In the senior year of high school in this era, weekends are not very involved.
There is no need to make up classes until 10pm, and there is no need to attend classes on Saturdays and Sundays.
However, because they were going to participate in the art festival, everyone in Class 6 was organized by Lin Shishi to come to school to practice singing together all morning.
Yang Jianguang told his mother Chen Fang about this. Unexpectedly, Chen Fang was quite supportive and gave her ten yuan to let Yang Jianguang eat out at noon. Today was a day off and she and her father Yang Dazhi were going shopping.
So after practicing the song all morning, Yang Jianguang didn't go back for the time being. He could only find a fly restaurant to prepare for it.
Before he could order, He Bing appeared out of nowhere and dragged him out.
"Let's go, Jianguang, let's go to the new game room to play together."
After saying that, the guy couldn't help but drag Yang Jianguang towards the street.
gaming room?
Does Xinyong also have a game arcade?
Yang Jianguang's eyes flickered slightly, but he was somewhat impressed.
When he was in high school and college, game arcades, like Internet cafes in the streets and alleys in the future, were all the rage in China.
With a simple game console and a game card, you can play like crazy for a whole day.
Even when Yang Jianguang was in college, he and his roommates often indulged in the game arcade, so much so that they often spent their food expenses on game currency, and the only people in the dormitory could only boil water and make steamed buns every day.
Of course, when I got a job later, I didn’t need the game currency. I could even afford game consoles. Various games emerged in endlessly, and there were more and more hidden strategies... It was just the joy of playing arcade machines.
But couldn't find it anymore.
It’s not that the game has changed, nor that the technology has changed, it’s just that people have grown up.
Thinking of this, Yang Jianguang shook his head with a dumb smile.
To be honest, I probably haven't seen anything like a game arcade in almost 20 years.
After the game arcade was eliminated by the Internet cafe, I occasionally felt itchy, so I would go to the Internet café to play a few compressions and have fun. Even if I wanted to find a game arcade, it was quite difficult to find one.
With the intention of remembering, Yang Jianguang also followed He Bing to a small alley.
Outside the end of the alley, there is a simple sign: "Laowang Game Hall."
Lao Wang?
When he saw this name, Yang Jianguang was stunned, and then smiled strangely.
Fortunately, Lao Wang is not a derogatory term these days, otherwise if the neighbors saw the name of this game arcade, they would have to put a lock on my wife.
He Bing didn't understand what the special meaning of Lao Wang was. As soon as he saw the game arcade, he excitedly pulled Yang Jianguang inside.
Entering the game hall, Yang Jianguang also looked around.
In a house of forty or fifty square meters, there are a series of square game consoles placed against the wall. Except for one or two, there are no people on them. On each of the remaining game consoles, there are at least one or two people playing them with great interest.
, the game console was crowded, and there was a large circle of people watching around it, which was enough to show that the business was booming.
In fact, Yang Jianguang knew very well that opening a game arcade was a very profitable business, much more profitable than the Internet cafes of later generations.
In this day and age, it basically costs three or four yuan per hour.
Compared to Internet cafes, not only are game consoles not as expensive as computers, but pirated game cards are extremely cheap.
Basically, you can buy a game console with a card for just a few hundred yuan, and you can get your money back in less than a month.
Even though this small game arcade has less than twenty machines in total, its monthly profit may be as little as 30,000 yuan.
In this era when the per capita salary is less than 300 to 400 yuan, one can basically buy a house in the city in a month.
Yang Jianguang was sighing, and He Bing, who was watching enthusiastically next to him, also hurriedly pulled Yang Jianguang to introduce him.
"I have already reached the fifth game of this game. As long as he wins 10 games in a row, the boss will reward him with a thousand yuan."
Yang Jianguang glanced over curiously, and the familiar cheongsam with a Baotou head and long legs happened to catch his eye.
Chunli?
Street fighting?
Only then did Yang Jianguang stop laughing and realized that this was the game that He Bing was talking about.
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Ignoring Yang Jianguang's sigh, He Bing excitedly pulled Yang Jianguang towards the counter.
"Let's go find the boss and turn it on. I've been holding back this week and thought of a lot of combos. I can definitely win ten games in a row!"
Hearing this, Yang Jianguang raised his eyebrows and his tone was a bit unkind.
"No wonder I was distracted every day when I was talking about the topic this week. I kept thinking about how to play games!"
At this time, He Bing panicked and was speechless for a long time. Seeing the boss at the counter coming back after turning on the phone, he hurriedly rushed forward.
"Boss, if you open a machine, what game cards are there?"
Yang Jianguang smiled helplessly and looked at the counter of the game arcade. Standing at the counter was a bald man in his thirties with a tattoo on his arm. He didn't look easy to mess with. He was probably the shop owner, Lao Wang.
Not far away, there was a burly man with a heavy back and a strong back, staring eagerly at the game hall, presumably to prevent someone from causing trouble.
This is normal. In this era when public security is not good, things like game arcades are like ice rinks and billiards halls. It is right to describe them as a mixed bag.
If you don't have any ability, you will be shut down by others today.
The tattooed uncle, Lao Wang, lazily flipped through the game cards on the counter and replied casually,
"There are also "Robot Wars", "Street Fighting", "Eater of Heaven and Earth", "Juggernaut", "Super Mario", oh yes, "Tank Wars" is also available, it costs four yuan an hour, how many hours can it be driven
?”
Listening to the boss's introduction, Yang Jianguang also felt a little nostalgic in his eyes.
To use a famous saying from later generations, my youth is back!
He smiled and shook his head.
According to regulations, students or minors are not allowed to play in game arcades.
However, in a small county like Xinyong, there are not so many things to pay attention to.
Even if parents report it, almost no one will take care of it.
"Okay, open it for me..." He Bing glanced at his friend next to him and gritted his teeth.
"It takes two and a half hours to drive and fight on the street,"
"Here, ten dollars!"
Hearing this, Yang Jianguang frowned slightly,
"He Bing, didn't you say that your parents were not at home today? This is your meal money today. Did you spend all of it?"
"It's okay, it's okay. Let's talk about it after we finish playing."
He Bing said nonchalantly.
Hearing this, Yang Jianguang suddenly thought that in his memory, when He Bing was in his third year of high school, his grades were much better than his own.
Later, when he took the college entrance examination, even he took the bachelor's degree, but He Bing failed to pass anything. In the end, he went south to work, and the two of them had no chance to contact each other later.
Now it seems that I am addicted to playing arcade games.
At that time, both of them were addicted to arcade games, but even though Yang Jianguang was addicted, he didn't dare to go after playing them once or twice.
The main reason is that my family is poor and I don’t have money even if I want to go.
He was asked to steal and rob but he didn't dare, so he could only stay honest and not go to the game arcade.
He Bing's family background is pretty good, and his parents are usually busy running small businesses. Perhaps out of guilt, they basically give He Bing ten or eight yuan a day.
You know, compared to twenty or thirty years later, these ten dollars are no less than one hundred dollars.
What's more, spending money is secondary. What's more important is that it seems that He Bing has been delayed by arcades for most of his life.
Thinking about it, Yang Jianguang suddenly stopped He Bing.
"He Bing, why don't we make a bet? If I can win ten games, you won't come here to play games before the college entrance examination is over.
If I don’t win, I’ll treat you to playing the game for a month.”
He Bing stopped and looked at Yang Jianguang in surprise.
He knew that his friend's family was well off and he even had a mobile phone. A month's worth of games shouldn't be a problem.
What surprised him was what Yang Jianguang said.
Win ten street battles in a row?
Although he said he was here to win the one thousand yuan bonus, he might not actually win it, but his level is still worth it.
And even if he can't win, Yang Jianguang, a person who has never played an arcade machine, will have no chance!
Let alone ten, even if you win one, it will be extremely difficult!
Thinking of this, He Bing agreed.
"Okay, Jianguang, I promise you!"
"As long as you can win ten games today, I will do whatever you say!"
Yang Jianguang raised his eyebrows and said lightly, "No need for today, just turn on the phone, one hour is enough!"
As soon as Yang Jianguang finished speaking, a burst of laughter suddenly appeared next to him.
"Hahaha, little guy, you are not very young, but your tone is not small."