January 24th, Monday …
Pei Qian walked into the office with a black face.
He had visited all twenty-one phone booths in the shopping malls over the weekend, his heart breaking.
Of the twenty-one phone booths, Zhang Wang had made the one at Huanyu Tianjie, and the other twenty had been made by other manufacturers.
Now, all the phone booths had been painted with GOG's heroes. They were also filled with things that Pei Qian thought had nothing to do with phone booths, such as drink machines, jukeboxes, toy toy machines, and the like.
A perfectly good phone booth had been transformed into a small multi-purpose entertainment room!
What's more, there was a long queue in front of all the phone booths. Many people had even come all the way here just to take a photo with them and get stamped inside!
Pei Qian found Zhang Wang speechlessly. Before he could question him, Zhang Wang had already proudly reported the results of the shared phone booths.
Each phone booth cost about ten thousand yuan to build. Including the various equipment and AEDs inside, and the rent ranging from five hundred to a thousand yuan, the initial investment was less than forty thousand yuan.
If he included the concept art, he would have spent seventy thousand yuan.
Now, the phone booths were being used for an average of seven to eight hours a day.
Forty yuan per hour. Adding the additional income from the drink machines, toy toy machines, and other equipment, they could earn more than three hundred yuan a day. That would be more than ten thousand yuan a month. Even after deducting the maintenance fees and other expenses, they could easily earn seven to eight thousand yuan a month.
That way, the phone booths would be able to recoup their costs in a year. A year later, they would be making pure profit.
At that stage, the twenty phone booths alone would be earning Pei Qian more than a hundred thousand yuan a month!
Of course, to Boss Pei, who had been through hundreds of battles, a mere hundred thousand was a negligible burden.
The main reason why Pei Qian felt so dejected was that the project itself had given him a serious sense of defeat.
"How can such an unreliable project make money?"
On a mental level, Pei Qian had suffered a much greater blow than the previous projects that had made him money.
Thus, Pei Qian still felt a little dazed when he arrived at the office this morning.
"Boss Pei, GOG is officially starting its testing."
Pei Qian looked at the message on his cell phone and replied with a simple 'Got it.'
After some consideration, Pei Qian sent a message to Lin Chang and arranged to meet at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe near Handong University.
Pei Qian had been busy with the shared phone booths this weekend. He had delayed his meeting with Lin Chang until this morning.
Coincidentally, he could go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to take a look at GOG's situation while he met Lin Chang.
The so-called "official start of beta testing" meant that the beta version of the game would be officially released to the official gaming platform so that players could download and experience it freely.
Of course, considering the pressure on the server, there would not be so many test accounts in the early stages. It would definitely be easier for Tengda Games' core players to obtain the qualifications.
Through this batch of people's play-testing and feedback, it would be easier to find bugs and problems in the game and fix them.
The beta version was definitely full of bugs, but the players who liked to play the beta version were generally more forgiving. They had the mentality of trying something new, so they wouldn't be bothered by these bugs.
On the other hand, Pei Qian felt that he might not be able to see the real situation of GOG based on the comments online. It would be more reliable to visit Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and take a look.
…
Zhongdian Chinese Network's authors' class was also commonly known as the 'little black room' by readers.
At noon, everyone sat around the long conference table and chatted as they ate.
They did not work on Saturday and Sunday. Some of these authors used their previous drafts to make up for the updates of the past two days, while others continued to write on their own notebooks in the hotel.
Thus, Ming Yu and Cui Geng, whom Boss Pei had singled out, had not seen everyone for three days.
"Ai, Ming Yu, Cui Geng, what did the two of you do on Friday? Quick, tell us. "Someone was very interested in where the two of them had gone.
Ming Yu coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "I went to find a high-end internet cafe nearby and secretly wrote three chapters in the morning. Then, I saved them. I played games for a while in the afternoon. "
Someone was stunned. "Didn't they say that they were not allowed to write?"
Ming Yu smiled. "That's right, but no one cares. I just have to distribute these three chapters to the updates on Saturday and Sunday. Who would know? "
Everyone could not help but sigh. He was indeed a model worker! He was forced to take a break, but he still did not forget to secretly write!
Zhu Xingan was not around, so these authors could speak freely.
Previously, Zhu Xingan was sent by Ma Yiqun to supervise these authors. However, after Boss Pei came to inspect once, Zhu Xingan was sent away, leaving these authors to manage themselves.
Ming Yu looked at Cui Geng. "What about you, Brother Cui? You didn't really go to receive a day of Tengda spirit education, did you? "
Another author added, "That's right, Brother Cui. Was that ending notice posted in a fit of pique?"
To these authors who did not know the truth, Cui Geng's behavior could be said to be very confusing.
He went to Tengda's headquarters on Friday and posted an ending notice that evening, scaring the readers.
They thought that the book would end just like that. However, on Saturday, Cui Geng updated it again. What's more, he updated four chapters!
On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning, Cui Geng was still writing this book seriously. What's more, the number of words he updated was not low at all. There were no signs of it being cut off at all.
That was very confusing.
What exactly happened on Friday? Was Cui Geng still writing this book?
One had to know that Cui Geng's grades were considered very high among all the authors who participated in the study class.
To many new authors, five or six thousand subscriptions was enough for them to write until the end of time.
Cui Geng smiled at everyone's questions. "I did receive a Tengda spirit education on Friday. However, it's not as boring and boring as you think. It's a unique form of learning.
"You'll know when you get there. This method is really interesting!
"As for this book, I did intend to finish it quickly, but that's because …
"I'm suddenly enlightened. I want to finish this book quickly and write a better one!"
Cui Geng's eyes lit up.
During this period, he had been constantly thinking about the general framework of The Butterfly Game. He was waiting for the various departments of Tengda to collect enough materials so that he could almost start writing!
Ming Yu was a little curious. He felt that Cui Geng's mental state was different.
Previously, Cui Geng had serious procrastination. He was a little lazy and more or less pretentious.
To be honest, Ming Yu had always felt that Cui Geng was a bit of a waste of his talent.
He wrote five or six thousand subscriptions casually. He did not update properly and kept cutting. If he wrote seriously and updated six or eight thousand words a day, wouldn't the subscriptions exceed ten thousand?
However, why did he look like he wanted to turn over a new leaf this time?
Could the Tengda spirit education really be so successful?
Cui Geng continued. "Moreover, participating in the Tengda spirit education this time made me understand a principle. I should not resist and reject rest and entertainment. I should use them to better maintain my working state.
"The number of words updated should not be the only indicator. It should be a guarantee of the quality of the book.
"Big Boss Ming Yu, didn't you always ask me how to write five thousand subscriptions? I think for you, reducing the number of words updated and further improving the quality is the most urgent thing. "
Ming Yu was deep in thought when he heard this.
"Hmm … that sounds reasonable.
"Why don't I write less today and learn about the Tengda spirit?"
Although he had obtained a day off, Ming Yu was not interested in it.
As the most motivated author in the class, he was more concerned about how to write more and better content.
Seeing Cui Geng's new appearance after learning about the Tengda spirit, Ming Yu also had the idea of learning about it.
Another author said, "Uh, I want to go too."
"Me too!"
More than half of the people at the table wanted to see how the Tengda spirit training could help the legendary 'no-show spirit' get rid of his inner demons.
However, so many people wanted to go. How should they arrange it?
Ming Yu thought for a while. "How about this? Everyone will rely on their own abilities and update as much as they should. The one who updates the least should go. Those who have been there once should write more consciously and not participate anymore.
"If there are many people who don't update, the one with the lowest number will go."
Everyone thought about it and felt that this was a good idea. They all nodded.
Cui Geng did not need to participate anymore because he had to reorganize a little in the next two days. He would leave the class and go to various departments of Tengda Corporation to start a new job (collecting materials).
…
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe …
Pei Qian arrived before Lin Chang. He did not sit down for coffee but walked around the internet cafe.
The situation was not as optimistic as he had imagined, but it was still acceptable. It was not bad.
He had originally imagined that GOG would be a flop.
In the internet cafe, GOG would not only have to face the impact of traditional online games such as Ocean Stronghold but also compete directly with similar games such as IOI and Gods Rising.
Gods Rising had a huge and loyal player base. IOI was quickly popular overseas, and its popularity had also spread to China.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was like other internet cafes. They had already installed IOI's international server and Chinese bag for customers. The delay was slightly higher, but customers in the internet cafe could play IOI now.
Therefore, Pei Qian had thought that not many people would play GOG.
However, when he arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he realized that there were many people playing GOG. It was completely a three-pronged trend with Gods Rising and IOI!
Of course, IOI was still better in terms of graphics and game completion.
After walking around, Pei Qian fell into deep thought.
"Hmm … it looks like IOI is still stable at the moment.
"That's because IOI in the internet cafe is still a foreign version at the moment. The delay is very high, and it is difficult to communicate with teammates because of the language barrier. That's why it is naturally at a disadvantage.
"Even so, IOI is more popular than GOG in the internet cafe. There are more players.
"If IOI officially comes out of the local server and solves the problem of communication with teammates, it would definitely be more popular than GOG, right?
"Therefore, GOG is probably going to fail. My judgment should be right."
Pei Qian thought about it carefully and felt that the current situation was not that bad. It should be said that he could be cautiously optimistic.
Lin Chang arrived just as he was thinking.
"Boss Pei, long time no see." Lin Chang smiled.
Pei Qian felt that Lin Chang's smile seemed to have a deeper meaning, as if there was some hidden message.
"Boss Lin, have you been busy recently?"
Lin Chang sniggered. "It's a small matter. I'm mainly trying to build bridges. I'm done.
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