Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

rt manufacturing it.

At least there were samples; they were just not shipped here.

There were some other aspects in the physical photo of the phone booth with some detailed explanations.

For example, there was a counter with a small coffee machine, jukebox, three-port charger, Wi-Fi, bookshelf, capsule machine, and two folding seats next to it.
There was a small screen in the phone booth of which the contents could be clearly seen by the people outside through the glass.

Of course, a phone should not be missing from a shared phone booth.

There was a beautiful retro phone with a dial in gold and black at the upper right side of the phone booth.
It looked very smart.
Obviously, the emotional significance of this phone was greater than its practical use.

What was more outrageous was that there was something under the table.

He Desheng was confused.
“AED? What is that?”

“Automatic External Defibrillator, a medical device,” Zhang Wang replied.

He Desheng was a little puzzled.
“That should be rather expensive, right? Isn’t it a little awkward to put it in the phone booth?”

Zhang Wang smiled.
“It’s alright.
It cost less than 20,000 yuan.
It’s not awkward because there are other medical devices as well like a weight scale that can measure body fats and a blood pressure monitor.” He Desheng “…is there enough money?” Zhang Wang nodded.
“Of course! “I was planning to build a traditional phone booth originally which cost about 5,000 yuan but it had to be upgraded since the price gave me a new budget!

“The current size and material cost almost 10,000 yuan per unit.
After adding other equipment and installation costs, it cost about 18,000 yuan without the AED.

“The monthly rental for the venue is about 500 to 1,000 yuan.
The initial investment amount is about 40,000 yuan after calculation.
It’s enough!

“Boss Pei gave 500,000 yuan.
I did some calculations.
We’ll invest in 10 shared phone booths.
The remaining 100,000 yuan and income would be used for follow-up maintenance costs.”

He Desheng was suddenly aware of a problem.
“Wait, the monthly rental is 500 to 1,000 yuan? So expensive?”

Zhang Wang nodded.
“Of course.
I asked several big shopping malls in Jingzhou.
They have similar reserved spaces.
The cheaper ones are 500 yuan.
Those like Huanyu Tianjie are more expensive but can be rented for about 1,000 yuan.
It will only occupy about two square meters anyway.”

He Desheng blinked, obviously a little lost.
“Aren’t we setting them up by the side of the

road?”

Zhang Wang laughed.
“On the side of the road? There are so many cars on the road; who would use them?”

“There will only be a total of 10 to 20 sets.
We have to put them in shopping malls with large traffic.”

He Desheng was speechless.
Why did he feel as though he was being looked down upon? This did not sound right at all!

He Desheng flipped through it again.
“Why is the ‘cultural connotation’ left blank?”

Zhang Wang said.
“I didn’t think too much about that mainly because I have no more budget.”

“My original plan was to leave a separate screen by this phone booth, find an artist to paint a futurist painting, and decorate it a little.
Each phone booth would have a unique theme everyone was allowed to photograph.

“Then, we’ll design a different stamp for each phone booth.
Those who visit it can stamp it as a memento.”

“However, I accidentally went out of budget and have no money left to pay for an artist…” He Desheng gave it some thought.
“Won’t you have 200,000 yuan if you remove those AEDs from 10 booths?”

Zhang Wang shook his head violently.
“That won’t do! The AED has to be there.
They are the heart and soul of the shared phone booth!”

He Desheng could not find an answer to that.

He did not quite understand Zhang Wang’s thinking, but this was Zhang Wang’s project so it had to be executed based on Zhang Wang’s thinking.
After careful consideration, he suddenly felt that this project was not that ridiculous after all.

At the very beginning, He Desheng thought that it would be placed on the side of the road since it was a phone booth.
He Desheng had no doubts that Zhang Wang would do that given his intellect.

It turned out that Zhang Wang had no intention of putting it at the side of the road!

Thinking back, the phone booths of the old were placed by the road because everyone had such a need.
It was more convenient to call on the roadside.
However, everyone had cell phones now.
Such a need had long since disappeared.

Now that this shared phone booth was going to be a cultural symbol with some other functions, it must be placed in a place with high human traffic.

Strange, it suddenly looks like a normal project.
He Desheng could not help but wonder.

He is obviously someone with brains.
Why did he write that kind of proposal…?

Could Boss Pei decide to invest because he saw the potential for this project to succeed? En… that’s very likely!

He Desheng nodded.
“Okay, I’ll arrange for someone to contact the manufacturer to produce it as soon as they can.
Let me know if you need any help.”

Zhang Wang might be the initiator of this project, but he was just one man.
He was not familiar with such matters.

It was a project that Dream Realization Ventures was investing in.
He Desheng and the team did not have other projects on hand anyway so it was only natural to lend a hand.