On the train from the provincial capital to Mingjiang City, Lu Yang and Meng Xiaopeng were sitting on hard seats.
Lu Yong was left in the provincial capital by Lu Yang to continue developing business.
After more than twenty days, Meng Xiaopeng became much calmer than when he arrived.
Running a business is the best training for people, because you have to deal with different people, and you never know what kind of customers you will face.
Difficult, mean, hypocritical, generous...
Meng Xiaopeng learned through Gu Xiaowan that she had been admitted to the School of Mechanical Engineering. This school was second-rate and generally considered satisfactory.
After getting off the train, they walked out of the train station, and many people gathered at the entrance of the station.
"Where are you going, young man?"
"Can we leave Yang County?"
"Would you like to give you a lift? Just give me some gas money for a ride."
Lu Yang waved his hand and declined. Mingjiang was his base camp and he could walk home with his eyes closed.
Finally they paid one dollar to take the bus.
Lu Yang planned to go home first and then collect the bill, otherwise carrying a laptop would be too tiring.
Meng Xiaopeng was also a little homesick and planned to go back for a visit.
Lu Yang paid Meng Xiaopeng a salary based on the number of days he worked, which was less than 2,000 yuan, equivalent to 60 yuan per day.
This salary standard has far exceeded Meng Xiaopeng's father's monthly income.
Meng Xiaopeng looked at the money and declined: "Lu Yang, I didn't do anything to help you this time. I won't need so much."
Lu Yang smiled and said: "Take it, you deserve it. We will continue to return to the provincial capital in two days, and then you will have to run the business by yourself."
Only then did Meng Xiaopeng take the money. Two thousand yuan was a huge sum of money to him.
He knew that Lu Yang was taking care of him, because Lu Yong's salary was only five hundred yuan at the beginning. After stabilizing, his salary gradually increased to two thousand yuan. He heard that it would increase to three thousand yuan this month.
Lu Yong makes more money because he does more work, even more than the boss Lu Yang.
After the bus arrived at the stop, Lu Yang got off the bus first.
When he returned home and opened the door, he found that the house was empty. He ran to the kitchen and saw that the pots were empty and there was half a bowl of pickles on the table in the dining room.
Lu Yang knew that he would not be at home during this period, and Lao Lu would not come back at noon, so his mother would just do whatever she wanted at noon.
He smelled the pickles and found them salty.
Why does my mother always eat pickles? Eating too much is bad for the body. He poured the half bowl of pickles into the trash can.
After putting down my backpack, I picked up my bicycle keys and went out.
The first stop was at the Haikuotiankong Internet Cafe, where Liu Wei was fighting in the game as usual.
There are currently two service areas in the legendary private server, namely: Snow in June and Fire in July.
Feixue in June represents players in Mingjiang City, and Flowing Fire in July represents players in provincial capitals. The server opening times for the two servers are different.
Currently, the number of players on the streaming server in July is equal to the number of players on the flying snow server in June.
The ceiling in Mingjiang City is just this high, and it can't be improved much further. However, the market in the provincial capital only accounts for one-third, and two-thirds are still waiting to be developed.
Liu Wei waved after seeing Lu Yang.
"Didn't you go to the provincial capital to expand your territory? Why are you back now?"
"I'm back to get the admission notice and collect the bill on the way!"
Lu Yang smiled and handed Liu Wei a cigarette.
Liu Wei said disdainfully: "I think you mainly want to collect the debt, and the second is the notice."
Lu Yang gave Liu Wei a thumbs up.
Liu Wei took off his headphones, took out a small notebook from the small drawer, and started to check the accounts with a calculator.
Lu Yang started chatting with him.
Liu Wei asked: "How is it over there in the provincial capital? Is the business going well?"
Lu Yang: "It's not bad. The Internet cafe is bigger than our Mingjiang. You can catch up with me just by running around."
After Liu Wei settled the accounts, Lu Yang logged into his administrator's backend to reconcile the accounts, and the amounts were all correct.
Thanks to the summer vacation, the business of the Internet cafe is very good, and the private server has formed a monopoly in Mingjiang. Almost 80% of people choose to play this game. The income this month is also quite good, with 3,000 yuan.
After coming out of Liu Wei Internet Cafe, Lu Yang started collecting money from one store to another.
Although this clumsy way of collecting money is hard work, it makes Lu Yang feel happy, just like collecting rent, and his pockets bulge unconsciously.
When he went to the Internet Salon and Internet Cafe, the owner Zhou Guohua was also fighting in the game.
Lu Yang admired his boss Zhou Guohua very much. He was such an old man. His wife took care of the children at home and took care of the housework. Lao Zhou spent most of his time immersed in Internet cafe games, staying up all night and going home to sleep during the day.
Otherwise it would be said that a man will remain a boy until he dies.
One time when he was drinking, Lu Yang asked him: You often hang out in Internet cafes like this, will your sister-in-law give you advice?
Lao Zhou scratched his neck: How dare she! If she talks loudly to me, I will let her know in a minute what it means to be the head of the family. Besides, the Internet cafe is my business, and I have to earn all the money for the whole family to eat, drink and have sex.
Lu Yang gave Lao Zhou a thumbs up.
After the show ended, Liu Wei told Lu Yang that Lao Zhou was famously afraid of his wife, and he never had more than ten yuan in his pocket, which meant he was bragging in front of us.
Lu Yang thought of Zhou Guohua's big pants with holes, and began to sympathize with Zhou Guohua.
Zhou Guohua greeted Lu Yang warmly after seeing him.
"Lu Yang, come and take a look. I broke out an invisibility ring a few days ago. The luck value you adjusted for me last time really worked."
"Brother Zhou, please don't tell Liu Wei about this, otherwise he will have to ask me to increase his luck value to the fullest."
"I know, I know."
Zhou Guohua asked Lu Yang to get some water by himself, as he wanted to finish defeating this boss.
Lu Yang didn't show politeness to him, he took a bottle of Coke and sat next to him and drank it.
After waiting for a long time, Lao Zhou asked: "Didn't you go to the provincial capital? Why are you back?"
This is not asking questions knowingly, I came back to collect money.
Lu Yang said: "I'll come back to get the admission notice and have a rest with you. I'll leave in two days."
Zhou Guohua sighed: "You are also a college student. I think back then I was only one point away from Tsinghua's score line. It's a pity."
Lu Yang looked at the tall and tall old Zhou, and he didn't look like a top student.
"What's your score?"
"71 points!"
I lost it. It was really a one-point difference, and the difference behind it was zero.
Zhou Guohua controlled the character to return to the safe area and stood up.
"Let's go, let's check the accounts for June. I know you must be here for the bills."
"Reconciliation is secondary. I'm mainly looking for you to have a drink."
Zhou Guohua took out his account book to settle the accounts with Lu Yang. The recharge amount of the Internet Salon and Internet Cafe this month was very large, far exceeding that of Liu Wei's Internet Cafe.
The number jumped to more than 4,000 yuan, and Lao Zhou took out the money from the locked drawer.
"This money has been prepared for you a long time ago. I thought you would come on the 1st, but who knew it would take so long."
After Lu Yang settled the accounts, he agreed with Zhou Guohua on a date for drinking and left.
He collected it from the afternoon until the evening, and the money in his pocket was roughly close to 40,000 yuan.
This amount is already the peak of Mingjiang City's summer market. The proportion contributed by local wealthy players is close to 70%, and the remaining 30% are civilian players.
Lu Yang remembered a game in which only one rich player supported the entire game company.
Before updating the version, the game administrator must consult the local tyrants for their opinions before proceeding.
On his way back, Lu Yang's cell phone rang. It was Gu Xiaowan calling.
"Lu Yang, are you back?"
"Who said that?"
"I just saw a man riding a bicycle across the road. I thought he looked a bit like you, but I wasn't sure, so I asked."
Lu Yang stopped his bicycle and turned around to look.
Diagonally across the road stood the slim Gu Xiaowan, who was also looking at Lu Yang on her mobile phone.
The street lights made Gu Xiaowan's little face look soft and bright, like a gardenia blooming in summer...