Chapter 1382 A New World-Famous Painting

Friday, December 28th, 8:00 AM.

Pei Qian got up extra early today and called Ma Yang to the Thriller Hostel as well.

He wanted to secretly experience just how fun the "Operation Skylark" roller coaster actually was.

The last time he came, Pei Qian had originally planned to subject CEO Li and the investors to suffering on the roller coaster, but he didn't expect them to be frightened at all. Instead, they were all extremely excited, clamoring to ride it again.

Later, he heard from Min Jingchao that this group had played for a whole afternoon before reluctantly leaving in the evening.

Pei Qian was also a little curious, just how fun was this roller coaster project?

But before, for fear of shattering his image, Pei Qian hadn't experienced it with these investors.

So today, Pei Qian specifically brought Ma Yang along, wanting to experience it in the morning.

Pei Qian was mainly worried that if he played with other people, he would be so frightened that he would shout out a word or two, which would be inconsistent with President Pei's image.

But playing with Ma Yang would definitely not have this problem. At that time, the whole place would probably be filled with Ma Yang's loud screams, which would definitely become the focus of the audience and effectively cover up any other sounds.

What's more, there was no such thing as shattering his image in front of Ma Yang.

According to the plan, the Thriller Hostel would be open for normal business today, while the roller coaster project would officially open for trial operation at 9:00 AM.

Pei Qian figured that arriving an hour early and experiencing it for an hour would be about right.

He hadn't even played the roller coaster that he had invested over 100 million in, which was a bit unreasonable.

Of course, the premise was that this roller coaster's attribute was "fun" rather than "thrilling." If it was the latter, then Pei Qian would definitely not experience it, and would only try to send his enemies up there.

The car couldn't be driven into the Thriller Hostel, so it could only be parked in the parking lot at the entrance.

However, there were public transportation tools such as balance bikes and sightseeing cars in the parking lot that could be used in the Thriller Hostel's park.

He had already told Chen Kangtuo, so the staff was waiting in the parking lot in advance.

Pei Qian and Ma Yang got into the sightseeing car, entered the Thriller Hostel, and then walked towards the roller coaster project.

However, as soon as he entered the Thriller Hostel, Pei Qian was shocked.

"So many people?!"

Compared to usual, the Thriller Hostel's traffic had simply exploded!

Keep in mind that it was only Friday morning!

There were people queuing in front of all three projects, but the queues didn't look long because those queuing were about to enter.

The Thriller Hostel used electronic queuing. After arriving at the scene, you could get a number. After getting the number, you didn't need to wait in the same place all the time, but could wander around. You only needed to rush to the scene to queue when you saw on the app that it was almost your turn, otherwise your number would be invalid.

The people queuing in front of the three projects didn't seem like many, but these were all about to enter the experience. There were still countless others who had taken a number and were waiting in other places!

Fortunately, the Thriller Hostel didn't just have these three projects to play. Tourists could also go to drink coffee or wander around in the Golden Maze.

"It's strange, why aren't these people queuing up for the roller coaster? Why are they playing these three old projects instead?"

"Logically speaking, they should be tired of playing these three old projects by now, right?"

Pei Qian had never played these three projects, and he didn't want to play them at all.

Fortunately, although the traffic today was higher than usual, it was still Friday morning, so the sightseeing car still passed smoothly through the Thriller Hostel's original park and drove towards the roller coaster.

As a result, when he got here, Pei Qian understood a little why there were still people playing the old projects.

Because there were even more people here!

The roller coaster was far away from the Thriller Hostel's original three projects. Both sides of this road had been taken over by various shops, of course, all done by CEO Li and the investors.

Now, these shops were full of people, just like some popular commercial streets!

Going further forward, the situation was even more tragic.

The entrance of the roller coaster project was already crowded with people.

Although this roller coaster project also used on-site number taking and app queuing, it was clear that these people were too enthusiastic. The earliest batch of people were crowded at the entrance of the project, waiting to experience it as soon as it opened at 9:00 AM.

An hour early, there were already so many people waiting. Pei Qian couldn't imagine what time these people had come.

Fortunately, there was a staff channel, commonly known as the back door.

Pei Qian was also afraid of meeting acquaintances, so he wore a mask as usual.

Seeing that he was almost at the back door of the project, Pei Qian reminded Ma Yang: "I told you to bring a mask before, did you bring it?"

If they were going to be low-key, they should both be low-key, otherwise it would seem too strange.

"I brought it!" Ma Yang was still reliable in this kind of matter. He took out a mask from his pocket and put it on carefully.

Pei Qian: "..."

There was nothing wrong with the mask, and there was nothing wrong with wearing it.

But the key was that Ma Yang's face was too long. The mask covered the top, but couldn't cover the bottom.

Wearing it like a normal person, with the mask covering his nose, his chin was still exposed, which looked very strange and made people think of a pervert with underwear on his head.

No wonder Ma Yang rarely wore a mask, these objective conditions really didn't support it.

But that didn't matter, as long as he got the idea.

Arriving at the staff channel, it was indeed very deserted here, almost no one.

Obviously, after taking their numbers, everyone either went to queue at the entrance of the project, or went to the surrounding shops to browse. Who would be idle enough to squat in the staff channel?

After all, tourists couldn't get in, so there was no point in blocking the door here.

But it was only "almost no one," there were still occasionally one or two passers-by who passed by very curiously, probably lost.

Pei Qian didn't care, and led Ma Yang into the staff channel.

Chen Kangtuo had already arrived, and led the two of them inside to experience the "Operation Skylark" roller coaster.

Soon, a lap was over.

Ma Yang was obviously still not recovered from the excitement, still aiming around with the magnetic rail rifle, making "dududu" sound effects.

"Woohoo! Brother Qian, this roller coaster is really too fun! Let's do it again!"

Pei Qian said with a dark face: "I'm not going for now, let's talk about it another day."

The roller coaster was indeed quite fun, with a strong sense of immersion. Especially when the roller coaster moved and rotated quickly, the swarm of insects rushed over, coupled with some real-life models, making people nervous and exciting, even unable to distinguish which were virtual and which were real.

The interactivity was also very strong. Desperately pulling the trigger to shoot at the insect swarm, trying their best to break out of the encirclement, making people's adrenaline soar, giving them the feeling of playing an immersive VR game.

And this was even more exciting than VR games because it also had somatosensory elements.

The gun could vibrate, make realistic sounds, the surroundings were surround sound, the picture was a super-clear immersive experience, coupled with the weightlessness brought by the roller coaster itself, the experience could be said to be full.

But the bad thing was that it was "very interactive."

Pei Qian already knew that this roller coaster had different routes, and tourists needed to shoot carefully to enter different routes.

The worst ending was doing nothing and being taken out of the insect nest by Captain Qin Yi in a precarious situation; the best ending was that all four people were very powerful and chose the correct route, so they could kill into the depths of the insect nest and behead the Zerg Queen.

In addition to this, there were some other endings, which could be simply seen as different levels.

Similarly, if they failed to complete the beheading operation, some endings were leaving the depths of the cave with their faces covered in dust, while other endings were breaking out of the encirclement, directly breaking through the surface from the insect nest, soaring to thousands of meters in the high sky, and seeing the dense human fleet in the sky and the insect sea below, satisfying their eyes.

Pei Qian thought that although there were only two of them and their firepower might not be enough to reach the Zerg Queen, they should be able to see the high-altitude scene with a little effort, right?

But when he really fought, he realized that it seemed like Ma Yang didn't exist at all!

He only heard Ma Yang screaming and shooting next to him, but after shooting for a long time, where did your bullets go?

Pei Qian was working so hard holding the magnetic rail rifle, but he couldn't feel any fire support from Ma Yang at all.

This couldn't help but remind Pei Qian of the scenes when he played *Enlightenment* and GOG with Ma Yang. It was like this person didn't exist the whole time...

It could only be said that Ma Yang was still Ma Yang. Although he had changed from the previous long face to the current CEO Ma, he still hadn't changed his original intention. No matter what game he played, he was still a pure slacker.

In the end, he stubbornly played the worst ending. Was there any need to experience it again?

Keep in mind that this ending could be achieved by all tourists doing nothing, not firing a single shot, just watching the scenery in their seats!

Playing with Ma Yang again?

That was simply torture.

Seeing that Ma Yang was still not satisfied, Pei Qian persuaded: "You see, there are so many people queuing at the door today. Let the tourists experience it first."

"We can experience it whenever we want. We'll find an opportunity to close the Thriller Hostel for a team building event, and you can bring the employees from Rabbit Tail Live to accompany you to play this roller coaster until you behead the Zerg Queen."

Pei Qian knew himself very well. He definitely couldn't carry Ma Yang. He should let Ma Yang's dedicated team of playmates complete this task.

Ma Yang was very happy: "Okay, then it's a deal! I'll wait for Brother Qian to arrange it!"

Pei Qian called Chen Kangtuo over: "If there are no problems with the equipment, open it early. I see everyone waiting outside, very enthusiastic. Opening an hour earlier will allow more tourists to experience it."

"Those who can come so early are all true fans, let everyone play two more rounds."

Anyway, the popularity of the roller coaster was a foregone conclusion, and there was no point in hiding it. Let it be!

Chen Kangtuo was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, President Pei, I'll arrange it."

Pei Qian and Ma Yang left through the staff channel again.

But this time, the people who were wandering near the staff channel before spotted the two of them.

"Didn't they just go in not long ago? Shouldn't the staff be busy inside all day today? Why are they leaving?"

"Hiss... this person's face is too long, the mask can't even cover it? Isn't that CEO Ma?"

Ma Yang was considered an internet celebrity now. After all, he had previously "livestreamed selling goods," and had also distributed money on Weibo. There were actually quite a few people who had seen CEO Ma online.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't be recognized with a mask on, but his face was too long and his recognizability was too high. Even with a mask, it couldn't cover this obvious feature at all.

"If that's really CEO Ma, then the other one wouldn't be..."

"No wonder this back view looks so familiar!"

The onlookers were instantly excited, unable to restrain their excitement, and took out their phones to take a picture of the two of them leaving the staff channel from behind.