Two days before the open beta of Diablo 3.

Mu Yang came to a large Internet cafe outside the school, Miracle Internet Cafe.

There are more than 200 computers in this Internet cafe. Regular computers are placed on the first floor, and there are private rooms on the second floor. There are five computers in each private room, which can satisfy players who like to compete.

At the same time, some couples who like the atmosphere and don’t want to be disturbed by outsiders also prefer it.

The hourly price of Internet access for an ordinary machine is 2 yuan. If you participate in the recharge bonus event, it will be about 1.7 yuan.

The computer configuration in the private room is better, and the hourly price of Internet access is 3 yuan.

It takes 24 hours to turn on the computer to earn gold coins. If it hangs up on an ordinary machine, it is easy for someone to mess with the computer, and Mu Yang doesn't want to be exposed.

It's not like Mu Yang has never thought about buying a computer, but playing Diablo 3 requires a high level of computer configuration, and the computer is more expensive. Second-hand computers are cheap, prone to problems, and cannot meet the requirements.

Moreover, what he wants is not just one or two computers.

One computer can only be used dually. If 30 game accounts are opened, 15 computers will be needed, and funds are scarce.

The most important thing is that these days, the speed of residential Internet is not as fast as the fiber optic cable in Internet cafes. If the machine is often stuck, you can still make a dime.

Renting a house, pulling network cables, buying a computer, assembling it, transporting it, wiring it, and other chores can all be done in just a few days, which is too much trouble. If you have this time, you might as well read more books and gain experience, which costs thousands of dollars a day.

Mu Yang inspected this Internet cafe and came to the bar.

The female cashier, who was about 20 years old, saw him standing in front of the bar without swiping her card, so she asked him politely: "Handsome guy, if you want to go online, just take your ID card and swipe your card."

"No, I have something to do with your boss." Mu Yang replied, pointing at the fat middle-aged man who was checking accounts at the bar.

"Little brother, what's the matter?" When Boss Zhang heard that someone was looking for him, he turned around and looked at Mu Yang carefully. He had a kind face and didn't look like a gangster.

Boss Zhang handed over the cigarette. The biggest fear when opening an Internet cafe is that gangsters will cause trouble. Even if he can hire someone to solve the problem, if the gangsters come in with a machete and chop randomly, all the customers will be gone. Who will dare to come to his Internet cafe to surf the Internet in the future?

"Boss, you're welcome. I don't smoke. I want to rent 3 boxes and 15 machines for 30 days. How much does it cost?"

Boss Zhang was pleasantly surprised: "Hey, brother, what kind of game business are you planning to do? The most popular games right now are Z Tu and Westward Journey."

Mu Yang was talking nonsense: "I've received a few big orders, let's train on the way, and get some equipment by the way."

Boss Zhang raised his thumb and said, "It's amazing. It's not like your studio can receive such a big order."

Mu Yang started talking nonsense again: "I just support the wealthy people in the game, I just happened to know him.

Otherwise, why am I so lucky? Just tell me how much it costs. If it's too much, I'll find another place. There are many Internet cafes nearby."

Boss Zhang didn't directly quote, because he was really afraid of directly scaring off the "big customer" in front of him: "Brother, let me tell you the math, the cost of Internet access in the private room is 3 yuan an hour, even if it is a recharge discount of 27 yuan, 24 hours, there is

The cost for a 9-hour overnight stay is 15 yuan, and a machine costs 55.5 yuan a day, so you get 55 yuan.

825 yuan for 15 machines, 24,750 yuan for 30 days.”

Boss Zhang didn't want to fool around. If it was calculated as 72 yuan a day, I guess this young man would turn around and leave immediately.

Internet cafes have transparent Internet access fees, making it difficult to fool people.

After hearing this, Mu Yang sneered and said: "Boss, you are not interesting enough. The occupancy rate of your Internet cafe is only 60% during the day, 90% at most at night, and probably 50% all night long.

Calculated in this way, the vacancy rate of computers reaches 40% 24 hours a day. The actual income of one computer per day is about 33 yuan. I can give you 38 yuan for one computer, okay?"

"Hey, brother, if I don't tell you how to calculate it like this, you will also need to pay for Internet access and electricity. Let's do it like this, 50 yuan a day." Boss Zhang didn't expect that he knew what he was doing, but according to Mu Yang's attendance rate statement, it would definitely not work.

But no matter what, 38 yuan a day is definitely not enough.

The vacancy rate is 40%, which means that if you use the computer for 9 extra hours, the computer and electricity bill will cost one or two yuan, as well as other losses.

And making only two yuan for 9 hours is definitely not okay.

Not to mention 38 yuan, he doesn't want to rent it if it's less than 40 yuan.

"Boss, the electricity bill is only a dime. A computer has a power of 100 or 200 watts, and one kilowatt hour of electricity is enough for seven hours. Commercial electricity only costs one yuan.

As for the Internet fee, boss, you really know how to joke, you pay a fixed fee every month, it’s a waste if you don’t use it.”

In fact, for Mu Yang, even if the price is more expensive, he will choose this Internet cafe, which is more in line with his requirements.

This Internet cafe rarely loses power and Internet, but it is hard to predict other Internet cafes. As long as the power and Internet are cut off once, and time is wasted, he will lose more than a few thousand yuan.

But if you can bargain, save a little, and you'll get used to it.

Boss Zhang laughed, scolding this young man in his mind for being so stingy, and waved his hand in disagreement.

Mu Yang looked at the boss's expression, thought for a while and said: "Boss, 40 yuan, in one sentence, if it's okay, if not, I'll find another Internet cafe to talk to. There are more than a dozen Internet cafes around here, and we can always negotiate, but I'm a regular customer here.

I think you’re a nice person, boss, so I’ll choose here first.”

"Hey, what you said sounds good, so let's take 40 yuan. It's really not profitable." Boss Zhang sighed and didn't worry about losing a few yuan a day.

Opening an Internet cafe these days is not as profitable as it was in previous years. He really regretted entering the business late.

"To be honest, young man, if I keep the box, even if I make less money, I won't take up a seat and I can still keep customers.

You are just one person, occupying so many machines, and it is not the money that has the final say. Just like if you rent the entire Internet cafe, I will not agree. If all the customers are gone, what business will I do?"

"But it's better to make some money than nothing, isn't it, boss." Mu Yang laughed, 40 yuan was acceptable, and there was no need to worry about how much it cost. Even shopping around would be a waste of time.

"40 yuan for one unit, 600 yuan for 15 units a day, and 18,000 yuan for 30 days. When will you start paying?" The boss put out his cigarette, took a puff of smoke, and took the calculator to do some calculations.

"Well, let's start at ten o'clock in the evening on November 11th." Mu Yang took out eighteen thousand cash from his backpack and handed it to the boss. He was used to paying by mobile phone. He hadn't touched so much cash in many years.

After Boss Zhang has finished counting the money, ask him to write a receipt for collecting the money, indicating the start and end time of the charter flight, as well as the price, to avoid changing his mind midway.

If the transaction involves a lot of money, Muyang will also ask for liquidated damages. Being cautious is like regretting it in the future.

"You should explain to your network administrator and waiter that no one else is allowed in while I am contracting the computer. After all, it is a way to make money. There is no need to restart the computer in the morning, and there is no need for a cleaner to clean. It is too troublesome to log in to the computer again."

"Understood, as long as you don't damage the computer, it's fine, but you have to shut it down for a few minutes every five days, and it's not good for the computer to run for a long time."

Mu Yang thought for a while and quickly agreed: "Okay, I am more afraid of computer abnormalities than you are. If you don't tell me, I will shut down the computer from time to time to cool down.

Before tomorrow night, ask the network administrator to clean the dust on the computer case I want to rent, and replace any broken computers and keyboards for me."

Internet cafes have to restart all machines in the morning to restore the system, but some crazy people stay up all night and continue to play until noon, even for two or three days, and the network administrator cannot shut down customers' computers at will.

Mu Yang designated the boxes 5-7 in the corner on the second floor of the Internet cafe. Then he got to know the two network administrators and just came to get on the computer tomorrow night.

If the computer is turned on 24 hours a day, someone needs to keep an eye on the computer to prevent the computer from malfunctioning without his knowledge, or from someone entering the box and tampering with the computer.

In addition, it is estimated that it will take an hour to manually operate each game account from logging in to the secret realm of gold farming. Without the original game code, his AFK software is not powerful enough to operate 30 game accounts simultaneously.

Thirty coin-spinning game accounts require nearly 30 hours of operation. They must be completed within one day and require two people to operate.

Too time consuming!

Restarting the computer after shutdown, handling exceptions, buying game equipment and replacing equipment also require help.

In order to keep it secret, he needed someone he trusted. Mu Yang thought of Fatty and asked him to help him level up, as long as he paid some wages.

In addition, you need to ask three people to take turns keeping watch. There are plug-ins, so they don't need to operate the computer.

Mu Yang discussed with the boss about renting a computer. After checking that there was no problem with the computer, he called the fat man. On the way back to school, he found him at a roadside stall. The guy was eating.

Seeing that there was no one at his table, I sat down and asked him directly:

"Fat man, do you want to make money?"

"I'm kidding, my monthly living expenses are only 700, I'm almost crazy poor, do you have a way out?" This month, the fat man saw that Muyang's living standard had improved a lot and his clothes were better, so he thought it was because of the family's financial situation.

alright.

"Help me work for a month, 2,000 yuan. If everything goes well, I will give you another 1,000 yuan at the end. Do you want to do it?" Mu Yang made it clear to him.

These days, the salary of ordinary workers in the provincial capital of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is about 3,000 yuan, and it is even higher for skilled workers.

Compared with other provinces, it is relatively high.

If you are a bachelor's degree graduate from their school, the starting salary is about 2,000 yuan. In the final analysis, it depends on the region and company.

The better the university graduates are from, the higher the academic qualifications, the better the business performance, and the higher the starting salary.

Mu Yang estimates that the minimum profit from gold farming in Diablo 3 is 3 million yuan. If everything goes well, it will be much more than that.

No matter how much you do, how much money you should give, even if you are a classmate, it is still the same. You will not give too much money for no reason. If you help create an account and upgrade it, and help with maintenance every day, two or three thousand yuan is a lot.

"Two thousand yuan, that's a lot, let's do it, of course." The fat man was really excited when he heard two thousand yuan. That would be enough for his living expenses for two to three months. He could buy a second-hand computer and save money on the Internet.

However, I was wondering why there were so many, so I whispered, "Yangzi, it's not illegal, then I won't do it."

"You're overthinking it. It's not illegal. Even if you rob a bank, they won't come after you.

Haha, with your weight, it’s weird that you can run away and cheat your teammates.”

"Hey, I'll be relieved then. Let's talk about what to do."

"Game Diablo 3, you know."

"Well, there have been a lot of reports about this game recently. I know there is such a thing, but I don't know the details. All I can think about is Z way."

Mu Yang probably told him some information about the game, which required his cooperation and could not be kept secret.

Fatty can't steal the core thing even if he wants to.

Fatty is addicted to Z way all day long and doesn't understand this game.

Mu Yang said: "I rented 15 computers in the Internet cafe for a month. I will tell you how to do it tomorrow when the server is launched."

The fat man widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Damn, how much does it cost to buy 15 computers in an Internet cafe for a month?"

"Ten thousand or a few thousand, I'll pay you in installments. Just the two of us know about it. Don't talk nonsense to other people, including Zheng Zhe and the others."

"Ten thousand or several thousand yuan can buy several computers. Are you so sure that you can make money?"

"You don't have to worry about whether you can make money or not. I have to ask three more people to help me check the machine. I'll write a poster first, and you can copy a few copies later, and then help me put them up." After Mu Yang finished speaking, he picked up the poster from his backpack.

I took out a pen and a 16-karat pen notebook and wrote down the poster on the table.

Fatty still has many questions. Where did Mu Yang get so much money? What does he plan to do? Are the 15 machines just for AFK to upgrade equipment?
Chapter completed!