Business Simulator 1

At 8 o'clock the next morning, the system sound rang out and Chu Yun appeared in the virtual space.

Welcome to the survival simulation game. This round has 10,000 players and 10 billion NPCs.

You need to survive here for 60 days and accumulate as many gold coins as possible. The conversion ratio between gold coins and system gold coins is 1:10. The final settlement reward = (actual gold coins owned - 5000 starting funds) ÷ 10. If the final settlement gold coin amount is negative, the system will collect a certain amount of your property as collateral.

[Note: You cannot leave the instance at any time until the end of this round of the game.]

Game Background: The year is 2880, a time of advanced technology. You've arrived in Greentown from a remote village, spending all your savings to rent a 20-square-meter shop. To make a living here, you decide to open a [name/name] shop. Initial capital: 10-square-meter shop + 5,000 gold coins.

The store options are:

【Stationery store/bookstore/Internet cafe.

Or: Refresh. 】

This was the first time that a normal NPC appeared in the copy, and Chu Yun's heart was slightly moved.

She looked for clues in the few descriptive sentences. In this era of advanced science and technology, machines replaced manual labor, and electronics replaced paper. Stationery and bookstores were no longer popular. In this technological age of widespread technology, it was estimated that few people would go to Internet cafes.

Chuyun clicked refresh and 3 new options appeared: nail salon/digital store/fast food restaurant, or refresh again.

The cost of running a nail salon is very low, but she doesn't have the nail art skills, so she gave up decisively.

The digital store fits in with the mainstream tone of this era, but the purchase cost of digital products is relatively high. Judging from the game description, she is a poor person. The game only says that she rented a store but did not say that it was full of goods. Therefore, the 5,000 coins starting capital given by the game is probably for purchasing goods. She thought about it and gave up.

Fast food restaurant? Chu Yun's eyes lit up when she saw this option. She had just looked at her personal interface, and Happy Farm was also brought in. The operation buttons were not frozen, which meant that she had a constant source of food. Using this to open a fast food restaurant was perfect.

Chu Yun didn't refresh the page again and selected the fast food restaurant button.

The white light dissipated, and Chu Yun appeared in a shop that was neither big nor small.

The room was plainly decorated, with a few grimey spots on the white walls, as if they'd been wiped by a dirty hand, and no decoration at all. The total area was 20 square meters, of which the bathroom took up 2 square meters and the cooking table took up 3 square meters.

The game was quite thoughtful, with a wok and rice cooker each placed on the cooking table, along with more than a dozen sets of rice bowls. The remaining 15 square meters were occupied by four small tables and chairs, the kind commonly found in street restaurants, often light green iron tables and chairs.

On the table sat a common 21st-century smartphone, instantly activated without unlocking. It contained only two apps: a personal payment app with a balance of 5,000 coins. The other was a news app, scrolling through breaking news in real time.

The hardware facilities are all ready, only the ingredients are missing.

Chu Yun opened the restaurant's glass sliding door and walked out of the store.

Is this the technological era of the next 2880 years?

Looking up, I saw tall buildings standing in a row not far away. Huge electronic screens projected virtual 3D images, rapidly playing advertisements one after another. Air buses and flying cars nimbly shuttled between the buildings, acting as the city's transportation hub.

Her shop is located in a semi-basement area. The sign at the door has three large gray characters "Small Restaurant" written on it. Due to years of disrepair, the "small" has also lost its color.

There were a few trash cans scattered on the road ahead, with a few plastic bags scattered next to them. It looked messy and dilapidated, in sharp contrast to the high-tech city buildings not far away.

No matter how fast a city develops, there will always be poor and rich people, but the two-tier differentiation is particularly obvious at this moment.

Chu Yun was still thinking when a sound came from the shop next door. The old sliding door made an unpleasant creaking sound.

Chu Yun turned around and just happened to meet Yu Wenhao's eyes as he walked out. The door of the shop on the other side swung open with a bang. It was Xu Dongdong! They had formed a group and expected the location to be randomly assigned like in the last game, but they hadn't expected such thoughtfulness this time.

The three of them entered Chuyun's shop and sat down to discuss countermeasures.

Chuyun runs a restaurant and has four large baskets of vegetables, and the staple food will be harvested in a few days.

Xu Dongdong runs an art studio specializing in handmade paintings. This is thanks to his family's cultivation of him before he started playing games. They let him take various interest classes since he was a child, and when he grew up, he entered a world-renowned art school for further studies.

Yu Wenhao opened a martial arts training studio. His goal was to recruit students. If he couldn't, he would find a job to earn money. The system said that the starting capital of personal gold coins must not be less than 5,000 gold coins before the end of the game. As long as he controlled it, he could pass the level without any effort.

Chu Yun couldn't help but give a thumbs up. The suggestion of working was really great!

The game does not require you to open a store. It only requires personal gold coins during settlement. In the end, as long as the balance exceeds 5,000 gold coins, it does not care where they come from.

When the initial capital is too little and you are unfamiliar with this different world, working is undoubtedly not a good choice.

Several people opened the shop door and the light sign at the door lit up, indicating that the shop was open for business.

But I don’t know if it was because it was too early or because the location was a bit remote, but no one passed by the door.

Yu Wenhao planned to explore the surrounding area, familiarize himself with the environment, look for job opportunities, and explore potential customers.

Xu Dongdong planned to go back and paint a few paintings. The studio was equipped with brushes, paper and dyes, but without paintings. He couldn't expect customers to come and find that he had nothing to sell.

There were no customers in the shop, so Chu Yun decided to go outside to attract customers.

She took out a pen and paper and wrote the slogan on a blank piece of paper: "Greentown Restaurant, specializing in various stir-fries: lettuce with oyster sauce, stir-fried chrysanthemum, stir-fried bok choy. Address: No. 34, Underground Road, Greentown Central District 8."

She found the address on a hidden houseplate at the door. She was reluctant to sell the staple foods such as steamed buns and bread in the space ring. She didn't have much of them to begin with, and the rice in the Happy Farm had not been planted yet.

Chu Yun walked out of the semi-underground area with a dozen or so pieces of written advertising paper. The underground and the ground were connected by a dozen steps, but the actual environment was completely different.

There were almost no pedestrians on the road, only the flying cars that whizzed past her head, stirring up a messy gust of wind. Chu Yun held up the advertisement with both hands, trying to attract their attention and stop, but the passing cars hardly stopped, noticing that there was a person soliciting passengers below.

Chu Yun observed that the transportation here has its own tracks. Special transportation such as the 110 and 120 before the game run on the top level, public transportation such as buses and subways are on the second level, and private transportation is on the bottom level. There are very few pedestrians walking on the ground.

A nearby electronic screen projected a 3D image of a beautiful woman. Her delicate hands held a glass bottle resembling Huoxiang Zhengqi water. After displaying it briefly, she drank from it with a look of deep enjoyment. Then, the slogan blared: "Watermelon-flavored nutrient solution, awaken your taste buds, melt your tongue."

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Is this place fed with nutrient solution?

Chu Yun was puzzled and took out the phone given by the game and opened the news app inside.

She had never seen the characters in this world before, but strangely, she could understand them. She probably had adjusted the game parameters.

The top posts on the app are almost all about a new high-tech device developed by a certain company, which has been a huge hit since its release. Scrolling down, you'll see the ad just posted. It was only posted this morning, but it's already garnered over a million comments.

"Is this new nutritional liquid really as delicious as advertised? I almost vomited after eating the ones you produced previously."

"I didn't have high hopes. It's not like they have no past record. Didn't they say they would produce a nutrient solution that was both delicious and tasty? But when I bought it, it tasted bitter. I was so angry."

"Alas, there's nothing I can do. If you don't drink the nutrient solution, you'll starve to death. You have to eat it no matter how bad it tastes. That's fate."

"I envy the ancients so much. I heard that there was a great diversity of species back then, plants hadn't become extinct, and animals weren't contaminated by radiation. There were so many delicious foods. I can't help but drool when I see the videos they left behind."

"This type of eating broadcast video has been banned by the country. Watching it is illegal. But sister upstairs, can you share it with me in private?!"

"Same, same, same. Even if I get reported and have to spend a few days in jail, I'll still watch it!"

All the comments that followed were asking for the food show video. Chu Yun was confused when he first saw it. It was just a video, so how could it be illegal?

Chu Yun finished reading it quickly and had a general understanding of the current situation of the world.

It seems that she made the right choice. This was an era with advanced science, but the food had long been extinct due to serious radiation pollution.

No wonder the trees in the distance looked fake. Now with new insights, you can see that they are actually 3D projections.

No wonder this city is called Green City, not because it has a lot of green plants, but because there are no green plants in this world. She has real food that this world has never seen before. If she manages it well, she can easily make over ten thousand yuan a month.

Chu Yun could already imagine the grand occasion her small restaurant would create when it was launched, but the problem now was how to attract the first customer?

She had a winning strategy, but she lacked that one trigger. The cars passing by continued to speed, not even giving Chu Yun a glance. But Chu Yun didn't give up. She believed that as long as she waited patiently, she would eventually stop a car or catch a pedestrian.

In this way, Chu Yun stood from 8:30 in the morning to 11 o'clock, and things finally took a turn for the better.

A cool green flying car changed its original trajectory and gradually lowered from the air road to the road surface 100 meters ahead and parked on the side of the road.

Then an old man who looked to be in his 70s came down from the main driver's seat. He was dressed in Baroque style and looked like a butler. After getting down, the old man walked around half a circle to the seat behind the passenger seat and respectfully opened the passenger door.

The first thing Chu Yun saw was a pair of small feet wearing cute little leather shoes. The old housekeeper tried to help but seemed to be rejected. Finally, a little boy of 7 or 8 years old came out. He was wearing a small suit and a small bow tie, like a little adult.

The two, one large and one small, slowly walked towards Chu Yun. Chu Yun narrowed her eyes and waited expectantly. Finally, the first rabbit appeared.

The housekeeper said: "Young Master, you have been in poor health since you were a child. There is no need to waste your precious energy on a stranger."

Child: "Butler Zhou, it's okay, I just wanted to come down for a walk."

Housekeeper: "If you have any abnormalities in your body, how can I explain it to the old lady?"

Child: "Just don't tell Mommy no, I'll just come down and walk for a while, I'm not that weak!"

The housekeeper said, "Humph! This woman doesn't look like a good person at first glance. She's probably trying to stop us for a ride. It's okay to be a bit of a snob, but what's the point of stopping a car on the highway? At least find a place to park!"

Chu Yun heard the butler's last words.

But Chu Yun deliberately ignored the old man's unfriendly look, squatted down with the handwritten advertisement in his hand, and smiled at the little boy to promote it: "Little friend, this is my new restaurant. I can make delicious stir-fried vegetables. Do you want to come in and try it?"

Children are not that wary and are easiest to deceive, and judging from the relationship between these two people, the child has the dominant say.

"Lettuce with oyster sauce, stir-fried Chinese spinach, and stir-fried cabbage? Aren't these the extinct plants that mom mentioned? Are you saying this is true or not?" The little boy opened his eyes wide, and his mouth almost swung into a circle. Chu Yun's childishness was aroused by seeing this, and he wanted to pinch his face.

However, there was always a loyal butler by his side who was eyeing him covetously, so she was probably stopped as soon as she reached out her hand.

Chu Yun still smiled and replied: "Really, really. My shop is just downstairs, you can come down and try it. If it doesn't taste good, it's free."

Butler Zhou looked at Chu Yun's face with her eyes narrowed into slits, and always felt that she had bad intentions and wanted to do something bad to his young master.

"Okay, then take me there now." The little boy ordered in a baby voice. He was obviously impatient in his heart but he still pretended to be serious.

"Young master, this man must be a liar. The plants have been extinct for hundreds of years. Where did the vegetables come from? We must be on guard against others." Butler Zhou grabbed the young master who was in a hurry and stared at Chu Yun.

Chu Yun was about to retort when the little boy spoke up, "Butler Zhou, since we're already here, there's nothing to lose by going and taking a look. Besides, with the power of our family, who would dare to lie to me?"

“…”

Chu Yun thought to himself: I dare not, I just want to start a small business when I first arrived.

She didn't expect that Shota had been so courageous since he was a child. She was a little glad that she didn't pinch his face before.

Butler Zhou glanced at her coldly and said, "Since the young master has said so, then go down and take a look. I don't think you dare to do anything bad."

Chu Yun held back the Chinese quintessence that was about to come out of her mouth. She stroked her chest with one hand and comforted herself: Forget it, forget it, the customer is God, the customer is God.