Chapter 228: The holographic Internet cafe with hot business
On the second day, there was a holographic Internet cafe in Shangdu. In fact, it used to be a serious Internet cafe. The owner was the fat middle-aged uncle.
On the 15th, after he went to the flagship store in Shangdu to purchase 75 sets of holographic equipment, he hired personnel to work non-stop overnight to install the equipment. At about 4:30 in the morning that night, he finally completed all the upgrades. The fat uncle didn't sleep a wink all night. You know, Internet cafes
It went out of business for upgrades more than 20 days ago. All supporting upgrades were completed a week ago, and the only thing left is for PHC to move in.
It happened that he had prepared in advance and was able to finish it in one night. Even though he had not slept all night, the fat uncle was not tired at all.
And this morning, he saw groups of young customers arriving early in the spacious corridor. This scene also made him very happy. Sleeping? Take a nap!
This plump Internet cafe owner is also very business-minded. He has not been idle in the week after comprehensively upgrading the hardware facilities. This period of time happened to be the time for advertising. The concept of holographic Internet cafes is already new.
PHC is currently so popular on the Internet, and with some advertising, it will soon gain a lot of popularity.
No, these customers are coming here because the advertising flyer said it would open early this morning.
At ten o'clock, the middle-aged uncle asked the waiter in the store to open the door to welcome customers. Suddenly, a large wave of netizens poured in, many of whom were old customers.
The fat uncle was helping at the front desk with a slightly contradictory look in his eyes that showed he was tired but full of energy. Today was the first day, so he had to make sure everything was arranged properly and on track before he left.
"Holy shit, 30 yuan/hour? Boss, do you think this Internet cafe is so stupid? This is the member price, but non-members actually charge 37.5 yuan."
"Yes, we don't object to the price increase, but if you triple the price, it's unbearable. It used to be only 10 yuan/hour for non-members."
“And there’s no free trial. At least it’s free on the first day.”
A large group of young customers in front of the stage immediately started talking when they saw the price list. Everyone thought it was too expensive. After all, everyone could accept a price reduction, but it would be difficult to accept a price increase.
The fat uncle said with a look of complaint: "You can't say that, prices are rising every year these days. The Internet cafe I opened has never seen a price increase from a year and a half ago. I think it's worthwhile to run a small business."
consumers."
He added: "The price of a set of PHC machines is equivalent to five computers, and it takes up a lot of space. Now after upgrading to a holographic Internet cafe, a set of PHC machines takes up the space of three computer desks. Now it only takes up 75 sets.
The rental contract for my shop expires this year, and if I sign it again, it will increase by 25%. All costs and expenses have soared. If it doesn’t increase, I won’t be able to continue my business.”
"Forget it, open a card for me. Is it the same as before?"
"Stop talking, turn on the phone!"
Everyone thinks that what the boss said is good, and regular customers also know that the owner of this Internet cafe is quite fair. There is nothing wrong with the fact that the Internet fee has not been increased for at least a year and a half. Moreover, the infrastructure is maintained well and the internal environment has always been OK.
"Same, same, I opened the card with my ID card, and the previous membership points are still valid." The boss said with a smile.
Suddenly, a large wave of netizens rushed to open the card. There were only 75 seats, but more than 300 people came to the scene. Some people left when they saw too many people, but soon many more came in an endless stream. Look
With such strong popularity, the middle-aged uncle felt that he probably couldn't sleep today, so he had to immediately settle the transfer of the third floor today, and then expand the PHC to 200 units.
Such strong popularity makes the middle-aged uncle feel as if he has traveled back in time to the golden era of Internet cafes in the 2000s. At that time, the Internet cafe industry was very popular, and there was no need to worry about losing money when opening an Internet cafe.
Soon, after everyone complained about the expensive Internet fee, they immediately forgot about it. One by one, they impatiently activated their cards and rushed to grab a seat.
There are 75 seats, and three to four hundred people came. There are more monks than meat!
The first guy to activate the network card immediately took up a seat nearby. It was really spacious and almost occupied the seats of three computers. The seats were all in a matrix layout. This guy immediately sat on a comfortable sofa.
Sitting down, there is a spacious, vacant curved tabletop in front of you. You can move it forward several meters, and then this position has a large space, where you can easily play games like "Rhythm Lightsaber".
The reason why there is a curved desktop that can be pushed forward is because the desktop needs to be used to place peripherals such as mouse and keyboard. Although the gaming experience brought by PHC will make the entire perspective occupied by the game screen, it can also be used through the floating panel.
Click to achieve interaction.
But if you are playing games, it will become very uncomfortable for gamers, so peripherals such as mouse and keyboard will definitely not be completely eliminated. On the contrary, for PHC office, there is no need for peripherals such as mouse and keyboard at all.
Empty panels and housekeeper assistants are the perfect solution.
At this time, this guy was sitting on a brand new and comfortable sofa. After turning on the phone, he put his hands on the curved desktop. After a while, he saw only five or six three-dimensional icons floating on the desktop of the curved table, and
The streamlined holographic desktop of an Internet cafe computer is the same, except this one is three-dimensional.
There are game menu icons, my PHC device, browser, social tools, etc.
This guy had obviously learned about it online. Even though it was his first time contacting PHC, he quickly got used to it and became proficient. He stretched out his hand and skillfully touched the game menu icon, and soon the rest of the icons on the desktop looked like gravel.
He was also surprised to see the same free fall and disappearance.
After opening the game menu icon, all major games were listed in front of him with their trademark logos as new icons.
Steam platform client, Blizzard Battle.net platform client, League of Legends.phc beta client, etc.
This guy "grabbed" the icon of Blizzard's Battle.net client platform, opened it, and then logged into his Battle.net account. The Battle.net floating panel immediately popped up in front of him, listing Blizzard's "StarCraft 2", "Warcraft"
World", "Diablo", "Hearthstone", "Overwatch" and other games.
However, the "Enter Game" icons of only two games are on, namely "Overwatch" and "World of Warcraft", and both are PHC beta versions, which means that the final official version has not yet been launched.
In fact, so far, no large third-party game developer has released an official version of the game on the PHC side, because it is really not that fast and the quality must be guaranteed to avoid ruining the heavyweight IP's brand name.
But everyone is so eager to launch the beta version. It is obvious that they are all trying to "seize the top". The stupid bird will fly first. If you are one step behind the competition, let alone eating meat, you may not have meat residue.
But this guy has known about it for a long time. This time he came here for the popular "Overwatch". This is a first-person shooting game. This month coincides with the fifth anniversary of this game. Although now
It’s often ridiculed, but “Overwatch” became a phenomenal game hit that year as soon as it came out. It used to be super popular, but it’s actually not bad now. Although domestic players are not as good as before, it’s pretty good abroad.
After he entered the game, he immediately found that the perspective in front of him was completely covered by the panoramic picture. The background of the game interface was the picture of "Lijiang Tower", as if he was immersed in the scene from the first perspective.
There is an exclamation mark in the lower left corner of his field of vision, which is a simple tutorial guide for the PHC version. You can touch it with your hand or click with the mouse on the screen.
I brought up the panel in the game and entered "Quick Game" to give it a try. After more than thirty seconds, I was matched.
Then I chose Pharah (Pharah), and several text messages popped up on the public channel.
Everyone: Damn it!
Everyone: What the fuck?
Everyone: Damn it...
The guy who chose French Chicken was amazed at the picture in front of him. The sense of three-dimensionality and distance from the first perspective is really too strong, especially the panoramic perspective presented in front of him. What he saw was the first perspective picture in the game.
, as if you are in it.
At the beginning of the game, the map came to Numbani. He chose a cart map to capture points. He chose Pharah. After exiting the door, he pressed the "Shaft" skill. Suddenly, the entire first-person perspective in front of him soared into the sky.
, at that moment, this guy couldn't help but sigh. The inexplicable feeling was particularly exciting. Looking down at the familiar map scenery from a panoramic perspective, the strong sense of three-dimensionality and distance was very shocking. The game screen was as awesome as ever.
He tried firing a few cannons, and it was extremely enjoyable. Soon he became addicted to watching the butt.
On the other side, a player on Unit 7 is experiencing the audio game "Rhythm Lightsaber"; a player on Unit 17 is experiencing "CS:GO"; a player on Unit 21 is experiencing "World of Warcraft"
;A player on No. 47 is playing the "Call of Duty" series...
The vast majority of players are playing fps or rpg & mmopg games. These types of games have natural advantages on the phc platform. On the contrary, few people play e-sports games such as moba&rts from a God's perspective.
But despite this, you can still play e-sports games such as "League of Legends" on PHC, but because of the nature of the game, it will not be as shocking as shooting games or role-playing games. After all, e-sports games must consider extreme operations.
For questions, perspective will appear to be very important.
Even so, the graphics in the phc version have been improved to an epic level.
In three to five minutes, all 75 seats in the holographic Internet cafe were occupied, and there were still a lot of people waiting.
When the Internet cafe owner saw such a booming business, he was laughing from ear to ear, even with a happy expression on his face. According to this attitude, it is full 24 hours a day.
He didn't think about whether this was just a short-lived popularity. The owner of the holographic Internet cafe never thought about this kind of thing. His judgment was simple and crude, because for young people with a monthly salary of three to five thousand, they simply couldn't afford one.
A set of PHC equipment worth 50,000 yuan. For young people whose monthly salary is only about 3,000 to 4,000 yuan and less than the personal income tax threshold, they cannot afford a set of PHC equipment without eating or drinking for a year. Today's young people do not owe Ma Hua.
It's good to borrow money. Anyone who can save tens of thousands of dollars is definitely a wealthy person.
They really can't afford a 50,000-yuan PHC set. Just like the golden age of Internet cafes in the 2000s, it was because ordinary families couldn't afford computers, but young people who couldn't afford them wanted to play, so this was inevitable.
This gave rise to a rent-based supply and demand relationship such as Internet cafes.
This group of people is an extremely large group. They cannot afford a set of PHC for 50,000 yuan, but it is obviously not economical to spend dozens or a hundred yuan to experience a holographic Internet cafe or holographic Internet cafe for a few hours.
Pressure, I can go there three or five times a month, and it’s not unacceptable to spend about three to four hundred yuan.
At least holographic Internet cafes and entertainment venues such as holographic Internet cafes can provide a platform for consumers who cannot afford them to play PHC games.
It’s no wonder that He Hao attaches great importance to holographic Internet cafes and actively promotes them. As long as ordinary consumers go to these PHC service places to consume, they are indirect PHC users and become basic users who have entered the PHC ecological chain.
