Ken is now sitting inside a café in front of the restaurant. He orders something that from the looks is not sweet, and an orange juice. Yes, not coffee, Ken does not like coffee. He is now operating his phone, but that is not what he actually does. Ken is actually reading the detailed data of the Shimaya Phone Accessories. He moves the system window to overlap with the smartphone. He does this on purpose so that people will not think he is crazy glaring and tapping air.
He looked at the monthly income and loss report. It shows that the income has decreased since 5 years ago. But at that time the income is still bigger than the expense, so the store still makes a profit. It is only about a year since the store entered the period of losing money.
He also checks what kind of product that was popular in the past year. When the shop just opened 9 years ago, all kinds of accessories are popular. From screen protector, pouch, case, back cover to wall charger, portable charger, headphone, speaker. All products were popular at that time.
When the shop's income started decreasing 5 years ago, the sales of accessories like cases and screen protectors were also decreasing. Meanwhile, things like a portable charger, or headphones are still going strong. Looking at the data for last year, things like cases or screen protectors can only account for around 10 percent of all sold products.
After finishing analyzing the report, Ken now researches about phones in this world. He wants to see if there is any correlation between phones and decreasing demand for phone accessories.
When he completed all the research he needs, the day is almost over. He has sat in the cafe for more than 6 hours. On his table, there are 3 glasses, 2 medium plates, and 1 big plate. Ken doesn't think too much about spending money in the cafe, after all, it is not his money that is used.
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Back at Shimaya Phone Accessories.
"There are still around 37 hours for the time limit, but I have finished analyzing and reached my conclusion. How to finish the mission now?"
[Write, talk, or think about your answer to finish the mission.]
"After looking at phones in this world. I concluded that the development of phones makes accessories obsolete.
"Year after year, phone maker uses better and material quality. This makes the screen harder to scratch, the body harder to break. This influence the importance of screen protector and phone cases, both of which are the top accessories.
"Another thing, as the year goes, the difference between newer phones is smaller. No new big technological increase every year. Then, the consumer can't justify buying a newer phone as their phone is still good.
"Smaller number of people buy a newer phone, so the number people that buy accessories is reduced.
"I think that is all."
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[Mission Completed
Score evaluation : B-
Congratulation on finishing the tutorial]
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Ken's Bedroom
Ken is now back in his own room after around 9 hours doing tutorial. He first checked the time. Almost an hour passed.
"Looks like an hour in the real world is around 9 or 10 hours in mission world.
"Now how about the reward. Where is it?
"Oh, there is an additional 10,000 F$ in my Business' Bank Account. With the extra of 10,000 dollars, that account now holds 67,438 F$."
This account is used by Ken to pay his worker. He already set the account to automatically transfer a set amount of money on the 25th of every month. Today is the 12th of August, so there are still 13 days before payday. As of now, the salary of his workers is all set at 7,000 except the project leader that gets 8000 instead. In total, he pays 57,000 every month. 7,000 every month is more than enough for a single man to live in this city, as the minimum wage here is about 5,000 F$.
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"Eh, there is a message from Ella. 'Ken, the demo for Robowar is completed. We finished it last night. Looks like we can finish the game in two or three months.'
"The demo is completed? Nice timing"
Ken hasn't gone to the studio for about a week, he was moving around a lot to many investment firms. He then replied to Ella, 'Good, I will come to studio today. Also, don't do overtime too frequently.'