The 76 alumni cafe in Wuhan are all alumni of Wuhan University.

The picture shows: shareholders take a group photo.

Chutian Metropolis News (Reporter Liu Chenwei Photo: reporter Hu Jiusi) near the west gate of Wuhan University, a "city wall" painted on the wall has become a sign of "Luoga alumni coffee", attracting people's attention. Yesterday, the reporter came to this cafe, which has been open for more than half a month, and saw that there were many indoor customers and the layout was simple and simple. This unusual cafe was jointly funded by 76 alumni of Wuhan University. What attracts people here is not only a cup of fragrant coffee, but also the school friendship hidden in it.

Pick 76 shareholders out of more than 300 people

Last November, 74 Wuhan University graduates co-founded Luoga Coffee in Nanluoguxiang, Beijing. one of the shareholders was Qi Yong, 34, who lives in Wuhan and owns two companies. He came up with the idea of opening an alumni cafe in Wuhan. After consulting with Yu Donglei, founder of Luoga Coffee in Beijing, on November 29 last year, Qiyong issued a plan in moments to recruit shareholders of Wuhan "Luoga Alumni Coffee".

The proposal went viral on Wechat moments. In mid-December last year, 109 people had signed up, and Qi Yong began an interview one by one. If there were applicants from other places or abroad, he would contact them through Wechat. Qiyong mainly assesses three points: "people want to be fun, willing to contribute, but also have to correct the state of mind." In the end, he selected 76 alumni shareholders from more than 300 applicants, each contributing 10,000 yuan.

Luojia Alumni Cafe, the site of Wudaximen, was bought by Wang Yuhong, a shareholder. This was originally a cafe she opened the year before last. She worked in the School of Economics and Management of Wuhan University for a period of time. In December last year, Liu Yang, a graduate of Wuhan University, approached her and mentioned the organization of the alumni cafe, hoping to buy her cafe. After hearing the introduction, Wang Yuhong was moved by this group of people full of passion and dreams, and was willing to give up her coffee shop. "this will be a completely different coffee shop." As a result, she became one of 76 shareholders. After the cafe reopened, the turnover and passenger volume are much higher than in the past. Wang Yuhong said, "I would stop by from time to time, and I was very happy to see that the cafe was running well."

The delivery of alumni came from all over the world.

Since the trial opening of Luojia Alumni Coffee on January 11, WUU alumni have attracted a lot of popularity to the cafe through Wechat and other self-media retweets. The sponsors Yuan Wenkui and Qi Yong sold their books in a cafe, and the money was donated to the cafe. Alumnus Nomang sent ten sets of his Biography of Liu Daoyu. Alumnus Yao Dan sent his ten paintings to the store, hoping to decorate the cafe. There are many martial arts elements in her oil paintings, such as the old library of Wu University, Cherry Blossom Avenue and so on.

Qi Yong said that while the cafe was still under renovation, there were parcels from all over the world, including wine, tea, coffee beans, music CDs, books, and so on, some of which did not even have the name of the sender.

Shareholder Wang Huabin is far away in Brazil. He was contacted by reporters through Wechat. Wang Huabin, a native of Xiangyang, graduated from Wuhan University with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2008. In 2010, the company sent him to Brazil. Wang Huabin has always had a dream of "opening a coffee shop." Last year, a younger sister who worked in Shenzhen told him that some alumni were preparing to set up a Luoga alumni cafe. He was very interested and took the initiative to contact Qi Yong.

Wang Huabin said, "this can be the spiritual home of the people of Wuhan University, where students can communicate, and it can also be a place for the alumni of Wuhan University to place their feelings." Because of the distance, Wang Huabin was ashamed. "I have hardly paid anything for the cafe." But he offered to Qi Yong that if the cafe had any demand for coffee beans, he would be willing to help in the "coffee kingdom". During the Spring Festival this year, Wang Huabin plans to bring a batch of Brazilian coffee beans back to China for shareholders to taste. "since we make coffee, we have to make the best and most fragrant coffee."