of parts, each of which we polish carefully, make some personalized changes, optimize the structure, and make it more cool." When Qian Xiaofan was obsessed with transformation, he often forgot to eat. It was midnight. "When it was finished, I felt like I was as high as I could be, and I felt very accomplished."
Qian Xiaofan made the largest model up to 1.8 meters, consisting of 5,000 parts. It took him and his friends five people a month and a half to complete the model, charging 150,000 yuan.
Because the industry niche, often unable to understand for others, why a small toy, small model can sell tens of millions of.
Customer service in Qian Xiaofan Store is often scolded as "Black Heart Store" or "Money Robbery", but people who really know the industry know that behind a work is hundreds of hours of work, which is actually worth its price.
"The guys in our studio love this thing from the bottom of their bones. They didn't play enough when they were young, and then they got together." At present, Qian Xiaofan's studio has 20 employees. "Our goal in the future is to make model tools smaller and cheaper, so that more people can experience the fun of DIY."