Chapter 49
Generally speaking, small yachts are those under 11 meters in length, with prices ranging from tens of thousands to millions, and are mostly used offshore, such as fishing boats or offshore diving boats.
A medium-sized yacht of 11 to 18 meters can be used for family sea vacations. It is usually equipped with bedrooms, living rooms, game rooms, etc. With enough supplies, it can stay at sea for about a week, similar to a small sea inn.
Yachts over 18 meters are large yachts, and those over 40 meters are super yachts. Nowadays, there are more and more super yachts over 100 meters, and of course, the prices are getting more and more expensive.
If private jets are still used for business purposes by many wealthy people, yachts, which are expensive and time-consuming means of travel, are something that only billionaires with money and free time can afford.
Moreover, the tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars selling price of a super yacht is only the first threshold. For such large vessels, the annual maintenance cost alone is about 10 to 15 percent of the selling price. Ordinary billionaires really can't afford this.
Considering that the construction of the island was about to begin, Xue Mi first ordered a small speedboat and a medium-sized yacht as a means of transportation to stroll around the island.
As for large yachts, she also went on a sample boat to take a look, and to be honest, she was not very satisfied.
It is luxurious and the space is not small, but it has a kind of middle-aged and elderly luxury style, which is not very pleasing to her.
The salesperson on reception successfully got the order and noticed that Xue Mi was interested in large yachts. He smiled and mentioned that there was a yacht show nearby and that they, the manufacturer, could also help her make an appointment to visit the boat.
The yacht market is a relatively niche field in China, but there are still many buyers and sellers. Especially in recent years, with the rapid development of the domestic economy, many top foreign shipyards have set their sights on this large market. Various types of ships are competing with each other on the blue sea, attracting a lot of attention.
It also opened Xue Mi's eyes.
Although what I really want is a top-notch super luxury yacht that can accommodate helicopters and has a large jacuzzi and swimming pool, when I really walk among these exquisitely designed and technologically advanced ships, it seems that there is no need to be so persistent.
She soon spotted a boat that particularly suited her aesthetic.
The ship is not very big, only 28 meters, which is almost between a medium-sized yacht and a large yacht, but its appearance is really beautiful.
The silver-gray paint is full of texture, and the streamlined appearance sparkles between the blue waves and the blue sky. At the top of the cabin, the flying bridge is bathed in the sun, and the large pieces of string window glass make the view wide and the space spacious.
The price was not cheap, but it was just the price of a customized luxury car, and even less than the previous donation, so it was not a burden for Xue Mi.
The only trouble is the need to hire professional captains and crew members, as well as daily maintenance and other matters. Fortunately, these can be outsourced to relevant companies, which can save a lot of trouble.
Xue Mi lingered on the ship for a long time, but was not in a hurry to place an order. After all, there were so many ships here, so she just took a quick look first.
Later, she looked at a 70-meter superyacht, which would take about two and a half years to deliver and would be capable of sailing around the world. Although this was quite attractive, it was still not as impressive as the first boat.
By the afternoon, she finally got the opportunity to visit the most popular super luxury yacht at the exhibition.
This is a 108-meter-long super luxury yacht built by a top foreign shipyard. Although it is free to visit, it is difficult for ordinary people to get on board. Only VIP guests on a special list or those with connections with the organizer, agent or shipyard can get a visiting spot and visit the ship in batches.
There were nine other people on the boat with Xue Mi this time. They were either professionals in the yacht industry or wealthy people who liked yachts. There was also a particularly famous internet celebrity who was specially invited to the exhibition.
Among these people, Xue Mi seemed particularly unfamiliar. She was not the type to get familiar with strangers easily, so she didn't talk much along the way. Others thought that this girl was just a relative who got a chance to get on the luxury yacht and see the world.
The reception staff at the shipbuilder's side didn't seem very enthusiastic about this group of people.
The super-rich who can really afford this kind of yacht have already been specially invited and entertained. Those who get a quota to board the ship are just tools to increase the popularity of their yachts. At most, they can be developed into rental customers. They definitely cannot afford to buy it.
In fact, even leasing a ship of this kind costs a lot of money. For example, the 108-meter-long, three-decked super luxury yacht, the Triangle Angel, costs 2.8 million per week just to rent the ship. Add to that the captain, crew, and other service personnel's salaries, as well as food and various sailing expenses, and it can easily cost over 3.5 million.
This money is spent just for the experience, most people are really reluctant to spend it.
After everyone boarded the yacht, their first reaction was to couldn't help but praise it.
Rather than a ship, it is more like a luxurious villa floating on the water. It is extremely luxurious and exquisite, and even the faucets are inlaid with gold.
In addition, there are various high-tech equipment on the ship, such as the very expensive seawater conversion technology, which can convert salty and bitter seawater into sweet fresh water.
The powerful power system and large fuel tank can ensure a range of tens of thousands of kilometers, allowing you to easily cross the ocean and go to any corner of the world.
Xue Mi looked left and right on the boat, and finally felt the fatal charm of the super luxury yacht up close.
Especially the helipad on the upper deck, the huge translucent swimming pool on the glass terrace, and the huge slide leading to the lower deck, all really touched her heart.
Sure enough, even on a boat surrounded by sea water, having your own swimming pool is the way to go.
The commentator also said that every super luxury yacht in the world is different, including the exterior and interior. The world's best designers will be hired to make various modifications based on the opinions of the shipowner, even to the extreme of exaggeration.
No matter how wild the idea is, for the sake of money, the most professional team of designers will always find a way to make it happen.
In addition to the master bedroom, the ship has eight guest bedrooms, which can accommodate up to 18 guests. At the same time, there are as many as 25 crew members, waiters and chefs, providing the guests on board with personal services that far exceed those of a five-star hotel.
How can you say this, it is simply a palace on the sea!
Compared with this boat, the appeal of the 28-meter medium-sized yacht named Xue Mi's Heartbeat suddenly dropped significantly.
Xue Mi couldn't help but ask how much this kind of boat cost and how to buy it.
The commentator had probably heard a lot of questions like this before, so he just covered his mouth gently when he heard this: "The price of the ship varies depending on the requirements of the ship owner. For example, this ship was originally sold for more than 300 million yuan."
Hearing the price, many people couldn't help but let out a slight exclamation.
The internet celebrity held up the camera, walked around the boat, and introduced this super yacht, which most people don't have the chance to get on, to his fans in the live broadcast room in a very exaggerated tone.
"Then how do I buy it?" Seeing that the man had no intention of explaining further, Xue Mi asked again.
The other party smiled again and said, "Our production is limited, so we don't usually accept orders easily. Customers probably need to contact us 3 to 5 years in advance to confirm that they have the purchasing qualifications and that there are vacancies before they can place an order."
"After placing the order, do we have to wait another two or three years?" Xue Mi asked with a frown on her face.
"Of course," the commentator nodded as a matter of course, "For such a great treasure, the wait is definitely worth it."
"For ordinary people, even if they have money, it is difficult to buy this kind of super yacht." The commentator said to Xue Mi with a smile.
The conversation between Xue Mi and the commentator was also recorded by the internet celebrity in the live broadcast room.
"What a bold question! It's as if she really has the money to buy such a boat!"
"Didn't you see that the staff member was getting impatient? He's really shameless."
"What's wrong with asking a few more questions? It's a rare opportunity to go to a place like this, so I must see more to make it worth the trip."
"Instead of buying a boat, why not rent one and go out to sea? Xiaoyu, why don't you give it a try? I'll give you 50 cents in advance."
"Xiao Yu is not crazy. It would cost more than 3 million to rent for a week. He definitely can't bear to do that." Even internet celebrities with a net worth of tens of millions are not so crazy as to spend money like this.
Three million...Xue Mi hesitated for a moment.
But she didn't hesitate for long and made a decision quickly.
Let’s talk about whether to buy a boat or not, it’s still very simple to book a week to play around.
Maybe after living on it for a while, she decided that this kind of boat was meaningless and gave up the idea completely?
When it was time to get off the boat, others were preparing to say goodbye and leave one after another, but Xue Mi suddenly asked the staff about chartering a boat.
In order to take more shots, the internet celebrity wandered around for a while and accidentally heard that the young girl who was not familiar with everyone else was actually preparing to charter a boat.
Oh, I didn’t expect that he is actually a quiet rich second generation!
Xiaoyu's live broadcast room instantly became noisy, and a group of people who were just there for fun began to yell at Xiaoyu to use his charm quickly to see if he could get this opportunity.
After all, it's a week-long deal, and more than 3 million is spent without blinking an eye. It's definitely cost-effective to hold on to this thigh.
The staff were also a little surprised.
This boat can indeed be rented out, but due to the high rental price, it has only been rented out a few times, and most of the guests are familiar ones. It is the first time for a complete stranger like Xue Mi to rent it out.
Xue Mi didn't expect that not only did one have to queue up to buy a boat, but even renting a boat was not something that could be easily done.
She was not a member of any yacht club, nor did she have any senior friends to guide her. As a complete stranger, she would naturally be excluded from this small circle with high entry barriers and strong cohesion.
Of course, the high price of this type of yacht is also a reason.
"Sorry," the staff member smiled a bit hypocritically, "To rent a luxury cruise ship like this, you need at least one year of membership in the yacht club, as well as the guarantee of three members or a senior member. Without these, you cannot rent a super yacht of this specification. If you are really interested, you can try those small and medium-sized yachts, which will also give you enough fun."
Xue Mi frowned slightly: "Even if I pay enough deposit, it won't work?"
Boats were expensive, so she was cautious about renting them, which she could understand, but it was not like she couldn't pay a sufficient deposit.
She also didn't expect that in this circle, it was so difficult to even spend money.
To be honest, this is not a comfortable thing.
The staff member still shook his head gracefully and refused: "Sorry, this is the rule, we can't make the decision."
The so-called rules do have exceptions, but there is no need to make an exception for this young girl who is unknown to anyone.
Xiaoyu's live broadcast room also accidentally recorded this conversation.
"Fuck! Why does this sound so unpleasant?"
"That's right, why can't we rent it if we pay? And we've already agreed to pay a high deposit!"
"I think this is a bit too much. The threshold is too high. It means they don't want to do business!"
Someone else gave some advice: "The yacht industry is very closed. As for leasing, it's easy to rent a small or medium-sized yacht, but super yachts are generally not open to the public. There are always various barriers to entry to improve the quality."
"Don't those foreign luxury goods companies like to do this the most? This is the only way to coax their members to pay money obediently. In fact, it's all a routine!"
"Am I the only one curious about the background of this rich woman? I suddenly felt that she asked so many questions just now, as if she really wanted to buy a yacht..."
"Hahaha, that's impossible. It's not that easy to buy a yacht. It costs hundreds of millions!"
"That's right, the people upstairs are thinking too much..."
There was a lot of chatter in the live broadcast room. Although Xue Mi couldn't see the discussions, she was actually thinking the same thing.
After becoming rich, Xue Mi experienced for the first time being blatantly blocked from a circle.
It really makes people uncomfortable.
The group membership system and the vague contemptuous attitude towards outsiders do reflect the strong old money style of the wealthy class.
Unfortunately, Xue Mi, as a new upstart, doesn't buy it at all.
She turned around and called her assistant, telling him to prepare to buy a shipyard directly - the top shipyard that was praised so highly by the staff.
assistant:? ? ?
It’s not enough for the boss to just buy a ship, is he planning to buy a factory and build it himself?
This is indeed a crazy world!
Xue Mi's idea was very simple. Since she was interested in this kind of super yacht, but others didn't let her buy it, she might as well buy shares directly.
Now that we are shareholders, there shouldn’t be such a long familiarization period, right?
It just so happened that she had hundreds of billions of cash in her hands that she had nowhere to spend, so she spent it everywhere, and it seemed that even the digits in the tail didn't change much.
So I said, being too rich can actually be quite troublesome.
At first, Xue Mi was just going to be a happy and leisurely shareholder, and build a boat for herself in advance - she didn't know how to run a business, so there was no point in buying the entire factory.
But unexpectedly, the original owner of the shipyard, as soon as he came into contact with the acquisition intention, actually said happily that it would be better to make the deal bigger.
Are you considering a full acquisition?
After more careful inquiries, it turned out that there was no problem with this shipyard. This shipyard had a full order book and was making good profits. Unfortunately, the original owner's main industry had encountered major problems and was anxious to sell off assets to save the day. Xue Mi's inquiry just happened to coincide with this.
After hearing the news, although Xue Mi was wealthy, she couldn't help but touch her pocket. She also thought about the super yachts that cost hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, and wondered if she could afford it.
Her investment team is very optimistic about this acquisition.
The shipyard that Xue Mi has her eyes on is an old yacht manufacturer with good strength and technology. In the past two years, the yacht industry has been experiencing a big boom, and orders have been flooded. If the shipyard owner had not gone bankrupt elsewhere, he might not have been able to take advantage of this opportunity to buy high-quality assets.
And although super yachts are incredibly expensive, a shipyard is actually not as expensive as imagined. After all, a small and old shipyard like this can only produce four super yachts at the same time. It is not too difficult for Xue Mi to purchase them in full.
In that case, let’s talk about it first.
Because there might be a large expenditure, she carefully counted the amount of funds she had on hand and estimated where the money would be needed next. At this time, she suddenly remembered that Wanxiang Interactive seemed to have not asked her for money for a long time.
According to Director Ming's style, this seems to be wrong!
She directly called her former assistant, the current general manager of Wanxiang Interactive, to ask what the current situation was.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the call was connected, an excited voice came from the other end: "Boss, how did you know I was just about to call you? Something big happened! Something big happened in our company!"
Xue Mi's heart couldn't help but tighten.
Unexpectedly, the so-called big event turned out to be a big happy event.
The company's virtual reality technology has once again made a major breakthrough. This time, it is not just a small game of a few minutes, but an unexpected breakthrough.
Moreover, the departments that made progress this time were not those that the company expected to have the highest investment, but rather those marginal departments that no one paid much attention to before and were considered unlikely to produce any important results at the current level of technology.
Just relying on a few small external chips, it is possible to directly affect the brain, allowing users to truly experience the feeling of touch and grasping - if this news were to get out, not to mention the gaming industry, the entire technology industry would experience an earth-shaking earthquake!
The technology that was once out of reach and was believed by most industry insiders to be unlikely to see a major breakthrough in the next 20 years has finally made incredible progress!
However, this important breakthrough was not achieved by the top laboratories or super large companies that were highly concerned by the industry, but came from a small, unknown technology company that was almost disbanded.
If Wanxiang Interactive had not been listed, its stock price would have soared more than 10 times just by releasing this news!
And now, as the controlling boss of the company, Xue Mi is also very excited.
Then he once again coldly rejected Director Ming's idea of releasing the news and then absorbing a large amount of external financing.
"This technology is not mature enough yet, so there's no need to release it in a hurry," she said calmly. "You must keep the laboratory confidential and continue to speed up the research progress. The only thing you need to focus on now is to launch mature virtual reality technology as soon as possible. I'm still waiting for the holographic game you promised me before!"
However, now that we have achieved such a big lead, some of the results that were previously hidden can be released secretly. Seeing their work transformed into real products and receiving sufficient bonuses are also huge incentives for the staff.
For example, that super realistic casual parkour game should be able to scare a lot of people's eyes off.
To be honest, after being scared several times in a row last time, Xue Mi was looking forward to playing this game to scare people.
When the gaming department of Wanxiang Interactive heard that they finally had room to perform, everyone was very excited.
Although it has only been a few short months, they have already completely perfected this cultivation parkour game. Not only has it basically solved the problem of excessive burden on the heart and brain - of course, the game time must still be controlled within half an hour - but they have also added a variety of interesting small levels, trying to make players deeply feel how abnormally difficult it is for a swordsman who cultivates immortals to fly in the sky on a sword.
In human terms, it means doing everything possible to make things difficult for players, ensuring that they cannot pass the level normally, but instead have fun experiencing all kinds of weird and strange ways of dying.
However, it is not easy to promote this highly realistic virtual reality game.
The most critical problem is that the equipment is expensive and difficult to popularize among ordinary players.
In order to obtain the most realistic physical sensation, the machine installed in this game is an egg-shaped game cabin that is nearly two meters high and one meter in diameter. Players can experience the extremely realistic game experience by sitting on special seats in the game cabin, instead of being dazzled by the glasses that are useless except for making people dizzy and make them doubt their lives.
In addition to occupying a large area, this game cabin is also expensive.
The cost of the two specially designed curved screens that perfectly deceive the human eye alone is hundreds of thousands, not to mention the various chips, sensors, and other high-tech components inside.
Such an ugly big machine costs nearly 1 million yuan, which is simply not affordable for ordinary people.
Others think that this is the biggest problem when launching this game into the market, but for Xue Mi, whose view of money has been seriously distorted, she can't help but sigh: Compared with luxury goods, technological products really save a lot of money!
It’s only 1 million, let’s make 20 sample machines first!
The laboratory's output is limited, so we must invest in building a factory as soon as possible to expand production. This will not only reduce costs, but also prepare for the launch of other models in the future.
Compared with the shipyard, this is the real money-maker. Xue Mi got excited and was even ready to invest his own money directly into it. As for the yacht and island, they could be put aside for the future.
But when she asked Director Ming generously how much funding he would need in the next year and asked her to just ask, Director Ming hesitated for a long time and finally carefully raised two fingers, while secretly observing the boss's expression, fearing that she would ask for too much and make the financier angry.
"Twenty billion?" Xue Mi asked.
Director Ming quickly shook his head: "No need for that, two hundred million should be enough."
Xue Mi couldn't help but feel relieved. This is the benefit of investing in a big shot! Not only efficient, but also saves money!
"Two hundred million is too little, I'll just give you four hundred million!" The wealthy woman with golden glow waved her hand. Just kidding, a super yacht only costs four hundred million. No matter what, she couldn't let her most powerful cash cow of the future go to waste!
In addition to large sums of funding and generous rewards for company employees, she also gave Director Ming 10% of Wanxiang Interactive's shares. Director Ming's shareholding in the company has now increased to 20%, and if he can successfully make a holographic game with a simulation degree of more than 50%, his shareholding will reach 30%.
In addition, Xue Mi will take out another 10% as a reward for other people in the company.
In Xue Mi's eyes, she was getting a huge bargain, using only a few hundred million yuan to create a trillion-dollar super explosion. But in the eyes of others, they thought that the boss was really generous and capable.
With the rewards in place, the morale of Wanxiang Interactive was boosted again, and they became more enthusiastic in performing fancy moves.
Because they were going to launch a game cabin, having only one game would not be a good idea. Xue Mi was thinking about asking the game department to come up with a few more similar games. Even if the gameplay was not innovative, at least the game selection list should not be too thin.
Xue Mi originally thought that making multiple games in a short period of time would be a very arduous task.
Unexpectedly, when she asked about it, she found out that in just a few months, the game department not only made the difficulty of the Xiuxian Parkour game more and more abnormal, but also created several small games with different styles and diverse gameplay based on the special characteristics of the game cabin. Each game time is not long, and when it comes to excitement, none of them are easy.
In addition to the immortal parkour game that allows players to experience various ways of dying, there is also what can be called the most realistic Chinese horror game. Whether it's the eye-catching red embroidered shoes by the bed, the bride sitting quietly, or a few strange noises suddenly coming from nowhere, they can easily allow players to experience the most extreme fright - of course, this game puts too much strain on the heart, and Xue Mi considered it over and over again, and finally asked the people in the game department to reduce the realism before agreeing to implant this game into the game console.
In addition, there is also an interactive love game. Before the game starts, players can choose their gender and the target of their strategy. There are men and women of all styles and shapes to choose from. All kinds of love stories are randomly generated by artificial intelligence. If you don’t like the type that is too realistic, you can even choose a paper man. Except that you can’t really kiss or do certain unspeakable things, it really allows players to experience the feeling of an accelerated heartbeat.
It’s a pity that the experience time for this game is only 10 minutes. If it lasts longer, Xue Mi is really worried that players will become addicted to it and focus on dating the AI.
In addition, there is a racing game and an alpine skiing game, and the main feature is that they are so difficult that it is difficult to persist for more than three minutes.
Xue Mi died in the game again, and finally couldn't help showing off her boss's power and asked the people in the game department to lower the difficulty of the game for her.
"Isn't this difficulty too much? I die every few minutes. What kind of gaming experience is this?" Although it is really fun to play, Xue Mi really feels that the world is not worth it because she either dies over and over again or is scared to the point of having her heart stop by a ghost that suddenly pops out.
I am a boss after all, how can you be so cruel!
As for the only love game, Xue Mi was not very interested in it. After pinching her face a few times, she put those sour and smelly men behind her without hesitation.
Hey man, apart from affecting the progress of the game, it's useless!
The obedient head of the game department immediately lowered the difficulty of Xue Mi's task, or in other words, he secretly helped the boss switch to casual mode.
As a cross-era game, the issue of expanding the audience as much as possible was taken into consideration when it was designed, so two modes were directly created and users can choose freely.
The small flying sword slowed down instantly and floated in the air, eating gold coins and picking fruits. This is a gameplay for purely casual players. It is not difficult and can also help players adapt to the new gameplay.
And that horror game, after being cartoonized, it was instantly not scary at all. Xue Mi did not expect that the bride hiding under the red veil was so beautiful. Although her face was a little blue and there were two pointed little fangs on her lips, she was so cute. When I saw that chubby face, I wanted to pinch it.
There are also various little ghosts that suddenly appear, and they become round and plump because of the cartoon drawings. Even their scary cries have changed from chirping to howling. They are no longer scary, but cute.
Even racing and alpine skiing have become easier:
The originally exciting racing car has been turned into a sightseeing bus. You can choose to travel freely in the mountains or cities. Although it is not interactive yet, the huge map gives people an immersive feeling as if they are on a trip.
There is also alpine skiing. The snow trails have become much smoother, and the difference from before is almost the difference between a top-level difficult trail and a novice trail. However, this way you can better appreciate the snow scenery on the distant mountains, and slide down slowly, which is much more comfortable than the previous feeling of rolling over with your head tucked in the snow.
After playing a round of games, Xue Mi felt that her mood had calmed down a lot. She couldn't help but pat the shoulder of the boss of the game department with emotion and decided to give him a raise.
A month later, a very small game hall suddenly opened up on the busiest streets of several first-tier cities and some second-tier cities in China.
The decoration of the game hall is very simple, and the gaming equipment is pitifully few. There is only an egg-shaped machine that is as tall as a person. It looks a bit like the VR games that were popular in the past few years - but that kind of game, after playing it a few times, the experience is almost the same, the pixels are rough, and there is a lot of repetition in the content. As a result, many such stores have closed down in the past two years, and everyone has become used to it.
However, there are too few pieces of equipment in this store. There is only one machine, and it occupies a prime shop in the central city with the highest rent. Isn’t it a bit too wasteful?
This doubt continued until the store officially opened.
Because there are few machines and the stores are small, each store has only two employees. One of them is newly hired and serves as the store manager, cleaner and customer service staff, and also maintains order - although there is only one machine, there doesn't seem to be much order to maintain.
The other one was sent from the headquarters. He usually has no other work and is mainly responsible for keeping an eye on this strange big machine.
Luo Hua moved his butt out of boredom, looked at the leader coming from the headquarters, and then looked at the empty door.
Today is the first day that this small shop called Wanxiang Game Hall opened. There were no flower baskets, no promotional advertisements, and they didn't even hire interns to hand out flyers. The first day of opening went by silently, and it felt like the store would also close silently.
After all, it was a job he had found with great difficulty, and the benefits were not bad. Luo Hua still wanted to work hard, otherwise he would have to leave without getting a month's salary.
He carefully asked the leader at the headquarters whether he needed him to make a few promotional posters temporarily, at least to promote the reputation of the new store, otherwise how would customers come in.
By the way, there is also this strange big machine. What kind of game is it based on? You have to post it to introduce it to users so that others will be willing to pay to play, right?
After all, this game is not cheap. It was 50% off in the first three days, 25 yuan per 3 minutes. After three days, the price increased to 50 yuan per 3 minutes.
Even if there is gold in here, it doesn't have to be so expensive!
This big machine was only delivered yesterday, and Luo Hua has never really experienced it, so he has no idea where the headquarters got the confidence to set such a high price.
After hearing Luo Hua's series of questions, the leader from the headquarters just smiled and said confidently: "Don't worry, our store business will pick up soon."
Luo Hua could only raise his eyebrows with a look of misfortune as he saw the other party's confidence coming from nowhere. Then he quietly opened his mobile phone, logged into the job search software, and started submitting his resume again.
After all, it is hard to find a job nowadays. Instead of waiting until the game store goes bankrupt and then rushing to find a job, it is better to make preparations in advance so that you will have room to react when something really happens.
The first business after the opening of the Vientiane Game Hall branch in City B was a young man who was wandering around out of boredom.
He originally came here to accompany his girlfriend shopping, but unfortunately, when seeing all those colorful clothes and shoes, he accidentally made some stupid remarks, and was chased away by his girlfriend, who told him to go wherever he wanted. Instead of listening to such stupid straight man's remarks, it would be better to go shopping by himself.
Although he had no idea how he had offended his girlfriend, the young man was still very happy to be freed from that cage.
He wandered around the Lego store for a while, then went to study some sports equipment, and finally strolled to the door of the Vientiane Game Hall.
"It's strange. I don't think I've seen this store before. It must be newly opened." He peeked inside through the glass door curiously.
This is really a very strange game hall, with a total space of less than 20 square meters, and inside it is a large, weird oval machine painted white. The store is empty, without a single customer, and there are only two staff members, one sitting at the bar and browsing his phone, and the other glancing at the big machine from time to time. For some reason, the young man seems to read a kind of restlessness in the man's eyes... This feeling is quite like when he sees his favorite customized equipment, wants to buy it, but tries hard to hold back.
This young man, who had no aesthetic taste but was extremely curious, finally couldn't help but walk in and took a look at the price list. It was okay. In this place where every inch of land is valuable, the price was not particularly expensive.
But the problem is, there are a few big words written at the top of the price list: VR game console.
There was no introduction on how to play the game, nor on the name of the game. He had never seen such a casual naming method before.
Could it be that this store is a scam store that uses this mysterious naming style to lure people in and rip them off?
Young people have seen many such stores in scenic spots before. Either the food tastes terrible or the items on offer are really undesirable, but the descriptions are vague and the prices are not expensive, so there are always people who fall for them.
But... unless the boss is crazy, he would not do this in a place where the rent is so expensive.
He finally couldn't help but ask out loud how this game console was played.
Unexpectedly, the person who was browsing his phone had a blank look on his face, revealing a naive and ignorant look. The other person was obviously not very eloquent. He just pointed to the words on the project list and said very seriously: "It's a VR game console."
After all, all those who were temporarily transferred here are science and engineering men in the company. They are here mainly to deal with various possible situations of the new machines. After the trial operation is over, the company will transfer them back and send more professional people to manage them.
There are some science and engineering men who are good at speaking, but unfortunately they have nothing to do with the one from the B station branch.
He was even reluctant to squeeze out a few more words to explain the selling points and advantages of this game console. He just stared at the customers with an extremely sincere but very stupid expression, as if staring at them like that would make the customers foolishly pay.
The young man felt that he was certainly not such a fool.
Although he has a very strong curiosity, he will not be easily deceived and throw money into the pocket of the swindler.
But...it's only 25 bucks anyway.
He had played VR games before, and a game of about three minutes would cost him twenty or thirty yuan. When he thought about it this way, this price seemed quite normal.
The most important thing is, what kind of game console is this? He is really curious and wants to find out.
Seeing the young man wandering around the oval machine for a long time, the technician, who was not good at speaking, finally said a few words sincerely and with great effort: "This is really fun. Try it now while there is no queue."
The young man looked at the empty store, with no one even stopping at the door, and a big question mark popped up in his head.
Are there really not enough fools these days that people would fall into this kind of scam?
Forget about queuing, this game hall with so few people around might go bankrupt tomorrow.
He turned around and wanted to leave, but he couldn't help but look back at the egg: "What kind of game console is this? If it's interesting, I'll give it a try."
Now that things have come to this, it's like a fool showing his pockets to a swindler and waiting for him to pick his pockets.
Unexpectedly, the clerk was as straightforward as ever: "This is a VR game console, the kind with a very high degree of simulation."
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It’s not like he hasn’t played VR games before, and with a high degree of simulation? You're fooling around!
The young and curious person really wanted to know what this thing was and whether this store was a scam. Finally, he had no choice but to compromise and swiped the QR code to pay 25 yuan.
He wanted to see for himself whether this thing was a scam or not!
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