Chapter 136 Rent a storefront and buy a TV [3400]

Two large cardboard boxes, ten VCRs, and a hundred videotapes need to be taken to town. It's easy if you have a car, just step on the accelerator.

Arrived at the end of the field.

Lu Yang found that the storefront chosen by Yin Zhuangzhuang was quite good. It was close to the street market and less than a hundred meters ahead was the gate to the workers' family quarters in the Sangong District of the state-owned coal mine. Usually, many workers' families here came out from this gate and went to the town to shop.

"How's it going? Not bad, right?"

Yin Zhuangzhuang went to the landlord and got the key.

Lu Yang nodded and said, "The location is very good."

Then he looked around again and saw that the house was just a two-story building with three storefronts on the ground floor, two of which had already been rented out.

The one on the far left is a snack shop. It hasn’t opened yet, but through the crack in the door, you can still smell a strong smell of melon seeds.

The storefront in the middle is a breakfast shop.

There is a big pot at the door.

Big steamed buns and meat dumplings were steaming in a big pot, steaming hot.

A little closer inside, there is another small pot with boiling oil in it. You can see a few golden fried dough sticks tumbling inside.

An old couple is busy.

Many workers' families had already walked out in groups of two or three from the iron gate about a hundred meters away. Some chose to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables first and passed by here, while others went directly to the bun shop, chatting and laughing with the old couple and bought a few big steamed buns, big meat buns, or fried dough sticks, which they packed in the insulated aluminum boxes they carried with them, preparing to take them back home for the adults and children to eat.

See this scene.

Lu Yang couldn't help but nodded secretly again.

The location is really good, being almost directly on the busiest street market in the town and the route that the families of state-owned coal mine workers must take when they need to go out to purchase goods.

There is no need to worry about the flow of people.

Lu Yang took another look at the storefront rented by Yin Zhuangzhuang. The small building was the third room on the left.

"Open the door first."

"Looking at the depth inside, the location is good, but I feel that the storefront may be a little small. There are 10 video recorders and TVs, and each one has to be separated in the middle."

"You've been to the video halls in the county and you should know that many young people go to the video halls to watch movies, not alone, but in groups of three or five. Several people pool together 5 cents to watch a movie. As the boss, it's difficult for you to chase them away. The most you can do is remind them not to make noise, so you have to consider giving them a place to stay."

"How about this."

"When the video hall opens in the future, you should hang a sign at the door stating that each device can only accommodate up to five people at a time. Then when you go in, estimate how far apart you should place each device based on the number of people. Use a tape measure to measure and see if you can place ten video recorders in the hall at the same time."

Yin Zhuangzhuang held the key in his hand.

After hearing what Lu Yang said, he scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten that this room might not be able to accommodate it."

He inserted the key into the door lock, turned it a few times, unlocked the door, and pushed the door open, revealing the space inside the house.

Lu Yang looked inside carefully.

I almost didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

No wonder this store has such a good location but has never been rented out. It was taken advantage of by Yin Zhuangzhuang.

It turned out that this was actually a half-house, and a large room with an aisle.

What is a half house?
Only the front part can be used.

What is a large room like an aisle?

It’s easy to explain. Didn’t Lu Yang say it before?
This house is a two-story building. Since it has two floors, there must be a staircase. Unfortunately, the front of this house is the storefront, and the back half is the staircase. Going up the staircase leads to the three rooms on the second floor of the house. Isn't this the corridor house or the main house?

Just looking at the half of the house in front of him, Lu Yang would think it was too crowded even if he put 10 or 5, let alone 4 movie-watching devices.

Take a peek at Lu Yang's expression.

Yin Zhuangzhuang felt a little guilty and said, "Brother, if you are not satisfied, then let's go somewhere else to have a look?"

Lu Yang took a deep breath and glared at this unreliable guy fiercely.

"I'm asking you, is there anyone living upstairs?"

Yin Zhuangzhuang rubbed his hair that looked like a chicken nest, thought for a moment and said, "It should be uninhabited, right?"

"I heard from the landlord that they originally lived upstairs, but a few years ago, their son's company allocated a house and he got married. Last year, his wife gave birth to their eldest grandson. Before the New Year, they all moved in with their son to help raise their grandson, and this place became empty."

"Brother Yang, if you hadn't reminded me, this place is too small. I was planning to rent a room upstairs when I sign the contract tomorrow. I will sleep upstairs at night after the video studio opens. Hehe, it's just right to have a little nest and live alone freely and happily."

Lu Yang glanced at him: "You're still happy, right?"

"No, no, no, I was just joking. I'll go find the landlord and return the key to him later."

"Let him return the deposit to me, and we'll go find another storefront."

Yin Zhuangzhuang waved his hands repeatedly and apologized quickly.

Lu Yang glared at him fiercely again: "Do you think you can get your deposit back just by playing house? Come on, stop talking nonsense and lead the way. There's no rush to return the house. Let's talk about it after we finish looking at the upstairs first."

Lu Yang had some ideas in his mind.

This house has three storefronts, which are neither big nor small. Yin Zhuangzhuang only rented the one closest to the edge, and that was only half of it.

There certainly wasn't enough space at the moment.

But what if we could make good use of the space upstairs?
What they want to open is a video hall, not any other business. Other businesses may have limitations, but video halls certainly don’t. As long as there are stairs to go upstairs, it doesn’t matter if it’s a little narrow, as it will be more concealed.

Moreover, the rooms upstairs can be used as private rooms, which have better sound insulation. When separated, they may be more ideal than those storefronts with only one floor for use as video halls.

Followed Yin Zhuangzhuang upstairs.

While thinking, Lu Yang found that the layout of the house upstairs was exactly the same as that of the house downstairs. They were both the simplest rural-style large rooms without any messy partitions.

That's it.

"That's it. Go find the landlord tomorrow and sign the contract to rent the storefront downstairs, and then rent all three rooms upstairs as well."

"what?"

"Ah for what?"

Lu Yang knocked on Yin Zhuangzhuang's head and said, "After you rent this house, I will teach you a lesson. Find someone to use wooden boards to partition the two large rooms upstairs and divide them into three small rooms. In the future, put a VCR and a TV in each room. There are six small rooms, so we only need to put four downstairs.

If there is a charge in the future.

Downstairs we still watched a movie for 5 cents as we had agreed upon.

As for the upstairs, even if it's a private room, we charge 1 yuan per piece, but there's no limit on the number of people. No, let's limit the number of people, to eight, so as not to collapse the building."

Yin Zhuangzhuang looked at Lu Yang with shining eyes: "Brother, what's wrong with your brain? How can you come up with such a good idea? Great! I knew it, such a good storefront and such a good location, how could it not have value? It turns out I just don't know how to plan and arrange. Hahahaha, brother Yang, you are awesome."

Yin Zhuangzhuang rushed over and wanted to give Lu Yang a hug.

Lu Yang dodged gently.

Another kick to his ass.

"Okay, two grown men don't find it disgusting, I'll leave this place to you. Oh, and keep half of the upstairs room for you to sleep in. Clean it up and don't make it look like a doghouse. If we don't have enough manpower, we might have to hire workers, and they will inevitably have to live with you in the upstairs half of the room. Don't let people laugh at you, thinking that being a boss can be so sloppy."

Yin Zhuangzhuang's eyes lit up.

"Then let's make a deal. Can we hire a female worker when the time comes?"

"Sure, I'll even find you a wife."

Lu Yang turned around and walked outside.

I don't even bother to pay attention to him, what a stuffy and mean boy.

Walk back to the car and unload all the stuff.

Yin Zhuangzhuang also followed happily and didn't mention what happened just now. He liked finding a pretty young female worker, but he didn't like finding a wife to take care of him.

Together, the two of them moved all ten VCRs back into the house.

When I touched my belly at this time, I realized that I had been so busy that I didn't even have breakfast.

"Come on, Brother Yang, I'll treat you to some meat buns and some soy milk. The food in this restaurant tastes really good."

Yin Zhuangzhuang pointed to the husband-and-wife shop next door.

He shouldn't be a stranger.

It seems like he eats a lot.

Lu Yang nodded, and also smelled the aroma of the meat buns, and felt that the worms in his stomach were about to be hooked.

"Okay, let's go eat some meat buns. It's rare for you to treat us, so don't blame me later. I have to pack some up after we finish eating and take some back to my wife."

"Okay, how much can you two eat?"

Yin Zhuangzhuang chuckled.

As long as we wait for the video hall to open, we will make a fortune. By then, we will be rich and can even eat big meat buns every day.

"Well, maybe I should learn from Brother Yang and buy a car like this to drive around."

While Luoyang was not paying attention, he stole a glance at Lu Yang's Santana.

He swallowed secretly.

"Bring me the money."

When sitting down to eat buns, Lu Yang suddenly stretched out his hand towards Yin Zhuangzhuang.

"What?"

"Are you stupid? With the money you spent on a TV, you don't think that you can play movies with just a VCR, without a TV, do you?"

Televisions, unlike VCRs, have been popular in mainland China for more than 20 years.

Achieved localization.

Black and white TVs come in different sizes and you can buy a new one for 300 to 500 yuan.

Color TVs are a bit more expensive and come in different sizes. If you buy a brand new one, it will cost you around 800 to 1500 yuan.

At present, most of the video halls in Zhao County use black and white televisions. Only a very small number of newly opened video halls with deep pockets use color televisions.

Lu Yang is going to the city in a few days to see if he can find a batch of second-hand color TVs. If he can't find a suitable one, then he can just buy a brand new black and white TV with a larger screen, which will not be much worse than the small-screen color TVs of this era.

"Ten units, the budget is exactly 5000. You need to pay the landlord the rent you will need when you sign the contract tomorrow, and the money left over to hire workers to divide the upstairs into single rooms. Give me the rest of the money. If it's not enough, I'll make up for it for you."

"Oh, that, brother, I may not have enough money. I haven't collected all the money yet."

Now Yin Zhuangzhuang understood and obediently took out all the money in his pocket.

Counted.

The total is 4873, both whole and decimal.

Lu Yang only took 3000 yuan from him, gave him 1873 yuan back, and then said, "Rent, decoration, signboard, and some living expenses before opening, these should be enough. I'll take the 3000 yuan. You don't have to worry about the TV. I'll take care of it. You can use whatever you buy. After that, it's all up to you. Work hard. Ping An and I both have our own things to do. Strictly speaking, you are still the owner of this video hall. We are just shareholders. We only take dividends. Whether you do a good job or not, you have to bear it alone."

(End of this chapter)