At noon, Manjin City's Game City had just opened for business. Gamblers, or game fans, who had been waiting for a while, swarmed into the Game City as soon as the doors opened.
Although the Game City's profits were huge and there would be many people playing even if it was open all the time, the Game City's manager still chose to close the doors at two o 'clock in the morning and only reopen at noon the next day.
This was actually a form of hunger marketing. If the gamblers were allowed to play until they were satisfied, they might not have much desire in the future. Or rather, if they lost all their money at once, there wouldn't be so many people coming to play, and the Game City would be deserted.
By controlling the closing and opening time, although the money earned would be much less at once, in the long run, it would maintain a sense of overcrowding. The number of people coming to play would also increase.
For example, at noon, the people waiting for the Game City to open had gathered here on time five minutes before the doors opened. It was considered a "beautiful" scene in Manjin City.
Moreover, the Game City was a "formal" gaming venue "listed" under the name of the Alliance. It couldn't give people the feeling that it was unscrupulous in order to make money. It also couldn't let people play in the Game City for several days in a row. If there was news of a sudden death, it would be a blow to the Alliance's prestige.
In short, there were many reasons for the Game City to be so crowded.
As the staff opened the doors, some impatient and addicted people who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly squeezed in.
Two young men with lazy appearances who obviously hadn't slept enough were lying on the prize exchange counter. They looked at the crowd pouring in through the door and yawned sleepily.
"It's just a small injury. Have the machines and people been arranged?"
A young man with an earring on his ear said lazily as he wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes.
"Brother Wang, don't worry. The machines have been adjusted. The probability is absolutely amazing. Also, the shills have been arranged. Let's just wait and watch the show," the other young man replied eagerly.
The young man with the earring, Brother Wang, nodded with satisfaction. He had an expression that said, "I think very highly of you. Keep up the good work."
These were all routine operations in the game city. In order to prevent people from thinking that it was impossible to make money in the game city, they would always arrange for a few people to show the possibility of getting rich here.
Moreover, the probability of winning a prize for such a game console was set by specialized technicians backstage. For example, the probability of winning the first prize was one in ten thousand, and the probability of winning the second prize was one in five thousand. These were all decided by the management of the gaming center.
Therefore, sometimes, some people would think that they were very lucky and kept winning prizes. In fact, it was just that the gaming center had increased the winning probability of this machine.
Anyway, they were not worried that they would lose money if someone won. Human nature was greedy. People who won would always want more, and people who lost would always want to make a comeback.
What he didn't know was that everything was under someone else's control.
Two hours later, nothing much happened in the Game City. Everything was going according to the daily routine in an orderly manner.
Except for a few people who cheered because they won the game coins, most of the people were swearing, but their eyes were fixed on the game console. Their eyes were gradually filled with blood vessels, and those who knew what was going on could tell at a glance that they were drunk.
"Sigh ~ Xiao Shang, nothing happened, right?" The young man with the earring, Brother Wang, who had just secretly taken a nap, woke up with a yawn and asked.
Although the young man named Xiao Shang's eyes were also bloodshot, and the bags and dark circles under his eyes were very obvious, he didn't dare to be lazy at all and said with a forced smile.
"Brother Wang, I'm watching. It's not a big deal. There's just a lucky kid who has won almost a thousand game coins. His luck is really good."
The sour taste and deep jealousy in his tone couldn't be concealed.
If he had known that this was a thousand game coins, if converted to Alliance dollars, it would be more than a hundred thousand Alliance dollars. Although this was just a drop in the bucket for the gaming center, for him, who had just started working, it was a huge sum of money. No wonder he was jealous.
"Oh? Are you sure it's good luck? Or is there something wrong? "As soon as he heard what the young man named Xiao Shang said, Brother Wang immediately became spirited.
Unlike Xiao Shang, who had just started working in the gaming center, although Brother Wang was young, he had dropped out of school early to work here. The old people in the gaming center had either left or been promoted. Now, he was the only one who was still watching the game.
Years of experience told him that there was something fishy about this matter. From Xiao Shang's words, he knew that this lucky kid wasn't one of them, which made him a little suspicious.
It wasn't that no one in the gaming center could win so much, but this was really a rare phenomenon. There were many people who won money, but most of them only won a few hundred game coins. When it was over a thousand game coins, it would attract their attention.
"I don't think so. He didn't win all the time. He lost a lot of times. Also, he didn't win any big prizes, just some small prizes. He was just a bit lucky." Xiao Shang hesitated for a moment and said.
When he heard that someone had won over a thousand game coins, he went over to take a look. He saw with his own eyes that the person who had just won a thousand game coins lost eight hundred. Then, through a fourth-class prize, he returned to a thousand game coins.
Overall, there wasn't much of a fluctuation. Moreover, it was very suitable for a lucky player to win money.
"Oh, that's probably just a moment of good luck. He's going to lose soon. Be careful. I'm going to take a nap. I'm so sleepy."
After Brother Wang heard the young man's explanation, his body slowly relaxed. Sleepiness hit him again. After yawning, he lay on the table again. Soon, he started snoring.
The young man looked at Brother Wang who slept whenever he wanted with envy. As a newcomer who had just started working, he couldn't help but want to show off. He hoped that he could have a chance to be promoted in the future.
He patted his face lightly to wake himself up.
Time flew by for another two hours. The young man named Xiao Shang was sweating profusely. His hands were clasped together, looking nervous and at a loss.
In the end, he seemed to have made a decision. He clenched his teeth and patted Brother Wang who was still snoring beside him. "Brother Wang, Brother Wang, wake up. Wake up. Something's wrong."
"Oh, what's wrong?" Being woken up from his sleep was always a little uncomfortable. However, after sleeping for such a long time, he recovered quite a bit of his energy.
"That, there's a situation. That lucky kid from before has won almost ten thousand game coins!" Xiao Shang said anxiously. Sweat was still dripping from his forehead.
"What?!" Brother Wang jumped up when he heard his words. Ten thousand game coins was equivalent to a million Alliance dollars. With their salary, it would take them decades to earn that much.
Although this amount of money was just a drop in the ocean for the gaming city, and they could earn more than that in a day, if they lost more than a million Alliance dollars, the supervisor would ask about it. At that time, they would be hard pressed to absolve themselves from the blame.
"Let's go! Let's go take a look. "Brother Wang got up first.
"Sigh!"
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