To become the richest man from the beginning of the game

Chapter 1064 Mr. Pei has always been one step ahead!
Although the seats in Moyu Internet Cafe are much more relaxed than other Internet cafes, no matter how loose they are, there is a limit.

When a player surfs the Internet, all they need is a table and a chair. Even if there is enough space on the sides and behind for others to move around freely, and enough margin is given, it is only four or five square meters at most. .

Although VR devices can theoretically be played in a space of four to five square meters, this is only the basic space required for the game, and the buffer area is not included.

If it is in your own living room or study room, a space of five square meters is enough, because this is a private space, and you basically don’t have to worry about bumping into things or other people during the game.

But it's different in Internet cafes.

If the usable area of ​​two players is five square meters, but because both of them are constantly moving and waving their arms, it is easy to bump into each other and affect the game experience.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, if you want to change to a VR device experience, you need to make a partition, and the space is larger than your own home. The real required area is at least six square meters or even seven square meters.

Each piece of equipment has an additional two square meters of floor area. Isn't the number of customers that the entire space can accommodate a lot less?
Moreover, VR games are just a temporary idea, not a long-term solution.The real needs of most customers are to play hacks with friends on the computer and play more end-games.

Moyu Internet Cafe newly opened this VR game experience area. As a result, it is likely that the attendance rate was good at the beginning, but it soon became deserted. After the boom, no one cares about it.

People on the first floor want to play, but there are no seats; the VR equipment on the second floor is all empty, and no one comes to play.

What a scene!

Then, Pei Qian came to the store of Moyu Internet Cafe, which is the sales area.

This is also the layout that was finalized when Moyu Internet Cafe 1.0 was first planned. This sales area is not big, only four or five containers, and basically all the peripheral products related to games are sold, such as mice and keyboards. , handles, etc.

After Moyu Internet Cafe developed the ROF installation business, there are also some products such as graphics cards, memory or ROF complete machines for sale and display.

As far as Pei Qian knows, the peripherals in this place are selling pretty well!

Because Moyu Internet Cafe was supervised by Zhang Yuan before, and the recruited shop assistants are also very knowledgeable about computers. The keyboards, mice, and earphones they choose are all classic models of first-line well-known brands, which are absolutely easy to use.

Players went here for a while, tried it out, found it very useful, and paid for it directly. Although it is more expensive than selling it online, most of the customers who can come to Moyu Internet Cafe don’t care about the price difference. .

After Moyu Internet Cafe became popular, the flow of people was huge, and this has become a big source of income for Moyu Internet Cafe!
Pei Qian said: "All the third-party products here, including keyboards, mice, earphones, etc., are all cleared and will not be sold in the future! Only our own products will be sold."

"Of course, the original recommendation function must be retained. The clerk can still recommend peripherals such as keyboards and mice to customers, but after the recommendation is finished, let customers place orders online by themselves, and we won't make money from this second-hand dealer."

In this way, Moyu Internet Cafe will lose another piece of income.

Although there may be profits after switching to Tenda’s products, in general, Tenda’s current products are relatively small, and there are not a few items in this place. Compared with the previous categories, it can be said to be greatly reduced, and the sales volume is sure. will also be greatly reduced.

Moreover, after the formation of the "professional sales team" led by Tian Mo is completed, Pei Qian will start to arrange for the sales there to "occupy" all the sales areas of Moyu Internet Cafe in turn, which will have the effect of dissuading customers.

In this way, the income of Moyu Internet Cafe will definitely drop!

Although it may not necessarily drop a lot, but the accumulation of less makes more.

Now that Moyu Internet Cafe has opened so many stores, each store will drop a little, and the sum of all of them is not a small number.

Xiao Peng frowned, thinking seriously.

Obviously, he was interpreting the deep meaning in Mr. Pei's words.

Xiao Peng is a group of veteran employees of Moyu Internet Cafe earlier, and has witnessed the entire process of Moyu Internet Cafe turning a loss into profit, and he is responsible for the 2.0 and 3.0 models of Moyu Internet Cafe, which can be said to be beneficial to the entire Moyu Internet Cafe business. The understanding of the pattern is very deep.

Obviously, he felt that Mr. Pei's plan had some problems.

"Mr. Pei, VR games are likely to be a major trend in the development of games in the future. I understand this very well."

"But... the current development of VR games is still too immature. Compared with computer players, the number of the entire player group is not one or two orders of magnitude worse."

"The number of players who are interested in VR games is probably less than a fraction of the number of computer players."

"Of course I am in favor of setting up a VR zone in Moyu Internet Cafe, but it shouldn't be necessary to occupy the same space as a computer, right? I think 1:2 is about the same, and it can even be smaller."

Pei Qian chuckled.

I knew that Xiao Peng would not accept this money-losing plan so willingly.

But it doesn't matter, Mr. Pei has a three-inch tongue waiting for these die-hard diehards.

"You are right. Compared with computer players, the VR player base is indeed several orders of magnitude worse."

"But... have you ever thought that it is for this reason that we need more VR devices?"

"Ah?" Xiao Peng froze for a moment, but didn't react for a while.

Pei Qian explained: "Five years ago or even ten years ago, Internet cafes were much more popular than they are now. Why? Because most players were relatively poor at that time and could not afford high-end computers, so they could not get the best gaming experience. So I chose to go to an Internet cafe with my friends to hack.”

"Why has the entire Internet cafe industry changed in recent years? There are fewer and fewer Internet cafes, and they are becoming more and more sophisticated. From low-end Internet cafes with smoky atmosphere to high-end Internet cafes with elegant and comfortable environment?"

"It's because the functions carried by Internet cafes are different."

"Now everyone's economic level is high, and more and more people have high-end computers. Therefore, the target audience of Internet cafes is narrowing, and the model has to be changed."

Xiao Peng nodded, deeply agreeing with this point.

Obviously, this is one of the key reasons why Moyu Internet Café can stand out among other Internet cafe brands: it is the first brand to develop high-end Internet cafes, leading the entire market by one or two years.

Pei Qian continued: "In the future, Internet cafes may not necessarily disappear, but their attributes purely for playing games will definitely become more and more diluted. Moreover, in recent years, there has also been a trend of gradual decline of end games and rapid rise of mobile games. , which makes the situation of Internet cafes even more difficult.”

"The player base of VR games is indeed relatively small, but have you ever thought about it: it is precisely because VR is a new thing and fewer players are willing to buy VR glasses, so they are more inclined to experience it in Internet cafes? Fish Internet cafes are equipped with a large number of VR glasses, so that players’ enthusiasm for trial play can be satisfied as much as possible, so that the entire VR player group will expand faster?”

Pei Qian's expression was serious, and what he said was true.

In fact, he knew very well that in his memory, this should be a business model that did not work.At least those high-end Internet cafes in his impression did not replace half of the computers in the entire Internet cafe with VR glasses.

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't stop him from talking nonsense to fool Xiao Peng.

Pei Qian firmly believed that with his powerful deception ability and acting skills, coupled with his halo as the helm of the Tenda Group, he would be able to make clear arrangements for Xiao Peng so that he would finally fully accept this decision.

Sure enough, after deep thinking, Xiao Peng showed a dazed expression.

"I see!"

"The success of Moyu Internet Cafe is because we have an insight into the development law of the entire Internet cafe industry and are ahead of all the peers; and now when a large number of high-end Internet cafes emerge and the competition is fierce, we have to make great strides forward again. Walk ahead of all colleagues again!"

"At that time, the VR experience area will be a core selling point that differentiates us from other Internet cafes!"

"Boss Pei is indeed far-sighted!"

After being enlightened, Xiao Peng suddenly thought of some ideas: "Mr. Pei, if you want to say this, I have a suggestion."

"We can change all the computer desks and monitors on the second floor into foldable ones. The mainframe is placed on a shelf above the head, the mouse, keyboard, earphones, head-mounted display, etc. are all hung up, and the chairs are also foldable."

"In this way, in the folded state, players have enough space to experience VR content, and when the table and stool are unfolded, players can also play computer games normally."

Pei Qian: "..."

You are such a clever little devil!
Obviously, Xiao Peng's plan is a compromise. Although the entire VR experience area is mainly for experiencing VR, it is also possible to surf the Internet and play games normally.

This is equivalent to an insurance policy. When the VR boom subsides, players can continue to come back to play computer games.

Pei Qian chuckled in his heart.

Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng, in fact, if you didn't tell me, but did it secretly, I would definitely have nothing to do afterwards.

But if you tell me now, won't it allow me to take precautions in advance?
Pei Qian thought for a while, and immediately said, "Of course not!"

"The monitors and computer desktops are made to be folded, so it shouldn't be a big problem. But the chairs are also made to be folded, and it will definitely be uncomfortable to sit on!"

"No matter how the folding chair is designed, it is difficult to compare it with specialized ergonomic chairs, gaming chairs or single sofas, because the premise of folding must sacrifice comfort."

"We want to give players the most perfect experience, and we can't make do with it."

Xiao Peng thought for a while: "Uh... Mr. Pei, what you said makes sense, this is indeed inappropriate."

"However, even if you want to play VR games, you still need a console, right? After all, those large-scale VR games are all calculated on the console. And when you open the game platform or search for content, you still need to use the keyboard, mouse and monitor. .”

"Even if you don't need the seat, these can't be saved, right?"

Pei Qian thought about it, and it was really the case.

With the current technical level and content of VR headsets, it is impossible to completely replace PCs. Many contents need to be set up on the PC before wearing the headsets.

All-in-one VR machines can only run VR games that are about the same size as mobile games, and those large games still have to be calculated by computers.

Therefore, the display screen, host computer and keyboard and mouse are still essential.

(End of this chapter)