I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 131 The Old Housekeeper with Dreams

"This is all money, this is all money! Damn it, you beasts..."

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The local police officers fell silent. They just stared at Zhang Da'an holding his black and white photo. The eerie, absurd, and even slightly ghostly feeling was just too awful.

Stroking his own statue, Zhang Da'an looked pained: How could he not have thought of that?!

This is all money!
Why should others earn the money?!

You can easily earn that money yourself!
"Is it illegal for me to print and sell my own portrait and statues, officer?"

"Teacher Zhang, please don't do this, please don't do this..."

When the director realized that Zhang Da'an was serious, he was on edge. His child was also repeating a year at the Xindongweigang Middle School Mazhou Campus and did very well on the exam this year. Last year, he barely made it to the second-tier university, but this year he not only passed the first-tier university entrance exam, but he will also have no problem getting into the two best public security major universities.

But he couldn't bear to send his child too far away, so he decided to choose the nearby Jiangkou Police Academy.

The 100,000 or 200,000 yuan given to Zhang Da'an was really not expensive at all; it was genuinely cheap.

Grateful.

If I weren't a materialist fighter, I would have done what these old folks in the countryside did and had my child kowtow to Zhang Da'an.

Bowing once to one's "mentor" is not excessive.

It's a pity that Xindongweigang Middle School doesn't follow this policy. If you get accepted, get out of there quickly and don't stay around the school taking up space.

Our relationship is purely financial; there is no emotional connection whatsoever.

What do you mean by "teacher-student relationship"? I, Zhang Da'an, am worth a billion. You treat me like a student? You're taking advantage of me, you know?
Need more money!
Although the police officers didn't say that this was legal, they also didn't say that it was illegal; they were just being a little cautious these days to prevent the growth of cults.

Zhang Da'an thought to himself, "Those entertainment stars can make money by selling posters and photo albums, so I can be an idol too, and I can sell them too!"

Selling one's looks is not a problem at all.

Inspired by the feudal superstitions of ignorant men and women, Zhang Da'an immediately established a new business department within "Zhang'an Media" to sell "exam gods".

Of course, we can't rely on feudal superstition; we need to make it more entertaining.

Car ornaments and pendants; refrigerator magnets and wall hangings; student electronic calendars...

Do everything you can.

Like I said, this all costs money!
Zhang Da'an has gone mad.

The provincial propaganda department, which was promoting him, is now at a loss. Do you think this "three-time champion" should be publicized?

We definitely need to, but can we still have the same fanfare and excitement as before?

This led to a hilarious scene: newspapers, magazines, television stations, radio stations, and local portal websites in neighboring provinces and cities such as Luzhou, Jianghuai, Zhejiang, Yuzhang, and Qilu were all reporting on Zhang Da'an, the "three-time champion" and "modern-day exam god."

As a result, everyone inside Jiangkou Province started whimpering and acting as if they wanted to keep their eyes off them.

It's truly a headache to see cases involving feudal superstitions like this. In the current climate of intense ideological struggle, frontline workers are under immense pressure.

And then a "test god" popped up, wow!
Zhang Da'an is also cunning. Last year, he planned to enter the "electronic dictionary" product field, but the patent is held by Jinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, so for the time being, he just rebranded the product and didn't make much money. He just sold it as a side product at the direct-sale outlets of "Zhang An Education" and "Zhang An Health".

The main products shipped are still paper publications and printed materials.

After strengthening cooperation with universities in Jiangning City, Jiangning University, Jiangning Institute of Technology, and Jiangning University of Science and Technology have obtained a patent in a similar research project.

Of course, this patent now belongs to Zhang Da'an. With this, the remaining main materials are much easier to obtain. Small boards, displays, resistive screens for some models, and electronic pens can all be purchased directly within Wudu City.

All that's left is to hire a qualified product manager; you don't need an outstanding one, because this is all about marketing.

Zhang Da'an's thinking was flawed before, but now it's flawless.

If we integrate the solutions properly, the money will come in.
The main reason is that Zhang Da'an can use the "Top Scholar English Treasure Book" from the "Top Scholar Treasure Book" series as a selling point, and at the same time, he can also let "Zhang Xiaobai Technology Co., Ltd." form a game team to practice.

Most of them are puzzle games like "Square Grid" and "Push Box". It's enough to familiarize yourself with the development process. Although the difficulty is not high, team building is more important for "Zhang Xiaobai Technology Co., Ltd".

Fang Daqiao does not object to this. During the summer, he conducted research on the situation of internet cafes in major cities and county-level cities in the Yangtze River Delta region. Even though single-player games, such as "first-person shooter games", are still the main focus, the demand for "internet connection" has become extremely high.

Furthermore, as the "Ango Cup" officially entered its promotional phase, Zhang Da'an was also promoting the "Zhang An Education" recruitment event in major cities across China. The online popularity of the "Ango Cup" mainly stemmed from two sources: firstly, the controversial traffic generated by Zhang Da'an himself, along with the enthusiastic support from graduates of Xindongweigang Middle School; and secondly, the promotion of "Blizzard's" StarCraft, as South Korea was already legally promoting the development of the video game industry, and WCG was preparing for its full-scale entry into China.

"Glass Shards" essentially bet on both ends, examining the shoddy domestic gaming platforms and directly abandoning that aspect of traffic, which is far less valuable than the "Anglo Cup" itself.

The logic is simple: the battle platform needs the "Ango Cup," not the other way around.

After leading his team to inspect Beijing, Luzhou, Nandu, and Bao'an, Fang Daqiao suggested establishing an independent game development department and game operations department in Luzhou or Bao'an.

He discovered that online games like Stone Age have stronger social attributes. If future video games want to have a substantial impact, the foundation must be fun, but on top of being fun, social attributes are absolutely essential.

In his report, Fang Daqiao broke down the social attributes of the game into in-game interactions. In addition to text communication, Fang Daqiao believes that real-time voice interaction will become increasingly important over time; furthermore, there is the player interaction brought about by the game's playability; and the sharing interaction between players and non-players.

Fang Daqiao, 47, is not old-fashioned. On the contrary, he has an excellent learning ability and wrote an article, which was published in the school magazine of Jiangning University of Finance and Economics.

Unfortunately, the school threw it away as toilet paper, and nobody cared.

After visiting several game companies, Fang Daqiao, even though he was busy further promoting "Xiaobai Antivirus Software", still made a special trip to the provincial capital of Shandong Province.

Zhang Da'an is holding a job fair here, planning to poach people from Jinan City.

"Zhang An Education" is now well-known. He held a job fair, and a bunch of parents came... It was quite difficult for Fang Daqiao to find Zhang Da'an, because in order to avoid provoking the Education Bureau of Jicheng City, Zhang Da'an specially rented the old cadres activity center in Dongcangmen for seven days.

Unlike other places, the activity center for retired cadres has no shortage of large indoor venues. After the communication, the local retired cadres also wanted to see just how low the quality of this "three-time champion" really was, that he could scold Li Jiqi so badly that he would avoid seeing him.

They almost verbally abused Li Jiqi to death.

"There are so many people!"

Wiping away sweat, Fang Daqiao looked at the sea of ​​people. There weren't enough folding stools, so he borrowed more than a hundred "provincial stools" from a nearby shopping mall.

Just make do with it.

"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Zhang, my child scored about 20 or 30 points above the junior college entrance exam cutoff last year. Is it possible for him to get into a top-tier university through your program?"

"No, Auntie, I've said it so many times, there has to be an interview, there has to be an interview. Besides, I'm holding a job fair today, look how many people around are holding resumes. Next time, we'll meet at the job fair. There are five job fairs this summer, one of which is in Pengcheng City on August 18th. It's auspicious, Auntie, let's talk in detail then."

"Then I wanted to ask about my child... Hey, what are you doing? Don't push me..."

Before the older sister could ask any more questions, a bunch of people rushed over, holding up number signs and submitting their resumes. They were all quickly submitted and screened on the spot.

After a busy morning, it was more than an hour past 12:30 pm before I finally had time to eat some "Nine-Turned Intestines". Speaking of "Nine-Turned Intestines", the ones on the road near the provincial government compound are actually better.

But there's no time for that in the US; I have to keep working in the afternoon.

Renting for seven days doesn't mean just targeting Jinan City, but rather the entire surrounding area, including southwestern and northwestern Shandong. Zhang Da'an has already sent people to spread the word.

Every middle school distributed flyers and posted promotional materials, which included "Zhang An Education's" hiring principles. So, anyone who wanted to give it a try and felt they could be reformed by "Zhang An Education" had the same opportunity as both experienced and new teachers.

People from nearby Linzi and Taishan came on the first day. The round-trip fare was 100 yuan, which Zhang Da'an reimbursed on the spot. So the teachers who were not selected just treated it as a tourist trip to the provincial capital.

Of course, there are also some strange guys who just randomly print out a resume, thinking they're only after the hundred yuan, only to find that Zhang Da'an, who has no sense of ethics, has a "roster" and discovers that you're not even on the list of teachers at the school where the resume was printed...

Who would have thought that?

Zhang Da'an's preliminary preparations were not done haphazardly; he thoroughly investigated the situation, even finding out which teachers had gone into business.

What exactly constitutes meticulous market research?

Coach Zhang had the game under control without needing to use a "tactical lean back."

I just never expected to overlook the students' parents. They don't care if it's a job fair or not. When I get here, I have to ask around for my child.

There were only about a hundred teachers submitting their resumes, but the parents completely blocked the activity center for retired cadres. Three to four thousand people came in the morning, and more than a hundred police officers and auxiliary police officers came directly from the Dongcangmen area to maintain order.

I'm afraid something bad will happen.

In particular, a few months ago, Fengyi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Pengcheng City, caused an even bigger commotion, almost alarming the garrison in Jicheng City.

I heard it was a cadre surnamed Zhang who was "playing the piano recklessly," but in the end, everyone was happy and there weren't any major problems. It's just that a construction company in Pengcheng City was shut down, the chairman was sentenced to seven years, and the other key personnel were sentenced to three or two years.

Now here comes another guy surnamed Zhang. Are you related to Zhang Zongchang?!

How about we recite "Daming Lake, Daming Lake"?

After eating a plate of "Nine-Turned Intestines," Zhang Da'an felt much better. He ordered a pot of "Biluochun" tea to aid digestion, and then Fang Daqiao shared his thoughts with the owner in detail.

"Boss, regarding the game division, I think gameplay is fundamental, but for a qualified game product, the content is extremely important in distinguishing between 'good' and 'bad'. I've also tried playing first-person shooter games with the guys in the company. It does have content, the most basic of which is 'drop the handkerchief,' 'hide-and-seek,' and 'eagle catches chicks,' which everyone played as a child. In these games, the 'good guys' have to catch the 'bad guys,' and the 'bad guys' can escape or even turn around and attack the 'good guys.'"

"Similarly, in StarCraft, if you're playing single-player, the ultimate goal is of course to achieve final victory. But many people don't want to beat the computer so quickly. There are some units that haven't been released yet, and they want to try them out. You can play with two barracks, but what about three barracks? Four barracks? And there are different maps. How to design your own unit formations requires a certain amount of study."

"But when playing online, it's a different story. The concept of 'competition' emerges. All the operations and strategies have only one goal: to defeat the opponent as quickly as possible."

"I wrote an article and published it in the school magazine of Jiangning Finance. However, for the game division, I would like to write a report on game content development."

Fang Daqiao was unaware that "Legend" was about to begin its legendary journey; otherwise, he would have discovered that his thoughts were shared by all.

However, the company behind "Legend" is not a game company at all; it's just using the guise of a game company.

Knowing what to do and knowing what to do but doing it for another dream are two completely different things.

If Fang Daqiao were ten or even five years younger, his fortune would be even greater.

But how to put it? A person may not encounter the best era at the best age, and even the best version of herself may not be able to meet it, let alone in life and career.

"Are you planning to train game content designers?"

“I think content is content, and planning is planning. They must be done by dedicated personnel to achieve the ultimate in professionalism. In the past, we didn’t have the resources, but now you have the right timing, location, and people. If others can’t do it, you can do it. It’s not that difficult.”

"How to say?"

"Boss, are you planning to take over a junior college this year, and at the same time, collaborate with a local second-tier university to establish a private undergraduate college?"

"You knew about this old house a long time ago."

"Do you think we could create a separate major, with two classes, forty to ninety students, focusing on the talent needed in the game industry? Of course, creating a new major is very inconvenient, so we could disguise it as a computer software major or a computer design major."

"It's possible, but the risks are very high."

“It’s a risk for others, but for you, boss… it’s a sure thing.”

Zhang Da'an smiled but didn't give an immediate answer. In fact, he did intend to get involved in game development, but he planned to buy a game similar to "Legend" and then market it closely with "Legend".

Now that Fang Daqiao has said that, Zhang Da'an has no intention of giving up on creating a "fun" online game, but at the same time, he is considering whether he should help Fang, who is 47 years old and still has such a dream, realize his dream.

(End of this chapter)