Chapter 76: The idea of a chain internet cafe

After leaving the internet cafe, Qin Tian followed Zhao Mingyuan to the barbecue restaurant opposite.

The space in the shop was not large, with only six small dining tables, and there were no other guests for the time being.

The two came to an empty table at the very back, put down the computer and monitor, and sat down.

"Yo, Boss Zhao, you have time to take care of my business today. What would you like to eat?"

The owner of the barbecue restaurant was also a middle-aged man, who seemed to be quite familiar with Zhao Mingyuan, and walked over with a menu with a chuckle.

Zhao Mingyuan nudged Qin Tian: "Order for Xiao Qin, I'll have the usual."

The boss looked at Qin Tian with a surprised gaze and handed him the menu.

"Young man, see what you want to eat. Old Zhao is a rich man, you order more, let me earn more."

"Heh... you profiteer."

Zhao Mingyuan glared at the boss with amusement.

Qin Tian couldn't help but laugh, took the menu, and didn't stand on ceremony, directly ordering some of all the skewers he liked.

The barbecue restaurant owner recorded on the side with paper and pen.

"That's all for me, thank you."

Qin Tian handed the menu back to the boss.

"Alright, then what would you like to drink?"

The boss asked with a smile.

"Xiao Qin, how about some beer?"

Zhao Mingyuan suggested with a smile.

Qin Tian thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Without beer for skewers, it always felt like something was missing.

"Then bring four bottles of ice beer first, add more if it's not enough."

Zhao Mingyuan said to the boss with a smile.

The boss nodded, first went to the refrigerator to get four bottles of beer for the two, and then went to busy himself with grilling skewers.

"Although this shop is small, it's been open for more than ten years. I often come here to eat, and the taste is quite good."

Zhao Mingyuan said with a smile while opening the tableware packaging.

Qin Tian nodded: "Before, when I came to your internet cafe to surf the internet with friends, I also came here to eat a few times."

"Is that so!"

Zhao Mingyuan smiled.

The two chatted idly, and soon the boss sent over two plates of skewers, which were beef and mutton skewers that were easier to grill.

"Come, come, come, just the two of us, no need for glasses."

Zhao Mingyuan picked up a bottle of beer and shouted.

Qin Tian nodded with a smile and also picked up a bottle beside him to clink with him.

Both of them tilted their heads and drank half a bottle of beer, then sighed comfortably at the same time.

"Haha..."

Zhao Mingyuan laughed heartily twice, picked up a beef skewer, and said: "Xiao Qin, you look young, but you give me a feeling of being quite mature."

"Really?"

Qin Tian was stunned for a moment, smiled with feigned confusion, but felt a bit surprised in his heart.

It seemed that this boss's unique vision was not limited to the business aspect!

The two ate skewers and drank beer, and soon became much more familiar, and Zhao Mingyuan also took the opportunity to pull the topic back to the right track.

"Xiao Qin, tell me more about the theme internet cafe you just mentioned!"

"Okay."

Qin Tian agreed, and in Zhao Mingyuan's expectant gaze, suddenly changed the subject: "However, Brother Zhao, can you let me in on this?"

This was also the purpose of him agreeing to Zhao Mingyuan's invitation and following him over.

There was no such thing as a free lunch in the world.

He had the foresight of a reborn person, but he couldn't just give it to Zhao Mingyuan for nothing.

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Zhao Mingyuan also became interested.

Just as he said just now, this young man in front of him always gave him a feeling of maturity and stability that didn't match his age, making people feel very unusual.

"Regarding this game and your internet cafe business, Brother Zhao, I do have some good ideas, but I hope we can cooperate together, and the premise is that the controlling stake belongs to me."

Qin Tian opened his mouth with a serious face.

After listening, Zhao Mingyuan was a bit dumbfounded.

Although he couldn't be considered a rich man, the internet cafe industry had been booming in recent years, and he could be considered to have eaten this wave of dividends.

In this Yucheng, he could be considered one of the top few rich people.

And now, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy who hadn't even graduated from high school wanted to talk to him about cooperation, and also wanted the controlling stake?

If this were any other boy, he would probably have stood up and left right now.

"A bit interesting, tell me your thoughts first."

Zhao Mingyuan didn't commit, a smile of interest appearing on his somewhat chubby face.

"Good!"

Qin Tian responded with a smile and asked back: "Brother Zhao, you are in the internet cafe business, so do you know about internet cafes?"

"Internet cafes?"

Zhao Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said: "I have really heard of this. It emerged in Modu two years ago. The concept seems to be a high-end internet cafe, mainly targeting business people."

"Are you thinking of us investing together to open this internet cafe? This is not easy to do, the cost is too high."

"And the economy here is much worse than Modu. There aren't many people willing to spend high prices to surf the internet."

He felt quite disappointed.

He thought Qin Tian really had some good ideas, but he didn't expect it to be just this.

"Brother Zhao, don't be in a rush, listen to me slowly. You should be able to feel that after 2010, the internet cafe business started to go downhill, right?"

Qin Tian asked with a smile.

"That's right."

Zhao Mingyuan nodded in surprise, clearly not expecting Qin Tian to know this.

Qin Tian ate a skewer of beef and continued at a steady pace:

"The improvement in the national economic level over these years has led to the popularization of home computers, and the environment of ordinary internet cafes is relatively poor, so naturally, many people are unwilling to spend money to surf the internet at internet cafes."

"Coupled with the internet cafe dividends of previous years, the competition is fierce, and the market is already saturated."

"So if you want to continue to grow and strengthen in this industry, you must engage in differentiation and take the high-end route."

"Internet cafes are a very good choice. That's right, the cost is relatively high, and the customer base is not large enough. But what we want to do is a chain internet cafe with League of Legends as the theme. Brother Zhao, believe me, for the next ten years, this game will be the most popular game, bar none."

Hearing this, Zhao Mingyuan immediately expressed doubt: "No way, how can a game be popular for ten years."

He had been running an internet cafe for almost ten years, and he could be said to have seen the rise and fall of various mainstream games over the years. Being popular for three or four years was already considered powerful.

"Since you don't believe what I said, then there's no need to talk anymore."

Qin Tian curled his lips helplessly.

"Don't, don't, don't. Alright, I'll believe what you said for now. What's next? Continue."

Zhao Mingyuan changed his words hurriedly.

He was now completely hooked by curiosity and couldn't just let it go.

"Fine, then I'll continue. Regarding the unit price of surfing the internet at the internet cafe, we can adjust it down appropriately. The profit point doesn't have to be just on this; the money earned from food, coffee, and drinks is not small either."

"In addition, our main customer base is not business people, but the vast young group, because what we are building is a game-themed chain internet cafe."

"We can also hold competitions for this game to promote it, and even form professional teams later."

"Believe me, as this game becomes popular, our internet cafes will also become popular all over the country."

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