He won 900 million in the lottery.

I privately approached Chen Sheng.

Me: "Bro, don't say I didn't give you a chance. I'm restarting the bar project, but I'm not planning to invest any money. Let's try a different model."

Chen Sheng: "What do you mean?"

80 crowdfunding slots available.

One tier costs 5, making you an initial shareholder. You receive quarterly dividends and profit sharing from referring new customers. You also receive a 5 prepaid card, with a maximum spending limit of 5000 per transaction.

Tier 2: 2 RMB, plus a 2 RMB prepaid card, with a maximum spending limit of 1000 RMB per transaction.

Me: "For each person you bring in, you get a commission of 5000 yuan; for each person you bring in, you get a commission of 1000 yuan."

Chen Sheng: "Okay, I'll find someone."

Me: "Do you know anyone at a renovation company?"

Chen Sheng: "Yes."

Me: "The renovation needs to be done quickly, and we can't use renovation companies we have a good relationship with."

Chen Sheng tilted his head: "Understood, leave it to me."

Crowdfunding can't rely on Chen Sheng alone; it also needs the support of energetic young men and women, and those princesses.

One post on WeChat Moments, one tick of a long-term customer's tag, and the commission is in hand.

Chen Sheng was very efficient; he contacted a renovation team and they started working on the site immediately.

Me: "How did you negotiate with the renovation team?"

Chen Sheng: "Payment is based on progress. I found two renovation teams, and the work was completed in a seamless manner, taking a maximum of half a month."

Me: "Just know it yourself!"

Then, design a new membership acquisition and recharge model for bars.

Consumption of one item can be combined with two others.

For amounts over 5000 yuan, regardless of how much A recharges, as long as A brings in two people to recharge the exact same amount, A's recharged amount will be fully refunded in cash the following month!

Membership card system.

Top up 20 or more and receive 20 sets of Shenlong packages, chauffeured transportation, and permanent free access to private rooms.

Top up 10 or more and get 10 sets of Shenlong packages, private car pick-up and drop-off, and half price for private rooms.

Minimum top-up of 5000, 85% off.

the company.

Sun Ce: "Even though it's supposed to be a high-end bar, aren't these recharge prices a bit too high?"

Zhang Jiehui: "In Liancheng, the maximum spending is basically 5 yuan."

Me: "What kind of service would justify this kind of recharge?"

Zhang Jiehui is most familiar with this: "There must be a famous band, a DJ, and preferably some borderline performances."

I snapped my fingers: "That's perfect! What's the point of just skirting the edge? Take it all off!"

Zhang Jiehui frowned: "If someone reports it, or if word gets out, the three of us in the cultural law enforcement team will be under a lot of pressure."

Me: "How long can it last?"

Zhang Jiehui: "The processing time for my reports and complaints is one month, but it only takes half a month for Brother Zhou and Weiping to get them."

Me: "That's enough."

Sun Ce and the other three fully understood what I meant.

Two weeks later, the trial operation lasted for three days, and access was limited to prepaid members and original shareholders.

first day.

The bar opens at 7 p.m.

The band started performing at 9 o'clock and lasted for an hour.

Zhang Jiehui looked at the bar's decor with satisfaction. Although it was initially intended to swindle money, he felt quite accomplished to have brought together such a shop.

Opposite him was a group of young people, all second-generation rich kids. The connections they had built up over the years in the entertainment industry were still somewhat useful.

"Captain Zhang, the bar's decor is pretty good."

The DJ will enter at 10 PM.

A good DJ is the key to a bar's atmosphere; with high-energy and rhythmic music, young people enter a frenzied and carefree state.

DJ: "Everyone here, let's whip our hair around!"

The hour and a half DJ session was the most physically demanding, and a blond guy sat down next to Zhang Jiehui.

"Team Leader Zhang, if I experience this, I'm going home. It's no different from SW."

"Young Master Dong, if that's all there is to it, why would I have invited you to experience this? The owner of this bar is a real shady character."

Zhang Jiehui waved his hand, and a group of graceful actresses stepped onto the stage.

As the saying goes, every occasion has its own set of rules!

If a foot massage parlor only offers pedicures, who would go there?

Who goes to a KTV if they only sing?

If bars are only for drinking, who's going to go?

At 11:30, the special show officially began.

"Holy crap!"

"Wow, really?"

The people in the room are all women, but watching a special show in a bar is still a unique kind of enjoyment.

Zhang Jiehui: "There are private rooms upstairs, which members can use for free, and they even provide pick-up and drop-off service."

Dong Shao stared at one of the dancers performing a special dance; she was only average-looking, but in this situation, he declared, "I want that one!"

With a wave of Zhang Jiehui's hand, the girl performing the special dance came off the stage.

Zhang Jiehui: "Let's take Young Master Dong to a private room to experience it."

With his arm around a girl performing a special dance, Dong Shao said without turning his head, "Xiao Bai, recharge 20."

"Alright."

The steel pipe performance starts at 1:30 PM.

In one night, the second-generation rich kids that Zhang Jiehui brought in recharged 180 million yuan.

The second day of trial operation.

Chen Sheng met with me and asked, "We've gathered enough people. Where are we going?"

Me: "Of course, it's a bar. Take them to a bar and have a blast all day. Just say it's your treat, and then bring them to the office one by one."

Chen Sheng: "Okay."

Bar office.

Me: "Sign this agreement."

Chen Sheng: "Shareholding agreement?"

Me: "You have to be the bait. They'll only sign if you see it."

Chen Sheng: "Alright."

Go through the same process and scenario, and you'll be completely bewildered!

I'm telling you, will you top up or not?

The striptease performance has ended.

Chen Sheng began calling each of the original shareholders who would be experiencing the business into his office.

The first investor came in; he was in the construction business. It seems that construction site owners are all enthusiastic about this kind of bar and entertainment industry.

"Mr. Chen, have you invested yet?"

Chen Sheng gestured to a document on the table. The project boss picked it up and saw it contained 10 yuan worth of original shares.

"Isn't the maximum 5?"

"I used my connections."

Over three days, in installments.

Zhang Jiehui and his three associates made 520 million!

the company.

When Sun Ce came to me, he couldn't believe it: "President Shen's model is amazing. I'm even thinking of taking the money and running away."

Me: "It's all your hard work, what does it have to do with me?"

Sun Ce realized he had misspoke: "Yes, yes, there are so many rich kids in Liancheng. You wouldn't notice them normally, but they don't even blink when they top up their accounts at bars. No wonder so many bars and KTVs can survive."

Zhang Jiehui: "Is the bar still open?"

Me: "Of course I'll open it."

In the end, almost all 21 people Chen Sheng recruited signed bar purchase agreements, totaling 87 yuan, which was less than I had expected.

Me: "It's 41,000 in total, this is in cash."

Most of these people were probably introduced by Director Zhang; Chen Sheng was only responsible for making the connections.

Chen Sheng sighed, "This is still the fastest way to make money."

Me: "Brother, Zhang Luode and his gang look down on you, I'll definitely help you get back on your feet!"

We all came from the same school. Some classmates formed cliques, while others became strangers. It all comes down to whether they are rich or poor, and how they treat others.

Chen Sheng: "Tianyi, the day you finally take flight, you must take me with you!"

I looked at Chen Sheng and had a lot to say, but in the end I didn't say it.

As we get older and gain more social experience, we find ourselves with fewer and fewer friends to hang out with.

Growing up is inherently a process of "breaking away from the crowd."