During 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, Lu Yiming laughed and scolded: "Damn it, you guy, why are you so hot in the summer?"

Li Quanwang had a silly smile on his face and proudly showed off: "Gu Zhiruo promised to accompany me to watch a movie, "Titanic", on Saturday night!"

"Titanic" was released in North America on December 19, 1997, and was introduced to the mainland on April 3, 1998.

Because there are no Hollywood blockbusters introduced to the mainland, this movie has a lot of attendance to this day and has never been withdrawn, causing many young people who have fallen in love to rush to contribute to Cameron's box office.

Li Quanwang announced with determination at this moment: "I will be single soon!"

Lu Yiming was disgusted by this: "You haven't even taken off your pants, how can you be single? 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 instead of going to the cinema?"

Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows at him, his expression rippling: "Watch it at home, otherwise what would you use that 32-inch Sony wall-mounted TV for? Think about it, the cinema is messy, crowded, and pitch black, so why not

Are you comfortable at home? If it's me, I'll buy a VCD player, prepare some red wine and snacks, and let the two of you live in the same room, wouldn't that be nice?"

Li Quanwang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was very excited, but in the end he was still too thin-skinned and he hesitated: "Isn't this bad? I'm afraid Gu Zhiruo won't agree."

Lu Yiming encouraged her and said, "How will you know if you don't try? Maybe she can get what she wants?"

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

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

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, and they openly stated: We must pay close attention to study, and we cannot relax in the management of Internet cafes. We must grasp it with both hands, and we must be tough with both hands.

However, under the influence of Lu Yiming, although Li Quanwang studied hard, he no longer had the anxiety of not being able to go to college, and his mentality began to become calmer. But strangely enough, since he stopped paying attention to his grades

, his scores in various quizzes have actually improved significantly, and he has begun to break away from the bottom of the class.

Therefore, Li Quanwang was able to devote more time to the management of Tongxin Internet Cafe. Now he rides his newly purchased bicycle to each Tongxin Internet Cafe every noon.

When Lu Yiming got home and his butt was still hot, Li Quanwang's phone call came directly.

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

Lu Yiming frowned slightly when he heard this and asked casually: "What happened? Have you been kidnapped?"

Li Quanwang exclaimed exaggeratedly: "It's much more serious than that. Just now, several store managers of Internet cafes told me that the customer flow has dropped very sharply recently. When I asked, I found out that it turned out that there were so many Internet cafes popping up around me.

Just take all our guests away."

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

Many people saw that Tongxin Internet Cafe was doing so well and naturally wanted to take a share of the pie.

The key is that in order to divert customers from Tongxin Internet Cafe, and the price of computer hardware has dropped a bit in recent months, the Internet fees in these Internet cafes are generally one or two yuan cheaper per hour than in Tongxin Internet Cafe.

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

After listening to Li Quanwang's story, Lu Yiming did not panic, and his tone remained calm: "We Tongxin Internet Cafe is expanding in such a high-profile manner. Others are not blind, so they can naturally see the popularity of this industry."

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

Before 1995, the domestic Internet cafe industry was dominated by China Shipping's 3ct model, which mainly imitated the models from Wanwan and foreign countries. The price was very expensive, costing about 20 yuan per hour.

The period from 1995 to 1998 was considered the first development peak of Internet cafes. From this time on, the Internet was not only used for surfing the Internet, but also began to become a gaming venue.

For example, Tongxin Internet Cafe mainly sells stand-alone games such as StarCraft, Red Alert and Diablo. The prices are a little cheaper than before, but not much lower. The hourly charges range from ten to fifteen yuan.

This stage is basically a profit-making period for Internet cafes, where they are simply running a money printing press to make money.

But people all like to work with people with red tops and white tops. When they see an industry making money, naturally countless people will be jealous and flock to it.

Therefore, from 1998 to the new millennium, the number of Internet cafes began to expand rapidly, and large-scale intra-industry competition was inevitable.

"Then what do we do now?"

Li Quanwang is now making a lot of money from the 1% share dividend of the Internet cafe. Now that so many competitors have suddenly appeared, he feels very panicked.

Lu Yiming, the major shareholder, was not anxious at all. Instead, he said calmly: "What can we do? Let's start a price war. If they can lower the price, so can we. Anyway, we have already earned back the money for renting equipment. As long as there are people

We make money when you come online."

Hearing that the price was going to be reduced, Li Quanwang was a little unhappy: "Is the price really going to be reduced?"

After all, it used to charge 15 yuan an hour. Although members can get discounts, they can also use a pre-deposit to speed up the expansion of the Internet cafe, which is a great profit.

Now they have to lower their prices to attract customers. What they are losing is money in their own pockets, and no one would be happy to change it.

Lu Yiming explained: "This is the case for an industry with low entry barriers such as Internet cafes. Anyone can do it. The pressure of competition is naturally high. If you don't lower prices, there will be a dead end."

Hearing that he would die if he didn't lower the price, Li Quanwang compromised and agreed depressedly: "Okay, then what do you think we should lower the price to?"

Lu Yiming thought for a while and then came up with an idea: "Let's lower it to ten yuan per hour first. I guess other people's prices are only 123 yuan."

"Five yuan off all of a sudden? This is too much!"

Li Quanwang did the math in his mind and became even more unhappy.

If you get a 6.60% discount right away, wouldn’t it break your bones if you discount it again later?

Lu Yiming thought of the time in 2007 when he spent 5 cents for an all-nighter and 50 cents for an hour in the morning. He smiled bitterly and said: "Where is this? I estimate that within a year or two, the Internet fee will be reduced to at least an hour.

It’s 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 be shocked: "One or two yuan an hour? How can you make money like this!"

Lu Yiming sighed indifferently: "Internet cafes are just a sunset industry. Do you still want to work there for the rest of your life? While you can still make money now, I will continue to increase the recharge discounts in the future. I will make as much as I can during this period.
Chapter completed!