Chapter 319: The First Offline Store
The Cowherd Cult, which suddenly won the resurrection match, caught Chen Ba off guard. After all, he could never have dreamed that a dead person could be resurrected!
But it was not a big problem.
Although the Cowherd Sect is a rat crossing the street and everyone is shouting and beating it, their attitude in attracting traffic to "Study Simulator" is worthy of recognition, and their contribution cannot be ignored.
Without saying anything else...
The Cowherd Cult has been revived these days, so do you think the popularity of "Study Simulator" has increased?
What? Netizens are all scolding? Ahem, that's not important! As the saying goes, black and red are also red. It's really unpleasant to be criticized by the whole network, but it's better than no one cared about it before, right?
They also helped Chen Ba a lot. After all, without the help of Fangniujiao, there would probably be few people in the entire gaming circle who would pay attention to the game "Han Chuang Ku Du Simulator", nor would they care about the fact that the game has a new DLC.
Seriously speaking, Chen Ba should thank them! Of course.
No matter how much the Cowherd Cult tries to attract traffic, it cannot change the fact that "Study Simulator" has become a complete failure.
So when Tianba Studio officially released the "Death of Old Ox" DLC, the number of downloads was actually not high, only about 6,000.
"Look at it from a bright side. After all these years, our game still has over 6,000 players playing it. That's pretty good!"
"yes……"
After hearing Dong Ge's consolation, Chen Ba said with emotion: "In fact, I originally thought that it would be good if the number of downloads could be one or two thousand, but I didn't expect it to be so many."
To be honest, 6,000 downloads is pretty good.
Although it is a free DLC, the game has been unpopular after all. It would be a lie for Chen Ba to say that he is not surprised that it still has so many players supporting it.
But he soon figured it out.
The 6,000 downloads of the new DLC are mostly due to the traffic attracted by the Cowherd Sect's recruitment of black fans across the entire network, or the downloads contributed by old players who have quit the game.
Looking back, "Study Simulator" sold hundreds of thousands of copies during its peak period.
Although many of these hundreds of thousands of players no longer play this game, as long as some people know that the "new DLC" has been released and is given away for free, the download volume will not be too low.
After all, it's free! If the DLC "Death of the Old Ox" is still charged, then not many people will download and buy it. After all, the game is dead and no one plays it anymore, so who would spend money to buy a DLC that they don't need? But if you say it's free, then I'm going to be very upset! No matter whether I play the game or not, or whether I need this DLC or not, I'll just get the free DLC first. I may not play it, but I must have it.
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The release of the new DLC "Death of Old Ox" has brought the game "Study Simulator" to a perfect end.
After this, Chen Ba’s next plan may be the new DLC of "Living under Someone Else's House Simulator".
But before that, he had to attend the opening ceremony of Xianyu Digital's first offline direct store and cut the ribbon for the Jiangning direct store numbered 001.
This is a big deal! Since its inception, Xianyu Digital has always been an online e-commerce model and has never set foot in offline stores.
However, the addition of Mirage Electronics changed the original business model of Xianyu Digital.
After all, the previous Xianyu Digital was more of an agent for and underwriter of products of other brands, to put it bluntly, it was a dealer channel.
But now Xianyu Digital is no longer a simple PC hardware distributor, but has become a PC hardware manufacturer and video game publisher.
The products currently sold by Xianyu Digital are mainly PC hardware and supporting peripherals from Mirage Electronics, as well as game peripheral derivatives from Tianba Studio, etc.
As for the graphics cards, memory sticks and other things that were sold in the past, it’s not that they are no longer sold, but relatively speaking, the proportion of the business has shrunk and it is no longer the main business of Xianyu Digital.
The first offline store opened in Jiangning City, in addition to taking on the offline distribution business of Xianyu Digital, actually has another hidden function...
In addition to selling various hardware and peripherals, this store actually sells games!
Yes, you heard it right!
The Jiangning offline flagship store is equipped with multiple large screens and game consoles. Players can come into the store to try out any Tianba game. If they are satisfied, they can purchase game cartridges or digital versions of Cdkeys here.
This is the significance of Chen Ba's insistence on opening a physical store offline.
certainly!
Chen Ba didn't expect this store to sell many games, nor did he even expect to recover the rental costs.
The existence of this store is more symbolic, just like the "XXX Experience Stores" opened by major digital manufacturers.
It doesn’t matter whether it makes money or not. What’s important is that this store is opened here, and people passing by will be curious to go in and take a look, or experience the games of Tianba Studio.
It doesn’t matter whether people buy something or not. As long as people come into the store to experience the products, the store will not be losing money.
By the way.
Although this offline store is located in a prime street in the city center, the rent is actually not expensive, and it can even be said that there is basically no rent.
Don't ask, the answer is nepotism.
Who made Lao Wang the biggest landlord of this commercial center? And Lao Wang looked at Chen Ba just like he looked at his son-in-law. How could he collect rent? You must be kidding!
If Chen Ba negotiated the rent, the ownership of the store would probably be transferred to his name the next day.
Lao Wang really had nothing to say about him.
Not only did he give Chen Ba whatever he wanted, he also introduced him to the connections he had accumulated over the years, as if he was entrusting Chen Ba with the care of his son.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
He also sees things clearly.
Wang Ya was indeed unable to protect his family business. If it were not for Chen Ba's help, I am afraid that as soon as he died, many jackals and tigers would jump out to cause trouble.
Because of this, he thought of tying Chen Ba to the chariot through marriage. In this way, he would not have to worry about him retiring or dying in the future and his daughter being too weak to protect the family business.
Chen Ba did not resist his kindness.
Because compared to Lao Wang, although he is richer, his "foundation" is still too shallow, mainly because his network of contacts is a bit lacking.
no way……
How could a young man like him, who was engaged in the Internet industry, compete with a real estate veteran in terms of connections? Therefore, the combination of him and Wang Ya could be regarded as a complement of resources from both sides, and both he and Wang Ya were happy to see it happen.
As for whether there is affection between the two parties, it really doesn’t matter.
On the day Chen Ba and Wang Ya got engaged, Lao Chen asked a question secretly: "If you two divorce, can you get custody of the child?"
Although Lao Chen's question is a bit strange, it is indeed a practical problem facing them, because both parties want the child, and Lao Wang will definitely not give in.
So engagement is engagement, but when the time comes, divorce is probably just a matter of a word.
"One for each family!"
Chen Ba told Lao Wang about his and Lao Wang's arrangement. I thought Lao Chen would be relieved, but he raised another question: "How to divide a man and a woman?"
Chen Ba: “…”
No, he also didn't find that Lao Chen was an old-fashioned man who favored boys over girls. In this regard, he shouldn't be entangled, right?
"You misunderstood. I'm not favoring boys over girls. What I mean is... granddaughters are more important than grandsons!" Old Chen said slowly.
Okay, okay, it still has to be you, old man!
Chen Ba curled his lips and decided not to pay attention to this old man who loved to talk nonsense. He had already shown that he favored girls over boys, and he couldn't let Old Wang hear this.
Little-known fact! Lao Wang also wants to hold a granddaughter, not a grandson. God knows what kind of tacit understanding these two old men have that they have such the same ideas.
But then again, it was not Chen Ba's turn to tell the elders what to do. No matter what they thought, he was the one who had the final say, wasn't he? Looking at Wang Ya, who was standing in the distance chatting with her bestie and smiling stiffly, as if she was experiencing this kind of situation for the first time, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared in Chen Ba's mind.
If he had been braver, the person standing there now might be different, right? Tsk, this wine is a bit bitter...
(End of this chapter)