The next day after seeing the news, the little fatty excitedly ran to the Yu-Gi-Oh Cafe, which was one of the only 100 cafes in Japan.
However, to Little Fatty's disappointment, he thought that this coffee shop would be filled with elements of Yu-Gi-Oh. However, he found that it seemed to be a very ordinary coffee shop. Other than a small counter in the shop that sold some Yu-Gi-Oh merchandise, and the name of the coffee shop was "Muto Games' Coffee Shop", there was not a trace of Yu-Gi-Oh in it.
Logically speaking, if Little Fatty didn't specifically call to ask for the cafe's address, and if the cafe's name wasn't Muto Games, he wouldn't have found this place.
Regarding this, Little Fatty went to ask the cafe's waiter. The waiter said that this was specially designed because the protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh, Muto Games, had two identities.
Therefore, Yu-Gi-Oh's coffee shop also had two identities. On the surface, it was an ordinary coffee shop, but on the surface, it was a gathering place for Yu-Gi-Oh's fans. This was to create a mysterious atmosphere.
When Little Fatty heard this, he suddenly realized that this was indeed a gathering place for Yu-Gi-Oh's fans. It really understood the principles of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Well, in fact, the waiter didn't know either. Ichiro Honda was worried that this coffee shop might lose money. Therefore, with the attitude of making a profit, he let the coffee shop attract some ordinary passers-by to sell coffee to make money.
However, if the cafe's appearance was too chuunibyou and filled with two-dimensional elements, ordinary customers would definitely not enter the cafe. Therefore, the cafe's appearance was more in line with the public's aesthetic.
When Little Fatty entered the café, he noticed that there were already plenty of players in the café. Most of them had already ordered a drink and were chatting enthusiastically in their booths.
"Do I have to buy coffee before I can sit down and chat?" Little Fatty was a little worried when he saw this. Fusang's coffee was expensive. In a cafe like Starbucks, a medium cup of coffee would cost 800 yen per cup. It was almost the price of a box of gold cards. Little Fatty had entered an extremely frugal mode in order to save up 100,000 yen. He didn't dare to spend a single cent.
"Dear fan, let me introduce you!" The waiter took the initiative to explain, "Our coffee shop is open to all fans of Yu-Gi-Oh, so even if you don't need to spend money, you can still move around in the shop. However, you'll need to show your Yu-Gi-Oh Illustration Handbook and at least 200 cards to prove your identity as a Yu-Gi-Oh fan! "
"Oh!" Hearing this, the little fatty let out a sigh of relief. Then, he took out his illustration book from his backpack and spread it out for the waiter to check. After confirming that there were more than 200 cards inside, the waiter led the little fatty into the coffee shop.
"Our coffee shop has the following functional areas!" The waiter continued, "That's the sales area. You can buy all the Yu-Gi-Oh related accessories in the market there."
"That's the beverage area. As long as you order a drink, you can sit there and chat with your friends!"
"There's also this area with many blackboards. That's our exchange area. All players can freely exchange their Yu-Gi-Oh Cards in the exchange area!"
"Finally, there's the battle zone. There's a dedicated Yu-Gi-Oh Battle Table here. Similarly, as long as you buy a drink, you can battle your Yu-Gi-Oh Cards in the battle zone. However, in order to allow as many players to enjoy the battle as possible, each customer can only battle in the battle zone for about an hour a day!"
"Got it!" The little fatty nodded excitedly. Then, he ran to the sales area first because he felt that since this was an official coffee shop of Yu-Gi-Oh, there might be a Battle Tablet available for exchange!
Unfortunately, after asking, he found out that even in the official coffee shop, the Battle Tablet was still in a state of shortage. In addition, the official coffee shop did not have any additional promotional activities. It was the same price and activities as all the convenience stores and snack shops.
Originally, Ichiro Honda wanted to organize some special activities in the official coffee shop to increase the income of the coffee shop. After all, all the income of the official coffee shop belonged to the company. There were no channels to take a cut.
However, Jia Yapeng rejected this idea. This was because Jia Yapeng knew very well that there were only a total of 100 official coffee shops. It was absolutely impossible for them to compete with the convenience stores and snack shops.
Once he organized a special promotion in the official coffee shop, the channel would be dissatisfied. Even if they did not refuse to sell, the good rapport and relationship between the two parties would be gone.
Therefore, Boss Jia requested that all the activities in the shop be the same. There could not be any exceptions.
"Then it'll be difficult for our coffee shop to make a profit!" When Ichiro Honda heard this, he said in disappointment, "First of all, the location of the coffee shop is very bad. It's all in some small alleys. Although the rent is cheap, there's very little traffic. We can only rely on fans."
"But fans don't spend much in the coffee shop. Basically, they come to trade cards or battle. The only source of profit we can rely on is the peripheral sales in the coffee shop."
However, how much money could a small peripheral sales make? The cost of the coffee shop was amazing. Just the salary of a large group of staff per month was more than 1 million yen. With 100 shops added together, the rent of various shops, and the cost of materials, the total cost of a month was about 200 million yen.
Therefore, Ichiro Honda was actually very dissatisfied with Boss Jia's coffee shop plan. He felt that it was definitely a loss-making business. However, Boss Jia's words carried weight, and he could not object at all.
"It seems that the president will only wake up when the actual loss is placed in front of him!" Ichiro Honda sighed in the end.
— — —
Seeing that there were no special activities or products in the official coffee shop, the little fatty lost interest in buying in the official coffee shop. Instead, he went to the trading area.
The trading area was the most crowded place in the entire official coffee shop. In a space of less than 50 square meters, there were about 200 people squeezed in. It was bustling like a subway car.
In the trading area, there were rows of blackboards. The little fatty looked carefully and found that there were different hints on each blackboard.
Some of the blackboards had the words "1-star trading area" written on them, which meant that it was a place for one-star card trading.
Some had the words "2-star" written on them, which meant that it was a place for two-star card trading, and so on.
In addition, there were hints of other light races, moon races, and some other special attributes.
In addition, there was the largest blackboard, which was the flash card trading area. It was full of flash card trading information.
Anyway, it was to distinguish different card trading, so that all players could find their target at a glance.
On each blackboard, there were two sections in the middle. The left section was the purchase area, and the right section was the sale area. It was full of post-it notes displayed by players.
The purchasing section was filled with players' wishes to exchange for cards, while the selling section was filled with sticky notes that players could exchange for cards. It was all over the place.
When entering the functional area, every player could receive three Yu-Gi-Oh post-it notes for free. Only such post-it notes could be stuck on the blackboard. This meant that each player could only stick three Yu-Gi-Oh post-it notes at any one time.
Players might have hundreds or even thousands of Yu-Gi-Oh cards in their hands. If they stuck all of them on the blackboard, there wouldn't be enough blackboards.
After the little fatty received the Yu-Gi-Oh post-it notes, he didn't stick his own post-it note. Instead, he looked for his missing card target.
Soon, the little fatty found the trading information of a Black Magician. At the same time, the Yu-Gi-Oh post-it note also wrote the card that the player wanted to exchange for. For example, the owner of the Black Magician wanted to exchange for a seven-star fantasy card.
"Five-star for seven-star, what is he thinking?" Seeing this, the little fatty couldn't help but exclaim.
"You don't know this!" A guy next to the little fatty smiled and said, "Actually, someone has already exchanged a Black Magician for a Seven Star Fantasy God card. Because the Black Magician itself is an extremely rare card, I've been here for so long, and there have only been two Black Magicians that have appeared. And there are already five seven-star fantasy cards! "
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
