Overbearing Immortal Doctor Chapter 1749 - 1848: Blockbuster

No one expected that he would be the first person to take the plunge, not only paying off the computer costs

within a month, but also attracting a continuous stream of people coming online every day.

In the second month, he directly made a net profit of 300,000!

All over the country, a craze for opening internet cafes swept in, and now there are more than 20,000 cafes nationwide,

still increasing at a rate of 1,000 per month. Because invariably, everyone who opened an internet cafe made money!

Even though the internet fee price has dropped to 10-15 yuan, there is still a considerable profit. Besides buying

computers and rent, it’s mostly a cost-free business.

Many young people’s trendiest hangouts have shifted from skating rinks to internet cafes, and located

in the Huaqiang North area of Shen City, the Huanyu Internet Cafe is one of these 20,000 cafes, quite unremarkable.

Clack clack clack!

The noises of frantic keyboard tapping echoed in this makeshift small flat level, almost all

computers had no vacant spots, and a few rather impatient young folks sat in the aisle beside waiting for their turn.

Boss, how much longer?

A young kid with pimples cried out, Lu Qi had delivered goods all day today, and finally

managed to earn some cash, rushing enthusiastically to a nearby internet cafe to go online, only to find they were all full.

The Aiyu Internet Cafe here had slightly fewer people, so he simply sat and waited, but after almost an

hour, still no turn for him.

Alright alright, 5 more minutes, and machine 20 will log off!

The cafe owner, smoking a cigarette, spoke to Lu Qi bitterly. Lu Qi pouted and then walked over to machine 20,

standing there, waiting for the previous user to leave.

The user was playing a game called "Command & Conquer: Red Alert," one of the most popular games in the

cafe, almost every day someone would come to play. Machine time was up.

Get off quickly.

Five minutes later, the owner with a loudspeaker was reminding. The netizen was intending to keep playing but Lu Qi

suddenly took action, grabbing the guy’s T-shirt: "Hey, your time’s up! The guy turned his head, just about

to lose his temper, but upon seeing the muscular Lu Qi glaring at him, he immediately cowered: "Damn,

can’t you talk nicely?"

He cursed under his breath as he got up, reluctantly watching his half-finished Red Alert work, leaving

with great reluctance. How could the man vs. computer mode end up like this?

Lu Qi snorted disdainfully, but directly clicked the cross, reopening a new map, and yet minimized Red

Alert again since loading takes time. Lu Qi hummed a little tune while opening the desktop to log into CQ,

glancing over but seeing no Penguin icon. What’s going on? Boss, your place doesn’t even have OCQ?

Lu Qi shouted dissatisfiedly, but his hands opened a webpage, then entered a website—Hua Jun Software

Park. This website offered countless free software for netizens to download, making it the largest among domestic download sites.

The iconic OL CQ Penguin quickly caught Lu Qi’s eye. Clicking to download, Lu Qi ignored it afterward and jumped back into Red Alert. Just as he selected the Red Alert country, a "ding" sound signaled the download completion, which Lu Qi suspected was an illusion.

Whoa, it’s done downloading?

This fast?

He incredulously switched pages, quickly finding the Penguin install package on the desktop. Hey, it’s

really downloaded? Is the internet speed at this cafe that fast?

"Impossible, right?"

Lu Qi muttered to himself, quickly double-clicking the Penguin install package, the familiar installation

interface popping up. Unlike the previous slow installations, this time, the OCQ chat program loaded at lightning speed.

"Seems like a new version, huh?"

Lu Qi looked at the slightly different interface, casually refreshed his contacts, only to find several avatars dinging!

Friend requests came through, but Lu Qi ignored them, noticing a new icon called matchmaking next to the search icon.

Matchmaking? What is this? Pretty sure this feature wasn’t here before, right?

Lu Qi instinctively clicked on it, and a popup immediately appeared: "Desert Prince from Ejing is matching you with local

opposite-gender strangers as a friend, do you agree?"

Agree!

Lu Qi got a bit excited, wearing a lascivious grin.

Haha, to think there’s such a feature!

For a 20-year-old single guy who’s never dated, this feature was just perfect... especially since it’s local! He used to add friends from other places, often losing touch after only a few chats.

This local opposite-gender chance must be seized.

Quickly, the matchmaking was successful.

Add the person as a friend?

Lu Qi sent the friend request with a faint expectation, hoping the other party would add him back. He even didn’t want to play the game in the bottom right corner anymore.

What game could be more fun than girls?!

The friends list soon refreshed, a female avatar of Madame White Snake excited Lu Qi so much he nearly jumped out of his seat.

Added, added.

Hahaha!

Lu Qi laughed joyously, then took a deep breath, sending the avatar his first message: "Hello, nice to meet you!"

The response was quick, yet just two words made Lu Qi’s heart blossom with happiness and his face filled with excitement.

Are... are you from Shen City too?

Lu Qi remembered the local matchmaking prompt, and instinctively asked. The other side replied with two words: "Yes."

Just like that, the two joyfully chatted away, but after only 30 minutes, the other side fell silent and their avatar went dark.

Damn, logged off?

Nima, logged off without telling me?

Fa Qi had just started fantasizing about setting up a date, but was suddenly defeated.

No way, find another!

Lu Qi, a bit skeptical, clicked matchmaking again.

But this time the prompt was different: "Respected Desert Prince, the matchmaking feature can only be used once a day. If you’d like more match opportunities, refer friends from Zhou Country to download, and upon verification, matchmaking can increase to 5 times a day!"

Duan g, a QQ verification input box appeared, but there was a close button on the top right. You could opt out by clicking the cross.

But Lu Qi didn’t click it, instead tapping the shoulder of a nearby Red Alert player: "Hey, buddy, could you do me a favor?"

The guy, rather impatient, said, yet Lu Qi didn’t get angry, smiling: "After you finish Red Alert, help me download some software. This software’s really fun, it allows for local friend connections with the opposite gender, haha."

With those two "haha" syllables, everything was understood without words, and the player instantly got it—opposite gender? Connections?

Where—where do I download it?

The guy’s expression immediately turned greedy. Lu Qi quickly gave him the Hua Jun Software Park download address, helped him register his QQ, and entered his QQ number in his own verification field. Once verified, you could continue adding friends of the opposite gender!