Thursday, December 3rd, light rain.

At 3 p.m., the streets of Kabukicho are so deserted that there are hardly any pedestrians.

On the main street of Yiban Street, in front of a small five-story building facing the street, Li Guangzhi was looking down for something in his backpack. Behind him, Li Xiaomu and Sun Dayong were holding a big black umbrella, looking left and right at the small building and the surrounding environment.

"Lao Li, Dayong, let's go first and take a look at the internal structure of this house. I got someone to get a simple decoration diagram yesterday, and we will discuss it later. ”

Li Guangzhi beckoned to the two behind him, and bent down to unlock the roller shutter with the key he had just found.

With a "bang", the roller shutter was pulled high by him, and a smell mixed with a little rancid smell of food rushed out of his face. The three of them stood in the doorway and waited for a while before stepping inside.

It's about 400 meters away from the entrance to the Yasukuni Street in Kabukicho Street, and the width of the façade is only about two meters, and it is sandwiched between a "Kintaro" video rental chain and a Western-style coffee house, which looks less like a storefront and more like the exit of a stairway.

After opening the door and entering, there is a deep, more than four-meter-long corridor, and there are many posters of various ramen and snacks on the walls on both sides, indicating that this should have been a ramen restaurant.

At the end of the walkway are two glass doors, and behind them is a large room with an area of about 30 square meters.

After entering the door, Li Guangzhi reached out and turned on the light switch on one side of the wall, and said to Li Xiaomu and the others: "This place was found by Brother Dazhi with the help of their colleagues from the Shinjuku branch store." It used to be a ramen restaurant, but it closed a week ago when it couldn't be operated. Brother Dazhi took me to sign a contract directly with the landlord, and the rent was 1.2 million yen per month. ”

"Lao Li, Dayong, look at it, how does it feel here? The size is still appropriate, isn't it? ”

Li Xiaomu walked back and forth along the wall, roughly measured the length of the room with his footsteps, and then frowned slightly and said, "Guangzhi, the area of this place should not exceed ten pings, right?" Will it be a little smaller? ”

Li Guangzhi nodded and said, "The area is indeed not very large, but I think it's about the same." After all, in terms of our business model, the customers in the store are all mobile, and we don't need too much space. ”

"The main reason I chose this place is because of its location. The shop is located on the main street of Ichiban Street, less than 500 meters from the main entrance on the Yasukuni Street. ”

"I've observed that first-time visitors to Kabukicho Street are mostly curious to see what is new when they first enter Ichibancho Street. Only after they have traveled a certain distance will those who really want to have fun here begin to consciously look for information about relevant custom shops. ”

"So, it should be the best fit for us to open our store in this location."

Li Xiaomu looked at him with some surprise and said, "Guangzhi, you are careful enough." I've been standing here for a few years now, watching these tourists come in and out every day, but if it weren't for what you just said, I wouldn't have noticed that! ”

"You're right, this place isn't big, but it's enough for us." He looked left and right, and asked suspiciously: "However, even if the location of a store of this area is good, the rent should not be 1.2 million a month, right?" ”

Li Guangzhi stretched out his hand and pointed upwards: "The one below is definitely not that expensive, and there is a smaller one upstairs." Let's go, let's go up and have a look first. ”

He led the two of them back to the hallway outside the door, took a key from his pocket, and opened a wooden door painted the same color as the wall on the hallway wall.

"Hey! This door is hidden enough to hide! Sun Dayong said a little funny behind him: "What kind of store did you open upstairs before, and you also made such a secret passage?" ”

"I don't know, that house is not big, so it shouldn't be able to open a store." Li Guangzhi replied without replying, stretched out his hand to fish in the air behind the door, and finally caught the lamp rope and pulled the electric light.

He walked up the stairs and said, "This little room upstairs, I didn't want to rent it. But if we don't rent it, we won't be able to put up a big sign outside our store. ”

"This little room above is just above the head of the corridor outside, and it's a street-facing room. If we were going to install a taller light box in front of the store, it would be right outside the window of the house. I asked, and if I rented this room, I would have added 350,000 yen to the rent. If you don't rent it, you will pay 200,000 yen per month for the space outside the window. ”

He said a little helplessly: "As soon as I heard that this was the case, after discussing it with Brother Dazhi, I decided to rent it together, at least this house can be used as a dormitory in the future." ”

The upstairs room was about 20 square meters, and there was nothing left except for an old table and two chairs in the middle of the room. Thanks to the windows facing the street, the whole house is still bright.

Li Guangzhi took out a roll of drawings from his backpack, spread it on the old table in the middle of the room, and greeted the two: "Lao Li, Dayong, this is a rough decoration design drawing that I asked someone to do yesterday, you can come and see if there is anything wrong." ”

After the two of them came around, he pointed to the drawings and explained, "This is the exterior design. You see, I'm going to make two long light boxes one story high outside the windows on this second floor, supported by iron shelves, and spend a little bit. In this way, visitors will be able to see our signboard from a long distance. ”

"As for the interior of the store, I guess it." He pulled out another drawing and put it on it, and said to the two: "My idea is to divide the restaurant into three reception areas with several sets of sofas and small round tables, and divide them slightly with the kind of partition that a fast food restaurant has. ”

"That's what I thought. Most of the people who come to Kabukicho to have fun in Kabukicho, especially those from other places and foreigners, are mostly middle-class. And among them, white-collar workers and businessmen account for the vast majority. ”

"This kind of decoration similar to the style of a Western-style restaurant and a large company lounge will make guests feel like they are in a familiar environment when they come in, and it will be easier for them to relax. In addition, we are in the information business of the customs industry, and this bright and generous store style may make it easier to dispel the anxiety of customers. ”

In fact, where does Li Guangzhi himself understand what customer psychology, decoration style and other things? In his previous life, he was just an employee of a state-owned enterprise engaged in technology, and he had no opportunity or heart to get in touch with this knowledge.

It's just that he saw a few travelogue posts on the Internet at that time, such as "Revealing the Secret of Kabukicho Street in Tokyo", where the "unexpectedly case inside" photographed almost all of them were brightly lit, generous and bright, which was completely different from the dim ** feeling he imagined. In addition to the accident, he was also deeply impressed by it.

Therefore, the things he is introducing to Sun and Li now are actually just drawing cats and tigers based on the impressions of his previous life.

Li Xiaomu and the two listened to his explanation, looked at the drawings for a long time, and finally did not put forward any opinions.

Li Xiaomu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Guangzhi, although I used to study fashion design, at most I can tell if I look good or not." ”

"I don't know as much about the design solutions you just talked about for the psychology of the guests, and I don't think about them as much as you think. So, hehe, these jobs, you can work more, and one person is in charge of everything! ”

Li Guangzhi was not modest when he heard this, he rolled up the drawings on the table and put them in his bag, and said to the two: "Yes, this kind of specific and meticulous work will be mine." But I'm not much of a capable person. Lao Li, the part that you and Dayong are responsible for, that is the real key. ”

Saying this, he turned his head to look at Sun Dayong and asked, "Dayong, how is the progress on Sato's side?" Any news? ”

Sun Dayong was pulling out a cigarette from his pocket at this moment, and when he heard his question, he didn't rush to light a cigarette, but replied first: "There is no problem with Sato's side, he has already handed over our plan to the head of the Life Safety Division of their department." According to him, the section chief is very satisfied with our plan, and it is estimated that it will be submitted to the director in the next two days, and it will be approved as soon as next week. ”

Li Guangzhi nodded with satisfaction, and said one more sentence: "Dayong, you go and talk to Sato, it's best if he can ask the section leader out to meet with us and make friends." This section leader is a key figure for us! ”

He took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case, threw one to Li Xiaomu, lit one himself, and then explained to the two: "If we really want to talk about this store, there is actually no technical content. As long as it lasts for a week, the other factions in Kabukicho will be able to figure out what is going on. ”

"There's no patent protection for this thing. Those big forces are siblings, they have their own territory, and they don't have to be as careful as us. I estimate that within a month, dozens of "unanticipated offices" will open in this Kabukicho street

Speaking of this, he looked at Sun Dayong intently and said, "So, we have to find a way to get in touch with this section leader." In the future, the right to approve the opening of the store is in the hands of the life safety class, as long as he can help us delay for a month and do not approve the opening of a new store, then our lead will be firm. ”

"Dayong, you go and tell Sato that the share we promised to give him every month will also be given to the section chief. As long as he can help make an appointment with someone, we have another gratitude. ”

Sun Dayong nodded solemnly and said, "Brother Guangzhi, don't worry, Sato originally had a good relationship with me, and now we send him money every month, so the relationship is even stronger." He's also a sober man, and I guess he'll have no problem getting the section leader. I'll go to him tomorrow and tell him about it. ”

"Okay, you can do this quickly." Li Guangzhi patted him on the shoulder, and then asked Li Xiaomu, "Lao Li, how did you talk to Boss Jiyuan over there?" Did it go well? ”