Rebirth of the Entrepreneurship Era

Friday, Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the morning, the Internet cafe hadn't officially opened yet, but the network manager and cashier recruited by Zhao Xin were all on duty.

The network administrators work in three shifts, with each person working eight hours a day and taking one day off every week.

When one person takes a shift, the other two work twelve hours a day.

In addition, Xu Yiyang and the seven of them also have work to be responsible for, so Xu Yiyang asked everyone to take turns to settle accounts and collect accounts every day. The income structure of Internet cafes is relatively complicated. In addition to Internet access fees, there are also income from membership recharges, as well as snacks and drinks in Internet cafes and cigarette sales.

When it comes to sales, it is necessary to verify the inventory, so everyone takes turns to reconcile the accounts every day. On the one hand, it can ensure that the accounts are clear, and on the other hand, it can also prevent the network administrator or cashier from filling their pockets.

In addition, Xu Yiyang also made an appointment with the owner of the small restaurant next door for a cooperation plan. He asked the boss to make a menu for rice bowls. When the time comes, he will stay in the Internet cafe. When someone orders food, tell him that he has prepared it for the guests. send over.

But this is not for him to solicit customers for nothing. Internet cafes collect the money for selling meals, and then Internet cafes charge 15%. With more than two hundred turnover, the Internet cafe can earn forty-five yuan.

When they were in school, Xu Yiyang and the big guys started to promote the New Century Internet Cafe everywhere.

Today happened to be Friday, and the Internet cafe officially opened at six o'clock in the afternoon, just in time for the peak passenger flow on the weekend.

Everyone was so excited all day that they didn't listen much to the class.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, just after class, everyone hurriedly met and went to the Internet cafe together.

A lot of classmates from China Overseas, they heard that they even opened an Internet cafe, and they all rushed over to join in the fun.

Xu Yiyang made a promise to everyone, today is the first day of opening, the Internet cafe will only cost 1 yuan an hour with the China Overseas student ID card, and 5 yuan for the night.

Now, most of the Internet cafes around the school cost 2.5 to 3.00 yuan an hour. Those with a better environment are more expensive, and the ones that are almost the same are cheaper.

Internet cafes like Xu Yiyang's have a good environment and new machines. Three yuan an hour is the normal price.

If you are a member, it is usually two yuan and one hour.

In 1999, in Zhonghai, Internet cafes that cost two yuan an hour could not be found with lanterns on.

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The price of Internet cafes is also falling rapidly, and it will happen in the next year, because Internet cafes are too profitable, so more and more Internet cafes are springing up like mushrooms after rain.

Xu Yiyang remembers that around 2001, Internet cafes in Quancheng were generally priced at RMB 1.51 for an hour, and some of the older Internet cafes simply dropped to RMB 1.1 per hour.

Because it is a new Internet cafe, with new machines, a good environment, and reasonable prices, it is indeed very attractive in this alley.

Xu Yiyang wanted to spread the word in the school first, so he intentionally organized a preferential activity for Chinese and overseas students.

The price of 1 yuan an hour is really cheap to have no friends, so the boys from China Overseas rushed over in a swarm.

In addition to the first weekend rewards, within the next month, if the membership is fully recharged, the membership price is 2.5 yuan per hour. After conversion, 100 yuan can play for 50 hours, which is only 2 yuan per hour.

The real income core of Internet cafes is membership income. If an Internet cafe with 100 machines has 400 to 500 top-up members, the business of this Internet cafe will definitely be full every day.

Therefore, Xu Yiyang also hopes to establish a stable member group as soon as possible. In this way, the income of the Internet cafe will be stable in the future, and the environment will also be stable, especially when most of the Internet cafes are college students, the atmosphere of the Internet cafe will be better than outside. Internet cafes are much better.

In order to enhance the user experience, Xu Yiyang has worked hard in many places.

For example, in order to protect the property safety of customers in the Internet cafe, he has already installed several surveillance cameras indoors, which are equipped with hard disk video recorders to record and monitor 24 hours a day.

At the same time, eye-catching notices were posted on the glass door at the entrance of the Internet cafe and on the walls inside: "Surveillance at all times! Violators must be prosecuted!"

In addition, each table also posted a custom-made small slogan from the roadside advertising shop: "Please pay attention to your personal belongings at all times. If any criminals falsely claim that you have dropped money, before looking down, Please ensure the safety of other items on the table first!"

There are many cases of theft in Internet cafes, such as stealing mobile phones and wallets inside, and stealing bicycles outside.

Under normal circumstances, those who steal mobile phones and wallets use the routine of "brother, you have lost your money". The person who is on the plane lowers his head and sees a few dollars. When he picks it up, he finds that the mobile phone is gone.

In fact, the moment he bowed his head, the mobile phone had already been taken away, and the person who took the mobile phone would go out immediately. By the time the victim picked up the money, he had already left the Internet cafe and disappeared.

Even, some thieves are not even willing to spend the cost of throwing money away. Here they say that you have dropped something, and if you glance at it, your mobile phone is gone.

That's why Xu Yiyang posted sufficient reminders on every computer desk, and there are surveillance cameras as a deterrent, which should have a good effect.

As for the outside of the door, two facing cameras were installed at two angles to capture the entrance of the Internet cafe and the streets on both sides, and a striking notice was posted at the entrance of the Internet cafe.

It is easiest to lose a mobile phone inside an Internet cafe, and a bicycle outside.

Generally, thieves carry hydraulic shears in their pockets. No matter what kind of lock they are, they can't resist them for more than a dozen seconds. After the lock is cut, they ride away, and it takes no more than a minute.

When Xu Yiyang put the camera on, the thief would be somewhat afraid.

When the Internet cafe opened, there was no ribbon-cutting ceremony, and no one sent them flower baskets.

However, Xu Yiyang himself spent money to buy eight flower baskets to place on both sides of the gate.

Among the seven people, except for Xu Yiyang, all of them were extremely excited.

Because as Xu Yiyang said, this Internet cafe is everyone's property, one-seventh of each person, in the future, their tuition fees, living expenses, and even family subsidies may all come from this Internet cafe, so Everyone looks at Internet cafes like parents caring for their children.

It doesn't matter to Xu Yiyang, the income from this Internet cafe is negligible to him, and it belongs to an existence with more meaning than reality.

Standing at the entrance of the Internet cafe, under the watchful eyes of many Chinese and overseas students, Xu Yiyang and Zhao Xin, as the two oldest people in the dormitory, set off firecrackers together, and the crackling sound was mixed with red firecracker skins all over the floor.

After the thick white gunpowder smoke cleared, everyone pulled the red rope together and tore off the red cloth covering the door, revealing the five characters of "New Century Internet Cafe".

The Internet cafe is officially open.

As soon as the official opening was announced, the students from China Overseas filled all the 90 machines.

It is now in the stage of rewards. It costs one yuan per hour to use the computer. If you apply for a card, you can use the membership card to settle the Internet fee of one yuan per hour, which is equivalent to a discount. Therefore, many students choose to apply for a membership card.

One hundred yuan is not a big pressure for them, but the price is indeed a lot cheaper, and the new Internet cafe has good machines and a good environment. You may not be able to find a place with a better environment within a few kilometers of the entire China Overseas, so everyone naturally agrees. I would like to come here to surf the Internet and play games regularly in the future.

Moreover, getting a membership card on the machine is easy and trouble-free. You don’t need to ask the network administrator to pay a deposit to turn it on. You can find an empty machine and turn it on. When unlocking, just enter your membership card number and password. When you have played enough, click off the machine, and the machine will be locked again.

From six o'clock to eight o'clock in the evening, more than 120 membership cards were issued in Internet cafes alone, and many people were still waiting to get on the machine. Before the machine arrived, they issued their cards first.

The sales of snacks, drinks and cigarettes were also very good. Most of the people didn't eat when they came, so the owner of the small restaurant next door also took a ride and bought more than 40 rice bowls, smiling from ear to ear.

The weather is neither hot nor cold, there is no need to turn on the air conditioner, and the ventilation equipment in the Internet cafe is quite powerful, so even if there are many smokers, it does not appear to be as smoky as other Internet cafes.

Moreover, because they are all college students, there are no social youths, so the atmosphere in the Internet cafe is also very good. Most people are playing CS, but it is rare to hear someone swearing.

If there are a lot of young people in the society, once CS is played in the local area network, there must be constant scolding.

In many cases, due to the contradictions in the game, real people PK will be triggered.

Xu Yiyang also explained to the network administrator and the cash register that if someone makes trouble in his Internet cafe, no matter what the reason is, he should call the police as soon as possible, even if it is just someone quarreling, he must call the police to deal with it, otherwise, if some stupid young social youth suddenly takes money out of his pocket Take out a knife and stab anyone, then the trouble will be big.

Seeing that the business is not going well, even though Xu Yiyang and everyone don't even have a place to stand, they still feel a sense of accomplishment.

Xu Yiyang observed for a while, and said to everyone: "By the way, everyone, even if we come to play by ourselves in the future, we still have to spend money on consumption. We can choose to recharge our membership card by ourselves, but we must not randomly add balance to ourselves, otherwise our account will be destroyed. It's messed up."

Everyone nodded.

Seeing that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Yiyang didn't have time to have a meal together, so Xu Yiyang said to everyone: "Okay, there are network administrators and cashiers here, let's go and have a good meal first, it's a holiday."

So, the seven of them found a hot pot restaurant and had a hearty hot pot meal.

At the dinner table, Xu Yiyang set a division of labor for supervising the Internet cafe.

Myself on Monday, Shen Lele on Tuesday, Li Yiming on Wednesday, Gu Peng on Thursday, Zhao Xin on Friday, Chen Meng on Saturday, and Zhang Junnan on Sunday.

On the day he is in charge, each person in charge has to go to the Internet cafe before class in the morning. In addition to checking the operation situation, he also needs to collect the Internet fee and retail income during the night package last night. After the inventory is correct, he will keep the change. Circulate, bring the whole hundred money back to the school;

Before ten o'clock in the evening, I have to go there, that is, I go twice a day and collect money twice.

After summarizing the collection twice throughout the day, it was handed over to Xu Yiyang, and then Xu Yiyang registered it in the account.

Xu Yiyang is going to buy a mini safe, and put it quietly in the dormitory. Afterwards, he will put the hundred cash back in the safe, and go to the bank to deposit it once a week. It is too troublesome to deposit it every day.

Xu Yiyang speculates that the business of Internet cafes will always be good. After this weekend, after the price returns to normal, each machine costs 3 yuan an hour every day during the day and 10 yuan a night at night, which should contribute 30 to 40 yuan. The flow of money.

According to this calculation, with 90 machines, the turnover of one month's machine fee should be able to reach 110,000 to 120,000.

In addition, the income from various sales will also be considerable, so the income situation should be slightly higher than previous expectations.

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