The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 265 Everyone who sees you must address you as Consultant Li
Qian Shuyan looked at Li Mu and instantly guessed what he was thinking. He teased, "I told you to come back without making any noise, and you thought it was the same as before?"

"You are now a nationally renowned scientist. Universities, colleges, primary and secondary schools, and factories across the country have held study sessions and discussion sessions about you. Everyone who sees you has to address you as Consultant Li."

"I am embarrassed to call you by your name. It is more appropriate to call you Consultant Li."

"That's right, we also have to call Consultant Li." Professor Wang and a group of teachers nearby laughed.

After listening to this, Li Mu said, "Dean, you are being too polite. I originally wanted to find an opportunity to come back and give a lecture or something, but it seems..."

"Ahem." Qian Shuyan coughed twice and said, "It's just a joke, don't take it seriously. I think this lecture is possible."

"Old Wang, you too, you watched Li Mu leave the school, so why is he called Consultant Li?"

The speed at which his expression changed so decisively made Professor Wang and the other teachers burst into laughter again.

After everyone chatted for a while, Qian Shuyan asked about the purpose of Li Mu's visit.

Hearing that he was here to look for Shen Jianxin, Zhang Kai and others, he did not delay and immediately called them over.

He didn't leave either, just stood aside.

……

After Shen Jianxin, Zhang Kai, and Zhang Weiguo came over, they looked at Li Mu and apologized to him, saying, "I'm sorry, Consultant Li, we didn't know you were coming back today, otherwise we wouldn't have let them hold this study session."

People who are familiar with Li Mu know that he actually doesn’t like being in a crowd.

What's more, this speech was purely forced.

"It's okay. I think it's good to take this opportunity to communicate with you all." Li Mu smiled slightly, waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care, and then asked: "But you have the leisure time to hold a study session, I think the game development should have made good progress, right?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Jianxin and his companions, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, immediately became nervous again.

Although they were also seriously developing the game, the feeling of being called out by the teacher was still a bit too exciting.

Shen Jianxin said, "Advisor Li, we have basically completed the production of the game "Aircraft Wars" and have now entered the first test. After three tests to ensure that there are no problems, we will send it to the game department of the Semiconductor Group for review."

"Really? It's already the first test and the progress is quite fast. Can I go up and take a look?" Li Mu said with a smile.

The game effect of "Plane Wars" is definitely not as good as "Thunder Fighter", but it does not stop him from playing it.

Hearing his request, Shen Jianxin and his friends agreed.

So the group went up to the computer room on the third floor.

……

Inside the computer room, two Type 01 computers were running silently.

After entering, Shen Jianxin quickly went forward to open the game. The text LOGO of "Aircraft Wars" appeared on the screen, but it was a big baby version.

The graphics are pretty crude, but given the current state of technology, there's nothing we can do about it.

It’s good enough to have it, why do you need a bicycle?

Li Mu took the game controller from Shen Jianxin and clicked to start the game.

The game paused noticeably for a moment before a fighter jet made up of black and white pixels slowly appeared on the screen, followed by the background introduction.

In order to ensure the player's gaming experience, there are not many words. After a simple transition of dozens of words, it quickly enters the combat teaching phase.

Enemy planes appeared from the top of the screen, firing deadly bullets.

However, because this is a teaching session, the player's "armor value" is as high as 999 points, so it is basically impossible to lose.

Li Mu passed the teaching level by chopping melons and vegetables, and then entered the main level.

At this point, the difficulty begins to gradually increase.

However, even if the screen was full of enemy planes and artillery shells, he could still control the fighter in his hands like a fish swimming in the hail of bullets, despite the delay, while firing artillery shells in counterattack.

However, although they are called cannonballs, they are actually just black blocks.

With current technology, let alone producing the effects of "Thunder Fighter", it is a bit difficult to even create some weapon special effects.

The upgrade that Shen Jianxin and others came up with was simply to increase the number of shells, but this was clearly not enough.

Li Mu played for a while and soon discovered the problem.

Weapon upgrade is an important gameplay point for players. If it does not perform well, or performs poorly, it is hard to say whether "Planes Wars" can sell well.

Shen Jianxin, who was standing by, saw that his face was not right and asked quickly, "Advisor Li, is there any problem?"

"Not really, but I think there's an area that can be further optimized." Li Mu shook his head slightly. Shen Jianxin and others have done a good job. As for weapons, the main problem is still the lack of technology.

After thinking for a while, he continued:

“Although Aircraft Wars has many innovative gameplay features compared to Tank Wars, this performance is still not intuitive enough.”

"For example, the change and upgrade of this aircraft model increased the thickness of the aircraft's armor and the power of its shells, but there was no way to reflect it in the visual effects."

“The most intuitive visual effect is to change the appearance of the aircraft operated by the player, but this change is difficult to achieve due to technical reasons.”

"Then we have to consider a new direction. For example, for weapons, it is not enough to just add more shells. We need to open our minds to the idea of ​​'laser', 'auto-tracking D-bullets', and D-bullets that can clear a large area of ​​the screen. We need to let players see real changes, rather than just increasing the numerical value."

After listening to Li Mu's opinion, Shen Jianxin and others' eyes lit up immediately, and they slapped their thighs and said:

"It turns out that you can play games this way. Consultant Li, your idea is really good."

"Yes, we have long felt that the similarities between Planes and Tanks are too high, but we have never figured out a way to solve it."

……

Several people's faces were filled with joy, and they looked at Li Mu with even more respect.

If they were in his place, they probably wouldn't be able to come up with these methods even if they racked their brains.

Li Mu looked at the people making a fuss, shook his head and said, "It's just some tricks. Even if I don't tell you, you will figure it out sooner or later."

“We will speed up the optimization and strive to launch the new game as soon as possible.”

"By the way, do you have any ideas for the development of the next game? You can't wait until "Aircraft Wars" is finished to prepare. You have to prepare early. It would be best if a game cartridge is successful, take a break for a while, and start the development of the next game immediately."

Faced with his question, Shen Jianxin and others took a look and finally pushed out Zhang Kai, who was the team leader in charge of game planning among their group.

Zhang Kai was used to being pushed to the front, and said directly: "Next we plan to make a game called "Ship Wars"..."

Just as he started, he saw Li Mu staring at them with a dark face.

This made everyone's heart skip a beat. "Continue." Li Mu looked at everyone and said with a sullen face.

Zhang Kai then continued, "'Ship Battle' will basically use some of the settings from 'Tank Battle' and 'Aircraft Battle'. We think it's definitely okay to use it as a trial..."

He gave a detailed introduction to the game content and gameplay of "Battle of Ships".

After saying this, he looked at Li Mu anxiously.

Not just him, but others too.

Li Mu sighed helplessly, then said:
"The idea is right, but it lacks innovation. You can't just keep copying the settings of previous games. This will make players think that we have run out of ideas and can't make good games anymore. It will also ruin our reputation."

“We can make Ship Wars, but based on the previous releases of Sniper Three and Plane Wars, the next game must be of guaranteed quality.”

"My standard is also very simple. I just need to sell 50 game cartridges in the first week."

It’s not that Shen Jianxin and others don’t have the ability to develop games, but they have been relying on their past achievements. If they don’t push themselves, it will definitely not work.

Therefore, he had to make this request.

"50 yuan for a set?" Shen Jianxin exclaimed, and the others looked even more bitter when they heard this condition.

You should know that the first-week sales of their own game "Sniper Three" were only 10, and this was only because of the first three games that many players bought into it.

Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said:
"Why, you think it's difficult? Do you know how big the market is for Puzzle Cube, Tank Battle, and Table Tennis?"

"If you follow what I said, as long as the quality is good, it will be easy to exceed 100 million sales in the first week."

“When you encounter a problem, don’t always think that it cannot be solved. If you don’t face the challenge head-on, how can you accomplish something that is impossible for others?”

He certainly cannot continue to interfere in game development, at least not in the development of the next two games.

Shen Jianxin pursed his lips and said nothing. However, other students wanted to learn from him again as they did before, but were pushed back by Zhang Kai's elbow.

"Okay, you guys continue with your research, I won't disturb you anymore." Seeing this, Li Mu nodded slightly and didn't stay.

After saying that, he followed Qian Shuyan, who had been waiting for a long time, and walked out.

As the latter walked, he couldn't help but sigh: "You must have a way. These students, when they have a little bit of academic performance, they just want to fill it up, and they won't listen to what I say."

"After being scolded by you, I think I will change a little bit."

"There's nothing I can do about it!" Li Mu said with a long sigh.

So far, in the Xiaguo game industry, only the game research and development center can stably output profitable games.

Although the semiconductor gaming team has been established for some time, it has not yet produced a single decent game.

If everyone in the game R&D center hadn't graduated yet, Li Mu believed that Leader Qiu would have moved the entire game R&D center to the Semiconductor Group long ago.

……

In the evening, Li Mu and Qian Shuyan had dinner in the cafeteria of Beijing Institute of Technology.

While reminiscing about the past, at the latter's enthusiastic invitation, we decided to give a lecture on "Software Engineering" at the Beijing Institute of Technology in half a month.

As the only winner of the first prize of the National Highest Science and Technology Progress Award, his lecture is bound to attract attention.

After getting Li Mu's approval, Qian Shuyan laughed happily three times, and then hurried to report to the Ministry of Culture and Education.

If this lecture goes well, even though Beijing Institute of Technology cannot match China Europe International Business University in overall strength, it will definitely be far ahead of them in the software engineering major that the country is about to launch.

Qian Shuyan could almost imagine the scene when the best talents from all over the country would gather at the college during the enrollment period next year.

Beijing Institute of Technology has also taken a big step forward in its progress towards becoming the top university in the country!

……

Li Mu didn't know that Qian Shuyan, who was nearly fifty years old, still had the ambition to lead Beijing Institute of Technology to "dominate" the country and become the number one university in Xia Country.

After leaving Beijing Institute of Technology, he returned home.

While reading and studying in the study, he closely followed Ask's movements.

He knew nothing about Connecticut, and had the least idea where Ask was going.

If this really was a barren place, he would have to think of a way to get Ask to leave quickly.

One or two months is barely acceptable, but three months or even half a year is absolutely not acceptable.

Although this amount of time is quite normal for scientific research, and sometimes even the beginning may not be possible, Li Mu could not bear to waste so much time.

The tension faced by Xia State in the international arena may be eased a little because of his appearance, but the general trend of history cannot be changed completely so easily.

There are still many challenges waiting for him in the future, and he cannot and will not allow himself to slow down.

……

Just as Li Mu was staring at the book in his hand in a daze, a "ding~" message alert sound rang in his mind.

On the opened chat page, the WIFI list names that had been refreshing continuously finally stopped.

Ask also sent a message, saying: "Li, I'm here, picture JPG."

In the photo, he is carrying a lot of luggage bags and taking a selfie wearing a pair of sunglasses.

——Statford Municipal Airport Database.

Li Mu almost subconsciously looked at the top of the WIFI list and confirmed Ask's destination.

He recalled his memories of this city, but could not find any relevant memories. After all, there seemed to be nothing fun here, so it was natural that he had no impression of it.

I can only hope to find at least some useful information.

"Don't rush out of the airport. Wait until the person who picks you up arrives before going out." Li Mu's thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, but he didn't speak slowly and gave a reply immediately.

Ask said: "Li, don't worry, the M Empire is a very safe country."

"Freedom in the left hand and democracy in the right hand, it is indeed safe." Li Mu joked with a smile, and at the same time did not forget to scroll down to find the WIFI of the database of Stratford City Library, and then searched for useful information.

At least he had to know what was useful here.

But he soon despaired again. Connecticut does have many colleges and universities, including Yale University, University of Hartford, University of Connecticut, and Trinity College, which is known as the "Little Ivy League" and the "Backyard of Wall Street."

But these schools have nothing to do with the city of Stratford.

(End of this chapter)