Rebirth of the 80s

Chapter 175 [No.189] Triple Legion

Xie Wenjun smiled: "Then carry one another day."

"Another day..." Zheng Gang scratched his head and smiled, "How about today...now."

"Now?" Xie Wenjun looked at his watch, because the video was not recorded yet, so it was still early, so he said, "Okay, let's go now, but... how do you take it home?"

"Take a taxi and take it back," Zheng Gang put his arms around Xie Wenjun and said, "I won't go back to school later, I will go home directly. While there is still time, we can play a few more interstellar games."

"Huh? You know how to play interstellar?" Xie Wenjun seldom played with Zheng Gang recently, and he didn't know that he, a game rookie, could actually play the most popular real-time strategy game.

Zheng Gang immediately began to brag without blushing: "I just learned it, but... I haven't met an opponent since I learned to play StarCraft, and you may not be either. I will let you order when the time comes."

Xie Wenjun laughed loudly: "How can you even say such shameless words, but I like it, rookies are also crazy, haha."

"Who is a rookie?" Zheng Gang was unconvinced, "You have never picked on me, how do you know that I am a rookie."

"Do you still need to pick it?" Xie Wenjun looked disdainful, "We have never picked StarCraft, but the Red Police, we have not fought a hundred battles, maybe eighty, you can count them with your fingers. I've played it a few times, and it seems that I can't use one hand. They are all real-time strategy games. There is always something to figure out, so I can guess your level with my eyes closed."

When Xie Wenjun said this, Zheng Gang became even more unconvinced: "Needless to say, just talk and don't practice fake moves, red policeman, I will definitely challenge you to the red policeman today."

"Where are you going? Where are you going to pick the red police?" Song Leiluo, a boy with frequent urination who suddenly appeared in front of the two of them like a ghost, asked excitedly.

Zheng Gang frowned: "It's none of your business."

"Off, off," Song Leiluo said anxiously, "I'm good, I'm a master at playing Red Police, and I've never met an opponent, really."

Xie Wenjun secretly laughed, another shameless guy was born, everyone is number one in the world, and no one has ever met an opponent. It seems that boys with a little game level think that they are incomparably strong, and of course they can’t There is an exception, so I said: "Okay, everyone said that I am good, right? It's a coincidence that I went there, and I have never met an opponent, haha, let's go, go to Chunyu Street, the red police are the red police, you two One for me."

"No, no," Zheng Gang shook his head and said, "What do we mean to you? Even if we win, it would be disgraceful."

"Nonsense!" Xie Wenjun laughed, "Is it possible for you to win?"

Song Leiluo pretended to be serious and nodded: "Boss is right, let's go one-on-one with each other, or if we beat you, it's really disgraceful."

"Okay, okay, one-on-one is one-on-one." Finally met two people who are worse than me, Xie Wenjun shook his head, reached out to stop a taxi, and went straight to the "Fat Cai" on Chunyu Street. "Internet cafes.

After several years of development, "Fat Cai" has become larger and larger, occupying a six-story building on Chunyu Street, and the number of computers in the Internet cafe has reached more than [-]. Players provide Internet service, but they still mainly play stand-alone games. With the popularity of the "Julian Online" online chess and card game on the domestic Internet, the number of players who come to Internet cafes for the sole purpose of surfing the Internet has also increased a lot recently. .

There are not many licensed Internet cafes in Linxi City, and the scale is not as large as "Fa Cai". As the Internet gradually penetrates the crowd, the operators of other licensed Internet cafes in Linxi City have gradually figured out that "Fa Cai" banned computer games in the first place. It turns out that the time is still standing still because of the emerging thing of the Internet. The Internet separates the online world of "electronic heroin" computer games and "education and entertainment" with a hazy boundary, so these Internet cafe operators Only then did I learn to "make a fortune" and transform my original computer room into an Internet cafe, and applied for a license. Anyway, no matter whether I sell "dog meat" or not, I have to hang up this "sheep's head".

Although these Internet cafes in Linxi City have been transformed from computer rooms, they are not as thorough as "Fat Cai". At most, less than ten of their hundred computers can be connected to the Internet, and the rest of the machines can only play stand-alone games, and there are still Facing the embarrassing situation of advancing and retreating.

The computer game industry is currently very competitive in Linxi City. Not only is the giant "Fat Cai" standing in front of it, there are still many black computer rooms in the streets and alleys because the policy of banning computer games has been promulgated for too long. The supervision is lax and they continue to operate, so on the contrary, the operating conditions of these licensed and licensed Internet cafes are extremely bleak. It is naturally too risky to expand their business scope to show their talents in this industry. It is not right to give up this seemingly delicious "big cake" I was too willing, neither advancing nor retreating, so I had to struggle to support it.

These licensed and licensed Internet cafes have also thought of many ways to improve their business conditions, and price adjustment is one of them, so their charging prices are often adjusted up and down, but although this method has certain effects It is still treating the symptoms but not the root cause. During the peak season, they raised the charging price higher than the industry leader "Fa Cai" Internet cafes, relying on high prices to get a little more profit. In the off-season, they raised the charging price again. At least some large and small black computer rooms rely on small profits to gain the benefits of high sales. Only in this way can they continue to gain a foothold in this industry.

The leading "Fat Cai" Internet cafe, many other licensed Internet cafes, and numerous black computer rooms have formed the current "three-legged" market structure of the computer game industry in Linxi City. Xie Wenjun has also tried desperately to expand the scope of business to combat this situation. Two competitors, so the "Fat Cai" Internet Cafe has developed to the limit of more than [-] computers today. The saturation of the market is not worth the candle.

"Damn, there really isn't an empty plane." Zheng Gang sighed in surprise.

When the three came to the "Fat Cai" Internet cafe, Zheng Gang couldn't wait to find the machine and Xie Wenjun singled out the red policeman. The waiter told Xie Wenjun that there was no empty plane and there were still people queuing up. Zheng Gang thought about such a big Internet cafe. How could it be possible that an empty plane could not be found, so I ran from the first floor to the sixth floor and looked around carefully before coming down with a surprised expression to "report" the situation to Xie Wenjun.

It is a normal phenomenon that all seats are full in the "Fat Cai" Internet cafe. Xie Wenjun smiled: "Go to the small computer room and play. There are machines that have been replaced before, and they are also connected to the local area network. It is no problem to run a red policeman." .”

"Okay, let's go, let's go." Zheng Gang urged.

"Wow," Song Leiluo's eyes were about to fall out, "Wen...Xie Wenjun, you are so cool, it turns out that your family really opened such a big Internet cafe, I am so envious, this kind of atmosphere , very suitable for playing games, I like it very much.”

"I like your size," Zheng Gang slapped Song Leiluo, "Hurry up and challenge me first."

"Yeah," Song Leiluo nodded, "Let's go."

"Xiaojun, why are you here?" Ma Dekai came out of the office of the Internet cafe to go to the bathroom, and stopped him when he saw Xie Wenjun, "Why don't you go to the office to find me?"

After Ma Dekai came back from Hong Kong, Xie Wenjun asked him to help out in the Internet cafe with his uncle Cao Jianjun. Ma Dekai didn’t pick and choose the Internet cafe because he didn’t have anything to do at the moment.

Xie Wenjun smiled and said, "I'm here to play games with my classmates, you're busy with your work, don't worry about me."

"Walk around, go to the office, I have something to tell you, let them go to play first, there is no free machine, go to the small computer room to play." Ma Dekai called the waiter and asked the waiter to bring Zheng Gang and Song Leiluo went to play games, and insisted on dragging Xie Wenjun, who was aroused by the two of them, to the office to talk about things.

I have to go back to school later, it seems that there is no way to challenge them today, Xie Wenjun is not forgiving at all, and said to the two: "You two play today, let's pick another day, let you go first horse."

Zheng Gang chuckled: "I don't know who will let who go."

Xie Wenjun glared: "Hey, I'm still doing it, right? Let's go and pick..."

"Don't pick it." Ma Dekai cheerfully dragged Xie Wenjun to the office.

Xie Wenjun wondered if Ma Dekai was tired of staying in the Internet cafe and wanted to do something else, but there was nothing suitable for Ma Dekai at the moment, whether it was the Linxishan Spring Water Plant or the Julian Technology Company, they all developed. The orbit is no longer the kind of situation when he started his business, as long as he came up with ideas later, other people can fix it casually, but if Ma Dekai, one of the three veterans who worked hard with Xie Wenjun, proposed Asking, he is not easy to say, so he still wants to use the excuse of playing games to fool him, but he is dragged into the office by Madekai, so he is thinking about what Ma Dekai is suitable for now. No.

Ma Dekai poured a glass of water for Xie Wenjun, sat down and said with a smile: "It's better to come back. I thought Hong Kong was a good place, but it's not. The pace of work and life is too fast, and I can't keep up with it." , is not suitable for me."

Xie Wenjun nodded: "Then... Brother Ma, what do you think is the right place for you?"

Ma Dekai said with a smile: "This is the Internet cafe. It's very good. It's comfortable to work here. You can relax and enjoy it. You can count money and get cramps without worrying about doing things. You should know that I have come here a long time ago. I don't know what Xiaohui is like." What do you guys think, you don’t like to stay in such a good place, you have to go to the water plant to do business, are you tired, haha.”

In fact, Ma Dekai is telling the truth. He thinks he is not as capable as Liu Hua and Tan Hui, nor is he as ambitious as they are. He has been working with Xie Wenjun mainly because his life has greatly improved, so Xie Wenjun asked him where to go He is willing to do anything, he can go to Hong Kong to do things, and he can go back to Linxi to manage the Internet cafe, but let him choose, he would rather do something comfortable in the Internet cafe, such a job is more suitable for him.

"Hehe, that's good." It turned out that Ma Dekai was very content with the status quo, and Xie Wenjun was relieved, "I was thinking that you would not get used to working in Internet cafes when you came back from Hong Kong, and I planned to..."

"I'm used to it, I'm so used to it, hehe," Ma Dekai lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "Xiaojun, you'd better not let me do other things. I'm tired. It's good and stable in the Internet cafe. , because... I'm going to get married soon."

"Married?" Xie Wenjun asked in surprise, "I haven't heard... I haven't even heard you talk about love. Why are you getting married? With whom?"

Ma Dekai smiled brighter than Grandpa Sun: "I don't know if it counts as talking, it's only been over a month, hehe, you've seen that woman before, she is the heroine in the advertisement of the water plant."

"Female... heroine?" It was fine if Ma Dekai didn't say anything, but Xie Wenjun was even more surprised when he said that, "That girl was really given by you... Haha, brother Ma, you are really good. Back then, Brother Hui said you were a toad. Biting the swan meat, I didn't expect you to bite it, it seems that you are very skillful, you have to give me a few tricks when you have time."

"You? It's easy for others to say, just forget about it, hehe, I don't know about your affairs, in this respect... who can compare with you," Madekai smiled, "I see you look like I feel that it is unbelievable for me to find a beautiful woman as a wife."

"Uh...no, no," Xie Wenjun shook his head, "I didn't say that, haha."

"You didn't say that, but you thought about it, but Xiaojun, you said it yourself, let's not talk about anything else. Compared with Xiaohua and Xiaohui, my appearance is at least one grade higher." Regarding appearance , Madekai has always been very confident among the three.

Xie Wenjun gave a "puchi" smile: "I would have forgotten if you didn't tell me, you look like a gentle and handsome guy, haha."

"Of course," Ma Dekai said happily, "next month, it will end next month, the exact date has not been set yet, I will let you know when the time comes, you have to come to help, let you take a good look at your sister-in-law, really The more you look the more beautiful, forget it, forget it, I can't let you get in touch with my wife too much, but I heard that you even gave Mr. Tang, who used to play the saxophone in the bar..."

Damn, when I was someone, talking nonsense, guessing and thinking, Xie Wenjun quickly interrupted: "What, who are you listening to nonsense, oops, stop talking about this, what are you going to tell me? "

Xie Wenjun didn't like to talk too much about his personal issues with others, so he changed the subject and didn't let Ma Dekai continue talking.

Xie Wenjun didn't want to talk about it, and Ma Dekai didn't ask any more, so he said, "You've seen the matter of the Internet cafe. Recently, as soon as the dinner time is over, there are no empty planes in the entire Internet cafe, and there are no empty seats."

"It's normal," Xie Wenjun thought for a while, "It seems to be like this all the time."

Ma Dekai nodded: "That's true, but there were not so many people before, but now not only are there no empty seats, but there are also many people waiting in line for the machine. Your uncle and I have also specially set up a waiting area for people waiting for the machine to serve. They line up to get a number at the station, and they go one by one, and there are often four to five hundred people in the line, and most of them can't get on the machine, and they all leave automatically when they get impatient."

Xie Wenjun smiled: "Then what good way do you have to solve this problem?"

"Hehe, there is no good way, just the old way," Ma Dekai rubbed his hands, "Should we buy another batch of machines and expand our business?"

Xie Wenjun thought about it: "It can't be expanded anymore. Now the more than 3000 computers are already very bloated. If you look at other Internet cafes, the most machines seem to be less than [-]. We have already opened ten computers. There are already many Internet cafes similar to them, and opening more than ten Internet cafes in one city is already the limit, and it may not be appropriate to increase the number of computers."

In the place where Xie Wenjun lived in his previous life, the largest Internet cafe only had more than 1000 machines, and it was after 2000, when there were so many online games, and surfing the Internet became as common as shopping for groceries. , it is only 1998, although the development speed of this industry is much faster than that of the previous life, but when there is only one "Julian Online" online chess and card game in China, the number of computers in an Internet cafe has reached more than 3000, which in itself Already a pretty remarkable number.
Although scale produces benefits, sometimes it depends on whether it is suitable or not. The depreciation rate of computers is unimaginably fast. It will not take long for a batch of computers that have just been bought to keep up with the game. Due to the speed of development and upgrading, this replacement is thousands of units, and the replaced computers are worthless at all. The larger the scale of Internet cafes, the greater the relative unnecessary losses. If you want to expand your business, then these investments in The funds of Internet cafes are not enough to be used for other industries, so why bother to do something that burns money.

Ma Dekai thought for a while: "Although there are too many computers in our Internet cafe, there are still people waiting in line to get on the computer. Even if we expand our business, it shouldn't have any impact."

"This is just a superficial phenomenon," Xie Wenjun said with a smile. "Our company's Julian Online is very popular on the Internet. I think the game industry may face a big change in the near future, from the era of stand-alone games to the era of online games. Well, who knows what impact this change will have on our Internet cafe business, anyway, the current operating state is just right, and even if there is an impact, it won't hurt the bones."

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