The first Internet cafe appeared in Shanghai in May 1996.
The high Internet fee of 40 yuan per hour did not stop people from exploring new things. You have to know that the average monthly salary in the country was only about 500 yuan at that time.
In the following years, Internet cafes sprang up all over the country, and the Internet cafe industry grew rapidly.
This remote small county also took advantage of the opportunity and opened three Internet cafes in 2000, namely the Sun God Internet Cafe, the New Century Internet Cafe and the Pentium Internet Cafe, which were distributed in the county in a three-legged manner.
The Pentium Internet Cafe opened by Ryan Chen's family was the latest to open, and it is the largest and best equipped, so its business is better than the other two.
When Ryan Chen walked out of the path, he found that the fight was coming to an end.
There were 6 people in total, 5 of them in one group, but judging from the scene, it was 1V5 to be precise, with 1 standing and 5 lying down.
Good guy, spray it Q!
A young man in his twenties stood there, about 1.8 meters tall, tall and strong, with a pair of narrow and long almond-shaped eyes that were impressive. He was not wearing a down jacket, but only a sweater, and his muscles were clearly visible. In the cold weather, due to the intense activity, white mist was coming out of his body.
"Leo Ban, are you done? I bought you breakfast." Ryan Chen was no longer surprised. He walked towards the young man and mentioned the buns and soy milk he bought on the way.
Seeing Ryan Chen, the young man who stood out from the crowd smiled at him and said, "You go up first, I'll finish."
"Well, I'll go up and watch first, and come back when I'm done~"
The young man nodded to show that he understood.
The people of Northeast China are tough and it is not uncommon for them to fight over a disagreement. The most popular one is "What are you looking at?"
Ryan Chen was not surprised. This kind of thing would happen in the store every one or two months.
But fortunately, with old spots here, everything can be dealt with.
Leo Ban, whose real name is Brandon Pang, a very martial arts name. His parents are both dead and he grew up with a blind master. He learned Baji and Pijia for more than ten years. When he grew up, he served as a soldier for several years. No one knew what he did wrong during that time. He was just released from prison last year.
At the beginning of the century, no one looked down on prisoners who had just been released from labor camps. They ran into obstacles everywhere and finally ended up working as network administrators in his home.
These were told to him by his father. According to him, they were recruiting a network administrator at that time, and they found several candidates that were not satisfactory. Then Brandon Pang came. His father felt that the kid looked quite honest and was only a few years older than him. He felt quite pitiful, especially since he had served in the army.
Later, Ryan Chen found out that it was because others charged 600 yuan a month, while Leo Ban only charged 400 yuan a month, which included food and accommodation.
After later observation, it was found that the guy recruited by 400 people learned the job quickly, regarded the Internet cafe as his home, and did not go anywhere else. He could do the work of two people at once, which was quite reliable.
He even does the security work. If a fight breaks out, no matter how many people are on the other side, he just takes them downstairs and resolves it without any further trouble.
Unable to bear the consequences, the father raised Leo Ban's salary to 800 yuan per month in the third month, which was a lot of money at that time.
Both parents are dead? A retired soldier becomes a network administrator. With this plot development, Old Ban is definitely the protagonist.
hiss!
Ryan Chen took a breath of cold air.
Now, after re-evaluating this brother's potential with the eyes of an experienced person, Ryan Chen has already planned the personnel composition of the small team in his mind.
"Brother Hao, No. 23, get off the plane."
A teenager came over to pay the bill after playing, interrupting Ryan Chen's thoughts.
Looking at the thick account book, I found the computer time on the 23rd. Oh, for the overnight players, I turned my head and looked at the time on the wall. It was 8:37.
"You are 37 minutes overtime, so I'll count it as half an hour and give you another dollar."
He took the dollar handed over by the other party, took out a pen and crossed out this line of record.
Take out the key, open the cash box and put the money in.
Looking at the various banknotes of the fourth edition, the maroon one-yuan note, and the dark green two-yuan note that never appeared again, Ryan Chen felt a little emotional. In another ten years, he had nothing in his pocket except a mobile phone and even his wallet.
"Go back and rest early. Good health is the most important. Everything else is empty talk!" Ryan Chen advised casually.
The guy who got off the plane had a look on his face, "Brother Hao, you stay up all night more often than I do, how can you say that?"
"Uh" Ryan Chen touched his nose.
With the help of the heater, the temperature in the room was over 20 degrees. It was unbearable after staying there for a while. Ryan Chen took off his down jacket and put it aside. He picked up a pen and an account book, walked around the field, and counted the number of war gods who were still fighting after staying up all night last night.
The Internet cafe is not big, only about 80 square meters in total, with thirty computers neatly arranged in rows. In order to make more money, there are no computers at the bar counter at the entrance.
In the second half of 2001, Legend came out of nowhere and directly occupied most of the online game market. Its classic warrior, mage and Taoist professions, and the eternal theme of upgrading, treasure hunting and PK, immediately blew away previous old online games such as Red Moon, King of Kings and Millennium.
Relying on Shanda's agency of Legend, Yi Ju became a giant in the online gaming industry at that time and enjoyed great success.
At this time, Legend was very popular. Most of the people in the Internet cafe were playing Legend. The few who were left were playing StarCraft, CS, and even Jin Yong's Heroes (the stand-alone one, not the OL kind).
Watching the young man in front of him anxiously pressing the direction keys on the keyboard, the little shrimp was flying around like a headless fly in the black pond.
Ryan Chen couldn't bear it, "You can't get out of Black Dragon Pond if you walk like this."
After saying that, he bent down and pressed the direction keys on the keyboard rhythmically. In less than a minute, he walked out of Black Dragon Pond and saw Yinggu.
There was no conversation, but he turned around and walked out again, returning to the starting point.
"Okay, play by yourself."
"???" The young man was confused. I'm not the big brother. You're so aggressive and then you retreat. Are you kidding me?
Ryan Chen made a little joke, and while the other party was not angry yet, he quickly wrote down a string of formulas.
Tear it up and hand him a note.
"Once you enter the Black Dragon Pool, don't move a step. Follow this formula and you will be able to enter!"
Left 8→Up 2→Right 1→Up 3→Left 3→
Before leaving, Ryan Chen said, "Remember to practice Baseball Fist to level ten!"
The young man asked in confusion, "The damage of the baseball punch is so rubbish."
"That's exactly what happened to the first nine levels!"
"What about level 10?"
"Invincible!" After saying that, Ryan Chen waved his sleeves and left, followed by the admiring gazes of the energetic young man.
It takes at least 5 hours to practice baseball boxing from the beginning to the tenth level without fighting with both hands. This can be regarded as a disguised way of increasing the income of his own industry.
Seeing that Leo Ban had returned, Ryan Chen handed over the account book. Seeing that the other party's hands were a little red, he asked hurriedly: "Are you okay?"
Brandon Pang raised his hand and shook his head at the other party, indicating that everything was fine.
"I'm asking them."
".Hospital."
"What happened just now?"
"He is trying to shirk his responsibility by making trouble."
It seems to be a roving gang, otherwise we would have heard of the name of the leader of Pentium. They don't even scout out the area before causing trouble. These guys are not professional at all.
Accustomed to Leo Ban's thrifty words, Ryan Chen stroked his chin, "And then?"
"No trouble," Brandon Pang took out a handful of crumpled money from his pocket, "Keyboard money." Just the right amount, smoothed it out and put it in the cash drawer.
"You don't see many young people who want to pay for damaged things these days! I've put breakfast there, you can eat it first and take a rest, I'll watch over it."
Pang Dian nodded.
There were still a few empty machines in the morning, and Ryan Chen picked the one closest to the door and turned it on.
"Network administrator, the computer is not working."
Ryan Chen didn't even turn his head and shouted at the top of his voice, "Press ALT+F4. If it doesn't work, restart. Don't press the big button, press the small button on the case."
After waiting for a while, there was no movement, it seemed that it was done.
After turning on the computer, Ryan Chen opened Baidu and searched for the information he wanted, searching every community and forum on major portals such as Tianya and Mop.
Half an hour later, Ryan Chen looked puzzled.
There was no clue at all. He remembered that he came in 2002, but he didn't remember the month.
Is it possible that the legendary private server hasn’t come out yet?
A text message interrupted his thoughts. Picking up his phone and opening it, Ryan Chen laughed.
"Want to know the secret of your mobile phone number? Reply xxx to know the answer! (Replying to this message is free)"
No dog would reply to spam messages!
After a while, the text message alert sounded again.
Hey, it’s not over yet, are you trying to take advantage of me?
Click, oh misunderstanding!
"Where are you?" The person who sent the text message was Ryan Chen's best friend since the days of open-crotch pants, the other kid, the self-disciplined boy, Derek Xu.
"It's a big deal, come quickly!"
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