Chapter 1431 Hopefully Old Kong Can Withstand These Two Undutiful Disciples

Pei Qian was left speechless.

He had to admit, what Zhang Wei said made a lot of sense…

The problem was that all the students' graduation theses had to be uploaded to CNKI. What if they were dug up in the future? That would be a whole lot of black history!

He really couldn't just muddle through!

Pei Qian felt a pang of annoyance.

Was it really so difficult to just write a graduation thesis like a normal college graduate and coast by?

Starting this damn company was really bad luck!

Seeming to see Pei Qian's hesitation, Zhang Wei added, "You don't have to worry too much about the thesis."

"After all, you're just an undergraduate. No one will really expect you to have top-notch academic standards. You just need to do better than the other students."

"I can give you a suggestion for the direction of your thesis. Since you're not good at current professional research, it's okay to do some trendy research. For example, the online novels on Qidian Chinese, the film scripts from Fei Huang Studio, these can all be included in the scope of research."

"The choice of topic is actually very broad. In fact, the content you research is more meaningful than the topics that ordinary students research."

"Think about it, the existing topics have been researched many times by various experts, scholars, professors, master's students, and doctoral students. Even if an undergraduate student chooses an angle that no one has studied before, can they really research anything of great value?"

"It's unrealistic to expect undergraduate theses to make any academic breakthroughs."

"In comparison, it would be easier and more meaningful for you to study the literary creations of Tengda."

"And, you don't have to worry about bothering Old Kong. How about this: after you write your thesis, you can show it to me first, and I'll find a few young lecturers from the college to review it, and then finally give it to Old Kong to read?"

Pei Qian thought about it and felt that it wasn't a bad idea.

Especially the research direction that Zhang Wei suggested, which seemed quite reliable.

In fact, there was a very small part of modern literature that mentioned online literature.

Although it was just a brief mention, and it wasn't even talking about the currently recognized, narrow sense of online novels, but a more distant and broader concept of online literature, as long as he could say something substantial, it wasn't impossible to choose this topic.

After Zhang Wei and a few young lecturers had a quick look at it, it shouldn't be too embarrassing to give it to Old Kong.

What's more, Pei Qian himself couldn't think of a suitable research direction.

He didn't even know how he passed these courses. He had long returned to his teachers a lot of the content he learned in his freshman year. Now, asking him to randomly choose a professional angle to write a graduation thesis was no different from starting research from scratch.

Instead of embarrassing himself in these professional fields, it would be better to find another way.

For example, analyze the film scripts of Fei Huang Studio. Even if there were some minor mistakes, who would dare to point them out?

It was great to have the final say!

Thinking of this, Pei Qian stopped insisting and nodded, "Okay, let's do that then. I'll do some research and think about it. When the thesis has a rough outline, I'll ask Teacher Zhang to help me with some ideas."

"If I forget, Teacher Zhang, remember to call me and remind me."

Zhang Wei nodded, "No problem!"

He paused and added, "By the way, Ma Yang has also been assigned to Old Kong with you. Anyway, one sheep is herded, and two sheep are also herded. Your grades are similar, and you're both in high positions in Tengda, so it's suitable to have a companion."

Pei Qian's mouth opened slightly, and he fell into a daze again.

"Uh…"

He wanted to say that this wasn't appropriate, but after considering his words for a long time, he didn't say anything in the end.

Zhang Wei's reason was too good. Old Ma's grades were indeed similar to his own. Strictly speaking, Old Ma's grades were even better than his…

In this case, Pei Qian had no position to ask Old Kong to only accept him and not Old Ma.

There was no way around it. He could only hope that Old Kong had a good mentality and wouldn't be angered by these two undutiful disciples on the spot…

…

Back at his residence, Pei Qian silently pulled out the information about literary works related to Tengda on his computer, ready to do some research.

This concept was very broad. For example, the original novels of *Turning Back is the Shore*, *Eternal Reincarnation*, and *The Successor*, the scripts of *A Beautiful Tomorrow* and *Mission and Choice*, and other popular online novels on Qidian Chinese could all be used as the scope of research.

In addition, he also found the textbooks and notes that had been gathering dust for a long time and reviewed the knowledge that he had learned, tested, and was now about to forget completely, trying to find a relatively less outrageous point of combination.

Although Zhang Wei had already pointed him in the direction, he still had to carefully consider which specific direction to write under this general direction.

Previously, Pei Qian felt that it was still early to submit his graduation thesis and that there was no need to rush. He could just muddle through it.

But now, he had completely changed his mind.

His thesis advisor was now Old Kong! This thesis would be hanging on CNKI in the future, and he didn't know how many people would see it!

He couldn't muddle through it.

Not only could he not muddle through it, but he had to perform as well as possible in order to protect his own image and the image of the college, so as not to let Old Kong "ruin his reputation in his old age."

Thinking of this, Pei Qian felt a lot of pressure and couldn't be as calm as before.

After burying himself in research for two hours, Pei Qian collapsed on the sofa, feeling a little hopeless.

He had no clue at all!

How did he write his graduation thesis in his memory? He had completely forgotten.

"Forget it, this can't be rushed. Let's take it one step at a time."

"Let's see what the feedback from the *Ghost General 2* players is like."

Pei Qian temporarily put the graduation thesis aside and checked the players' discussion about *Ghost General 2*.

When *Ghost General 2* first started advertising, Pei Qian had already briefly looked at the players' reactions, but that reaction wasn't accurate and couldn't be counted.

Because those who were paying attention to *Ghost General 2* at that time were all core players of Tengda Games, or core players of fighting games, representing a relatively niche taste. With Cai Hong and some fighting game professional players endorsing it, it was within expectations to get a good reputation in this small circle.

But this didn't mean that *Ghost General 2* would definitely be popular and make money, because it was the general public that really decided everything.

Now that the promotional plan for *Ghost General 2* had been fermenting for two or three days, many general players who hadn't paid attention at all should have noticed the news of this game. It was still quite valuable to observe their reactions.

Soon, Pei Qian found the content he wanted to see.

"I heard that *Ghost General* was going to have a sequel, so I excitedly ran over, but I found out that it was a fighting game? Excuse me? I really have a black question mark face."

"It stands to reason that the theme of *Ghost General 2* is okay to make a fighting game. It can be done."

"But fighting games are an outdated game type. How many people are still playing them? Could it be that, as many people say, Tengda must achieve complete game type domination? There's no need for that! Isn't it better to make more popular games?"

"Indeed, I personally have no interest in fighting games at all."

"Although card mobile games are scolded every day, *Ghost General* is completely different from other card mobile games! I think it would be great if *Ghost General 2* could follow the charging model and game mechanics of *Ghost General*. Change the cards to high-quality models, and add these cool effects and plots, and make a mobile and PC dual-end game. Wouldn't that be a dimensionality reduction attack? You would definitely earn money until your hands are soft!"

"Forget it, I'll skip this game and support the next game. It's not that I don't want to buy it, it's just that I'm really clumsy and can't play fighting games."

"I also found something even more terrifying. I don't know if you've noticed, Cai Hong's moves were indeed very gorgeous when he was playing this level, but he was hit by the boss twice in the middle. Each time, he lost most of his health bar. Although he quickly regained his health by absorbing blood, Cai Hong made two mistakes, which…"

"Could it be that this is a super-difficult fighting game? A very hardcore one?"

"That's very possible. Even a master like Cai Hong can't fight without taking damage, and the monster's stats are so high… I can already imagine myself suffering endlessly after I go in."

"Isn't that a good thing? Just like *Turning Back is the Shore* back then."

"It's completely different! *Turning Back is the Shore* is an action game, and the controls are relatively simple. It's just a few keys for attacking and rolling. Newbies suffer at the beginning, but they'll be fine once they get used to it. After suffering for dozens of hours, they can always figure it out. But what about fighting games? Do you think you can figure it out in dozens of hours? Hundreds of hours aren't enough!"

"Indeed, the operation threshold for fighting games is too high. Just learning one move requires a lot of practice. It's too unfriendly to newbies."

"If they copy the approach of *Turning Back is the Shore* back then, this game will most likely flop. After all, there are so many hardcore games with high difficulty in this world. Not every one can be successful."

"We must believe in President Pei!"

"It's not that I don't believe in President Pei, it's just that President Pei is in charge of too many businesses now. How can he have so much time to be responsible for the design details of these games? It must be the game department's designers who are doing it. And the current main designer of Tengda Games is Yu Fei. He has only made *Eternal Reincarnation*, and he's completely self-taught. I really have no confidence…"

"I think Tengda is releasing new games too quickly. It's so fast that I'm a little panicked. Compared to before, Tengda has been releasing new games like crazy in the past few months. Can the quality be guaranteed? I don't think Tengda needs to blindly pursue quantity. It should slow down appropriately and settle down."