funbook-pk Chapter 84 How about I treat you to dinner?
Chapter 84 How about I treat you to dinner?
Chen Che sat on Lü Zhizhe's sofa and played PS3 for a while.
Due to Sony's game exclusivity strategy for the platform, PlayStation has many dedicated studios that have produced a number of high-quality first-party games, including Naughty Dog's Uncharted and The Last of Us, Santa Monica Studio's God of War series, Ranger Studios' Killzone, and later Horizon Zero Dawn, which features a middle-aged woman as the protagonist.
Of course, you can still play many games from the PS2 era, such as Shadow of the Colossus, which is filled with a unique sense of loneliness. Its unique design concept has also had a profound influence on a certain Souls-like game producer.
Chen Che played Uncharted for a while, and besides reliving Nathan Drake's adventures of running around the world in search of treasure, he also reminisced about his wife Elena Fisher, which was quite enjoyable.
After playing for several hours, Lü Zhizhe came out of the bedroom.
"Brother, the computer setup is great, I find it very convenient to use." Lu Zhizhe had a satisfied expression on his face.
"Of course, you can trust me to handle things," Chen Che said with a confident smile.
"It's just... I feel like my computer boots up really slowly, I don't know why."
Upon hearing this, Chen Che wasn't surprised at all and explained, "Brother, you've filled all four 16GB memory sticks. Of course the self-test will be slow. It's perfectly normal."
"Oh," Lü Zhizhe nodded in sudden understanding, "So that's how it is. Then there's no problem. This host is simply perfect. I feel like my operation has become silky smooth. I even got my romantic partner to agree to meet me offline in a few days."
Chen Che frowned: "Brother, I don't think doing this kind of thing online is reliable. Let's not do it."
Lu Zhizhe smiled casually: "Going to see someone won't hurt me, it won't cost me anything. Besides, my love interest is pretty good."
As he spoke, Lü Zhizhe took out his phone and showed Chen Che a photo of his girlfriend: "Look, isn't she pretty?"
Upon seeing the photo, Chen Che chuckled, pointing to a corner and saying, "Dude, I'm not trying to be mean, but you're a photographer yourself, don't you know these pillars are bent?"
Lü Zhizhe still didn't take it seriously: "What's the big deal? It's just the angle. Besides, maybe her pillars were originally bent?"
Chen Che was speechless. This guy was blinded by love. It was impossible to reason with him. He might as well just shut up.
Lu Zhizhe transferred the remaining payment for the main unit to him, and Chen Che confirmed that he had received it and did not linger any longer.
Back at the incubator, Chen Sui was still diligently studying video editing on her computer when Chen Che walked over and called out to her.
"Squad leader, I received the money for the computer, I'll transfer it to you now."
Chen Che transferred the two thousand yuan profit he made from assembling the computer to Lü Zhi. Logically, as the person who took the order, he should at least get a cut, but since the other party was Chen Sui, there was no need to do that.
This was Chen Sui's first real pot of gold earned on her own, and her joy was written all over her face. Chen Che watched from the side, and this happiness was contagious to him.
"Look at you, why are you so happy?" Chen Che laughed.
"Hehe, it feels so different to earn money on my own," Chen Sui said excitedly. "Chen Che, let's go out for dinner to celebrate."
Chen Che laughed upon hearing this: "It seems that you've really come to your senses, class monitor. You've even learned a bit about interpersonal relationships. You knew to invite me to dinner without me even asking. That's how you have to be with people. It's about give and take, and that's how a cooperative relationship lasts."
Chen Sui was taken aback, then admitted somewhat embarrassedly, "Ah? I... hadn't thought about that either..."
"So what are you thinking about?"
"Hmm..." Chen Sui hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "I'm just happy that I made money, and I want to go out to eat with you to celebrate."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Chen Sui realized her tone was a bit ambiguous, so she quickly explained, "Uh... I didn't mean that, it's just... it's because of you that we closed this deal. I just thought that celebrating the first time would lead to a second and a third. Um... that's it..."
Seeing her somewhat embarrassed and awkward attitude, Chen Che didn't want to see her make a fool of herself, so he said in a deliberately relaxed tone, "Forget it, you can keep this and buy some cosmetics, pretty clothes and dresses to reward yourself. These are all things that cost money, and I don't need your food."
"Oh... okay." Chen Sui nodded, relieved but also feeling a little disappointed.
"You really should thank me. Don't worry about your editing and photo editing today, let me play some games."
Playing games with Lü Zhizhe for a while actually got him a little addicted.
Chen Che downloaded World of Warcraft, bought some game cards, and played it casually. Although some games have terrible graphics, the gameplay is still passed down, and people will still be playing these kinds of games more than ten years from now.
Chen Sui read for a while, then got up to stretch her body, walked over to Chen Che's side, and stopped, looking at the computer screen with a hint of curiosity.
Chen Che was controlling an orc that was jumping around.
"What, you want to play too?" Chen Che glanced at Chen Sui beside him, then continued staring at the computer screen.
Chen Sui shook her head: "It looks kind of interesting, but the characters are too ugly."
"Tsk," Chen Che curled his lip and retorted, "Where is she ugly? You have to look beyond appearances to see the essence. Some people just really like female trolls."
However, if Chen Sui only dislikes the character because she thinks he's ugly, there are other ways to get her hooked.
Why not just change the character models in the game to make them look better?
Chen Che minimized the game, opened the official website of JX3 (Sword Net 3), and said, "What do you think of this?"
JX3 is a martial arts-themed MMO game. It doesn't have all sorts of strange and unusual races. All the characters are handsome men and beautiful women, and the female characters are cute little lolis, which makes it undeniably attractive to female players.
Moreover, who didn't read Jin Yong, Gu Long, Huang Yi, and Liang Yusheng's martial arts novels and watch movies and TV series when they were young? Who didn't fantasize about being a chivalrous hero in ancient times, living a life of chivalry and revenge?
Chen Sui glanced at the introduction and promotional video, revealing an expression of interest: "This seems quite interesting."
"Okay, then I'll let you play with the next one."
The game downloaded quickly. Chen Che gave her his chair, and Chen Sui entered the game. However, she soon saw a notification on the game interface asking for game points, and frowned: "Why do I have to pay to play this game?"
"That's normal," Chen Che explained with a smile. "There are many ways to make money in games. Some are free to play but have in-app purchases, some are single-player buy-to-play, and some are like this prepaid card system. They're all very common."
"Then why not just play free games? You don't have to spend any money," Chen Sui asked casually.
Chen Che believed that Chen Sui, given her personality, would be able to resist spending money on games with in-app purchases, but he still patiently explained, "Because often, what's free is the most expensive."
However, for games that use a prepaid card system, paying is the first barrier, effectively shutting out a large number of strange people. Just try spending 15 yuan.
After being persuaded by Chen Che, Chen Sui finally recharged 15 yuan to try it out.
Chen Che went out for a walk, while Chen Sui started exploring by choosing a sect and creating a new character.
After thinking about it for a while, I finally chose the body type of the Five Poisons Girl.
The final step is to create a character ID, which cannot contain special characters.
After pondering for a while, Chen Sui finally typed "sweet poison" into the message box.