Chapter 2662: Making Big Money From an Inconspicuous Business

As the Spring Festival approaches, Yanjing is getting colder and colder, and there are fewer and fewer people. It is somewhat exaggerated to say that Yanjing is an empty city during the New Year.

But in addition to large shopping malls, many small shops, especially those selling breakfast shops and stalls, nine out of ten are closed and go home for the New Year. That is not an exaggeration at all.

Yanjing has a permanent population of more than 20 million, and if the floating population is included, the number will be even higher. However, there are less than 15 million people with Yanjing household registration, and many of these 15 million do not live in Yanjing.

So once the Chinese New Year arrives in Yanjing, which originally felt crowded, the streets are really empty and you can walk your dog casually. This is also the only time of the year for people who stay in Yanjing to celebrate the New Year and don’t have to queue up for anything.

While more than half of the population has suddenly left, the whole city feels empty. However, at the end of the year, Olan Villa is more lively than before, and the luxury cars parked in the huge parking lot are more dazzling than the auto show.

Obviously, although some people go home to celebrate the New Year at the end of the year, more people who want to go further choose to continue working hard and make plans for the coming year. Therefore, at the end of the year, people come to Oulan Villa to find connections, or there are more middlemen to do things than before.

Bai Feng drove the car to the small building at the back and stopped. Before he got out of the car, Zhu Hengyi's car arrived over there. Originally, Bai Feng wanted to ask Zhu Hengyi to talk about the recent implementation of food safety regulations.

There will be a big wave here first at the end of the year, so that as long as there are some signs at the end of the year, the official side can follow up as soon as the new year comes to work. Since the move has already been made, it must be clean and neat. After all, this heavy blow has been brewing for a long time and something needs to be done.

When he heard that Bai Feng wanted to talk to him about something, Zhu Hengyi directly asked Bai Feng to come to Oulan Villa to talk. He made an appointment with Li Yihang to discuss some matters. It happened that although Li Yihang was not the main force in the food industry, he was also one of the partners, so it was okay to add him if something happened.

After hearing this, Bai Feng agreed directly without hesitation, and then arrived at Oulan Villa before the scheduled time.

Then seeing that Zhu Hengyi had just arrived, he couldn't help but ask: "After we finish talking about our affairs, are you going to talk to Li Yihang about business matters?"

"It's the same whether we talk about it upfront or later. It's not a big deal. Didn't Li Yihang build a nationwide chain of Internet cafe alliances before?

Although the profits of Internet cafes have been good in recent years, the emergence of smart phones and portable tablets has had a visible impact on the business of Internet cafes.

Therefore, in addition to upgrading Internet cafes in some necessary places, and leaving some Internet cafes in places with stable customer bases such as university towns. Internet cafes in other places have either closed or switched to other businesses. There are a lot of things involved here, and I happen to be one of the shareholders, so Li Yihang asked me to come over and talk about it. "

"Isn't he making less money from that Internet cafe that everyone feels is a bit unworthy?" Bai Feng approached and asked casually.

To be honest, the young people in Sijiu City will not look down upon the opening of an Internet cafe. Not only the young people in Sijiu City, but also the young people in the provincial capitals and cities below will look down upon them. .

After all, how much money does a small Internet cafe make in a year? It's not too much trouble.

If you have the time and energy to open an Internet cafe, you can subcontract more projects than this. Therefore, many second-generation and rich young people would rather spend money to build a loss-making bar, KTV and other entertainment venues to show off their talents, rather than start a stable Internet cafe business. This industry is too vulgar in their eyes. Lose your share.

"At the highest point, the annual dividend can reach hundreds of millions." Zhu Hengyi said with a smile without hiding it.

To be honest, when he invested in Li Yihang's Internet cafe alliance, he didn't take it seriously. He thought that in his mind, this kind of small business was worthless.

But for Yang Dongxu's sake, and because Li Yihang's Oulan Villa is a hub for ideas and is very practical, he invested some.

When the Internet Cafe Alliance first expanded, he had to pay several million in subsidies a year. At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it and just regarded it as paying the membership fee to Li Yihang.

But what he didn't expect was that after three consecutive years of underpayment, when the Internet cafe alliance layout was completed in the third year, the dividend in the first year would reach 50 million. Not only has all the money that was repaid previously been returned, but even the investment capital has been returned.

After that, the dividend was gradually increased every year, until it reached more than 100 million in the past few years. Zhu Hengyi was really shocked when he received the dividend.

I even thought that Li Yihang had all the taxes from the Internet cafe alliance calculated on him. After he took the money, he had to pay taxes. The result was that he asked if it was after tax. Although he had already expected it because the dividends had increased year after year, a small Internet cafe The industry is so profitable. .

However, in recent years, with the impact of smartphones on the Internet cafe business, his annual dividends have gradually declined after reaching the peak. However, even so, the rate of return on this investment ranks among the top three among all his investments over the years. exist.

"So much money?" Bai Feng was stunned.

She knows that the Internet Cafe Alliance will definitely make money, or that the industry that the man is interested in, you will definitely not lose money regardless of its inconspicuousness. But she really didn't expect that the profits would be so high. Zhu Hengyi invested more than 100 million a year, so how much did Li Yihang and Yang Dongxu earn?

So before Zhu Hengyi could answer, Bai Feng asked again, "Do you hold a lot of shares?"

"It's not too much, less than five percent." Zhu Hengyi said.

Although Zhu Hengyi's 5% may not seem like much, in fact, he is already the third largest shareholder after Li Yihang and Yang Dongxu.

Because the shareholding system of the Internet Cafe Alliance is somewhat complicated, if you only look at the shareholding details of the head office, Yang Dongxu, Li Yihang, Lai Tianqing, Zhu Hengyi and others, there are less than ten people in total.

But the branch companies under the head office are complicated. Although the major shareholders are all big bosses, the county officials are not as good as the current ones. Therefore, every time the Internet Cafe Alliance opens a place, it will set up a branch company to cooperate with the local people.

However, this cooperation is only for Internet cafes. As for the house for opening Internet cafes, it was bought by the head office and has nothing to do with the branch company.

There is no wrong version in the one-book-one-bar of 16-9!

But even so, the people who cooperate with the branch companies below have not lost a lot of money. After all, they only need to ensure the normal operation of the Internet cafes and no one makes trouble. It is a case of not investing coins and getting a lot of money for nothing.

While the local partners made money, Li Yihang and other shareholders of the head office naturally made more money. After all, the locals only made money from the Internet cafes that they could guarantee safety, while the head office collected the profits of all Internet cafes across the country and distributed dividends, which was a very substantial profit.

"Less than 5% can distribute more than 100 million a year?" Bai Feng was shocked again.

"It's not possible now. The profits are starting to decrease. Didn't I tell you that Li Yihang has already started to clean up some Internet cafes?" Zhu Hengyi said.

But he only said half of it, because he just said the dividends of the Internet cafes' profits every year. And now the biggest asset of this Internet cafe alliance is not the Internet cafes themselves, but the real estate used to open Internet cafes.

When Li Yihang was preparing to close the Internet cafes, several major shareholders sat together for a meeting. Although Zhu Yihang didn't look carefully at the real estate held by the Internet cafes, he had a rough estimate. It was an asset that shocked him.

If he gets dividends after clearing the assets, then this seemingly insignificant investment will not only rank among the top three in terms of return on investment, but also in terms of total return.

And you should know that he has invested in more than one billion-dollar project over the years, but the returns from these investments are not as much as those from an insignificant Internet cafe.

After all, the returns from those big projects belong to the family. Although he can get dividends as the person in charge, he can't get all of them. But the Internet Cafe Alliance's returns are all his own.