Chapter 844 A Day in the Life of an Internet Cafe Owner

When Bangs was busy, it was still night in London.

However, an Internet cafe in East District 1 was packed with more than 60 computers, 40 of which were Panda first-generation computers and 20 were Panda second-generation computers.

Of course, the price of Internet access is also different between the two. The Internet cafe owner also prepared a waiting area and arranged some sofa seats and so on.

But it is a pity that people online are standing and watching others play games.

Without exception, these 20 second-generation computers are all used to play Counter-Strike.

And it is still a local area network, because the network connection is sometimes unstable.

The computer is divided into two rows back to back. One row is dedicated to playing police officers, and the other row is dedicated to playing gangsters.

"Don't buy the b41, this weapon is rubbish."

“What should I do if I have no money?”

"Buy a troll and squat down to be a pervert."

"It's not a good time to be mean!"

"If you really can't afford it, buy a pistol and follow your teammates to pick up the gun."

"If you have no money, you should rush. Hurry up and get us information."

"that is!"

"No! Flashbang."

"***I was dodged!"

"I was dodged too!"

"Which old man is better than me on the other side!"

"I'm dead again!"

"Nice job." In the game, a group of policemen were walking through Gate A. The gangsters threw two flash bombs before they came out.

Several police players were caught off guard and were killed by the gangsters.

"A bag of points, A bag of points."

"No, there's a sniper at the middle gate."

"Hop, jump, jump all!" After one gangster was killed by a sniper, other gangsters on Avenue A jumped over and quickly planted bombs.

There are 10 people on a party, so if you don’t do well, you can encounter a large group.

After the police learned that Bao Dian A had placed the bag, they moved toward Bao Dian A from all directions.

Before a policeman could enter Gate A, he first threw a flash grenade and then entered.

Sure enough, there was a gangster hiding behind the door. After being dodged, the gangster opened fire in a panic, and was then solved by the police.

The police on Trail A threw several grenades one after another.

The fight between the two sides was very lively, and these gamers all turned on the speakers, and the entire Internet cafe was filled with the sound of the Counter-Strike game.

You do not need to log in to access the LAN, a temporary account will be automatically created.

A gangster player had just died when he saw a pop-up window pop up on his computer, saying that he had 5 minutes left and simply logged off.

The guy at the back quickly sat down and changed his login card.

"Don't wait for the others!" The boss saw that there were several others waiting.

"Let's just take a look!"

"Yes!" said several people who were waiting.

"Coffee, who wants coffee!" The Internet cafe owner started doing business again.

"I'll have a black coffee with nothing on it."

"I want a cup of coffee with two sugar cubes!"

"I'll have a cup of coffee and a cookie!"

"I want a bowl of tomato beef instant noodles!"

"Bring me a bottle of mint lemon tea!" After hearing what the boss said, the game players shouted.

The boss quickly asked the two network administrators who clean and manage the Internet cafe to stock the goods for these customers.

The boss calculated that for his 60 computers, an average of 200 extra purchases were made every day, especially those who played games all night long, including food and drink.

And if you turn up the air conditioner temperature a little during the day, sales of iced sodas will skyrocket.

In winter, if you turn up the heating temperature, your water sales will go up.

You must know that the profit of this soda is too high.

There is also a pizza shop owner who has reached a cooperation with me. If someone wants to eat pizza, he will deliver it to their door and serve these customers wholeheartedly.

"There are too few second-generation Panda computers, and another 20 units will be available next month!"

"These people waiting are all customers!" Seeing that there were still seven or eight people waiting, the boss knew that if there was electricity, these people would have gotten on board already, and there were also people calling to ask if there were any second-generation computers. .

"Panda Computer really doesn't know how to produce more." Seeing these people not making money, the boss's heart twitched.

"It's Paul, the bastard, who actually got 200 second-generation computers."

"This *** earns more than 200 workers working for themselves." I thought of Paul on the next street, who owns 200 second-generation computers, and has a truck dedicated to delivering drinks and snacks to Paul's Internet cafe every day.

Paul even opened a fried chicken restaurant next door to the Internet cafe, and business was booming.

"I heard that new games are going to be added."

“I wonder if it will be as popular as Counter-Strike.”

"There are also some problems with network operations, and the time is stuck."

"What do these people in the Panda Technical Service Center do for a living?" The boss complained a little, because the Counter-Strike network connection attracts more people, because there is a military rank system, and you can get experience gold coins by playing the game. There is also a unique clothing system. Like today's stand-alone games, they are all the same.

Panda Technical Service Center inexplicably took the blame.

This is actually something that network operators do. They mainly want all Internet cafe owners to have dedicated lines and customize different network dedicated lines according to different scales.

Because in the past, Panda generation computers did not require much network traffic, so they were all connected via one line.

Nowadays, the Panda II computer needs a dedicated network line because of the increase in online games.

Of course, the cost of a dedicated network line is definitely much higher than the previous one.

Internet cafes with a large number of Panda Generation computers are reluctant to use dedicated Internet lines because of the increased costs.

Internet cafes with a large number of Panda II computers all have dedicated Internet lines.

In the second half of the night, the Internet cafe owner was about to go back, so he asked two staff members to keep a close watch.

After the Internet cafe owner left, two staff members also sat on the bar. One of them turned on a computer game and started playing.

The other one is busy doing work, and when the time comes, the other one goes to play.

The Internet cafe owner got up after 8 a.m. on the second day and bought a newspaper when he came to the Internet cafe.

When I arrived at the Internet cafe, I found that there were a lot less people. Two other network administrators had already arrived and were cleaning the Internet cafe.

The Internet cafe owner first reconciled the snacks and drinks he sold after he left yesterday.

Then he sat down and opened the newspaper.

"These damn guys should have done this a long time ago." The Internet cafe owner saw the newspaper's front page headline reporting that the London Stock Exchange would all adopt computer trading.

Of course, this computer trading does not mean online trading at home, but all computers are arranged in the exchange.

So the boss went to the stock exchange market again.

"There are so many second-generation computers!" The Internet cafe owner came to the stock exchange and found that all the computers used for trading were Panda second-generation computers.

The operating system of the exchange is a specialized operating system modified from the Panda operating system.

Panda operating system is open source, so governments of various countries use this open source operating system as the basis to customize their own national operating systems.

On the one hand, it is for information security, and on the other hand, it is for the usage habits of each country.

Some large companies also have customized versions. Of course, ordinary users still use the Panda operating system.

The Internet cafe owner opened the trading software according to the instructions and could check the trends of each stock without logging in.

"What a loss!" The Internet cafe owner felt extremely distressed when he saw that the stock price of the World of Warcraft Continent Interactive Game Company had fallen again.

The text-based interactive game World of Warcraft was impacted by Jihad theory and Counter-Strike games.

As a result, the growth data of paid users has declined. Everyone knows that Internet companies need to look at several data: first, the number of users, then the proportion of paying users, and the growth rate of paying users.

The boss regretted not selling it earlier, but he is still making money now because he took the stock just after it was listed, so the boss quickly sold the stock.

"Jihad said that this game company doesn't know how long it will take to go public? Now its valuation has reached 4 billion!"

“The growth of the game Counter-Strike is terrifying, and its current valuation has reached 6 billion!”

"This guy who engaged in cheating was sentenced to 15 years. He really deserves it." The owner of the Internet cafe saw that the valuation of the Counter-Strike game had increased because the court had already sentenced the guy who engaged in cheating. The first trial lasted 15 years, and there were A fine of £100,000 and compensation to the buyers who were defrauded.

It was this news that pushed up the valuation of the Counter-Strike game.

"There are two more online games to be launched before the end of the year. I don't know what they are."

"It would be great if there were games for girls to play. Nowadays girls mainly chat!"

"If there are two online games that girls can play, the market valuation will definitely be higher!" The Internet cafe owner looked at the financial newspaper and the stock trend.

At noon, I just took out my phone and asked someone to deliver food to me.

After the market closed at three o'clock in the afternoon, the Internet cafe owner had afternoon tea with several other Internet cafe owners. Of course, it was made by AA.

"I just sold the shares of World of Warcraft Continent Game Company today, and I lost a lot."

"I haven't sold mine yet. Although its growth rate of paid users has decreased, its base is here." Another Internet cafe owner said.

"I sold mine when the Counter-Strike game came out. It seems that I made the right choice." The third Internet cafe owner chuckled.

"I think the World of Warcraft text-based interactive games will continue to decline, because there will be more and more Panda II computers, and there will be more and more online games, which will inevitably rob potential customers of the World of Warcraft text-based interactive games."

"Just like I used to like to play interactive text games in World of Warcraft, but now I prefer to play Jihad." The fourth Internet cafe owner took a sip of lemon black tea before speaking.

"Why doesn't this damn Panda Computer Company go public?" the first Internet cafe owner said.

"The companies that produce Panda Computers are state-owned enterprises in some Eastern countries. The technology of Panda Computers was developed by FiberHome Technology Company. It is a purely private enterprise." The third Internet cafe owner said.

"To be precise, many companies are producing Panda computers, and departments in certain Eastern countries are integrating!"

"The advantage of this is that the price-performance ratio is very high, because the profits of their parts are all at the same standard, unlike our suppliers, whose prices are negotiated with each other." The third Internet cafe owner said again .

The fourth Internet cafe owner nodded: "Actually, this is good for our users. If we follow our market rules, the price of Panda Computer will increase by at least 15%!"

"15%? Look at the new computers launched by IBM with 386 chips from the nouveau riche. The lowest price is US$4,666. It's just one chip. How dare you charge such a high price? Panda Computer has two chips. Panda Computer is a professional graphics card. There is also a chip that only costs $4,999." The first Internet cafe owner shook his head.

"The nouveau riche don't install it anymore. Anyway, their home network can only use IBM computers. This is a naked monopoly."

"There is no way to play Counter-Strike with the rubbish produced by IBM. I know a few programmers who have modified Counter-Strike so that it can be played on IBM computers, but it cannot run at all. It still needs the assistance of the Black Knight graphics card."

"What's even more ridiculous is that the interactive text game they launched is basically a copy of Warcraft Continent, but it's just called Magic Continent."

"This crap game company is now a nouveau riche and is valued at US$3 billion."

"It's so fucking shameless."

"Don't you look at who the ancestors of the nouveau riche are? They are thieves, robbers, criminals, and ruined nobles!"

"The chat software they launched is called Pigeon. Its functions are exactly the same as our QQ, but the interface has been changed."

"Now they can only copy us in London. Unfortunately, their computer hardware is not up to standard and they cannot copy many games!"

"It's not that the computer hardware is not up to par, it's that computer companies like IBM want to make money. A computer with a broken chip costs US$4,666."

"Don't you look at the suppliers behind IBM's computers, Intel, Texas Instruments? Don't these suppliers need to make money?"

"These guys still need to pay consulting fees to those politicians, and donate to these politicians' charities. Aren't these fees reflected in the selling price of the computer?"

"The profits of each IBM computer supplier are different. In the end, these costs are not passed on to customers who buy computers, so the price of his computers is so high."

"If this configuration of the Panda II computer is produced in our country, the price may increase by 20%!"

"Panda Computer has established a production base in Gallic Chicken. I wonder if the price will rise?"

"Probably not. After all, the Gallic chicken production base will not be able to produce output until next year. With a mature supply chain system and sufficient output, costs can be reduced, but price reduction is impossible!"

"The Panda II computer is great, but the quota given to us is too small!"

"Just be content, we Niu Niu get the most quota."

"Didn't you see that at the Panda II computer quota meeting, the suppliers were all fighting!" The sales of Panda II computers were very hot, so dealers in various European countries wanted to get more quotas, so There was even a conflict during the meeting.

In the end, we had no choice but to allocate according to quotas.

Panda Computer has no intention of using price increases or other methods to distribute computers. This is also well received by users, because according to other companies, if its products are out of stock, dealers will definitely bid for them. Which dealer will give them the price? The product will be given to whomever the price is high.

"But we also have a large number of network users."

"There is no way. I just got 20 units this month, and I won't get 20 units until next month. It's still too late for us to start."

“How the hell did I know that the Panda II computer could have so many fun games.”

"I'm going to change the dedicated network line!"

"Is it a lot more expensive this month?"

"This is a big trend. LAN games can only be said to be fun at the time, and all the game experience and other experience will be cleared. However, the experience in the online version can gain military ranks, and you can also get gold coins after each game, and you have the best record. If you’re good, you’ll get a treasure chest.”

"If you were a gamer, what would you choose?"

"Then I will also set up the dedicated network line first, which will increase the cost again."

"You are just pretending here. We all run Internet cafes. How much does it cost?"

"that is!"

"I heard that special costumes and props will be added to the Counter-Strike game soon."

"We will make costumes and props for each country, and then we will hold a Counter-Strike competition next year to share the prize money of 20 million pounds."

"I think we can form a team to fight Sandoku's team."

"I think we'll fight the Gallic Chicken team next door first."

"I think we need to destroy the traitorous teams within our country first!"

"We have an inherent advantage in building a team, that is, we have computers. Please pay attention to find young people with good skills and directly recruit them. This is 20 million pounds."

"That's it!" Several Internet cafe owners suddenly became the owners of the team.

This major update of Counter-Strike has caused an increase in the number of online users of Counter-Strike.

Gaming teams from various European countries began to gear up, hoping to knock down the team next door first, and then knock down other teams across Europe, and then get the bonus.

The names of these teams are also interesting, such as the Rusty Iron Tower Team, the Potato Planting Team, the Killing Right Team, and the Queen and Dog Team.

The names of these teams are all meant to poke people's lungs. The names of the teams have to be reviewed, and if they are too unflattering, they won't pass.

There are also some running away men's teams. Everyone will know who they are referring to when they look at the names of these teams.

Then the team competition channel is extremely popular every day, with players from two teams typing and cursing while playing games.