I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 523 - 171: We Don’t Sell Cartridges, We’re Just the Cartridge Movers!_2

Chapter 523: Chapter 171: We Don’t Sell Cartridges, We’re Just the Cartridge Movers!_2

It only made him more certain of his own ideas.

If he had any concerns before, a loss might have doomed him forever.

But now, there really wasn’t much to fear.

As a bachelor, even if he lost everything, he could still dust himself off and get back up.

Moreover, if his girlfriend had just broken up with him, he might still have some lingering feelings.

But she was the unkind one first, finding someone else before breaking things off.

He had absolutely no psychological burden, okay!

Just do it!

He pulled out the fluorescent board he had prepared in advance.

After thinking it over, Ma Yang wrote down "Grand Opening Special Offer."

After all, he was an ordinary person without any experience in opening a store.

He could only use the method that many stores liked to employ at the start of their business.

On the opening day, everything was 33.4% off, 10 yuan an hour, including all the transferred games for Swtich such as "Player No.1" for unlimited play.

And they were even giving away free drinks.

If you charged up for a membership, you got an extra 20 for a full 100.

An extra 50 for 200.

500...emmm

Ma Yang thought about it and decided not to set up a 500 yuan charging threshold.

He didn’t have the confidence.

After hanging up the sign, Ma Yang began the long wait.

Although he was prepared to brave it out,

He still had some worries deep down.

He didn’t know if his idea, which had not yet been validated by the market, would be accepted by gamers.

Soon, around five in the afternoon,

The Swtich game experience center welcomed its first customers.

They were two schoolboys with backpacks, each holding a skewered sausage.

They lingered at the entrance for a while,

Then looked at the prices on the sign.

Hesitant.

Ma Yang thought the kids found it too expensive and quickly approached with a smile, saying that there’s an additional discount for primary school students.

At that moment, Ma Yang felt like the creepy old man who lures children,

But he was running a legitimate business, the store was on the roadside, and there was nothing age-restricted in the games.

He who stands upright need not fear a crooked shadow!

But what Ma Yang didn’t expect was,

These two little brats weren’t considering the money at all.

They were just pondering.

"Uncle, can you play Mario here?"

"Yes! Of course!"

"Then, can you help us do our homework?"

"Er..." Ma Yang was ashamed.

What is this even about!

I let you play games, and now you also want me to do your homework.

You want to have it all, huh!

"Homework has to be done by yourself~" Ma Yang said with a smile as he declined.

However, he tactfully added, "But you know, uncle was a college student too, so if there’s something you don’t understand, you can ask uncle."

The two kids exchanged glances, and quickly pulled out a hundred-yuan bill from their pockets, handed it over with a swagger, and said.

"Then help us set up for two hours! We want to play Mario!"

This scene made Ma Yang envious.

Look at that.

Starting with a hundred-yuan bill!

Back in my day, just having fifty cents of pocket money could make me happy to the sky.

He quickly helped the kids set up the consoles and overheard their whispered discussion.

"Now I can play Mario too, Ya should talk to me at school tomorrow, right?"

"Definitely, Wang Dahu even brought his Swtich to school today, didn’t you see Ya playing with him all day?"

"Hmph, if it weren’t for my mom not letting me buy it, I could with my own pocket money! What’s there to be proud of."

Ma Yang couldn’t help but laugh and cry at their conversation.

Wow, even the rat race starts in elementary school now.

But it also made Ma Yang deeply reflect on how fast "Odyssey" had spread.

It seems like the game has been on the market for just over ten days, and even children already know about it.

Soon, after tuning the devices and patiently teaching the kids some basic operations,

They each held a joy-con, one controlling Mario and the other his cap.

In no time at all, the two kids started arguing over who got to control Mario.

Nobody wanted to be the cap, given its limited abilities.

Ma Yang had a hard time mediating, finally persuading them to take turns playing Mario for half an hour each.

Since they were the only customers for now, Ma Yang was free to look on.

As the kids played, the more he admired their imagination.

When they got to Waterfall Country, they found the Purple Coins and moons that had taken Ma Yang ages to locate.

The kids dove beneath the waterfall and intuitively began possessing the dog to break the rocks behind it by rebounding.

This made Ma Yang muse that he had probably gotten old.

The sound of the wind chimes at the door made Ma Yang turn around.

Another new pair of customers had arrived!

This time it was two middle school girls, peeking in and asking timidly if they had "Star Kirby" here.

"Yes! Of course, we do!" While responding, Ma Yang warmly welcomed them in.

Then he set up the consoles and tuned the devices skillfully.

In the meantime, a third customer arrived.

It was a young adult male.

He wasn’t there to play games,

But to buy a console.

He’d watched some live streams of games and wanted to get a Swtich,

But wasn’t sure if he would like the feel, and returning it after receiving it would require video proof and be quite a hassle.

He’d put off the decision until today when he saw this offline experience center right after getting off work,

And the price wasn’t bad, with today’s discount only 10 yuan an hour. So he just decided to come in and give it a try.