Chapter 971: Arcade

After a few days and nights on the train, Duan Yun and his wife finally came to Shanghai.

After coming out of the train station, the two took a taxi and came to Shanghai on Huaihai Road to run errands.

"Brother, why don't you and your sister-in-law call first, and I'll pick you two up at the train station. Seeing Duan Yun and Cheng Qingyan. After suddenly appearing at the door of the office, Cao Dong was stunned at first, and then said in surprise.

Compared with the last time we met, Cao Dong's kid seems to be a little fatter, his face is already a little shiny, he has a big back, and his suit doesn't seem to fit well, a little fat, but his leather shoes are very shiny.

Obviously, since Cao Dong married his wife, his married wife Yang Li'e served him well, and the two lived happily.

"I just stopped by to have a look. Duan Yun smiled slightly and walked into the office with his wife.

The next moment, Cao Dong immediately asked someone to take over the luggage from Duan Yun's hands, serving tea and pouring water, his face full of courtesy.

"Where's your wife?" Cheng Qingyan, who was just following Duan Yun, asked Cao Dong with a smile.

"She went to the cinema early in the morning, and lately things have been busy over there, and he needs to watch the scene. Cao Dong specially brewed a glass of juice for Cheng Qingyan, and brought it to her with a smile on his face.

"Going to the cinema?" Cheng Qingyan was stunned for a moment when she heard this.

"Our Shanghai office has rented the basement of the Daguang Cinema, which is now our sound testing room. Duan Yun explained to his wife.

"That's right. Cheng Qingyan nodded lightly.

"The eldest brother and sister-in-law came over today, and I didn't prepare in advance, so I'll call her back later, and let her fry a few dishes for the eldest brother and sister-in-law. Cao Dong said.

"Don't you know how to cook yourself?" asked Cheng Qingyan.

"My cooking skills can't be on the table at all, I can make do with my own food, just entertain my eldest brother and sister-in-law, but my wife's cooking skills are really good, you see how fat I have been in the past half a year. Cao Dong said with some embarrassment.

"Hehe, I can see it. Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Actually, we're not hungry, just eat a little bit. Cheng Qingyan glanced at her watch, and then said: "It's only 9 o'clock in the morning, and I want to go shopping on the street." ”

Cheng Qingyan has always had a special yearning for Shanghai, as the largest commercial city in China, Shanghai has always been a holy place in the eyes of many Chinese people, and Shanghai's light industrial electronic products are also the strongest in China, so long before coming to the south, Cheng Qingyan wanted to come here to see.

"Okay, let's go over together. Duan Yun glanced at his wife and said to Cao Dong.

"Okay. Cao Dong answered, and then led the two to the backyard. To read

The three of them rode a bicycle to the Daguang Cinema on Nanjing Road.

The office is 10 minutes away from the Daguang Cinema by bike.

The weather in Shanghai near the end of March is a little cold, but it is much better than Daxing, and the streets are crowded with people and very lively.

And when Duan Yun and Cheng Qingyan came to the gate of the Daguang Cinema, there were also many people gathered at the entrance of the cinema, and many young couples lined up to buy tickets, and there was a lot of traffic.

After Duan Yun and the three of them entered the basement next to the entrance on the first floor, the scene in front of them suddenly stunned him and Cheng Qingyan.

It turned out that after less than half a year, the basement rented by Duan Yun has undergone great changes from before, the entire underground hall is brightly lit, rows of high-power fluorescent tubes are installed at the top, and the internal aisle has also been extensively renovated, and a large number of posters and posters of Tianyin subwoofer sound are hung on the walls on both sides, and a lot of entertainment facilities have been added.

"Brother, after you left, I invested more than 100,000 yuan to redecorate this place, here is the billiard hall, there are more than 20 cases in it, next to it is a beverage shop, buy cold drinks and all kinds of ice cream, etc., when the weather is hot, business is very good, people like to come here to escape the heat......" Cao Dong said while leading Duan Yun and his wife to the various rooms located inside, only to hear him continue: "There is also a game hall here, which is full of imported arcade machines......"

"You also bought an arcade machine?" Duan Yun suddenly became interested when he heard this.

A few people then entered the arcade.

Arcade machines first appeared in China in the 80s of the last century, when they first became popular from Hong Kong, and then expanded from coastal cities to major cities in the mainland. By the mid-80s, some large cities began to have a sporadic small arcade. The early arcade games mainly included "Pac-Man" and "Penguin Pushing Bricks", as well as the shooting class "Little Bee" and the fighting class "Karate" and so on, but the domestic version was not very mature at that time, and the number of game halls was still very small, so the arcade did not attract much attention.

However, at this time, the arcade hall was still very popular, and not only teenagers and children, but also some middle-aged and elderly people watched with great interest.

Duan Yun liked to play arcades very much in his previous life, his favorite was "Street Fighter" and "Famous General" and "Three Kingdoms", and sometimes he would secretly skip class and go to the arcade hall to play games with his classmates, and later was caught red-handed by his mother, and when he returned home, he was beaten fat.

So when he returned to this era and saw the arcade again, he had an indescribable feeling.

However, in this era, arcade machines are far from being popular in the country, the picture is very simple, and the use is not game currency, but 5 cents coins, it takes 1~2 coins to play, and many children are having fun.

"You've turned your warehouse into an underground playground. Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Brother, let me tell you, at the beginning, no one in our underground audition room was willing to come in, only when sending popsicles and movie tickets, no one was willing to go to our audition room to listen to two songs, but it is not a matter of losing money and making shouts every day, or my wife is smart, he discussed it with the owner of the movie theater, and changed it into a game hall, we have a good location here, at least a thousand yuan a day, and when the popularity is the hottest, you can earn thousands, and the money earned is distributed to the owner of the movie theater for hundreds of yuan every month, he turns a blind eye, and the rest is our pure earning......," Cao Dong said with a smile.

"No wonder your kid has recently bought a house in Shanghai. Duan Yun said suddenly.

"Brother, even if the rent in this basement is good in the future, I will pay 200,000 yuan a year! No matter how you say it, you can't take advantage of our company......" Cao Dong hurriedly said.

Cao Dong still understands the world very well, and he also knows that he has privately transformed the basement rented by Duan Yun into a game hall to make a profit, even if the relationship between the two is good, but in terms of interests, it is still necessary to coordinate well, public is public and private is private.

At the beginning, Duan Yun rented the basement rent of 200,000 yuan a year, which seemed to Cao Dong to be incredibly high, but now he knew that the commercial value of this basement was indeed very high, and Duan Yun was indeed very discerning.