The final exams are here. The usually leisurely No. 10 Middle School finally shows some urgency and busyness at this moment. Zhang Ping would instigate Cheng Ran to borrow Jiang Hongshao's notes to copy. Old Jiang's notes are clear at a glance. The key points of knowledge for each period and the places that need attention are listed in the most intuitive way. Sometimes he would draw pictures with ballpoint pens of different colors and list the framework.
Under this system, it seems like studying is like playing a game and completing tasks, where you just need to light up one goal at a time. In this way, when you review, some knowledge points will be marked with key points and difficulties. If you can remember the problem-solving ideas after seeing these marks, then you have basically mastered the knowledge, and it is most convenient to check for gaps and fill them.
People are different, and the difference in some people's performance is really beyond the reach of others. Ordinary students would never think of listing a tree-like system diagram to classify knowledge points. Most of them just cram it into their brains, and when they use it later, they rely purely on memory.
Those with strong memory have an advantage, while those with the ability to summarize cannot demonstrate their advantages. Lao Jiang's method is similar to a memory palace, where knowledge is placed in furniture cabinets or even storage compartments. In a place like No. 10 Middle School, strong academic ability sometimes does not come out of thin air, and these details alone can show this.
Sometimes when looking at the calligraphy paintings on it, Zhang Ping couldn't help but sigh, "It makes me want to worship it."
During the exam, Zhang Ping also talked about their holiday activities, saying that Tianxing Dojo would soon open an Internet cafe business, and he would definitely go there to play a few games. Zhang Ping took out a flyer from his pocket. The flyer was made of coated paper, printed in color, and folded many times. After unfolding it, it printed the opening date of Tianxing Dojo and related computer configurations, and the background was a Zhao Yun holding a gun. The slogan was simple and crude, "Waiting for you to fight."
"Tianqin Computer, a machine with a configuration worth tens of thousands of yuan. It is said that the closed two-story building will have a great environment after it opens, and it costs three yuan an hour! If you take this flyer, you can use it for two hours at a special price of one yuan an hour. On the back is the computer usage form, with one grid for each hour. We saved a lot of them, and we are waiting to go and play when it opens..."
This flyer was made by Cheng Ran, and even the characters were drawn by him. The overall publicity strategy was also in charge of Xie Feibai. Of course, relying on the carrier of Tianxingdao Hall, and at this time, thousands of such flyers were placed in several university towns and commercial areas. The newspapers also kept promoting it, and the warm-up had begun.
The pricing was also decided by Cheng Ran. Originally, Jiang Zhou and Xie Feibai thought that since the decoration was so nice and "high-end", the price should be the "highest price" among all the Internet cafes in Chengdu.
Nowadays, the average Internet cafe in Chengdu charges three yuan per hour, and there are also two yuan and two and a half yuan per hour. However, most of them are small workshop-like Internet cafes, dark and remote bungalows, full of smoke. Some Internet cafes with better and more comfortable decoration start at four yuan.
The most popular Internet cafe at present is the "Longcheng" Internet cafe on Guangfu Road. It is very big and the boss is said to be from Hong Kong and very wealthy. He found some partners here to open the Internet cafe, which is well-known far and wide. The cheapest price is four yuan, and high-end machines are seven or eight yuan.
Secondly, there are some Internet cafes opened near the city center. They are not big, but business is very good. It is also the gathering place for many white-collar workers to surf and chat. The fees are not too high, which can be regarded as the benefit of market competition. The general fee is 2.5 yuan per hour. You don’t have to pursue a good environment. It is better than the black Internet cafes.
Everyone feels that the advantages of Tianxing Dojo are not inferior to those of "Dragon City", and it is qualified to charge a higher fee.
But Cheng Ran rejected it outright and set the price at three yuan. If one applies for a membership card, it can be even cheaper.
When the price was announced, people saw it through flyers or in newspapers, which sparked a wave of enthusiasm and discussion. First of all, they felt surprise. What was this? A monster suddenly appeared out of nowhere in Chengdu's Internet cafe industry
Those colleagues who run Internet cafes were so shocked that their eyelids were twitching.
Driven by the effect of the Three Kingdoms social board game, Tianxing Daoguan is currently a very famous entertainment landmark among young people in Chengdu. Relying on its fame and effect, this landmark has used its big moves as soon as it entered the Internet cafe industry, and has killed its way into the industry in a price-butchering way, which has revolutionized the current Internet cafe industry in Chengdu.
Xie Feibai didn't care about the price decided by Cheng Ran. This guy was a simple-minded person. When doing something, his first priority was interest. As for whether he could make money or not, that was probably secondary. Anyway, his family was rich.
Jiang Zhou was a little confused. Since the Tianxing Dojo brand was here, there would definitely be people who would pay for it. If the price was set high, even if it was priced higher than that of Internet cafes like Longcheng, there would still be a market for it. Why would Cheng Ran just ignore the profit
Cheng Ran still talked to him about this, saying that if he wanted to make money, there would always be something more profitable than this thing, so why did he build a gym here? He asked him to think about it himself.
Finally, the same thing applies. The main purpose of Tianxing Dojo is to support itself and make money here. Even with the current pricing, the Internet cafe floor is guaranteed to make a lot of money. There is no need for huge profits. There are more ways to make money. This place is mainly to provide a place for everyone to have fun, so the threshold should not be too high.
Jiang Zhou still didn't quite understand. He still obeyed his boss Cheng Ran's words unconditionally. However, it was still necessary for him to observe slowly from the side.
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A week of somewhat rushed final exams passed by, and a few days after the exams was the opening day of the second floor of Tianxing Dojo.
Although it is called a two-story building, in fact, the second and third floors are renovated together. It's just that the Internet cafe is on the second floor, and the third floor exists as a light leisure environment and is not open to the public for the time being.
On the opening day, Cheng Ran said he would go there at noon, but in the morning, the phone was bombarded with calls.
"We played until late at night yesterday, so we went straight to the Tianxing Dojo to prepare. We set up the table at six o'clock, but when it was just dawn, there were already people waiting outside. When we arrived at nine o'clock, there were huge crowds of people."
Xie Feibai, Ma Hongyu, Lu Ling and their group were extremely excited yesterday. They were preparing various things yesterday. In the evening, they took Lian Xiaohu and Jiang Zhou and the group of people in Fulong Courtyard to eat hot pot. After eating, they went to KTV to play all night. Qin Qian went straight home after finishing her work. After eating hot pot, Jiang Zhou discussed the details of the opening with everyone, and then went to KTV and left. Cheng Ran did not participate. He was not interested in this kind of play of young people.
After playing, this group of people went directly to Tianxing Dojo at night to prepare. It has been open for a while now. They called and were still excited.
Many of them, including Xie Feibai, would be doing their duties as students if they followed the usual trajectory. At most, some of them might work part-time to experience life, but they never thought that they could participate together in the real business that is now causing a sensation in the world.
Many of them experienced for the first time what it means to do something and make it very popular. The sense of accomplishment that came from the bottom of their hearts was something that their previous crazy and playful life could not bring them. Even if they got top-level equipment in the game, it seemed nothing compared to this kind of empathy.
There is no doubt that the Internet cafe on the second floor has once again sparked a craze, but this time there is not as much of a grand occasion as at the beginning when many media outlets flocked to report on it. After all, Internet cafes are not a new thing.
There are two rows of flower baskets at the door. The spiral staircase and elevator on the first floor lead to the second floor. Inside the second floor, hundreds of computers are already crowded, and the internal area is divided into many levels. There is a competition area with better-looking seats and high-configuration computers. There is also a home-style area separated by door curtains, and the walls and pillars have fabric-style stickers.
Many girls who came in came directly to this area. Many of them sat down and looked around with curiosity and surprise.
In fact, whether young people, employees who come to surf the Internet from nearby commercial areas, or ordinary netizens, when they come here, they all have a visiting mentality and feel pleasant.
When Cheng Ran arrived, it was almost noon at Tianxing Taoist Temple, and guests were coming and going.
Before the opening, Cheng Ran participated in some structural planning, but he was mostly hands-off. Now that it has officially opened, it is actually better than he expected. The layout of each area has a cartoon feel, and the first impression is that it is relaxed and pleasant. In some places, carpenters were even hired to make light boxes for the sake of shape. These will have a better effect at night.
Cheng Ran saw Qin Qian at the service desk. She was currently greeting people at the front desk, helping people get drinks, or using the radio to notify people on the first floor to bring up coffee and drinks.
Whenever someone gave her money, she would always say to them, "Thank you for your patronage."
So in fact, her voice could be heard all the time over there.
After a while, Cheng Ran felt a tap on the shoulder. He turned around and saw her coming in front of him. He spread out his hands and said with a smile, "Aren't you going to spend some money now that you're here?"
Xie Feibai, who was standing next to Cheng Ran and watching the scene, couldn't help laughing.
"Give us two bottles of Coke."
"Okay, six dollars."
Cheng Ran took out some money and stuffed it into her hand.
"Thank you for your patronage." Qin Qian took the money and smiled sweetly, then turned around and got water for the two of them.
Xie Feibai said from the side, "In fact, the layout and style of the second floor were basically designed by Qin Qian. I initially thought it might be too cartoony, but now it seems pretty good."
Cheng Ran nodded. From here, he saw Qin Qian walking lightly over to get them some water. All the shadows that had once been placed on her seemed to make her cherish the present more and move forward.
Good.