Although the Citroën CX20 sedan is definitely one of the most popular sedans in this era, comparable to the Ferrari of later generations, and enough to arouse the envy of most little girls, Xiang Dongfang is obviously not one of them.

What she cares more about is actually the mysterious "happy event" Cao Zhiqiang mentioned before.

Fortunately, she was not kept waiting any longer, and soon she saw the "big happy event" that Cao Zhiqiang said.

"This, what is this thing?"

Looking at the small wooden house in front of him that was painted red and had a boxy shape with large glass windows on three sides, Xiang Dongfang frowned. He obviously didn't understand what this red square wooden house was.

What is it used for?

"This, this is called the Little Red House." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

"Little Red Room?" Xiang Dongfang blinked, "It's indeed quite red."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Well, the Little Red Room is actually just a nickname. The real name of this thing is a convenience kiosk!"

"Convenience kiosk?" Xiang Dongfang repeated.

"Yes, convenience booth!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang began to briefly explain the situation of this convenience kiosk.

In fact, the convenience kiosk built by Cao Zhiqiang is a book and news kiosk.

As early as the beginning, Cao Zhiqiang discovered that there were already many self-employed book stalls all over the capital, but they were all open-air stalls. Most of them set up stalls on the ground carrying baggage. The better ones were just multiple three-wheelers, and then

Set up a folding bed to set up a stall.

This kind of open-air vendors are the mainstream. As for the common newsstands in the past life where you can buy magazines, buy snacks, and make phone calls, it cannot be said that there is not one, or almost none.

Not to mention newsstands, there were not many people who even set up stalls with sun umbrellas, so self-employed people setting up stalls during this period really had to work hard to make money.

Not all self-employed people set up stalls, some also own houses, such as phone booths.

But at this time, the so-called phone booths were mostly houses facing the street with a wall or window opened, similar to a street kiosk.

This kind of canteens are basically found in residential areas, but in some commercial areas where there is a greater need for canteens, such as train stations, hospital entrances, school entrances, factory entrances, etc., there are usually few such fixed canteens, and even more

Most of them are mobile vendors.

The prices of items sold by individual mobile vendors are cheap, and they are usually close to their residential areas, making shopping convenient. However, in terms of credibility, they are far behind Xinhua Bookstore and regular department stores.

It's very possible that you can buy it here one day, but when you come the next day, that vendor will be empty.

As for the vendors, this kind of open-air stalls depends on the weather. It's fine when it's sunny, but if it's windy or rainy, it's very difficult and they usually don't set up their stalls.

Not to mention the wind and rain, the scorching heat in summer and the biting wind in winter are not pleasant at all.

It is precisely because of this that the self-employed people who set up stalls during this period were serious about earning hard-earned money.

Perhaps it should be said that those individual vendors with front doors are quite good.

It's good, but for hawkers who have a front door, you must have a front door first.

How many people have a concierge, and how many people have the qualifications to be a concierge, but don’t bother to open one?

That's right, in Beijing during this period, there were actually very few canteens on both sides of the streets.

It’s not that there are few houses along the street, but that there are few doormen who are willing to open up the walls along the street for business.

First of all, many houses along streets and alleys, such as courtyard houses, are mostly large courtyards where many people live together. The property rights of such large courtyards are collectively owned, and you cannot just throw money to open the door.

Only if the house is along the street and the entire house is yours, you can apply to the local neighborhood committee. If the application is approved, you can break open the wall along the street to do business and open up the market.

The approval of this application generally depends on your specific circumstances.

Generally speaking, if your family has employees of state-owned enterprises and has a normal income, they will generally not agree. Only if your family is really in difficulty, no one has a formal job, and has no stable income, will it be agreed as appropriate.

If anyone could break down the wall and open the market department, wouldn't it be a mess?

Of course, in the later era of national business, the application in this area was relaxed for a while, but no matter what, it is not that easy to smash the wall of a house along the street and turn it into a store.

If it were that easy, with the shrewdness of Yan Bugui, the third master of the courtyard, he would have broken open a wall along the street of the courtyard and opened a small shop.

It is true that the management in this area is relatively strict.

The current real estate market in Beijing is already tight, and the restrictions on door-to-door housing are also relatively large. After all, it involves hidden dangers in the house, etc., and you cannot modify it privately.

But the capital is so big, there are so many people, and there are also many rich and knowledgeable people, so the demand for convenience stores is huge.

The current number of canteens in the capital is far from meeting the actual needs of the people in the capital.

Cao Zhiqiang spotted this business opportunity at that time and planned to build a chain of convenience kiosks with fixed stalls that could provide shelter from wind and rain to fill the gap of newsstands or convenience stores.

Buying, renting, and setting up convenience stores everywhere is not a reality now. It requires a huge amount of funds, and you also need to deal with neighborhood committees and sub-district offices in various regions, which is quite troublesome.

Not only that, Cao Zhiqiang still remembers that in a few years, major construction will begin in some places in the capital, and many houses will be demolished by then, and the compensation for demolition in the early stage will only be a haha.

So Cao Zhiqiang came up with the idea of ​​a movable board house that can be moved at any time.

Originally he wanted to call it a news kiosk, but when he thought that this kiosk not only sold magazines, newspapers and audio tapes, but could also sell snacks, drinks and even make phone calls, he simply called it a convenience kiosk, which was a way of coming up with the concept of a convenience store in advance.

The size of convenience kiosks is mainly divided into two specifications.

They are two meters wide, four meters long and 2.5 meters high.

and a second-type house that is three meters wide, five meters long, and also 2.5 meters high.

The reason for setting up two specifications is mainly to cope with different scenarios.

For example, in some small residential areas with small street space, one-type houses with a smaller size are used.

In places with a large flow of people and large space, such as train stations and schools, use slightly larger second-type rooms.

No matter what type of convenience kiosk they are, they are all prefabricated houses with light steel as the skeleton, sandwich panels as the surrounding material, and additional glass windows on three sides.

Because this kind of board house uses sandwich panels with thermal insulation properties, the ceiling is double-layer hollowed, the glass is also double-layer hollow glass, and there are curtains inside, it has a certain degree of thermal insulation.

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With a wooden house like this, at least you won't be exposed to wind or rain, and you don't have to worry about being exposed to wind or sun.

In winter, if you live in this kind of insulated board house, the temperature is still good, which is much better than living in the open air.

As for summer, you can open all the windows and use the brackets outside the convenience kiosk to set up an additional large awning, which can instantly turn it into a shade stall.

The entire prefabricated house is boxy. Although it is simple and a bit like a container, it is easy to manufacture and cheap.

This boxy design can be disassembled into parts and transported in batches, or wheels can be directly installed underneath and pulled away directly on a tricycle. It is very convenient for both moving and installation.

There are also chimney vents reserved on the ceiling. If you want to put a small heater inside in winter, you don't have to worry about poisoning without a chimney.

In addition, the light sockets and ceiling fan hooks on the ceiling have also been prepared in advance, and electric lights and ceiling fans can be installed inside.

Of course, the ceiling fan is optional, and you have to pay extra to install it.

Cao Zhiqiang even had an extra round hole drilled in the wall for the air conditioning duct.

Even if you can't use it for the time being, it's better than nothing. If it goes on for a long time, you can use it in the future.

No matter what hole you make, whether it is a chimney hole, a pipe empty, etc., there is a cover that can be blocked when not in use.

In addition, entrances for wiring are also reserved on the ceiling and floor. If you need to power on or make a phone call later, you can use these dedicated entrances to conveniently access wires and telephone lines without worrying about random wiring.

Security Question.

On the north side without windows, the door opens very wide and is composed of two merged swing doors.

This kind of two combined swing doors is not only convenient for entry and exit, but also convenient for transporting goods. It is even more convenient for escape in case of an accident.

In terms of space, because they are all square in shape, there is quite a lot of space.

The smallest type one room has an internal space of nearly eight square meters, which is more than enough for a bed, not to mention chairs.

Moreover, this kind of convenience kiosk has a metal shed with brackets outside all glass windows.

The iron shed outside the glass window can be folded up to protect the glass window when not in use. When used, the shed can be opened on three sides, which can not only provide sunshade, but also expand the space to the outside.

Take the smallest one-type house as an example. Although the internal space is only eight square meters, once all the sheds are spread out, the expansion space will be much larger.

For example, taking out the folding bed from the convenience kiosk and placing books, magazines, etc. is equivalent to expanding the product display window.

It is large and can be packed in. It can sell books, magazines, newspapers, snacks, drinks and cigarettes. It can also cooperate with the post and telecommunications office and make direct phone calls.

Normally, two or three people can operate a phone booth like this. In extreme cases, it can actually be operated by one person.

Because it is convenient and movable, in addition to being used as a fixed point in some places, it can also be temporarily set up in places such as zoos, Beijing exhibition halls, parks, etc.

Anyway, these materials are all lightweight materials. After testing, no matter whether it is a first-type house or a second-type house, as long as it is equipped with wheels, a human-powered tricycle can pull it away. Of course, the premise is that the things inside are not too heavy.

"How's it going? Is the stuff good?" Cao Zhiqiang asked Xiang Dongfang with a smile after giving a brief explanation.

Xiang Dongfang nodded: "It looks good, but what is the purpose of asking the machinery factory to make this kind of thing? You don't plan to recruit people to open a canteen, no, a convenience kiosk, right?"

"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I really mean it, but I'm not recruiting people, I'm transferring people."

"Tune people?" Xiang Dongfang blinked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Cao Zhiqiang was about to speak when he suddenly looked at the middle-aged man wearing work clothes next to him.

After smiling slightly, Cao Zhiqiang walked up to the middle-aged man, took out a pack of unopened Xiangshan brand cigarettes, and handed it directly to the man: "Director Xiao, thank you for your hard work. I have something to talk to my secretary about. Look...

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To be continued...