Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 205 You are so lucky (Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!)
The 8000 computers in their Tianqin Internet Cafe are all brand new. In addition, since they had just opened, they had to apply for 20 Internet cafe operating licenses, and various expenses came in during the first month.

In the first month of the Internet cafe's opening, the cost of Internet access was basically locked at one yuan.

Their current situation is that if no one is using the internet in the cafe, they lose about 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a day. If someone is using the internet, they lose more than 100,000 yuan a day.

Chen Zhi frowned and said, "Lowering it to 4 cents won't work. If we have to lower it, let's lower it to 3 cents!"

"3 cents?" Several business managers looked at Chen Zhi in shock.

Chen Zhi nodded and said, "We can't keep fighting with them like this. If we want to have fun, let's have a big one!"

Several business managers thought seriously for a while and then nodded.

Indeed, we can't continue to cut slowly with such a soft knife.

If the price had been reduced directly from two yuan to thirty cents, the Internet cafes in these northern counties would have run away long ago.

As a result, the price reduction of a few cents caused the Internet cafes to become furious, leading to a situation of no return.

A business manager said, "Mr. Chen, there is an urgent problem that needs to be solved."

"What's the problem?" Chen Zhi looked at the business manager.

The business manager said cautiously, "It's Jiang Hong from Lianxiang Group. Didn't he buy those ten Feiyang Internet Cafes? Now he's helping us keep an eye on them. However, ever since we lowered the price to 5 yuan, he's been contacting us to see if we can help him make up for his losses."

"Compensate for his losses? What's he thinking?" Chen Zhi was annoyed when he heard this. He said angrily, "I didn't hire him to open the internet cafe. Isn't the reason he opened the internet cafe just to get a piece of the pie after we win? What's the matter? He doesn't want to take the risk and only wants to share the profits? If I want to compensate him for his losses, I can just buy 3800 computers and open ten internet cafes. Why do I need him to join in the fun?"

Although several business managers felt that Chen Zhi's words were a little inappropriate, they did not refute him.

No matter what, Jiang Hong helped provide 3800 computers. If they were to purchase 3800 computers, they would have to pay at least more than 1000 million. Now Jiang Hong's loss is about 100 per day. Even if the compensation is for one month, it is only a little over 100 million. Spending 1000 million to save more than million in expenses is a very cost-effective plan from a short-term investment perspective.

After all, their goal is to defeat their opponents within a month.

However, what Chen Zhi said was not without reason. If they won, Jiang Hong would be the one to share the spoils. How could such a wonderful thing exist in the world? He could get huge profits without taking any risks.

"Let's not talk about him anymore. If he wants to lower prices, he can do so. If he wants to withdraw, he can withdraw. Our goal is to completely crush the Jingzhou Internet Cafe Alliance!" Chen Zhi slammed the table and said, "Everyone go back and rest early. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, we will all lower prices."

"Okay." Several business managers took the order and left.

They are all professional managers. Even if Chen Zhi's orders are wrong, they will execute them in the right place.

The next morning, just as Cheng Yi was busy collecting player testing information, the Internet cafe industry in Jingzhou City had already undergone dramatic changes.

The 20 Internet cafes under Tianqin Internet Cafe are holding a grand opening promotion and announced a price reduction to 3 cents per hour.

A single stone can cause a thousand ripples. The sudden price reduction of Tianqin Internet Cafe caused a complete sensation in the four districts and counties in the northern part of Jingzhou City.

3 cents, that's not even enough to pay for electricity.

Less than an hour after the price reduction was announced, all 8000 computers in Tianqin Internet Cafe were occupied, and many people crowded in Tianqin Internet Cafe, waiting for new seats.

"Fuck, how can it be so outrageous?" In a private villa in Jingzhou City, Jiang Hong smashed the teapot on the stone table to pieces.

He never imagined that the cost of Internet cafes could be reduced to 3 cents.

When it was 5 cents, he could barely guarantee that he would break even, but what should he do with 3 cents?
He is just an employee of Lianxiang Group, and his annual salary plus performance bonus is only more than 200 million.

There are 3800 Internet cafes here. If they lose 2 yuan a day, that means a net loss of nearly yuan a day.

He can lose two months' salary in just one month.

Now Jiang Hong really regretted getting involved in this mess. Thinking about it now, Li Baoliang was the wise one.

In order to buy Feiyang Internet Cafe, he not only paid Li Baoliang 300 million in cash, but also gave Li Baoliang the right to sell 7000 computers first and pay later.

What a loss.

Jiang Hong took out his cell phone, hesitated for a moment, and called Chen Zhi.

"Beep, beep, beep..." The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered.

"Chen Zhi! You are really something!" Jiang Hong gritted his teeth in anger.

At this moment, Jiang Hong finally understood what it meant to be in a difficult situation.

Jiang Hong sighed and called Li Baoliang again.

"Boss Jiang." Li Baoliang said in a very good manner, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Jiang Hong said somewhat embarrassedly, "I'm planning to sell Feiyang Internet Cafe. You have deeper connections in Jingzhou City than I do. Can you help me find a buyer?"

Li Baoliang said, "Isn't Chen Zhi the best candidate for purchase?"

"This guy doesn't answer my calls." Jiang Hong hesitated for a while, but still gritted his teeth and told the truth.

Li Baoliang suppressed a smile and said seriously, "Now that Chen Zhi has messed up the internet cafe industry in Jingzhou, it's probably going to be hard to find a suitable buyer. Even if we take away 2000 mobile computers, Feiyang Internet Cafe still has 1800 computers. Most of these computers are Pentium 3s, so they're worth at least five million, right? But now, let alone five million, I don't think anyone would even want three million."

Li Baoliang's words made Jiang Hong's heart sink. He frowned and said, "Is there really no other way?"

Li Baoliang hesitated for a moment and said, "I suggest closing the cafe for now. There's no point in losing money. When Chen Zhi and the Jingzhou Internet Cafe Alliance decide the winner, you can sell it at a high price. I think this is the best option. Besides, if you close the business, Chen Zhi will definitely be anxious. He might even buy it out for a high price."

"You're right." Jiang Hong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you!"

Jiang Hong is a regional manager sent by Lianxiang Group. He is fundamentally different from entrepreneurs, especially in terms of the overall situation, the gap is even greater.

In fact, Li Baoliang looked down on Jiang Hong in his heart. As the saying goes, entrepreneurs always look down on workers.

Neither Chen Zhi nor the Jingzhou Internet Cafe Alliance expected that the victim of this wave of price cuts would be Feiyang Internet Cafe.

Not long after both sides lowered the price to 3 cents, Feiyang Internet Cafe's ten Internet cafes announced the suspension of business.

The two main wives were not injured, but the third one was eliminated.

"This Jiang Hong is here to cause trouble!" Inside the Tianqin Internet Cafe's main store, Chen Zhi's face turned green with anger after hearing the news that Feiyang Internet Cafe was closing down.

How could there be someone like Jiang Hong in this world who only wanted a piece of the action but didn't want to take any risks? "Mr. Chen, I suggest we help Feiyang Internet Cafe shoulder its losses for a while. We only need to contribute a few hundred thousand yuan, and then Jiang Hong can put pressure on the Jingzhou Internet Cafe Alliance for about twenty days," a business manager advised.

"Impossible!" Chen Zhi said firmly, "In just over twenty days, I've already taken over the Jingzhou Internet Cafe Alliance. Am I really going to let Jiang Hong take advantage of it?"

The business manager said, "Mr. Chen, let's reconsider these concerns after we defeat the Jingzhou Internet Cafe Alliance. What we need to do now is to reduce unnecessary large expenses as much as possible and spend money wisely. Jiang Hong's 3,000-plus computers are a great help to us. Once Feiyang Internet Cafe closes, the two branches of Dingsheng Internet Cafe, the three branches of Tianyu Internet Cafe, and the several Internet cafes run by their core members will all breathe a sigh of relief. They can definitely raise the prices at these branches and then help recoup the losses at their branches that we've pushed to the brink of collapse."

"You don't need to explain this." Chen Zhi said coldly, "Go contact Jiang Hong and buy the ten internet cafes under his name."

"Buy it? Mr. Chen, this is another huge expense. Our budget for taking over the Jingzhou Internet cafe market this time is only 100 million." The business manager quickly advised.

"I know better than you. I don't need you to remind me." Chen Zhi said, "What we need to do now is to cut the Gordian knot and destroy the Jingzhou Internet Cafe Alliance as soon as possible. If we still calculate the costs and losses now, we will be courting death!"

"Yes, I'll contact them now." The business manager sighed and hurriedly left Chen Zhi's office.

Seeing that there was no one in the office, Chen Zhi slowly lay down in the boss chair. Ever since he started the price war, he always felt that something was wrong.

First, the attitude of the Jingzhou Internet Cafe Alliance became very tough, and then their calm response strategy was as if it had been rehearsed.

It seems as if there is an invisible hand firmly controlling this seemingly chaotic yet orderly Internet cafe world.

At this time, the third and fourth floors of Momo Internet Cafe were already crowded with people. Many people would rather watch others play Legend in the corridors on the third and fourth floors than go to the first and second floors to surf the Internet.

The result was that the occupancy rate on the first and second floors was less than 30%, which made Zhang Lingyu jump around anxiously.

The internet access fee for computers on the first and second floors is 2 yuan, and the internet access fee for computers on the third and fourth floors is 1 yuan.

In the past, since there were no online games on the computers on the third and fourth floors, only customers who liked to play single-player games would go there.

But now it’s different. Her master has come up with an online game with free trial, which has attracted all the old customers.

"Awesome, I created an ebony sword with a white beam of light, fuck!" In the Internet cafe area on the third floor, a young man shouted excitedly.

"What attributes?" Many people gathered around.

The young man deliberately didn't pick it up, as if he wanted to show off the ebony sword with a beam of light to everyone.

The presence of a light column means that this ebony sword has a +1 attribute.

Everyone gathered around and looked at the young man's computer screen with envy.

Next to the character operated by the young man, an ebony sword was emitting a white light that was only second in length to the sword.

Seeing that most of the attention had been attracted, the young man slowly picked up the ebony sword.

He took one look and shouted excitedly, "Fuck 4-9 (+1) attack, I'm going to take off."

He put it on his character and laughed, "I'm going to challenge the PK leveling area."

There were already seven or eight young men standing behind his chair, and they were sighing with emotion, which made the young man even more proud.

Holding the +1 ebony sword, he confidently stepped across the white light area that symbolized the safe leveling area.

Although the PK leveling area and the safe leveling area are both located in the Bitch Forest, the monsters in the PK leveling area are more powerful.

With the crowd watching, the young man controlled his level 15 warrior and chopped down an orc with great difficulty. With the orc's desperate whimper, a ring fell to the ground.

"Wow, you are so lucky, aren't you?" The young people behind the young man exclaimed again.

The young man did the same thing, but deliberately did not pick up the ring, hoping to attract more people to watch.

Just as he picked up the cigarette and was about to light one, something strange happened.

A team consisting of a warrior, a mage and a Taoist priest suddenly rushed out from the right.

The warrior and the Taoist priest went up and slashed the young man with two swords, and the mage also threw out fireballs one after another.

The +2 halo under their feet gave them three extremely high attack bonuses. Before the young man could react, his screen turned black and white.

The +1 ebony sword also fell out of his hand.

"Fuck, which bastard did this? Stand up!" The young man jumped up and said angrily.

The young man behind him said, "Now all eight Momo internet cafes have this game. Unless you go to all eight internet cafes, you won't be able to find anyone."

"You'd better hurry up and log into the game to redeem your weapons." Several young people began to persuade him.

The young man returned to the game with an annoyed look on his face, only to see a small speaker for redeeming equipment appear next to the map in the upper right corner.

The young man clicked it, and a very simple game interface popped up immediately. The ebony sword he dropped was right in the middle of the interface.

Redemption period countdown: 5:59:34 seconds.

Looking at the countdown second by second, the young man immediately clicked the redemption button.

Are you sure you want to redeem the Ebony Sword for 27521 gold coins?

The young man nodded with a painful look on his face, and the ebony sword immediately appeared in his backpack.

Looking at the three-digit number of gold coins in his backpack, the young man felt like crying. These were the gold coins he had earned by digging meat for a whole night, and they were gone just like that?
Meanwhile, at the 71st machine in the second Momo Internet Cafe, a chubby boy, clearly a high school student, laughed happily and said, "Yeah, I have 27521 more gold coins in my backpack. Let's get them."

"Hurry up and divide the money, we have no money to buy medicine." A boy and a girl sitting next to the little fat man immediately leaned over, both with happy faces.

This game is really fun. You can make money by killing people and robbing them?
Other games are all about avoiding being chased by monsters, but this game is different. You have to avoid being chased by other players while avoiding being chased by monsters.

It's so stimulating, my hormones are overflowing.

The three men were hiding under a tree and dividing the loot when a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky and struck the fat man directly on the head.

"Fuck, lightning magic! Run away..." The fat man shouted, and the game screen turned black and white.

At the 11th machine in the third store, a wretched middle-aged man looked at the three piles of small medicine on the ground and said dissatisfiedly, "What a failure! These three poor little guys didn't even get any equipment!"

　I wish you all great luck in the Year of the Snake, may you rise step by step, be blessed with great fortune, have the five blessings come to you, have great luck and prosperity, be blessed with both good fortune and longevity, have a bright future, rise to prominence, soar to great heights, achieve great success, make a fortune, make a lot of money, make a fortune every day, fill your house with gold and jade, attract wealth and treasure, be rich and auspicious, be strong and healthy, have a long and healthy life, have a happy family, be harmonious, be well-educated, be highly talented, win the top prize in the imperial examination, all your wishes come true, smooth sailing, all your wishes come true, may the auspicious stars shine on you, good luck will come after bad times, may the dragon and the phoenix appear, auspicious air fills the house, purple qi comes from the east, more than enough blessings, the three yangs bring good luck, be beaming with joy, smile often, be in high spirits, be happy and content, have surplus every year, have peace all year round, everything goes smoothly, wealth comes from all directions, and everything is perfect!!!
　
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