Chapter 214 To Improve the Style, Second Update

There are still as many customers as ever in the real video game store.

At least until the year before, Duane's game arcade was temporarily unable to open.

However, Zuo Zhen had already contacted Sega and Nippon Electric at this time.

He bought more than 20 arcade machines and 30 home game consoles from these two companies respectively.

The performance of PCE can only be regarded as that of a high-end 8-bit computer, but there are also many fun games.

Not to mention Sega’s game consoles.

Now Sega can't give Zuozhen an MD game console because it hasn't been released yet, so it sent thirty Sega Mark series game consoles to Zuozhen in advance.

The good thing about this Mark series is that there are many games.

And it just so happens that Sega is now in a hurry to clear its inventory, and it is worried that there is no place to send old game consoles.

Giving it to Zuo Zhen is regarded as a way of clearing inventory.

With these game consoles, Zuo Zhen is planning to open a small special area downstairs.

In this area, the calculation is no longer based on coin input, but based on time.

The consumption per hour is the same as the price of one coin, which is 50 cents per hour.

And for 50 cents an hour, two people can play together, which is more flexible than arcade machines.

Of course, there are also shortcomings. The picture quality is definitely not comparable to that of arcade machines. After all, it is only an eight-bit game console.

However, when the Sega MD came later, Zuo Zhen was also prepared to pay only 50 cents an hour, and the prices of these eight-bit machines dropped accordingly.

After all, these game consoles were bought by Zuo Zhen for nothing. So far, Zuo Zhen has not paid much for them. At most, he only spent some electricity bills.

Zuo Zhen bought the store directly, so there was no need to think too much about the cost.

Under such circumstances, no matter what price you set, it’s actually not too bad.

Also, this time the arcade is no longer limited to King of Fighters games.

This time, three games have been added to the arcade, namely the arcade version of Mega Man, the arcade version of Double Dragon, and the arcade version of Squirrel Wars.

Mega Man and Double Dragon are both upcoming high-definition titles from Sega MD.

Squirrel War is a new image quality version of the game that Zuo Zhen has modified by himself.

All this was completed in 1988.

On New Year's Eve, the second floor of the real video game store was officially opened to the public.

As the real boss, Zuo Zhen naturally wanted to see what the new second floor would be like when it opened.

"Boss, can our new floor make money? If we set up a special non-smoking floor as you said, none of these people want to come, right?"

After working hard for half a month, the guy Zhao Zhijie was very tired.

I usually have to take care of the business downstairs, and occasionally I have to go up and help carry some things.

After working hard for more than half a month, his salary was not less, but he had a little doubt about the current operation of the video game store.

Now it seems that most people smoke. The boss directly set up a smoke-free floor, which naturally excluded a large group of people.

Zuo Zhen: "Then let me ask you a question. What age group do you see the most people coming to the video game store now?"

"Um...child?"

"Yes, actually I just want to give the children a relaxing environment and a healthy enough environment. As for making money, I have countless ways, so it doesn't matter whether this smoke-free floor can succeed or not."

"But... if it doesn't make money, there's no point in opening this store."

Zuo Zhen smiled: "I said, making money is not important, but that doesn't mean you don't make money. You should take a longer-term view."

"In the long term?"

"Just think about it, it's quite common for adults in a family to let their children go free now, right? You must have been left alone when you were a child, right?"

"Yes, when I was a child, I went out to fight with others and catch fish with others every day."

"If I introduce a safe environment for children, they only need to pay a little money, there is no second-hand smoke, and there is no other mess, will they be willing to let the children come?"

"Well...I don't know, I haven't been a father yet."

Zhao Zhijie scratched his head.

"The answer is a huge yes."

If we put it in future generations, many adults would have some resistance to video games, but it is not the same now.

Video games are just in their infancy right now.

Even adults enjoy playing some video games from time to time.

At the same time, the biggest source of bad impressions of video games is actually the media.

In the early years, the media did not criticize video games too much. This was the best opportunity for the development of video games.

Of course, everything must be done in a certain degree and cannot be overdone.

Most adults today believe that as long as their children are safe, they can go to work with confidence.

It will take more than ten years before everyone really wants to play video games.

Zuo Zhen had more than ten years to prepare for all this.

This is what Zuo Zhen had planned long ago.

"We can just put out a slogan and help you take care of your children, and we just need to get these children who know how to play by the river every day or go to various dangerous places to get together."

"Of course, there is another reason, and that is to enhance the style of video games. This is something that will happen in the future. The current effect will not be too strong."

Zhao Zhijie was a little confused when he heard this, and he still couldn't understand what Zuo Zhen wanted to do. ‘

But now he knows that what he has to do is to fulfill his position as his assistant.

At this time, Zuo Zhen patted Zhao Zhijie on the shoulder and said, "Just slowly learn about this business method and work hard. I plan to open more stores in the future, and you can also become a store owner by then." The boss’s man.”

Zuo Zhen had already begun to draw the pie at this time.

But at this time, Big Pie has not yet reached the state where everyone is tired of hearing about it.

When Zhao Zhijie heard this, he felt a little excited.

Future shop owner?

Do you also have the opportunity to be your own boss?

What else can I say? Boss Zuo Zhen’s words are the truth!

As for whether he will make money or not, there is actually no point in worrying about it.

Anyway, the money goes into Zuo Zhen's pocket, and it won't go into his pocket.

Zuo Zhen stood up from his seat and said, "Okay, we are ready to open, and I asked you to hang up all the promotional slogans you prepared outside!"

Big Fatty Xing had already picked up the promotional slogan he had made earlier.

At this time, it was already the day before New Year's Eve, and it was also the busiest day on the streets.

By tomorrow, most families will probably gather together for dinner instead of running around.

But there will be some exceptions tomorrow, and that is some children.

Some children have just received lucky money from adults and are worried about having nowhere to spend it.