710: Chapter 699: Miniature 710: Chapter 699: Miniature “In a place like ours, everyone values a fair deal.
Is selling oneself illegal?
Yes!
But here, it’s legal.
The rich offer money, we facilitate, and everyone looks to satisfy both parties.
The one tonight, do you know why she let herself be so ruined?
Because there’s a new iPhone out.”
“Others have it, but she doesn’t, and there’s no money at home.
What to do?
She doesn’t want to work a steady job, so she can only sell!
We never force anyone to buy or sell, and our cut isn’t that much.
She makes 8000 a night, and we only take 500, plus the matchmaking fee, which is paid by the man.”
“Normally, we would make about two thousand.
You might think that two thousand isn’t a lot, but after this woman, others would continue to do business with us.
We’re not a regular brothel, we don’t specialize in this stuff.
We only set things up if a customer has a need, but it’s just setting things up.
If you don’t like what you see, that has nothing to do with us.” Song Yun said seriously as he looked at Xiao Hua, and added, “This is just the middle layer of society, what do you think?”
“This…” Xiao Hua looked a bit distressed.
Previously, she had seen a woman, around her age, being held in the arms of Fatty, while she herself still had to attend school.
This woman was going out to entertain Fatty.
The shock was almost needless to say, but Xiao Hua’s distressed look only lasted a moment.
After taking a deep breath, Xiao Hua said, “I think it’s just everyone taking what they need, there’s nothing more to say.”
“Heh, then let me take you to a lower class place.” Smiling, Song Yun stood and walked out of the private club, with Xiao Hua following closely behind him.
The place Song Yun took Xiao Hua to was a less developed area in the west of the city.
This place was much more upscale compared to the slum area Xiao Hua had previously lived in, but compared to the southern and northern parts of the city, there was a clear difference in both the infrastructure and other miscellaneous aspects.
“There’s no establishment of mine here,” Song Yun said, lighting a cigarette and leading the way.
“But I can show you another kind of life.
If you really want to get involved in my places, then you should clearly understand the different preferences of people in society.
If you can’t figure it out, you at least should develop an eye that lets you instantly see which consumer group someone belongs to.”
“Okay!” Xiao Hua nodded and steadfastly followed behind Song Yun.
This was an old street, quite wide, around ten meters across, with many shops that seemed aged on both sides—bicycle repairs, fruit sellers, and electronics stores among them.
This place lacked the hustle and bustle of the city center, but it also wasn’t as tranquil as the countryside areas like Shanye .
Here, it seemed like a microcosm of the lower-middle-class society.
What mostly passed through the street were motorcycles and bicycles; of course, there were occasional cars, but most were low-end models like QQ Alto.
“Internet café, you know it?” Song Yun pointed to a nearby internet café.
“Yes, I know!”
“I’ve got many internet cafés under my brand too, but mine are more upscale and better regulated than this one.
Don’t think all I do involves bars and nightclubs.
Things like internet cafés and gaming arcades make up a lot of my business too.
Of course, most are structured as partnerships, because I can’t run everything.
Many people need the Shura Alliance brand and naturally come to my people to cooperate.” Song Yun led Xiao Hua into the internet café.
It was a small place, with only thirty to fifty computers, many of which were outdated desktop monitors.
“Look around this place,” Song Yun said.
“What do you think?”
Xiao Hua looked around.
The doors of the internet café were closed.
Even though exhaust fans were on, many were smoking inside, so under the light, it seemed a bit smoky.
At the computers, sat many fat punks with dyed hair and some kids with school bags.
“I’ve never been to an internet café; I haven’t got much experience with the internet, so I’m not very familiar,” Xiao Hua spoke softly, “But I think if an internet café wants to grow big and strong, it certainly shouldn’t be like this!”
“Oh?
And how do you think it should be?” Song Yun asked interestedly.
“Like the private clubs, there are low-end, mid-end, and high-end ones.
Even though the mid-end venue we visited seemed to make a lot of money, brother, I think the most profitable must be the high-end ones.
So, the internet cafés under your brand should at least be cleaner and have stricter rules, not a hodgepodge like this.” Xiao Hua spoke.
“Heh, well said.” Song Yun knocked off his cigarette ash, then added, “We can’t regulate the behavior of everyone online, but at least, minors, smokers, we can manage.
In the internet cafés where I hold shares, most prohibit minors and smoking; some even have designated smoking areas.
While it might seem like a lot of customers would be lost, the reality is the opposite.
The internet cafés under my banner, where rules are stricter, their profits are often several times those of the more lax ones.
Nowadays, everything is about going boutique; these small-scale operations won’t last.”
The moment Song Yun finished speaking, he saw a few young people start quarreling over something, and then quickly come to blows, smashing two computers in a flurry.
The internet café staff had long since disappeared, and the brawlers soon ran off as well.
“Do you see why places like internet cafés and arcades need my people involved?” Song Yun asked.
“Yes, your people can have a deterrent effect, and I believe such things wouldn’t happen in your internet cafés,” Xiao Hua said.
“Not usually,” Song Yun said as they reached