Pei Qian came to the company with a dark look on his face and entered the office.
During the two days on the weekend, he visited all the shopping malls where the twenty-one phone booths were located, and his heart was broken when he saw them.
Among the twenty-one phone booths, the one on Huanyu Tianjie was made by Zhang Wang himself, while the other twenty were made by manufacturers.
Now, all the phone booths are painted with original paintings of GoG heroes, and they are filled with various things that Pei Qian thinks have nothing to do with phone booths, such as drink machines, jukeboxes, gashapon machines, etc.
A good phone booth was transformed into a small multi-functional entertainment room!
Moreover, there were long queues at the door of all the phone booths, and many people even came all the way just to take a photo and get a stamp inside!
Pei Qian found Zhang Wang very speechless. Before he could question him, Zhang Wang proudly began to report on the results of the shared phone booth.
The construction cost of each phone booth is about 10,000, plus the various equipment inside, AED, etc., plus the rent ranging from 500 to 1,000, the initial investment is probably less than 40,000.
If you include the original painting on it, it's 70,000.
Nowadays, the average usage time of phone booths is about seven or eight hours a day.
40 yuan per hour, plus the additional income from beverage machines, gashapon machines and other equipment, you can earn more than 300 yuan a day, which is 10,000 yuan a month. Even after deducting maintenance fees and other expenses, you can earn 7,000 to 8,000 yuan a month.
No problem either.
Based on this calculation, the phone booth can recover its cost in one year, and it will be a net profit after one year.
At that stage, just the current twenty phone booths can earn Pei Qian hundreds of thousands every month!
Of course, for Mr. Pei, who has experienced hundreds of battles, this mere hundreds of thousands is just a negligible burden.
The main reason why Pei Qian felt depressed was because the project itself brought him severe frustration.
“You can make money by investing in such an unreliable project???”
On a spiritual level, Pei Qian was hit harder than his previous money-making projects...
Therefore, until he came to the company this morning, Pei Qian still felt a little dazed.
"Mr. Pei, gog is about to officially start testing."
Pei Qian looked at the message on his phone and simply replied "I understand."
After thinking about it, Pei Qian sent Lin Chang a message and made an appointment to meet at the Moyu Internet Cafe near Handong University.
Pei Qian has been busy with the shared phone booth this weekend, and the time to meet with Lin Chang has been delayed again and again, and it was helplessly postponed until this morning.
It just so happened that while meeting Lin Chang, I also went to Moyu Internet Cafe to see the real situation of gog.
The so-called "official start of testing" means that the test version of the game is officially released to the official game platform, so that players can freely download and experience it.
Of course, considering the server pressure, not so many test account qualifications will be issued in the early stage. It must be easier for the core players of Tenda Games to obtain qualifications.
Through the trial play and feedback of this group of people, bugs and problems in the game can be better identified and fixed.
The version during the testing period is definitely full of bugs, but players who like to play the testing version are generally more tolerant. They have an early adopter mentality and will not care so much about these bugs.
Pei Qian feels that relying solely on online reviews may not reveal the real situation of gog. It is more reliable to go to Moyu Internet Cafe and conduct an on-site visit.
…
The terminal author study class is also commonly known as the "little dark room" among readers.
At noon, everyone sat down at the long conference table and chatted while eating.
Since they did not work on Saturdays and Sundays, some of these authors relied on their previous manuscripts to make up for the updates in these two days, while others continued to code in their notebooks in the hotel.
Therefore, Mingyu and Cui Geng, who were named by Mr. Pei, have not seen each other for three days.
"Hey, Mingyu, Cui Geng, what did you two do on Friday? Tell me quickly." Someone was very interested in the whereabouts of the two of them.
Mingyu coughed twice and said in a low voice: "I went to find a high-end Internet cafe nearby, secretly coded three chapters in the morning, and then saved them. I played games for a while in the afternoon."
Someone was stunned for a moment: "Didn't you say that coding is not allowed?"
Mingyu smiled: "Yes, but no one cares. I just need to distribute these three chapters to the updates on Saturday and Sunday. Who knows?"
Everyone couldn't help but sigh, she is indeed a model worker! Even though she was forced to take a vacation, she still secretly saved manuscripts!
Without Zhu Xing'an, these authors can speak freely.
Previously, Zhu Xing'an was sent by Ma Yiqun to supervise these authors, but after Mr. Pei came to inspect last time, he sent Zhu Xing'an away and let these authors manage themselves.
Mingyu looked at Cui Geng again: "Brother Cui, what about you? Could it be that you really received a day of Tengda spiritual education?"
Another author responded: "Yes, Brother Cui, did you post the ending trailer out of anger?"
In the eyes of these authors who do not know the truth, Cui Geng's behavior can be said to be very confusing.
I went to Tenda's headquarters on Friday, and in the evening of the same day, a completion notice was released, which scared the readers.
I thought this was the end of the book, but on Saturday, Cui Geng updated it again, and updated it with four chapters!
On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning, Cui Geng was still writing this book seriously, and the number of updated words was not large at all, and there was no sign of cutting off the book.
This is very confusing.
What happened on Friday? Will Cui Geng finish writing this book?
You know, among all the authors who participated in the study class, Cui Geng's results are considered very high.
For many new authors, a work with five or six thousand orders can already be written for eternity.
Facing the crowd's questioning, Cui Geng smiled slightly: "Friday, I did receive the education of Tengda spirit. It's just not boring study as you think, but a unique form."
"You will know when you go there. This method is really interesting!"
"As for this book, I really plan to finish it quickly, but that's because..."
"It suddenly dawned on me that I need to finish this book quickly and write a better one!"
Cui Geng's eyes lit up.
During this time, he was also constantly conceiving the general framework of "Butterfly Game", waiting for Tenda's various departments to collect enough materials, and he was almost ready to start writing!
Mingyu was a little curious. He felt that Cui Geng's mental state was different.
Previously, Cui Geng had serious procrastination, was a bit salty, and was more or less hypocritical.
To be honest, Mingyu always felt that Cui Geng was a bit of a waste of his talent.
If I write casually, I get five or six thousand subscriptions, but if I don’t update it properly, I will always cut it randomly. If I write seriously and seriously, and update six thousand or eight thousand words a day, my subscriptions cannot exceed ten thousand?
But looking at his expression this time, why does it seem like he wants to change his mind?
Is it possible that this Tengda spiritual education is really so successful?
Cui Geng continued: "Moreover, participating in the Tengda Spiritual Study this time made me understand a truth, which is not to resist and exclude rest and entertainment, but to use them to better maintain working status."
"The number of updated words should not be the only indicator, but should also ensure the quality of the book."
"Brother Mingyu, haven't you been asking me how I can write to get an average of 5,000 subscriptions? I think the most urgent thing for you is to slightly shorten the number of words in the update and further improve the quality."
Mingyu was thoughtful when he heard this.
"Hmm...sounds reasonable."
"Why don't I update a little less today and learn the Tengda spirit?"
Although he got a day off, Mingyu was not interested.
As the most motivated writer in the study class, he is more concerned about how to write more and better content.
Seeing Cui Geng's new look after a Tengda spiritual study, Mingyu also had the idea of wanting to learn something.
Another author said: "Well, I want to go too."
"I want it too!"
More than half of the people at the table wanted to see what the Tengda spiritual training was like that allowed the legendary "Pigeon Spirit" to get rid of his inner demons.
However, so many people want to go, how to arrange it?
Mingyu thought for a while: "In this way, everyone will update as much as they need based on their abilities, and the one with the least updates will go. Those who have already been there once will consciously write more and no longer participate."
“If multiple people are interrupted, just book the lowest price.”
Everyone thought about it and felt that this was a good method, and nodded.
Cui Geng no longer needs to participate, because he will reorganize a little in the next two days, leave the study class, and start new work (collecting materials) in various departments of Tenda Group.
…
Moyu Internet Cafe.
Pei Qian arrived before Lin Chang. He did not sit down to drink coffee, but walked around the Internet cafe's Internet area.
The situation was not as optimistic as he had imagined, but it was still within the acceptable range and could not be said to be bad.
In his original vision, gog should be very aggressive.
In Internet cafes, Gog not only has to face the influence of traditional online games such as "Sea Fortress", but also directly competes with similar games such as Ioi and "Shenqi".
"Shenqi" has a large and loyal player base, and ioi is rapidly becoming popular abroad, and its popularity has also spread to China.
Moyu Internet Cafe, like other Internet cafes, has installed the international server and Chinese version of ioi for customers. Although the delay is slightly higher, Internet cafe customers can now play ioi.
Therefore, Pei Qian originally thought that not many people would play gog.
But when I arrived at Moyu Internet Cafe, I discovered that there are quite a few people playing gog, which has completely formed a three-legged trend with "Shenqi" and ioi!
Of course, just from the perspective of graphics and game completion, ioi is still superior.
After walking around, Pei Qian fell into deep thought.
"Well...it seems that ioi should be stable at the moment."
"Because the current ioi in Internet cafes is still a foreign server version, the delay is very high. In the game, it is difficult to communicate with teammates because of the language barrier, so there is a natural disadvantage."
"Even so, ioi is more popular than gog among Internet cafes, and there are more people playing it."
"If ioi officially releases the Chinese server and solves the problem of delayed communication with teammates, it will definitely be more popular than gog, right?"
"So, gog should still be cold, and my judgment should be correct."
Pei Qian thought about it carefully and felt that the current situation was not bad. It should be said that he could be cautiously optimistic.
Just as I was thinking about it, Lin Chang arrived.
"Mr. Pei, long time no see." Lin Chang said with a smile.
Pei Qian felt that there was something profound in Lin Chang's smile, and there seemed to be some hidden message.
"Mr. Lin is also busy with work recently?"
Lin Chang chuckled: "It's a small matter, mainly matchmaking, I've already finished my work."
