Play Game of Life

Lu Zhixing knew that although what the boss Duan said was exaggerated, it was generally true.

The direct cause of the operating crisis of Xinglu Internet Cafe is insufficient funds, but the root cause is the decline in customer flow.

For the business model of Internet cafes, the biggest threat is the improvement of hardware level and the change of players' consumption habits.

When most people can afford a well-configured computer, the traditional Internet cafes with small profits but quick turnover will be eliminated and replaced by Internet cafes with a better environment.

And when the hardware equipment is further improved, and the performance of portable devices is sufficient to meet the requirements of traditional 3A masterpieces, the significance of the existence of Internet cafes will be weakened in an all-round way.

What's more, the arrival of the fifth-generation VR technology tide has already caused a huge impact on the traditional game industry. Various VR experience stores are emerging, and the living environment of traditional Internet cafes is further compressed.

In this environment, the only way for Internet cafes to survive is to continue to transform.

For example, cooperate with game companies to strive for offline exclusive benefits of some popular games, or hold offline activities in conjunction with popular games, so that Internet cafes can transform into experience stores or offline physical stores.

This is also the reason why Lu Mingyuan has been running around and eating with the operation leaders of various game companies during this period of time.

But the problem is that there are actually very few game companies with such energy, while there are too many Internet cafes.

These game companies are still more inclined to cooperate with chain Internet cafes with strong financial resources.

Therefore, Lu Mingyuan has run so many times, but has never gained anything.

Obviously, Lu Mingyuan also saw the current situation clearly, so he decided to talk to Duan Lin, and wanted to transfer Xinglu Internet Cafe. Just haven't really made up my mind yet.

Duan Lin exhaled another puff of smoke, and looked at Lu Zhixing: "How about it, Mr. Xiao Lu, have you considered it?"

Duan Lin hoped that Lu Zhixing could persuade Lu Mingyuan. In his opinion, Lu Zhixing is a college student with little social experience, so he should be better at fooling around than Lu Mingyuan.

Lu Zhixing smiled and handed the contract back.

"Sorry, Boss Duan, we don't plan to sell."

Duan Lin frowned slightly, with a surprised expression on his face.

He couldn't figure out which link had gone wrong.

"Mr. Xiao Lu, are you sure? This is not a child's play house. My time is also very precious. I don't have time to chat with you all the time.

"I also see that you two brothers are working hard, so I feel compassion. If you don't know what to do, I don't mind waiting for your Internet cafe to close down before talking to the landlord.

"At that time, you will not get a penny."

There was a little more smile on Lu Zhixing's face. This kind of words can only deceive a child who doesn't understand anything. It is impossible to bluff him.

"Boss Duan, there is no other meaning. We simply think that Xinglu Internet Cafe still has a hope of turning around, so we don't need to bother Boss Duan."

Duan Lin's face darkened. Although he still doesn't know exactly which link went wrong, he can also tell that this transaction is probably wrong.

This younger brother seems to be more determined than his elder brother.

"snort."

Duan Lin stood up and put out the cigarette butt on the coffee table: "Okay, Xiaolu is always a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, young people, not bad, very aggressive.

"Then let me tell you something.

"Last week, I already talked with the person in charge of Changteng Entertainment. You all know the popular variety show "High School Show" right now? Changteng Entertainment is going to release a game with the same name, and I have already got it." An exclusive offline cooperation in Haishi, Beijing.

"At that time, several of my Internet cafes will hold a lot of activities in line with the popularity of "High School Show". Anyway, there are too many to say, and I will definitely eat the traffic near Jinghai University.

"Xinglu Internet Cafe is already losing money, when I see it, how can you keep going!

"Mr. Lu, this is the last chance. You should think about it carefully. You don't need to send it away."

After Duan Lin finished speaking, he stepped out of the private room and left without looking back.

Lu Mingyuan was a little confused, he stood up: "Hey, Boss Duan..."

Lu Zhixing didn't care about it at all, he got up and opened the window for ventilation: "Smoking in the room, what kind of quality."

Lu Mingyuan stood there in a daze. Just now, the conversation between Lu Zhixing and Duan Lin was so fast that he couldn't get in the conversation at all. But when he realized it, Duan Lin had already left.

"Zhixing! What are you doing? I haven't thought about this matter yet. You rejected Boss Duan. Even if we want to transfer it in the future, this Internet cafe may not be able to transfer out!

"Now everyone can see that the Internet cafe business is not easy to do, and not many people are willing to take over!"

Lu Zhixing looked at his elder brother, and said calmly, "Brother, what are you thinking about? The Internet cafe has gathered your hard work, and it must not be sold.

"What's more, changes in the general environment are both a crisis and an opportunity.

"It is true that a group of Internet cafes will be eliminated, but there must also be a group of Internet cafes that can survive through the transformation of offline experience stores and VR Internet cafes, and even live better than before.

"Since we have already taken this step, there is no reason to go back."

Lu Mingyuan was very anxious: "That's true, but what about the current difficulties? Let alone transformation, we don't have the funds to maintain operations."

Lu Zhixing took out his phone and tapped it a few times: "Brother, look at your phone."

Lu Mingyuan took out his mobile phone in a daze, clicked on the social software, and found that Lu Zhixing had just transferred 80,000 yuan to himself.

He froze for a moment, but the expression on his face was not happy, but nervous.

"Zhixing, where did the money come from?"

At this moment, words such as "online loan" flashed in his mind.

Seeing Lu Mingyuan's nervous expression, Lu Zhixing couldn't laugh or cry: "Brother, what are you thinking? I earned this money by making games myself. And this is just the beginning, and I can earn more in the future.

"If you don't believe me, look."

Lu Zhixing casually opened a computer in the private room and logged in his official platform account on it.

Lu Mingyuan was even more surprised: ""Zen"? You actually made this game?"

Seeing the shocked expression on his brother's face, Lu Zhixing was very grateful.

"Otherwise? Didn't you realize that the stone bridge in this game is the one in the old town?"

Lu Mingyuan was still puzzled: "But, even if you are a genius and used a VR helmet to make this game, where did these art resources come from?"

Lu Zhixing coughed lightly: "You also know that I am a game design major. Professor He Cheng of our college retired from a game company and is very well connected. I got in touch with him and got some Leftovers that other games don’t use.”

The expression on Lu Mingyuan's face gradually relaxed: "Oh... so it is like this?"

This set of rhetoric was thought up by Lu Zhixing before, true and false, very deceptive to laymen, and it successfully fooled Lu Mingyuan.

"Well, I read on the Internet that the creator of this game went to Longtan Park to act as a big tree at night, so is that..." Lu Mingyuan hesitated to speak.

Lu Zhixing hurriedly coughed twice: "Ahem! Brother, don't mention this matter in the future, it's because I am collecting materials.

"In short, you don't have to worry about Internet cafes anymore, I will make more games in the future.

"Isn't it just to cooperate with game companies? Since those big game companies ignore us, then let's make games ourselves."

In order to avoid the embarrassment of social death, Lu Zhixing changed the topic at the speed of light.

Only then did Lu Mingyuan frowned, and his face was full of relief: "Okay, that's a good relationship! I didn't expect that my stupid brother will grow up...

"Our brothers are united, and we will definitely make Xinglu Internet Cafe turn a profit and create another glories!"

During this time, Lu Mingyuan was a little desperate.

He ran around and found many game companies, but the operation directors of these game companies either disliked this Internet cafe for being too small and were unwilling to cooperate at all, or they just wanted cards and hinted at various additional conditions.

Lu Mingyuan really had no other choice, so he wanted to transfer the Internet cafe out. Although most of the hard work he had put in before would be lost, he could finally stop the loss.

But he didn't expect that the younger brother he had been neglecting could use this method to solve this problem.

This also made him more certain that it was right to sell the pot and sell iron for his younger brother to go to college!

After studying the game design major, I immediately made a game by using what I learned, and solved the crisis of the Internet cafe. What is this called? This is called knowledge changing destiny!

Of course, the income from "Zen" is more than the 80,000 yuan. Lu Zhixing will continue to give most of the income from this game to Lu Mingyuan to maintain the normal operation of Xinglu Internet Cafe.

But this still doesn't solve the problem from the root.

Lu Zhixing is very clear that the biggest problem facing Internet cafes now is the lack of customer traffic. Compared with other Internet cafes, they have no core competitiveness. If this situation is not changed, no matter how much money is invested, it will be a bottomless pit.

Therefore, he has to complete the acting task as soon as possible and produce more influential large-scale games, so that he can gradually revitalize the Internet cafe and realize the transformation smoothly.

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The next day, after Lu Zhixing finished his class, he started to work on renting a house.

He found a real estate agency near the school, and quickly inspected houses with reasonable prices about two streets away from Jinghai University.

Before that, he saved 100,000 yuan, 80,000 yuan was given to Lu Mingyuan, and he had 20,000 yuan left.

The 20,000 yuan was his start-up capital.

The reason for renting a house is that Lu Zhixing will play the role of "beating worker" and "paralyzed patient" this time, and he has to avoid the eyes of his roommate and elder brother as much as possible to play these two identities.

For a young man with normal legs to act as a paralyzed patient, it is probably more likely to die than to act as a big tree.

The location of the house has also been carefully considered by him. First of all, it should not be too far away from Jinghai University. He still has to go to class and study from time to time, but it should not be too close to Jinghai University. He does not want to go out in a wheelchair and act as a disabled person. I was bumped into by a classmate when I was in school.

Therefore, rent a house two streets away, the distance is just right.

The rent price here is not cheap. An ordinary one-bedroom apartment costs more than 3,000 yuan.

But there is no way, there is no way to save this money.

In addition, Lu Zhixing also spent more than 900 yuan to buy a wheelchair online.

In fact, electric wheelchairs are more convenient, but they are too expensive, basically costing several thousand yuan. What's more, Lu Zhixing is not sure how long he will play the role of a paralyzed patient for the time being, so just buy an ordinary wheelchair to make do with it.

In the next two days, Lu Zhixing was busy again. He arranged the bedding and toiletries in the rental house, and went to buy some relatively cheap basic furniture.

After everything was arranged, Lu Zhixing slumped on the old sofa in the rental house for a while, then turned over and sat up.

"Okay, it's almost time to start writing the design concept draft of the game!"