Chapter 023 "Return Customers"
Monday, March 3rd.
Lishan Technology Group's Super Dream Experience Store is still deserted.
Chen She and Zhang Sirui are not here today.
Today is Monday, and Chen She needs to go back to the company to handle daily affairs. In addition, the development of the Mewtwo "Walking in the Garden" has been completed. Chen She needs to go back to take a quick look and then transport the physical version of Mewtwo over.
At this time, Zhou Lei and several store clerks were in the empty experience store, looking worried.
Although Mr. Chen appeared to be full of confidence and repeatedly assured that as long as the super dream game "Walking in the Garden" was launched, the experience store would become popular and would definitely not lose money.
But how can anyone believe this situation now?
The weekends can be said to be the two days with the heaviest flow of people, but judging from the situation in the previous two days, the situation can no longer be described as bad.
It's a disaster!
In fact, it was completely unexpected that the gangsters headed by Zeng Hailong could come to the store to experience it, but what Zhou Lei didn't expect was that the gangsters were actually the pinnacle of tourists who came to experience the store throughout the weekend!
After Zeng Hailong and other hooligans fled from the experience store in a panic, a few people who did not know the truth mistakenly entered the experience store.
Some people thought it was too expensive and left without even having fun.
Some people went in to experience it for a few minutes, then walked out with an angry look on their faces, complaining that the difficulty of this Mewtwo was too unreasonable and that the producer of Mewtwo must have been hit on the head by a smart rifle.
To this day, there is not a single person who has publicly expressed their love for this Mewtwo!
As for returning customers?
It's even more impossible.
It’s even better now. There are no more customers who accidentally wander into the experience store.
Obviously, after those unlucky guys experienced the super dream game "Embers Are Out", they must have made a big fuss and exaggerated the entire experience store to the people around them.
The experience store uses the latest sleep game cabin, which charges a high fee and cannot connect with most consumers here. After this incident, even fewer people come.
Zhou Lei and several shop assistants were waiting anxiously, but they did not have the calm mentality like Chen She.
A clerk asked, "Manager, while Mr. Chen is away, should we secretly hand out some flyers or something? Although Mr. Chen told us not to do anything, we are just standing there watching. Aren't we being too ignorant?"
Zhou Lei sighed softly: "But Mr. Chen has repeatedly told us not to distribute flyers."
In fact, it is not just handing out flyers, there are many other prohibited items.
Chen She was afraid that these people would create trouble and completely ruin a good start, so he specifically instructed that no matter whether it was distributing flyers, changing the content of electronic billboards or finding celebrities to do publicity, these methods were not allowed!
The only requirement is that they serve the customers well and wait patiently for their return.
The shop assistants were helpless and could only stare through the bulletproof glass of the experience store at the bustling street outside.
How I wish the experience store could be as lively as it is outside!
Suddenly, Zhou Lei's eyes lit up, he pointed outside and said, "Look, there's an old friend over there!"
Everyone turned around and saw a few thugs eating in a restaurant nearby and collecting protection money.
The gangster leader was Zeng Hailong, who had been tortured in the experience store before.
Everyone was a little excited and a little expectant.
Zeng Hailong has come this far, why not come to the experience store to take a look? Could it be that the first returning customer of the experience store is about to be born?
However, after observing carefully for a while, they found that something seemed wrong.
While collecting protection fees, Zeng Hailong looked carefully in the direction of the experience store with a look of strong vigilance on his face.
It seems that he wants to collect the protection fee and run away quickly, and doesn't want to have any relationship with the experience store anymore.
Seeing this, everyone felt a little unhappy.
Zhou Lei was silent for a moment and then said, "Before leaving, Mr. Chen told us to treat customers well, right?"
Everyone nodded in unison: "Yes."
Zhou Lei added: "Zeng Hailong and his friends came here last time and spent six hours here, and they still wanted more. Mr. Chen said they were welcome to come again, and they agreed, right?"
Everyone nodded again: "Yes."
Zhou Lei smiled and said, "Why don't we entertain them properly and welcome them in? Why are we just standing here doing nothing?"
"Our passive mentality is totally inconsistent with Mr. Chen's requirement of 'serving customers well'!"
Everyone suddenly realized.
yes!
Thinking of this, the shop assistants couldn't wait to rush out and surrounded Zeng Hailong and the gangsters around him!
Zeng Hailong was collecting protection fees, but when he turned around, he found a group of people around him out of nowhere.
When Zeng Hailong saw the familiar smile of Zhou Lei, the leader, his legs almost went weak and he knelt down on the spot.
It’s over, these perverts are here again!
The last time he was defeated in the experience store and was tortured for 6 hours, he went back and reported the situation to the leader of the Shark Gang. The leader of the Shark Gang expressed his concern and condolences to him, saying that Zeng Hailong had made a sacrifice for the Shark Gang.
Not only did they compensate him for his losses that day, but they also gave him two days off to allow him to heal his mental trauma.
It was not until today that he was allowed to come to this area to collect protection fees.
Zeng Hailong was a little reluctant at first, as the psychological trauma had not completely faded. But considering that he was just collecting protection fees from other companies from a distance, as long as he didn't go into the experience store, there shouldn't be any big problems, so he agreed.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I showed up nearby, these shop assistants took the initiative to attack me!
Zeng Hailong felt his legs trembling, but he couldn't kneel down and beg for mercy in front of everyone. Wouldn't his vicious image be ruined? He would never be able to survive in the underworld again.
I had to try hard to control my emotions, my face twitching, and I forced a smile: "What's the matter?"
Zhou Lei smiled and said amiably, "Last time our boss invited you to come back and play, how come you didn't come for two days in a row? We missed you a lot."
"Since we just happened to be passing by today, why don't we come over and play for a few hours?"
Zeng Hailong's face turned green.
He knew that he was in trouble again today and would have to endure several more hours of torture!
He didn't dare to refuse because these people were really terrible!
If I refuse on the spot, I don’t know what terrible things I will do.
But today, the group of thugs who came with Zeng Hailong were not the same as last time. Three or four of them had not experienced the tragedy of last time.
They were a little puzzled. How could these experience store waiters dare to speak to Brother Long like that?
"Are you tired of living? We are from the Shark Gang! You..."
Before the gangster could finish his words, he was slapped on the back of his head by the angry Zeng Hailong.
With a crisp "pa" sound, the gangster was stunned.
"Shut the fuck up, you're tired of living!"
Zeng Hailong hurriedly apologized to Zhou Lei with a smile on his face: "I'm a new kid who doesn't know the rules, please forgive me, we will go to the experience store to take care of your business."
He looked at the gangsters next to him and said, "Why don't you come over?"
A few of the new gangsters were a little confused and were wondering why Brother Long was so angry.
The other gangsters who had experienced the 6-hour tragedy before were now pale-faced and had dull eyes, accepting their impending tragic fate.
Zeng Hailong still felt unsatisfied, so he glanced around and saw the previous restaurant owner.
It was because the restaurant owner paid the protection fee too slowly and Zeng Hailong delayed for some time here that he was caught on the spot by Zhou Lei and others.
"And you, come here too!"
Zeng Hailong forced the restaurant owner to come along as well.
The restaurant owner was confused, but under the intimidation of Zeng Hailong, he didn't dare to say anything. He could only let his waiters take care of the restaurant first and he followed behind obediently.
Zhou Lei frowned: "You are my regular customer. What do you mean by forcing the restaurant owner to come? Let him go!"
Zeng Hailong grinned: "Hey!"
The restaurant owner didn't know that he had escaped from the gates of hell in just a few seconds. Zhou Lei had a change of heart at the last moment, otherwise he would have endured the same torture as these gangsters.
A group of people walked into the experience store in a mighty procession.
"You are all regular customers, please help yourself."
Zhou Lei provided service with a smile throughout the process and guided everyone to pay.
Zeng Hailong sighed, and just like in a normal gang fight, he first prepared himself mentally before entering the game cabin.
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Wednesday, March 5th.
Chen She and Zhang Sirui came to the experience store again.
What’s different from the previous one is that this time the car is loaded with physical Mewtwo from “Walking in the Garden”.
Chen She has made full mental preparation for the situation in the experience store.
Needless to say, it will be deserted again!
At present, it seems that the staying power of Mewtwo in "Embers of Demise" is a bit too strong, and the dissuasion effect is fully maximized, exceeding Chen She's expectations.
This actually made Chen She a little worried.
In order to fill this huge gap, the sales of Mewtwo "Walking in the Garden" must be higher than expected.
Chen She was not actually completely sure about this. He just made comprehensive improvements to the Super Dream game "Castle Escape" according to advanced design concepts, but it was hard to say whether it could achieve the effect of turning decay into magic.
After all, some classic works are the result of the right time, right place, and right people. Even if later works surpass the originals in all aspects, it is difficult to give players the same original feeling.
What should I do if "Strolling in the Garden" also fails?
Chen She could only shake his head and not think too much about it for the time being.
When I arrived at the experience store, it was just the same as when I left. It had been open for 5 days but there were still few customers.
At this time, the experience store had not officially opened yet. Chen She directed Zhou Lei and several store employees to take the physical version of Mewtwo of "Walking in the Garden" down from the car and place it in each Mewtwo game cabin.
Chen She asked Zhou Lei: "During the days I was away, nothing special should have happened, right?"
Zhou Lei hesitated for a moment: "Mr. Chen, what exactly do you mean by special circumstances?"
Before Chen She had time to explain, he heard the sound of uniform footsteps coming from outside the experience store.
Zeng Hailong was at the front, and behind him was a neat queue of people with colorful hair and tattoos, who lined up in a very orderly manner to enter the experience store.
Zeng Hailong was startled when he saw Chen She, but he quickly calmed down, greeted Zhou Lei, and then directed everyone to pay in an orderly manner and lie down in the Chaomeng game cabin one by one.
Everyone's face was filled with joy, so joyful that they seemed like they were about to die in the next second.
Chen She was puzzled and looked at Zhou Lei: "What's going on?"
Zhou Lei smiled and explained, "Mr. Chen, didn't you ask us to treat repeat customers well? These are our repeat customers. Zeng Hailong has performed particularly well in attracting customers to our store. I am considering whether to give him some rebates as a reward."
