January 31st, Thursday …
Pei Qian was still in his office, racking his brains for his graduation thesis.
During this period of time, he had already read through some of the key works on Zhongdian Chinese Network, including the original work of Successor, as well as many previous games and movie scripts.
It was not completely useless after reading it, but he still did not find the most suitable direction.
Pei Qian's greatest feeling was: Did they really create these things under my inspiration?
Why did it feel so unfamiliar to me when I read it …
This feeling was a little like flipping out his small study booklet many years after graduation and reading the essays on it.
He felt that he should have been very familiar with these words a long time ago, but now, there was only a sense of unfamiliarity and confusion.
"Ah … I need billions of points of inspiration and help."
"But it's really hard to talk about such things!"
Pei Qian felt that the best way was to ask Zhu Xiaoce or Cui Geng. However, the problem was that this matter was a little awkward. It might destroy his persona, and he might not get the results he wanted.
That was because this group of people were all imaginative monsters!
If Pei Qian asked them, they would definitely think: Does Boss Pei not understand these connotations? Of course he does! Then why is Boss Pei asking …
Is Boss Pei hinting at something? Do I have to work harder and create better works?
Pei Qian had no doubt that this was indeed something they could do.
In other words, Pei Qian himself could not predict what kind of answer he would get and what uncontrollable consequences it would cause.
"If I want to obtain the correct answer as much as possible, the best way is not to go over as Boss Pei. Instead, I want to understand from the perspective of a bystander and obtain relevant information from the side."
"I can only try my best to eliminate everyone's imagination and not let the objective environment be affected by my intervention. Only then can I ensure the authenticity of the answer."
"That's right! Just like how I learned game design from Old Master He An. "
"In that case … I actually need a study class or inspiration class for online authors."
"What's more, I don't have to be there personally. It doesn't matter if it's a video or a handout. I just need to obtain valuable information from the side."
"Eh, by the way, didn't Zhongdian Chinese Network's weekly report mention that Cui Geng gave a lecture in the Inspiration Class recently and it caused some reaction on the internet?"
Pei Qian quickly flipped through the weekly report sent by Zhongdian Chinese Network on his computer. Indeed, there was a piece of news inside: After the success of 'Successor', Cui Geng held a lecture at Zhongdian Chinese Network's Spiritual Perception Class. The content of the lecture was' creative direction of the inspiration class'.
At that time, Pei Qian did not pay close attention. He only remembered Cui Geng spouting nonsense on stage, saying things like 'Boss Pei is personally guiding', 'we have to base ourselves on the traditional cultural heritage and social phenomena of the people', 'create works that suit the preferences and tastes of young people' …
At that time, someone recorded the video and posted it on the internet. The most infuriating thing was that the number of views on the video was quite high! Many authors were reposting it!
The authors who had yet to enter the inspiration class treated it as a stepping stone to enter the inspiration class. The authors who had already entered the inspiration class treated it as their creative direction in the inspiration class.
It was ridiculous!
Pei Qian was very angry. However, firstly, this video was only spread on a small scale in the author's circle. It did not become that popular. Pei Qian had many more things to worry about. Secondly, Pei Qian had not confirmed the next development direction of the inspiration class. It was not appropriate for him to interfere rashly, so he did not care.
However, now …
Pei Qian suddenly felt that he could draw some inspiration from it.
"It feels very strange. Someone misunderstood my meaning, and I have to read the content that he misunderstood to write my own thesis …"
"F * ck, this is ridiculous! What's going on?! "
Pei Qian felt that his actions were extremely low, but he had no choice. For Old Kong's health and for Old Kong not to be angered by his thesis, he had to do what he had to do.
Once he found the video, Pei Qian watched it from beginning to end.
"Hmm … Although from my point of view, it's full of mistakes, but from the point of view of a bystander who doesn't know the truth, it's quite reasonable …"
"What's more, if I really think about it from this angle, it seems like I can dig out something and find a point that is slightly combined with professional knowledge."
Pei Qian fell into deep thought.
Of course, Pei Qian could not copy Cui Geng's theory completely. That would be ridiculous.
That was because this video could be found online. Wouldn't it be very awkward if someone found out that Pei Qian had copied it completely?
Of course, even if it was found out, everyone would probably think that this theory was Boss Pei's in the first place. It was just that Cui Geng had inherited this theory and said it in the inspiration class.
In other words, they would think that Boss Pei was copying himself. It was not considered copying.
However, Pei Qian could not do that. That was because he was a person with a bottom line. He could refer to a general direction in a thesis, but he had to have his own unique opinions and dry goods. He could not listen to others.
"Cui Geng's remarks are mainly based on the reality of the inspiration class. He explained the creative model of the inspiration class to the other authors. In other words, it can also be seen as a large-scale experience exchange and sharing meeting for 'Successor'. It only has a certain guiding effect. "
"What's more, the content of his speech is relatively thin. There is only a ready-made direction. However, he did not mention the specifics of the environment, the problems, and the necessity of solving these problems."
"If I can abandon Cui Geng's influence as much as possible and continue to dig deeper in this direction, I might be able to gain something."
"Hmm … that way, the title of the thesis can be 'The Creation and Dissemination Theory of New Era Literary and Artistic Works'. Hmm … that's not right. The term 'New Era' is too big. More accurately, it should be 'Internet Era'. "
"What's more, the category of literary and artistic works is too broad. It includes serious literature. It should be called 'popular literary and artistic works'."
"So the title should be 'The Creation and Dissemination Theory of Popular Literary and Artistic Works in the Internet Era'?"
"I'll set this title for now. If I feel that it's inappropriate halfway through, I can change it."
"It can include the dilemma faced by the dissemination of traditional literary and artistic works in the Internet Era, the necessity of solving this problem, as well as the necessary factors and historical mission of the dissemination of popular literary and artistic works in the Internet Era …"
Pei Qian simply followed this direction and realized that there was indeed a lot of content that could be written. It was more than enough to support an undergraduate's graduation thesis.
However, there were two problems.
The first problem was that this topic was a little too big.
Every level had its own scope and field that each level could cover.
For undergraduate students, they had to have some ideas. It was best to choose a small field as a starting point. If they wanted to write a big one, they would not be able to support it, be it in terms of ability or the length of the thesis.
In the future, they would have the qualifications to expand the scope of the thesis by studying for a master's degree and a doctorate.
That was considered common sense.
The scope of this thesis was still very broad even though the words' Internet Era 'and' popular 'had been added. This included ordinary popcorn blockbusters, online novels, animated comics, online short videos, and so on. All of them could be included in this scope.
To write a thesis with such a large scope was quite an overestimation of one's abilities.
The second problem was that Pei Qian could only bite the bullet and write in this direction. It was completely out of his control as to what level the thesis would reach.
He also hoped that he really had the level of Boss Pei that everyone imagined, but he did not!
Even works like Tomorrow is Beautiful and Struggle were based on guessing. He had to re-interpret himself.
Although there were two more serious problems, Pei Qian could only choose that after thinking about it.
That was because he really could not think of any better direction. Moreover, these two shortcomings could be overcome.
It did not matter if what he wrote was uncontrollable. He could write it first. Anyway, there would be people to check for him, and he could slowly modify it later.
It should not be a problem if the topic was too big.
Undergraduate students might not be qualified to write such a relatively big topic, but the requirements for undergraduate theses were also low!
If others wrote such a topic, they might be rejected. However, Pei Qian was Pei Qian after all. He believed that the professors during the thesis defense would be lenient on account of the school and Old Kong.
All in all, this was the most feasible direction that Pei Qian could find at the moment.
After sorting out his thoughts, Pei Qian decided to write in this direction and come up with a general framework.
Not long after he saved the document, there was a knock on the office door.
Pei Qian looked up and saw that it was Meng Chang.
At the end of the month, Meng Chang came to check the commission.
Pei Qian found this month's commission data on his laptop and handed it over.
"Not bad, keep up the good work."
He had just changed the commission model in the middle of this month and put a revival armor on Meng Chang.
The publicity for Successor in the first half of the month was naturally a complete failure. However, the publicity for Ghost General 2 in the second half of the month was quite effective.
Ghost General 2 was about to be officially released. Meng Chang had also spent a lot of money on publicity. However, no matter how much money he spent, the popularity of the game was not high.
He had to say that this was a good sign!
Even though Pei Qian did not understand how Meng Chang operated the publicity strategy for Ghost General 2, it was obvious that Meng Chang was already well-versed in the art of war. He had turned into something that no one could guess.
Pei Qian could not figure it out either, but he believed that Meng Chang was on the same side as him.
Even if he received a full commission for the publicity plan for the second half of the month, he would only receive 100,000 yuan. This time, Meng Chang had received 70,000 yuan from Ghost General 2. It was not a lot, but it was not a small amount either.
Compared to the previous "sudden death, GG for the entire month" model, it was already quite benevolent.
Meng Chang only glanced at it and handed the laptop back.
He no longer cared about how much commission he received. He came to see the amount of commission just to go through the motions. More importantly, he could not miss this opportunity to teach Boss Pei the Pei Corporation's publicity method.
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