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Chapter 307 Was this place designed by Lao Deng?
The Diamond Palace’s most ingenious design goes beyond this.

After the three of them walked around inside, Su Cheng was surprised to find that these things were not later improvements; they were probably already designed on the blueprints when construction began.

He has already counted them.

The main passageway of the Diamond Palace has eight hidden intersections. It would take at least 20 to 30 minutes to find the right way out from inside.

Apart from a giant tiger relief at the entrance, the paths in the other halls are pretty much the same, with almost no reference points.

They would even tweak the carpet pattern every 45 minutes to disrupt visual memory anchors.

This is a very typical example of spatial cognitive interference.

At least 80 percent of people will go around in circles and eventually return to the arcade.

If players retain a shred of sanity and want to retreat despite being bombarded multiple times, then the design of these paths has already blocked their 'escape route'.

Besides the dynamic path interference, Su Cheng was also surprised to find that the chairs on each entertainment table were designed.

When players sit down at the table, the waiters will come over and kindly remind them that the seats are massage chairs, and they can start relaxing and getting a massage by pressing a button.

Su Cheng, Zhang Yangwen, and Jiang Shuyue specifically found an empty table to try it out.

It's a real massage chair, and at first glance, there's nothing strange about it.

But considering this is an entertainment hall, the bookmaker wouldn't be so kind as to provide a massage chair.

"Ms. Su, this doesn't seem any different. It's just a normal massage chair?"

Installing these high-end massage chairs in an entertainment hall isn't really anything special, is it? The dealer's daily profits could buy just how many chairs.

Jiang Shuyue had just observed that all the players' attention was on the card table; they were in a state of adrenaline surge and dopamine release.

In other words, the players' nerves are already on edge, and they don't need this kind of massage service to relax.

And that's exactly the case; almost 99.9% of players don't use the massage function.

However, these massage chairs are similar to those in movie theaters. They can automatically sense whether someone is sitting on them, and you can experience the massage function for free during the first few minutes of the movie.

The three of them then seriously began to examine the chair.

"It's not as comfortable as the massage in the mall, and it's not even as comfortable as the massage you get at the movie theater by scanning a QR code."

Zhang Yangwen's words, in turn, enlightened Jiang Shuyue.

perhaps.

Is the primary function of this massage chair not massage?
Jiang Shuyue immediately realized something.

She immediately stood up and placed her phone on the armrest of the chair.

Soon, the phone began to shake involuntarily. Although the amplitude was small, the high-frequency vibration of the phone screen and the armrest could be clearly heard.

A few seconds later, the phone fell to the carpet with a thud.

Jiang Shuyue got up and picked up her phone, but when she placed it back on the armrest, it was surprisingly quiet and didn't vibrate again.

This massage chair doesn't seem to have anything magical about it; it has all the functions a massage chair should have, including self-sensing ventilation and heating functions.

The chairs seem to be just ordinary chairs placed there to enhance the players' gaming experience; there's nothing special about them.

The three of them looked at each other.

Su Cheng had a guess in his mind, and he instructed Jiang Shuyue: "Try sitting on it again, but don't turn on the massage function this time."

Jiang Shuyue sat down gently in the chair, raising her hands and arms slightly to avoid touching any hidden buttons that might be there.

About two minutes later, the phone, which had been lying quietly on the armrest, started to move again and began to shake slightly.

The initial amplitude was only a little bit, until the amplitude of the vibration reached its peak after six minutes.

During this time, Jiang Shuyue's phone was knocked off several times, and Su Cheng put it back on each time.

Finally, Jiang Shuyue stood up, and the vibration of the seat disappeared three seconds later.

"I know what's going on." A certain neuron in Jiang Shuyue's brain finally clicked correctly.

The core function of this chair is not massage; massage is just a pretense.

Its primary function is vibration.

It wasn't a very noticeable vibration, but rather a small, subtle one.

The force of this vibration might only be a fraction of a G, perhaps around 0.5 G?

A force of 0.5G can provide feedback that simulates the feeling of an accelerated heartbeat.

This design can eliminate players' fear of high-stakes betting and increase their risk tolerance.

The seat's ventilation and heating functions can keep the body temperature at a comfortable threshold, maximizing gaming time.

uh-huh?

Not bad.

Jiang Shuyue saw through a design; although it took her a while, she was already very clever.

Su Cheng looked at her with newfound respect at that moment.

Normally, a product can easily become a bestseller if it has a design that understands customer psychology.

If there are two or more of them, they are likely to become evergreen in the industry, and if they continue to do so, they will become the industry leader.

But inside this small diamond palace, almost every place is a trap.

Everything is designed to allow customers to gamble and lose big.

Most business owners from inland areas have never seen anything like this before. Once they enter the hall and inhale the high-oxygenated air, they get intoxicated, let alone anything else.

It's not just these designs.

Su Cheng thought the most insidious thing was that even the time in the entertainment hall was controlled by you.

In such a large entertainment hall, there were no clocks or other time markers on the walls.

Su Cheng only realized it belatedly.

The entire entertainment hall had no windows; the chrome-plated glass blocked out all sunlight, and in most places, the curtains were drawn tightly shut.

By blocking out the sun, the secretion of melatonin from the pineal gland in the brain is suppressed.

The absence of clocks, natural light, and a constant temperature system can cause errors in people's perception of time.

The dealers/waitresses change their uniforms every hour, thus disrupting the player's only reference point for time.

Why is this a world of extravagance and debauchery?
Because even day and night are controlled manually!

The lighting was set to gradually change over two hours, causing the nucleus segment above the optic chiasm to become disordered.

"Look outside, do you see anything wrong?" Su Cheng lifted the curtain a little in the rest area, letting the two of them hunch over and look outside.

"It seems like there's nothing wrong..."

"No problem? Don't you think that old man rowing outside is a bit slow?"

"Oh, it really is."

Zhang Yangwen looked closely and indeed found that the old man was rowing very, very slowly, almost motionless, much slower than normal walking.

It's obvious without even guessing.

Those boats outside, and those old men rowing them, are all hired by the Ma family. Their daily job is to row boats at the entrance.

The goal is to create a false sense of low time consumption.

MIT has conducted experiments showing that by simply interfering with the perception of the passage of time, researchers can make their perception of time err by plus or minus three to six hours.

Players thought they had only been playing for two hours, but in reality they had been playing for five or six hours.

Players felt like they had played all afternoon, but it felt like they had played all night.

"Don't they still have their own phones?" "They're useless. The time on a phone is just a number. Besides, when you're really playing, who cares about their phone? It's basically always off and on silent."

"If I occasionally remember to glance at it, several hours have already passed. As long as I'm still in the hall, it's difficult to recalibrate my sense of time."

After summarizing the design of the entertainment hall, Zhang Yangwen and Jiang Shuyue belatedly realized how terrifying it was.

this is too scary!

Because these are all complete theoretical frameworks that have been implemented and put into practice, rather than fragmented designs that are piecemeal and disjointed.

This is a complete system framework, where each point can serve each other and provide auxiliary buffs to other designs.

It is true that 1+1+1>100.

The person who designed this system for Diamond Palace is definitely one of the top people in the industry, the absolute elite at the very top of the pyramid!

What amazed Jiang Shuyue even more was that Su Cheng was able to see through the entire design of the Diamond Palace.

This is a bit outrageous.

Handsome guy, you're really all-around amazing!

This K10 from Jingzhou definitely has something special about it.

wrong.

It's not just that they have some skills, they possess extraordinary wisdom.

Before setting off, Su Cheng, like her, was unaware of the upcoming business research and made no preparations whatsoever; in other words, it was all improvisation.

It relies on its own strong knowledge base and accumulated industry experience.

Jiang Shuyue went to great lengths and could only detect a slight vibration in the seat.

Fortunately, she did manage to show some promise and didn't embarrass herself too much.

If she couldn't answer even one question, Su Cheng would probably curse the RK staff as useless...

She was a little upset that her phone had been dropped several times; she had just gotten a new iPhone and hadn't even had time to buy a phone case yet.

Wait a minute.

Su Cheng felt that these things were somewhat familiar.

Especially that maze-like path where the main road connects to the eight auxiliary roads.

Seeing Su Cheng's puzzled expression, Jiang Shuyue thought he had thought of something again: "President Su, what's wrong?"

"Wait a minute, I think I vaguely remember that path design from earlier, but I can't remember where. I think I saw a post about it in the database."

Su Cheng has a very clear and memorable understanding of the design of the Eight Assistants.

While recalling the events, Su Cheng took out her phone and entered the database to conduct a topic search.

Sure enough, I found the post in the search.

"Look, it's in the database."

Su Cheng turned up the brightness of her phone screen, and the three of them huddled together looking at the screen.

The post explains in detail the design principles of the "One Road, Eight Auxiliary Strategies".

Extending the time to find the right way out is only one of its functions; it also needs to be combined with other factors.

If you don't ask the waiter for the exit and instead find your way yourself, the average usage time is over 35 minutes.

This usually happens to people with social anxiety. People with social anxiety will never ask for directions on their own and would rather spend more time finding the exit themselves.

The post also listed several other special cases in which the person would not proactively ask for directions.

The post mentioned that people in certain situations or emotional states will not ask for directions, using gamblers in entertainment venues as an example.

Each time a game is played, the player is subjected to a public humiliation fear event.

When the dealer announces the points of red and blue and the result of the win or loss, the player will face public humiliation and feel a fear: losing money is very shameful.

Other gamblers nearby would secretly cheer.

The original post reads as follows:
A few people may be temporarily unable to break free from this feeling of dependence. When they look for a way out, they are actually deceiving themselves. Just give them time to convince themselves and allow them some buffer, and they will obediently sit back down at the table and continue playing.

Public humiliation and maze design are not directly related, or even necessarily related, but they can complement each other to achieve the same effect.

[Assuming the casino has also conducted training on dealers' agreed-upon behaviors regarding micro-expressions, then players are less likely to ask for directions and more likely to return to the gaming table.]

Zhang Yangwen exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, he even wrote a protocol for micro-expression behavior training? Isn't that exactly what we just saw?"

"Correct!"

Jiang Shuyue discovered a blind spot in the post: "President Su, please scroll up."

Su Cheng flicked her finger across the top of the screen a couple of times as she spoke: "What's wrong?"

"Look at the post's publication date, how come it's from 1996?"

ha?
Su Cheng only noticed the posting time at this point.

This...this is a post from twenty years ago?
Etc., etc.

The Diamond Palace seems to have been built about twenty years ago, right?

Su Cheng had a bold conjecture in her mind.

Could this post be from Lao Deng's account?
When Su Cheng looked at the poster's ID, it seemed like most of his mind suddenly clicked.

The poster's ID is [Ferryman].

Su Cheng remembered this ID. The account had previously posted "Happy Ferris Wheel" and "Experiment on Pain Effect," and it had already been confirmed that it was indeed Lao Deng's account.

The account had previously posted an article that was included in the classics, titled: 【[Excellent] Comprehensive Framework Design for the Application of Psychology in Casinos and Entertainment Halls (Practical Edition)】

Click in and take a look.

Isn't this exactly the design used in the Diamond Palace today?

It hasn't changed at all.

Even the prototype drawings that were put up are the current design of Diamond Palace.

Exactly!

Worth.

Does this mean that the Diamond Palace was designed by Old Deng himself around 1996?

Not buddy.

Are you serious?
Su Cheng read through the practical section once, and then flipped through the other theoretical section.

Old Deng described everything in detail except for the vibrating seat, and it was not much different from the design that Su Cheng had just figured out.

The Ma family added a vibrating seat themselves behind the door.

The main framework and core design are still the same as those from twenty years ago.

There's nothing that needs to be changed here, so why did you bring me here to see this?
Although Su Cheng was very reluctant to admit it, Lao Deng was very good at manipulating human nature.

The Diamond Palace is a ready-made super money-printing machine.

The saying goes, "One trick is all you need to conquer the world." This saying contains so many killer moves; it can be considered top-notch wisdom.

This is a general framework, and Su Cheng will not add anything superfluous that would disrupt the overall harmony.

Even if you want to make some changes, the final result will be the same, and the benefits will be negligible.

Su Cheng: ???
No, did you call me over here to play?

(End of this chapter)