Chapter 373: Figure
Chapter 373 Figure
Wednesday, September 2.
Nitiantian Game Experience Store.
“Hey? Store manager! It’s a rare customer!”
Gu Fan just walked into the experience store when he heard Sui Tao's voice full of surprise.
He waved his hand: "Hey, what is a rare guest? Low-key, low-key. I was just assigned to a more important position for a while. Things are pretty busy over there now, and I can continue to come back to see the experience store.
“How is it, is everything okay here?”
Sui Tao nodded quickly: "Everything is fine, everything is fine! The store manager is well-led, and our experience store is booming!"
Gu Fan almost choked on his cough and quickly motioned Sui Tao to shut up: "Okay, I understand what you mean, but it's best to use this word sparingly."
Sui Tao didn’t understand: “Huh? Why?”
Gu Fan didn’t explain any more, he just took a look at the current status of the experience store.
I have to say that the experience store is indeed becoming more and more lively. The occupancy rate of the first floor lobby has almost reached more than 70%. As for other floors, although they are not visible for the time being, judging from the situation of receiving keys at the front desk , the attendance rate should also be above 50%.
This attendance rate is not very high for an Internet cafe, but it is quite good for an experience store or a console game store.
After all, the business models and charging standards of the two are also different.
The players in the lobby are basically playing various games seriously.
Gu Fan noticed that the subsequent games launched by Nitiantian, such as the 70 version of "Shadow World", have also been updated in the experience store, and some players are playing them at this time.
However, those who play "Shadow World" in the lobby are basically lone wolf players. If they need to open the mic, they will basically go to the dedicated private room on the second floor.
It can be seen that many players in the lobby are familiar with each other. They will chat when they are tired of playing games, and they will even use some equipment in the experience store, such as coffee machines.
“Does anyone know how to use a coffee machine? Please help me make some coffee. Thank you!”
“I will, do you want a latte or an Americano?”
"Ice American style! Today I have a confrontation with this boss, and I must defeat it!"
“It’s done, come and get it yourself.”
“Okay, thanks, buddy.”
This is the unique business model of Nitiantian Game Experience Store: customers help themselves.
The experience store of course has a special coffee machine, as well as ice cream, drinks and snacks. But there are no baristas or salespeople.
Because Gu Fan didn't invite him.
So far, Sui Tao is the manager of this store, and besides him there are five other clerks.
Initially, there were three clerks, but the turnover was still a bit difficult, so the number was subsequently expanded to five, barely ensuring that there would always be at least one clerk in the experience store during normal working hours.
Of course, there are cleaning staff and they are not counted as store clerks.
If the situation in a general store were to be followed, it would be impossible for one clerk to satisfy the needs of so many customers even if he was exhausted.
General stores will choose to recruit an additional barista to make coffee for customers, and then arrange at least one or two shop assistants on each floor to meet customer needs at any time.
But this experience store has implemented Gu Fan’s philosophy from the beginning, keeping the number of store employees to a minimum as much as possible and allowing customers to manage themselves.
As a result, customers use the coffee machine to make coffee and choose drinks and snacks by themselves. At present, the store clerk only plays a simple supervisory role. When the players are unable to spare their time, they can also choose to help a little.
Gu Fan’s ultimate goal is to achieve complete self-care for players, preferably even when the experience store opens and closes. Of course, this goal is relatively far away and may require many technical means to achieve, but it is still a general direction.
“So store manager, what are your instructions for coming this time?”
Sui Tao’s work attitude has been relatively positive recently, because it can be seen with the naked eye that the business of the experience store is getting better and better, which also gives him a sense of accomplishment.
Gu Fan smiled slightly: "Of course I'm here to promote Nitiantian's flagship product in the future!
“Wait a moment, the stuff should arrive soon.”
After finishing speaking, Gu Fan looked at the logistics information on his phone. Sure enough, within a few minutes, the express delivery was delivered to his door.
These are several large cardboard boxes. After being opened, there are rectangular boxes inside. Judging from the packaging and the transparent part of the shell, this is a well-made figure.
Sui Tao temporarily dragged the large cartons into the warehouse and locked them, leaving a few for display at the front desk.
Soon, curious customers came over one after another.
“Oh! This slit cheongsam is quite exciting!”
All the figures are the same person, but there are three different types according to different poses and shapes.
This character is of course the first female character in "Heartbeat Dreamland", Alice. Her appearance is the same as the previous design. Her smooth blond hair has golden hairpins and red spike pendants, and she is wearing a tight-fitting gold silk high-cut cheongsam. , the robe sleeves on the forearms are slightly raised, and there are semi-transparent black gauze on the upper arms and thighs.
The first one is a standard standing figure, looking straight ahead, tall and tall, and heroic.
The second one is a sitting figure, holding a book and reading, looking gentle and elegant.
The third one is a dynamic figure, which seems to be releasing some kind of spell and is surrounded by spell effects of different colors.
These three figures have their own unique postures, and the textures of their skin and clothing are meticulous. They are considered to be relatively high-quality among the figures.
Hou Ji is already an old customer of the experience store. Students like him and Zhuge Jun have been upgraded to old players of the experience store. Because they come often, they will have obvious price discounts.
In addition, Gu Fan also launched a "worker plan" in the experience store, which means that customers in the experience store help with some trivial tasks in the store, such as helping to make coffee, simple cleaning, maintaining equipment, or providing other services. Customers can also receive a certain amount of remuneration in exchange for guidance and introduction.
So college students like Hou Ji and Zhuge Jun, who had nothing to do, ran here when they had nothing to do.
Seeing this well-made figure at this time, these college students couldn't take their eyes away.
“Is this a figure made by Ni Tiantian? Have you never seen it before?
“What game is it in?” Hou Ji asked curiously.
“It’s obviously not from the previous game. Could it be from a new game? Is it possible that Nitiantian is going to be a two-dimensional game?”
Zhuge Jun is a loyal player of the Nitiantian game. He has played almost all games. He could tell at a glance that this figure was not a character in any previous game.
Gu Fan nodded: "It's Nitian's new game, but it's hard to say whether it counts as a two-dimensional game. It probably doesn't count."
So far, the figures have been basically completed, and the desktop program for Arios has also been completed. The pre-publicity work for "Dreamland" will soon be carried out, so most of the information can be disclosed.
The only thing is that the specific game type of "Heartbeat Dreamland" is left to the players as a surprise.
Zhuge Jun was stunned for a moment: "Oh? Isn't it a two-dimensional game?
“But look at the figure and the feeling of the character...
“Oh, I understand, store manager, you are saying that because the style of this character is closer to the three-dimensional realistic style, it is not considered a two-dimensional game, but the gameplay is basically the same, right?”
Gu Fan smiled noncommittally: "All I can say is, please stay tuned."
(End of this chapter)