Some of you were just talking about wood grain pattern. Straight grain is good, right? And some of you said fish scale is good too. Alright, let me give you a quick breakdown right here in the livestream. Wood comes in different colors. Now, I don't know how many of you have bought a blade recently, but let's say you just bought one—take the wood color as an example. Same model, for instance, you buy the exact same model, right? You'll see wood colors ranging from white to yellow. Let me tell you the difference. Generally, older wood tends to be more yellow. Newer wood is lighter, more whitish. The longer it ages, the yellower it gets. And those older, yellowed boards have more bottom power. Yellowed old wood—I'm telling you, wood grain. I'm not saying this because I'm selling them, but straight grain—I want you to look for that. Buy blades with straight wood grain. Folks, I always say this. Just look at Zhang Jike's blade Because Zhang Jike, he used to be a Butterfly endorser. He's the one who single-handedly brought the Butterfly brand—the Viscaria—from nowhere to everywhere. Now, I've always been thinking about this. You tell me, Butterfly made a custom blade for Zhang Jike I believe they gave him the absolute best wood they had. Does anyone disagree with that? I think Butterfly, when they made that custom blade for Zhang Jike, they definitely used the top-tier wood. Do you all agree? Now let me show you something. Butterfly's custom-made blade for Zhang Jike, — this is a photo Zhang Jike himself took and sent to me. And with Zhang's permission, he said, "Show it to the folks in the livestream." He asked me to let you all see—look at Zhang Jike's blade what kind of wood did Butterfly use for him? This is the custom blade Butterfly made for Zhang Jike himself. Custom-made. Look at the wood grain. So how can you say fish scale's wood grain is better? If fish scale grain were so good, why wouldn't Butterfly use that wood for Zhang Jike? Why are all his blades like this? All straight grains, all uniform. Why? It just proves straight grain is better. No doubt about it. I'm not saying this to bash fish scale sellers, but Zhang Jike already said it in his livestream this year. He told you not to buy—he said it himself on stream. He's mentioned it before. I've been saying this in my livestreams for two or three years now. Don't buy based on grain, don't buy the fish scale patterned wood. Zhang, in his livestream this year, already made it clear—don't select the fish scale blades. This isn't just my opinion. So don't come at me. You have to be honest with people. If you're not transparent, why are you even selling? Right? So folks just now we were talking about what kind of wood is the top-tier material for outer-layer blades. It's the yellow-colored, straight-grained wood. That's the premium stuff for outer-layer blades. I don't know if you've seen it in my stream Zhang watched me in my stream, helping players pick blades. And Zhang Jike said something—he said, "You can buy" "The grain on his blades looks just like mine." You can go check that out. Zhang has been on my stream before—you can look it up. Let me be straight with you. What I just told you—right now, when you buy a blade, say you go out and buy one—what are you buying? Let's say, for example, you want to buy a Fan Zhendong ALC, or you want a Viscaria. Okay, go buy a FZD ALC. Just go look. Ten Viscarias, ten FZD ALCs—a hundred, a hundred FZD ALCs— in that same model, every single blade's wood color and grain is different. They're not like Zhang Jike's custom blades, where every single one meets that standard. What does "custom" mean? It means it has to hit that exact standard. They make a few for him—three, four—look how many they made for him. Two, four—they made just a handful. Every one of his blades has that same grain. That's what a custom blade is. You see? Here's two. Three. Four no matter how many they make for him, the wood standard is always this standard. If it doesn't meet this standard, they won't make it for him. They just can't. But the blades we buy off the shelf—like I said, you buy a hundred FZD ALCs if you don't believe me, go spend your own money Some of you have the money, right? Go buy a hundred Viscarias, a hundred FZD Just look at them—same model, same brand, but the wood color is different on every blade. Why is that, folks? Do you know why? Nobody knows? You really don't know, folks? Alright friends for those who don't know, I'll tell you—it's called mass production. What is mass production? Think about it—what is mass production? FZD ALC is sold all over the world, everywhere. How can it possibly meet custom-grade standards? Custom made—it has strict standards, and they only produce a few. Mass production is made by the thousands and sold globally. Can they maintain that level of quality control? Like I just showed you Zhang Jike's blade—can they hit that quality control? They made four for Zhang Jike, and they can meet that standard. But if you make 40,000 or 400,000—can they all be the same? No way. That's impossible. That's mass production. Now, why do people go out You all know about picking blades, right? Nowadays, when people buy a blade, they pick it. But when you go to buy a Butterfly blade at certain places or through certain channels, if you want to pick, they won't let you. Unless you pay extra. Like, if you want to pick, you have to pay an extra 100 to 200 RMB. Then they might let you pick Why do you need to pick? Because every single blade is different. That's why you have to select. Each blade has different wood, different grain, different color. The hardness, forehand and backhand feel—all different. But the blades made for Zhang Jike, they're all identical. That's the difference between mass production and custom made. Look—making 4,000—do you think 400 and 4 are the same? And his blades aren't just 4,000—they make hundreds of thousands to sell worldwide. It's not that the quality is bad—it's just the volume is too high. That's the real reason. So when you buy a blade, the smart buyers are the ones who pick. They don't buy blindly. They pick from a large batch. And they look for the wood they want, the grain they like, the hardness and performance they prefer. The blade has a certain hardness. You can hear the hardness of a blade. You can tell if it's hard, soft, dead, or hollow. Experienced buyers can tell all that. Blades need to be chosen. You pick your vegetables—why wouldn't you pick your blade? Now, friends, let me talk about my blades. You want to hear? Did you all see that? A friend just placed an order—a penhold blade, right? I don't know if you saw it, but the wood, the grain—did you see it? You saw it, right? What kind of wood is that? Let me take that blade out again and show you. This is the one he just bought. Alright, bring the camera over—take a look. This is the blade he got. The one I picked for him. Look at that wood. Straight grain, right? Yellowish color—see that? I'm showing you every single blade I have in this livestream is made of this same quality wood. Because these are not mass-produced. These are custom-made. The official Yinhe brand does not sell my blades. Yinhe dealers have approached Yinhe, wanting to stock my blades, but the official brand told them— "We only have production rights, not sales rights." Some people have also approached me, asking if they could buy from me and resell—why did we refuse? Because once volume goes up, quality control will drop 100%. Right now, friends in the livestream, my current stock of shakehand blades—one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen—my current shakehand stock is only about 20 There's one at 89 grams. Three at 90 grams. Six or seven at 91 grams. About eight or nine at 92 grams. And one or two at 93 grams. Each weight only has a few pieces. My blades are not mass-produced—they're custom made. You can place your order now. That was bought just now. Purchased. I can pick any of these in stock and they're all this quality, folks. Want to see? What do we call this? This is true custom-grade standard and quality control. The blades you buy from me are the same ones I use myself. Why am I telling you this? Let me say it again. You asked why I don't let others sell my blades Because if the volume gets too big, quality control will drop 100%. Even I sell out of stock. Why do I run out of stock? Because of the quality of my blades.