game trailblazer

Chapter 261 The Legendary Domestic Host
"...Boss, after observing this period of time, we can preliminarily confirm that the Internet cafe industry has great development prospects. After the three-day free period, relying on the source of customers attracted in the early stage, the computers in the Internet cafe basically have no rest time at present. .According to the average daily turnover during this period, it should be more than 40 yuan in one month, including machine usage fees and other sales revenue. Excluding various fees, it is estimated that the investment can be recovered in about 6 to 8 months... Of course, the current data collection period is still short, and it is only limited to BJ's flagship store. I believe that after the stores in Shanghai and Guangzhou open, as the operating time increases, the collected data will be closer to the actual situation...

Sincerely Wang Hao
Late night, September 1998, 9"

This email was sent by Wang Hao, general manager of Fengyun Investment Holdings, to Zhang Lexing two weeks after the "Fengyun Chain Internet Café" BJ flagship store started charging. ~8th) During the free trial period, the scene was so hot that there were seven or eight people waiting for one machine. Fortunately, although there were more people entering the venue, nothing happened under the double security configuration. The chaos, coupled with the fact that it was predicted in advance that it may be open 26 hours a day, has prepared several groups of waiters and network administrators to shift shifts, so there is no situation where the business is booming and the employees are tired.On the contrary, such 28 hours of continuous rotation showed that the quality of the purchased hardware, including computers, was not bad. At least there were no hardware failures within these three days.

At 8:28 on the night of August 23th, 50 minutes before the start of charging, most of the last batch of players who boarded the plane for free still insisted on their seats, and there were many players waiting to board the plane in the rest area. In order to get a seat early, few people bought the first batch of Internet cafe membership cards early, and charged up 10 yuan, just to be able to start playing immediately as soon as they got a computer, so as not to have to register their ID card and pay a deposit Yes, I have to get a temporary card, not to mention wasting so much time, the key is that there are too many competitors now, so after a round of tossing, who knows if there is still a computer to use, so before the Internet cafe starts to charge formally, members More than 50 cards have been sold.

The formal charge is about to start. Although the previous scene was so hot, although the pre-sale of the membership card seems to be good, but when it is time to collect the money, will there be so many people coming every day? Who is this? I dare not make a promise.So at this critical time, Zheng Tianli also came to take a look at it at night.In fact, it's not that he doesn't trust his employees. The performance of the employees in the past three days has already shown this point. It's just that he didn't go to the scene to see it with his own eyes, and he always felt a little uneasy.

At 8:29 on August 0, the charging system of BJ’s flagship store was officially launched, and the free trial card will gradually become invalid by this time. A few players sitting in front of the computer may have got up and left for this reason, and the rest area immediately followed. up.Waiters holding membership cards immediately got up to grab the newly vacated computers, while those waiting who were unwilling to buy membership cards had no choice but to go to the bar first and spend some extra time to get a temporary card. In this battle for resources, it has lost the upper hand.

After frantically dealing with a dozen players who came to exchange temporary cards, He Lili let out a sigh of relief, took off the small keyboard on the table, and then planned to tidy up the bar.At this moment, Xiaotao who was standing by the side suddenly poked her lightly, and said, "Sister Lily, that person is here again."

He Lili looked up, and it was really that person two days ago. These days, whenever she was at work, that person would always come to play for a while. I thought she wouldn't come for the night shift today, but I didn't think That person still came.

Although it felt a bit strange, He Lili still kept a sweet smile on her face and asked, "Hello, sir! Do you need any help?"

"Ah," He Xiaoyu touched his head, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Then what, I want to start a computer."

"Okay sir, wait a moment." He Lili clicked on the logged-in Internet cafe management system with the mouse, pressed the "Temporary card opening" button, and a simple data input interface popped up immediately. Put it on the glass table, and said with a smile: "Sir, please enter your ID number."

"Oh, okay." He Xiaoyu nodded, moved the small keyboard towards him, and then skillfully entered his 15-digit ID number.

"Okay, sir." After He Lili pressed the OK button with the mouse, the automatically generated temporary card popped up. She picked up the temporary card and handed it over respectfully, and said with a smile: "This is your card, you When you use it, you only need to enter your ID card number, and I hope you have a good time."

"Hmm..." He Xiaoyu took the card and nodded again, then turned and walked to the computer area.As soon as he turned around, he felt annoyed for a while, but he didn't have the courage to turn around again, so he just continued to move forward helplessly.

Xiaotao poked He Lili lightly, and said with a smile: "Sister Lili, did you see that she even came here to look for you at night."

"Who said that, he just came to play with the computer, not to look for me." He Lili blushed slightly, and retorted.

"Really? Sister Lily, but I think the way he looks at you is very unusual."

"Xiao Tao, you can make jokes." He Lili glanced at Zheng Tianli who was patrolling here, and quickly patted Xiao Tao beside her without looking sideways: "Stop talking, the store manager is coming soon."

Xiaotao stuck out her tongue playfully, and immediately pretended to be busy, no matter whether you are busy or not, at least you can't let your leader think that you are too idle, otherwise there must be no good fruit to eat.

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The Internet cafe became popular, even if Zhang Lexing hadn't received Wang Hao's email, he wouldn't doubt it.This period is the time when domestic Internet cafes (of course this does not refer to the kind of computer game room) really start to rise. As long as the management can keep up and there is no lack of financial and resource support, he believes that he will be able to make some in this market. What's more, he didn't intend to dominate the domestic Internet cafe market by himself.As long as the system with built-in Internet cafe management functions can be promoted nationwide, as long as Internet cafes can develop the habit of spending part of their funds on buying genuine games, and as long as domestic game companies can have a new market, then Zhang Lexing will feel that he It's all worth it.

Fengyun Internet Café is off to a good start, but Zhang Lexing also knows that the outcome will be known only after it is truly spread across the country. At that time, it will be the time to really test the management level of Fengyun Investment Holdings. Explain what the problem is.

Wang Hao's email also mentioned several other companies that have obtained national chain Internet cafe licenses. Some of them can't wait to announce the national development plan, some are slowly setting up spots without rushing, and some are quietly holding a license. Silently, I don't know what plan I'm secretly planning.As for how these Internet cafes will develop and what they will develop into, Zhang Lexing is not too worried. Anyway, no matter how well they develop, the operating system of the Internet cafes has already been designated as the non-system, and it can always achieve his goal.

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At the same time that the BJ flagship store of Fengyun Internet Cafe was booming and almost full every day, some gamers who love to surf the Internet on weekdays found an interesting new post in Internet forums such as "Vagabond Tribe", which immediately attracted people's attention. The attention and onlookers of the crowd.

"If a domestic host computer appears, what name do you want it to be called? Please follow the format of [English name] [Chinese name] to post, thank you!" [Original] [Lou Yuehua]

"Could it be that this is the legendary sofa? Tears well up in my eyes!"

"Sit on the bench and watch!" [2nd Floor] [The Lost Turtle]

"Is the poster joking or serious? If it's true, then I'm really going to cry, I'm so excited!" [3rd floor] [Tang Bohu lights mosquito coils]

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"I hope what the poster said is true. Let me start, [GameBox] [Magic Game]." [25th Floor] [Zuo Squatting Furnace]

"The name upstairs is too funny, it doesn't look like a game console." [26th Floor] [Lost Turtle]

"Passing by, leave..." [27th Floor] [The Legendary Five Stones Powder]

"Top!!!" [Floor 28] [Deep White Memories]

……

"I also came up with a name, [DreamBox128 (abbreviated as DB128)] [Dream Box], for no other reason, it supports domestic hosts, haha!" [133rd Floor] [Ah Smoke]

"Would you like a handheld? [Palmardrama (Pda for short)] [Palm Universe], ^_^" [Floor 134] [Walker Leshan]

"Game Factory. My imagination is a bit lacking, hehe." [135th floor] [rite11]

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"Will there really be a domestic console? It won't be the A'Can console from a few years ago." [Floor 266] [Triangle Zone]

"The one upstairs is really strong, even the host of A'Can knows it." [Floor 267] [Sephiroth]

"Is A'Can the one that has advertised on e-soft?" [Floor 268] [Falling Li Gesi]

"Upstairs is correct!" [Floor 269] [Someone Lao]

……

"Unveiling the world's most powerful domestic game console - Dongfanghong No. [-]

I heard from my cousin that the development code of this homemade console mentioned by the poster is called "Dongfanghong No. 4000". It is said that it uses a 512-bit microprocessor with a frequency of up to 3MHZ. It is a cost-effective product specially developed for learning and game users. The central processing unit and the game console are equipped with dedicated 4D and 512D acceleration chips, and the memory is as high as [-]M. It completely surpasses Sega's unlisted Dreamcast console, and it is much better than the popular PS game console.

I heard from my cousin that the planning and development process of this project has brought together a large number of elites who have long been engaged in domestic education, game industry development and marketing, and have a strong entrepreneurial spirit. After more than 3 years of hard work, tens of millions of dollars have been invested in product development .

Friends, I believe that with the release of the 512-bit game console "Dongfanghong No. 1008" with Chinese characteristics, it will definitely announce the end of the dominance of American and Japanese game consoles! ! ! ~! "[Floor [-]] [The cat that hit the street]

"Is what the upstairs said true? I really can't believe it!" [Floor 1009] [Red Tattoo]

"The ones upstairs are outdated. I bought one yesterday. It has a pure black body, which is super comfortable to touch, and there is a voice of 'Skyhawk fighters are having so much fun' after turning it on. It's so touching!" [Floor 1010] [Golden City's Extravagance]

"Seriously looking forward to ing" [Floor 1011] [Where the lights are located]

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A few game forums became active because of the appearance of the post "If a domestic console appears, what name do you want it to be called...", game-loving netizens joined in one after another to express their opinions. At first, there were many people I thought someone was joking, but there were quite a few people who seriously added their favorite names or sent their blessings in the comments.However, with the continuous growth of posts, the topics discussed by enthusiastic netizens have gradually turned to other directions. Starting with the success or failure of the A'Can host, some netizens who joked about the domestic host even appeared later, discussing in a serious manner which games "Dongfanghong No. [-]" will develop.

Zhang Lexing learned from the email that "if a domestic host computer appears, what name do you want it to be called..." The discussion of the post, and even logged in to those forums to have a look, it was really very hot, but it just got further and further away from the topic up.Zhang Lexing can also understand this situation. In fact, this is not bad. At least there are still many people who have some hopes for domestic game consoles, and it can even be said that their expectations are very high.

When Zhang Lexing came back, he shook his head when he mentioned domestic hosts. Others were FC→SFC, MD→PS, SS, N64→PS2, ****C, XBOX→PS3, XBOX360, Wii, while the so-called domestic The mainframes are just some counterfeit products such as Power Stick, ViVi, MiVi, etc. There is even a Tetris machine with the name of PS2, which still comes with a "high-end" black and white LCD screen.In this situation, players who have been holding out hope can only be disappointed again and again, and in the end they can only helplessly play pirated disc games with parallel game consoles.

In the blink of an eye, October has arrived, and the discussion on the post "If a domestic console appears, what name do you want it to be called..." has undergone a new change. This time, it is not posted on the game forum, but opened on Fengyun Network The homepage of "Vagabond Tribe" launched a "domestic game console name" voting activity. Some well-informed netizens found that the names that were voted for were the ones that appeared in those game forum threads before, for example, one of them temporarily took the lead. This is the case for the voting options of "DreamBox10 (English), Dream Box (Chinese)".

(End of this chapter)