Courtyard light

Chapter 844 A Day in the Life of an Internet Cafe Owner

While Liu Hai was busy, it was still night in London.

However, in an Internet cafe in the East District, more than 60 computers were fully occupied, of which 40 were Panda first-generation computers and 20 were Panda second-generation computers.

Of course, the prices for Internet access are different between the two. The Internet cafe owner also prepared a waiting area and arranged some sofa seats and so on.

But unfortunately, people who are online are just standing and watching others play games.

Without exception, all of these 20 second-generation computers are used to play Counter-Strike.

And it is a local area network because the network connection is sometimes unstable.

The computers are divided into two rows with their backs against each other. People in one row play the police, and the people in the other row play the gangsters.

"Don't buy the b41, this weapon is garbage."

"What should I do if I have no money?"

"Buy a spray gun and squat to ambush people."

"It's not a good time to trick people now!"

"If all else fails, buy a pistol and follow your teammates to pick up guns."

"If you have no money, you should rush. Go and get some information for us."

"that is!"

"Oh no! Flash bomb."

"I was dodged!"

"I was flashed too!"

"Who's that old bastard over there?"

"I'm dead again!"

"Well done." In the game, a group of police were walking through Gate A and threw two flash grenades before the gangsters came out.

Several police players were caught off guard and dodged, and then killed by the gangsters.

"A bun, A bun."

"Oh no, there's a sniper at the middle door."

"Jump, jump, everyone jump!" After a gangster was killed by a sniper, the other gangsters on Avenue A jumped over and quickly planted bombs.

There are 10 people in one party, so if you are not careful you may encounter a large group.

After the police found out that bun shop A had set up the trap, they all moved towards bun shop A from all directions.

A police officer threw a flash bomb before entering Gate A.

Sure enough, there was a gangster hiding behind the door. After being dodged, the gangster fired in panic and was then dealt with by the police.

The police on Alley A threw several grenades one after another.

The two sides were fighting back and forth, it was very lively, and the game players all turned on the speakers, so the whole Internet cafe was filled with the sound of Counter-Strike games.

You do not need to log in to the LAN to access the Internet. A temporary account will be automatically created.

A gangster player just died, and he saw a pop-up on his computer saying that he had 5 minutes left, so he simply logged off.

The guys in the back quickly sat down and changed their login cards.

"Don't wait for the others!" The boss saw that there were still several people waiting.

"Let's just take a look!"

"Yes!" said several of those who were waiting.

"Coffee, who wants coffee!" The Internet cafe owner started doing business again.

"I'll have a black coffee, nothing in it."

"I want a cup of coffee with two sugars!"

"I want a cup of coffee and a cookie!"

"I want a bowl of tomato beef instant noodles!"

"Give me a bottle of mint lemon tea!" Hearing the boss's words, the players shouted.

The boss immediately asked the two network administrators who were in charge of cleaning the cafe to deliver the goods to these customers.

The boss calculated that his 60 computers had an average of 200 extra purchases per day, especially those who played games all night long, spending money on food and drinks.

Moreover, if you turn up the air conditioner temperature a little bit during the day, sales of iced soda will skyrocket.

In winter, we turn up the heating temperature and water sales will also boom.

You know, the profit margin of this soda is very high.

In addition, a pizza shop owner has reached a cooperation with me. Whenever someone wants pizza, I will deliver it to their door and serve these customers wholeheartedly.

"There are too few second-generation Panda computers. We will have another 20 units delivered next month!"

"These people waiting are all customers!" Looking at the seven or eight people still waiting, the boss knew that if there was electricity, these people would have come on board long ago. Moreover, some people called to ask if there were any second-generation computers.

"Panda Computer is really something. They don't even know to produce more." The boss felt heartbroken when he saw that he couldn't make any money from these people.

"Paul, that bastard, actually got 200 second-generation computers."

"This guy makes more money than 200 workers working for me." He thought of Paul who lives on the next street. He owns 200 second-generation computers and has a truck that delivers drinks and snacks to Paul's Internet cafe every day.

Paul even opened a fried chicken shop next to the Internet cafe, and his business is booming.

"I heard that new games will be added."

“I don’t know if it will be as popular as Counter-Strike.”

"Also, there are some issues with network operation, and the duration is laggy."

"What are these people at the Panda Technical Service Center doing?" The boss complained a little, because Counter-Strike Online attracted more people, because it had a rank system, and players could gain experience coins by playing the game, and there was also a unique clothing system, unlike the current stand-alone games which are all the same and fixed.

Panda Technical Service Center was inexplicably blamed.

This is actually done by the network operators, who mainly want Internet cafe owners to have dedicated lines and customize different network dedicated lines according to different scales.

Because the previous generation of Panda computers did not require much network traffic, they all used one line.

Now, due to the increase in online games, Panda 2nd generation computers require dedicated network lines.

Of course, the cost of a dedicated network line is definitely much higher than the previous line.

Internet cafes with a large number of Panda Generation 1 computers are reluctant to use dedicated network lines because of the increased costs.

Internet cafes with a large number of Panda II computers all have dedicated network lines.

In the late night, the Internet cafe owner was about to go back, so he asked two staff members to keep an eye on it.

After the Internet cafe owner left, two staff members also sat at the bar, and one of them opened a computer game and started playing.

The other one is busy doing the work, and when the time is up, it is the other one's turn to play.

The next morning, the Internet cafe owner got up after 2 o'clock and bought a newspaper when he came to the Internet cafe.

When I arrived at the Internet cafe, I found that there were a lot fewer people. The other two network administrators had already arrived and were cleaning the Internet cafe.

The Internet cafe owner first reconciled the accounts, which were the snacks and drinks sold after he left yesterday.

Then he sat down and opened the newspaper.

"These damn guys should have done this a long time ago." The Internet cafe owner saw the front-page headline of the newspaper reporting that the London stock market would adopt all computer trading.

Of course, this computer trading does not mean trading online at home, but that everything is set up as a computer in the exchange.

So the boss went to the stock exchange again. "So many second-generation computers!" The Internet cafe owner came to the stock exchange and found that all the computers used for trading were Panda second-generation computers.

The exchange's operating system is a modified version of the Panda operating system into a specialized operating system.

Panda operating system is open source, so governments of various countries customize their own country's operating system based on this open source operating system.

On the one hand, it is for information security, and on the other hand, it is for the usage habits of each country.

Some large companies also have customized versions, but of course ordinary users still use the Panda operating system.

The Internet cafe owner opened the trading software according to the instructions and could check the trends of various stocks without logging in.

"I lost money!" The Internet cafe owner felt very distressed when he saw that the stock of the World of Warcraft Continent Text Interactive Game Company fell again.

World of Warcraft is a text-based interactive game that was impacted by the Holy War and Counter-Strike games.

This has led to a decline in the growth data of paying users. Everyone knows that Internet companies have to look at several data: first the number of users, then the proportion of paying users, and the growth rate of paying users.

The boss regretted not selling it earlier, but he can still make a profit now because he got the stock right after it was listed, so he quickly sold it.

"Jihad said that it's unknown how long it will take for this gaming company to go public? Now its valuation has reached 40 billion!"

"The growth of the game Counter-Strike is so terrifying that its valuation has now reached 60 billion!"

"The guy who used cheats was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He really deserved it." The Internet cafe owner saw that the valuation of the Counter-Strike game had been raised because the court had already sentenced the guy who used cheats. The first instance sentenced him to 15 years in prison and a fine of 10 pounds. He also had to compensate the buyers who were defrauded.

It was this news that pushed up the valuation of the Counter-Strike game.

"There are two more online games to be released before the end of the year, but I don't know what they are."

"It would be nice if we could launch games for girls. Right now, girls mainly chat!"

"If there were two online games, the market valuation would definitely be higher if girls could play them!" The Internet cafe owner was reading the financial newspaper while watching the stock trends.

When it’s noon, I just take out my phone and ask someone to deliver food to me.

After the market closed at 3 pm, the Internet cafe owner had afternoon tea with several other Internet cafe owners, of course, on a AA basis.

"I just sold my shares in the World of Warcraft gaming company today and lost a lot of money."

"Mine hasn't been sold yet. Although the growth rate of its paying users has slowed down, the base is still here," said another Internet cafe owner.

"I sold mine when the Counter-Strike game came out. It seems my choice was right." The third Internet cafe owner chuckled.

"I think the price of World of Warcraft text interactive games will continue to decline, because there will be more and more Panda II computers and more and more online games, which will inevitably snatch potential customers for World of Warcraft text interactive games."

"Just like I used to like playing the World of Warcraft text interactive game, but now I prefer playing Holy War." The fourth Internet cafe owner took a sip of lemon black tea before speaking.

"Why doesn't this damn Panda Computer Company go public?" the first Internet cafe owner spoke up.

"The company that produces Panda computers is a state-owned enterprise in certain Eastern countries. The technology used in Panda computers was developed by Fenghuo Technology Company, a purely private enterprise." The third Internet cafe owner spoke up.

"To be precise, the companies that produce Panda computers are many companies that are integrating departments in some Eastern countries!"

"The advantage of doing this is that the price-performance ratio is very high, because the profits of their parts are all standard. Unlike the suppliers of our companies, the prices are negotiated with each other." The third Internet cafe owner spoke again.

The fourth Internet cafe owner nodded and said, "In fact, this is good for our users. If we follow our market rules, the price of Panda computers will increase by at least 15%!"

"15%? Look at the new computer launched by the nouveau riche IBM with 386 chip. The lowest selling price is 4666 U.S. dollars. It only has one chip, but they dare to charge such a high price. The Panda computer has two chips, and its professional graphics card has another chip, but it only sells for 4999 U.S. dollars." The first Internet cafe owner shook his head.

"The nouveau riche don't install it now. Anyway, their home networks can only use IBM computers. This is a naked monopoly."

"The garbage produced by IBM is not even suitable for playing Counter-Strike. I know a few programmers who modified Counter-Strike to be playable on IBM computers, but it simply cannot run. It still requires the assistance of a Darth Vader graphics card."

"What's even more ridiculous is that the text-based interactive game they launched is basically a copy of Warcraft, but with a new name called Magic Continent."

"This rubbish gaming company is now a nouveau riche, with a valuation of $30 billion."

"How shameless."

"Don't you see who the ancestors of the nouveau riche were? They were thieves, robbers, criminals, and ruined nobles!"

"The chat software they launched is called Xingge. Its functions are exactly the same as our QQ, except that the interface has been changed."

"They can only copy from us in London now, but unfortunately their computer hardware is not up to standard, so they can't copy many games!"

"It's not that the computer hardware is not up to standard, but computer companies like IBM want to make money, so they sell a computer with a broken chip for $4666."

"Don't you see which suppliers are behind IBM computers, Intel, Texas Instruments, don't these suppliers need to make money?"

"These guys also have to pay consulting fees to politicians and donate to their charities. Aren't these expenses reflected in the price of the computers?"

"The profits of each supplier of IBM computers are different, and in the end these costs are passed on to the customers who buy the computers, so the prices of his computers are so high."

"If the configuration of the Panda II computer is produced in our country, the price may increase by 20%!"

"Panda Computer has established a production base in Gaul. I wonder if the price will increase?"

"It shouldn't happen. After all, the Gallic chicken production base will not start production until next year. With a mature supply chain system and sufficient production, costs can be reduced. It's impossible to reduce the price!"

"Panda 2 computers are good, but the quota we were given is too small!"

"Just be content. Our Niuniu gets the most quota."

"Didn't you see that the suppliers started fighting at the Panda II computer quota meeting?" The sales of Panda II computers were so hot that dealers in all European countries wanted to get more quotas, so conflicts even broke out during the meeting.

In the end, we had no choice but to allocate according to quotas.

Panda Computer did not think of distributing computers by raising prices or using other methods, which was well received by users. Because according to other companies, if their products are out of stock, they will definitely let dealers bid, and they will give the products to the dealer who offers the highest price.

“But we also have a large number of Internet users.”

"There's nothing we can do. I just got 20 units this month, and I'll have to wait until the month after next to get another 20 units. We're probably too late."

"I never knew that the Panda 2 computer could have so many fun games."

"I'm going to change my network line!"

“This month is going to be a lot more expensive?”

"This is a general trend. LAN games are only for fun at the time, and the game experience and other aspects will be reset to zero. However, experience gained in online games can be used to gain military ranks, and gold coins can be obtained after each game. The best record can also be awarded with treasure chests."

"If you were a gamer, what would you choose?"

"Then I'll also install the dedicated network line first, which will increase the cost."

"You are just pretending here. We are all running an Internet cafe. How much does it cost?"

"that is!"

"I heard that special costumes will be added to the Counter-Strike game soon."

"We will make costumes and props for each country, and then hold a Counter-Strike competition next year to share the £2000 million prize money."

"I think we can form a team to fight against Sandezi's team."

"I think we should fight the Gallic team next door first."

"I think we should first destroy the traitorous teams within our country!"

"We have an inherent advantage in forming a team, that is, we have computers. Everyone should pay attention to find young men with good skills and recruit them directly. This is 2000 million pounds."

"That's right!" Several Internet cafe owners suddenly became the bosses of the team.

This major update of Counter-Strike has led to a rapid increase in the number of online users of Counter-Strike.

The scattered gaming teams from various European countries began to gear up, wanting to first defeat their neighboring teams, and then defeat other teams in Europe, and then get the prize money.

The names of these teams are also interesting, such as the Rusty Tower Team, the Planting Potato Team, the Cut Off Right Hand Team, and the Queen and the Dog Team.

The names of these teams are secretly trying to provoke others. The names of the teams have to be reviewed. If they are too complicated, they will not pass at all.

There is also the Escape Men Team. As soon as you see the names of these teams, you will know who they are talking about.

Then the team competition channel is extremely popular every day. Players from two teams in it play games while typing and cursing.

(End of this chapter)