Hainan's first silent cafe announced permanent closure a month after it opened: income cannot make ends meet.

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The young and handsome barista skillfully brought a cup of coffee made by himself to the guests, and the room immediately smelled full of fragrance. However, they communicate silently all the time by typing on paper, pens or mobile phones. Because, this is a "silent coffee shop", several baristas and waiters are deaf and mute, using smiles instead of words to serve customers.

The Fu Cup Coffee Shop, located at 88 Jiangnan City, Haidian Island, Haikou City, Hainan Province, is the first silent coffee shop in Hainan. The coffee shop is run by six people with disabilities from cities and counties such as Haikou, Chengmai and Ledong. Five of them are hard of hearing and the other is mentally and physically handicapped.

Although they live in a silent world, it does not affect their love of life at all. There is no way to communicate with the guests, so a self-service machine is provided in the store to order for the guests, and the hearing impaired baristas make coffee drinks for the guests according to the printed receipts. The hearing impaired baristas occasionally use mobile phones and simple gestures to communicate with the guests. They also used sign language to create a unique way to express the name of coffee.

Wu Jianzhe, 29, is the manager of this coffee shop. He likes to learn new things. He follows many Wechat official accounts of deaf sign language in his mobile phone, and reads and studies with his mobile phone every day when he is free. He said that his greatest wish is to start a business in Hainan to shoot videos with sign language and subtitles. Hainan's sign language level lags far behind the mainland, and many deaf start-ups in the mainland specialize in sign language. He hopes that Hainan will also have such public welfare activities, so that more able-bodied people in Hainan can understand hearing impaired groups.

"I hope the business of this store is good. I don't want it to go bankrupt. I like the job as a barista very much. I want to have a stable job in this store." Wu Xizhe expressed it on his mobile phone.

When Xie Huanwen was 11 years old, he was hit in the head by a football during a PE class at school, causing hemiplegia and aphasia in the left limb. Xie Huanwen has been mentally disabled ever since. Now his intelligence is only 11 years old, and he has a serious stutter when he speaks. Although the disaster that fell from the sky had been with him for 15 years and needed medicine to maintain his condition, he said he was contented because he felt happy every day.

"the children are great. Everyone is a struggle book that we can't finish. Let's not look at it differently." Boss Zhang Zhiqiang said. When it comes to the original intention of opening this silent coffee shop, Zhang Zhiqiang said that he hoped that more people with disabilities would have a job they like and live with dignity, and finally opened such a silent coffee shop with the help of friends.

This is not only a coffee shop, but also a gallery. There is also an art room on the second floor of the coffee shop, which displays mainly the paintings of some disabled people in the shop. Visitors can enjoy their creation here and enjoy a moment of freehand brushwork.

In early June this year, the Fu Cup Cafe, located on Heping Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, received a lot of media attention because it hired six employees, all of whom were disabled, and was called a "silent cafe." Because of the media reports, this store has become an "online celebrity store". After media reports, I thought this store would be prosperous and popular, but the reality is just the opposite. In early July, Zhang Zhiqiang, the founder of the cafe, announced that Fucha Coffee would be closed permanently on July 10, making it impossible for the coffee shop to operate normally, and many investors were deterred by the special nature of the employees. But Zhang Zhiqiang told you: "I believe that these hearing impaired children are a blessing cup for society. Like many people, I am willing to accept it, but I hope that the whole society will accept this blessing."