Sunday, January 9th.
A slightly strange-looking phone booth was erected on the top floor of the Tianjie Mall.
This floor is mainly a movie theater, but also has some claw machines, milk tea shops, etc.
This slightly strange phone booth stands next to the wall on the way to the cinema. It can be easily seen after going up the escalator.
The phone booth is surrounded by transparent glass, which has good sound insulation effect. There are special ventilation holes on the top to ensure that you will not feel stuffy even if you stay in it for an hour or two.
On the outside side of the phone booth, the metal frames on both sides of the glass are wider than elsewhere, which looks like a deliberately blank effect.
This is the place left to the artist in Zhang Huan’s imagination.
As for the other two sides, the left side is relatively technological. Through the glass, you can see an electronic display screen with a poster on it. The content of the poster is "Shared Phone Booth Advertising Space Recruitment" ;
The side on the right is deliberately decorated in a phone booth style, and the retro-looking phone inside can be seen through the glass.
In addition, through the glass you can also see some things on the desktop inside, such as a water dispenser, wifi, three-port charger, bookshelf, etc. on the desktop.
Because it is not fully prepared, the planned jukebox, drink machine, etc. have not had time to be moved in yet.
Soon, many people gathered around.
"What is this?"
"It seems there wasn't one last time I came here."
"Isn't it written on this billboard, Shared Phone Booth Advertisement We are looking for investment.”
“Pfft, what the hell, a shared phone booth?”
“Hahaha, it’s such a silly project, hurry up and take a photo!”
< p>Soon, many people who came to Huanyu Tianjie to shop took pictures outside the phone booth and posted pictures to make comments on WeChat Moments.Many people are also trying to explore what this phone booth can do.
This is the first and only shared phone booth in Jingzhou. It is the first "prototype" that Zhang Wang has worked on in the past few days in his hometown workshop.
The first batch of products ordered from the manufacturer have not yet been delivered. In order to see the effect of this shared phone booth faster, Zhang Wang decided to move the "prototype" he made. Test the water first.
I found a moving company during the move. The installation was quite easy and was completed in just over an hour.
As one of the core business districts of Jingzhou City, Huanyu Tianjie can definitely guarantee the flow of people. This can also be regarded as an experiment to see if everyone can accept this new thing.
Soon, a couple took out their mobile phones and scanned the QR code on the phone booth door.
“Damn it, so expensive?” The boy was a little confused.
After scanning the QR code, a rather crude page appeared. This was obviously a temporary page.After working, here are the charging standards for this shared phone booth:
All items in the phone booth are bundled and billed every 15 minutes, at a cost of 10 yuan every 15 minutes.
This is the price of one hour of surfing the Internet at Moyu Internet Cafe.
You can use your social account or mobile phone number to quickly log in, but if you use it, you must pay first, because the shared phone booth does not consider collecting user deposits.
After payment, the door of the phone booth will automatically open. After the user enters the phone booth and closes the door, the charging port, WiFi, etc. inside will be powered on and can be used normally, and the timer will start.
After the time is up, if the customer does not renew the time, the equipment in the phone booth will automatically power off and can no longer be used.
The customer leaves the phone booth and closes the door. After detecting that no one is in the phone booth, the door will automatically lock.
It can be said that the initial functions are very rudimentary, barely completing the basic functions of a shared phone booth, and the use process is not very convenient.
Moreover, there are also many loopholes that can be exploited. For example, if some people don't leave, they can always sit inside and get free hot water - as long as they are thick-skinned enough.
Not only that, there are still a large number of items missing, such as beverage machines, jukeboxes, AEDs, weight scales, etc., which are not available yet.
The problem with the beverage machine cannot be solved for the time being. If customers are allowed unlimited refills, they will definitely lose money. However, if each user is limited to only two cups for free, special ones will be purchased. Beverage machines, therefore, can only be replaced with free hot water for the time being;
The jukebox needs to cooperate with some singing apps, and the equipment also needs to be purchased uniformly;
As for the AED, the same Procurement is required and cannot be delivered within a short period of time.
However, Zhang Wang believes that this is a project under research and development after all, and it can be gradually improved and improved in the future.
Let’s stand on the ground first and get familiar with everyone. These various functions will be slowly added later.
The first couple who tried to scan the code hesitated outside the shared phone booth, but left without paying.
The main reason is that I feel that I don’t have the real need to enter here, and the price is a bit expensive.
Compared to this narrow and cramped glass box, they would rather find a coffee shop or dessert shop and spend money to buy two drinks and sit and relax.
There were quite a few people taking pictures around the phone booth, but no one actually scanned the QR code to pay.
After taking a few photos, many of the people who had gathered to watch the excitement dispersed. Some of them went to buy drinks at a nearby milk tea shop, and some walked into the cinema.
At this time, another couple came to the shared phone booth.
The girl's eyes lit up when she saw the phone: "Hey, that phone looks great. Come on, I'm going to scan the code to get in. Take a picture of me!"
The girl simply scanned the code to enter, stood in the phone booth, picked up the hanging retro phone, and struck a few poses.
The boys were outside reluctantly but helplessly raising their mobile phones to take pictures.
"Okay, the photo is done."
The boys also entered the phone booth and showed the girls the photos on their mobile phones.
"Well...your photography skills still need to be improved, forget it, let's leave it at that."
The girl reluctantly accepted these photos, and then turned her attention to this sharing Inside the phone booth.
It looks a little crude, but it still looks very sturdy.
"There are best-sellers and comics on the bookshelves, free paper cups, free hot water..."
The girl looked around at all the projects and was silent for a moment: "It took me ten years to write this. For only 1 yuan, I just posed for a few photos, sat and rested for a while, drank two cups of hot water... I was so exhausted."
The boy silently picked up a comic from the bookshelf: " Think of it as an IQ tax."
Girl: "...Are you saying that my IQ is not good?"
...
Diagonally opposite the shared phone booth. In a dessert shop.
Zhang Wan and He Desheng were drinking drinks while keeping an eye on what was going on at the shared phone booth.
"Three hours have passed since the mall opened in the morning."
"It attracted a lot of people to watch, but the only one who really paid was the posed photo "
He Desheng sighed softly: "So I suggested before that you should not be anxious. You should wait until all the functions of the shared phone booth are perfected and the artistic design is in place. Move it to a big shopping mall."
"It would be strange if users would buy it if you move it here."
"After all, it seems that the price/performance ratio of this phone booth is very poor. After entering, you can only sit and read comics and drink some free hot water, and it costs 10 yuan for 15 minutes and 40 yuan for an hour. This money is enough to surf the Internet for four hours at Moyu Internet Cafe.”
"The most critical beverage machines, jukeboxes, etc. are not available yet."
Zhang Wan's eyes were firm: "It doesn't matter, we will wait until all the supporting equipment of the shared phone booth is installed." In the future, everyone will understand this pricing."
"So... I'm more concerned about what's going on with the artist."
He Desheng shook his head: "I'm asking. I haven’t found a suitable one. After all, Jingzhou is not like a city like the Imperial Capital with so many big names..."
"However, I think Mr. Pei should have something to do with Tengda's main business. After all, we are making a game, so we will definitely be able to contact some well-known painters."
"But... we have almost exhausted the budget. If we ask Mr. Pei to spend money to find artists, will it cause Mr. Pei's concern? The disgust..."
Zhang Wan said firmly: "Then I will tell Mr. Pei!I believe Pei will always understand.
He Desheng was silent for a moment: "Yes, that's right. You just need to tell Mr. Pei the ultimate shape of the phone booth in the plan, and I believe Pei will always understand." "
Zhang Wang shook his head: "That won't work. I am an honest person. I must report truthfully what the project looks like now. ”
“Mr. Pei trusts me so much, how could I deceive him! "
"I believe Mr. Pei will appreciate my honesty! "
"Appreciate your honesty...what a naive idea. He Desheng raised his forehead and said, "Okay." If you were at Fuhui Capital, you would definitely not get any money like this. ”
“But Mr. Pei has always been discerning, and he might be able to open his eyes...”
He Desheng originally wanted to give Zhang Wang some advice, but then he thought about it and realized that he had some advice. What qualifications do you have to give advice to others...
I haven't learned even one ten thousandth of Mr. Pei's investment method, and Zhang Wang has already made a project that Mr. Pei approves of.
p>Whatever, I have nothing to do with this...
He Desheng changed the subject: "Manufacturers responsible for producing phone booths, karaoke APP, beverage machine manufacturers, etc. have all replied to me. , once the money is in place, it shouldn’t be a big problem, and the first batch of AED defibrillators are already on the way. "
Zhang Wan nodded: "Besides, this APP needs to be improved. ”
“In short, once the artist is in place and all the purchased items have arrived, we can announce that the shared phone booth has officially begun operation! ”
“I’ll call Mr. Pei first. ”
Zhang Wan took out his phone and called Mr. Pei.
Then, with a calm tone, he reported the current situation of the phone booth in detail.
......
On the other side of the phone, Pei Qian broke into a cold sweat when he heard that Zhang Wang had opened a phone booth in the mall.
But then he felt relieved. Quite a bit.
According to Zhang Wang, he modified the structure of the phone booth, made it bigger, and placed it in the shopping mall.
But so far, he has put it in place. All morning, only one girl scanned the code to pose for a photo and earned 15 yuan.
The initial investment in this phone booth was about 40,000 yuan, and the rent for the venue alone cost nearly 1,000 yuan a month. .
Of course, Zhang Wang also briefly mentioned that he was "working hard to improve customers' consumption experience, and I believe it will be effective soon."
In the end, Zhang Wang finally succeeded. Let’s get to the point. I hope Mr. Pei can help find an artist to paint on the front of the shared phone booth to add a little artistic flavor to the phone booth.
Hearing this, Pei Qian found that the prospects of the shared phone booth were better than he imagined. The winning one is even better!
According to Pei Qian’s original idea of investing less than 10,000 yuan and placing it on the side of the road, this phone booth will only lose more than 10,000 yuan after being put up for half a year.
Finally dismantled and sold.Scrap iron and sell glass, maybe you can recover some costs.
But according to the current way of doing things, if it lasts for less than half a year, it will definitely lose about 50,000 yuan!
One phone booth only loses so much, what if there are a hundred?
Thinking of this, Pei Qian felt refreshed and almost made the decision to directly dial five million to Zhang Wang and ask him to build a hundred phone booths. What a great job!
But on second thought, reason defeated emotion again.
What Zhang Wang said, "We are working hard to improve customers' consumption experience, and I believe it will be effective soon." Although it sounds like a polite word or a perfunctory money-scam for the leader, it is not worth it. I believe it, but Pei Qian always feels uneasy.
Because many of his employees have said similar things, and almost all of them have been fulfilled...
Thinking of this, Pei Qian decisively controlled the devil in his heart and felt Still can't believe the employees' words.
"Take a photo of the current shared phone booth and send it to me."
A moment later, the photo arrived.
Pei Qian took a look and found that the phone booth looked quite big, but upon closer inspection it was very simple.
Moreover, there is only a table, two folding chairs that can be folded into the wall, a few lonely books on the bookshelf, and a rather crude-looking water dispenser.
There were a few people watching, but they were obviously not interested in entering.
You didn’t lie to me, it’s so deserted.
Sure enough, I saw the right person. Such honest employees are rare!
Pei Qian was very happy. Since he said he wanted an artist, he must find a way to satisfy him!
Coincidentally, Ruan Guangjian is in Jingzhou.
Pei Qian thought for a while: "Ask Ruan Guangjian to paint a large oil painting? Two meters high? According to his current quotation, 50,000 yuan is not too much, right?"< /p>
“And no matter how good the painting is, the most people can do is take pictures outside and watch, and it will not have any direct impact on the income of this shared phone booth.”
< p>"Huh? If one phone booth costs 50,000 yuan, and ten phone booths, wouldn't it be half a million?""This is a good idea!"
Pei Qian originally thought this was the case It's quite ridiculous, but after analyzing it, I found that this is obviously an unexpected surprise and a good way to spend money!
Ask Ruan Guangjian to paint twenty phone booths, and a million was spent in an instant.
Even if Ruan Guangjian insists on settling at the friendly price, it still costs 500,000, right?
I just don’t know if the boss’s body can withstand it. Anyway, Mr. Pei’s money is completely fine.
Thinking of this, Pei Qian immediately said: "Okay, I will take care of the artist's affairs."
"In addition, I will invest another five hundred thousand for you to build the 20 phone booths originally planned. , not one less! ”