"It doesn't cost so much to open an Internet cafe," says Li Huai-tang. It only took GoGo-Net a year and a half to recoup the NT $ 10 million that it spent to open a 990m2 location with 200 computers near Taipei Railway Station. Li reports that a little NT $ 3 million store can pay off the original investment in eight to twelve months if properly run.
「網咖的進入門檻不高，」李槐堂說，以網際共和國在火車站附近的總店來說，三百坪、二百台電腦，成本一千萬元，一年半就回收了；三百萬資金的小店面，好好經營，八到十二個月可以回收。