At noon the next day, everyone had a meal together in a restaurant outside the school, and then went to the alley that Xu Yiyang had been optimistic about.

Although it is not a weekend, this alley is still very lively.

Mainly because it is not far from China and Overseas and Tongji.

The two schools themselves are very close, just over two kilometers away, and this lane is just in the middle of the two schools, which is about 10 minutes walk, and it is two stops away by bus.

Since the overall consumption power of college students is still not good, this kind of more chaotic alley is easier to incubate the consumption places that college students love.

Because it is not close to the main road, the rent is relatively cheap, and there are all kinds of businesses in it, such as small clothing stores, small restaurants, small hotels, barber shops, video stores, bookstores, supply stores with two surnames, game halls, and of course, Internet cafes.

However, the scale of the Internet café here is very small, Xu Yiyang went in to take a look, there were less than 20 machines in total, and the environment inside was very harsh, and it was smoky.

It's basically impossible for an Internet café like this to be a competitor to itself.

Most of the people who walk here at noon are college students, and it seems that this place has become the first choice for students to consume.

In this alley, almost all of the houses along the street are self-built, with two-storey, three-storey, and four-storey houses, and they vary in size.

Although this is relatively biased, Xu Yiyang knows a truth, there is no need to be afraid of the location of the Internet café at all!

Even if you hide in a corner, someone will find it to play.

Therefore, there is no need for the kind of expensive façade that leans against the road in the early stage.

Make a fortune in the small alley first, and then kill it in the small alley after making enough money, perfect.

Xu Yiyang calculated the funds, and if he invested 700,000 yuan, 600,000 yuan would be used to purchase hardware, and the remaining 100,000 yuan would be used for rent and simple decoration.

With 600,000 pieces of hardware, excluding network equipment, tables, chairs, bars, and shelves, it should be possible to buy about 80 computers.

However, there is still a certain amount of room for upgrades, so Xu Yiyang decided to rent a larger storefront.

Xu Yiyang took everyone to take a look around and fell in love with a two-storey building, upstairs and downstairs is a hall with an actual area of more than 100 square meters, with two rooms of about 10 square meters and a bathroom.

This type of house is very satisfactory to Xu Yiyang, just the hall, the bar counter and sixty or seventy computers are not a big problem, and the two small rooms next to it can also be placed with ten tables each, in this way, the initial stage is only the first floor is enough.

The second floor can be vacant first, and when there is a profit, new machines will be added every month to make use of the upstairs.

Others are completely subject to Xu Yiyang's opinion, so what he says is what he says, and everyone thinks it is good.

The landlord is an old man in his fifties, he said that this house was built by his family, and the last tenant set up a self-selected movie and television hall, that is, the kind of mini video hall with many cubicles, each cubicle puts a TV, a VCD, and a small sofa, and the boss has a large number of pirated discs.

It may sound low, but in this day and age, it is a popular place for boys and girls to date and fall in love.

Xu Yiyang was very curious why the other party would not do such a hot business.

As a result, the old man told him that the family is now bigger, and he rented a small courtyard directly in the depths of the alley, and provided more choices, as well as a part-time room with TV and VCD, and the business was a hot mess, almost all of which were patronized by college students from nearby universities.

Xu Yiyang served.

It seems that the money of young couples is the best to earn.

Zhao Xin couldn't help but say: "Why don't we do this too! A TV and a VCD must be much cheaper than a computer." ”

Xu Yiyang waved his hand: "The entertainment provided by this model is too simple, or it will be completely eliminated in a few years." ”

After that, Xu Yiyang began to talk to the old man about the price.

The old man's asking price is 8,000 a month, and the price is a bit inflated.

Xu Yiyang counteroffered to 6,000, pledged one to pay six, signed the contract for three years, did not increase the rent in the first two years, and increased by 15 points in the third year.

According to Xu Yiyang's idea, he will work here for two years at most, and he will definitely move out of the alley within two years.

After negotiating with the landlord, Xu Yiyang directly signed a contract with the old man, paid 42,000 yuan, and then got the key to the door.

Although the house is a bit old, the overall is clean and tidy, Xu Yiyang thinks that the decoration of the Internet café is similar to that of a training institution, no need to be fancy, only need to be clean and bright.

Find a worker to paint a large white wall first, replace the roller shutter door at the door with a floor-to-ceiling glass door, and install more fluorescent tubes to make the whole interior look bright and magnificent, which is basically OK.

Then there is the air conditioner, wall-mounted moving head fan, ventilation fan, these must be available, not stingy.

The weather in Zhonghai is hot in summer and wet and cold in winter, and if there is no air conditioning, the customer experience is very poor.

In the early years, many Internet cafes were particularly provincial, reluctant to install air conditioners, and reluctant to turn on air conditioners when they were installed.

In addition to this, a large amount of firefighting equipment is also procured just in case.

There are also surveillance cameras installed outside and indoors, although few Internet cafes have done this in recent years, Xu Yiyang feels that safety should be put first.

Internet cafes are the easiest to lose things, it is easy to lose mobile phones inside, bicycles are easy to lose outside, and there are surveillance cameras, which can also improve the overall security of Internet cafes, which is more reassuring for guests.

Chen Meng said to Xu Yiyang at this time: "Brother Xu, can you name the Internet café?"

Xu Yiyang thought for a while and said: "Isn't this about to cross the century, or let's give the Internet café a name with the characteristics of the times, and call it the New Century Internet Café." ”

None of the people had a problem with that.

Zhao Xin asked him: "Lao Xu, is it easy to get the documents in the Internet café?"

"Easy to do. Xu Yiyang said: "When I find a scalper, it should be easy to solve." ”

At present, there are no restrictions and controls on Internet cafes in various places, and there is no difficulty in approving the qualifications of Internet cafes.

In fact, until the 2002 Blue Speed incident, the management of Internet cafes was very loose, and the required qualifications were very simple.

Xu Yiyang went to the vicinity of industry and commerce to find many scalpers, chose the most reliable one, and entrusted all the matters of applying for certificates to the other party.

These days, scalpers can do almost anything.

Not to mention getting an industrial and commercial certificate, as long as you give enough money, you can go to Shenzhen and even find a scalper to apply for a big certificate such as a foreign trade certificate.

It's just that scalpers like the latter are all among the scalpers who have a very strong relationship in strength.

Then, Xu Yiyang divided the work for everyone on the spot.

He said to everyone: "We have a lot of work to do, tomorrow at noon, I am going to go to the electronic city, find a reliable machine shop, and then order 90 computers, computer desks, computer chairs and other network equipment, in the electronic city should be able to be determined, the rest of the things need to be divided together." ”

Zhao Xin hurriedly said: "Lao Xu, just give me orders, everyone will listen to your arrangement." ”

Xu Yiyang said: " Brother Xin, you take the time to go to the home appliance city at noon tomorrow, first install ten wall-mounted shaking head fans on the first floor, eight in the outer hall, one in each of the two rooms, six water dispensers, four outside, one in each of the two rooms inside, and four air conditioners, two high-power vertical air conditioners, two one-and-a-half-horse hanging air conditioners in the two cabins, as well as ventilation equipment, with square exhaust fans, each window should be installed one, and the power should be larger, otherwise the guests inside will smoke, the air will be too poor. ”

Zhao Xin asked: "Is it cheaper to buy second-hand air conditioners?"

Xu Yiyang waved his hand: "You never know how dirty the second-hand air conditioner is, and you don't know how big the smell is, many air conditioners will be yellowed after a few years, and you can see that it is old goods at a glance. ”

"I see!"

Xu Yiyang continued: "Jun Nan, you contact the landlord tomorrow, he knows a reliable electrician, let him come over to check the circuit for us, eliminate hidden dangers, upgrade the places that need to be upgraded, wires, air switches, these must be selected, and find another one to brush the wall, and reprocess all the walls." ”

"Okay, Brother Xu. ”

"Xiao Meng, you go to the furniture city tomorrow, order a larger bar counter, a row of glass cabinets, a row of cabinets against the wall, and buy a few sets of the simplest fabric sofas, put them against the wall, and buy a small safe. ”

"Okay, Brother Xu. ”

"Yiming, you go to the Lamp City tomorrow, install six rows of fluorescent tubes on the outside, one row on the inside, choose a higher brightness, and then let the electrician install it for us. ”

"Okay, Brother Xu. ”

Yiyang finally looked at Gu Peng and said, "Forget love, you can find a place to sell fire-fighting equipment tomorrow, buy me thirty four-kilogram dry powder fire extinguishers, give me four twenty-kilogram cart-type fire extinguishers, and three to four kilograms of carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, give me ten." ”

"Poof......" Gu Peng, who was drinking water, choked and coughed for a long time before he was surprised and said: "Brother Xu, are you sure to buy so much????"

Xu Yiyang nodded and said, "Yes, forty-four!"

The crowd was dumbfounded.

They can't figure it out, what do you need so many fire extinguishers to do when you open an Internet café?

But Xu Yiyang feels that a fire extinguisher is indispensable.

At this stage, doing business is far less rigorous than the later generations, and in a few years, almost all physical businesses will have to go through strict fire audits to avoid fires to the greatest extent.

80% of the country's Internet cafes may not even have two canisters of fire extinguishers.

But Xu Yiyang hopes to prepare more, and he opens an Internet café in a self-built house in this kind of alley, and there is no way to install a complete set of sprinkler fire extinguishing equipment, and if he wants to do a good job in fire fighting, he has to rely on fire extinguishers.

Moreover, because he knew the tragic consequences of the Blue Speed incident in his previous life and the bad impact on the whole country, Xu Yiyang now opens an Internet café and dares to save any money, but he definitely does not dare to save a penny on safety, especially firefighting.

Dry powder fire extinguishers are actually not expensive, four kilograms, will not exceed 100 yuan, buy 30 will be 3,000 yuan, and 20 kilograms will be three or four hundred.

So many dry powder fire extinguishers, except for fires caused by oil and chemical materials, can basically deal with it.

In fact, there are not many combustibles in Internet cafes except for circuits and electronic equipment, and Xu Yiyang does not plan to use flammable carpets and other decorations, so dry powder fire extinguishers are basically enough.

As for the carbon dioxide fire extinguisher, the price is slightly more expensive, a small can may cost two or three hundred yuan, mainly used to extinguish the fire for electronic equipment and valuables, if the computer fires, the use of carbon dioxide fire extinguishers can minimize the damage to the computer itself.

With so many fire extinguishers at that time, you can basically sit back and relax.