I'm just an internet cafe owner

When no one's around, it's just teasing and playing pranks on the boss. But doing it in front of a lot of people is suicidal, and as a master of courting death, she knows very well the circumstances under which Liu Yuan will go berserk.

The rest of the time? It's just the boss and employees having fun.

No one could tell that Kisara had been hanging from the ceiling all night.

Liu Yuan thought everything was normal today, but less than twenty minutes after opening the store, Hugh contacted Liu Yuan again.

"Boss, I have a favor to ask."

What is it?

Liu Yuan was astonished. Shubi was actually using such flowery language to ask him a question? Wait a minute! Wasn't she a Machina? She even had divine help, was being offered to recruit the Winged Race, and had obtained her own World Star Cup. How could she suddenly be making such a request?

Is it?

To avoid misunderstandings due to written communication, Liu Yuan went directly back to the main store to meet with Hugh.

Meanwhile, Hugh waited hesitantly for Liu Yuan, while Rick beside her was also somewhat nervous.

These two have never been nervous when facing any race, and they even dared to provoke gods. Why are they nervous now? They're baffled by Liu Yuan.

"What's wrong? How can I help you? Don't worry, five thousand yuan! I can help you eliminate all your enemies!"

This price is incredibly cheap for Liu Yuan; it's basically the cost of traveling through time.

"That's not it..."

Hughie lowered her head and said softly, "Excuse me, boss, could you add some more machines?"

"Add more machines? How many?"

"Ten thousand?"

"How many?"

Liu Yuan rubbed his ears, afraid he might have misheard.

"one thousand?"

Shubi spoke somewhat uncertainly, saying that after the information was uploaded, the Mecha-types strongly requested that Shubi take them to the internet cafe as well. These Mecha-types had experienced the joy of the internet cafe and all wanted Shubi to bring them there.

But here's the problem: the internet cafe does have a lot of machines, and every time someone brings in a few or even a dozen new people, Liu Yuan quickly adds more machines.

But over ten thousand different mechs all wanted to come and play...

At this moment, Liu Yuan called Mu Geng over.

"What's wrong, boss?"

"Quick, pinch me."

In that instant, Kisara's expression turned somewhat serious: "Rick, Shubi, and that new god, you saw it, right? The boss told me to pinch them."

"Just pinch me when I tell you to."

"This is the first time I've ever heard my boss make such a request."

Kisara happily reached out and pinched hard. Liu Yuan fell into deep thought: "Why doesn't it hurt?"

"It hurts so much!!"

Kisara clutched his waist, and then Liu Yuan remembered that during business hours, in order to prevent sudden attacks by customers, the internet cafe system had the feature of reflecting the attacker's attack back to itself.

Incidentally, this feature also works on bosses, as they can't attack customers without reason. However, it doesn't apply to employees. Non-abusive attacks on employees can still affect them, just like how Liu Yuan shamelessly used his position to flick Mu Geng on the head.

Seeing Kisei's reaction, Liu Yuan was certain of one thing: he wasn't dreaming.

"No problem! Ten thousand! Give me a little time, and I'll immediately expand to ten thousand units. I'll even create a separate space for your mechs!"

At this moment, Liu Yuan was excited. How long had he been in business? He had finally landed the big order he had been dreaming of! Ten thousand people, he could earn at least six million a day just from internet fees, enough to buy a game in two days. How awesome was that?

However, Liu Yuan forgot one thing: he could only produce one product every two days in the past few days. When the business grows exponentially in the future, six million might not be enough.

Chapter 258 The Great Expansion of the Internet Cafe

Chapter 258

At this moment, Liu Yuan was as excited as a child. His biggest problem had always been the lack of customers. Leaving aside the 200,000 yuan target given by the system, even the upcoming game purchases would be a huge expense.

This time I spent 502 million on Ultraman Fighting Evolution, next time it will be 1024 million! Even if I negotiate with the system to round it down, it will still be a solid 10 million!

Now, suddenly, a customer is offering a minimum purchase of 10,000? Liu Yuan could already see piles of cash and tons of games, anime, and novels waiting for him to buy.

"Expand! Expand it all!"

However, a store or branch with 10,000 people is not suitable. Such a large customer flow would be more suitable for opening a separate branch for them.

"Rick! Shuby! I hereby declare that you are now honorary members of this establishment, and all your internet access fees will be waived from today onwards."

"really?"

Rick and Shubi aren't short of money now. Want more? Just get some raw materials from the Mechs or other races. If all else fails, they can process them. Besides, there are two gods on the human side of their world now.

One is Tet, the newly born god of games, and the other is Hanlou, who has been given the title of god of doubt. After their discussion, they decide to let Hanlou wield the Star Grail and control this world.

Having seen various worlds and personally visited the universe in the Red Alert world, Rick and Shubi's vision is no longer limited to this one planet. They want to unify the existing sixteen races because their goal is the stars and the sea.

That's why they need more people to go to internet cafes to acquire knowledge and power. Once they leave this planet and the Elf Corridor is no longer there, only those who possess the Star Cup and those who go online regularly will have a certain level of combat power.

Since the Mechs are the race that everyone falls in love with Riku, Shubi naturally prioritizes her own family.

Of course, this wasn't simply for the benefit of her own family, but rather...

Let's rewind to a few hours earlier.

"Shubi! I want to go online."

"I want, too."

"We all want to!!"

The characters, imbued with hearts by Shubi, have developed independent personalities. While falling in love with Riku, they also want to experience the games Shubi played. Resident Evil, Minecraft, Elden Ring, and some even have a special fondness for the cultural elements showcased in the Legend of Sword and Fairy series.

Hughie knew the internet cafe didn't have enough machines, so she only contacted Liu Yuan after she arrived and saw that things weren't too busy.

"It hurts! It hurts so much!"

Liu Yuan clutched his chest. His biggest problem now wasn't a lack of customers, but a shortage of machines. The three stores currently generated around 150,000 yuan in daily revenue, and purchasing machines to expand into new stores would require at least 100 million yuan.

Happiness came too suddenly. I asked the system, and it said that this thing can't be bought on credit. It can only be delivered upon delivery of the goods, because their boss has to pay copyright fees for the machine, so they must receive the money.

However, given the large order size, the system consulted with superiors, who indicated that a 30% discount was possible.

Through this discount, Liu Yuan roughly knew how much the copyright fee was. It was a 30/70 split! His own boss got 30%, and the other party got 70%!

Sensing Liu Yuan's thoughts, the system also chimed in, "There's nothing we can do about it. The idea came from him, and he's their boss, so he's practically their mentor. That's what the boss said from the start: a 30/70 split. We working people can't refuse, can we?"

"Too!"

Liu Yuan felt relieved, but then he did the math: even with a 30% discount, the minimum cost of the mechanical armor was 10,000 and the maximum was 20,000. It would still cost over 100 million.

Earning 150,000 a day, and with daily increases, would take at least six months to a year. Moreover, this also includes purchasing new games and expanding other stores; the journey to making money is long and arduous.

However, it's not a big problem; at least things are now in a positive cycle.

It's better than just enduring it all alone.

“Shubi, starting today I will add at least ten machines every day. Tell your family to wait a little while. At most a year, they will all be able to go online.”

"Thank you, boss."

"No need to thank me, you are my big clients."

As Liu Yuan said this, a money mark flashed in his eyes that was even brighter than Grina's.

Meanwhile, Kisara, who had followed along, couldn't help but complain, "The big client only waives the internet fee for the two of them?"

"What? Should I send you out to work as their maid?"

Hughie nodded seriously and said, "I think it's okay!"

Kisara vehemently objected: "I don't think so, boss! I'm your most capable subordinate, you can't sell me out."

"Tch, get back to work!"

Liu Yuan flicked Mu Geng's forehead again.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! It's not fair! If I pinch you, it hurts me; if you flick me, it still hurts me!"

"I'm in a good mood today. If you want to pinch me, go ahead."

"No, if I pinch you, I'll be the one who gets hurt."

As Mu Geng spoke, her eyes blinked rapidly, eagerly anticipating her attack on Liu Yuan. She knew very well that today was one of the few opportunities she had to act recklessly.

Hearing the commotion, Jibril, holding a scallion pancake in her left hand and a can of cola in her right, took a big bite of the pancake, then a sip of her iced cola before leaning over. Curious, she asked, "Boss, what happened in my world?"

"Your world? After defeating Altshu, he was killed, and Riku, Shubi, and a god became the rulers of your world."

"what!!!"

She was shocked by the message, then realized she was about to drop the food in her hand. She opened her mouth and took a bite of the scallion pancake, hugging her cola and muttering, "So fast? Why didn't you call me?"

Jibril's tone was full of regret. She was not regretful that her creator had died, but that she had missed an opportunity to challenge a stronger opponent.

After visiting the internet cafe and shrinking in size, Jibril developed a lot of childlike traits. At the same time, out of curiosity about the other world, she learned a lot about it.

Besides, life at the internet cafe has been really comfortable lately. It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go back. She's enjoyed so much good food, drinks, and fun activities. Jibril actually doesn't want to go back. She feels like being a mascot here every day, occasionally bothering the owner, is fine too.

But she realized one thing: if Artesius died, her own people…

Jibril herself didn't realize that she used to have no concept of family, but now she had this strange sense of family.

"Forget it, let's talk to Azriel after this is over. I hope everyone can get through this."

She is an alternate individual of the Skywing race, possessing autonomy and the ability to think that other Skywing races do not have. She has pondered the meaning of life, but other Skywing races probably have no other meaning besides fighting for the God of War.

How to put it? Jibril's general assessment is that it's not as good as Sky Strike, but its humanistic values ​​and other content are enough to silence anyone, even gods, in her world.

Chapter 259 Curses, the Shibuya Incident?

"Hehe~"

"Hehehe~"

As the day's business closed, Liu Yuan sat at the front desk, holding a traditional computer and grinning foolishly.

Suddenly, there were more than 10,000 potential users. Although it would take a little time to add these machines, we also needed to consider adding new games while adding the machines.