Even the partners of the Universal Internet Cafe who initially had objections to this decision could not help but admire Zhou Kang's wise decision in the end.
That was because the truth was right there.
Ever since the few expert players and even former professional players were invited to set up a resident team to take charge in the shop, the business of the Universal Internet Cafe rose to a whole new level all of a sudden.
Generally speaking, the average strength of the players who went to the internet cafe to play League of Legends was about the average level of the LOL players in the local server. Most of them were between Silver and Gold.
These players had average strength, but they would also yearn for the amazing maneuvers of the expert players.
On the other hand, Zhou Kang had accurately grasped the psychological needs of most of the customers. Usually, he would let a few members of the resident team play some exhibition matches live in the shop. The live broadcast would always attract a lot of attention and popularity through the large LCD screen hanging above the ring area in the internet cafe's lobby.
Apart from that, he had also specially set up arena challenges to allow the players who came to the shop to challenge his resident team. This was so that the customers could get closer to the expert players and learn from each other.
Especially the arena challenge awards that he had specially invested money to set up. The players who won the solo match would get a reward of 500 yuan, and the players who won the 5v5 group match would even get a huge sum of 3,000 yuan. This would be able to arouse the passion of the players even more.
Of course, to Zhou Kang, this was actually just a gimmick.
As the boss, he was naturally very clear about the strength of the few members of his resident team.
They were expert players who had an average rank of Diamond 3 and above.
There were even Kings in the first zone of the internet cafe.
With such strength, it would be difficult for them to lose even if they went easy on a group of challengers who were mostly at Gold and Silver. This meant that the few awards that he had set up would basically not be won by anyone. They would only continue to attract popularity.
It was simply a business that would definitely profit and not lose anything.
As he smoked his cigarette happily, Zhou Kang was proud of his business acumen.
At that moment, an internet cafe manager walked back after delivering drinks to the customers. Zhou Kang seemed to have thought of something and instructed,
"Oh, right.
Send a few more bottles of drinks to our VIP room. Don't let the few young lads from our resident team get thirsty. "
Then, looking at the back view of his own internet cafe manager leaving with five bottles of soft drinks, Zhou Kang smiled again.
It was just a few bottles of drinks. He wouldn't feel bad about it.
In his eyes, the few members of the resident battle team were all treasures. They were a huge guarantee for the prosperity of his Universal Internet Cafe. It was because of these few that his internet cafe's business was getting better and better. In the future, he would have a place to rely on.
Speaking of which —
Zhou Kang looked at the time on his watch. It was almost six o 'clock.
Usually, the few members of his family's resident team would play ranked matches in a VIP room. However, every night at six o 'clock was the time for their team's exhibition match. Later on, the arena challenge event was also about to start.
Zhou Kang took one last puff of his cigarette and pressed the burnt cigarette butt into the ashtray. With an extremely satisfied expression, he exhaled a string of white smoke rings in midair.
Tsk tsk.
Tonight's exhibition match and arena challenge should bring a wave of liveliness to their internet cafe.
…
It was six o 'clock in the evening.
It was almost past dinner time, and quite a few customers had just finished their dinner and arrived at the Universal Internet Cafe.
The hall in the shop became even noisier.
Especially when a few young people walked out of the VIP room and walked toward the arena area at the front of the hall, the noise in the internet cafe became even more restless. Some new customers didn't understand the situation. When they saw that some old customers sitting in front of the computers beside them had put down their mice and keyboards, they couldn't help but come over and ask curiously,
"Hey, bro, what's going on?"
"Is there an event here at night?"
The regular customer of the internet cafe laughed and enthusiastically answered the question.
"Yeah, there's an event at six o 'clock every night."
"You're new here, right? You might not know —"
"The boss of our internet cafe has invited a resident battle team. All of them are experts in the Diamond Master division. There's also a professional god who retired from the LSPL. Every night, they will come to the arena area to play a live exhibition match. They're playing top-notch high-end games."
"And when the live broadcast is over, there's an arena challenge event."
The new customer was surprised when he heard that.
"Arena challenge?"
The old customer nodded and chuckled.
"Yeah, as long as you're interested and confident, anyone can go up to the arena to challenge."
"And … if you're really awesome and can win a game, there's a very generous bonus. Solo is 500 yuan, and if you win a 5v5, you'll get 3,000 yuan!"
The new customer was speechless when he heard that.
"So much!?"
The old customer waved his hand in a rather old-fashioned manner. "Of course, but they're all Diamond Master experts. It's not that easy to win. 3,000 yuan is not that easy to earn. Anyway, it seems that after so long, I haven't seen anyone succeed in a 5v5 challenge here."
The new customer was a little eager to try.
"It's quite interesting … I'll see if I can go up and try later."
The same conversation took place in many other places in the internet cafe hall. At this time, the resident battle team members who came out of the VIP room had already sat in the arena area in the center of the hall.
As the boss of the Universal Internet Cafe, Zhou Kang also greeted his precious team members with a face full of smiles at this moment.
"Hey, are you all ready?"
"Let's also play a few high-end games today!"
"Play well, I'll treat you guys to supper later!"
The few members of the resident battle team laughed as they greeted Zhou Kang, chatted idly, and flattered him at the same time. "Brother Zhou is so generous!" "Then we must perform well later on." "We must work hard for the sake of supper!"
All of them seemed very casual and relaxed.
After all, they had gotten very used to such daily activities over the past half a year.
It was an exhibition match.
Even if it was just a platinum-ranked to diamond-ranked battle team, it was enough to make the normal customers in the internet cafe who were only gold-ranked or silver-ranked gasp in amazement. And with their strength, even if they ran into a diamond-ranked battle team that was close to the master-ranked battle team, they still had a 60-70% chance of winning.
As for the arena challenge after the exhibition match …
There was no need to even mention it.
In any case, in the past half a year, almost none of the customers in the internet cafe had won a solo challenge, let alone a 5v5 battle.
A member of the resident battle team smiled and said,
"The exhibition match doesn't matter, but I wonder if there will be a few brave challengers in the arena challenge later today."
"Otherwise, it'll be too boring."
Another member added, "That's right.
"That's right. The previous challengers were too weak. Not a single one of them could fight. Our Brother Han has already won 20 matches in a row in the past few days, hasn't he? Tsk tsk, it's really lonely. "
As soon as he said that, the other members of the resident battle team laughed and agreed.
Zhou Kang laughed.
"There's nothing we can do ~
"After all, Han Lin is a former professional player. How can anyone challenge him and win?"
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to a young man who looked rather arrogant among the members of the battle team.
He smiled and said, "Han Zi, if you ask me, if there are any customers from our internet cafe who come to challenge him in a solo, you should go easy on them. Otherwise, it won't sound good if people say that you're bullying the weak. You have to give them some hope!"
The young man named Han Lin smirked.
"Sure."
"Then I'll use a few Essence Runes in the solo."
There was an unconcealable conceit in his tone.
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