After chatting with the Internet cafe owner, Xu Shang found that he seemed to have oversimplified things.

In fact, in 2006, Internet cafes had indeed begun to decline, but not completely, and were still a very profitable business.

The reason why Internet cafes have been on the decline can be traced back to the release of the "Regulations on the Management of Internet Access Service Business Premises" in September 2002, which prohibited minors from entering Internet cafes.

But why is it still so profitable?

Because the Internet cafe owner who is hardworking, kind, simple, honest, and benevolent said that a mere law cannot stop us from dedicating our efforts to helping children understand the Internet, the future trends, and the third revolution in human productivity!

Therefore, during this period, it is still very common for minors to surf the Internet.

This boss is naturally one of the "many Internet cafe owners who silently and selflessly dedicate themselves". He originally had a good plan. With so many students, his cafe is always full every day.

But he overlooked the fact that how many students came to the stationery store on their own?

There are far more parents coming here than students!

So he was reported every day, every day. At the most terrible time, he was reported more than 30 times a day. The police station almost treated his place as a branch, and they were just short of setting up a police station directly opposite.

Under such circumstances, Internet cafes will definitely not be able to continue operating.

Facing the nearly one hundred computers left in the Internet cafe, Xu Shang was tempted.

"My computer is all new. It has a Sempron 2500 with DDR2, 512M memory, a 250G hard drive, an Nvidia C61 motherboard, and an AOC 19-inch monitor. I sell it to others for 2000, which means you want all of it! 1500 is not going to be any cheaper!"

"Come on! Don't think I don't know the value of things. This new one is only about three thousand yuan. Your computer is being violently abused all day long, smashed, kicked, and pulled, just like a beautiful girl who has been working in a coal mine for two years. You still dare to tell me that she is pure and innocent?"

"You think 1,500 is too much! You are young, but you are so mean!"

"Uncle, do you know what Moore's Law is? Every 18 months, the configuration of computers will double and the price will drop to half of the original price. If you can't sell it now, you will have to treat it as scrap in the future!"

After a heated argument, the Internet cafe owner realized that he was no match for the young man in front of him. In the end, since Xu Shang said he would pay on the spot and take all the remaining items, he sold all 96 computers, miscellaneous items, tables, chairs, benches, switches, and network cables to Xu Shang for 1,200 yuan each.

He even wanted to transfer the broadband that he had purchased at a high price to Xu Shang.

If Tianya Village wasn’t too far from the provincial capital, Xu Shang would really want to buy the broadband as well.

After selling almost everything he could, the Internet cafe owner thought of another valuable item:

"Hey, kid. Are you interested in the Internet Culture Business License? I can sell it to you cheaply! One hundred and twenty thousand."

"One hundred and twenty thousand? That's cheap?"

"What do you know? The approval of Internet cafe licenses has been stopped nationwide. The price may even increase in the future!"

Xu Shang really didn’t know this news. After all, he was just a reborn person, not God.

In fact, the very next year, the authorities directly issued a ban on the approval of Internet cafes, and the price of the license could be hyped up to hundreds of thousands at most.

But people obviously cannot make money beyond their cognition, and Xu Shang is no exception. Xu Shang said: "You should keep the certificate for yourself, I don't need it."

"Do you have a license?" The Internet cafe owner was skeptical. He clearly saw that Xu Shang seemed to have bought the computer on a whim.

"Who told you that I bought a computer to open an Internet cafe?"

…

After buying almost everything, the supreme Emperor Xu Shang arrived at his loyal Tianya Village again today.

Seeing the big truck that arrived with Xu Shang, loaded with tables, chairs, benches, ball hoops, billiard tables, and basketball hoops, entering the village, the villagers ran around to tell each other and rushed to pay a visit to their chairman.

Xu Shang didn't say much and immediately convened a leadership team meeting of Tianya Village Co., Ltd.

The core decision-making layer currently consists of five people.

In addition to Xu Shang, there is also the village head Jiang Fuguo; Old Master Sang, who has the highest seniority in the village and who dozes off during meetings; and the representatives of the other two big families in the village, the Jiang family and the Zhang family, who have the most weight in their words.

This is pretty much the current board meeting. Xu Shang will definitely add new people in the future. He doesn't want to play any power games, but to use the simplest and most effective method to unite all the people in the group.

Xu Shang first briefly talked about his next plans.

The current plans are roughly divided into three categories, namely the 'New Tianya Village Plan', the 'Welfare System Plan' and the 'Universal Education Plan'.

The first and most long-term plan is the New Tianya Village plan, which is actually to build a tourist city. Of course, a tourist city is not built in a day. At this stage, Xu Shang plans to plan the sewer system first.

Then comes the welfare system plan. After drawing a big picture of dividends, pensions, medical care, and housing, Xu Shang's current plan is to first build a cultural and entertainment plaza for Tianya Village, equipped with a library, to enrich the spiritual world of the villagers.

Finally, the most important thing Xu Shang did in this meeting was:

"Village head, uncles and grandfathers, my meaning is very simple! That is to 're-educate' our villagers."

"Education? You mean going to school?" Uncle Zhang immediately said with a wry smile, "I have been a farmer all my life and I don't know a single word. You want me to go to school. Isn't that asking me to die?"

"Uncle Zhang, you are too polite. Everyone says that you are sensible and know a lot, like a cultured person. I think it is not difficult for someone like you to learn."

After Xu Shang flattered Uncle Zhang for a while, he continued, "In the village, I occasionally hear people complaining that they were born poorly and had a hard life. At that time, I was thinking, but if our company doesn't develop, it's fine. If it develops, everyone is waiting for dividends, so it becomes a matter of giving birth well and deserve it?"

"That doesn't make sense. A happy and wonderful life doesn't fall from the sky! Only better people deserve a better life!"

"But how can we become excellent? Rely on our own enlightenment? That is so inefficient. We must rely on education! The fundamental purpose of education is to make people better and enable them to become talents! As part of the collective, we, the people of Tianya Village, cannot just sit and wait for a good life to fall from the sky. Everyone must contribute their own efforts!"

Old Master Sang, who was dozing off, opened his eyes slightly. His deep eyes were shining with the bright light of red stars, as if splashing back those unforgettable glorious years.

"I've been thinking about this, too." Jiang Fuguo flicked away the cigarette butt in his hand with a serious expression.