The thesis was not considered very long.
Handong University's graduation thesis for undergraduates was only 8,000 words, which was considered relatively low for a university.
Even if Pei Qian's writing was high and his word count was slightly over the limit, it was still less than 10,000 words.
It took Zhang Wei less than half an hour to finish reading this piece of information.
After reading the entire thesis, Zhang Wei's mentality had undergone a complete change.
"This thesis is strategically placed. It's too big!
"Could it be that Pei Qian was just hiding his true abilities in all his homework? Or did he just take some time out to write casually without showing his true abilities?
"Yes, that's very possible!
"After all, Tengda Corporation spans many fields, and its contributions to the cultural field are especially outstanding. If Pei Qian was really an ordinary student, would he have been able to produce so many popular movies, games, and works?
"He's not cozying up to anyone. Tengda started out as a small company, and he was the one who led these projects.
"It looks like Pei Qian wrote this graduation thesis seriously and showed a portion of his true standards."
"What's more, he used real cases from Tengda. This should be a summary of Pei Qian's own creation theory, right?
"It's a pity that there aren't many references."
"What's more … what does the last sentence mean?"
Zhang Wei was filled with emotions.
When he first saw the title, Zhang Wei thought that the thesis was written too big and empty. It was very likely to be a work that would fail completely.
However, after reading further, especially when he saw the abstract and main body of the thesis, Zhang Wei immediately changed his mind!
This thesis could be roughly divided into three parts: first, it analyzed the difficulties faced by literary works in the internet era. Then, based on this dilemma, it proposed the necessary factors for the dissemination and creation of popular literary works in the internet era. Finally, it proposed the mission of popular literary works in the internet era and supplemented it with specific examples of Tengda's creations.
It could be said that it was small but complete!
What's more, there was not much nonsense in the entire thesis. All of it was very practical content without any nonsense.
It could even be said that if this thesis was used as a skeleton, some content was added, and some references were used to expand it, it could be expanded into a master's or even doctoral thesis.
If it was more daring, it could even be used as a higher-level research topic!
Zhang Wei had not expected such a situation to occur.
The characteristics of this thesis can be summarized as follows.
Firstly, the professional knowledge it used was quite basic, but it was precisely because it was basic knowledge that there was no controversy and it was very solid.
Secondly, the theory proposed in the article was very contemporary and predictable. In other words, it directly analyzed some of the characteristics of popular literary works. Because it was too trendy, it was difficult to say whether it was right or wrong.
Speaking of which, it didn't seem to be directly related to the current theoretical research. But if one were to say that it wasn't right, then what he said made sense.
Furthermore, liberal arts and science were different. In science, what was right was right, and what was wrong was wrong. There was basically no room for ambiguity, and the truth was unique.
However, liberal arts emphasized the blossoming of a hundred flowers and the contending of a hundred schools of thought. Each had their own reasoning. As long as the theory was valid and could be verified with reality, it could be said that it was not wrong.
Thirdly, this thesis combined a lot of real-life examples of Tengda, such as successful games and movie scripts.
The content itself was filled with a large amount of textual information, and these textual information could also be seen as a form of expression of literary works.
If these works were successful in reality, then the theory behind them would naturally become very credible.
Zhang Wei could not help but feel a little lost.
"I don't think I can change this thesis!
"It's completely beyond my ability.
"Pei Qian is not playing by the rules at all. He actually wrote such an undergraduate thesis?
"The last sentence is even more ridiculous.
"The theoretical knowledge referenced in the thesis is relatively basic and shallow knowledge. It was completed in a short time, and the preparation was not sufficient. Therefore, it was not directly used in the thesis. If there is anything inappropriate, please forgive me. If there is anything wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me.
"It looks very humble, but when combined with the content of the thesis itself, it gives off a very arrogant feeling …"
The more Zhang Wei thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
The thesis did indeed use some relatively shallow knowledge, but the key was what kind of topic was this knowledge used to research?
If it was a very simple topic, then it would mean that the author's academic level was very low.
Since he did not have much knowledge, he could only research these special basic theoretical topics.
However, what if it was a very advanced, very trendy, and very grand topic? What if it was really something?
That meant that the author had used some very basic, very solid, and unquestionable knowledge to prove a new topic. His words were meaningful.
This would not make people feel that it was simple. It would only make people feel that his foundation was solid and unquestionable. The Great Dao was the simplest, and all roads lead to the same destination!
As for Pei Qian's final words about not having enough time to write, not being fully prepared, and not directly using the thesis … that was indeed because Pei Qian had been busy with work and did not have time to complete it. That was understandable.
In other words, Pei Qian had such a short time to prepare. He did not even have time to list the sources of the various basic knowledge in detail. Yet, he had successfully completed the entire framework and written a very outstanding thesis. Didn't that mean that Pei Qian's academic foundation was actually very high?
The structure was all in his heart!
As for the last sentence, it seemed to be saying: I think there should be no mistakes in the thesis I wrote. If you think you're very awesome, please find the mistakes. I don't mind arguing with you and proving them. Let's have a good discussion.
Zhang Wei frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "This Pei Qian's academic standards are obviously higher than mine!"
This level of academic standards did not refer to the ability to flip through literature to find reference materials. It referred to the ability to truly research and solve problems.
Pei Qian had really applied this knowledge to his daily work and created literary works that people loved to see and hear. It was a huge success.
What's more, this thesis summarized his experience and wrote it out very clearly!
How was Zhang Wei going to change it?
He did not dare to change it recklessly because he might be completely wrong if he changed it.
The only thing he could do was to help Pei Qian quote all the reference materials and label them so that the format of the entire thesis would meet the requirements.
However, was there any point in doing that?
These were all very basic knowledge. Was there a need to go through this form?
Zhang Wei could not make up his mind. Thus, he found a few young lecturers in his field and sent them the thesis for them to take a look.
Soon, these young lecturers replied one after another.
"I've never seen an undergraduate graduate thesis like this. It won't be easy to change it!
"Although I don't particularly agree with some of the theories in it and the thesis itself is not very mature, there are successful cases as references after all. I don't think it's wise to act rashly. How about this? I'll study it for a few days and give you an answer after I figure out the reason.
"I think this thesis has very high academic attainments. That's what university students lack now. Just keep it in its original style and don't change it!
"This thesis is a little hard to change. I might only be able to change the wording of some sentences, some formatting standards, and some references. However, there's really no point in changing these. "
Zhang Wei was a little speechless when he saw these replies.
He realized that these young lecturers had the same attitude as him. They could not do anything about this thesis!
That was because this thesis was in a very polarized state. The knowledge it cited was too basic and there was nothing much to say. However, the research topic was too high and too grand.
Zhang Wei felt a little helpless. After some thought, he said, "Why don't I hand this thesis directly to Old Kong to decide?
Students of this level can only be taught by Old Kong. "
Zhang Wei could actually change some details and add all the cited knowledge. However, he felt that these citations were too basic given the level of this thesis. It would not matter much whether he added them or not.
He would let Old Kong take a look first to confirm if he needed to make further changes.
…
At the same time, Pei Qian had just arrived at his office.
There was a detailed report on Finger Games from Eric on the table.
Eric could not report to Pei Qian often because Finger Games was on the other side of the ocean and there was a time difference. In addition, Pei Qian had been in seclusion recently so he had no chance.
Thus, Eric wrote a detailed report on his recent work in Finger Games and submitted it to Boss Pei when he had the time.
Pei Qian was also very concerned about the situation at Finger Games. Thus, he sat down in the boss' chair and flipped open the report.
Ever since Eric took charge of Finger Games, there had been many scenes of palace intrigue.
First, Eric carried out a comprehensive transformation of Finger Games according to Pei Qian's requirements.
He had basically tried to persuade the higher-ups of Finger Games, who were in charge of management and operations, to resign. Only a few designers and original artists were left. They led the remaining designers to reorganize the various departments to be in charge of the development of new heroes and to cooperate with the GOG project team.
Of course, many middle-level and lower-level employees had resigned. Pei Qian's attitude towards these people had always been that they could come and go freely. He would definitely not stop them.
All in all, Eric had done enough to completely merge the two companies according to Pei Qian's requirements!
The only drawback was that a small number of shares were still in the hands of the original higher-ups. They could be fired, but the shares could not be snatched back.
Pei Qian had thought that they would eagerly throw out their shares and run away after making such an unreliable decision.
After all, if they did not sell the shares now, they would only become less and less valuable in the future. Would they watch them depreciate in their hands?
However, the decline in Finger Games' share price was not obvious at the beginning, and the higher-ups did not sell their shares.
There were even some discussions online that Tengda wanted to go public through a backdoor and indirectly absorb capital from the American stock market through Finger Games.
Some people were also quite optimistic about the future of Finger Games. After all, after the merger of the two companies, they had formed a de facto monopoly on the MOBA game market. Since Finger Games was highly controlled by Tengda, wouldn't Finger Games also have a share of the money that Tengda earned?
Thus, some time ago, Pei Qian gave Eric another move to deal with this situation.
Be more ruthless!
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