Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 207 Internet Cafe Competitors

In class on Monday, Li Quanwang came to school with a spring breeze on his face, and the smile on his face never stopped.

During class break, Lu Yiming laughed and scolded: "Damn, you bastard, what are you doing in summer?"

Li Quanwang had a silly smile on his face, and proudly showed off: "Gu Zhiruo promised to go to the movies with me on Saturday night, "Titanic"!"

"Titanic" was released in North America on December [-], [-], and was introduced to the mainland on April [-], [-].

Because there are no Hollywood blockbusters introduced in the mainland, this movie has a lot of attendance until now, and it has not been withdrawn. Many young people who fell in love scrambled to contribute to Cameron's box office.

At this moment, Li Quanwang announced with a firm face: "I'm going to leave the order soon!"

Lu Yiming was very disgusted by this: "You didn't even take off your trousers, what kind of off order are you? Besides, what's the point of going to the cinema?"

Li Quanwang, who was quite excited at first, suddenly felt puzzled when he heard this: "What do you mean? Where can I watch a movie if I don't go to the cinema?"

Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows at him, with a fluttering expression: "Look at home, otherwise, what is your 32-inch Sony wall-mounted TV set for? Think about it, the cinema is messy and crowded, and it's pitch black. Are you comfortable at home? If it’s me, I’ll buy a VCD player, prepare some red wine and snacks, and the two of you are in the same room, wouldn’t that be nice?”

Li Quanwang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his heart was moved, but after all, he was still too thin-skinned, and he hesitated about it: "Isn't that good? I'm afraid that Gu Zhiruo won't agree."

But Lu Yiming urged, "How do you know if you don't try? Maybe she won't get what she wants?"

Li Quanwang thought for a while, and finally firmly believed: "Yes, then I will tell her about it next time I meet her."

After school at noon, Lu Yiming went home, while Li Quanwang went to Tongxin Internet Cafe to inspect.

Since Li Quanwang confessed that he is the owner of Tongxin Internet Cafe, the attitudes of Li Changjian and Huang Jijiao have also changed a lot. They said openly: You must study hard, and Internet cafe management must not be relaxed. Both hands must be grasped and both hands must be tough.

However, under the influence of Lu Yiming, although Li Quanwang has worked hard in his studies, he has long since lost his anxiety about not being able to pass the university entrance examination, and his mentality has become calmer.But it's strange to say that since he didn't pay attention to his grades, his various quiz scores have improved significantly, and he has begun to leave the ranks of the crane tail in the class.

That's why Li Quanwang can devote more time to the management of Tongxin Internet cafes. Now every day at noon, he rides a newly bought bicycle and goes to various Tongxin Internet cafes for a walk.

Before Lu Yiming got home and his butt was warm, Li Quanwang called directly.

During the phone call, Li Quanwang's tone seemed very anxious: "Da Ming, something happened, something big happened."

Lu Yiming frowned slightly when he heard the words, and asked casually, "What happened? Have you been kidnapped?"

Li Quanwang exaggeratedly exclaimed: "It's much more serious than that. The store managers of the Internet cafes told me just now that the passenger flow has dropped very badly recently. I only found out when I asked. It turns out that there are a lot of Internet cafes popping up around. Just divide up all our guests."

In the Internet cafe model in the early years, there was basically no threshold, as long as you had money to buy a computer, you could open it.

Seeing that Tongxin Internet Cafe's business is so good, many people naturally want to take a share.

The point is, in order to divide customers from Tongxin Internet cafes, and the price of computer hardware has also dropped a little in the past few months, the Internet fees of these Internet cafes are generally one or two yuan cheaper per hour than Tongxin Internet cafes.

As a result, many people went to these Internet cafes to surf the Internet.

After listening to Li Quanwang's narration, Lu Yiming didn't panic, and his tone was still calm: "Our Tongxin Internet Cafe is expanding so high-profilely, and others are not blind, so they can naturally see the popularity of this industry."

For the emergence of a competitor, Li Quanwang was unprepared, but Lu Yiming had already expected it.

Before 3, the domestic Internet bar industry was dominated by China Shipping's 20C+T model, which mainly imitated the models of Wanwan and foreign countries.The price is very expensive, about [-] yuan per hour.

From [-] to [-], it can be regarded as the first development peak of Internet cafes. Since then, the Internet has not only become a place for surfing the Internet, but also a place for gaming.

For example, Tongxin Internet Cafe mainly focuses on single-player games such as StarCraft, Red Alert, and Diablo. The price is a little cheaper than before, but it is not much lower. The hourly charge ranges from 15 to [-] yuan.

This stage is basically the profiteering period of Internet cafes, and it is like turning on the money printing machine to make money.

But people, they all like to follow the red top and the white one. When they see an industry making money, there are naturally countless people who are jealous and flock to it.

Therefore, in the period from [-] to the millennium, the number of Internet cafes began to expand rapidly, and large-scale competition in the industry was doomed to be inevitable.

"Then what do we do now?"

Li Quanwang is now earning a lot of money by relying on the [-]% dividend of the Internet cafe's shares. Now that there are so many competitors popping up all of a sudden, he feels very panicked.

Lu Yiming, the major shareholder, was not in a hurry at all. Instead, he said calmly, "What can we do? Let's fight a price war. If they can lower the price, so can we. Anyway, we have already earned back the rent and equipment. Next, as long as someone We come online to make money.”

Hearing that the price will be lowered, Li Quanwang is a little unhappy: "Is it really necessary to lower the price?"

After all, the fee was 15 yuan an hour before. Although members can get a discount, they can also make a pre-deposit for nothing to speed up the expansion of the Internet cafe, which is really cool.

Now he wants to lower the price to attract customers. The loss is the money in his own pocket, and no one is happy to change it.

Lu Yiming explained: "Internet cafes are an industry with low barriers to entry. Anyone can do it. The pressure of competition is naturally high. If you don't cut prices, you will die."

Hearing that if you don’t lower the price, you will die. Li Quanwang compromised and agreed depressedly: “Okay, then how much do you think it’s appropriate for us to lower the price?”

Lu Yiming thought for a while, and then he came up with an idea: "Let's reduce it to ten yuan per hour first. I guess it's ten twenty-three in other places."

"Five yuan down at once? That's too much!"

Li Quanwang calculated in his heart and became even more unhappy.

I immediately offered a [-]% discount. Wouldn't it be a broken bone if I discounted it later?
Lu Yiming recalled the time in [-] when he spent [-] yuan overnight and [-] cents an hour in the morning, and said with a wry smile: "Where is this going? I estimate that within a year or two, the Internet fee will be reduced to at least one per hour. Less than four yuan, and in some places even one or two yuan an hour is not uncommon."

When Li Quanwang heard this, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock: "One or two yuan an hour? How can you make money!"

Lu Yiming sighed indifferently: "Internet cafes are a sunset industry, do you still want to eat for the rest of your life? While you can still make money now, I will continue to increase the recharge discounts in the future. How much can you earn during this period? In the future, there will basically be no good things like lying down and counting money.”

(End of this chapter)