Chapter 1 “Come, Please Sit, Please Sit.”

Pei Qian was very polite, asking Zhang Yuan to sit on the sofa next to him. Assistant Xin served tea and then left the meeting room.

Ma Yang also left the meeting room, leaving Pei Qian alone to chat with Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan glanced around, taking in the surroundings.

Everywhere exuded an air of nouveau riche!

Looking at the young boss's attire and the company's layout, Zhang Yuan couldn't estimate the value of almost everything!

He just felt that they were all very expensive!

Pei Qian smiled amiably, "Don't be拘束(jushu, restrained), just make yourself at home. Please, have some tea."

Zhang Yuan tried hard to appear calm, but his slightly awkward posture betrayed him.

Pei Qian thought about where to start the conversation.

He had learned from Ma Yang that this young man with a square face and a bit of a northeastern accent was a computer assembly大神(dashen, expert). He could name all kinds of digital products and computer hardware like treasures.

But apart from that, he knew nothing else.

Pei Qian had to make sure whether this guy had any other specialties besides building computers. For example, if he happened to be a business marketing genius, he absolutely couldn't hire him.

Let's start with computer assembly.

Pei Qian thought for a moment and asked, "If you want to play today's large-scale games smoothly, what is your ideal computer configuration? What is a reasonable price?"

Pei Qian thought for a moment and added, "The primary goal is to meet the gaming needs. Some appearance effects are acceptable, but don't be too flashy."

Simply building a DIY主机(zhuji, computer) can easily cost sixty to seventy thousand.

But according to the system's nature, a computer that far exceeds the general gaming needs, if used to open an internet cafe, is very likely to trigger a violation.

The workstations Pei Qian currently provides for his employees, including high-end desks, high-end gaming chairs, high-spec computer hosts, two high-refresh-rate gaming screens, mechanical keyboards... this set costs just over twenty thousand.

Any higher than that, far exceeding the usage needs, and the system won't allow it.

In fact, Pei Qian could completely use the current standard of office computers for the internet cafe.

However, when Assistant Xin purchased office computers, they were high-end commercial machines, for office use, and the appearance was relatively low-key, which was not in line with the needs of the internet cafe, nor with the tastes of the customers.

Therefore, Pei Qian wanted to ask for Zhang Yuan's opinion.

...

Zhang Yuan understood immediately, oh, he really wants me to assemble computers!

Sure enough, the title of small吧主(bazhu, moderator) of the 卡吧(Ka Bar, computer forum) is still useful.

Zhang Yuan thought that the Mr. Pei in front of him clearly didn't lack money.

The laptop on the desk should be a high-end gaming laptop from Mars, which must cost more than ten thousand on the market.

In other words...

This大佬(dalao, big shot) can't be satisfied with just playing gaming laptops, and plans to DIY a土豪(tuhao, rich and powerful) -level high-spec computer!

However, he doesn't know how to assemble computers and is afraid of being cheated if he goes to the computer market.

So he found me in 卡吧(Ka Bar, computer forum) and is giving me a 3000 yuan hard-earned fee to assemble the computer!

Yes, that's the case.

The requirement is to meet the gaming needs as the primary goal and not be too flashy.

Zhang Yuan thought quickly.

The dream configuration list... this is not difficult for him. He can rattle it off, and he knows the prices very well.

However, Zhang Yuan was still considering other things.

He felt that he should try to curry favor with the大佬(dalao, big shot) in front of him.

Zhang Yuan had never considered cheating anyone.

After the configuration list comes out, this大佬(dalao, big shot) might ask other people to take a look. If he dares to cheat, he probably won't have a good time.

Therefore, this computer must be assembled beautifully, and the price must be affordable, so that大佬(dalao, big shot) feels that the 3000 yuan is well spent!

Just assembling a computer and getting 3000 yuan from大佬(dalao, big shot), Zhang Yuan felt a little bad.

As the saying goes, having more friends means more paths.

After a brief ideological struggle, Zhang Yuan felt that he could spare 1000 yuan from the 3000 yuan to supplement the machine's configuration for Mr. Pei.

This would also be considered making friends with大佬(dalao, big shot). He would earn 2000 yuan for making a trip, which is not a waste of time.

Win-win, how great!

After considering for a moment, Zhang Yuan began to talk eloquently.

From the CPU to the graphics card, to various hardware, and even the case and the accessories on the case, he reviewed them all.

For example, adding an eye can greatly enhance the逼格(bige, style), and installing some rgB can greatly improve the performance.

Monitors, keyboards, mice, gaming headsets, etc., are even more trivial!

Finally, Zhang Yuan quoted a price.

"This set should be able to stop at around fifteen thousand."

The oral quotation is 15,000, but the actual cost of this set of configuration is 16,000. If you find someone in the computer market to assemble it, it would not be surprising to be charged 20,000.

Zhang Yuan considered taking 1,000 yuan from Mr. Pei's hard-earned money to make friends, so he finally set the price at 15,000.

Pei Qian frowned slightly.

He was not very satisfied with the price.

This DIY gaming computer costs less than my office computer?

Seeing Mr. Pei's expression, Zhang Yuan was shocked.

This seems to be an expression of "who do you think you are looking down on"!

Sure enough, Mr. Pei spoke.

"I'm asking about your ideal configuration. How should I put it...this set of things can actually be more 'ideal', you know what I mean?"

Zhang Yuan hesitated, "But Mr. Pei, you said that the primary goal is to meet the gaming needs. Now these games, this configuration can run smoothly at the highest settings..."

Pei Qian was speechless for a moment.

It seems... that's true.

Adding more to this configuration is indeed not cost-effective. From the perspective of the current mainstream game configuration requirements, this configuration is almost overflowing.

Zhang Yuan gave a conscientious configuration that can run all mainstream games smoothly at high settings.

But, the money must still be added.

Pei Qian coughed twice and said, "What you said is not wrong. These games can indeed run smoothly now, but think about it, what if some new games that consume configuration are released in the future?"

"You have to look further ahead, you have to look forward, understand?"

"How about you add another 10,000 yuan to the budget?"

"..." Zhang Yuan nodded, "Uh, okay."

Anyway, you spend the money, not me, what's wrong with that!

As long as you want, I can configure a 9.8 billion主机(zhuji, computer) for you!

Zhang Yuan thought quickly and raised the configuration to a higher level.

This time, he came up with a DIY computer for around 25,000 yuan!

In Zhang Yuan's opinion, this is a complete waste of performance.

All the games on the market can have their image quality turned up to the highest without thinking, and this configuration will not be outdated in the next two or three years!

Moreover, the peripherals are all very good, which will definitely make the gaming experience have a huge leap and improvement!

Of course, the price Zhang Yuan gave to Pei Qian was 25,000, but the actual cost of the pure configuration was around 26,000. This thousand yuan was Zhang Yuan's consideration to make friends with Mr. Pei, and he took 1,000 from the 3,000 yuan hard-earned fee to make up for it.

Pei Qian nodded after listening.

This time it's almost there!

From the perspective of opening an internet cafe, it can spend money to the maximum extent without triggering a warning from the system.

"This configuration is good." Pei Qian nodded.

Zhang Yuan was very happy, "It's good that Mr. Pei likes it."

It's a very worthwhile deal to spend a thousand yuan to make friends with Mr. Pei!

"Well, let's start with fifty units." Pei Qian took a sip of tea and said casually.