Ma Yang scratched his head. "New air system? What's that?"

"Ask Qian Du." Pei Qian didn't explain further, first turning on the computer to download and play *Sea Fortress*.

New air systems appeared very early. Around 2000, Europe had already formulated detailed standards and gradually used them on a large scale in homes and businesses.

In China, new air systems and air purifiers became popular after the smog levels exploded. Around 2014, most people knew about this thing.

Currently, most new air systems are foreign brands, which are terribly expensive.

But in Pei Qian's view, expensive is not their disadvantage, but their advantage!

After downloading *Sea Fortress*, Pei Qian played it briefly.

As expected of a high-end computer, the game experience is excellent!

After entering the game, all settings were turned up to the highest level without thinking, ensuring the ultimate visual experience!

This computer is excellent in every way, with no shortcomings, except for one.

If you lose the game, you can't shift the blame!

No more "My mouse is 'dudu dudu'!", "My keyboard keys are stuck!", "My computer lagged!", "My monitor went black!", "My headphones are leaking electricity!"...

None of that will happen.

If you don't play the game well, you can't blame the computer; you can only blame yourself for playing poorly!

For some people, that should be a disadvantage, right?

He played two rounds of versus mode and got destroyed.

He played two rounds of zombie mode and still got destroyed.

He had to play story mode.

"As expected, a smart person like me can't play this kind of game that relies entirely on reflexes. Story mode is better."

Pei Qian played the story mode while sighing.

This is actually a game I made!

I don't know what Huang Si Bo and Bao Xu went through.

As Pei Qian was playing, Zhang Yuan brought over a glass of wine.

The glass wasn't big, but the liquid inside was particularly bright. The bottom was dark red, and the top was apple green. The two colors gradually blended in the middle of the transparent glass, looking quite dazzling.

Pei Qian's first impression was that it was very mysterious!

He took a sip, and the taste was very special, difficult to describe, but memorable.

"What's this wine called?" Pei Qian asked.

Zhang Yuan answered truthfully, "President Pei, this is a type of Northern Lights cocktail. Ordinary Northern Lights cocktails only have a fluorescent effect in the dark. This one has a slightly modified recipe, so the colors look more natural."

"Not bad, how much does it cost?" Pei Qian asked again.

Zhang Yuan: "Fifty yuan a glass."

Probably afraid that Pei Qian would think it was too expensive, Zhang Yuan quickly added, "This contains grappa, and a 700 ml bottle costs 400 yuan. This one glass uses 30 ml."

"There's also a cheaper version that uses vodka instead of grappa."

"Oh." Pei Qian nodded. "Then, what's the cheapest cocktail on the menu?"

Zhang Yuan thought for a moment. "The cheapest... probably 25 yuan. Most bars charge this price."

This was the price level in 2010, which wasn't cheap.

One glass of wine was worth two meals for many students.

Moreover, the target customer base of internet cafes and bars is different.

"What do you think, President Pei, is this pricing okay? If you think it's too expensive, we can lower it a bit."

Lower it?

Or raise it?

If the price is lowered, the profit per glass of wine will be less. But what if everyone comes to drink here because the wine is cheap?

Wouldn't that be a disguised form of low-profit, high-volume sales?

Can't lower it!

Although the current price of the wine isn't cheap, Pei Qian thought about it and realized that there should still be room for a price increase!

Pei Qian made up his mind: "Add another ten yuan to each glass! Our customers are high-quality customers, and a low price is disrespectful to them!"

"Ah?" Zhang Yuan was a little confused.

"It's settled then, add ten yuan to each glass of wine."

Pei Qian happily drank his cocktail and continued playing the game.

Zhang Yuan naturally didn't ask any more questions and continued to work.

Pei Qian played for a while and was very satisfied.

He wasn't satisfied with the environment, but mainly with the consumption!

He calculated that he played for two hours and drank a glass of cocktail, spending a total of 80 yuan.

This amount of money was enough for an entire week in a regular internet cafe!

It directly shut out the mainstream customer base of current internet cafes.

Of course, Pei Qian also knew that this high-end internet cafe model would gradually become mainstream in six or seven years.

But it doesn't matter, as long as it's not mainstream now, right?

Moreover, even internet cafes six or seven years from now wouldn't sell cocktails for 60 yuan a glass!

Lose money! Lose money for four or five years before talking.

So good!

Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave.

Ma Yang came over and asked, "Brother Qian, we plan to open the day after tomorrow. What do you think about the opening ceremony, opening promotions, etc.? I was thinking of doing a half-price special on all machines and drinks for the first three days. What do you think of this discount?"

Half price on all machines for the first three days?

Half price on drinks?

Nononono, absolutely not!

If we make a name for ourselves all of a sudden, that would be terrible!

Pei Qian shook his head violently: "No, tacky! We are a high-end internet cafe, understand?"

"Open as usual, don't do those gimmicky activities. Good wine fears no deep alley. We have such a good environment, are we still afraid of not having customers?"

"Half price, what's the point of making it so lively? We can't give people the feeling that this is a wet market!"

"Okay, then we won't do it..." Ma Yang was just confused, but he knew it was always right to listen to Pei Qian.

Pei Qian left Moyu Internet Cafe feeling satisfied, planning to come again on the opening day.

Only when he sees the internet cafe close down with his own eyes on the opening day can Pei Qian be completely relieved!

...

...

March 9th.

Moyu Internet Cafe officially opened!

No grand opening specials, no firecrackers, no banners, nothing!

Everything as usual.

The internet cafe's storefront didn't have any Chinese characters to begin with, just a large logo. The high-end feel was indeed there, but it also made it harder for people to know that this was a place to go online.

Fortunately, the two-story building had many curtain walls, and during the day, people could clearly see the coffee area and the gaming area inside through the curtain walls.

But even so, it was still too low-key.

Zhang Yuan was waiting at the bar, still hoping to show off his flair bartending skills when customers arrived.

But after waiting for a long time, several waves of passersby went by, at most just poking their heads in to take a look, without even thinking about coming in.

The cold style outside was extremely discouraging.

Pei Qian, on the other hand, was sitting in the coffee area, happily drinking coffee, looking at the empty internet cafe. The smile on his face gradually deepened, and then he tried hard to suppress it.

Ma Yang wasn't as calm as him, and was obviously a little restless.

"Brother Qian, at least let them go out and hand out flyers..."

"They" refers to the hired internet cafe staff.

They were called internet cafe staff, but they actually held multiple positions, also serving tea and water as waiters.

The opening promotion activities that Ma Yang had thought of before were all rejected by Pei Qian.

Pei Qian's reason was that we must have a normal heart!

A place with such a high-end feel as ours, engaging in those vulgar grand opening promotions is meaningless!

The result was that the opening was silent and unnoticed...

Pei Qian calmly took a sip of coffee: "Hand out flyers? Where's the high-end feel? We want customers to discover us inadvertently. That's what we call a surprise!"

"Let customers discover us inadvertently...?"

Ma Yang vaguely felt that there was something wrong with this statement, but for a moment he couldn't seem to refute it...