Chapter 383 The artist hand-painted the phone booth (for the worry-free grasshopper
January 9, Sunday.
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-style telephone 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.
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's this?"
"It seems like it wasn't there last time."
"Isn't it written on this billboard, Shared Phone Booth Advertising Space Recruitment."
"Pfft, what the hell, a shared phone booth?"
"Hahaha, I'm laughing so hard. It's such a silly project, so hurry up and take a photo!"
Soon, many people who came to Huanyu Tianjie to shop took photos outside the phone booth and posted pictures on WeChat Moments to complain.
There are also many people 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 been working on in the past few days in his hometown workshop.
The first batch of products ordered from the manufacturer had not yet been delivered. In order to see the effect of this shared phone booth more quickly, Zhang Wang decided to move the "prototype" he made to test the waters first.
During the move, I found a moving company. 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 be regarded as a test 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.
"What the hell, is it so expensive?" The boy was a little confused.
After scanning the QR code, a rather crude page appeared, which was obviously made on a temporary basis. There are charging standards for this shared phone booth:
All items in the phone booth are bundled and billed every 15 minutes at 10 yuan per 15 minutes.
This is the price of one hour of Internet access at Moyu Internet Cafe.
You can use your social account or mobile phone number to log in quickly, 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 many loopholes that can be exploited. For example, if some people refuse to leave, they can always sit inside and get free hot water - as long as they are thick-skinned enough.
Not only that, there are also 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 two free cups, a special beverage machine will be purchased. Therefore, for the time being, only
Can be replaced with free hot water;
The jukebox needs to negotiate cooperation with some singing apps, and the equipment also needs to be purchased uniformly;
As for AED, it also needs to be purchased and cannot be delivered within a short 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 put it 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 don’t feel that I have the real need to enter here, and the price is a bit expensive.
Compared to this narrow, 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 fun 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 want to scan the code to get in. Take a picture for 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 finished."
The boys also entered the phone booth and showed the girls the photos on their 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 the interior of the shared phone booth.
It looks a little crude, but it still looks very sturdy.
“There are best-selling books and comics on the bookshelves, there are free paper cups, and hot water is free...”
The girl looked around at all the projects and was silent for a moment: "I spent ten yuan, just posed for a few photos, sat and rested for a while, drank two cups of hot water... I lost my blood."
The boy silently picked up a comic from the bookshelf: "Just think of it as an IQ tax."
Girl: "...are you saying that my IQ is not good?"
…
Diagonally opposite the shared phone booth, there is 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 girl posing for the photo."
He Desheng sighed softly: "So I suggested before that you should not be anxious. You should wait until all functions of the shared phone booth are perfected and the artistic design is in place before moving to a large shopping mall."
"If you move a semi-finished product here like this, it would be strange if users would buy it."
"After all, it seems now that the price-performance ratio of this phone booth is so bad. 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 all
It’s enough to surf the Internet at Moyu Internet Cafe for four hours.”
"The most critical beverage machines, jukeboxes, etc. are not available yet."
Zhang Wan's eyes were firm: "It doesn't matter. After all the supporting equipment of the shared phone booth is installed, everyone will understand the pricing."
"So...what's going on with the artist, I'm more concerned about this."
He Desheng shook his head: "I asked around, but I couldn't find anything suitable. After all, Jingzhou is not like a city like the Imperial Capital and Magic City, where there are so many big names..."
"However, I think Mr. Pei should have a way. After all, Tenda's main business is making games, so it will definitely be able to contact some well-known painters."
"But... we have almost spent the budget. If we ask Mr. Pei to spend money to find artists, will it arouse Mr. Pei's resentment..."
Zhang Wan said firmly: "Then let me tell Mr. Pei! I believe Mr. Pei will 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 Huan 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 possibly deceive him!"
"I believe Mr. Pei will appreciate my honesty!"
"I appreciate your honesty...what a naive idea." He Desheng raised his head and said, "Okay. If you were at Fuhui Capital, you would definitely not get any money like this."
"But Mr. Pei has always been very 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 what qualifications he had to give advice...
I haven't learned even one ten thousandth of Mr. Pei's investment method, but after all, Zhang Wang has already made a project that Mr. Pei approves of.
Whatever, I can’t care about this...
He Desheng changed the subject: "Manufacturers responsible for the production of phone booths, karaoke apps, beverage machine manufacturers, etc. have all replied to me. Once the money is in place, it should not be a big problem. The first batch of AED defibrillators are already on the way.
Already."
Zhang Wan nodded: "In addition, 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 started 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.
…
Over 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 a lot more relieved.
According to Zhang Wang, he remodeled the structure of the phone booth, made it larger, and placed it in a shopping mall.
But so far, after he posed all morning, only one girl scanned the code for the purpose of posing and earned 15 yuan.
The initial investment for this phone booth is about 40,000 yuan, and the rent for the venue alone costs 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."
Finally, Zhang Wang finally got to the point. He hoped that Mr. Pei could help find an artist to paint on the front of the shared phone booth to add a little artistic flavor to the phone booth.
After hearing this, Pei Qian found that the prospect of shared phone booths was even better than he had imagined!
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 would only lose more than 10,000 yuan after being placed in it for half a year.
Finally, dismantle it and sell it for scrap metal and glass, and maybe you can recover some of the cost.
But according to the current way of doing things, if it is put on 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 Zhang Wan five million and ask him to build a hundred phone booths. What a great job!
But when I thought about it again, 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, a perfunctory money trick for the leader, it is very unworthy of belief, but Pei Qian always
I feel 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 that he still couldn't believe the employees' words.
"Take a photo of the current shared phone booth and send it to me."
After a while, 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 inside, two folding chairs that can be folded into the wall, a few lonely books on the bookshelf, and a rather simple-looking water dispenser.
There were a few people watching, but they were obviously not interested in entering.
You didn't lie to me, it was 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!
It just so happened that Ruan Guangjian was in Jingzhou.
Pei Qian thought about it: "Ask Ruan Guangjian to paint a large oil painting? One that is two meters high? According to his current quotation, 50,000 yuan is not too much, right?"
"And no matter how good the painting is, the most people can do is take pictures outside and watch around. It will not have any direct impact on the income of this shared phone booth."
"Huh? If one phone booth costs 50,000 yuan, ten phone booths, wouldn't that mean 500,000 yuan?"
"This is a great idea!"
Pei Qian originally thought this was ridiculous, but after analyzing it, he found that this was obviously an unexpected surprise and a good way to spend money!
Ask Ruan Guangjian to paint twenty phone booths, and a million dollars will be spent in an instant.
Even if Ruan Guangjian insists on settling the settlement at the friendly price, then 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 totally 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. Not one of the 20 phone booths originally planned will be missing!"