Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

To say that the most fashionable sports in the 1980s were dancing, skating, billiards and bowling.

However, the tide is also graded. Judging from the results, a movement that requires more resources seems to be more foreign.

Dancing and skating belong to the general trend, especially dancing, which is often done with a radio, a loudspeaker, and an open space. It is very simple and very similar to the square dance of later generations. Of course, the people involved are also the same group of people.

In addition to commercial dance halls, employee dance halls were the mainstream in the 1980s. Various factories and mines often have their own employee dance halls, and they also sell tickets for a fee... These conditions are acceptable, and dance halls with low fees can promote dance culture. , the role is significant, and correspondingly, after the status of the workers plummeted, the value of the employee dance hall in turn greatly weakened.

The level of billiards depends on the level of consumption. In 1984, there was already an hourly snooker game in Beijing, and in Kuanjie alleys, street billiard tables were also crowded with people.

Although dance halls, skating rinks and billiard rooms are already full of new things, they can't add up to bowling alleys.

Among other things, the shiny floor in the bowling alley alone can make the legs of men and women who come here for the first time weak, waiting for wealthy businessmen, without thousands of dollars in their arms, to score forty or fifty in each game. Bowling alley, that is not confident at all.

And the more high-end the place is, the more trendy men and women will be attracted to the bowling alley, just like horseback riding, archery and golf in later generations.

I am not afraid that you are expensive, but I am afraid that you are not the most expensive!

Wang Guohua and others came in with Yang Rui, so they felt a little confident.

Even so, Xu Jing kept pulling on her clothes, obviously feeling a little nervous.

"We want three ways." Yang Rui stood at the door asking for money.

Seeing that it was a group of students, the waiter was about to say something when he saw a stack of banknotes, swallowed the words that came to his mouth, and said, "There is one way, you have to wait for an hour and a half, and the remaining two ways have to wait for 2 More than an hour, do you want to wait?"

"Wait." Looking around, there are a total of 20 roads, full of people, and there is nothing to play without waiting.

"Each round is 45 yuan. I will give you 9 rounds first. Can you play with another person? Do you want coaching? The coach is free." A round of bowling consists of 10 rounds, and each round has two chances to throw the ball. If there is no one-time knockout In the case of a full hit, 10 rounds means 20 pitches, one player and one shot, and it is normal to finish a game in a quarter of an hour.

The bowling match or practice that many people participate in, just need to open multiple innings.

9 people play, under normal circumstances, it is natural to start 9 innings at the same time, each person has 10 rounds, 20 pitching opportunities, and records the scores of each knockout.

Calculated in this way, it takes about two and a half hours to finish playing nine rounds. Even if they are all beginners, it usually does not exceed three hours.

Based on the calculation of 45 yuan per game, it costs 400 yuan for 9 people to play bowling for three hours, an average of more than 130 yuan per hour, definitely exceeding the monthly salary of ordinary workers.

Wang Guohua frowned when he heard this number, he quickly pulled Yang Rui back and said, "Otherwise, let's start a round first."

"It's impossible to start a game first." Yang Rui patted his hand and whispered: "Aren't we here for an inspection? It's okay, we can reimburse you."

After speaking, Yang Rui handed over the money to the waiter, asked him to issue an invoice, and found a coach for him.

In fact, without him saying anything, the waiter just issued the invoice.

For such an expensive sports event, unless it is a foreign guest, it is rare that an invoice is not required.

However, there are quite a few foreigners playing here.

Yang Rui took a rough look and found that at least half of the fairways are played by foreigners, and three quarters of the foreigners are of East Asian race.

In Asia, Japan was the first to popularize bowling. They played it for more than ten years before introducing it to China.

It can be said that the current Japanese are in the midst of bowling enthusiasm similar to that of China in the 1990s. It is almost foreseeable that there must be countless Japanese who are forgetting to sleep and eat bowling.

The fee of 45 yuan for a game is really easy for the Japanese in the bubble economy era.

"Has any of you ever played bowling?" the coach approached warmly.

"They're all newbies." Yang Rui said with a smile.

"Then let me talk about it together, and then I will give you the corrective actions one by one." The coach continued to speak and demonstrate.

After a while, Yang Rui and others entered the field one by one, and after a few experiments, they had a great time playing.

Among them, Cao Baoming learned the fastest, only for the fourth time, he actually knocked down ten pins twice, and shouted excitedly.

"Isn't it fun?" Yang Rui stood next to Wang Guohua, who knocked down 6 balls the most.

"It's fun, it's really fun, foreigners really know how to play!" Wang Guohua interjected a series of words.

"Then the sports center we built will be a bowling alley in the first step. Do you have any comments?"

"agree!"

"Agreed!" Everyone in the Ruixue group raised their hands one after another.

Liu Shan asked worriedly: "This bowling alley is so advanced, will it cost a lot? Those machines that automatically change the pins are very expensive."

"The investor is responsible for the cost. We just need to prove that the profit is high enough." Yang Rui is an investor himself and knows what needs to be paid attention to. If it weren't for the high profits of the bowling alley, Yang Rui would not choose this project.

Wang Guohua pinched his fingers and said: "For 45 yuan per round, can you play 4 rounds in an hour on average?"

"Actually, we can't play that much, because everyone is a novice. For those who play slowly, it is possible to play a round in half an hour. In addition, the time spent by coaches and teaching should also be counted in it. The inevitable loss of opening up new markets, but every time It takes a while to teach people, and it takes a lot of time. On average, they play about three rounds per hour." Yang Rui made a slight correction.

Liu Shan showed a little surprise, and said: "On average, if you play three rounds an hour, you can earn 135 yuan per fairway. With 20 fairways, you can earn 2,700 yuan per hour?"

After calculating this number, several people were shocked.

"It can't be said that I earned 2,700 yuan. The turnover is 2,700 yuan. After deducting various expenses, the cost of electricity and parts is the bulk, and the construction cost of the bowling alley must be averaged out. However, it is indeed enough to earn..." Yang Rui said laughed out.

Bowling alleys from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s are actually very similar to Internet cafes from the mid-1990s to the mid-00s. Their initial investment is relatively high, but once they are up and running, they are cash cows.

Like Internet cafes, bowling alleys also operate for a long time every day. After 10:00 in the morning, they are basically full, and this state can last until midnight in the evening. For a venue with 20 fairways, it means an average daily turnover of more than 27,000.

The reason why I said the above is because there is still income in the early morning.

Just like Internet cafes have night packages, bowling alleys also have discounts after midnight, usually 25 yuan per game or even less, which can ensure that the bowling alley is operating at full capacity in the early hours of the weekend, or has about half of the normal attendance rate, Either way, bowling alleys are going to make a lot of money.

In addition, soft drinks, snacks, beer, and the business of renting out sneakers, selling sneakers and bowling balls can also bring in a lot of income, at least enough for the daily expenses of the arena.

However, the same bowling alley was extremely miserable in the late 1990s. The fee of less than 10 yuan per round was lower than that in the mid-1980s. In this way, the ordinary 20-course course is still not full, let alone the income in the early morning.

Around 2000, the fairways of the Lido Hotel in Beijing broke down, and they simply did not do any maintenance. Some small bowling alleys were even reluctant to turn on the air conditioners, or closed down directly.

Yang Rui doesn't care how long the bowling alley can last, but it's best to enter the factory since 1984. If there are a lot of customers, a venue can recover the principal in a few months.

In fact, as far as the current environment is concerned, the more fairways are built, the less the average cost of the stadium will be, and the faster the return will be, just like the bigger the Internet cafe, the higher the profit margin.

There may be many people who can see that bowling alleys make money, but in 1984, there were not many who could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to build bowling alleys.

"Tomorrow, I will look for a place, look for investment, and then buy equipment such as fairways. You can also ask where there is a suitable venue to build a stadium. By the way, everyone can go to their respective schools to find some familiar classmates. For those who work part-time, we will train them in advance.” Bowling alleys were extremely high-end in the 1980s, and in this kind of place, hiring college students to work part-time can also improve the service quality and enhance the style to a certain extent.

Wang Guohua and the others were quite excited, and immediately began to discuss.

Yang Rui took a bowling ball and handed it to Liu Shan, and said with a smile, "It's your turn."

Liu Shan took it with a smile, and made a non-standard sliding step, and the loose sweatpants suddenly tightened out of the curve.

"Hoo..." The whistle sounded in time. But it was four young men in their twenties who happened to pass by with drinks.

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