Thursday, September 16th.
Pei Qian came to the Moyu Internet Cafe Handong University Store again to inspect Qiao Laoshi’s game progress.
This time, Pei Qian’s mentality was completely different from before.
Because...he has passed the level!
Of course, he passed the level on the easiest difficulty level, using "Pudu", jumping directly from Huangquan Road to Six Paths of Reincarnation, and finishing the task after defeating the boss of Six Paths of Reincarnation.
If Pei Qian is allowed to go for the second round at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to move forward.
Because the initial difficulty of the second round is very high, and "Pudu" becomes the same as other weapons in the second round, and even because it cannot be strengthened, it will gradually become more rubbish than other weapons. Coming to fight monsters is purely suicidal.
But what does it matter? Anyway, the system's task has been completed, and Pei Qian felt relieved.
On the other side, the new Moyu Internet Cafe store is almost done.
The location is located in the largest shopping mall in Jingzhou, and the rent is not cheap. At 12 yuan, this is already the most expensive place that Mr. Pei has ever rented.
Although it is still incomparable to the rent ten years from now, it is enough to make people jaw-dropping now.
This time the area is not as spacious as before. After all, it is in a shopping mall, only about 800 square meters.
After deciding not to engage in coffee and wine business, Pei Qian saved a lot of space. He also specially set aside a space as a public leisure and entertainment area, equipped with a projector.
The remaining space can accommodate 150 computers.
Pei Qian made a rough calculation and found that the monthly rent is close to 300,000 yuan. He will recruit two cashiers and four network administrators, and pay out a monthly salary of 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, plus electricity bills, Cleaning and other various expenses cost 400,000 yuan a month.
Continue to charge 10 yuan/hour. Currently, the average chance of getting into 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. It is more. Just make 300,000.
Of course, many Internet cafes are open 24 hours a day, but Pei Qian has no intention of doing so.
Not because the mall is closed at night.
Even if the shopping malls are closed, there are still many movie theaters in the shopping malls that will arrange midnight screenings. There are still customers coming in and out at two or three o'clock in the morning, and they are not affected by the closing of the shopping malls.
It’s nothing more than leaving a door open for customers. This is nothing new.
Pei Qian’s purpose of opening this Internet cafe is to make a profit, and of course he must reduce the business hours as much as possible.
If you calculate backwards, according to the current expenses, the Internet cafe must maintain an average attendance rate of at least 60% to be profitable. Pei Qian feels that this should be an unlikely goal.
After all, the Moyu Internet Cafe flagship store is so popular, and the attendance rate has not reached this figure.
Of course, Pei Qian did not completely believe in the data. After all, the data would change.
Pei Qian is not in a hurry to make the stall too big at once, but plans to open a new store first to see how it goes.
If the loss is as expected, then invest money to open more businesses before settlement; if you make money for some inexplicable reason, then quickly find a way to stop the loss.
......
When he arrived at Handong University Store, Pei Qian pulled the computer chair next to Qiao Laoshi and sat down, drinking a cocktail while watching Qiao Laoshi playing games.
Pei Qian’s original intention was just to see Qiao Laoshi suffer and add a little fun to his busy work and life.
As for Qiao Liang, he felt that he was being taken seriously and became energetic.
The chief designer of the game personally sits and watches me play the game, and is always ready to listen to my opinions and suggestions. What a proud thing it is!
Qiao Laoshi is very motivated.
At this time, Qiao Liang had just finished updating the game and opened the update log.
"Huh? The epitaph function has been completed?"
Qiao Liang was pleasantly surprised. Mr. Pei quickly solved the problem raised last time, which shows that it is true. You value my opinion very much!
Pei Qian also saw the update log and said with some regret: "The epitaph function is only available at the beginning of the game. It should be unavailable unless you open a new account."
Qiao Liang entered the game: "It doesn't matter, I'm just about to play the second game."
Pei Qian: "..."
Nah!
Qiao Laoshi said this as if nothing happened, but it was like a sharp knife stabbing President Pei's heart.
It’s the second week of screening, is it okay? ?
Pei Qian did get through one game, but he only got through it by relying on "Pudu" and unlimited class skipping. He may only have experienced 30 to 40% of the actual game content.
But Qiao Laoshi was different. He completed the game according to the normal process, and also experienced a major setback in the middle - all the weapons he was good at were cut down by an unscrupulous designer. Now, I can only adapt to the new weapon from scratch.
In this way, Qiao Laoshi's game progress is still the same as Mr. Pei's.
This is really infuriating...
Pei Qian felt that his mood was not beautiful at all, and he even had a little self-doubt.
It’s not that he doubts his own game level, because Mr. Pei has always known that he is a weakling and has never doubted this.
The main thing he doubted was the difficulty of the game.
After all this, it still can’t stop Qiao Laoshi from clearing the level? ?
Who knows how much effort I put into making this game more difficult for players!
However, even so, Qiao Laoshi still passed the level, which made Pei Qian feel a deep sense of frustration.
Even my favorite cocktail no longer tastes good.
But fortunately, Qiao Laoshi will soon challenge the second round, and the difficulty of the second round has been significantly improved..
Enter the game.
The opening cutscene is still much the same as before. After the opening CG, the camera comes to the initial small village, where many villagers who have lost their three souls and seven souls are wandering around, and the mass burials near the village In the post, the protagonist uncovers the coffin and rises.
Thought he was dead, he woke up and embarked on the road to hell.
According to the original design, players should pick up a broken sword to kill monsters at this time.
But after this update, an additional cutscene has been added.
The protagonist came to his own grave in a mass grave and saw a very simple tombstone with no words on it.
The protagonist squatted down in front of his tombstone, rubbed the rough and simple stone tablet, and whispered in a hoarse voice: "There is no inscription... In this case, just write an epitaph for yourself."
At this time, an input box appears on the screen, and the player can enter text freely, up to ten words.
Qiao Liang scratched his head.
As a person who hates names the most, he is facing a very serious challenge at this time.
What kind of epitaph should you write?
Be more optimistic and encourage yourself?
A little more decisive, to heighten the sad atmosphere?
A bit more funny?
I racked my brains to come up with a few elegant words, but I didn’t have the ink, not to mention that Mr. Pei was watching from the side. If I wrote too long, it would feel 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 an extremely difficult game. After you die, encourage yourself to say "you can do it" and face the next challenge with more confidence.
Another simple cutscene, four ancient Chinese characters were engraved on the tombstone as an epitaph, and the game officially started.
"Second week, here I come!"
Qiao Liang was in high spirits and planned to perform well in front of Mr. Pei.
After all, after working for so long with the salary offered by Mr. Pei, there must be some progress.
Qiao Liang took out a mourning stick. This was a two-handed weapon he dropped when he was fighting Black and White in the scene behind the first episode. It looked like a very thick and long stick with many sticks on it. of white paper strips.
It is a good heavy weapon with good attack power, and it also comes with weapon skills. After use, it can cause area damage to the enemies in front and extract a small amount of three souls and seven souls.
"Show off your skills in front of Mr. Pei!"
Qiao Liang is full of confidence. After all, he has beaten a lot of games with his own strength. The boss has seen strong winds and waves.
These little monsters in Novice Village are nothing to worry about.
The protagonist rushed forward carrying the mourning stick.
Qiao Liang knowsI remember that the first few monsters were all squatting in the mass graves and would only resist after being attacked, so I rushed forward boldly.
However, he had just rushed halfway when the three mobs near the mass grave suddenly turned around and surrounded him!
Qiao Liang was startled, but it was too late. He rolled subconsciously and landed directly on the monster's knife edge.
Three mobs rushed over and gave the protagonist a knife each, killing Qiao Liang on the spot.
The screen turned gray, and his epitaph written in red ancient characters appeared in the center.
"You can do it."
No, the epitaph was promised to encourage me?
How come the same words can taste different? ? ?
The scene was a little awkward for a while.
Qiao Liang couldn't help scratching his head.
It felt like I was using the Weeping Stick, a weapon dropped by the boss, to fight the mobs, but was killed directly by three strikes, five divided by two, and then a voiceover floated over: "You can do it."
The implication is that even with the boss's equipment, you can be abused by mobs. You are great.
With three points of dissatisfaction, Qiao Liang came back to life.
This time he advanced steadily and successfully killed three mobs at the entrance to the mass grave, but he was soon killed again at the next corner.
"You can do it."
Four bright red ancient characters appeared on the screen again.
Qiao Liang: "..."
He put his hand on his forehead and fell into deep doubts about life.
What is going on...
Pei Qian watched silently from the side, trying not to laugh out loud.
This epitaph is very good and meets my expectations perfectly!
In fact, Pei Qian has already thought about it. No matter what the player writes as an epitaph, the sentence that appears after death will become a mockery.
Even an encouraging epitaph like "Come on, you are great" will turn into a kind of irony after the player dies too many times.
If it is a mocking epitaph such as "cai", "?", "brother", or "hehe", the effect will be better.
In other words, no matter what the players write as their epitaph, 99% of the players will be teased by Mr. Pei with applause, pinned to the ground and ridiculed repeatedly!
This will inevitably produce an excellent dissuasion effect, and combined with the long-term refund mechanism, Pei Qian will lose a large amount of sales and small money.
Tsk, tsk, tsk, it makes me happy just thinking about it!
Moreover, seeing Qiao Laoshi doubting life at this time, Pei Qian's depressed mood just now felt much better.
Pei Qian could only sigh silently.
Although it is wrong to hurt each other, but...
I am so happy! !