Chapter 119 : Getting on the Fast Track of CS Games
Chapter 119: Getting on the Fast Track of CS Games
Chen Fan looked at the hand stretched out by the other party and said indifferently,
"Didn't Mr. Huang forget something? Shouldn't you give me the property ownership certificate for this place?"
"Oh right, right, right, look at my poor memory."
Mr. Huang slapped his forehead and glared at the woman beside him.
"What are you dazing there for? Go get the ownership certificate for Mr. Chen right away."
The woman ran into the office next door and came back with a certificate shortly after.
The two parties completed the handover, and the couple didn't even have the thought of saying another word.
They simply took a box of cash and drove away quickly.
They showed no attachment to the amusement park that their family had run for decades.
Chen Fan could somewhat guess the reason.
From the moment the other party mentioned wanting cash settlement, Chen Fan felt that this guy was probably preparing to take the money and run away.
However, that was their private matter, unrelated to himself.
Now the amusement park, along with a large area around it, all belonged to him.
On the way back, the lawyer Liang couldn't help but ask,
"Mr. Chen, I'm very curious about what business you plan to do after spending so much money to buy this place?"
"You can't possibly continue running an amusement park, right?"
Chen Fan smiled, "Why? Is there a problem with running an amusement park?"
Lawyer Liang shook his head.
"Pardon my bluntness, but I don't see any profit potential in continuing to operate an amusement park here."
Chen Fan shook his head.
"To be honest, I haven't figured out what business to do either."
Lawyer Liang looked deeply at Chen Fan, obviously not believing what Chen Fan said.
However, since Chen Fan didn't want to say, he couldn't continue asking.
Lawyer Liang sent Chen Fan all the way back to school, and as he got out of the car, he voluntarily handed over a business card.
"If you have any business in the future, Mr. Chen can contact me again."
Chen Fan nodded and waved goodbye before striding into the school.
To be honest, he wasn't lying in the car earlier.
Chen Fan really didn't know what business to do.
Although he had made a plan before and thought of a few projects,
Those projects were either too ahead of their time or not quite suitable.
It left Chen Fan undecided.
The demolition work in the development zone wouldn't start until next year, and he couldn't just leave such a large area idle without doing anything.
That was something Chen Fan could not accept.
...
As the weather got colder and colder, the first semester finals in university finally arrived.
The students who had been going wild for a few months finally started attending classes seriously, highlighting important points in their textbooks, or copying notes from diligent classmates.
In the classroom, the six roommates of Room 519 were all present for once.
"Do you guys feel confident about this exam?" Ma Xiaoshuai casually asked.
Wu Di smiled and said, "For university exams, a score below 59 is too low, 61 is too high, getting 60 is just right."
"I should be fine."
Luo Wenjie looked dejected.
"I wonder if our professors accept gifts? I basically didn't study at all this semester, and I have a bad feeling about this."
Wu Di joked, "You're still better off than old Chen."
"Old Chen barely showed up for classes this semester. There were several times he almost got caught for being absent during roll call."
Mentioning this got Luo Wenjie excited again.
"Hey, Brother Fan, why don't you and I be partners and take the make-up exams together? We can give the professors some local specialties, and I'm sure they'll let us pass."
Chen Fan was lying on the desk listlessly, obviously still worrying about the amusement park matter.
He bought the place but temporarily had no idea what business to run.
This made Chen Fan very frustrated.
"Guys, don't leave right after the exams, let's all have a meal together..."
"Come on, it's not like we'll never see each other again. We'll be back after the New Year, we can gather then."
Listening to Wu Di and the others discussing the group meal, Chen Fan didn't bother joining and turned his head to continue listing ideas in his mind.
Finally, after enduring until the end of class, Chen Fan and Luo Wenjie walked out of school together.
They bought two egg sandwiches at the school gate and ate them on their way to the internet cafe.
"Hey, what's up with you these past two days?"
Luo Wenjie spoke unclearly with food in his mouth.
"Why do you look so listless?"
Chen Fan shook his head without saying anything.
As they were about to go upstairs, Chen Fan's gaze inadvertently swept to the side.
He happened to notice a student playing a shooting game on a computer across from them.
This guy was emotionally excited, yelling from time to time, clearly communicating and playing the game with his classmates.
"Is this... CS?"
Chen Fan was surprised, when did the internet cafe get this game?
"They're playing CS?"
Luo Wenjie was also surprised.
"You know this game too?"
Chen Fan looked at Luo Wenjie, "You play it too?"
Luo Wenjie nodded excitedly.
"Yeah, I've been playing it recently."
"When did they get this game?"
"Just last month. Hey, you wouldn't believe it, this game became a hit as soon as it launched."
"There are a lot of customers playing CS in internet cafes now."
Chen Fan scanned the hall and indeed, as Luo Wenjie said, many of the male students he could see were playing CS.
"CS... CS..."
Chen Fan muttered to himself, and his eyes gradually lit up.
"A real-life CS game?"
That's right.
Why didn't he think of this before?
He remembered that CS entered China in 1999 but didn't explode in popularity across internet cafes nationwide until 2001.
It was now late 2000, and CS was already showing signs of breaking out in popularity.
Chen Fan knew that in the next two or three years, CS would become an absolute craze.
It wasn't until later, when Tencent accidentally brought over CrossFire from Korea, that it gradually took away some of CS's popularity.
But that wasn't until after 2008.
At least for now, CS was about to become a huge hit.
What if he took advantage of this upcoming game craze and set up a real-life CS gaming experience center...
The more Chen Fan thought about it, the more excited he became and the more he felt this idea was feasible.
It was the year 2000, and real-life offline CS gaming experiences were not as ubiquitous as they would be in the future.
Chen Fan wasn't sure about other major cities, but in Yunhai, he had never heard of anything similar.
Looked at this way, if he could open a real-life CS experience center ahead of time, wouldn't he be able to make some quick money by riding the wave of the game's popularity?
Seeing Chen Fan's silly grin, Luo Wenjie couldn't help but ask,
"What's up with you? Thinking about a girl?"
Chen Fan snapped out of his thoughts and grinned.
"Let's go to the office."
Luo Wenjie immediately looked wary.
"Or should I just call a girl for you? I recently met a few sisters at the internet cafe."
"Quit the nonsense and hurry upstairs."
Only then did Luo Wenjie obediently follow him up the steps.
The two entered the office, and Chen Fan closed the door, no longer minding the egg sandwiches in his hands and putting them on the table.
He looked up at Luo Wenjie.
"Tell me, are a lot of people playing this game recently?"