The snack market near the Thriller Hostel …
The construction here was still in full swing, but it was almost at the final stage.
The original large agricultural market had been changed beyond recognition. While the construction was not completely completed, the general style of Cyberpunk could already be seen.
A large number of contrasting cold and warm colors formed a variety of neon lights crawled all over the outer walls. In order to match the lights, the entire exterior of the building had undergone some minor adjustments: to match the original deconstruction, some new structures that seemed to have a strong style were built.
All kinds of billboards also emitted light, giving people a feeling of debauchery. These billboards were intricate and complicated, and they made use of the space above to the extreme.
The interior of the snack market extended this Cyberpunk style to every detail.
The buildings here could not be exactly the same as the scenes in "Tomorrow is Beautiful" because of the original structure. However, Liang Qingfan still tried his best to restore a few shops in "Tomorrow is Beautiful" in the snack market, including the scene where the male and female protagonists ate together.
It was precisely because the production team of "Tomorrow is Beautiful" referred to a large number of Cyberpunk styles during production that Liang Qingfan could directly borrow elements from the movie, which greatly reduced his workload.
The great success of "Tomorrow is Beautiful" also made the idea of "Cyberpunk Food Street" more confident.
However, there was still a very serious problem that needed to be solved for Liang Qingfan. That was the atmosphere of Cyberpunk Food Street.
A small part of the movie was real and pure special effects, so there was a lot of room for freedom.
Some of the details were difficult to reproduce in reality.
In order to improve this problem as much as possible and further enhance the immersion of Cyberpunk Food Street, Liang Qingfan also thought of many ways.
The first was to customize the props and create a large number of decorations like a movie set.
For example, the nearby lights were all specially customized with a more sci-fi feel. There was also a high-tech sports car model parked by the side of the road at the entrance for customers to take photos as a souvenir. Some places were specially set aside as shops. Different shops sold imitation gun models, medicine models, or mechanical prosthetic models, further enhancing the immersion of the entire scene.
Secondly, he added some decorations that could better enhance the atmosphere, such as fog effects.
Cyberpunks usually chose dark and rainy weather. This was because all kinds of neon lights could be displayed perfectly at night, and the wet road on rainy nights would reflect the neon lights. Coupled with the dark sky, it hinted at the crime that was happening in this high-tech city at any time. Coupled with the fog in the air and the various colors of lights, the whole atmosphere was perfectly set off.
If it was a sunny day, everything could be seen, and the feeling of Cyberpunk would definitely be weakened.
The weather in Jingzhou was normal. There were not many foggy or rainy days. Thus, the conditions were more stringent if he wanted to achieve the effect of Cyberpunk perfectly.
It was impossible for Liang Qingfan to change Jingzhou's weather and climate. If he had the ability to do so, he would not have remained an architect. He would have joined the Weather Bureau a long time ago.
If you want to achieve the best effect?
They must have used a huge shell to cover the entire Cyberpunk food street.
Create a fake exterior from the inside, including the dark sky and the flashing neon lights in the distance?
But the cost of this plan was too huge.
At this stage, there was no need for that.
After all, Cyberpunk food street had not officially opened. It was hard to say if tourists would accept it.
Wait until this snack market really became popular?
It would not be too late to consider increasing investment.
On the other hand, Liang Qingfan thought of a more compromising solution: Set up a large number of nozzles in and around the snack market to create sprays?
These nozzles would be slightly covered and hidden by the surrounding buildings?
However, it would leave the surrounding environment in a slightly damp state.
These sprays would also be surrounded by corresponding lights, further obscuring the sprays visually, presenting a kind of hazy feeling.
That way, at least at night, tourists would be able to see the original Cyberpunk.
As for daytime?
The effect might be better when it was cloudy?
If it was sunny, he would let nature take its course.
Just like many scenic spots, they were only good at certain times. That was why there were peak seasons and off-season seasons. It was not that they could not play during the off-season. Although the experience was not as perfect as during the peak season?
There were fewer people and it was not crowded.
For the snack market, night was definitely the best time?
However, there would not be that many people if they came at noon or in the afternoon?
Some popular stalls could be eaten without queuing up. It was also a good choice.
So far?
The snack market had already entered the final stage?
It was expected to be officially opened in about a month.
Zhang Yahui had already screened out the first batch of outstanding vendors to enter the snack market?
These vendors were good at different snacks. Zhang Yahui encouraged them to read more cyberpunk themed content and try to make some similar food.
Even if it was a simple kebab or hamburger, they had to try their best to make it unique. Under the premise of trying their best to ensure that it was delicious, they had to diversify as much as possible. This way, they could stand out among the crowd of vendors.
Of course, even if Zhang Yahui did not say anything, these vendors would definitely think of ways to improve their taste, introduce new products, and try their best to attract customers.
After all, there was also fierce competition between stall owners.
These vendors were all from their original cities. They were the best food stalls on the entire street there. However, after coming here, they had to start from scratch and compete with those equally outstanding vendors. If they were to remain stagnant, they would probably be eliminated very soon.
For this, Bao Xu had also formulated a series of rules to guide healthy competition between the vendors. When the snack market officially opened, these rules that Bao Xu had formulated with the game's thinking would definitely play a very important role.
At that moment, Bao Xu and Zhang Yahui were wearing safety helmets and inspecting the scene.
Ever since the construction of the snack market began, Bao Xu had been running here every two or three days. He was much more diligent than Tengda Games.
His efforts were rewarded. The people at Tengda Games thought that he was carrying out an important mission.
Obviously, Bao Xu would not be sent abroad for the reason of 'accompanying others on a tour because he had nothing better to do' during the next Best Employee Selection.
However, there was obviously a side effect.
Bao Xu's proactive actions greatly aroused Zhang Yahui's enthusiasm for work.
Zhang Yahui did not expect Bao Xu, an employee of the games department, to be so concerned about the snack market. This kind of behavior of helping brother departments regardless of benefits and losses made him feel the warmth of the Tengda family.
He, the true person in charge, would definitely be more concerned seeing that his brothers who came to help were so serious and responsible!
The two of them were chatting when Liang Qingfan, who had left to make a call, returned.
"Guys, I have good news!"
"We have money now. We can buy a shop!"
Bao Xu and Zhang Yahui were stunned. They did not react immediately. "Shop? What shop? "
Liang Qingfan said, "The shop on the street from here to Thriller Hostel!"
The two of them were enlightened. "Oh? That's great! "
That was because this matter was a little distant. Bao Xu and Zhang Yahui had been paying attention to the internal affairs of the snack market and had almost forgotten about this matter.
Liang Qingfan had proposed this idea long ago when he was deciding on the location of the snack market and finalizing the cyberpunk style details: It was about a kilometer or two from the snack market to Thriller Hostel. If he could buy or rent all the surrounding shops along the street, he could turn it from a single cyberpunk scenic spot into a cyberpunk snack street after some modifications.
The entire street could be built in a similar style.
Of course, this project was relatively large, and it was not something that could be completed overnight.
At the moment, the main part of the snack market was about to be renovated, but the shops on this street were still in the negotiation stage. Originally, they were talking about a long-term lease contract of at least ten years, but only a small number of shops had signed the contract.
On one hand, the work had to be prioritized. The matter at the snack market was obviously more important. As for the shops along the street, it was actually the same whether they bought them sooner or later. They had to wait for the snack market to get on the right track before slowly transforming the street.
On the other hand, it was because the attitude of each shop owner was different regarding the specific rent. A lot of energy was involved in the negotiation process, and it was also a little unpleasant.
This area was originally near the old industrial zone. In fact, there were not many young people. The residences and shops were basically old houses. Thus, be it buying or renting, the price was not very high according to the surrounding market.
The conditions given by Zhang Yahui and the others were to sign a ten-year long-term lease contract with these shops at a 50% increase in the current rent. If they breached the contract midway, they would have to pay a penalty fee.
Logically speaking, this condition was already very generous.
These shops were very remote to begin with. Previously, they had only done some small businesses with very low profits. The monthly rent for a shop of fifty to sixty square meters was less than two thousand yuan. Zhang Yahui also understood the difficulty of these shops. He took the initiative to raise the price to about three thousand yuan. That was already quite sincere.
Some shop owners were very satisfied. Thus, they immediately signed the contract and allowed Zhang Yahui and the others to modify the shop as they pleased.
Once the long-term contract was signed, they would not have to worry about the rental of the shop.
However, some shop owners were not satisfied with this price. They even secretly communicated with each other in private, wanting a higher price.
That was because they could tell that the Thriller Hostel had already been set up. There was a huge flow of customers from all over the country. Tengda had also started construction at the original agricultural market. Obviously, they were busy with new projects.
Now, they were going to rent all the shops on the entire street for ten years. This was definitely a big move!
These people felt that a 50% increase in rent was not enough when they thought about how rich Tengda was.
This long-term contract had to be signed for ten years after all. Who could be sure what would happen ten years later? What if the shop earned five or ten times more money in a year? Wouldn't it be a loss if they could not increase the rent?
Thus, these people either wanted to raise the rent a little or sign a short-term lease, such as only two or three years. That way, they could still think of increasing the rent in the future.
Liang Qingfan and Zhang Yahui were definitely not happy.
That was because in their opinion, the reason why this place could develop was all because of Boss Pei. If Boss Pei had not invested a huge sum of money in building the Thriller Hostel and the snack market, the rent of this street would probably not have increased. Instead, it would have decreased as people gradually left.
The rent had increased by 50%. That was already enough sincerity. If other companies wanted to rent, these shop owners might have agreed without hesitation.
However, it did not make sense for them to ask for an exorbitant price just because they felt that Tengda was rich and could make money.
What's more, it was still unknown whether this street could make money or not.
If the snack market did not start and there was not much customer traffic on this food street, wouldn't it be a huge loss for them to sign a ten-year contract at an extremely high price?
Boss Pei trusted them so much that he handed such an important project to the three of them. In the end, it turned out like this. They could not afford this responsibility.
Thus, both sides were in a stalemate. Apart from a few more open-minded shop owners who had already signed long-term contracts, the other shops were still watching.
Liang Qingfan said, "Boss Pei just gave us a sum of money. I think this matter can come to an end."
"For these shops, we'll give them three choices: either sign a long-term lease at the current price and rent them for ten years, or we'll buy their shops at a 50% premium over the market price. If they don't accept either of these, we'll simply let the food street bypass them."
"You want to take advantage of us? No way!"
Cyberpunk Food Street might be called Food Street, but it was much longer than most food streets.
A distance of one or two kilometers was not something that could be reached in one road. There were at least six or seven intersections of various sizes from one end to the other.
If a shop did not cooperate, Liang Qingfan could consider buying from the side and then use some means to make tourists avoid this shop.
For example, he could make a road map to guide tourists along a specific route. Tengda could also make a unified signboard and guide logo for its own shops.
The shops that had signed the contract were planned and arranged by Tengda. The style of decoration was obvious at a glance. It would be difficult for other shops to learn.
What's more, tourists would naturally be more disgusted with 'fake shops' that leeched on popularity. As long as Tengda told them that a shop was not from the food street, most tourists would not go there.
It would not be that easy for these shops to take advantage of Tengda.
Thus, shops that did not cooperate with Tengda would most likely not get anything in the end.
Even if they did their own business, Tengda's stall owners were all elites from all over the country. What right did these original shop owners have to compete?
Liang Qingfan had to let all the shop owners know clearly: Tengda would never be extorted. Don't get the wrong idea.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be endless if you came to ask for a rent increase today and he came to cause trouble the day after tomorrow to change the contract?
As for buying and renting, it looked like the price fluctuation was the same, but in fact, there was a huge difference.
As a second-tier city, the rental price of most shops in Jingzhou was about 1: 300. In other words, it would cost six hundred thousand yuan to buy a shop for two thousand yuan.
Spending six hundred thousand yuan to buy a shop would require three hundred months of rent. That meant that it would take nearly thirty years to recoup the cost.
On the other hand, with the same 50% premium, the monthly rent would only increase from two thousand yuan to three thousand yuan. However, the total price of the shop would increase from six hundred thousand yuan to nine hundred thousand yuan.
The difference between the numbers was still quite big.
An additional one thousand yuan a month would not hurt at all if the rent increased. On the other hand, an increase in the price of the shop would give one an additional three hundred thousand yuan. The higher the total price of the shop, the more money one would get.
With such a large sum of money, one could immediately invest or manage money. The temptation was much greater.
Most of the shop owners on this street did not have much money. To them, a few hundred thousand yuan was still very tempting.
What's more, it had always been extremely difficult to sell the shops in this area. They could still find business owners if they rented them, but almost no one would be willing to spend a few hundred thousand yuan to buy them.
If they gave up this opportunity to sell them, they might not have another chance to sell them at such a high price in the future.
Of course, selling them was also risky. If the value of the shop increased by more than fifty percent in ten years, they would be selling at a loss. On the other hand, long-term rentals of the shops would still be in their hands after ten years. They would still be able to collect rent. It was much more worth it.
However, not everyone could resist the huge temptation of the profits in front of them. What's more, no one could predict how much these shops would become in the future.
Now, Liang Qingfan was basically laying his cards on the table with these shop owners. They could either sell or rent for a long time. There was no third option. If some shop owners wanted to play tricks, Liang Qingfan would rather spend more money to make the food street turn around than let them have a taste of the soup!
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