Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 551: Chapter 514: High Standards and Strict Requirements Chapter 551: Chapter 514: High Standards and Strict Requirements With the help of Liliya and others, Rocky finally selected six designs from numerous proposals and immediately had the technicians start work, demanding the samples be made at once!

Upon receiving his order, the technicians naturally did not dare to delay and immediately got to work.

Since they were all professional and experienced, and with Thunderhawk City’s manufacturing plant already having a considerable scale, and both manpower and material resources being abundant, and of course, with Rocky’s unwavering support, the six samples were delivered to him a week later.

When the senior technician presented the six ladies’ handbags, crafted from Demon Skin, in front of Rocky, his level of excitement was no less than that of a woman; he immediately picked them up to examine closely.

Picking up one handbag and scrutinizing it, Rocky’s face showed little emotion; upon finishing, he put it back and then picked up another one. After he had gone through all the samples, he called over Liliya and the others to give their opinions.

As soon as the four women arrived and saw the samples, their eyes lit up momentarily!

“So beautiful!”

Dusa, who had always smirked at the design drawings, instantly changed her attitude upon seeing the actual product; she couldn’t let go of the handbag and her eyes shone brightly.

Aileen and Athena felt the same. Both older than Dusa, they behaved more composedly, but once they stood in front of the six samples, they couldn’t move away, picking each one up to look at it again and again, utterly enamored.

Even Liliya was the same at this moment; though she didn’t speak, and her face didn’t show too much excitement, her eyes couldn’t lie, especially when a flash of brilliance sparked across her eyes as she saw the six handbags—Rocky saw it clearly.

It was no wonder the four women had such reactions; to be fair, the six handbags were indeed beautiful. Although the technicians were initially puzzled by designing these handbags, they were after all the most professional in this field. After Rocky’s detailed explanation and seeing various handbags on the market, they quickly found their approach and the designs they produced were beyond reproach.

Also, Demon Skin was indeed far better than ordinary leather, making these handbags, made from Demon Skin, much superior to other handbags on the market, hardly surprising the four women loved them so much.

However, as they huddled around the six handbags for a long while and eventually nodded to Rocky in approval, Rocky addressed the technicians in charge, “These samples, I am very dissatisfied.”

“Ah?”

Upon hearing his words, Liliya and the rest were instantly stunned, and the nearby technicians were frozen on the spot.

The reaction of Liliya and the others upon seeing these handbags was naturally observed by the technicians, which made them very happy; after all, it was a task personally assigned by Rocky, and failing it could mean serious trouble. However, from the women’s reactions, the technicians had also been reassured.

Unexpectedly, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, Rocky openly expressed his dissatisfaction, and judging by the expression on his face, it was completely the opposite of that of Liliya and the others, revealing a look of extreme dissatisfaction.

He was indeed very dissatisfied, and this dissatisfaction had arisen from the moment he picked up the first sample.

Because in his view, these samples had several common flaws:

The first was the poor hand feel; although the samples looked good and the material was faultless, they felt soft and squishy in hand, like a piece of cloth, not exquisite at all.

Secondly, these samples looked generally acceptable but the details were too rough, especially the metal fittings such as buttons, which were just ordinary fittings. This made Rocky extremely dissatisfied. With such high-quality material for the bags, how could they use such low-grade fittings? How could that be acceptable?

Although he was not a professional designer, his understanding of luxury goods surpassed anyone else in this world. What do luxury goods sell?

Firstly, it’s the brand, followed by the design, and lastly the material and quality. While the brand can be slowly established and design can be gradually accumulated—both solvable by time and only by time—what they could actively control now were the material and quality. If these two aspects were not achieved well, then what was left to sell, and who would buy it?

Therefore, despite Liliya and the others’ positive reactions to these few samples, Rocky was not satisfied; after all, Liliya and the others had never seen real luxury goods, but Rocky had.

Therefore, he quickly voiced his dissatisfaction and asked the technicians to start addressing it immediately.

Soon, the technicians gave him feedback.

“Are you saying… Mole Demon skin is not suitable for making handbags?”

Rocky frowned at the technician who had come to report to him, and this action immediately made the technician break out in sweat.

After all, Rocky was the City Lord! No matter how absurd his actions seemed to others, if he became displeased, it truly meant trouble for everyone; hence, his frown immediately frightened the technician before him.

Previously, in order to create those samples—and later to pinpoint the samples’ faults—the technicians had already used up four or five pieces of Mole Demon skin. Although Mole Demon skin was cheap, even cheap required a thousand gold coins per piece, so he was terrified that Rocky might think he was making excuses and thus punish him.

However, Rocky was obviously not considering these issues. He thought for a while with a furrowed brow and then asked, “Which demon skin do you all think would be more suitable?”

“This…”

Caught off guard by the question, the technician in front of him paused, then heaved a sigh of relief and hastily said, “City Lord, we think the skin of a Barbaric Demon would be more suitable. It’s similar to cowhide in texture, not only suitable in texture, but also easier for us to work with, and should meet your requirements.”

“Also…”

“Also what?”

“Also, I think we could try using Earth Dragon Demon skin.”

“Why?”

“Because Earth Dragon Demon skin naturally has irregular patterns, quite like floral prints. Though this skin is tough and lacks elasticity, it’s said that it becomes extremely soft with prolonged use, so I think using this type of demon skin for bags would be quite good…”

Looking at Rocky, the technician shared his thoughts, but he hesitated to continue speaking midway because he noticed that the look Rocky was giving him seemed a bit strange…