Chapter 574 Good news, the largest haunted house in Jingzhou has opened!
Friday, July 8th.
Pei Qian had breakfast at Moyu Internet Cafe as usual, and then drank coffee while improving his mind map.
"Hey, Mr. Pei, isn't today the day for the opening of the Frightened Hotel? Why don't you go and take charge there?" Xiao Peng couldn't help but wonder when he saw Mr. Pei being so calm and relaxed.
Pei Qian drank coffee and smiled: "I won't go."
What’s there to see about the opening?
You can tell with your feet that there will be a lot of people!
With the blessing of Tenda's reputation in Jingzhou, the promotion of shared phone booths, Xueba Qilai and other investors, the traffic of Tenda games and Dianping... If no one pays attention to the Panic Hostel on the first day of its opening, what will happen to Pei Qian?
It's so beautiful that it's almost too beautiful to be true.
So Pei Qian felt that don't think about that good thing at all, just lie down in the first few days after opening.
The key depends on how things develop after this first wave of enthusiasm passes.
Pei Qian has not given up on the Panic Hostel project yet, mainly because this project still has the last line of defense, which is the original line of defense: the charging model.
Of course, the Frightening Hostel originally had three or four lines of defense, such as its remote location and inconvenient transportation, lack of surrounding facilities, insufficient publicity, etc. However, these lines of defense were already broken before the opening of the Frightening Hostel. This is a surprising thing.
Very sad thing.
But the last line of defense can still be counted on.
Pei Qian's pricing strategy is: the first multi-person project charges extremely low prices; the second project is more scary and the charges are moderate, but if you want to pass the level, you must memorize the specific processes and operations of each project; the third project charges
Higher, and you must pass the second project to be eligible for the challenge.
In this way, most people will be attracted by the first project and stop at the second project. Only a very small number of tourists will actually enter the third project for consumption, and most of them will not go a second time.
The construction and maintenance of the Panic Hostel require high costs. The first project has limited space. Even if it is operated at full capacity throughout the day, it will not make much money. If tourists do not enter the second and third projects on a large scale, they will go crazy
If you spend money in the golden maze, the Terror Inn will not be able to make a profit.
Anyway, the first wave of tourists is the most dangerous. There will be haunted house enthusiasts from the entire Handong Province, old customers of Tengda, and even Tengda game enthusiasts from all over the country.
But they definitely can't play in the haunted house every day. After this wave of craze passes, the Panic Hostel will be safe.
Therefore, Pei Qian decided to stay away from the limelight for the next two days. Going to the Panic Hostel now would definitely bring no good results.
However, seeing that Mr. Pei didn't seem to care at all, just drinking coffee silently and typing on the computer, Xiao Peng inexplicably felt like "Mr. Pei is strategizing."
On the first day of opening for such a key project that involved huge investments and took a long time, Mr. Pei was able to resist going?
What kind of perseverance does this take?
In fact, this is not only something that can be accomplished with perseverance, but also requires absolute confidence in the Terror Hostel project and always keeping a cool head.
Xiao Peng couldn't help but sigh, Mr. Pei is an extraordinary person!
Inspired by Mr. Pei, Xiao Peng quietly found a quiet corner and began to seriously think about the next work of Moyu Internet Cafe, including how to arrange the specific locations for a large number of new stores.
Pei Qian was sorting out his mind map when his phone rang.
"bite."
Pei Qian frowned and thought, could there be bad news coming from the Panic Hotel?
Not possible?
Picking up the phone and looking at it, Pei Qian's expression was one of joy and surprise at first, and he almost couldn't help but blurt out "fuck".
Fortunately, Ruan’s skin income has arrived!
The hero Ruan was launched at the beginning of last month, which is exactly one month.
Of course, it is definitely not issued separately.
It seems to be exactly one month. It is just a coincidence that before such a sum of money is distributed, it must be carefully verified, so it has been postponed from the beginning of this month to this Friday, which is the 8th.
However, the efficiency is quite high, so there is nothing to be dissatisfied with.
The reason why Pei Qian almost shouted "fuck" is that he didn't expect the amount of money to be so small?
The receipt information clearly stated that the total amount was 41,366.4, with some odd and round amounts.
Pei Qian didn't see it clearly at first, and after carefully counting the digits, he confirmed that it was really five digits, 40,000 yuan.
"Is it possible that someone has embezzled my money?"
Pei Qian could have thought this way. It wasn't that he didn't trust his financial department. The key was that it was much less than he thought, right?
He quickly opened the background data and checked it roughly. After checking, Pei Qian found that it seemed that the calculation was really correct...
At present, the number of people online at the same time on Gog has reached more than 1.7 million, accounting for more than 60% of the domestic MOBA game market. This data is not much different from the LoL national server data in the first half of 2012 in Pei Qian's memory.
In other words, there are already a lot of players.
The main reason why LoL has become so popular after several years of development is that it has expanded the player boundaries of MOBA games and attracted many players of other types of games.
At present, GoG, which has been born for less than a year, obviously cannot achieve that kind of popularity. The number of people online at the same time in the national server is already a miraculous figure. There is still a lot of room for development in the future.
Of course, these more than one million people are online at the same time, and the real number of players is much higher than this number. Some people who only go online every two or three days will buy skins.
More than 400,000 players have purchased Ruan's skin. This is Ruan's first skin, an epic skin costing 18 yuan.
This skin was only put on sale two weeks after Ruan went online, because the GoG project team is currently doing its best to develop new heroes. The production priority of new heroes is much higher than skins, so it is already very difficult to squeeze out this skin after two weeks.
It's not easy anymore.
The price of the skin is set by Pei Qian himself. The brave skin is free, the epic skin is 18 yuan, and the legendary skin is 45 yuan.
If it is 400,000*18*5%, it is also 360,000. But the problem is that there is a rule when collecting heroes in the gog creative community: after the new hero that players participate in the design goes online, the first skin will be discounted at 10%, and the second skin will be discounted.
The first skin is 50% off, the third skin is 20% off, all players can enjoy it, and it is limited to one month.
If you are an active user of the gog community, there are other discounts.
In other words, players actually bought this skin for 1.8 yuan.
It’s no wonder that so many people bought it proportionally. Many players here may not know how to play the hero Ruan at all, and even ban them before every ranked game. But because the price of this skin is so cheap,
So many people still buy them for collection reasons.
The main source of income for Gog is from the skins sold by heroes that were not designed by players. Those skins do not participate in the discounts of Gog's creative community and will not be shared with players.
Pei Qian had mixed feelings in his heart.
Logically speaking, 40,000 yuan is already quite a lot for my current income level, but I still feel a touch of sadness...
Is this what it feels like to shoot yourself in the foot?
In order to reduce the revenue of the game as much as possible, Pei Qian previously set all skins at bargain prices. Min Jingchao obviously also implemented this idea. In order to allow players to actively participate in GoG's game design, the discounts were unprecedented.
As a result, Pei Qian found that the first month's share was only 40,000 yuan. He had to say that this was all the result of what he had planted before...
Pei Qian took a sip of coffee and calmed down.
"Calm down and stay optimistic."
"Forty thousand yuan is actually a lot, and it will be more and more in the future."
"Actually, if I think about it carefully, I won't lose anything."
"Gog is currently burning money to expand its market share, which will help me to use losses to harvest the system's wool. If Gog becomes really popular in the future, each of Ruan's skins will bring me hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in income."
"So, it's good to use this money as pocket money in the short term. Anyway, this money will be available every month."
Sure enough, looking at it from another angle, Pei Qian felt much more comfortable.
"The first group of tourists should have entered the Panic Hostel, right?"
Pei Qian looked at his watch: "I don't know what the scene is over there now."
…
at the same time.
The entrance to the Panic Hostel.
Qiao Liang got off the bus at the Jingtang Hotel and looked at the bustling crowd, feeling like he was visiting an amusement park.
Well, that's not right. The Panic Hotel was originally an amusement park, but it currently only has a haunted house project.
"Jingzhou! I, Qiao Laoshi, am back again!"
When I set foot on the land of Jingzhou again, for some reason, I felt a familiar feeling of intimacy, like two old friends meeting again after not seeing each other for a long time.
Qiao Liang took out his mobile phone, clicked on his fan group, and new messages popped up quickly.
"Brothers, gather at the door!"
"I'm on the next bus. It should be here soon. Please wait for me."
"Where's Mr. Qiao? Come over and lead the team! I'm under the tree next to the parking lot!"
Qiao Liang quickly found his fans and successfully reunited.
"It seems there are fewer people than expected. I remember when I went to Disney and Universal before, there were so many people that I had to queue to death," said a fan.
Qiao Liang smiled: "What are you thinking about? How can it reach the level of Disney and Universal? Disney has to invest billions of dollars in an amusement park, how much has it invested? Just think of it as a bigger one.
A haunted house will do.”
"However, I believe that Mr. Pei will definitely surprise us as always!"
For some reason, Qiao Liang felt that she always had a deep trust in Mr. Pei.
The news of the opening of the Terror Hotel has long spread among Qiao Liang's fan base. As an old friend of Mr. Pei, he has no reason not to come and take a look, even if he is more afraid of haunted houses.
If you are just a consumer of Tengda, then of course you can come or not, but since you are Mr. Pei’s friend and Mr. Pei’s haunted house has opened, how can you not come to support it?
Qiao Liang values his friendship with Mr. Pei very much.
As for what to do if the haunted house is too scary... Anyway, after arriving at the scene, you will have a look at the situation. If possible, just act decisively.
Soon, Qiao Liang’s fan team gathered.
These people come from all over the country. They usually chat and brag online and have no chance to meet in person. They just took this opportunity to meet.
But Qiao Liang soon discovered a sad fact: he seemed to have no female fans.
A group of old men walked together into the Panic Hotel.
"Don't tell me, the scale is quite small, and the supporting facilities are pretty good. Restaurants, hotels, shops, and parking lots are all available. How come it costs two to three billion to put them all together?"
"It is said that Mr. Pei did not contribute the money alone, but many local investors in Jingzhou contributed the money together, and each was responsible for a part. It would not be easy for Tengda alone to bear such a large expense."
"Well, after all, Mr. Pei also has to consider risk sharing."
"Huh? Isn't there a ticket check at the door? We've already walked in."
"It seems that each item sells tickets separately and checks the tickets. There are joint tickets, but I didn't buy them because the joint tickets sold for 200, which doesn't seem to be much cheaper..."
"Go in and see which projects are fun, and then decide how to buy tickets."