Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

How to build an Internet cafe where a person can access the Internet at home without having to go to the store.

The idea of ​​Drogo is similar to cloud gaming, which runs on the server and users only need to receive the content, but it goes a step further, not only games, but everything is in the cloud.

We don’t need computers yet, we need cheaper receiving equipment that ordinary people can afford.

To this end, Drogo came to the tunnels of the Two Towers.

All research that requires high confidentiality is conducted underground.

It feels like the Umbrella Corporation in a movie.

The Soul Ascender consciousness machine that had once betrayed Drogo was also dismantled here.

So far, except for the problem that biological brains must be used as carriers to build consciousness servers, other consciousness-related technologies have been seized by goblin engineers and refined in an instant.

Judging from the disassembly, these Soul Raisers were not very well off, their equipment did not use any good materials and the manufacturing cost was very low.

"Xin 104," Drogo found the manager of the goblin engineer team, "Remember that among the Soul Ascender technologies you reported earlier, there is a type that can be used to remotely control and acquire senses."

The report submitted by the goblins highlighted a chaos, and understanding 30% of it was considered an exceptional performance by Drogo, so the specific effect can only be seen directly in the finished product.

"Yes, Boss," Sin 104 shouted to the busy goblins, "Bring the Karabungsha here, Boss wants to see it!"

"What's stuck?"

"Karabangcha, boss, it means headband." Xin 104 explained.

The goblin language is one of the few languages ​​on the continent of Felin that Drogo cannot fully understand. It is too strange, and each small tribe has its own language.

The goblins have never formed a strong enough country. They are a scattered race, and it is common for two groups of goblins to have language barriers.

Soon, a goblin came running over carrying an ugly brass headband.

Drogo recognized that this should be the access terminal of the Soul Ascender's device, but the long needle had been optimized away.

"Karabangcha, boss! Wear a big stone on your head, move..."

"Okay, thank you for your introduction. Just show me how to use it."

After receiving Drogo's order, the goblin put the circlet directly on his head and his eyes immediately became unfocused.

Then, a stone statue in the corner moved. It also wore a similar headband on its head, and it hunched over, and walked with a staggering gait. Its movements were exactly the same as those of the goblin controlling it, causing dust to fly in the cave.

"Stop." Drogo said. In this working environment, there is no telling whether the goblins will get pneumoconiosis.

“Have you tested the maximum connection distance?”

"The limit is uncertain, but the goblins of Waterdeep can control the stone statues here." Xin 104 replied.

This answer was far beyond Drogo's expectations. The two places were thousands of kilometers apart, but they could still maintain connection.

Magic is a wonderful thing.

"The headband can only control the statue or..."

"Any conscious object will do."

"Do the controlling and controlled headbands have to correspond?"

"No, the control headband can identify all the controlled headbands within a certain range."

"Very good." Drogo was very satisfied. The current situation met all the conditions for a host to be used by a person to control the golem. The only thing left to be verified was the user experience.

"Get a host, I want to try it."

Drogo put on the circlet himself.

I felt a little dizzy the moment I connected, which was very similar to the feeling of being dragged into the consciousness space by the Soul Ascender.

Then we enter the perspective of the stone statue.

I lost the feeling in my wings and tail, and I felt a little uncomfortable, so I walked unsteadily.

"Can this thing choose which senses to connect to?"

Drogo thought that the goal was to use a main unit, which only required vision and hearing, eliminating the trouble of different parts on different races and discomfort after connection.

"it should be OK."

Drogo controlled the stone statue and came to the console, using it like playing a computer game in VR.

There is a slight delay, but it is acceptable.

I watched a few videos on YouTube and the experience was pretty good.

Until Drogo was about to end the test.

"How do I quit this thing?"

"Just take off the circlet."

"Uh, so if I want to quit this thing, I have to ask someone else to take the ring off my head?"

"That's right, it's very convenient." Xin 104 answered seriously.

"It's so convenient! Find a way to add a setting that allows you to log out by yourself!"

These areas that needed improvement were not difficult, and the new generation of headband was completed in less than a week.

Drogo named it the Kara Headband. People who don't know might think that Kara was a great magician. Who would have thought that it was actually a product of a cult, transformed by goblins.

After the headband test was passed, the cloud Internet cafe construction plan was immediately launched.

Create a large number of low-level golems. After all, these golems do not need to be used for fighting. They only need vision and hearing, as well as fingers to operate the mouse and keyboard.

Those hosts in stock now have a use, one for each golem.

After the user starts the headband, it will automatically search for idle golems and connect to them, thus realizing smart computer operation.

The headband itself costs one silver coin, which is relatively cheap among magic items.

But if you want to use the computer, there is a different price, four copper coins per hour, which is one copper coin more expensive than a physical Internet cafe. After all, the cost of making the golem is also included.

You need to recharge your internet fee in any offline store of Zhuoge Group first, and you will get free time if you recharge more.

The deduction of fees is not so considerate. It will not be calculated based on the number of minutes used. Even if you use one hour and one minute, it will still be charged as two hours.

As soon as the Kara headband came out, it was in short supply and there was not even much advertising.

Just by word of mouth, it attracted hundreds of thousands of buyers within a week.

Everyone knows that the Drogo Group has a magical device called the Home Machine, but only a handful of people can enjoy it.

There are always long queues for host computers in Internet cafes, and now there is finally a thing that can be used as a host computer at home.

Buy it now!

The problem with the booming sales is that cloud internet cafe platforms have also started to queue up.

All the home consoles in stock are now running 24 hours a day, but users often have to wait two or three hours if they want to connect to one.

In just less than a month, the situation went from overcapacity to undercapacity.

At the same time, the number of Internet users is also increasing rapidly.

Break through the one million mark and head straight for ten million.

However, compared with the country's population of over 100 million and the overseas markets that have yet to be developed, there is still much room for improvement.

YouTube also gave birth to its first super internet celebrity with one million followers, Stone Handicraft.

This is a real million followers, not a bit of inflated data.

More and more people are choosing to shoot videos, and you don’t need a computer of your own to become a video creator.

Yuno designed a magical device specifically for uploading videos, which can upload videos to the background of a designated account.

Then buy a headband and process your own videos in the cloud Internet cafe.

Although it is still very troublesome and not to the extent that anyone with a mobile phone can take pictures, the threshold has been lowered a lot compared to before.

The income from making videos has also increased, and the profession of professional internet celebrity has begun to emerge.

Anyone who sees the advertising fees that earn a lot of gold coins every month will be jealous.

For example, Lyon's teammates.

"Teach me quickly, how did you make your video?"

The War King pestered Leon and asked.

The Twin Cities team has ended their vacation and all members have returned to the villa.

However, the pressure of preparation for the competition is not heavy for the time being, and Lyon still has spare time to make videos.

His hand injury has also healed, and Lyon is in full shape, showing many fancy moves such as one on two and one on three in the video.

The number of fans has successfully exceeded 100,000, and the rate of increase has been accelerating recently. It has been less than two weeks since the breakthrough of 100,000 fans, and now it is almost 200,000.

"I just shoot the video, edit it, dub it, and upload it to the account. That's it. I found tutorials for editing and dubbing in the knowledge area," Leon replied, scratching his head. "By the way, the sand table can be recorded directly, without having to use a camera to shoot at the sand table like I did before."

"That's not what I meant. I wanted to ask how to shoot a video so that people will watch it." Zhan Wang pointed at a small, bright silver medal in the shape of a play button on Lyon's desk. It was a souvenir for the YouTube channel's number of fans exceeding 100,000.

There is also a gold one when you exceed one million, but now only Hand-Stone has it.

Zhan Wang continued, "I tried to shoot a video myself, but it's been a day since I uploaded it, and now it has less than a thousand views, and my fans have only increased by fifty."

The War King felt that the gap between himself and Lyon was getting bigger and bigger.

When he first joined the team, everyone had the same salary, but after the game, Lyon's salary is now three times his, and he has an account that he doesn't know how much money he makes every month.

We agreed that we are all internet addicts, how could you make a lot of money secretly?

"Um, how about I watch your video?"

"Okay."

Zhan Wang found the first video he shot for Leon.

It is obvious that it is a full-scale imitation of Lyon's video.

He even learned how to play with one hand, and deliberately used only one hand to fight. His tone and wording were very similar to Leon, including the weird accent he learned from the dwarf commentary video.

Obviously, the audience is not satisfied with such a pixel-level reproduction.

The number of views has not even exceeded a thousand, but there are already hundreds of comments.

They are all fans of Lyon, and because the tags of their videos are exactly the same, they are pushed to the same audience.

The fans were not as kind as Lyon. They were extremely aggressive and went crazy in the comment section, accusing the shameless plagiarist.

Some people also posted tips in the comment section, "Remember not to play the video, click pause, and then click thumbs down, so that you won't contribute to this person's playback volume..."

This comment was pushed to the top of the comment section.

Fortunately, the King of War did not go completely crazy and do the most irrational thing a video blogger could do, ending up in a confrontation with netizens.

“Well,” Leon didn’t really care about someone imitating his video style. Instead, he gave Zhan Wang some advice, “I may not be right, but when making a video, a gimmick and style may only support one person. If you want people to watch it, you have to make something different.”

"Lord Leon!" The War King hugged Leon's thighs and said, "Please teach me how to take pictures that are different." "I don't know either," Leon replied helplessly, "I just thought it might be fun to take pictures this way, so I took them. Why don't you try taking pictures of your life?"

"my life?"

"I think the Internet has a great advantage, which is that it allows people to see what life is like that they can't normally experience, the life of a professional gamer. Maybe many people will be curious about it," Leon said uncertainly. "Besides, aren't we going to award medals tonight? I'm sure many people will be interested in the awarding of medals."

"That makes sense, Father!"

“Not really.” Leon was stumped by the War King’s sudden call of “father”.

"Godfather!" Zhan Wang used a less direct word. Unfortunately, there was no such word in the common language. "If anyone watches my video, I will give you half of the proceeds."

The War King said as he let go of Leon's thighs and went to find his camera.

The King of War may have many shortcomings, but he is definitely not lazy and has a strong execution ability for things that have the potential to make money.

Leon bought his own video camera before he even bought it, along with a device for uploading the video and a microphone for recording.

Finally, this one is really useful. After trying it, Lyon feels that the recording effect is indeed better than the one built into the computer.

The War King gave one to Leon without saying a word, and there was no way to refuse it.

Now he picked up the camera and took a lot of pictures of the training room and the base.

The filming lasted until the evening, and the War King was still filming.

I have to say that he does have good physical strength. Although he bought the smallest camera, it weighs nearly three kilograms. It doesn't sound heavy, but it is tiring to carry it for a whole day.

He planned to take photos all the way to the awarding ceremony.

The awarding of honors was only confirmed not long ago.

Grace had not originally planned to confer knighthood on these video game players, because even though knights were at the bottom of the noble contempt chain, they were still considered nobles.

Becoming a noble by playing games was a little beyond her concept.

Although she didn't have to rely on herself at all, as she was a noble since birth, playing games was more or less her own skill.

However, this is the concept of this era, and the watershed of life is amniotic fluid.

The temporary decision to award the honor was due to pressure from peers.

After discovering the many benefits that Twin Towers City had gained through gaming competitions, the mayors of other city-states began to follow suit and formed local teams.

At this time, a city lord who had few local masters was struggling to put together a team, so he came up with a ruthless trick.

As long as you pass the assessment and join his team, you can be awarded the title of knight and recruit players from other regions.

Noble titles are very attractive to people here.

In order to prevent her contestants, especially Lyon, from being poached by other city lords, Grace had no choice but to award medals to the sons of the Twin Cities.

The treatment rolled up.

The awarding ceremony was held in the City Lord's Mansion, and the players' families, team sponsors, and many reporters were invited to attend.

The key point is the reporters. The money for holding the ceremony has been spent, so it must be promoted well.

The members of Twins of Cities seemed a little nervous as it was their first time attending such an event.

The furnishings in the City Lord's Mansion were all things they had never seen before, and they dared not touch anything, for fear that they would not be able to afford the compensation if they were broken.

However, compared to the other players, Toto was the most nervous.

She has signed a long-term contract with Grace for several years and will continue to serve as the coach of the Twin Cities.

According to the competition rules of the Drogo Group, the coach is only not allowed to play in team competitions, which does not affect Toto's individual competitions.

As a long-term coach, his importance is far greater than that of most players, so he was also awarded together.

Toto rubbed his hands nervously, and kept muttering: "I will become a noble, I will become a noble, mother, I will become a noble..."

Lyon looked at the coach with a little worry. He had seen her in this state before.

A year ago, a senior from his school was admitted to Shuangta City Research Institute.

The senior student did the same thing when he opened the graduate school admission notice, and kept saying "I'm going to be admitted..."

When I saw the notification confirming my admission, I was so excited that I almost fainted.

Leon was afraid that Toto would also faint during the awarding ceremony.

"Coach, coach!"

"Ah, what's wrong?"

"Are you okay?" Leon asked.

"Are you okay? Of course I'm okay, I'm definitely okay, oh, I'm so fine, so fine, who would have thought that a thug who used to steal things by pretending to be a tour guide would become a knight..."

"What did you say before?" Leon felt as if he had heard something extraordinary.

Toto also realized that he had spoken out of turn in excitement, "What about before? You heard it wrong. There was nothing wrong before, haha."

Toto's attempt to cover up something only makes it more conspicuous.

She will soon be a noble, so she has to pay attention to her image.

The awarding ceremony will begin soon.

The five contestants and Toto knelt on one knee in front of the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.

Miss Grace, wearing an elegant gown and holding a ceremonial sword, touched their shoulders one by one.

Then comes the knight's oath.

"I swear to be kind to the weak, I swear to bravely fight against violence..."

This part is really difficult to hold. Among these people who are taking the oath and the half-elves, only Toto has the ability to resist violence. None of the others can fight. Toto's means of resistance are all shady moves that are not chivalrous at all, such as backstabs, stun clubs, and crotch kicks...

However, the guests present did not laugh out loud due to their high level of good manners.

Lyon's parents cried bitterly as they watched their son receive the medal.

Who says playing games is useless?
Playing games is so promising.

After the ceremony, there is a dinner party. This is Grace's home court, and she needs to socialize with all the sponsors.

As for the several protagonists who were awarded medals, they became mascots at this moment.

Before going to the social event, Grace specifically reminded the contestants, "You are no longer civilians now, so you must always pay attention to the virtues of chivalry, understand?"

As he said this, he patted a contestant on the shoulder, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

The player made some mistakes during his time off.

He approached a female fan and developed a relationship that went beyond friendship, and even got her pregnant.

But he just wanted to have fun and didn't think about taking responsibility. The female fan claimed that she would find a reporter to expose his scumbag behavior.

This segment fits the stereotype of e-sports players very well.

He had no choice but to ask Grace for help.

Grace dealt with the female fan, and the player also paid a fine of half a year's salary. If he does it again, he will be fired without any discussion.

So much so that he is now afraid when he sees Grace.

Except for him, the other members of the team were eating and drinking to their heart's content.

Not needing to socialize is just what they want.

Social phobia is a common characteristic of internet-addicted teenagers. They talk wildly online but only online. Offline, they are all afraid to meet strangers.

"You said this is such a delicious food, why don't they eat it? Everyone is walking around with a wine glass in their hands." The War King asked in confusion.

Unlike his teammates, he would film each dish with a camera before eating it, and then use his limited vocabulary to try hard to describe the taste after eating.

Feels a bit like a food blogger.

“Maybe they are used to it.” Lyon replied incoherently.

"Mr. Lyon?"

At this time, a middle-aged man who looked thin and a little bald came up to them.

Leon raised his head, tried hard to swallow everything in his mouth, and asked: "Who are you?"

"Oh, I'm Scrooge Powell, the owner of Scrooge Internet Cafe and one of the sponsors of your team." The middle-aged man replied politely.

Lyon thought about it and it seemed that there was such a sponsor, not a big one, with a small logo on the corner of the sleeve of the team jersey.

After that victory over the devil, their team uniforms had more and more logos printed on them.

"Hello Mr. Scrooge, if you have anything to do with team sponsorship, please discuss it with Miss Grace. She is right there."

This is the official answer that has been trained in advance.

Grace stipulated that no team member was allowed to negotiate privately with sponsors.

The contestants lack emotional intelligence and social experience, and are likely to be deceived by the sponsors, who are old hands.

"Oh, you misunderstood. I'm not sponsoring a team. I just wanted to put an advertisement on your account," Scrooge explained.

"My account?" Leon was puzzled. "Why not contact me directly on YouTube?"

“I don’t have any certification qualifications on the YouTube advertising platform.”

In order to ensure that those who make videos are not cheated, Zhuogo thoughtfully prepared an official advertising platform.

Certified merchants can contact video authors and customize advertisements through this platform. Zhuoge will charge a certain percentage of operating fees. Correspondingly, if financial disputes arise, Zhuoge Group will also be responsible.

Of course, if you want to take on advertising privately that’s fine, but if anything goes wrong you’ll have to figure it out yourself.

Lyon only accepts advertisements through official channels because it is afraid of problems.

"This is not good..." Leon instinctively wanted to refuse.

"I can also advertise!" Zhan Wang said from the side.

"Oh, who are you?"

"Zhan Wang, an excellent video author."

Scrooge did not expose the War King's lies, but handed him his business card.

"We'll contact each other sometime."

Then he continued to persuade Leon, "Please give me this chance. Believe me, you will not regret it. In addition to the fixed advertising fee, we will give you a commission from the revenue of our game."

"game?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce it. Our product is a game, developed using the latest Drogo visual engine. Our goal is to create a real, dangerous adventure where thousands of players fight on the same screen. It's called 'Road to Conquest'."

Scrooge introduced enthusiastically: "This is definitely a brand new game operation model, which will lead a brand new era. Of course, you can try it first and then decide whether to accept the advertisement." (End of this chapter)