Chapter 1439 The General Direction of the Thesis

Thursday, January 31st.

Pei Qian was still in his office, racking his brains over his graduation thesis.

During this period, he had re-read some of the key works on Zhongdian Chinese website, including the original version of *The Successor*, as well as the copywriting of many previous games and the scripts of movies.

After reading them, well, it couldn't be said that it was completely unhelpful, but he still hadn't found the most suitable direction.

And Pei Qian's biggest feeling was: Did they really create these things under my inspiration?

Why do they feel so unfamiliar to me when I read them...?

This feeling was a bit like flipping through his old primary school exercise books many years after graduation and reading the compositions in them.

He felt that he should have been very familiar with these words a long time ago, but now only unfamiliarity and confusion remained.

"Ah... I need a little bit of inspiration and help."

"But this kind of thing is really a bit difficult to say!"

Pei Qian felt that the best way was to ask Zhu Xiaoce or Cui Geng, but the problem was that this matter was a bit embarrassing. It might ruin his image, and he might not get the result he wanted.

Because every single one of these people was a brain-补怪 (brain-overthinking monster)!

If Pei Qian asked, they would definitely think involuntarily: Does President Pei not understand these connotations? He definitely understands! Then why is President Pei asking...?

Is President Pei hinting at something? Should I work harder and create better works?

Pei Qian had no doubt that this was something they could do.

In other words, Pei Qian himself had no way of predicting what kind of answer he would get, or what kind of uncontrollable consequences it would cause.

"If I want to get the correct answer as much as possible, the best way is not to go over as President Pei, but to understand from the perspective of an observer, and obtain relevant information from the side."

"Only by trying my best to eliminate everyone's brain-overthinking elements, and not allowing the objective environment to be affected by my intervention, can I ensure the authenticity of the answer as much as possible."

"That's right! Just like when I followed Grandpa He An to learn game design."

"So, I actually need an online writer training class or inspiration class."

"Moreover, I don't necessarily have to be there in person. Whether it's a video or lecture notes, as long as I can obtain this valuable information from the side, it's fine."

"Oh, right, didn't the last Zhongdian Chinese website weekly report mention that Cui Geng recently gave a lecture in the inspiration class, which caused some repercussions online?"

Pei Qian hurriedly found the weekly report previously sent by Zhongdian Chinese website on his computer. Sure enough, he found a message: After the success of *The Successor*, Cui Geng gave a lecture in the Zhongdian Chinese website writer inspiration class. The content of the lecture was "The Creative Direction of the Inspiration Class".

At that time, Pei Qian didn't pay much attention to it. He only remembered that Cui Geng was talking nonsense on the stage, saying something like "President Pei's personal guidance", "to be based on the traditional cultural heritage and social phenomena of the Chinese people", and "to create works that meet the preferences and tastes of young people"...

At that time, someone recorded a video and posted it online. The most infuriating thing was that the video had quite a high number of views! Many authors were forwarding it!

Authors who had not yet entered the inspiration class regarded it as a stepping stone to enter the inspiration class; and authors who had already entered the inspiration class regarded it as their creative direction in the inspiration class.

It was outrageous!

Pei Qian was very angry, but on the one hand, the video was only spreading on a small scale within the author circle, and did not cause such a high level of popularity. Pei Qian still had many more worrying things to deal with; on the other hand, Pei Qian had not yet determined the next development direction of the inspiration class, so it was not appropriate to interfere rashly, so he ignored it.

But now...

Pei Qian suddenly felt that he could extract a little inspiration from it.

"It also feels very strange. Others misinterpreted my meaning, and I still have to look at the content they misinterpreted to write my own thesis..."

"Damn it, this is just too much! What is this all about!"

Pei Qian felt that his behavior was simply too low, but there was no way. For the health of Old Kong, and to prevent Old Kong from being angered by his thesis, he still had to do what he had to do.

After finding the video, Pei Qian watched it from beginning to end this time.

"Well... although from my personal point of view, it's full of mistakes and completely irrelevant, but if you look at it from the perspective of an uninformed bystander, it makes quite a lot of sense..."

"Moreover, if you really consider it from this angle, it seems that you 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 couldn't completely copy Cui Geng's theory. That wouldn't be right.

Because this video can be found online, if Pei Qian completely copied it, wouldn't it be very embarrassing if someone dug it up?

Of course, even if it was dug up, most people would think that this theory was originally President Pei's, but Cui Geng explained it in the inspiration class after inheriting it.

In other words, they would think that President Pei was copying himself, not copying.

But Pei Qian couldn't do this, because he was a person with principles. You can refer to a general direction for a thesis, but you have to have your own unique insights and substance. You can't just listen to others.

"Cui Geng's remarks are mainly based on the actual situation of the inspiration class, and explained the creative mode of the inspiration class to other authors. In other words, it can also be regarded as a large-scale experience exchange and sharing meeting of *The Successor*, which only has a certain guiding role for novels."

"Moreover, the content he talked about is also relatively thin. There is only a ready-made direction, but what is the specific environment, what problems exist, and what is the necessity of solving these problems... he didn't mention any of these contents at all."

"If I can try my best to abandon Cui Geng's influence and continue to dig deeper in this direction, maybe I can gain something."

"Well... in this way, the title of the thesis can be 'The Creation and Dissemination Theory of Literary and Artistic Works in the New Era'. Well... no, the term 'New Era' is too broad. To be more precise, it should be 'Internet Era'."

"Moreover, the scope of literary and artistic works is too broad, including 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?"

"This is the tentative title. If I feel it's inappropriate in the middle of writing, I can change it again."

"It can include the difficulties faced by the dissemination of traditional literary and artistic works in the context of the Internet Era, the necessity of solving this problem, and the necessary factors and historical mission of the dissemination of popular literary and artistic works in the Internet Era..."

Pei Qian simply sorted out this direction and found that there was indeed a lot of content that could be written. It was more than enough to support a bachelor's graduation thesis.

However, there were two problems.

The first problem was that the title was a bit too big.

The thing about theses is that each level has its own scope and field that it can involve.

For undergraduates, you have to have some idea in your mind. It is best to choose a very small field as a starting point. If you want to write bigger, neither the ability nor the length of the thesis is enough to support it.

In the future, when you study for a master's or doctoral degree, you will be qualified to continuously expand the scope of your thesis step by step.

This can also be regarded as a common sense.

As far as this thesis is concerned, although the two restrictive words "Internet Era" and "Popular Category" have been added, the scope is still very wide. Including general popcorn blockbusters, online novels, animation comics, online short videos, etc., can all be included in this scope.

Writing a thesis on such a large scope feels a bit like being ignorant and overestimating your abilities.

The second problem is that Pei Qian can only bite the bullet and write in this direction, and the degree to which the written thesis can reach is completely uncontrollable.

He also hoped that he really had the level of President Pei in everyone's brain补 (brain-overthinking), but he didn't!

Even the previous works such as *A Beautiful Tomorrow* and *Struggle* were all guessed. He had to re-interpret himself.

Although there were these two more serious problems, Pei Qian thought about it and could only choose this way.

Because he really couldn't think of any better direction, and these two shortcomings could be overcome by finding a way.

It doesn't matter if the written content is uncontrollable, just write it first. Anyway, someone will check it for him at that time, and it can be slowly modified later.

As for the title being too big, it shouldn't be a problem.

Although undergraduates are not worthy of writing such a big topic, the qualification requirements for undergraduate theses are also low!

Others may be rejected for writing this kind of topic, but Pei Qian is Pei Qian after all. I believe that the professors during the defense will give him a break in the face of the school and Old Kong.

In short, this is the most feasible direction that Pei Qian can find at present.

After simply sorting out his thoughts, Pei Qian decided to write a simple outline in this direction first.

Not long after saving the document, there was a knock on the door outside the office.

Pei Qian looked up and saw that it was Meng Chang.

It was the end of the month again, and Meng Chang came to check on his commission.

Pei Qian found this month's commission data on his laptop and handed it over.

"Not bad, keep up the good work."

The commission model was just changed in the middle of this month, giving Meng Chang a 复活甲 (revival armor).

The promotion for *The Successor* in the first half of the month was naturally a complete failure, but the promotion for *Ghost General 2* in the second half of the month seemed to be quite effective.

*Ghost General 2* was about to be officially released, and Meng Chang also invested a lot of money in promotion, but no matter how much money he spent, the popularity of this game remained lukewarm.

I have to say, this was a good sign!

Although Pei Qian didn't quite understand how Meng Chang's promotional strategy for *Ghost General 2* was specifically operated, it was obvious that Meng Chang had a deep understanding of the art of war,虚虚实实 (mixing the real with the unreal), and had become a shape that no one could guess.

Pei Qian couldn't guess either, but he believed that Meng Chang was standing on the same front as him.

Even if the promotion plan in the second half of the month was to get the full commission, it would only be 100,000 yuan, and this time Meng Chang earned 70,000 yuan from *Ghost General 2*. It wasn't much, but it wasn't too little either.

Compared to the previous model of "one shot and gg for the whole month", it was already quite benevolent.

Meng Chang just glanced at it and handed the laptop back.

He didn't care at all about how much commission he got. Coming over to see the amount of commission was just a formality. What was more important was not to miss this opportunity for President Pei to impart his wisdom and teach the Pei-style propaganda method.