Cranston, Rhode Island.Caroline Rafaelian, yemwe adayambitsa chizindikiro cha Alex ndi Ani koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 2000, adakhazikitsa kampani yake yodzikongoletsera ya Metal Alchemist ku Rhode Island Lachisanu ndi magulu atatu atsopano.Zosonkhanitsa zonsezi zimapangidwa ku Ocean State.
Rafaelian, yemwe sagwiranso ntchito ndi Alex ndi Ani, adanena kuti Metal Alchemist ndi "woyamba mwa njira zambiri"."Ndi luso lomwe ndakhala ndikufuna kuchita."
Zosonkhanitsidwa zitatuzo ndi zoluka zitsulo mauna, mwadalawaya, ndi zitsulo zamtengo wapatali zomangidwa ndi zitsulo, ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito njira yoyeretsera ndi mvula yomwe imaphatikiza golide, siliva, ndi mkuwa wapadera wa Metal Alchemist.Zosonkhanitsidwa zimaphatikizapo zibangili, mphete, ndi mikanda, zamtengo wapakati pa $28 ndi $2,800.
Rafaelian akuti zodzikongoletsera za Metal Alchemist ndi "cholowa" chomwe chiyenera kuperekedwa kuchokera ku mibadwomibadwo.
Dzina lake latsopano la kampani limapereka ulemu ku nzeru zakale: alchemy, yomwe idachokera ku Egypt wakale ndipo idachitika ku Europe, China, India komanso m'maiko onse achisilamu, ikufuna kusintha zitsulo zoyambira kukhala golide.Akatswiri a sayansi ya zakuthambo ankakhulupirira kuti chilichonse chinali ndi zinthu zinayi—dziko lapansi, mpweya, moto, ndi madzi—ndipo kafukufuku wa alchemical anathandiza kuumba mfundo za sayansi ndi njira za labotale zimene zikugwiritsidwabe ntchito masiku ano.
Chovuta cha Rafaelian chinali kupeza njira yogwiritsira ntchito njira zakale popanga zinthu zamakono, zomwe zinafuna zaka ziwiri za chitukuko, gulu la akatswiri opanga makinawo, ndi madola mamiliyoni ambiri.Stephen A. Cipolla ndi Rafaelian, pulezidenti wa National Chain Company of Warwick, anaika ndalama zokwana madola 8 miliyoni pa makinawo.
Metal Alchemist amagwiritsa ntchito njira yotenthetsera, kukanikiza ndi kutambasulazitsulo, njira yomwe ili yatsopano komanso “yakale ngati dziko,” malinga ndi kunena kwa “Chief Alchemist” wa Metal Alchemist, Marisa Morin.Zogulitsa zambiri zikuyembekezeka kutulutsidwa m'miyezi ikubwerayi.
Zodzikongoletserazi zidzagulitsidwa pa intaneti ku New York's flagship Metal Alchemist store m'dera la Tribeca, komanso m'masitolo onse a 62 Reeds Jewelers ku US.
Judy Fisher, wamkulu wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wogulitsa malonda ku Reeds Jewelers, adachita chidwi kwambiri ndi lingaliro latsopanolo moti pasanathe sabata kuchokera pamene Rafaelian adamuyimbira kuti amuuze, Reeds CEO Alan M. Zimmer ndi malonda VP Mitch Kahn mwiniwake adayendera mapangidwewo..
“Timamulemekeza kwambiri.Sitikwera ndege nthawi zambiri kukawona ogulitsa," a Judy Fisher, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamalonda ku Reeds Jewelers, adauza Globe.
Fisher adalongosola kuti pazaka makumi awiri zapitazi, makampani opanga zodzikongoletsera amayang'ana kwambiri kugwirizana kwamalingaliro pakati pa amuna ndi akazi, ndipo zambiri zatsopano zakhala zikuzungulira mphete zachibwenzi.Zidzatenga zaka kuti makasitomala ayambe kuvomereza zitsulo monga titaniyamu, cobalt ndi chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, adatero.Koma Fisher akukhulupirira kuti sizitenga nthawi kuti apeze chidaliro cha ogula ndi zitsulo zapadera za Metal Alchemist.
"Nthawi zonse zakhala nkhani yachikondi yamtima.Koma mibadwo yasintha, ndipo mafakitale asintha.Mphatso zachikondi sizilinso mutu wankhani, "adatero Fischer.“Zambiri za kudzifotokozera.Palibe malamulo, mutha kuvala momwe mukufunira ndikukhala nokha.Chifukwa chake sindikudziwa ngati (akatswiri azitsulo) akanagwira ntchito zaka 20 zapitazo.Koma ndi ogula masiku ano, zinthu ndi zosiyana.zogwirizana kwambiri”.
Rafaelian adakhazikitsa Alex ndi Anya m'chipinda chapansi pa Cinerama Jewelry, bizinesi yomwe bambo ake omwalira adayambitsa ku Cranston, Rhode Island mu 1966, yomwe iye ndi mlongo wake adatenga.Anayamba kuyesa zitsulo, kuziwotcherera kukhala zibangili zokhala ndi zizindikiro ndi zithumwa za anzeru.Mu 2004, adapereka chilolezo chosavuta: chibangili chotambasula.Pofika pakati pa zaka za m'ma 2010, Alex ndi Ani anali kampani yomwe ikukula mofulumira kwambiri ku US.
Alex ndi Ani adamuthamangitsa mu 2020 atachotsedwa ntchito, milandu komanso mavuto ndi makampani apadziko lonse lapansi.Kampaniyo ikukonzekera Chaputala 11 bankirapuse mu 2021.
Atabwerera ku bizinesi yodzikongoletsera, Rafaelian adanena kuti adadzipereka kupanga zinthu zopangidwa ndi America ndipo "anayatsanso magetsi" pa fakitale yake ya Rhode Island, yomwe poyamba inkadziwika kuti likulu la zodzikongoletsera padziko lonse lapansi.
Rafaelian anauza Globe kuti: “Dziko tsopano ndi lokonzeka kaamba ka akatswiri a zitsulo za alchemist.“Monga momwe anthu amasamalirira zomwe amavala pathupi komanso kumaso, chizindikirochi chimawawonetsa chifukwa chake kuli kofunika kumvetsetsa zitsulo zomwe timayika pakhungu lathu.
Alexa Gagosz can be contacted at alexa.gagosz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @alexagagosz and on Instagram @AlexaGagosz.