Victrina,
I'll be happy to share my thoughts about your tree or any other trees in the show with you or anyone who will be at the BIG SHOW in Rochester for father's day weekend. Please make an effort to be there because it's really important to support such an incredible event. I will be there demostrating on saturday and Kunio Kobayashi will be there on sunday with Peter Warren.
Kobayashi is the satsuki king btw!!!
No one has ever put together such a high-quality bonsai exhibition in the states before and by going to Rochester you will have the chance to learn a great deal by looking in person at some of the most remarkable bonsai speciments in the country.
Please come to Rochester for the National Bonsai Show!!!
We can all have a NBW party!!!
Zenshi, thank you very much to find the time to share your expertise and business knowledge with all of us.
I learn a long while ago that the best thing a business man can do it to listen. So if you think you have a better strategy then mine.... everybody is witness, I offer you a job.
The target is to increase sales of 5000 ICHIBAN sold ( and payed ) in 3 years. Either wholesale or retail. I will pay you $10.000 per year for your consulting.
But if we don't get over 1000 ICHIBAN sold you will get only 10% of the profit.
If we don't get over 500 ICHIBAN sold you will get your 10% of the profit from which I will take away the cost price of all the ICHIBAN given away.
deal?
Let me share a story with you.
I remember when everybody was telling that Kimura was never going to accept me as his disciple. They sweared that was totally impossible. Before then he never accepted a non-japanese person before.
I proved them wrong.
I remember when everybody was telling me that european bonsaist would have never buy a bonsai for more than $2000-$4000. Since I came back from Japan I sold lots of trees, many between $10.000 and $85.000.
I proved them wrong.
Do you know why? because I eat, breath, read, touch, work bonsai since I was 15 years old EVERY DAY OF MY GODDAMN LIFE. So if you, or anyone else, wants to get the job, I'm happy to pay lots of money to anyone who can do better of what I'm doing now. I have no doubt that it's defenetly possible BUT when you will get to know all the inside aspects of my business probably....and I say probably...you will change your attitude. But what matters to me is to offer the best possible product and the best possible service to the bigger number of customers.
If you think you can get results, you got a job.
I remember when my friends were telling me that I would never date a centerfold.
Damn if I proved them wrong
But I just got lucky that time......
gnite everybody, I'm in Cincinnati and I'm working at Doug Hawley's tomorrow.