Chapter 209: The End of the Beta Test, Farewell for the Time Being
Laura's face was gloomy, her silver teeth clenched.
The big family in the Shangcheng District of the dignified sand city, now they don't even have a position to speak, and they are extremely humble.
When Laura recovered her anger, Link and Mina in the far seat had already started their meal.
Laura snorted coldly, stopped looking at the two of them, lowered her head and ate with Anna.
The table for two is the chef's innovative dish in May, so it was brought to the two family bosses to taste.
It's just that Laura and Anna are not focused on the latest dishes at the moment, and they taste like chewing wax in their mouths.
After finally waiting for a table in the distance to finish eating, Mina wiped the corners of her mouth, then took out her vanity mirror and started to touch up her makeup.
"Tang Master Lin, if I said that there is a second event on our appointment list, I'm afraid you will be absent-minded. Seeing that all your attention is now on the information, I will let you go this time."
When Mina got up, her eyes swept across the lost Newman Shuangshu in the distance. Suddenly, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised in her heart. She covered the chest of the red dress with one hand, and then slowly lowered her waist and leaned into Link's ear. , the flame-like lips were only a short distance away from Link's ear, and it looked like he was about to kiss him.
The hair on Link's body stood upright, and the whole person froze immediately.
He clearly felt Mina's breath, and the hot aroma hit his neck, as if a pair of invisible hands were stroking his skin.
"Tang Master Lin, I'm leaving now, so I won't delay your appointment."
After speaking, Mina got up and left. Before leaving, she glanced at Laura in the distance, her eyes full of provocation.
After Mina left, Laura, who was jumping in a hurry, restrained a lot.
Link opened the kraft paper bag immediately and took out the information inside.
The data files are indeed about the secret alliance, ranging from the structure of the alliance to the composition of the gangs under the subordinates. In addition, there is a lot of information about the core members of the Secret Alliance, and even the content that the core of the Secret Alliance is the blood family has been revealed.
"Mina's intelligence information is still very good. Except for some secret gangs, the rest of the content is covered. As long as you verify the authenticity of the intelligence, you can already make arrangements with this information." Link's eyes were bright. If these materials were purchased in the underground black market, I am afraid it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Laura saw Link sitting at the dining table without moving an inch.
He immersed himself in the information in his hand, took La Anna's hand, and gestured with his eyes.
With a confused look on her face, Anna shook her head again and said, "He chose to come to the appointment today, which means that the contents of the document bag are very important to him. Let's not bother him now, and we will talk about it after he finishes reading it."
Laura sat down again with her dangling buttocks in the air, pouted and said, "The elbows are already turned outward before the eight characters are even swiveled."
Anna looked innocent: "Even if it's other people, you can't go up and disturb it at this time."
After reading all the information, Link raised his head and let out a sigh of relief.
"Huh, with these materials, you can make arrangements in advance."
As soon as the voice fell, a pleasant voice came from behind.
"Tang Master Lin, today's dinner still suits your appetite?"
Link quickly closed the document, looked up suddenly, and saw Laura smiling.
"Well, the food is very appetizing. It is worthy of the Newman family of the breeding and catering industry giants."
Laura glanced at Link's tableware. She only took a sip of the lemonade. The plate in front of her was basically clean. She only cut a small piece of the steak. Those who are familiar with the chef's style of setting dishes cannot see the degree to which these dishes have been used.
This is the legendary very appetizing...
Laura drew a few black lines on her forehead, took a deep breath and asked, "I don't know if Hall Master Lin has time right now. I want to talk to you about something."
Link stuffed all the materials into the kraft paper bag, and said casually, "I want to talk about Xiaoxiang Pig."
Laura bent over and brushed the seat where Mina sat just now with her hand, as if she disliked it.
After taking a seat, he said solemnly: "Our Newman family is very sincere!"
Link closed the seal of the kraft paper bag with a thin thread, raised his head and stared at Laura: "It's not impossible to cooperate with the Newman family, but the breeding factory and slaughterhouse of Xiaoxiang pigs need your Newman family to provide, and every month You will be rationed."
Laura frowned slightly, feeling that the matter was not simple, and asked quickly, "How should the profits of our cooperation be divided?"
"82 open, I 8 you 2."
Laura sucked in a breath, her originally peaceful state of mind seemed to be thrown into a huge stone, causing layers of ripples.
"Tang Master Lin is not kidding, 82K, our Newman family still has to provide breeding factories and slaughterhouses, so what else do we earn?"
Link leaned forward slightly, with an unquestionable tone: "What you earn is that you can continue to maintain the status of the Newman family's strongest catering and breeding industry in Sandu, and I can guarantee that Xiaoxiang Pig will exclusively supply your Newman family, That's my sincerity."
Laura held a mass of anger in her chest, and when she heard Link's words, her anger was abruptly suppressed.
Link leaned back on the chair with a relaxed face: "Although I have been in Sandu for a short time, I still know some things about the Newman family. You have not been having a good time recently. Although the bright side It still maintains the name of the largest breeding and catering family in Sandu, but if it continues, I believe that your market share will soon be eroded by the next family, and you will completely lose your monopoly position.”
Laura's face was solemn, and Link's words were like a bayonet, stabbing directly into her heart, hitting her weakest spot.
The reason why she was so anxious to acquire Little Xiangzhu was to save the waning influence of the Newman family.
Feng Porridge, a core member of the Feng family in Shangcheng District, accidentally discovered a magic pot dug out of the relics of the old era when he went out this year. Whether it is the appearance or the taste, it will go up a notch.
With this magic pot, the Feng family built a restaurant called 'Food for Heaven'.
In just a few months, the diners who used to frequent the Newman family's high-end restaurants have all turned to the embrace of "food is the sky", which has led to the decline of the turnover of high-end restaurants in the past six months.
In the past six months, the family has also thought of many ways.
Hire more powerful chefs, select more high-quality ingredients, and enhance the service quality of catering.
But all of this is of no avail. The number of customers is still decreasing every month, and many repeat customers from Shangcheng District have never returned after going to "Food for the Sky". This is the most terrifying thing.
There are only so many rich people in Shadu, and high-end catering is also supported by these repeat customers.
The return of the customer is tantamount to drawing wages from the bottom of the pot.
Now it is said that the Newman family still occupies 80% of the high-end market, but only they know that the monthly turnover is declining, and even some small and romantic stores have not opened for a whole week.
There are no guests, but operating costs are always there.
In this case, closing the store is a wise move, but once the store is closed, the market will find that the Newman family's stores begin to close on a large scale. At that time, the market share will not be guaranteed, and the other party will expand more recklessly.
After Link moved into the Qilin Hall, the number of subordinates he could command increased, so he sent someone to have an in-depth understanding of the situation of the Newman family. In addition, the Brilliant Hotel also belongs to the catering industry, so he heard some news from the industry. Only then did I know that the status of the Newman family was not guaranteed.
"I have confidence in the quality of Xiaoxiangzhu, and I don't think it will be a problem to take back the market share of the Newman family by this. Moreover, after rationing, we can use the method of hunger marketing. The repeat customers in the upper city are the masters who are not short of money. Food is tied to status, and they'll just rush for it."
"When this batch of Xiaoxiang pigs matures, I will take the lead in trying it at the Brilliant Hotel under my banner. If it proves to be feasible at that time, if you want to join again, the share ratio will not be 82, but 91."
Laura frowned slightly, her heart pounding.
"Give me some time, I need to negotiate with the family, mainly because the Newman family has never signed a contract with such a proportion."
The corners of Link's mouth lifted slightly, with a trace of silent mockery.
After all, they are the arrogant Shangcheng family. They used to be the active party, and they have never signed such a treaty of 'loss of power and humiliation'.
"Yes, but remind, Miss Laura must pay attention to the time. You know that the breeding and growth time of Xiaoxiang pigs is different from that of ordinary meat pigs. You may hear news about the new dishes from the Brilliant Hotel in a few days. ."
After saying that, Link got up with his file bag.
When he turned back, he happened to see Anna who was waiting at the dining table in the distance, and nodded.
Link took the documents, and Fred drove quickly back to Qilin Hall.
Link doesn't care about the outcome of the Newman family's discussion. What he cares more about now is the end of the closed beta test for players after tonight.
That's right.
Players will be closed and tested for 5 days, which is 15 days in the game, and today is the last day.
After 0:00, all players will be forced to go offline and wait for the official beta test in a month and a half.
It's 9:30 pm now, and it's still too late to say goodbye to the rejoicing and cool people who are chasing the wind.
Link returned to the Qilin Hall and learned from the third one that the thief was giving A Fu a last word.
Chasing Feng decided to stand on the last post, and after 11 o'clock in the evening with his subordinates to tour the neighborhood, he returned to Qilin Hall to say his final farewell.
Link went straight to the yard where Ah Fu, the back hall, was.
As soon as he walked to the door of the room, across the window, he heard the cold thief explaining carefully.
"The center of gravity of the commercial street will always be the Jinbi Hotel and the Brilliant Hotel, and the entire commercial street must focus on these two places..."
"I know what I said is a bit complicated, so I took advantage of these two days to write my business ideas into a book, which records all the problems I encountered when I started a business. If you encounter the same You can find the answer in this book. In addition, I heard that the boss has recently developed a new restaurant under the brand of Xiaoxiangzhu, because I also have a background in food and catering in Shui Lanxing, so I have a good understanding of this industry. He also gave some suggestions, Brother Fu, you can recommend yourself to the boss and take over the business of the Xiaoxiangzhu brand."
A'Fu looked nervous: "I don't even understand the commercial street now, so let me take over Xiaoxiangzhu, I'm afraid it's not good?"
The thief patted Ah Fu on the shoulder with a determined look on his face: "Trust me, if you are undecided, open the book, as long as you follow the instructions written in this book, there will be no problems! I don't think Brother Fu does not want to. Seeing the boss working alone, I really want to share the worries for the boss!"
Ah Fu nodded firmly, sharing the worries of the boss is his biggest goal.
"Okay, I will accept the book. Regarding the operation of the Xiaoxiangzhu brand, I will apply for it later to share the worries of the boss!"
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Link didn't knock on the door to disrupt the atmosphere, turned around and went back to his study, and then sent A Fu a text message.
Let him follow up to bring the cool and the wind to the study together.
Sitting in the study, Link was leaning on the wooden chair of huanghuali wood, and entered the [Forum] to check the status of the beta test players at this moment.
Because the connection was disconnected on time at 0:00, almost all the beta test players were online at the moment, either hurrying to do the task in the last two hours, or finding an inconspicuous place to use the forum.
On the Abandoned Saturn forum, players are now discussing the most about re-entering the game after 'half a year', what will the Abandoned Saturn evolve into.
In just 15 days of game time, players have witnessed the fierce attitude of NPCs towards players.
And no matter where you are, you can feel the wheel of time rolling forward and unstoppable.
The NPCs they have met now have a reputation and goodwill that they have worked so hard to achieve. If they go online during the 'half a year later' public beta and find that things are right and wrong, that kind of feeling that they have had them but are losing their sights will definitely make people feel mixed and mixed. .
In addition, Link paid special attention to the post about the [Inn Shootout] dungeon.
On the 15th day, there was finally a level 10 player who spent money to buy guns in full armor and successfully completed the mission progress of [Hotel Shootout]. Just looking at the evaluation in the screenshot, the player just got the "normal" evaluation, and the reward is a white quality weapon with a slightly higher damage number than weapons of the same level.
But in the process, he accidentally knocked open the door of painter John and saw this legendary NPC.
In the content of the post, the player named 'Luomu' told the process of discovering the legendary NPC without reservation.
A legend-level NPC appeared in a primary dungeon. The news was like a 'tsar bomb'. More than an hour before the unforgettable sound of tonight, it instantly captured the commanding heights of the Abandoned Saturn Forum, and even players from the other two novice planets. Also came here.
For the beta test players, the highest level is only level 10. It is very rare to see elite NPCs. The chance to encounter legendary NPCs is even rarer than the 5 million in the middle.