Su Ran was currently guiding some players with in-game problems, earning Contribution Points, when he noticed the commotion at the entrance and walked over: "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing, just a misunderstanding!"
"Your Highness, Boss, I apologize, Zhao Yan will disturb you another day, farewell!"
Zhao Yan quickly apologized to Liu Chengfeng and Su Ran before gathering his team and leaving.
After leaving the Internet Cafe and walking out of the alley, he also appeased the surrounding citizens and explained to them what an Internet Cafe was.
However, even Zhao Yan himself didn't fully understand it, so others were even more confused.
computer? Game? Hunting savage beasts in a game?
Dead people aren't really dead people?
What the hell!
The only thing people could understand was probably that this wasn't a dangerous place, nor was it a cult stronghold, but rather an entertainment venue operating normally.
This made many people even more curious and sparked the idea of going to take a look.
In fact, many groups of people with such thoughts came just today, including those academy students who came together.
"Boss, it's not that we want to complain, but your machines here are really too few!"
"Yeah, when will we be able to play the game?"
"I have a suggestion, Boss, why not limit each player's game time? That way everyone can play!"
Initially, most of these people just wanted to come and take a casual look, but as they watched, they became attracted, finding the game exciting and interesting, and all wanted to try playing it themselves.
However, there were only so few machines, and the number of people who temporarily left mid-game was extremely small, which naturally made those who waited until 10 PM, when the Internet Cafe closed, without getting a spot, very frustrated.
Some even directly suggested that Su Ran limit everyone's game time, for example, only allowing a few hours a day.
But Su Ran rejected this suggestion almost without thinking.
Although quickly onboarding new players could indeed bring him some new income, in fact, the income brought by old players was much greater than that from new players.
Take game guidance, for example; Su Ran generally guides new players on basic issues, which are only 1, 5, or 10 Contribution Points, but when guiding old players, such as Wu Lei finishing the Extinction Dragon, he directly obtained 50 Contribution Points, and the further along the game progress, the more he received.
He even estimated that in the future, it would be calculated based on the number of games completed.
Similarly, the growth of popularity value was roughly the same.
So it wasn't that he bought the game, oh, he could just leave.
Of course, it's not that new players are unimportant; the best way, of course, is for old players to lead and bring in new players, and then after new players become old players, they continue to bring in subsequent people, forming a virtuous cycle in the long run.
He just didn't expect the Internet Cafe's recent momentum to suddenly become too strong, with too many people seemingly arriving all at once.
Fortunately, after closing for the day, Su Ran opened the task list and took a look; after two days of operation, several task conditions had been met, so he clicked to submit.
[Accumulated gold coin income reached 500. Reward: 100 Contribution Points]
[Internet Cafe Popularity reached 3000. Reward: Twenty computers]
[Received twenty different customers. Reward: 100 Contribution Points]
The Internet Cafe instantly gained twenty new computers and matching tables and chairs.
And just as he completed these tasks, several new tasks popped up, one of which was:
[Task: Accumulated gold coin income reaches 2000. Time: Unlimited. Reward: Twenty computers.]
Now that twenty new computers have been added, his daily gold coin income can be around 600, which means he can complete this task in about three or four days, and then he can add another twenty computers.
Sixty computers, this way, the demand pressure from customers should be much less.
Thinking of this, Su Ran's brows relaxed, and he felt much more at ease, so he clicked on the construction function and began to move the newly appeared twenty computers, intending to reorganize their positions.
However, he suddenly received a system prompt: [Host, please note, the game "stardew valley" will officially unlock tomorrow morning at eight o'clock… ]
Hearing this, Su Ran didn't care much, because the system had already informed him of this, but what he didn't expect was that the system continued to say: [At the same time, a limited-time task has appeared, please check it in time]
"Limited-time task?"
Su Ran was stunned, and then somewhat surprised, he looked at the task list again, and indeed saw a golden task message suddenly appear:
[Task: The number of players who purchase and play "stardew valley" reaches five hundred (Current progress: 0/500). Time limit: One month. Reward: New game "dynasty warriors"]
"What?"
"Five hundred?"
Su Ran couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw it.
Even counting the players who wanted to play but had no spot, he still had less than a hundred people, and even so, he already felt there were too many people.
Five hundred? Where am I going to find you so many people?
And even if there were that many people, the machines were far from enough, and there was only one month.
"These conditions are too harsh, it's ridiculous!" Su Ran couldn't help but complain.
Compared to other tasks that had no time limit and could be completed slowly, this limited-time task felt too difficult for Su Ran.
Although there was no penalty for failing this task, meaning it didn't matter if it wasn't completed, looking at the reward, it was a new game.
And it was a classic hack-and-slash game he quite liked in his previous life.
And thinking carefully, the tasks released by the system would never be purely to deliberately make things difficult for him, which means there must be some way to complete them.
Su Ran couldn't help but lower his head and ponder…
…
The next day.
Eight o'clock sharp.
The moment Su Ran opened the Internet Cafe door on time.
Whoosh!
Instantly, a large mass of dark figures rushed towards him eagerly.
Zhou Yang led the charge, shouting as he rushed: "Everyone get back, let me go first! Today, no one is going to snatch it from me, whoever snatches it from me, I'll get angry with them!"
But the others were not to be outdone: "I don't care about you, I haven't played the game for a whole day, if I don't get to play today, I'll die of hold back!"
"Don't push, let me in first!"
"Damn it, you even deliberately bumped into me, are you looking for death?!"
The players waiting at the entrance this morning seemed even more numerous than yesterday, already exceeding twenty.
Seeing the Internet Cafe open, they rushed in, vying with each other, squeezing together, pulling at each other, no one wanting anyone else to go first, fearing that a moment's delay would mean losing a spot.
Su Ran found it somewhat amusing to see everyone on the verge of fighting, and couldn't help but remind them: "Let me tell everyone, the Internet Cafe has added twenty new computers today!"
"Ah?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked into the Internet Cafe, and indeed saw many new machines inside; at least everyone present currently had a spot, and they instantly stopped their Scramble.
"Great!"
"Finally, finally there's a spot! After watching others play for days, I can finally try playing it myself!"
"Boss is awesome!"
Su Ran saw everyone sigh with relief, their faces showing happy and excited expressions, and he smiled slightly, then continued:
"At the same time, there's a very important announcement to make to everyone: our Internet Cafe's second game, "stardew valley," officially launched today!"