Ren Chenyang kept fiddling with a children's shoe in his hand. He often uses pliers, duckbill pliers, awls, screwdrivers, brushes, needles and other tools. Sometimes pull the needle hard, and sometimes carefully flatten the corner of the sole with the tip of a screwdriver.
Ren Chenyang is a shoemaker. He makes traditional handmade cloth shoes.
I accidentally became a shoemaker.
Ren Chenyang, aged 24, graduated from Universities of Applied Sciences Hotel Management in 2005. By chance, Ren saw on the Internet that Neiliansheng Footwear Co., Ltd. (an old brand that makes cloth shoes by traditional techniques, hereinafter referred to as Neiliansheng) was recruiting skilled workers. Before that, he learned about the time-honored brand on TV, and took part in the application with a try attitude.
At the beginning of the application, the person in charge of inline promotion told the young people who came to apply that it was boring and tiring to make shoes by hand, but Ren Chenyang stayed.
In the first two months, Neiliansheng did not directly teach them how to make shoes, but let them do some chores in the factory, familiarize themselves with the working procedures, and observe and evaluate them.
When the two-month exam expired, Ren Chenyang and another young man stayed. They learn the basic work (that is, connecting the foundation with the upper with 865,438+0 stitches per square inch), which is the most difficult and important work in shoemaking technology. Because of the high demand for skills, the master of this type of work is called "Dr. Shoe" in shoemaking technology.
June 5438 +20051early October, Ren Chenyang and his brother were sent inline to Yanjiao City, Hebei Province to study at Master Wang's home who retired in his seventies for one month. They live and eat at Master Wang's house.
With the unique curiosity of young people, Ren Chenyang initially felt that making cloth shoes was very fresh. But for Ren Chenyang, who has never been exposed to needle and thread, learning to make cloth shoes is not that simple. Starting with the most basic needle delivery (threading the thread through the nose of the needle), "hit", the thread was handed over for more than ten minutes. "It made me sweat at that time." Speaking of the embarrassment at that time, Ren seemed a little embarrassed.
In the first few days, my hand kept bleeding from needles. Because I have to pull the wire hard when sewing needles, I don't know how to pull hard. Although I wore a finger cuff, my fingers were still hurt by the thread, and my fingers were bruised. Soak your hands with warm water at night to let the congestion spread from your hands.
Regarding daily work, Ren told reporters that they want to sit on a pony to make shoes, and the requirements for sitting on a pony are "three bends": head bend, waist bend and knee bend. This is a very uncomfortable thing for people who are not used to sitting. Especially for Ren whose height is 1.80 meters, this process is even more uncomfortable.
In the middle of the study, Ren Chenyang began to feel a little overwhelmed. When he was lying in bed at night, he thought about the hardships and tiredness of learning to make shoes and his sore and numb hands. He didn't leave home for a long time. He began to feel a little homesick, and the idea of giving up sprouted at this time.
"This is being a deserter." Ren Chenyang didn't give up in the end. He persisted and gradually became simple.
After studying, Master Wang also told Ren Chenyang about the history of China cloth shoes, the history of inline promotion, and Master Wang's experience as an apprentice. "My horizons have been broadened at once, and my interest has been mobilized." Speaking of these "studies" after learning, Ren Chenyang recalled with great interest.
Master Wang was an apprentice at that time, and he was very strict with his disciples, adhering to the traditional apprentice concept of "don't beat the tools." When the apprentice made any mistake, he picked up a stretched shoe last (used to make shoes, similar to a wooden mold, and the stretched shoe last was nailed up) and hit it. The apprentice often has blood on his legs.
Some rigid rules for apprentices are also very strict. Apprentices can't grow a little hair before they start studying. Once Master Wang had long hair, and his master told him that you can leave the shoe store. At that time, Master Wang cried inexplicably. Finally, he learned that apprentices are not allowed to have hair, and they must be bald. That night, he shaved his hair.
Talking about what he learned besides making shoes, Ren Chenyang now recalls that Master Wang has benefited a lot from his own life experience and from his life experience.
Ren Chenyang still remembers the joy of learning to make the first pair of shoes for three or four days. Although it was made with the help of master, "I can't believe my eyes." Later, Master praised him and said that he learned quickly.
After the one-month study period, Ren Chenyang and his brother returned to Beijing and became inline shoemakers. They are apprentices, but they are on-the-job employees. If they don't understand anything in their daily work, ask the old workers.
"Three hundred and sixty lines, each line is the best."
Talking about the experience of making shoes in Neiliansheng General Factory for nearly half a year, Ren Chenyang seems to have adapted to the work of making shoes. "Looking at a pair of shoes slipping from your hands, a sense of accomplishment arises spontaneously." From the initial ignorance of cloth shoes, it has become more and more interesting. Ren Chenyang began to enjoy making shoes.
"The young man studied hard and got good grades." Director Liu commented on Ren Chenyang's works.
Ren told reporters that although he is still in the apprenticeship stage, his salary is not very high, and the quality rate has not met the requirements set by the factory, he is still very happy to see the quality shoes he made.
Inline has improved the atmosphere and culture of the enterprise and made Ren Chenyang very interested in his work. There is no serious tension at work. The old employees in the workshop are very kind to everyone. "They all treat me like a mistress." They usually do as many manual or small chores as possible. Because of this, the old employees often praise Ren, "It feels like a family."
Every day the factory goes to work at 8: 40 in the morning and leaves work at 4: 35 in the afternoon. Fixed time and fixed workload make Ren Chenyang more satisfied.
Now Ren Chenyang's daily task is to help the factory do chores with a pair of adult shoes or two pairs of children's shoes after work.
Talking about his vision for the future, "soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers." Ren spoke out his plan. His goal is to become a cloth shoe designer-equivalent to an engineer in a factory, not just a mechanic who makes shoes. "I am doing everything now, studying as much as possible and laying a good foundation."
"In-line promotion has a history of one or two hundred years, and the varieties are relatively fixed. If the company wants to develop, it must innovate and keep up with the needs of the times. "
Most of the old designers in the factory are old now and need young people to take over. At the beginning of this year, the factory recruited a designer with training background, but the designer had no contact with cloth shoes. After three or four months in the factory, he left by himself.
Ren Chenyang also talked about his understanding of designers. A good cloth shoe designer is an excellent shoemaker, because when you design, you should first consider whether the designed shoes are easy to make and how to make them. You have to make your own shoes first.
Is to do things in a down-to-earth manner.
Ren Chen masculine began to work as a shoemaker, which many people around him didn't understand, including his parents.
For the initial choice of inline promotion, Ren's idea is "simple". He is young, he can try to do everything, learn as much as possible, and it is refreshing to make cloth shoes. With the deepening of making cloth shoes, Ren began to make cloth shoes as a real career.
"We really didn't understand at the time and felt that the child had not reached such an age." Talking about Ren's initial choice, Ren's mother recalled her original point of view.
She thinks that Ren Chenyang has been naughty and restless since childhood. As a young man, he can't do this job for a long time, but as a parent, he always wants his children to have a stable job. Ren Chenyang's university major is hotel management, and what he learned by making high heels has nothing to do with it.
Ren Chenyang's parents' initial expectation for Ren was that they could take a management job after graduating from college, which also helped to improve their social experience.
Seeing Ren Chenyang's persistence and increasing interest, Ren's parents' attitude towards his job began to change slowly.
"This child is more stable than before and feels that people are also practical." Ren Chenyang's mother told reporters about Ren's changes. Before graduating from college, Ren was still a rough boy in the eyes of his parents.
"Nowadays, the employment pressure of college students is quite great, and our parents have to change their ideas to meet the needs of society." Ren's mother told reporters what she thinks now.
"When the child is older, we must respect his choice. Moreover, he is working very hard now. " Talking about Ren Chenyang's work, Ren's mother is more at ease now. In her words, Ren's character was serious about what he was interested in since childhood. Now Ren Chenyang really likes making shoes and his job is stable.
At the party with college students, everyone was talking about each other's careers, but the students didn't understand and even looked down on Ren Chenyang's work of making shoes, but Ren explained and insisted, "360 lines, every line is a champion."
Ren's current salary is not high, even much lower than that of some college students, but he said that he is very satisfied with his current job, "contentment is always happy", and Ren said something that seems to be out of line with his age.
"People think this is just a pair of cloth shoes, but I don't think so." In the process of making shoes, Ren Chenyang talked to reporters about his "view of making shoes".
"In fact, what people don't understand about me is that they don't understand this line." After some small difficulties slowly passed, the fun of making shoes gradually emerged.
"Cloth shoes are a kind of traditional culture in China, and the story contained in the promotion of cloth shoes and inline is also a kind of culture. This industry is not only making cloth shoes, but also a traditional art. Nowadays, young people like us seldom wear cloth shoes and seldom know the story here. I think it is necessary to pass on this traditional culture. "
Now Ren Chenyang is basically able to be independent, but he thinks that making traditional handmade cloth shoes is not a skill that can be mastered in a year or two, and the kung fu lies in the understanding at work.
Nowadays, it is difficult for college students to find employment and choose to start a business. I'm a college student now, and I know a little.