Thursday, September 16.
Pei Qian came to Moyu Internet Cafe Handong University again to inspect Qiao Laoshi's game progress.
This time, Pei Qian's mentality was completely different from before.
Because... he's cleared!
Of course, he cleared the level with the easiest difficulty. He used "Purdu" and jumped directly from Huangquan Road to Six Paths of Samsara. After finishing the six paths of Samsara, the boss stopped work.
If Pei Qian at this time is asked to fight for the second week, I am afraid it will be impossible to move an inch.
Because the initial difficulty of the second week is very high, and "Purdue" is the same as other weapons in the second week, and even because it cannot be strengthened, it will gradually become more rubbish than other weapons, and it is purely suicidal to use it to fight monsters. .
But what does it matter? Anyway, the task of the system has been completed, and Pei Qian feels relieved.
On the other hand, the new store of Moyu Internet Cafe is almost done.
The location is the largest shopping mall in Jingzhou, and the rent is not cheap. At 12 yuan, this is already the most expensive place that President Pei has rented.
Although it is still incomparable to the rent in ten years, it is enough to be jaw-dropping.
This time the area is not as spacious as before. After all, it is in a shopping mall, and it is only about 800 square meters.
After deciding not to engage in the coffee and beverage business, a lot of space was saved. Pei Qian also deliberately set aside one as a public leisure and entertainment area, equipped with a projector.
The remaining space can hold 150 computers.
Pei Qian did a rough calculation. The monthly rent was close to 300,000 yuan. He recruited two cashiers and four network managers, and sent out 30,000 to 40,000 yuan in wages every month, plus electricity, cleaning and other expenses. 400,000 flowers in a month.
Continue to charge 10 yuan per hour. At present, the average chance of going to Moyu Internet Cafe is only 30 to 40%. It is calculated according to the standard business hours from 8:00 to 24:00 every day. If you calculate more, you will earn 300,000.
Of course, many Internet cafes are open 24 hours a day, and Pei Qian didn't plan to do that.
Not because the mall closes at night.
Even if the shopping mall is closed, many cinemas in the shopping mall will arrange zero o'clock, and there are still customers coming in and out at two or three in the morning, but they are not affected by the closing of the shopping mall.
Nothing more than to leave a door for customers, this is nothing new.
The purpose of Pei Qian opening this Internet cafe is to make a loss, of course, to reduce the business hours as much as possible.
In reverse calculation, according to the current expenses, Internet cafes must maintain at least an average attendance rate of about 60% in order to be profitable. Pei Qian thinks this should be an unlikely goal.
After all, Moyu Internet Cafe flagship store is so popular, and the attendance rate has not reached this data.
Of course, Pei Qian didn't fully trust the data, after all, the data would change.
Pei Qian was not in a hurry to spread the stall too much, but planned to open a new store to see the situation.
If the loss meets expectations, then invest in a few more companies before settlement; if you make a profit for some inexplicable reason, then quickly find a way to stop the loss.
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When he came to the Handong University store, Pei Qian pulled the computer chair next to Qiao Laoshi and sat down, drinking a cocktail while watching Qiao Laoshi play games.
Pei Qian's original intention was to watch Qiao Laoshi suffer and add a little fun to his busy work and life.
On the other hand, Qiao Liang felt that he was highly valued, and the whole person was in high spirits.
The chief designer of the game is sitting on the side watching me play the game in person, and is always ready to listen to my opinions and suggestions, what a proud thing!
Qiao Laoshui is high-spirited.
At this point, Qiao Liang had just finished updating the game, so he clicked on the update log.
"Huh? Has the epitaph function been completed?"
Qiao Liang was very pleasantly surprised. The question raised last time was quickly resolved by President Pei. It can be seen that he really values my opinion!
Pei Qian also saw the update log, and said with some regret: "The function of epitaph is only available at the beginning of the game, so it should be impossible to play unless you open a new account."
Qiao Liang entered the game: "It doesn't matter, I'm just about to play the second week."
Pei Qian: "..."
Nima!
Qiao Laoshi's words were casual, but it was like a sharp knife stabbed in President Pei's heart.
Is it alright for the second week?
Pei Qian did get through the first week, but it was only through "Purdue" and unlimited skipping classes, and the real game content may have been experienced by 30% to 40%.
But Qiao Laoshui is different. He got through the game according to the normal process, and he also experienced a major setback in the middle - all the weapons he was good at were cut off by an unscrupulous designer, and he had to adapt to new weapons from scratch. .
In this way, Qiao Laoshi's game progress is still on par with President Pei.
This is really more popular than dead people...
Pei Qian felt that his mood was not beautiful at all, and he even had a little self-doubt.
It's not that he doubted his game level, because President Pei always knew that he was a weak chicken and never doubted this.
The main thing he doubted was the difficulty of the game.
It's all like this, still can't stop Qiao Lao Shi from customs clearance?
God knows how much effort I put into making this game difficult for the players!
However, even so, Qiao Laoshi still cleared the customs, which made Pei Qian feel a deep sense of frustration.
Not even my favorite cocktail.
Fortunately, Qiao Laoshi is about to challenge the second week, and the difficulty of the second week has been significantly improved.
enter the game.
The cutscenes at the beginning are still the same as before. After the opening cg, the camera came to the initial small village, where many villagers who had lost their three souls and seven souls wandered. rise.
He, who was regarded as a dead person, woke up and set foot on the road of Huangquan.
According to the original design, the player should pick up a broken sword and cut monsters at this time.
But after this update, another cutscene has been added.
The protagonist came to his own grave on the mass grave and saw a very simple tombstone with no words on it.
The protagonist squatted down in front of his own tombstone, rubbed the rough and crude stone tablet, and whispered in a hoarse voice: "There is no inscription... If that's the case, write an epitaph for yourself."
At this time, an input box appears on the screen, and the player can freely enter text, up to ten characters.
Qiao Liang scratched his head.
As a person with the most annoying names, he was facing a very serious challenge at this time.
What kind of epitaph should you write
Be optimistic and encourage yourself
Decisive, to set off the sad atmosphere
Or a little funny
I racked my brains trying to come up with a few words, but I didn't have the ink, not to mention that President Pei was watching. The writing was too long, and it felt like I was deliberately showing off, which was very inappropriate.
Qiao Liang thought for a while and wrote four words: "You can do it".
Just write such a simple sentence to encourage yourself!
After all, this is a very difficult game. After death, encourage yourself to say "you can" and face the next challenge with more confidence.
Another simple cutscene, four ancient characters were engraved on the tombstone as epitaphs, and the game officially started.
"Second week, here I come!"
Qiao Liang was full of energy and planned to perform well in front of President Pei.
After all, after taking the salary offered by President Pei for so long, there must be some progress.
Qiao Liang took out a mourning stick. This is a two-handed weapon that he dropped when he played black and white in the back of the first episode.
It is a good heavy weapon with good attack power, and it also comes with weapon skills. After using it, it can cause area damage to the enemy in front, and extract a small amount of three souls and seven souls.
"Show your skills in front of President Pei!"
Qiao Liang is full of confidence. After all, he also used his own strength to get through the first week. He has already beaten many bosses, and he has seen all the wind and waves.
These little monsters in Novice Village are completely out of the question.
The protagonist rushed up with a mourning stick.
Qiao Liang clearly remembered that the little monsters at the beginning were all foolishly squatting at the mass graves, and only resisted after being attacked, so they rushed up with confidence.
However, just as he was halfway through, the three mobs near the mass grave turned around in unison and surrounded him!
Qiao Liang was startled, but it was too late. He rolled over subconsciously, but rolled directly onto the blade of the little monster.
The three little monsters rushed over and each gave the protagonist a knife, and Qiao Liang was killed on the spot.
The picture turned gray, and in the center appeared the epitaph written by him in red ancient script.
"you can".
No, the epitaph is said to encourage me
How can the same thing change the taste? ?
The scene was awkward for a while.
Qiao Liang couldn't help scratching his head.
I felt like I was using the mourning stick dropped by the boss to fight the mobs, but I was directly killed by three and five.
The implication is that the equipment of the boss can be abused by the mobs, you are awesome.
With three points of dissatisfaction, Qiao Liang was resurrected.
This time he made steady progress and successfully killed the three mobs at the entrance of the Mass Burial Mound, but he was soon killed again at the next corner.
"you can".
Four bright red ancient characters appeared on the screen again.
Qiao Liang: "..."
He put his hand on his forehead, deeply doubting his life.
what is happening…
Pei Qian watched silently from the side, forcing himself not to laugh out loud.
This epitaph is very good, and it meets my expectations perfectly!
In fact, Pei Qian has long thought that no matter what the player writes as an epitaph, this sentence that appears after death will become a mockery.
Even an encouraging epitaph like "Come on, you're great" will turn into an irony when players die too many times.
If it is a mocking epitaph such as "Cai", "?", "Brother", and "Hehe", it will be even better.
That is to say, no matter what the player writes as the epitaph, 99% of the players will be played with applause by President Pei, and will be repeatedly mocked on the ground!
This will inevitably produce an excellent persuasion effect, and with the super-long-term refund mechanism, Pei Qian will lose a lot of sales and a small amount of money.
Tsk tsk, just thinking about it!
Moreover, seeing Qiao Laoshi's suspicion of life at this time, Pei Qian felt a lot better just now.
Pei Qian could only sigh silently.
It's not right to hurt each other, but...
So happy! !
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