Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Sunday, 9 January.

A slightly strange phone booth stood on the top floor of the Atlantic Street mall.

This floor is mainly a cinema, and there are also some doll catchers, milk tea shops, etc.

This slightly strange phone booth stands by the wall on the road to the cinema and is easily visible after coming up the stairs.

Clear glass is all over the phone booth, soundproofing is good, and there is a special air vent above to make sure you don't get bored in there for an hour or two.

On this side of the kiosk, the metal frames on both sides of the glass are wider than anywhere else and look like a deliberate blank effect.

This is the place that Zhang Lu expected the artist to play.

The other two sides, on the left side, are relatively technologically rich, and you can see an electronic display through the glass, with a poster containing "Shared Telephone Kiosk Advertising Place Investment”;

The right side is deliberately decorated into a more kiosk style, where retro phones can be seen through the glass.

Beyond that, you can also see something on the desktop through the glass, such as a water dispenser on the desktop, a wifi, a three-port charger, a bookshelf, etc.

The planned jukebox, beverage dispenser, etc. are not ready to move in yet.

Quickly, a lot of people were surrounded.

“What is this? ”

“I don't think I've come yet. ”

“Didn't you write on this billboard? Share the booth advertising spot. ”

“Pfft, what the hell, sharing a phone booth? ”

“Ha ha ha ha ha, such a sand sculpture project, hurry to photograph and remember! ”

Soon, a lot of people came to Wanyutian Street to take pictures outside the phone booth and spat in circles of friends.

There are also a lot of people trying to explore what this kiosk can really do.

This is the first and only shared telephone booth in Jingzhou. It is the first prototype machine that Zhang Zhuo has driven out of his home workshop in the last few days.

The first batch of products ordered from the manufacturer had not yet been delivered. In order to see the effect of this shared telephone booth more quickly, Zhang Zhuan decided to move this "prototype machine” that he had made to him and try the water first.

I found a moving company during the move and it was easy to install and it took over an hour to complete.

As one of the core business circles of Jingzhou City, Huanyu Tianjie is sure to be able to guarantee the flow of people. This is also a kind of experiment to see if people can accept this new thing.

Soon, a couple took out their phone and swept the QR code on the phone booth door.

“Shit, so expensive?” Boys are a little naughty.

After scanning the code, a rather humble page appears on it, which is obviously made in a temporary rush, with rates for this shared phone booth:

All items in the kiosk are bundled and billed every 15 minutes for $10 per 15 minutes.

That's the one-hour price for touching a fish net.

You can quickly login with a social account or phone number, but if you do, you have to pay first because the shared kiosk does not consider taking a user's deposit.

After payment, the phone booth door opens automatically, the user enters the phone booth and closes the door before the charging port, wifi, etc. inside can be used properly, and the timing starts.

After the time, if the customer does not have a renewal time, the equipment in the kiosk is automatically powered off and can no longer be used.

The customer leaves the kiosk and closes the door, and the door locks automatically when it is detected that no one is in the kiosk.

It can be said that the initial functionality was very simple, but the basic functionality of a shared phone booth was barely completed, and the process of using it was not very convenient.

And there are lots of loopholes to drill, like sitting there all the time and free hot water if some people don't leave - as long as their faces are thick enough.

Not only that, but there is also a large part of the project that is missing, such as beverage machines, jukeboxes, AEDs, weighing scales, etc., not yet available.

The beverage dispenser is temporarily unable to solve the problem of use. If customers are allowed to renew the drink indefinitely, they will certainly be compensated as dogs. However, if each user is restricted to two complimentary drinks, a special beverage dispenser will have to be purchased, so only free hot water can be substituted for the time being;

On the other hand, the jukebox needs to talk to some singing APPs and the equipment needs to be purchased uniformly;

As for AED, it also needs to be purchased and cannot be delivered within a short time.

However, Zhang Lu believes that this is a research and development project, which can be gradually improved and gradually improved in the future.

Stand up first, get acquainted with everyone, these various functions, and then slowly plug them in.

The first couple who tried to scan the code hesitated outside the shared phone booth or left without paying to enter.

The main reason is that I don't feel like I'm just getting in here and the price is a bit expensive.

Instead of this narrow, squishy glass box, they prefer to find a coffee shop or dessert shop and spend two drinks sitting down.

There are quite a few people taking pictures around the phone booth, but none of them are really paying for the code scan.

After taking a few pictures, the crowds who had gathered to watch the bustle scattered a lot, either going to a nearby milk tea shop to buy drinks or walking into the cinema.

At this time, another couple came to the shared phone booth.

The girl saw the phone in front of her and said, "Hey, that phone looks great. Come on, I'm going to scan the code. Take a picture of me! ”

Girls simply swept in, stood in the booth and picked up a hanging vintage phone and put on a few poses.

Boys are reluctant but helpless to raise their phones outside and "click” to take pictures.

“Okay, that's it. ”

Boys also enter the phone booth and show girls the photos on their phones.

“Well… your photography skills still need to be improved, forget it, that's all. ”

Girls barely received these photos for themselves and then shifted their attention inside this shared phone booth.

It looks a little shabby, but it still looks sturdy.

“Best selling novels, comics, free paper cups, free hot water on the bookshelf...”

After looking at all the projects, the girl was silent for a moment: “After spending ten bucks on me, I just took a few pictures, sat down for a while, drank two cups of hot water... blood loss. ”

The boy silently picked up a cartoon from the bookshelf: "Consider it an IQT. ”

Girl: "… Are you saying I can't have an IQ? ”

……

Opposite the shared phone booth, in a dessert shop.

Zhang Ju and He Win Sheng were drinking drinks and watching the movement across the shared phone booth at all times.

“Three hours have passed since the mall opened in the morning. ”

“It did spark a lot of sightseeing, but the only one who really paid for it was the girl who did it. ”

He Desheng sighed softly: “So I advised you before, don't worry, or wait for all the features of the shared phone booth to be perfected, and the art design is in place before moving to the big mall. ”

“It's weird that if you move a semi-finished product like this, the user will buy the bill. ”

“After all, it looks like this phone booth is too good for the price right now. After going in, you just have to sit around and read the comics and drink some free hot water, and it costs 10 bucks for 15 minutes and 40 bucks an hour, which is enough to get online for four hours. ”

“None of the most critical beverage machines, jukeboxes, etc. ”

Zhang Paranoid glanced firmly: “It's okay, when all the supporting equipment of the shared telephone booth is installed, everyone will understand this pricing. ”

“So... how's the artist thing going? I'm more concerned about this. ”

He Yusheng shook his head: “I asked, I didn't find a good fit. After all, Jingzhou is not a city like Tetu Magic, there are so many bulls...”

“But I think Pei should always have a way. After all, Tenda's main career is playing games and will definitely be able to contact some famous painters. ”

“But... we are running out of budget, and let President Pei pay for the artist, will it cause General Pei's disgust...”

Zhang Lu said firmly: “Then let me tell President Bai! I'm sure Pei will understand. ”

He Tesheng silenced for a moment: “Well, yes, just tell President Pei the ultimate form of the planned telephone booth, and I'm sure he will understand. ”

Zhang Lian shook his head: “No, I am an honest person, and I am sure to report what this project looks like now. ”

“How can I ignore Bae when he trusts me so much! ”

“I'm sure President Bae will appreciate my honesty! ”

“Appreciate your honesty… what naive thoughts.” Hope wins, “okay. If you're in Rich Capital, you're definitely not going to get paid like this. ”

“But President Bae always has a unique wisdom eye, maybe he will open the web...”

He Win Sheng was going to give Zhang Lu some advice, but thinking about it, what qualifies him to give advice to others...

I haven't even learned a tenth of Bae's total investment, and Zhang Lu has done a project to get Bae's capital to agree.

Whatever, I can't handle this...

He Tesheng changed the subject: “The manufacturers responsible for the production of telephone booths, K-Song APP, beverage machine manufacturers, etc. have all replied to me, the money should be in place, the first AED defibrillators should be on the way. ”

Zhang Zhuan nodded: “In addition to that, the APP needs to be refined. ”

“Anyway, once the artist is in place and everything purchased is there, we can announce that the shared phone booth is officially open! ”

“I'll call President Bae first. ”

Zhang Lu picked up the phone and called President Bai.

Later, in a calm tone, he briefed the telephone booth in 1510 on the current situation.

……

On the other side of the phone, Pei Qian heard that Zhang Ru had opened the phone booth in the mall and was frightened to sweat.

But then he was relieved.

According to Zhang Zhuo, he modified the structure of the telephone booth, made it bigger and put it in the mall.

It's just that so far, he's had a morning, and only one girl has scanned the yardstick for a shot, making 15 bucks.

And the kiosk had an initial investment of about 40,000 dollars, and the rental of the space alone was nearly 1,000 dollars a month.

Of course, Zhang Lu also briefly mentioned that he “is working to improve the consumer experience and believes that it will soon be effective”.

Finally, Zhang Lu finally got to the point, hoping that Bae could help find an artist to paint on the front of the shared phone booth and add a little artistic atmosphere to this phone booth.

Hearing this, Pei Qian finds that the prospects of a shared phone booth are better than he thought!

According to Pei Qian's original idea of investing less than 10,000 yuan and putting it on the side of the road, this telephone booth has been on for a little over six months, and at most it loses more than 10,000 yuan.

In the end, the scrap iron and glass will be dismantled, and it may be possible to recover some costs.

But now, if we put it on for six months, we could lose about 50,000!

That's all a phone booth loses. What about a hundred?

Thinking of this, Bae Huan felt the spiritual shock, almost had to slap the board directly to Zhang Jun 5 million, let him set up a hundred telephone booths, hard to build!

But when you think about it, reason triumphs over emotion.

Zhang Zhuo said, "We are working to improve the consumer experience and believe that it will soon be effective." Although it sounds very like a customer statement and a deceptive word of leadership, which is very unbelievable, Pei Huan always feels that his heart is not solid.

Because many of his employees have said similar things, and almost all of them have been paid for...

Thinking about it, Pei Huan decisively controlled the demons inside him, and felt that he could not trust the words of the employees.

“You take a picture of the shared phone booth now and send it to me. ”

A moment later, the picture arrived.

Pei Qian looked at it and found that the phone booth looked quite large, but it was very simple to look at.

Also, there's a table, two folding chairs that fold onto the wall, a couple of lonely books on the shelf, and a water dispenser that looks pretty shabby.

There was someone else watching, but obviously they weren't interested in getting in.

Don't lie to me, it's so cold.

It is true that there are no wrong people, such honest employees, rarely seen!

Pei Qian is very happy. Since he said he wanted an artist, he must find a way to satisfy it!

Just in time, Nguyen Guangjian is in Jingzhou.

Pei Qian thought about it: "Let Nguyen Guangjian paint a big oil painting? Two meters tall? With his current offer, we can't give him $50,000, can we? ”

“Besides, the painting is even better. At best, it means taking photos outside to keep an eye on it. There will be no direct impact on the revenue from this shared phone booth. ”

“Well, if a phone booth is 50,000, ten phone booths, isn't it 500,000? ”

“That's a good idea! ”

Pei Qian thought it was ridiculous, but after analyzing it, he found that it was obviously an unexpected pleasure, a good way to spend money!

Let Nguyen Guang build twenty telephone booths, instantly a million dollars went out.

Even if Nguyen Guangjian had to settle at a friendly price, how could it be 500,000?

I just don't know if the boss's body can handle it. Anyway, Pei's money is perfectly fine.

With this in mind, Pei Jian immediately said: "Yes, I'll take care of the artist's affairs. ”

“Plus, I'll throw you another half a million, the original 20 phone booths, no less! ”