The day after Christmas, Cheng Ran went to Tianxing Dojo and listened to Jiang Zhou talking about Yan Tongfang's inspection. "Mayor Yan mainly focused on the Internet entrepreneurship of Garage Coffee. He inspected the start-up companies that have settled in our dojo and hoped that we could serve as a window for Chengdu's Internet industry."
Cheng Ran thought that this was the main purpose. The Internet was at the 1.0 era at that time. This revolution dominated by computers and information technology has been generally regarded as the third industrial revolution of mankind.
This is no different from the previous gold rush and huge influence movement in human history. Whoever can stand on top can decide the future. At this time, some forward-looking officials in Chengdu have actually been preparing for a rainy day and working hard to promote this area. Such pioneers and waves are emerging in various cities and regions, so this is the real reason why the executive vice mayor Yan Tongfang came.
In fact, other themed board game bars and broadband Internet cafes are more attractive than "Garage Café", which originated from the high-tech mecca Silicon Valley and has a name that inspires imagination and vision, and are more in line with the appetite of the government that demands political achievements.
Cheng Ran asked, "How are the third and fourth floors now?"
"The third floor is mostly a public area, providing coffee and work platforms. In addition, a part of it is connected to the fourth floor, which we named the 'beehive'. It is divided into 100 compartments of different sizes using frosted glass and plastic steel. The smallest of these compartments is five square meters, which can provide a single office, and the largest is 20 to 30 square meters, which can accommodate multiple people working together. Of course, these are flexible and can be allocated and rented according to the actual needs of the startup company. As the company grows, it can flexibly increase the rental space. It is estimated that our beehive can support the development of many micro-enterprises to medium-sized scale."
At this time, most people who want to start a business look for some dilapidated houses. Few people can afford the high rental costs of core commercial and residential buildings. Choosing the Garage Coffee Workshop in Tianxingdaoguan, on the one hand, has low rent and relatively excellent environment, and can also serve as an information transfer station. Many people who want to start a business can get key information on the market, management, partners, job hunting, etc. from the communication on the platform.
"So far, more than 30 companies have confirmed that they will move here, and some are in the application stage. According to this estimate, our place will be crowded after the Chinese New Year."
"So in short supply?" Cheng Ran was a little surprised.
"This is even before we advertised." Jiang Zhouwu smiled proudly, "Just after we put forward the concept of Garage Café, many people came to us. Of course, let's not talk about the fact that our gym has many 'firsts' and is famous for this. Secondly, Miss Qin's Tianxing Music used the venue for a large-scale signing last time. This kind of thing is the easiest to spread through the cultural circle."
"Chengdu is a relatively open and inclusive place, and it is eager to embrace new things. We are a benchmark, and the outside world will know about our actions."
Cheng Ran noticed the key point in his words and said with a smile, "Do I need to apply to come in?"
He originally planned the three or four floors of Tianxing Dojo, and built it based on the concept of Garage Coffee. He delegated the details to Jiang Zhou, so some details were unclear. However, many times, he only made plans and delegated the power to others, which proved that he had entrusted the wrong person.
This is also Cheng Ran's idea. He doesn't need to intervene in the planning, strategy and tactical details. On the one hand, he is not on the front line, but more behind the scenes, and cannot grasp the details of the front line. On the other hand, if he has to do everything, the people below will also be tied up, which will restrict their development space. What should I do in the future? Will I do anything without my guidance
Secondly, although Cheng Ran has advanced experience from the future, it does not mean that he can fully adapt to the times. Some steps are too big, and everyone understands why they are not good.
"I had no choice but to apply. We are located in the center of the city, so the rent is not high. Secondly, the environment is good. Some companies that rented commercial buildings in the nearby core area were planning to move out due to contract issues. They came to inspect and wanted to move in immediately. I heard that they were insurance companies with 100 to 200 employees. Once they signed the contract, they would occupy most of our area. Even though the rent was high, I immediately rejected it!"
"Some also plan to sell lunch boxes to internet cafes and rent our land, or they think the rent is cheap and want to rent a few rooms for warehouses... All these will change our tone, so of course we have to review them, and secondly, make it clear in the contract to avoid saying one thing in person and another afterwards. Once we find a company that violates the rules, we will expel it."
Cheng Ran nodded and explained the concept to Jiang Zhou. Jiang Zhou even flew to Zhongguancun in Beijing for an inspection. It can be said that he had a thorough understanding of the planning concept of three or four-story buildings.
“How’s the income?”
"Our rent is not high. Even if the whole thing is full, it's only 60,000 a month. The current occupancy rate is 40%. The rental income is not very good, but the cafe on the third floor is very popular now, and the daily income has exceeded that of the board game bar on the first floor. As of today this month, the board game bar has made 180,000 in revenue. The third floor has made 220,000 in revenue."
Jiang Zhou couldn't help but get excited when he talked about it.
The revenue of the board game bar on the first floor of Tianxingdao Hall is not as good as when it first opened. Of course, this is because there are many similar businesses in Chengdu that follow suit, which has diverted some of the revenue. But now it has stabilized, and the sales of the Three Kingdoms board game are also stable. Even under the impact of piracy and various online media in later generations, the Three Kingdoms can still have stable sales revenue, which proves that there is a core market. Now Cheng Ran has played some cards and created this core market.
Cheng Ran was not surprised that the coffee income on the third floor exceeded that on the first floor. Garage Coffee was not unfamiliar and popular in later generations. Any company that wanted to run such a coffee shop actually had only one choice in the end, which was to sell coffee well. Maybe they could still maintain a balance between income and expenditure and make some profit. However, if they wanted to participate in various entrepreneurial opportunities here, most of them would fail.
When running Garage Coffee, don’t get involved in various entrepreneurial ventures. This is the experience and criterion that Cheng Ran learned in his previous life, because you can’t tell how many pitfalls there are. It’s easy to be wiped out with an entrepreneurial direction that is destined to become a bubble, and in the end even your own business will be ruined.
To act as an incubator in such a place is not something a coffee shop can do. It is an "exploration" that only large companies can do, or something that is led by the government.
Cheng Ran has a place now, and it’s quite big, so he not only makes coffee, but also has spare capacity to separate it out to rent out an entrepreneurial hive. Generally, this is enough, and an individual does not have the energy to go deeper.
But Cheng Ran is naturally different.
It seems like when Mayor Yan came to inquire about it, he must be holding out the hope that a few seeds with enough influence to "tell stories" in the future can be born here, so even if the Tianxing Dojo industry is small, it is not a bad idea.
"Please show me the relevant information of the company that has settled in."
Cheng Ran also wanted to see if he could filter out some companies that could "tell stories" from this sieve, integrate them into a package, and ask Yan Tongfang for policies.
Chengnan Group is in debt crisis, and the property rights of Tianxingdaoguan Building will be mortgaged or taken over sooner or later. Although Cheng Ran signed a 20-year right of use, it will not be affected even if the property rights change hands. Moreover, Tianxingdaoguan is more important than the brand. But if nothing unexpected happens, Chengnan Group has serious internal problems. Someone wants to transfer the property rights, and they must want to collude with one party to take over at a low price. There will be unstable factors here. Cheng Ran does not want the rear to be unstable, so he strives to be able to change this piece and hold the property rights and land certificate of Tianxingdaoguan Building in his own hands.
However, if you want to move this area, the district-level energy is not enough, you have to have the level of Yan Tongfang.
This requires the ability to impress the other party and make them realize that giving the place to Tianxing Dojo is far more valuable than giving it to real estate development.
Jiang Zhou took out the list of registered companies and Cheng Ran looked through them one by one.
In fact, it is very easy to create concepts here. After all, the Internet is booming now. If you bring out some potential and promote them, they can still make a difference. But you have to act quickly. Once the Internet winter comes, both the capital market and external public opinion will collapse together. By then, situations like Yan Tongfang's inspection and even emphasis will definitely no longer exist.
Cheng Ran was flipping through the stack of information, and his eyes fixed on one of the pages.
Blue Dot Technologies.
Blue dot…
"This... can't be..."
Cheng Ran has an impression of Bluedot Linux, the company that translated the earliest Chinese version of LINUX. LINUX is a free and open source operating system that anyone can maintain and customize, and then let the system continue to evolve. In fact, many companies have developed their own operating systems based on the LINUX kernel architecture. The most famous one is Google's Android system, which was born from the LINUX kernel.
The Blue Dot company was first founded by a few young people in a coffee shop. They then created the Blue Dot LINUX system by using the Chinese LINUX kernel. It was almost the earliest operating system in China. It made rapid progress after its establishment and was listed on the NASDAQ in the United States the following year. It was once very popular and the young people became famous overnight.
However, the problem lies here. Their fame at a young age and the Internet wave brought them to a high point. The team only wanted to quickly build embedded application products to earn profits and support the stock price, and gave up the difficult and meticulous work on operating system technology. In addition, the founders were young and energetic, and had no understanding of product needs and operations. They repeatedly made rash advances in various projects, which led to Blue Dot's losses in the market and fell into a vicious circle of failure.
As a result, even when the LINUX ecosystem improved, the blue dot stock price, which was at its peak on the Nasdaq at $22, eventually fell to a miserable level of 0.08 cents.
Later, Li Yu, the leading founder, was forced to sell his last 10% of shares to new shareholders, and was expelled by the new shareholders for being "unsuitable to work in New Blue Dot".
This Chinese LINUX operating system company, which was once highly expected to break the monopoly of Microsoft's operating system, died in a corner and disappeared like a bubble in the sun.
"That can't be..."
Cheng Ran shook his head again and looked down at the company's qualifications.
Founders: Li Yu, Jiang Ling, Liao Miao... Introduction: Our company is committed to building a Chinese LINUX operating system, mainly engaged in personal desktop linux, customized for enterprises, institutions and securities units...
Depend on…
It’s true.
The butterfly flapped its wings.
This company was originally founded by a few young people in a coffee shop, and now it has come to Chengdu Tianxingdaoguan!