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Chapter 757 - 436: The Sky is High, Let Birds Fly; The Ocean is Wide, Let Fishes Leap (First update, seeking subscriptions)_1

Chapter 757: Chapter 436: The Sky is High, Let Birds Fly; The Ocean is Wide, Let Fishes Leap (First update, seeking subscriptions)_1

"Please come in."

Hearing a knock at the door, Secretary Wen Ruohan, working at her desk near the entrance, busied herself with her tasks while letting the visitor in.

The ones who came in were several students majoring in Game Design at Mist City Arts and Science University.

Wen Ruohan recognized these students. If she wasn’t mistaken, Principal Ding should have had a conversation with them before.

"Secretary Wen."

As soon as Pei Gou entered, he greeted Wen Ruohan with a smile.

Seeing that Principal Ding was discussing matters with Director Qi Chunsheng of the Academic Affairs Office, Pei Gou and his friends didn’t dare to interrupt.

Pei Gou came today with two others, mainly because they had some news for Principal Ding.

The other two students were Pei Gou’s right-hand men, Liu Lang and Zhang Tianming. They, along with Pei Gou, had taken on the task to develop the game major when Principal Ding gave them a sum of money to design a game engine.

Now, more than half a year had passed, and after days and nights of hard work, they had finally completed the creation of the game engine yesterday.

What they didn’t know was that, in addition to Principal Ding’s financial support, their ability to create this game engine was also attributed to a cheat code for [Advanced Game Engine Manufacturing Technology] that Principal Ding had given them.

"You guys sit first, would you like some tea?"

Seeing that Principal Ding and Director Qi Chunsheng were still in discussion, Wen Ruohan let Pei Gou, Liu Lang, and Zhang Tianming sit down and wait for a while.

After all, the tasks Principal Ding has to deal with must be handled one by one. The importance of the secretary’s position at this time is evident. Wen Ruohan needs to get all the work done for Principal Ding.

"No need, thank you, Secretary Wen." Pei Gou shook his head.

Liu Lang and Zhang Tianming followed suit and shook their heads too.

On the other side, Ding Yue, who was in a discussion about this year’s recruitment reform plan with Director Qi Chunsheng, noticed the arrival of the students from the game design major. As their discussion was about to conclude, he gave Qi Chunsheng a few last words of advice.

"Well, Principal Ding, I’ll go back and get started on the recruitment plan right away, striving to achieve the recruitment targets you have set for this year." Qi Chunsheng said, standing up from the chair in front of Principal Ding’s desk.

"Good, thank you for your hard work."

Ding Yue just nodded a little.

Qi Chunsheng then turned around and left the room.

After Director Qi Chunsheng left, Pei Gou and the others dared not approach Principal Ding without being summoned.

They had to wait for Principal Ding to call them because there might still be other matters on Principal Ding’s work schedule.

"Pei Gou, right?"

After watching Director Qi Chunsheng leave, Ding Yue turned his attention to Pei Gou, Liu Lang, and Zhang Tianming sitting on the sofa.

"Yes, yes, Principal Ding, it’s me. You remember me." Pei Gou hastened to nod when Principal Ding called his name.

Ding Yue then looked at the two students beside Pei Gou. He had probably met them before, but he had seen so many students that he could not remember their names immediately, "And you two are..."

"Principal Ding, my name is Liu Lang."

"Yes, yes, Liu Lang, and if I’m not mistaken, the other one is Zhang Tianming, right?" As soon as Ding Yue heard the name Liu Lang, he suddenly recalled that the other student was probably named Zhang Tianming.

"Principal Ding, you remember me too. I’m glad." Zhang Tianming nodded happily.

"The last time... was more than half a year ago, right? Last year, your game design major requested a sum of funding from the school, and I asked you to design a game engine. So, did you suddenly come to me today because the creation of the game engine has yielded results?"

Ding Yue didn’t need to guess to know why Pei Gou and the others had come to see him.

Most likely, they came to inform him about the progress of the game engine creation, after all, there were hints of joy on their faces.

It couldn’t be that they had made significant progress in the game engine creation, ran out of money, and came to ask for more, could it?

If Ding Yue remembered correctly, he allotted enough funding for the creation of the game engine to Pei Gou and the others the last time.

"Yes! Yes!"

As Ding Yue had predicted, Pei Gou excitedly nodded, "Yes, Principal Ding, we have completed the game engine. It took us more than half a year, and we worked overtime every day. It was an enormous project!"

"You’ve worked hard. I can tell. Each of you looks more haggard than the last time I saw you, bearing signs of fatigue."

Ding Yue wanted to mention this earlier. It appeared that Pei Gou had visibly lost some weight.

This was likely a clear sign of their hard work in creating the game engine for more than half a year. However, as long as they have finally made it, Ding Yue was interested to see if there was anything special about the game engine that Pei Gou and the others had created.

By rights, there should be something unique about it. After all, he had granted them the BUFF effect of the [Advanced Game Engine Manufacturing Technology] and provided sufficient funding.

At the very least, the game engine should be comparable to Unreal Engine 4 or be close to Unreal Engine 5, right?

Unreal Engine 4 is the production engine for the vast majority of AAA titles in the current market, while Unreal Engine 5 is an even more powerful product that can be considered a next-generation game engine.

The graphics produced by Unreal Engine 5 can sometimes make people wonder whether they are looking at a real-world image or computer graphics, a feat Unreal Engine 4 cannot achieve.

Although the games produced by Unreal Engine 4 also have a high level of immersion, it is easy to tell at a glance that they are computer graphics, not real-world images.

"It’s not hard, not hard at all. After our team created this product, we couldn’t express how happy we were!"

Pei Gou shook his head repeatedly, saying in excitement.

The faces of Liu Lang and Zhang Tianming were also full of excitement, which showed just how much they loved gaming.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have chosen to major in game design when he first came to Mist City Arts and Science University.

Perhaps many young people have the idea of designing a "perfect game" of their own, but Pei Gou, Liu Lang, Zhang Tianming, and the others have already begun to put these thoughts into action.

"So, has the game engine you’ve made been completed?" Ding Yue asked with a smile.

Pei Gou excitedly nodded his head and replied, "Yes Principal Ding, it was completed last night and we originally wanted to tell you then, but we didn’t want to disturb you so we decided to come today."

"Ah, I see, you are here to take me to see your work, right?" Ding Yue said with his usual warm smile.

"Yes, Principal Ding, you said before that if we could construct a game engine that satisfied you, then you would heavily invest in us."

This was spoken with great anticipation by Liu Lang.

No matter how skilled Pei Gou, Liu Lang, or Zhang Tianming were, or how well they did in their game design studies.

If they don’t have someone like Principal Ding behind them to fund their work, they are likely to end up working as game designers for some big company after they graduate.

And if that’s the case, then the dream of designing a perfect game may never come true.

But Principal Ding might be able to make this dream come true.

Principal Ding had previously promised that if they could make a game engine he was very satisfied with, he would fully support Mist City Arts and Science University’s game design program.

As long as he fully supports game design, that essentially means he fully supports Pei Gou and Liu Lang, and the rest of their team.

After all, there was the example of Feiyue Animation Studio. In that case, Principal Ding invested the capital and let everyone at Feiyue Animation Studio utilize their strengths to produce remarkable animations and comics.

And that’s exactly what Pei Gou wants to realize himself, Principal Ding providing the funds for him to create a game design studio with his team, and together they joyfully design a fun game for the sake of their dreams!

Ding Yue seems to have caught onto some of their expectations and chuckled, "That’s right. If your game engine meets my satisfaction, I’m happy to congratulate you on qualifying to join Feiyue Group."

"Really!"

Pei Gou, Liu Lang, and Zhang Tianming asked excitedly.

All the students at Mist City Arts and Science University are aware of Principal Ding’s Feiyue Group as it’s the most potent financial backing behind the university after all!

Moreover, because of excellent "graduates" such as Tong Yihang and Liu Tiefei, many students take pride in being able to work for Feiyue Group!

"Of course, because if you can make a game engine that satisfies me, it means you are talented."

Ding Yue shrugged off and told the three, "Feiyue Group, the financial backing of Mist City Arts and Science University, needs every capable student like you!"

When they heard Principal Ding say this, Pei Gou and the others were secretly thrilled!

Being able to join Principal Ding’s Feiyue Group means that they are not far from realizing their dreams, it represents a wide-open stage where they can showcase their talents, realizing their vision of "free as a bird, unfettered as a fish."

"Well."

After finishing his thought, Ding Yue shrugged slightly and stood up from his office chair, saying, "Let’s go. Show me your hard work from the past six months."

"Alright."

Pei Gou was pleased and also stood up from the couch, then quickly led Principal Ding to their temporary studio.

"Principal Ding, should I come along?"

Secretary Wen Ruohan saw that Principal Ding was about to see the student game engine project and wanted to go as well.

"If you’d like, you can come along with me," said Ding Yue nonchalantly.

"Hee hee, okay."

As soon as the words fell, Wen Ruohan hurriedly followed Principal Ding, meanwhile murmuring, "Don’t worry Principal Ding, I won’t delay handling other matters."

"That’s impressive, Secretary Little Wen, your work efficiency has been increasing recently." Ding Yue was quite satisfied with her performance.

Now Wen Ruohan can do things like accompanying Ding Yue on visits while dealing with other affairs.

Her progress was quite significant.

About ten minutes later, under the guidance of Pei Gou and his team, Ding Yue arrived at a teaching building of the E-sports Game College.

The game design program is conducted under the auspices of the E-sports Game College due to the close relationship between the two.

However, the game design program covers more than just Esports games.

"Principal Ding, we have a temporary studio here which was applied for by Director Jian."

Upon arriving at the temporary studio, Pei Gou briefly introduced the place.

At this point, Ding Yue noticed that there were quite a few students in the temporary studio, presumably game-related majors, and all members of Pei Gou’s team.

"Hello, Principal Ding!"

The students greeted Principal Ding cheerfully upon his arrival.

With Principal Ding’s arrival, the students thought their time to shine might be on the horizon!

"Hello, everyone."

Ding Yue greeted the students warmly.

These students were the second-tier students that Ding Yue mentioned in a conversation with Director Qi Chunsheng earlier, the backbone of the game design program.

Of course, the backbone of the game design program.