Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 451: Four hundred fifty-one Big Picture Big Ideas_1

Chapter 451: Four hundred fifty-one Big Picture Big Ideas_1

Three days had passed.

Xiao Gao looked at the storefront he had renovated.

Actually, there wasn’t anything particularly worth making a big fuss over.

In the future, many internet cafes would have a special sense of technology, but none had that right now.

It wasn’t that Xiao Gao was unwilling to spend money, it was that the renovation companies didn’t have what he wanted.

If he wanted to achieve that techno-savvy feel, he had to try contacting companies abroad.

So the real areas of the internet cafe that needed renovation were quite straightforward—sprucing up the floor, applying a fresh coat of paint, adding some murals, perhaps a few decorative panels and more lighting, and that would already be a very advanced design.

The rest was about desks, chairs, and benches. Once all these were sorted, finding a carpenter to build a bar counter would be the finishing touch.

All these tasks could be completed within a week.

The renovation team Xiao Gao hired wasn’t the same one as before.

He also did this to familiarize himself with more renovation teams in Chuan City, which would facilitate future business expansion.

"Boss Gu, you really are young and successful. To have such a big storefront at your age, you are the youngest boss I’ve seen," Brother Zhang, who could be regarded as the team leader, said to Xiao Gao with much feeling.

He had seen all sorts of storefronts in Chuan City, but it was his first time seeing such a young boss as Xiao Gao.

Many shops were essentially family businesses, with all their money poured into them.

But Xiao Gao was doing it all by himself.

Especially considering the car worth several hundred thousand parked outside Xiao Gao’s door.

He knew Xiao Gao must come from a well-off family, with high-profile individuals in society.

"It’s all good luck," Xiao Gao said casually.

"Boss Gu is really modest," Brother Zhang thought even higher of Xiao Gao after hearing his response.

Typically, someone Xiao Gao’s age, if they had any achievement or a good family background, would be generally arrogant and dismissive.

But Xiao Gao didn’t have many of these bad habits; on the contrary, he was modest and courteous.

He even bought sweet drinks for every renovation worker.

"Boss Gu, what is this storefront going to be? I see the sign at the door says Alien Internet Cafe. Is it some kind of research lab?" Brother Zhang asked Xiao Gao curiously.

Because the layout Xiao Gao was renovating was really strange.

In all his years of renovation work, he had never seen a layout like Xiao Gao’s.

Xiao Gao laughed heartily; it seemed that his shop’s name did imply that to some extent.

"It’s nothing too novel, just like a computer share.

You pay by the hour, and with a bit of money, you can play games or surf the internet using a computer."

He explained it to Brother Zhang in such common terms.

After this plain explanation, Brother Zhang instantly understood.

"Computer share? Pay money to surf the internet? Computers! Boss Gu, that’s quite avant-garde. Aren’t there not many people in the whole of Chuan City who have computers?

Aren’t computers something only big companies use?"

Brother Zhang, too, had some insight—at least, he knew about the uses of computers, even if his understanding was somewhat one-sided.

"Of course not, everyone can use computers, whether they’re ordinary people or bosses. You can search the web with a computer, learn about the greater world, and even use it for gaming to pass the time,"

Xiao Gao explained to Brother Zhang, and because they were having a good chat, he went into a bit more detail.

"Playing games? Don’t you have game consoles for that? Can computers really be more interesting than game consoles?" Brother Zhang was a bit puzzled.

Now, the matters Boss Gu was talking about were about to exceed the limits of his understanding, as he had never played games on a computer before.

He didn’t know just how alluring computer games could be.

At this moment, Boss Gu laughed without giving too much of an explanation.

Because after a few years, Brother Zhang would understand just how captivating computers could be.

And just how terrifying computer games could be, he would also soon experience firsthand.

The gaming console industry chain was basically strangled within a year’s time.

From then on, for the next several decades, computers would dominate the gaming market.

"Boss Gu, how many computers are you planning to prepare?" he asked curiously.

"Not too many, twenty units, just a small investment to start with," Boss Gu said.

Hearing that Boss Gu was actually preparing twenty computers, Brother Zhang was shocked, his jaw nearly dropping to the ground.

"Twenty computers! And that’s not a lot!" He couldn’t comprehend what Boss Gu had just said.

"Boss Gu, how much does one computer cost nowadays?" he continued to ask.

"Nine thousand six hundred yuan each," Boss Gu answered.

Upon hearing this figure, Brother Zhang nearly dropped the sweet water he was holding.

Nine thousand six hundred yuan, that’s nearly two hundred thousand for twenty computers.

Boss Gu had hired their renovation team and also purchased so many tables and chairs – the total cost added up to two hundred thousand.

Two hundred thousand! That was enough to start a company, yet Boss Gu had invested it all into this thing called an internet cafe.

This kind of thing, beyond most people’s understanding, Boss Gu felt Brother Zhang would surely find too absurd.

But unexpectedly, Brother Zhang adapted really quickly.

"Boss Gu, you really are an educated person, aware of business opportunities we ordinary folks don’t know about.

This internet cafe is bound to make a lot of money, definitely more than those ordinary trades," he said with certainty to Boss Gu.

Boss Gu didn’t expect him to say such a thing, so he was somewhat surprised.

"Why do you say that?" Boss Gu asked.

"There’s not a single fool among the rich; they’re all very smart. Boss Gu, the fact you could take out two hundred thousand means your vision and thoughts are several levels above mine, Old Zhang.

If you are willing to invest two hundred thousand into this, it means the income this can generate is definitely more than two hundred thousand. This is a great business opportunity," Brother Zhang said to Boss Gu.

After listening to his understanding, Boss Gu couldn’t help but admire Brother Zhang somewhat.

He was one of the few people Boss Gu had met with the ability to think independently.

This made Boss Gu take another good look at the head of the renovation team.

With such forward-thinking, Boss Gu was certain that his future would surely be more than just a head renovation worker; there was a greater future ahead for him.

"Old Brother Zhang, you’re a smart man," Boss Gu said.

Upon hearing Boss Gu’s words, Old Zhang was taken aback, and for a moment, he felt a bit pleased.

Receiving affirmation from a successful person was something to be happy about.

At that moment, he was also deep in thought.