"The business of the Red Pavilion at night is very good, especially after 12 o'clock, many guests will come to me from the Red Pavilion to buy cigarettes, including many young and beautiful women, generally they only buy Chinese or Su tobacco, and when the business is good, they can earn thousands of yuan a night."
A tobacco shop owner next door to the Red Pavilion KTV said that he also benefited a lot from this privileged location.
Once upon a time, going to the Red Pavilion became the top way for white-collar aristocrats to entertain them, and those who went to the Red Pavilion tended to look up to them.
One of the main reasons is that the Red Pavilion is very expensive, far more than the average KTV, and correspondingly, the services provided by the Red Pavilion are also unmatched by many other entertainment clubs.
However, it was such a top entertainment club that collapsed after two and a half years of opening.
One day in 2016, 15 buses with the logo "police" slowly stopped at the door of the Red Pavilion KTV, and hundreds of police officers in police uniforms got off the bus and conducted a surprise investigation and punishment of the KTV.
From the moment of popularity to the lack of attention, everything happened so suddenly, making people have the illusion of a dream, what did the Red Pavilion experience? And why didn't you learn the lesson of Big Brother Royal One?
The decoration is luxurious, and the consumption of private rooms is often tens of thousands
Located at the junction of Zhengtong Road and Renhe Road in Erqi District, Zhengzhou City, Hongguan is positioned as "the first five-star entertainment and leisure club in the Central Plains".
In order to facilitate the praise, the Red Pavilion has decorated the door and added the words "Colorful Era KTV" to the "Red Pavilion".
In Zhengzhou, there is a saying that "East Emperor One, West Red Pavilion", East Emperor One refers to the Royal No. 1 Entertainment Hall in the East District of Zhengzhou, and the West Red Hall is naturally the Red Hall in the West District of Zhengzhou.
In the busy urban life, whether it is an office worker or a businessman, they need to relax at night, and eating and singing have become the standard.
In Zhengzhou, can go to the "Royal No. 1" and "Red Pavilion" consumption, has become a symbol of noble status, the internal facilities and software facilities of the Red Pavilion are no less than the investment of 200 million Royal No. 1, but compared with the high profile of the Royal No. 1, the Red Pavilion is more restrained, it is not as famous as the Royal No. 1, but it has a reputation, and the name of the Red Pavilion sounds more literary and artistic, but also more catchy.
Like the Royal No. 1, the Red Pavilion has invested over 100 million yuan, covering an area of about 10,000 square meters, and the boss Zhang Hua invited the top designers in China to build it, mainly in European style, and integrated into the royal aristocratic atmosphere.
Customers can see the extremely luxurious decoration of the interior when they step into the door of the Red Pavilion, and all the rooms are made of the highest-grade marble and uniquely shaped crystal chandeliers, making the entire KTV interior look magnificent.
Each room uses the world's top-class sound bokeh system and giant screen silver ion TV, and 360-degree surround sound allows customers to enjoy the sound of nature.
The Red Pavilion has three floors, each floor is extremely luxurious, the hall is in the shape of a teacup, the ceiling is very high, all above 6 meters, and the private rooms are mainly concentrated on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Even if it is the bathroom in the private room, the decoration is extremely luxurious, not only the space is spacious, all kinds of washing cleaning products are available, only unexpected, not found, and these supplies are all the world's top brands.
All kinds of sexy pictures are posted on the wall of the private room and on the wall of the bathroom, reflecting different interests.
When the Red Pavilion first opened, it handled the recharge card preferential activities, did a 50,000 yuan recharge card, gave 20,000 yuan, equivalent to a one-time recharge of 70,000 yuan, don't look at the amount is not low, in the Red Pavilion can only spend four or five times.
There are 120 private rooms in the Red Pavilion, the consumption level is much higher than that of the general KTV, a can of canned beer outside two or three dollars, at least 50 yuan to start here, the per capita consumption of private rooms per night is more than 2,000 yuan, and it costs at least tens of thousands of yuan for several people to play once.
In each private room, there is a dedicated waiter, dedicated to the guests in the room, the service content includes bottle opening, pouring wine, bartending, cleaning, etc., if the guests have needs, also provide drinking and singing services, everything is mastered by the waiter himself.
Each private room is equipped with a large leather sofa and a leopard-print seat, which is not only comfortable but also particularly elegant.
Every night, the outside of the Red Pavilion is parked with all the luxury cars or super sports cars, once more than 12 o'clock to the Red Pavilion, I am afraid it is difficult to find a private room, the business of the Red Pavilion can be described as a room is difficult to find, never for anyone to reserve a private room.
From the Royal One digging the foot of the wall waiter, the fate is extremely similar
People who come to the Red Pavilion to consume are either rich or expensive, and although the price is very high, the business is extremely hot.
There is also a building in the red hall, and the decoration is extremely luxurious, but the building is only open to the upper class, and you can enjoy the most extreme experience of the lights and shadows.
Like the Royal No. 1, the daily turnover of the Red Pavilion is more than 1 million yuan, and the annual turnover is more than 300 million yuan, just because there is money, so the Red Pavilion has strict requirements for the use of personnel.
Generally speaking, the recruited female waiters require a height of more than 1 meter 6, and those with excellent images can be appropriately relaxed.
According to the different work content, the daily salary is divided into 500 yuan starting, 600 yuan starting, 800 yuan starting, tipping daily is not capped, and more often a day tip can reach tens of thousands of yuan.
For social recruitment personnel, the Red Pavilion will provide unified training for the post, some nightclubs will provide uniform dress for employees, but the Red Pavilion pays attention to personality, and the manager will provide different dresses according to each person's figure and appearance, which are sexy, pure, and different styles.
In order to meet the needs of customers, the red hall has long been highly paid to recruit waiters in the royal no. 1, and the number of waitresses in the royal no. 1 has reached thousands of people, they have to go through five rounds of interviews, height and appearance is the primary examination indicator, and at the same time, personal cultivation, academic qualifications and other evaluation factors will be added.
Once hired, they will also carry out strict induction training in terms of manners, temperament, clothing and other aspects in accordance with the requirements of airlines for flight attendants.
The waiters in the Red Pavilion who were dug up had received uniform training, but they had changed an environment and were very quick to get started.
The Red Pavilion requires waitresses not to dress too revealingly and to bring high heels and skirts to work. The service content provided is also limited to chatting, singing, playing dice and active atmosphere in the private room, and it has never been mandatory to provide wine accompaniment services.
When operating, if you find some customers who do not comply with the regulations, the male waiter on the side will also come forward to remind, "Please pay attention to your quality."
But as an entertainment place, money often has an incomparably powerful temptation, as the level of guests getting higher and higher, the male and female waiters of the Red Pavilion gradually lost their way in greed and indulgence again and again, becoming a sound dog and horse, a position of fun and enjoyment, and embarked on the road of destruction.
In fact, the fate of the Red Pavilion has long been predestined in the underworld, and the Royal No. 1 is a lesson from the past.
On November 2, 2013, the Henan Provincial Public Security Department dispatched hundreds of police officers from different places to investigate and punish Royal No. 1 in the Eastern District, which also sounded the alarm for the Red Pavilion.
On 25 May 2015, all of the main operators of Royal One were sentenced to life imprisonment, while the other participants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 1 to 8 years.
At this time, the Red Pavilion and many KTVvs have been "closed for rectification" for half a year, but after the limelight, the Red Pavilion, as the entertainment handle of the West End, took over many VIPs of the Royal No. 1, reopened the door to welcome, and embarked on the same road as the Royal No. 1.
Sudden investigation, the Red Pavilion changed from unlimited scenery to no one
The alarm bell of the Royal One's operation of crossing the line did not change the business idea of the Red Pavilion, and the sword of Damocles hanging on its head fell only a year later.
At 10 p.m. on May 19, 2016, a secret arrest campaign quietly began.
Three hundred policemen from Kaifeng and Xinzheng stood in a tight line and went straight to the Red Pavilion.
As explosion-proof vehicles flashing red police lights and fifteen police buses drove towards the Red Pavilion, a large number of police rushed in, and many special police officers deployed control at various intersections to organize a wall of people to prevent unrelated personnel from entering the scene.
About half an hour later, the people inside were successively taken to the bus, only the waitress pulled a full 6 cars, and according to onlookers at the scene, no less than 10 police buses were pulled away, because there were too many people pulled, there were no seats, and many people were standing in the car.
The Red Pavilion has three hidden exits, one of which is difficult to find, located on the escalator next to Thang Long Plaza, and that night, seven or eight women in ultra-short black dresses look panicked and walk out of here, they take off their high heels and run to the black shadow, and then they are all captured.
The operation lasted until 3 a.m. on May 20.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, hundreds of people gathered around to watch, reaching thousands of people at the most, and they wanted to see what was happening in the Red Pavilion.
They looked at the different crowds of people walking out of the Red Pavilion and talked about it.
On the morning of May 20, workers in property uniforms dismantled the sign of the Red Pavilion, at which point the gate of the Red Pavilion was closed and guarded by several young police officers, reminding unrelated people not to approach.
Through the glass doors of the Red Pavilion, you can see the chaos inside, with some paper and cigarette boxes scattered on the ground, and even high-end wine bottles.
In the morning, the police came to the Red Pavilion again with the anti-drug dogs, and during the search the night before, due to the dim lighting, some drugs were hidden in the corners of the room and could not be searched, so it was necessary to use the anti-drug dogs to conduct a detailed search.
At this point, the Royal No. 1 and the Red Pavilion have been in the east and the west for two and a half years, and at the same time, they have disappeared in the concentrated operation of the police.
This scene actually appeared long ago when The Royal 1 collapsed. The Royal One sign was removed, the handwriting on it was still faint, the whole building looked old and dilapidated, the house was covered with dust, and the luxurious scene of the past was gone.
Since the closure of the Red Pavilion, the gate has been locked and never opened, and the inside and outside of the house are no different from the Royal One.
When the masses reported it, all the responsible persons of the Red Pavilion were severely punished
The destruction of the Red Pavilion came from the reports of the masses, who knew the gathering of long-term illegal acts and acted decisively.
Led by the Henan Provincial Public Security Department, the operation commanded the mobilization of 300 police forces, which is unprecedented in the province, which can also show the strength and determination of the crackdown.
The People's Public Security Daily once disclosed the situation of the public security police pursuing responsibility at that time, and the data showed that more than 260 criminal suspects were arrested in this operation, and the value of the stolen money and stolen goods was 300 million yuan.
Liu Shaowei, Li Hongliang, Lee Kuan Yew, Zhang Bo, and Zhang Hua, the actual responsible persons of the Red Pavilion, were all arrested and brought to justice, and Wang Pengfei, Zhang Guangming, and a number of other subordinates were all brought to justice.
The court sentenced the principal offenders, Lee Kuan Yew, Liu Shaowei, Li Hongliang, Zhang Bo, and Zhang Hua, to more than 10 years' imprisonment for the crime of organizing prostitution, and sentenced the remaining 68 defendants to fixed-term imprisonment of more than 10 years for the crime of organizing prostitution and assisting in the organization of prostitution.
All those involved were punished accordingly, and the red line of the law must be observed.
The Red Pavilion was once the largest, highest-grade, best-in-class, highest-spending top night venue in Zhengzhou, which remained full every day, full of seats, and it took only two and a half years from opening to closing.
In the end, the Red Pavilion returned to its former calm after repeated noises, and became the after-dinner talk of the locals.
As the saying goes, "The night of the city is like a brilliant firework, but the scene is bustling, like the river flowing east, never stopping." ”