Chapter 1
The door opened a crack.
Jiang Qi and Liu Lan squatted in a blind corner and clearly saw the six girls inside, slumped in the chairs like six long-haired fat cats who were full and lying on their stomachs in the sun. Four of them were still holding their bowls, and two were holding their chopsticks, looking happy as if they were enjoying a peaceful life and wishing they could say goodbye to work.
Liu Lan held up her head. Her good professionalism and desire to survive prevented her from taking out her cell phone to take a picture of the scene. She just moved her mouth in amazement.
"Jiang Qi, do you think Uncle Huang's noodles taste especially good when we're playing this game? I don't think I tasted this good last night. I ate three bowls last night."
Jiang Qi thought it made sense: "There should be a buff bonus when playing the game."
Liu Lan made an eager voice: "I really want to play this book once. The noodles I eat after playing it must be very delicious."
"You already know the plot in advance. There is no sense of surprise and shock. The effect will definitely not be as good as theirs." Jiang Qi poured cold water on Liu Lan.
Liu Lan thought about it and felt that it made sense. Seeing that it was getting late, he got up and quietly went downstairs to help pack up.
Jiang Qi squatted at the door for another five minutes, then Jiang Wanwan suddenly called. Jiang Qi was so scared that he almost knocked the door open. He had to walk to the window to answer the call.
"Hello, brother, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Jiang Wanwan's cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone.
Jiang Qi could tell from Jiang Wanwan's tone that the final news must be good news, so he said, "Let's hear the bad news first."
"The bad news is that Gao Qin and her friends have different opinions. There are 39 people in their roller skating club, 11 of whom don't participate in the activities. Of the remaining 28, 7 don't want to play script-killing games and just want to go sing at night. Of the 21 people who are willing to play script-killing games, 15 are novices. Moreover, they have different opinions. Some want to play reasoning games, some want to play emotional games, and some want to play faction games or mechanism games. Gao Qin is also a veteran script-killing player. She has played all the games in the store except for a few super crappy games that I think are crappy, so this business almost fell through."
"Almost?" Jiang Qi grasped the key point.
"That's right, it's all my fault!" Jiang Wanwan's tone was full of the meaning of taking credit, "Thanks to me brainwashing her every day in the dormitory, praising our store to the skies, Gao Qin changed her mind and decided to come to our store for team building this Saturday afternoon!"
"This Saturday afternoon?" Jiang Qi was stunned. Isn't this the same time as Wen Luo's appointment?
"Yes, it will be difficult to choose a book. The books in the store are either too bad or too difficult. The reasoning books are not suitable for beginners. The emotional book we played last time was pretty good, but it was hard to divide among 21 people. How about this, I'll send you Gao Qin's WeChat. Forget it, I'll just give Gao Qin my phone when I get back to the dormitory, and you can chat with her."
30 seconds later, Gao Qin's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hello, Brother Wanwan, I'm Gao Qin."
"Hello, just call me Jiang Qi."
"It's like this. Wanwan should have told you about my problem just now. I mainly want to discuss the cost and price of the team building. There are 21 of us together, and the club funds are not that abundant, so I want a more favorable price."
"I know, because there are so many of you, I can give you a 30% discount on the price, and all snacks and drinks are free. I also have recommendations for notebooks. Our store has just received an exclusive notebook, which is very suitable for team building. It is suitable for 6-30 people. It is produced by the same publisher as the emotional notebook you played last time. We just drove a car today, and the response was very good. Our current price is 138 per person."
"Of course, if you don't want to play the same book, and some of you want to play the mystery book, I'll send you the book list later. Just choose it in advance and let me know."
Gao Qin didn't say anything for a long time. Jiang Qi guessed that she was calculating the price.
A minute later, Gao Qin said, "If it's produced by the same publisher as last time, I think there shouldn't be any problem. How about this, you send me the order first, I'll discuss it with others now, and I'll give you a reply tomorrow at the latest."
"good."
Gao Qin hung up the phone.
Soon, Jiang Wanwan recommended Gao Qin's WeChat to Jiang Qi, and Jiang Qi sent the order to her after adding her.
After finishing all this, Jiang Qi turned around and found that Zhou Yuan and the other six people had already gone downstairs and the room had been cleaned up.
When Jiang Qi went downstairs, Zhou Yuan and six others had not left yet. They were sitting on the sofa, praising the performance crazily with Huang Fugui and Liu Lan.
Seeing Jiang Qi coming down, the self-familiar Xu Qingrui asked with a smile: "Boss Jiang, it seems that your store is doing good business."
Jiang Qi smiled and said, "It's only okay during the peak season. Summer vacation is coming soon."
"But you guys are really stupid. You opened a store in such a remote place. If Zhou Yuan hadn't gotten drunk the day before yesterday and insisted on coming in, I would have almost missed it. Zhou Yuan, you too, there is such a good store right next to your home and you ate it all by yourself without telling me."
Zhou Yuan cried out in injustice: "I have never been here before. I was drunk the day before yesterday when I came here for the first time."
They chatted for a few more sentences, and soon the online taxi that the round-faced girl called arrived, and she waved goodbye to everyone.
In less than five minutes, the online ride-hailing cars of the other people also arrived one after another. After Zhou Yuan sent her friends away, she also went home. Seeing that the customers had left, Jiang Qi and his friends also prepared to close the store and go home.
Old John was ready to go home early, and he put the mystery books he was reading back on the shelf.
Just when Jiang Qi was about to turn off the lights, leave the store and lock the door, Gao Qin sent a message.
Gao Qin: We have confirmed that 15 people will play "God of Cooking" and the other 6 will play "Nine". You can see how much deposit is needed to lock the room.
Jiang Qi asked Gao Qin to just give a deposit of 200 yuan, turned his head to look at Liu Lan who was walking home happily, and called her loudly.
"Lanlan, someone has scheduled "MasterChef Competition" and "Nine" on Saturday afternoon. My cousin's car is also scheduled for the same time. What is "Nine"? Do you think you will lead the show or let Teacher John lead the show tomorrow or on Saturday?"
Jiang Qi didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Liu Lan’s movements paused, and the step he took was stuck in the air for half a second.
Liu Lan turned his head in disbelief and screamed, "Nine?!"
Jiang Qi was confused: "What's wrong with this?"
Liu Lan didn't even want to go home for a moment. With a sad face, he explained to his lay boss, "This is a notoriously perverted jail scenario. When we tested it internally, we didn't finish it after 10 hours. My roommate had to go back home and we didn't want to test it anymore, so we just dispersed. This crappy scenario has 9 cases, 6 secret rooms, and 3 narratives. Although the logic is okay and there are no obvious bugs, it is extremely difficult. It takes one or two hours to replay the game. I guarantee that ordinary novice players will never want to play script-killing games again in their lives after playing it. Only hardcore players like it. I saw online reviews that playing for more than ten hours is the norm."
"This crappy book doesn't have any interpretation or mechanics, and there aren't many clue cards. It's just a hard drive. I spent a whole week reading the host manual, which has more than 200 pages, and it only costs 98 per person. If it weren't for the fact that the whole car was not sold, it would have been a big loss for Sister Bing to sell it long ago."
"It looks like I'll have to stay in jail in the store on Saturday, and I don't even have money to order takeout. Why is my life so hard?" Liu Lan's sadness was about to overflow.
"But if you bring "Nine", what about my brother and his car? We haven't read the rest of the books. I only read a novice mystery book and a fun book." Jiang Qi was a little embarrassed.
The most important thing is that he has never brought a game. Not only has he never brought a game, he has never even played a game seriously.
Liu Lan thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you let your cousin choose the book first, and you or Teacher John can take the time to read it. If it's a beginner's book or a fun book, it's easy to teach. Wanwan can teach some books. If it's not possible, let her do it. She has come over temporarily to help teach books before."
Jiang Qi nodded, thinking that this method was feasible.
Just as he was about to turn off the lights and close the door for the second time, Old John, an active off-duty worker, suddenly said, "Let me do it."
"Ah?" Jiang Qi and Liu Lan were both stunned.
Old John walked to the shelf and found the book Nine, which he had placed in the bottom corner for fear of being seen. He picked it up and said, "Let me take a look. It's more than ten hours, right?"
Liu Lan was still a little confused and unsure of the situation: "Teacher John, are you sure you want to watch it? I'm afraid you can't finish it in one day."
"No problem." Old John, who had only read half of the book, said that it was no problem to just read the book.
Liu Lan was moved: "Teacher John..."
Old John said nothing and went out with the book.
Huang Fugui watched all this at the door with a smile, patted Old John on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother John, I didn't expect that although you don't like to talk much, you are quite enthusiastic!"
Old John: ...
For some reason, Jiang Qi could actually read Old John's inner thoughts from the ellipsis on his face.
I paid too much to live in a wealthy neighborhood.
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