Thursday, September 16.

Pei Qian came to the Handong University store of the fishing Internet café again to inspect the progress of Qiao Laoshi's game.

This time, Pei Qian's mentality was completely different from before.

Because...... He's cleared!

Of course, he cleared the easiest difficulty, used "Pudu", jumped directly from Huangquan Road to the six reincarnations, and finished the boss of the six reincarnations.

If Pei Qian is allowed to play the second week at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to move an inch.

Because the initial difficulty of the second week is very high, and "Pudu" is the same as other weapons when it reaches the second week, and even because it can't be strengthened, it will gradually become more garbage 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 relaxed.

On the other hand, the new store of the fishing Internet café has also been almost done.

The site is located in the largest shopping mall in Jingzhou, and the rent is not cheap, 12 yuan, which is already the most expensive place that Mr. Pei has ever rented.

Although it is still not comparable to the rent in ten years, it is now enough to make people jaw-dropping.

This time the area is not as spacious as before, after all, it is in the mall, only about 800 square meters.

After deciding not to engage in coffee and alcohol business, a lot of space was saved, and Pei Qian also deliberately set aside a piece as a public leisure and entertainment area, equipped with a projector.

The rest of the space can fit 150 computers.

Pei Qian roughly calculated, the monthly rent is close to 300,000, and then recruits two cashiers and four network administrators, and sends out a salary of 30,000 or 40,000 yuan every month, plus electricity, cleaning and other expenses, and 400,000 yuan a month.

Continue to charge according to 10 yuan / hour, the current average rate of fishing Internet cafes is only three or four percent, according to the standard business hours from 8 o'clock to 24 o'clock every day, and you will earn 300,000 yuan if you count more.

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 mall is closed, there are many movie theaters in the mall that will arrange a zero o'clock show, and there are still customers coming in and out at two or three o'clock in the morning, and they are not affected by the closure of the mall.

It's nothing more than leaving a door for customers, which is nothing new.

Pei Qian's purpose in opening this Internet café is to lose money, of course, to reduce the business hours as much as possible.

If you calculate it backwards, according to the current expenses, Internet cafes must at least maintain an average attendance rate of about 60% in order to make a profit, and Pei Qian feels that this should be an unlikely goal.

After all, the flagship stores of the Touching Fish Internet Cafe are so popular, and the attendance rate has not reached this data.

Of course, Pei Qian didn't fully believe in the data, after all, the data is subject to change.

Pei Qian was not in a hurry to spread the stall too big all at once, but planned to open a new store first to see the situation.

If the loss situation reaches expectations, then invest money to open a few more before settlement; If you make money for some inexplicable reason, then hurry up and find a way to stop the loss.

……

When he came to the Handong University store, Pei Qian pulled the computer chair next to Qiao Laoshi and sat down, drinking cocktails while watching Qiao Laoshi play games.

Pei Qian's original intention was just to watch Qiao Laoshi suffer and add a little fun to his busy work and life.

Qiao Liang, on the other hand, felt that he was highly valued, and his whole person was in good spirits.

What a pride in the fact that the general designer of the game was personally sitting on the sidelines watching me play, and was always ready to listen to my opinions and suggestions!

Qiao Lao was wet and scrappy.

At this time, Qiao Liang had just finished updating the game and clicked on the change log.

"Huh? The epitaph feature is done? ”

Qiao Liang was pleasantly surprised, the problem raised last time was quickly solved by Mr. Pei, which shows that he really attaches importance to my opinion!

Pei Qian also saw the changelog, and said with some regret: "The function of epitaph is only available at the beginning of the game, so it should not be playable, unless you open a new account." ”

Qiao Liang entered the game: "It's okay, I'm just going to play the second week." ”

Pei Qian: "......"

Nima!

Qiao Laoshi's words were casual, but they were directly like a sharp knife stabbed in Mr. Pei's heart.

It's okay to play two weeks??

Pei Qian did get through the week, but it was only through "Pudu" and infinite truancy, and the real game content may have been experienced.

But Qiao Laoshi is different, he played the game according to the normal process, and he also experienced a major twist and turn in the middle - all the weapons he was good at were cut by an unscrupulous designer, and he had to adapt to the new weapons from scratch.

In this way, Qiao Laoshi's game progress is still the same as that of Mr. Pei.

This is really more popular than 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 doubts his game level, because Mr. Pei has always been very clear that he is a weak chicken and has never doubted this.

The main thing he suspected was the difficulty of the game.

It's all like this, and it can't even stop Qiao Laoshi from clearing customs??

Hell knows how hard I went into making this game harder for players!

However, even so, Qiao Laoshi still cleared the customs, which made Pei Qian feel a deep sense of frustration.

Even my favorite cocktail doesn't smell good.

But 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 cutscene at the beginning 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 souls and seven spirits wander here, and in the mass grave near the village, the protagonist unveils the coffin.

Considered dead, he awakened and embarked on the Yellow Springs Road.

According to the original design, the player should pick up a broken sword and slash monsters at this point.

But after this update, there is an extra cutscene.

The protagonist arrives at his own grave on a mass grave and sees a very rudimentary tombstone with no words on it.

The protagonist crouches down in front of his tombstone, rubbing the rough, rudimentary stone tablet, and whispers in a hoarse voice: "There is no inscription...... In that case, write an epitaph for yourself. ”

At this point, an input box appears on the screen, and the player can freely enter text, up to a maximum of ten words.

Qiao Liang scratched his head.

As the person who was most annoyed by names, he faced a very serious challenge at this time.

What kind of epitaph to write?

Be optimistic, encourage yourself?

Resolute, to set off the sad atmosphere?

Or is it a little funnier?

racked his brains to make a few sentences of crepe words, but he didn't have this ink, not to mention that Mr. Pei was watching from the side, writing too long and feeling that he was deliberately showing off, which was very inappropriate.

Qiao Liang thought for a while and wrote down four words: "You can."

Just write a simple sentence like this to encourage yourself!

After all, this is a very difficult game, so when you die, encourage yourself to say "you can" and face the next challenges with more confidence.

Another simple cutscene, four ancient characters are engraved on the tombstone as epitaphs, and the game officially begins.

"Erzhoumu, I'm here!"

Qiao Liang was in good spirits and planned to perform well in front of Mr. Pei.

After all, after taking the salary given by Mr. Pei for so long, I have to make some progress.

Qiao Liang pulled out a mourning stick, which was a two-handed weapon he dropped when he hit black and white impermanence in the scene behind the week, and it was in the shape of a very thick stick with many white paper strips on it.

It's a good heavy weapon, with good attack power, and it also comes with a weapon skill that can deal area damage to enemies in front of you and draw a small amount of Three Souls and Seven Spirits.

"Show off your skills in front of Mr. Pei!"

Qiao Liang is full of confidence, after all, he has also relied on his own strength to get through the week, and he has already fought a lot of bosses, and he has seen all the winds and waves.

These little monsters in the novice village are not a problem at all.

The protagonist rushes forward with a mourning stick.

Qiao Liang clearly remembered that the little monsters at the beginning were all stupid and squatting in the mass grave without moving, and they would only resist after being attacked, so they rushed forward boldly with confidence.

However, he had just rushed halfway through when the three mobs near the mass grave turned around and surrounded him!

Qiao Liang was startled, but it was too late, and he subconsciously rolled over, but rolled directly onto the edge of the mob's knife.

The three mobs 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 his epitaph, written in red script.

"You can".

No, the good epitaph is an encouragement for me?

How can it still be tasted with the same words???

The scene was a little awkward for a while.

Qiao Liang couldn't help but scratch his head.

I feel like I'm holding the weapon dropped by the boss to fight the mob, but I was directly killed by three times five divided by two, and then a voiceover floated by: "You can".

The implication is that you can be abused by mobs with the boss's equipment, and you are great.

With three points of dissatisfaction, Qiao Liang was resurrected.

This time he made steady progress and managed to take out the three mobs at the door of the mass grave, but soon died again around the next corner.

"You can".

Four bright red characters appeared on the screen again.

Qiao Liang: "......"

He reached out to his forehead and fell into deep doubt about his life.

What the hell is going on......

Pei Qian watched silently from the side, forcibly holding back his laughter.

This epitaph is very good and perfectly lives up to its expectations!

In fact, Pei Qian had already thought that no matter what the player wrote as an epitaph, this sentence that appeared after death would become a mockery.

Even an encouraging epitaph like "Come on, you're great" can become an irony when players die too much.

If it's a "dish", "? "Brother", "Hehe", "Hehe" and other mocking epitaphs, then the effect is better.

In other words, no matter what the player writes as an epitaph, 99% of the players will be played with by Mr. Pei in applause, and will be pressed to the ground and repeatedly mocked!

This will inevitably have an excellent effect of persuasion, and with the ultra-long refund mechanism, Pei Qian will lose a large amount of sales and a small amount of money.

Tut-tut, it's cool to think about it!

Moreover, seeing Qiao Laoshi's suspicious appearance of life at this time, Pei Qian's depressed mood just now was much better.

Pei Qian could only sigh silently.

While it's not right to hurt each other, ......

It's so fun!!

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