Chapter 166: Gaming Competition Activity

While eating the spicy, numbing, fresh, and fragrant Sichuan food, the conversation returned to the activities for the internet cafe's opening.

Zhao Mingyuan's suggestions were still the old-fashioned ones, such as charging for memberships in the first few days of the new store opening, with more discounts for larger one-time top-ups, extra discounts for bringing friends to sign up for memberships, lucky draws for prizes, and so on.

After listening, Qin Tian indicated that these activities Zhao Mingyuan mentioned were fine, but not enough.

Since it was a League of Legends-themed internet cafe, how could there be no activities that fit the theme?

Qin Tian proposed holding a League of Legends tournament activity in all three internet cafes simultaneously under the name "Tianming Internet Cafe." Any customer who topped up and registered for a membership at the internet cafe could form their own team to participate in the tournament.

The top-ranked teams would receive different rewards from Tianming Internet Cafe.

The champion team would receive 50,000 yuan in prize money and could surf the internet for free at any store under Tianming Internet Cafe for two years.

The runner-up team would get one year of free internet.

The third-place team would receive 5,000 yuan in prize money.

In addition to this, the top ten teams would all receive corresponding commemorative prizes.

Upon hearing Qin Tian's proposal, both Zhao Mingyuan and Xia Nuannuan's eyes lit up.

Xia Nuannuan could now be considered a loyal player of this game and was very interested in the tournament Qin Tian mentioned.

"Brother Zhao, as long as this tournament activity can be publicized, our Tianming Internet Cafe will be able to gain continuous attention and heat until the end of this tournament."

"Jiangcheng has the most university students of any city in the country, and there are also the most young people who like online games. Such an activity will definitely be very popular."

"Not only that, but every year in the future, we can hold a competition like this. Believe me, as long as this game continues to be popular, the publicity effect brought by this competition will exceed our expectations."

"For this kind of MOBA game, similar competitions generate very high levels of discussion."

"..."

Qin Tian spoke at a steady pace, detailing his thoughts and suggestions for this competition.

He had been talking for nearly half an hour, and combined with the fact that he had been eating heavy oil and spicy food, his throat was having a hard time.

"Here, drink this!"

Xia Nuannuan handed him a bowl of chilled mung bean soup she had just ordered, her beautiful eyes full of admiration as she looked at him.

The way Qin Tian had been so confident and eloquent just now was simply too handsome in her eyes.

"Thank you!"

Qin Tian accepted it with a smile and drank half a bowl in one go.

The cool, slightly sweet mung bean soup made him let out a long, satisfied sigh.

Placing the remaining half bowl in front of Xia Nuannuan, Qin Tian looked at Zhao Mingyuan sitting across from him.

Zhao Mingyuan was rubbing his chin in thought, then nodded and said, "Brother Qin, this activity you mentioned is very good, and I approve of it. However, it won't be easy to publicize this activity. Do you have any suggestions for specific publicity plans?"

"Of course!"

Qin Tian smiled and replied, "My suggestion is to focus the publicity for this activity on the various universities in Jiangcheng. In this way, the difficulty is actually not high. For example, find people to post ads on major university forums and bulletin boards, and find some university students to work part-time to distribute flyers on campus."

Zhao Mingyuan nodded slightly, "The difficulty of such publicity is indeed not high, and the cost is relatively low!"

"And the target group is very clear, so the effect will be very good."

"Exactly."

"Then is it settled?"

"Mm, let's do it as you said. Should we delay the opening of the internet cafe?"

"No need, we can open directly. First, follow the opening activities you mentioned, Brother Zhao, and then simultaneously carry out the publicity for this competition."

"Fine. Then, Brother Qin, for the specific activity plan..."

Zhao Mingyuan looked at him with a smile, leaving the sentence half-finished.

Qin Tian nodded with a smile, "That's only right. I'll get it done as soon as I go back and send it to you."

"Got it. Then there's nothing left to say. Come, let's toast to our internet cafe opening with a bang and booming business."

Zhao Mingyuan raised his glass and called out.

Qin Tian raised his glass with a smile.

"We should have had a little alcohol; shall we make up for it tonight?"

"I have to meet a friend later, let's talk about it next time!"

"Alright, alright! Then let's use tea instead of wine for now, and next time we brothers will definitely have a good drink."

"No problem!"

As he spoke, the two clinked glasses.

Afterward, the two discussed the opening date of the internet cafe, finally settling on the day after tomorrow, June 14th, which the calendar showed was an auspicious day for opening a business.

With the matters discussed and their bellies full, the three left the restaurant feeling satisfied.

After walking out of the restaurant, Qin Tian had Zhao Mingyuan take him to the nearest bank, where he transferred the 700,000 yuan he had already moved out of his investment account into his bank account.

After leaving the bank, Zhao Mingyuan couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked how he had managed to raise 700,000 yuan in just one month.

Qin Tian just replied casually that most of it was earned in the stock market, and that the recent market conditions and his luck had been quite good, so he had earned some money.

After listening, Zhao Mingyuan was full of admiration, and in his heart, he was even more certain that Qin Tian was no ordinary person.

As for stocks, back when the market was booming a few years ago, he had also played around with them because he envied how easily his friends were making money.

As a result, after he got in, the bull market was just about to end, and after a few days of happiness, it started to fall all the way, and he finally became one of the many "leeks" (retail investors).

Since then, he had sworn never to touch that stuff again and to settle down and do real business.

Therefore, now that he heard Qin Tian say he had earned so much money, Zhao Mingyuan only felt envy and had no intention of following him to get a piece of the pie.

The stock market was too deep; it wasn't suitable for an honest person like him.

While chatting, the three also arrived at this Tianming Internet Cafe on the pedestrian street.

The internet cafe was in a great location, situated at a street corner with high foot traffic.

From quite a distance away, Qin Tian saw the eye-catching four characters "Tianming Internet Cafe."

This was a commercial space specifically for rent. The first floor was a small supermarket, and Zhao Mingyuan rented the second floor, with an elevator on the side to go up.

The three entered the elevator and saw that there was already a sign on the wall inside the elevator indicating that Tianming Internet Cafe was on the second floor.

From this, it could be seen that Zhao Mingyuan was very experienced in opening internet cafes.

After arriving at the second floor, the three walked into the internet cafe.

"Boss!"

A woman of about thirty years old walked over quickly.

"This is Han Qian, the store manager I found for this store. She's been helping to keep an eye on the preparations for this store lately."

Zhao Mingyuan introduced her to Qin Tian.

Qin Tian nodded in realization and greeted the woman with a smile: "Hello, Sister Qian!"

Zhao Mingyuan's eye for people seemed to be quite good. This woman didn't look particularly beautiful, but her temperament was quite mature and capable; one look and you could tell she was someone who could get things done.

"Hello!"

Han Qian nodded hurriedly in response and cast an inquiring look at Zhao Mingyuan.

"This is Qin Tian, the other shareholder of our internet cafe."

Zhao Mingyuan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Han Qian was startled and hurriedly bowed slightly to Qin Tian to greet him.

"Hello, Boss!" ===== CHAPTER 167 =====