In Xu Yiyang's impression, the heyday of Yingzhou Children's Palace was from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.
At that time, the Children's Palace often held various cultural and sports activities for young people, which was very influential.
By the late 1990s, the Children's Palace began to decline, and later became a gathering place for training classes.
Yingzhou Boy happens to be near No. 1 Middle School, and it is close to the city center. The location is even better than No. 1 Middle School.
So, after the last class in the morning, Xu Yiyang took his sister and rode to the Children's Palace to inquire about the situation.
In Xu Yiyang's impression, when he was in elementary school or even junior high school, the Children's Palace was extremely busy during holidays.
But now, the Children's Palace, which is in the middle of winter vacation, seems very deserted.
Yingzhou Children's Palace has four floors in total. Except for the lobby and a few small classrooms on the first floor, it is surrounded by ground floor shops.
The businesses on the ground floor include bookstores, stationery stores, calligraphy supplies stores, and sporting goods stores. They are basically businesses that mainly serve young people.
Except for the shop on the ground floor, the other small classrooms on the first floor are basically vacant.
The brother and sister went up to the second floor, where there were various training classes on both sides of the stairs.
On the left is a Taekwondo gym. Through the glass window, you can see five or six children practicing inside.
Xu Yishan said: "This is the only Taekwondo gym in Yingzhou, and the fees are very expensive. Twelve classes cost 400 yuan, and we also have to spend more than 100 yuan to buy clothes!"
Xu Yiyang nodded: "That's indeed quite expensive..."
The class price is more than 30 per class, which is indeed not low these days.
Moreover, Taekwondo clothing can be ordered in bulk from the south for more than ten or twenty yuan, which is great, but selling it for more than one hundred yuan is really a scam.
This kind of training class should be sold as a novelty at this stage. Once there are more people, the price will inevitably drop, and once the popularity is over, they will die in large numbers.
Next to the Taekwondo gym is a dance training class. Judging from the advertisement posted outside, it mainly teaches Latin dance to teenagers, but there don't seem to be many students.
Opposite the two training classes is an art studio, which is very large and is almost the same size as the Taekwondo gym and dance training class combined.
There are obviously many more students in the studio than in taekwondo classes and dance classes, and many of the people who study painting are similar in age to Xu Yiyang.
Xu Yiyang was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he immediately understood the reason.
In order to reduce the difficulty of the college entrance examination, many high school students will choose the cultural and sports route. Apart from students with sports specialties, the two most popular categories are painting and music.
The studio has such an important element as the college entrance examination as a blessing, so students are naturally indispensable.
On the third floor, more than half of the area is rented to a gym. In addition to the equipment, the gym also has a boxing ring for boxing and Sanda training.
The remaining area is empty, about the size of a classroom and a half, with rental advertisements and phone numbers posted on it.
Xu Yishan looked through the window and said in surprise: "Brother, this place is very big, a little bigger than the electronic classroom!"
Xu Yiyang nodded, smacked his lips and said: "There is a noisy gym next to it, and there are students learning boxing. It is impossible to have a good class next to them."
So, he pointed to the fourth floor and said to Xu Yishan: "Go up to the next floor and have a look."
On the fourth floor, there was a piece of red advertising paper posted directly opposite the stairwell. It said in black writing: "The fourth floor is for rent for 500 square meters. It can be divided or rented as a whole. Contact number..."
Xu Yishan immediately said excitedly: "Brother, this floor is empty, you can rent a place here!"
Xu Yiyang nodded: "It looks good. Let's go and take a look at the layout."
There are a total of five rectangular rooms on the left and right sides of the fourth floor. On one side are two large rooms, both about 130 square meters, and on the other side are three rooms, with an area of about 70 to 80 square meters.
Although all five rooms are empty, the doors and windows are intact, the floor tiles are intact, and the walls are clean. The conditions are better than those of ordinary schools.
Xu Yiyang fell in love with this place at first sight.
There are two large classrooms of 130 square meters, each of which can easily seat 150 to 60 students.
If I take one of them, I can double the number of students in a class.
In this way, the utilization rate of each class period can also be doubled.
And it wouldn’t cost much to renovate the place.
It is enough to buy dozens of sets of double tables and chairs, a blackboard, and a set of speakers, coupled with a computer and a projector.
Since there is no need for hard decoration, it does not take too long to renovate. Once the things are placed inside, it can be opened.
So Xu Yiyang immediately wrote down the phone number, went downstairs to find an IC phone booth, and called the other party.
The person who answered the phone was a man. Xu Yiyang stated that he wanted to rent a shop in the Children's Palace. The man directly asked: "How big do you want it to be?"
Xu Yiyang said: "I want the largest one, how do I calculate the cost?"
The man said: "The largest one is 134 square meters, 9 meters wide and nearly 14 meters long. It is suitable for dance training. The rent starts from one year and the monthly rent is 1,500."
1500 a month
The rent was so cheap that Xu Yiyang couldn't believe it.
How can it be so cheap in such a good location
Thinking of this, Xu Yiyang asked deliberately: "Are there any restrictions on the use of our Children's Palace venue?"
"Of course."
The other party blurted out: "The city has a requirement that the Children's Palace can only provide youth-related education and training, as well as hobby-related industries, and nothing else. And it can't just sell things, it should focus on youth services."
Xu Yiyang suddenly realized.
No wonder it's so cheap, it turns out it has limited uses.
It seems that although this place is contracted to a private person, it still bears the name of Children's Palace, so the business must be centered around teenagers.
If you do something that has nothing to do with teenagers in the Children's Palace, it will definitely not look good.
With so many restrictions on use, it is understandable why the price is cheap.
Since there are many restrictions, the price of 1,500 may not be really cheap.
Xu Yiyang then said: "Brother, I sincerely rent, but your price is a bit high."
The other party said: "I won't deal with those fake things with you. To tell you the truth, someone has already taken a liking to my whole floor. They will give me 3,800 a month. I also want to save trouble. It would be best to rent out the whole floor. So If you want to split it up and rent it, the price will not be cheap. If the large room is less than 1,500, then I might as well rent it out in one go, otherwise I will slowly rent out the rest, and the time lost will also be my loss."
134 square meters is 1,500 yuan a month, and more than 500 square meters is 3,800 yuan a month. The latter is obviously more suitable.
Of course, he didn't understand the current market conditions, so he speculated that the price quoted by the other party must still have some moisture.
So Xu Yiyang said: "Let's do it, brother, I want the whole floor, 3,000 per month."
"You are making trouble!" the other party said angrily: "They have already offered me 3,800, you give me 3,000?"
Xu Yiyang smiled lightly and said: "We are all in business. We all know that there is a certain amount of water in the quotation. It is still unknown whether the person who rents the whole thing you mentioned exists, but I will not lie to you. Yes, I'm downstairs in the Children's Palace right now. If you want to rent, I'll sign the contract with you now and pay immediately after signing."
The other party fell silent for a moment. After a while, he said, "Well, I won't say any more nonsense. It's 3,600 per month."
Xu Yiyang said: "3200."
The other party said: "Brother, I don't talk about business like you. 3500 is really not a penny less!"
Xu Yiyang said: "That's 3,300."
"Forget it." The other party, perhaps a little angry, said directly: "Let's not talk about it anymore. You can go and look elsewhere."
Xu Yiyang felt that it was almost done, so he said: "In this way, I will pay you 3,300 for half a year at a time, which is 19,800 in total. I will give you another round of 20,000. If I can, I will sign a contract and pay at any time."
Saying that, Xu Yiyang added: "I'll pay you half a year at a time, and you can save the money in the bank and earn interest for a few more months. It's much more cost-effective than monthly payments, and it saves trouble."
The other party was obviously attracted by the half-yearly payment. He thought about it and said, "Oh, brother, you can add another 50 every month and leave some money for cigarettes."
Xu Yiyang said: "Brother, there is a bank opposite the Children's Palace. Come here now and I will withdraw the money to you directly."
The other party was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, you wait for me at the entrance of the Children's Palace, and I'll ride my motorcycle over there."
(End of chapter)