Chapter 66: Heroes Are Not Easily Subdued

  At night, a cool breeze suddenly rose, causing Yang Yun, who had just broken out in a cold sweat on his forehead, to shiver.

  In this lukewarm weather, the two of them didn't go find a clean and comfortable room to talk things over, but instead came here to catch the cool breeze and feed the mosquitoes. Suddenly, Yang Yun understood everything.

  Yi Zhongtian lacks not money, but the honor of a man of letters.

  At the age of 42, they can still huddle together in a ten-square-meter room with their whole family, not moving for eight years. Even their own students can't bear to look at them. Such a teacher is probably not someone who can be swayed by money.

  The glory of a scholar is nothing more than great fame, such as the title of professor, having numerous students all over the world, publishing books, being selected by authoritative institutions as an expert and scholar, etc.

  But these things, Yang Yun cannot provide, what he can offer for now is just money.

  As expected, Yi Zhongtian asked: "General Yang, are you hoping that I will leave school and go to work for your company as a full-time historical consultant?"

  Yang Yun nodded and added, "Our Three Kingdoms project is particularly urgent. We've specially invited three renowned game companies from Japan to send their senior experts. Additionally, we've borrowed several computer science students from Tsinghua University, recruited multiple software engineers from Guangdong Province's Rongcheng City and Shenzhen City, and have a few young painters from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts on our team. We've also found some experienced screenwriters from the Beijing Film Studio. Now we just need to find one Three Kingdoms history expert to guide our work..."

  It really sounds like everything is ready and only waiting for the east wind. It seems that as long as Yi Zhongtian joins, the Dragon and Tiger Three Kingdoms game can start immediately.

  Only Yang Yun was clear in his mind that the architect of Namco had not yet jumped ship, the screenwriter of the film production factory had not been found, and the expert on the Three Kingdoms in front of him did not know what he really thought. The only ones who were truly confirmed were a few software engineers, who could only write code for small modules.

  Yi Zhongtian fell silent again, having spent a long time teaching in school and not experiencing many social situations, he didn't have many ways to decline the entrepreneur's invitation.

  Yang Yun sighed and said: "Teacher Yi, what our company can do for you is to provide sufficient economic compensation, and then give you a relatively relaxed and broad platform."

  Inviting Yi Zhongtian, apart from the Three Kingdoms game, Yang Yun is actually preparing for later games.

  China has a civilization of five thousand years, Japan also has several hundred years worth noting, Europe has a rich medieval war culture, and the Middle East has never been peaceful. There are too many historical games around the world that are worth making by Yang Yun.

  Three Kingdoms and Genghis Khan are two historical simulation games from Koei that keep Yi Zhongtian busy.

  Until the single-player era, there were Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Cao Cao's biography, Zhuge Liang's biography, Records of the Three Kingdoms, Qin's Annals, etc. If you want to really dig deep into these historical SLG games, Yi Zhongtian might not be able to stop all year round.

  In a few more years, the classic PC game "Total War" series can also be done. Yang Yun can start from the first generation of Japanese Shogun and go all the way to European medieval, Rome, and Napoleon's France. There is a full-time historical expert supervising throughout, which is absolutely necessary.

  In Yang Yun's memory, the Total War series of games did not have a Chinese historical background. When the time comes and national policies permit it, we can also do it flawlessly, creating out of thin air a "Three Kingdoms: Total War", "Northern and Southern Dynasties: Total War", or even a "Republic of China: Total War"!

  Historical games have always emphasized wisdom and strategy, players are highly intelligent people with high demands, shoddy games will be rejected. Longteng Entertainment Game Company must make every game meticulously crafted to meet the highest standards, so all aspects require top-notch talent.

  Now in Longteng Company, Liu Cixin has already helped him hold up the banner of science fiction games. If Yi Zhongtian can lead historical games to become a national trend, that would be the most ideal state.

  So Yang Yun's words didn't end there, he wanted to see how Yi Zhongtian would respond.

  If Yi Zhongtian is unwilling, he will return to Beijing to move around and see if he can help get a university position or find some connections to facilitate things. The best would be to settle the matter with the Academy of Social Sciences, after all, it's up to people to make things happen!

  Yi Zhongtian did not give an immediate answer, only saying that he would go back and discuss it, and the two of them bid each other farewell and parted ways.

  Yang Yun returned to the reception room, and Yi Zhongtian stood outside his own door, smoking one cigarette after another.

  Since graduating from Jiangcheng University in 1981, the school has made great efforts to keep him as a teacher, but eight years have passed and the Japanese devils have been driven away. His associate professor title has not been evaluated yet, and it is difficult for them to apply for research funding. The three of them live in this ten-square-meter dormitory, staying there for eight years without moving, living a very hard life.

  Yi Zhongtian is highly praised by students and has a certain reputation in the academic circle. Jiangcheng University cannot satisfy him, so other universities have repeatedly approached him with offers of high salaries, high benefits, and job title quotas, almost giving him whatever he wants.

  Yang Yun was not the first person to contact him, nor was he the last. Yi Zhongtian recalled that a few days ago, the vice president of Xiaomen University had privately contacted him and proposed generous terms that made his heart flutter.

  Today, Yang Yun came to the door, such a young man, not in university and research institutions, but in a game production company, which made Yi Zhongtian feel somewhat moved.

  However, he actually never considered going back to the enterprise. He was more inclined to teach in a university, be promoted to professor, write books and have his students all over the world.

  Xiamen University, although not as old and famous as Jiangcheng University, is also one of the best among all the units that invited him. As more and more people came to persuade him to leave, Yi Zhongtian was also hesitant, and he gradually made up his mind!

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  Yang Yun returned to Beijing with empty hands, and Fang Huimin curiously asked: "Mr. Yang, did you gain anything from your trip to Jiang City?"

  "Is a hero something that can be easily possessed?"

  Yang Yun smiled and said, "I used to love playing the game 'Three Kingdoms: Unmatched Heroes', especially the classic 2nd generation version. I liked using Jin Xuan to challenge the highest difficulty level, rather than choosing Liu Bei, Sun Quan, or Cao Cao. Every time I searched for new generals in the territory city or captured famous generals in battle, I wanted to subdue them and make them my own. It was never easy, requiring either a large amount of gold, silk, and beautiful women to increase their favorability, or repeatedly capturing and releasing them to lower their loyalty to their original lord. Now that I think about it, this game is so realistic, so fitting, it's truly amazing!"

  Yang Yun has already recruited many capable people under his command, just like playing a game of Three Kingdoms Heroes.

  Zhao Yongping was repeatedly used by him with the bitter flesh plan, the separate plan to deal with, winning and still wanting to reward the virtuous and rescue, finally also giving a beautiful prospect and position benefits such as money and silk goods, only then did he get Zhao Yongping's loyalty.

  Another famous general Liu Cixing was luckily lured over with rewards of gold and silk while he was still a young man.

  But as for someone like Yi Zhongtian, a proud and arrogant high-intelligence-type famous general, it's not that easy to recruit him. It's likely that one would have to use all sorts of tactics and exhaust all means before there's even a possibility of winning him over...

  Fang Huimin couldn't understand these words and automatically filtered them out, asking: "Director Yang, is it to let Shaoyun come back immediately?"

  Yang Yun nodded, thinking that it's really inconvenient without a mobile phone these days. He casually asked: "Huimin, are pagers and mobile phones expensive on the market now? Should we allocate one to each high-level manager in the company?"

  Fang Huimin was startled: "Director Yang, this mobile phone is at least 30,000 yuan! If each person gets one, how much money will that be?!"

  Yang Yun was shocked. Even at Longteng Company, where the average salary is four or five times the national average, an ordinary engineer's annual salary is only 15,000 yuan, yet a mobile phone would cost two years' worth of salary?

  With a wave of her hand, Fang Huimin left. Yang Yun lay on the sofa and rested for a while, but she couldn't sit still because something was on her mind. So she went to the lab and saw everything in front of her, feeling quite relieved.

  Everyone in the laboratory is busy with their own tasks, working diligently and in an orderly manner.

  Inoue Yoshio returned home and dug a hole in the wall, and the message that came back was that he is currently in contact.

  The SLG Three Kingdoms project team is currently led by Fang Jindong, with 18 software engineers and three art designers divided into three groups to work on the war interface module, intelligent computer strategy module, and management and upgrade module. After each independent function is mature, as long as the game script is determined, it's like building with blocks, running the game according to the timeline, each unit runs independently, and the player controls the character step by step to reach the trigger point.

  In addition, the FC horizontal scroll game, Long Warrior project team is secretly coding and testing. Zhang Guoqiang somehow managed to get Su Xiuyun into the FC project team, drawing background pictures for those big guys, stimulating a group of young men with high morale, especially Ma Liang, whose determination to research and code until he reaches his goal makes outsiders feel worried.

  As for whether Zhang Guoqiang had any private dealings or hidden agendas, that's unknown. Yang Yun didn't particularly mind office romances and the like; on the contrary, she rather enjoyed hearing about the open and secret struggles within the group.

  Jiang Shaoyun finally returned, accompanied by Zhao Yongping. Yang Yun was waiting in the office and saw that both of them had a pleased expression on their faces, and couldn't help but laugh: "Hey? It looks like you two have brought good news?"

  Jiang Shaoyun reported the good news, saying: "Director Yang, I have already contacted a professor from the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy, and he has agreed to send two of his favorite students over. Additionally, Zhang Pei'an, a renowned researcher on the Three Kingdoms at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is quite interested in our game about the Records of the Three Kingdoms, but it would be best if you went to talk to him personally."

  Yang Yun nodded, these two messages are really good. Even if Yi Zhongtian doesn't join in, once Inoue Yasuo returns from Japan, Long Teng can start making the knife, time is really pressing.

  Zhao Yongping was busy with the construction of the factory, and his face was also full of joy: "General Yang, the first subsidy from the Beijing Foreign Trade Bureau to Chiyang Electronics Factory has been received. Chiyang is very efficient, and they settled the 500,000 US dollars and 8 million RMB for the four-in-one game authorization fee with us immediately."

  Money has been received, everyone is happy. Yang Yun smiled and said: "The money has arrived, are you waiting for the rice to be cooked? Leave the US dollars to me, and give the RMB to you! Hand over the budget report, I'll sign it."

  The two men looked at each other and smiled, when Yang Yun suddenly remembered something and asked: "Old Zhao, do you have any connections in the People's University? I want to transfer a university lecturer to the People's University, preferably with a platform and opportunity for promotion to associate professor. His name is Yi Zhongtian, he's 42 years old this year, and serves as deputy director of the Chinese Department at Jiangcheng University. He's my ideal candidate for a Three Kingdoms expert."