An offline store of iron wok in Jinan, Shandong Province was crowded with people. /Kanfa News Photo

In Tong Sheng Yong, an offline iron wok store in Jinan, Shandong province, many people across the country crowded in the store and looked for iron woks.

Until last Friday, both of the two online stores Tong Sheng Yong and Zhen San Huan removed all the iron woks off the shelves.

Liu Zimu, the factory manager in the documentary, told Beijing Morning Post that he was glad that craftsmanship got more attention and craftsmen won more respect. However, as the handmade iron woks couldn’t meet the huge demand, Liu worried that many unqualified products would appear in the market.

Zhangqiu iron woks in the offline store. /Kanfa News Photo

Craftsmen in the documentary also experienced judgments from others.

Liu told Legal Evening News that Wang Yuhai and his son, who were picked to show production process of Zhangqiu iron woks in the documentary, suffered from a lot of judgments and had already moved to their relatives' place to hide from the disturb.

Liu Zimu, the factory manager of iron wok factory in the documentary. /Kanfa News Photo

"Some villagers and peers in the same industry came to visit me and would judge me with sarcastic tones. Some said that I was paid by the documentary production team to advertise the iron woks, others said I leaked out the production skill of iron woks. Some even called at night to ask for iron woks." Wang told Liu.

Liu also said that some craftsmen who signed contracts with him scraped the contracts and started their own business, opening a lot of new online shops.

"They even use our pictures," said Liu, "but we can't do anything about it."

Liu said that when the public's fever of Zhangqiu iron wok cooled down, they would reopen the online store and offer better products for customers.