Hajime didn't show up again for the next two days, and I don't know when the promised next time will be.
After Xu Shuo stayed in the studio and waited for two days, he was too lazy to wait any longer. Now the other party was investigating him, and there would always be a time when the other party would take the initiative to come to him.
Li Ziwen has officially joined the job, so the offline game store needs to recruit a new manager to manage it.
After looking at the turnover and number of visitors since the opening week, Xu Shuo selected one of the three script-killing hosts for promotion. Anyway, as long as there is someone to take care of the daily operations of the offline store, it will be fine.
The sales of offline scripts are tepid, the popularity is average, but the turnover is very high.
Because the biggest investment in the early stage is to open a store, as for the core script of the game, the cost is horribly low. To put it bluntly, it is actually just a piece of paper.
Except for some scripts that are very famous in the industry and are bought to attract players, Xu Shuo almost all picked up the remaining scripts from the script space. Producing and selling them on his own saves money.
Moreover, the classified city-limited editions and exclusive editions are even more profitable. Although the train may only depart once a day, don't forget that the script has a number of people requirements. Seven people each pay the same fare but only play one scenario!
Ah~ Xu Shuo held the bill and showed a satisfied smile.
It’s been a week since the business opened, so it’s time to invite the employees of Lost City to have a dinner and sign the manager’s new contract.
…
Pei Sheng had no business to run during this period, and he didn't want to sit in the studio and be bored, so when Xu Shuo went to Lost City in the afternoon, he followed him shamelessly.
Because the dinner party was mentioned the day before, Lost City will be closed for an hour this evening. In order to prevent the host from being unable to leave at that time, we will not accept new cars after three o'clock.
But when Xu Shuo went upstairs, he heard some noise upstairs.
Could it be that some players are dissatisfied with the parking arrangements?
But Xu Shuo was also keenly aware of a pungent smell.
"Sorry, we really can't smoke in the lobby here. There is a smoking area in the corridor. You can go there."
"Why, you treat guests here like beggars. You let us squat in a small corner, right?"
"That's not a corner... No, I mean we have a designated smoking area here."
Ji Xiaoxia, who was at the front desk on the second floor, patiently explained to a few people, with a very embarrassed expression on her face, as if she had been bullied to the point of being weak.
In order to take care of some players who hate the smell of cigarettes and to keep the air fresh in the store, a smoking area is set up opposite the restrooms on the second floor of Maze City.
Although some smokers would be dissatisfied with this in the past, at least they would not be so relentless in finding trouble. After Ji Xiaoxia tried to persuade her for a long time, one of the young people in this group of people smiled and spit cigarettes directly into her face.
It was obvious that there was a group of gangsters opposite her, and they kept throwing ridiculing and obscene words at her.
The three hosts are now in the room with scripts. There are only two young ladies at the front desk. The other girl has an angry face, but she does not dare to make trouble with them.
Ji Xiaoxia persuaded patiently, clenched her fists with her lowered hands, and a hint of coldness flashed in her gently blinking eyes.
But she endured it because this was the real world.
"Hey, either call your boss out quickly. What do you mean by treating us like beggars? I want to reason with him!"
"Our boss is usually not in the store."
A stiff smile appeared on Ji Xiaoxia's lips. Her eyes blinked frequently because they were smoked by the drifting smoke. There was a faint mist in her eyes. She looked pitiful.
But she was ready. If this guy dared to blow smoke rings in her face later, she would blow his head off!
"Oh, little sister is going to cry~"
"Hahahaha, you cry, little sister, cry and show it to your brothers!"
A few young people with strong arms and carefree appearance burst out laughing, their voices full of ridicule.
Ji Xiaoxia had already clenched her fists to gather strength.
But at this moment, a gentle and polite voice came from the stairs: "Hello, I am the boss here, what do you want from me?"
Ji Xiaoxia quickly relaxed her strength and looked over nervously: "Boss..."
"Oh, you're finally here."
The young man with a short hair in the lead turned around as he spoke. He still had a cigarette in his mouth, and there was a ferocious scar on the left lower jaw of his face near his neck, which added a bit of ferocity to his aura.
Xu Shuo looked at him with a calm expression.
The short-haired man was stunned for a moment, and then the cigarette butt fell directly from his mouth, and his eyes widened in shock.
The short young man standing behind him stepped forward and pushed Xu Shuo's shoulder: "You are the boss. You don't look like it. Could it be that you were hired to do this?"
Xu Shuo looked at him and was pretty sure that these people were here to cause trouble.
In Yangcheng, Lost City may be regarded as the first true script-killing store, and most of these offline board game stores are gathering places for young people between the ages of 15 and 25.
Young people are prone to causing trouble when they are young and energetic.
And stores opened by young people are also prone to trouble.
At this time, Pei Sheng from behind came up the stairs in a menacing manner, shouting with a gloomy expression: "What, does anyone dare to cause trouble on my territory?!"
He yelled out with a loud voice. At first glance, it seemed that there was someone more evil than this group of troublemakers...
The two ladies at the front desk had weird expressions.
The few people who were yelled at were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions became even fiercer. They stared at him and wanted to step forward.
At this time, the short-haired man suddenly reacted and quickly stood in the middle and pulled the two sides apart: "Wait! Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!"
"What misunderstanding! I tell you, no one can leave today!"
Pei Sheng roared and rolled up his sleeves with great momentum, but when he saw the short-haired man in front of him, he paused and narrowed his eyes slightly.
His tone was suspicious: "Does this kid look familiar to you?"
The man with short hair looks embarrassed.
At this time, Xu Shuo said slowly: "During your senior year in high school, he blocked you in an alley and beat you up. As a result, you missed the college entrance examination. Have you forgotten?"
Pei Sheng was stunned and suddenly realized the next moment!
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Four years ago, he was preparing to take the college entrance examination.
As a result, not long after he left the hotel, he was dragged into a narrow alley by a group of strong social youths, held down and beaten half to death.
Xu Shuo, who was also on the way to the college entrance examination at that time, happened to pass by, and then rushed in and beat the group of people half to death. The scar on the neck of the short-haired man was left at that time.
Finally, a group of people were invited to the police station.
The reason why Pei Sheng was ambushed was because a rich second generation who disliked him in school used generous funds to bribe a few street gangsters and asked them to prevent Pei Sheng from taking the exam.
If you can beat someone up, you can get extra money!
As a result, among those gangsters, there was a man from society arranged by the rich second generation, who really wanted to cripple Pei Sheng!
In the end, the Pei Group came forward to resolve the matter.
People in society are in trouble. The rich second generation was sent abroad by their families to escape the limelight due to pressure. It is said that they have not come back yet, and the few gangsters who were used as gunmen have been more or less squatting for a while.
Of course, Xu Shuo and Pei Sheng also failed in their college entrance examinations.
As compensation, the Pei Group was willing to fund his business and also threw Pei Sheng over.
Pei Sheng was too lazy to re-study and take exams. He used money to get a name in a certain university and then left it alone. Usually there would be someone to help him brush up his credits.
In fact, the reason why Xu Shuo changed his career to save people during the college entrance examination was because he had no intention of going to college.
Then it doesn’t matter whether you take the exam or not, right?
There will always be a reward for saving a son of the Pei Group, right?
It all comes naturally!
It went so well that Xu Shuo even suspected that he had written the script.
Now seeing this short-haired man again, he couldn't help but sigh that it was a good thing that this man took his younger brother to beat up Pei Sheng, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to come up with the start-up capital in the early stages of starting a business.
Pei Sheng:???
I felt an inexplicable coldness on my back.
After trying to figure out the identity of the boy in front of him, Pei Sheng put a teasing smile on his face and raised his hand to put it on the other person's shoulder.
"Why, you couldn't find anything to do after you came out, so you started doing gymnastics, right?" He said with a smile on his face and a dangerous tone.
"No, no! Mr. Pei, you have misunderstood..." the short-haired man said sarcastically.
Several people nearby looked at each other in shock when they saw their boss's sudden change of attitude, and immediately did not dare to say anything. The little man who pushed Xu Shuo just now quickly wiped his shoulder in embarrassment.
It’s a joke, the boss has given up, don’t they think they are waiting for revenge?
Xu Shuo waved to the two receptionists to return to their posts, and then the group moved to the sofa booths in the lobby. They didn't even dare to smoke cigarettes anymore, and they were all as quiet as chickens.
Pei Sheng crossed his arms and asked with a cold face: "Tell me, who asked you to come?"
The short-haired man smiled bitterly: "No, not this time. It's just that we manage this street."
"I remember I paid the management fee." Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
Almost every commercial street has a management fee item, and it is collected by the property management company. It is equivalent to another kind of "protection fee" because it has no practical effect at all.
The short-haired man rubbed his hands: "Um...this is different. Generally, we will visit new stores when they open, and consider charging fees according to different industries. But board game stores like yours, which have consumer groups targeting young people, are basically...
"
Kill! Kill to death!
Xu Shuo nodded thoughtfully. No wonder this group of people had been clamoring to see the boss when they made trouble just now.
He asked: "How much do you want?"
Pei Sheng immediately glared at the short-haired man fiercely.
The latter quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "No, no, no, how dare I accept Mr. Pei's money!"
Is it because the position is too good for squatting, or is the body itchy again?
Xu Shuo smiled slightly and said, "If you don't accept it, are you sure you won't trouble me again in the future? You know I don't like trouble very much."
The short-haired man is not the person in charge, so if he returns empty-handed, there may be consequences.
Hearing this, the short-haired man shuddered subconsciously and did not dare to look at the young man.
The fierceness with which the opponent fought in the first place really left a deep impression on everyone, and the short-haired man is still afraid of him.
Pei Sheng was very dissatisfied: "Why should I pay it? They are charging illegally. I will just call my brother later. What a joke, what kind of son dares to rob me?!"
The short-haired man repeatedly echoed the words and said that he would make it clear to their boss and would not continue to cause trouble.
Finally, a group of people who were looking for trouble were kicked out of the store by Pei Sheng with a smile on his face.
The short-haired man didn't dare to stay any longer. Didn't you see that the young master's fist had already been clenched several times? If there was any trouble, he would be the one who suffered in the end, regardless of whether he was beaten or not.
You can't afford to mess with such a respectable person!
"WTF!"
Pei Sheng grunted in displeasure, obviously remembering how badly he had been beaten.
Although this incident has been over for several years, and those people have learned the lessons they deserve, it still makes me uncomfortable thinking about it now.
He took a paper cup and went to the water dispenser next to him to get a glass of orange juice and drank it in one gulp to relieve himself.
Then, he suddenly found two young ladies at the front desk peeking at him.
Pei Sheng's original gloomy expression immediately changed, he leaned over and lay on the front desk, showing his big white teeth and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, little sister, I am a good person~ Well, do you want me to pour you a glass of orange juice?"
While he was talking, he was already rushing back and forth diligently, pouring two glasses of orange juice and bringing them over.
Two front desks: "..."
I thought this guy was a bit handsome just now, but it seems it was just an illusion, and the gentle and calm boss is more handsome.
