21. Talkative landlord
Some people may think that Zhou Fangyuan is clearly a cub who sells Yetian and is not distressed, and he only invested 5,000, of course he doesn't care if he will lose money.
This is a little unreasonable, his money is not blown by the wind, this is all in his scorching summer, with sweat bit by bit exchange, although the rate of return is indeed a little high, but if he really loses him, he will be very distressed.
Besides, the third brother doesn't really regret it, he just lacks the courage to kick the door at the critical moment, so Zhou Fangyuan gave him this courage, and even played this ball for him to help him take this crucial step.
Opening an Internet café is not a question of whether to make money or not, as long as there is no problem with the way and method, making money is certain, but it is just a matter of earning more and earning less, and Zhou Fangyuan is still confident in this.
Zhou Fangyuan and the others quickly handed over the money and got the goods, and quickly completed the transaction. Looking at the faces, the three of them are very young, one big and two small, and the two small ones are obviously not yet adults. But he took out such a large sum of money all of a sudden, which makes people unbelievable no matter how they look at it. But the soft sister coin is genuinely there, there is no problem in counting the money, and after making sure that all the money is genuine, the staff is greatly relieved.
Their work is finally done, and the rest has little to do with them.
As for those around who were still hesitant and wanted to continue to lower prices, they are now regretting it. Zhou Fangyuan also saw from the crowd the two middle-aged people who had "provided" him with news in his previous life, and their faces were also a little unsightly. But this has nothing to do with Zhou Fangyuan, he successfully bought these computers, and the most important level of opening an Internet café has been successfully crossed.
So, what exactly is a lot of stuff with sixty computers?
Even in later generations, when the size of computers was significantly smaller, sixty large boxes stacked together was not a small number, and even more so now. Today's computer screens are still the kind of big head screens, the screens are larger than the main computer, and sixty screens are stacked together, which is quite a bunch of things. Plus the console, keyboard, mouse, ...... In short, Zhou Fangyuan and the others went to the nearest building materials market to spend money to hire a small bucket car, and they went back and forth five times before pulling all these things home.
Two tanks of gasoline alone ran out, and the driver of the bucket truck who was responsible for refueling turned green. After all, he not only has to carry the computer, but also helps to move the computer, and these 60 sets of computers are enough for people to drink a pot just by moving. Especially the big head screen, which was dead and heavy, Zhou Fangyuan just gave up decisively after just giving it a try, anyway, he spent money to hire someone to move, so he didn't bother to make this effort again.
After all the computers were stacked in the south room of the third brother's house, Zhou Fangyuan looked at the computers that were slowly half a room, and a full sense of accomplishment rose in his heart. Yes, this is a very important step towards a better future, and he was going to use 5,000 yuan to find some other way to grow slowly in two or three years. Who knew that the third brother suddenly appeared at this time and created a broad road for him.
Zhou Fangyuan was very grateful to the third brother in his heart, if it wasn't for the third brother, if he wanted to turn the five thousand in his hand into two hundred thousand, it might take several years, at least he didn't think much about it for three years of high school. But now that the third brother has made a move, he has taken advantage of the other party's wings to develop, and it may only take more than a year to have 200,000 yuan, and the time saved here is undoubtedly a lot of money.
Turning his head to look at the third brother who was tired and sweaty, but still smirked, wiping the computer screen one by one with a rag, Zhou Fangyuan made a small determination in his heart. If the third brother really has any crises or difficulties in his life, he will definitely do his best to help the other party. If nothing else, just because the third brother believes in him so much today, he is willing to bet all his belongings on him, but this trust is worthy of Zhou Fangyuan's great favor.
After a brief clean-up of the computer, the three of them had a casual lunch, and they didn't even have time to rest, so they left the house again.
If the computer hardware is only the first threshold, there are many thresholds behind, and any one of them will make this plan stillborn.
And the most important thing at the moment is undoubtedly to rent a store and go through the procedures, the store is easy to rent, and the procedures are not difficult to do, but it takes time. And these things, Zhou Fangyuan and Yu Ban can't help, so they can only run by the third brother himself.
Fortunately, he has already seen the storefront, which was intended to be used as a roller skating rink, and now it is not bad to use it to open an Internet café.
The address of the store is in East Street, which is actually a street connected to Daxi Street, the east of the fourth archway is called East Street, and the west is called Daxi Street. Daxi Street is the most prosperous street in Beitong today, and there is no one. As for East Street, there is no doubt that it is stained with the light of Daxi Street, although the flow of people cannot be compared with Daxi Street after all, but there are more places to play on East Street.
Several famous karaoke halls, real ice rinks, roller skating rinks, large game halls, etc., are located on the East Street, and the East Street is Dongguan at the end, which is the commercial line that runs through the entire Beitong. The third brother took a fancy to the original Yuanlong Cinema. This cinema can be regarded as the oldest cinema in Beitong, and its history can even be traced back to before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
However, now that the Chinese film industry is sluggish, there are not many people watching movies, and all kinds of pirated VCDs that fill the streets and alleys have almost collapsed the already not very prosperous film industry. So this Yuanlong Cinema can't do it, and it was officially closed at the beginning of last year, leaving only a total of four floors of Yuanlong Building, all of which are rented out.
The lower three floors have all been rented out, and they have been used as a shopping mall, a game machine hall and a real ice rink, and now only the fourth floor is left, and only a very small part is left, most of which have been rented out and used as office locations. The rest of the place is about two or three hundred square meters, in the most remote corner.
Originally, it was not easy to rent out this place, after all, it was too remote, in the corner of the entire fourth floor, and the area was also small, basically nothing was suitable.
But the third brother just took a fancy to the other party's small size, but the area was too large, and he didn't dare to rent it all at once. If the area is large, the rent will be high, and if the area is small, the rent will be less.
Zhou Fangyuan and Yu Ban first followed the third brother to the front of the Yuanlong Building, the third brother took them around, and finally at the back of the Yuanlong Building, in a small courtyard that looked very ordinary, they saw the real owner of the building.
This is a middle-aged man in his forties, it can be seen that the other party's dress is very particular, although he lives in a very old courtyard, but the courtyard is well organized, and the decoration of the home is also very tasteful, obviously the other party is very rich.
Also, with such a building, you can collect a lot of rent every year.
The third brother explained his intention, and the other party also remembered the third brother, after all, they had met before, and the third brother had already come over to ask about the rent.
There are more than 230 square meters of space to be rented, and the rent is 5,000 a year. The requirement is that the rent must be paid for five years in a lump sum, which is also to reduce the associated risks.
If it was before buying a computer, the third brother would take out the money very easily, and there would be no pressure at all. But now that he has bought a computer, he has spent 210,000 yuan, and the money in the hands of the third brother and Zhou Fangyuan adds up to only more than 10,000 yuan, and even the rent is not enough.
There was no way, the third brother could only beg the other party to allow him for a while, let him do the business first, and make up the rent within a year.
This is also what Zhou Fangyuan said to the third brother on the road, the rent of five thousand a year is not expensive, after all, it is such a downtown area, even if it is remote, but such a thing as an Internet café, as long as it is famous, it is not afraid of remoteness at all. Moreover, in the area of East Street, it is above the Yuen Long Building, which is not remote, so the rent of 5,000 a year is really very conscientious.
It is a bit unrealistic to beg the other party to reduce the rent, and it seems that the sincerity is not enough to pay a few years less, so it is better to get straight to the point and directly explain that you want to pay in installments, which can be written into the rental agreement. If they are unable to pay the subsequent rent within one year, the contract will be voided and the money paid will not be refunded.
Such sincerity is enough, they have to pay money, no matter what, they have to pay more than 10,000 at once, if they roll up and leave all year round, the other party can still earn a year's rent for nothing, and the landlord will not disagree.
Sure enough, after hearing the third brother's idea, although the landlord did not directly agree, he did not directly refuse. On the contrary, he carefully asked the third brother what he wanted to do and how to do it. And when he learned that the third brother was going to open an Internet café, there was a thoughtful look on his face. After the third brother explained that he had bought a computer and sold sixty computers at one time, even the rich landlord's face was surprised.
And when he learned that these computers were all second-hand, but they had only been used for two years, and the price was only 30% of the original price, the surprise on his face quickly turned to appreciation.
"It can be seen that you are a young man with brains, and you really want to make a career, okay, I will agree to your request, you can pay the rent for a year first, and wait for the end of the year, if you can not pay the subsequent rent by then, our rental agreement will be automatically extended. ”
And this kind of good thing?
Zhou Fangyuan and the third brother glanced at each other.
After only paying for one year, not only can they have 5,000 yuan left, but more importantly, even if they fail after a year, they will not lose anything in terms of rent. It's just that there really is such a good person? Not only did he agree to his seemingly "unreasonable" request, but he even went one step further and directly minimized his own risk. There may be such good people, but Zhou Fangyuan doesn't believe that he can meet casually.
Unlike the third brother who was immediately full of joy, Zhou Fangyuan subconsciously felt that the middle-aged man opposite must have a plan, otherwise it would be impossible to speak so well.
Sure enough, the other party's next sentence poured a basin of cold water on the two of them.
"Actually, I'm quite optimistic about your project, I have a proposal here, you might as well listen to it," the middle-aged man paused, "The rent on the fourth floor will expire in a few days, and when their rent expires, I am not ready to renew the lease with them." I'm going to give you the entire fourth floor, and I don't charge you any rent, including the place you rented before, and I can even inject you with 300,000 yuan, but I need you for this...... I need 65 percent of your shares in this Internet café, but don't worry, I won't participate in the management, I only receive dividends, you can consider it. ”
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he picked up the water and began to drink from the cup.
Zhou Fangyuan sighed in his heart, he subconsciously looked at the third brother, and sure enough, he saw a struggling look on the other party's face. After a while, the third brother's eyes suddenly became firm, as if he had made up his mind, and he suddenly raised his head and looked at the other party.