"Trouble?"
Lin Feng didn't know what to say.
Ceng Rui, Dou Zi, Tang Bingyao, and Kamiya Saka also looked at Qian Lu in confusion.
What kind of trouble could there be?
For Lin Feng's team of five, even Dou Zi, they didn't think about the problem of the second team or the substitute lineup of a professional LSPL club.
Under the influence of a certain someone's train of thought, the few of them were thinking about how they could earn money more quickly and easily by destroying that internet cafe. As for the identity, background, and strength of their opponent, all of that was thrown to the back of their minds. They didn't even think about it.
Qian Lu subconsciously wiped his sweat, then coughed and explained.
"This …"
"After all, they're professional players from the LSPL. They're not the same as ordinary experts."
After Qian Lu's explanation, Lin Feng and the others finally figured out the general situation.
As it turned out, after the few top-notch large-scale internet cafes invited LSPL-level professional players, considering the identity and strength of their own resident team, it was very easy for all kinds of enthusiastic fans to come to challenge them and learn from them, or to get some pointers from the professional players. If there were no restrictions, the situation would probably not be able to be cleaned up.
So there were corresponding challenge rules.
If you wanted to challenge the resident teams of these internet cafes, the prize money for winning was extremely high, but before the challenge, as a player guest or team on the challenger's side, they first had to pay a certain amount of registration fee.
If the challenge was successful, then this part of the registration fee would be returned in full, and the prize money would still be received.
But if the challenge failed, then the registration fee would not be returned.
"Makes sense."
Dou Zi nodded in understanding.
"In that case, we can use the registration fee to limit the crazy and brainless registration of those enthusiastic players. As long as the challenge fee is set a little higher, most people will flinch."
After all, there were still very few people who had the confidence to defeat professional players with their strength, and not everyone could be so rich as to throw a few hundred yuan registration fee down the drain.
"I see …"
Lin Feng rubbed his chin and looked at Qian Lu.
"How much is the registration fee usually?"
Qian Lu pondered for a moment before giving his answer.
"Those top internet cafes all have different rules and pricing. However, for those internet cafes that invite professional players, the registration fee for a 5v5 challenge usually starts from one to two thousand. The registration fee for a solo match might be slightly lower, but it should still be a few hundred."
One or two thousand.
For ordinary players, a visit to the internet cafe on a daily basis would only cost a few to a dozen dollars per hour. The registration fee was definitely a huge sum that they couldn't afford.
"That's normal. Otherwise, pro players wouldn't be accepting challenges all day long."
Ceng Rui nodded in agreement.
Kamamiya Saka, who had been listening for a long time, smiled sweetly and continued the conversation.
"Moreover, if there are a few people who really want to challenge pro players, they should be willing to pay a registration fee of one or two thousand."
Of course, those who sincerely wanted to spar with a pro player were only a small group of people.
The other type was those who had enough confidence in their own abilities. After paying the challenge registration fee, they believed that they would definitely be able to earn back the prize money along with the registration fee.
Without a doubt, Lin Feng belonged to the latter group.
At this moment, a certain someone was muttering to himself.
"One or two thousand … hmm, I don't have enough money on hand right now. Let's go to other internet cafes to earn some money first.
Ceng Rui nodded in agreement.
"Moreover, since those top-tier internet cafes have set such restrictions, their resident team members are also professional players. They probably won't stay in the internet cafes every day, right?"
Qian Lu gave Ceng Rui a thumbs up.
"That's right.
Basically, the resident teams of those internet cafes will only go to the internet cafes once or twice a week. These two days are both working days, so they probably won't be there. But by Friday and Saturday, they'll probably show up. "
That was basically the general situation.
Lin Feng decided.
"Alright, let's do that then.
Let's go to the internet cafes on Old Qian's list and smash them one by one.
After we save up enough money, we'll go to those top internet cafes on Friday! "
…
The next day.
It was Wednesday.
Although it was an ordinary working day for Universal Internet Cafe, the shop's business was still booming.
In the evening, the boss, Zhou Kang, who was sitting at the front desk, looked into the lobby of his internet cafe. When he saw the rows of players sitting in front of the computers, he couldn't help but feel so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits. He called out to two employees to deliver drinks to the customers who pressed the service bell while he leisurely lit a cigarette and took a drag. He felt that his days were incomparably blissful.
These days, the competition to open an internet cafe in Shanghai was extraordinarily fierce.
Now that domestic esports games, especially League of Legends, had become popular, it had also led to another wave of prosperity in the internet cafe industry. Although many people had computers at home, how could playing ranked games alone at home compare to the atmosphere of playing in groups in an internet cafe?
Therefore, the number of players who came to internet cafes and internet cafes increased.
With more customers, the market demand increased, and the number of internet cafes and internet cafes naturally increased correspondingly.
Not to mention places like university towns, where four or five internet cafes could squeeze into a street to compete for student customers, even around his Universal Internet Cafe, there were also several competitors.
All of a sudden, the situation became one where there were too many monks and not enough gruel.
A year ago, Zhou Kang's Rensheng Internet Cafe's business was only average. It was already very satisfactory if the rows of computers could be filled with 60 to 70% of the customers. In terms of profit, it was just barely enough to balance the expenses. However, it was still just a small Internet cafe with an ordinary standard.
However, since half a year ago, everything had ushered in a change.
As the boss of the internet cafe, he was most proud of the fact that he had gritted his teeth and made the decision to spend a large sum of money to hire a resident team to oversee the operation of the internet cafe. Facing the rather lackluster situation of the internet cafe, he had spent quite a bit of money to hire a resident team to oversee the shop.
Every member of this resident team was an expert LOL player that he had specially selected. The one with the lowest rank was at least at the level of a Diamond 2 KO, and the two best players were top laners and mid laners. They were even Gods of the King of the Net and Master of the Potion Division respectively.
Especially the mid laner, who used to be a professional LSPL player. He had only retired last season, and it just so happened that a friend of his introduced him to him at a dinner table, so he immediately spent a lot of money to hire him.
In the beginning, the other partners of his internet cafe did not quite understand, and felt that it was a waste of money to hire a resident team. However, he still stood his ground and confirmed this matter alone.
In the end …
Zhou Kang took another drag of his cigarette and flicked off a piece of ash on the ashtray. He couldn't help but show a look of pride on his face.
In the end, reality proved that his decision was extremely wise.
It could even be said that his decision to stand his ground against the opinions of the masses had become a key turning point for the Universal Internet Cafe!
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