Next, the thesis proposed the mission of creators of popular literary works in the internet age.

First was to promote positive values among ordinary citizens.

The ancients said that writing carries the Way. Every work has its inherent values. Without a core philosophy, an article lacks soul—no matter how attractive its appearance, it cannot conceal its inner emptiness.

Since every work has its inherent value orientation and will influence ordinary people, excellent works must spread positive values and resist negative ones.

If a work appears excellent on the surface but actually promotes backward or decadent values, this situation is generally referred to as “having a crooked stance.”

Because popular literary works have low barriers to entry, compact and exciting content, and target ordinary citizens or teenagers with lower cultural literacy, they often possess tremendous influence.

All the more reason why creators of popular literary works must recognize their responsibility and strive to write works with positive significance.

Second was to satisfy people’s spiritual entertainment needs.

Although positive values should be transmitted, this transmission cannot degenerate into empty preaching but must satisfy people’s spiritual entertainment needs, educating through entertainment.

Popular literary works are first and foremost works that the masses enjoy, and the prerequisite for enjoyment is satisfying people’s spiritual entertainment needs.

For creators, they cannot forget the inherent value of literary works, nor can they ignore the form of expression.

Whatever form is most easily accepted by ordinary people and most likely to evoke widespread response is what should be adopted.

Third was to explore literary creation theories and patterns for the new era, and form guidance from them.

In the internet age, the innovation, improvement, and advancement of popular cultural works cannot be separated from the efforts of numerous creative individuals.

These creators may become confused and lost. Many have the ambition to create good works but lack the corresponding creative theories and techniques.

Therefore, as creators of popular literary works, they cannot isolate themselves but must share these theories with others as much as possible, thereby promoting the overall advancement of domestic popular literary works, allowing more and more excellent works to emerge, thus forming an atmosphere where a hundred schools of thought contend.

The thesis then continued by analyzing all the above theories in combination with specific projects from Tenda Group.

So far, Tenda Group had achieved certain accomplishments in many fields such as games, movies, novels, and more. Many works were deeply popular, and these works basically all conformed to the conditions and patterns mentioned in the thesis.

Originally, when reading these theories, they already seemed very reasonable, but when combined with actual cases, they immediately became even more indisputable.

In the eyes of Yu Fei, Cui Geng, and others, they couldn’t help but applaud this thesis.

Yu Fei excitedly said, “As expected of Mr. Pei, well said!”

“But why do I feel that much of the content here is similar to your previous speech at the online writers’ inspiration class?”

Cui Geng hurriedly corrected him: “That kind of statement is very dangerous! Old Yu, you’re not trying to dampen my praise, are you?”

“From the way you’re talking, it sounds like you’re suggesting Mr. Pei wrote this thesis after seeing my speech?”

“That it resembles my speech is normal. After all, my speech was written by summarizing Mr. Pei’s creative thinking.”

“Now that Mr. Pei has personally summarized his creative thinking, there are some commonalities with what I summarized—what’s strange about that? They come from the same source, the same content.”

“Moreover, Mr. Pei’s summary is much more comprehensive and detailed than mine.”

“This thesis can perfectly reflect Mr. Pei’s academic level, which I think can be described in eight words.”

Yu Fei asked with a smile, “Oh, which eight words?”

Cui Geng confidently replied: “Applying knowledge practically, blazing new trails!”

“Look how Mr. Pei used some professional theoretical knowledge in this thesis, but only the most fundamental parts. This shows that Mr. Pei still focuses on drawing nourishment from past theories rather than building castles in the air.”

“Mr. Pei barely passed his classes because he was busy with work and didn’t have much time to attend lectures. But even so, he still seized every opportunity to study and absorb theoretical knowledge from textbooks.”

“This shows that for Mr. Pei, the score itself isn’t important because he’s not pursuing a specific grade—Mr. Pei is pursuing how much knowledge he gains.”

“Moreover, Mr. Pei wasn’t satisfied with just acquiring knowledge. He stood at a higher perspective to analyze current hot issues, using these theories to solve the contradictions faced in creating popular literary works in reality, and truly conveying his thoughts through one work after another.”

“Therefore, this thesis answers all of Zheng Hao’s doubts about Mr. Pei.”

“Zheng Hao questioned why Mr. Pei barely passed all his subjects. This is because Mr. Pei was busy with work and didn’t have much time to study. Besides, he doesn’t care about specific scores but focuses on learning the parts that are truly useful to him.”

“Zheng Hao questioned why Mr. Pei never appears in public to express his thoughts. This is because Mr. Pei has always been a practical and humble person. Being practical, he puts all his energy into projects and real work rather than empty talk. Being humble, Mr. Pei doesn’t like to frequently express his thoughts and only reveals some when forced to, like when writing a thesis.”

“Zheng Hao accused Mr. Pei of not possibly being a polymath who knows and can do everything. In fact, Mr. Pei never proclaimed this, but from this thesis we can see that the reason Mr. Pei seems to know and be capable of everything is because he has mastered scientific creative theories grounded in the people.”

“It’s precisely because of this that each of his works can evoke widespread response and resonance, and achieve success.”

“So, when Zheng Hao challenged Mr. Pei to a public debate, Mr. Pei naturally wouldn’t accept because it would only be a waste of time.”

“With the level of this graduation thesis, what does Zheng Hao have to debate with Mr. Pei? Their levels of thinking aren’t even in the same realm.”

Yu Fei was still worried: “The thesis is indeed well-written, but those people can still forcibly find fault with it, or simply question whether this article was ghostwritten.”

Cui Geng smiled and shook his head: “They won’t.”

“The characteristic of this thesis is that it’s difficult to challenge. Its arguments are solid, it adopts the most basic theories, and most importantly, it has been verified by numerous empirical case studies. Refuting this thesis is equivalent to refuting all of Tenda’s successful cases.”

“And refuting these cases is equivalent to denying the tastes and preferences of ordinary people—equivalent to being enemies of ordinary citizens. Wouldn’t that be isolating themselves from the masses?”

“It can’t be refuted theoretically or emotionally—they won’t find any breakthrough point.”

“As for questioning whether this article was ghostwritten, that stance is even more untenable.”

“First, looking at the overall writing style and level of this article, it’s at the level expected of an undergraduate student—this would be very difficult to fake.”

“And to thoroughly understand all these successful Tenda projects would require a large amount of internal information.”

“If Mr. Pei had it ghostwritten, it would mean he found someone his own age who thoroughly understands all Tenda projects and is even perfectly clear about the connotations and creative intentions of these projects.”

“Is there a suitable candidate?”

Yu Fei thought for a moment and said, “Uh… Mr. Ma?”

Cui Geng almost spat out a mouthful of water: “No, no, no! Mr. Ma hasn’t participated in every project, and moreover, Mr. Ma has differences in capabilities compared to Mr. Pei. He’s Mr. Pei’s right-hand man, an excellent executor, but definitely not a good theoretical architect.”

“Furthermore, Mr. Ma has his own thesis, and comparing the two theses, it’s obvious they weren’t written by the same person.”

“From all perspectives, only Mr. Pei himself meets these conditions—there’s absolutely no need for forgery.”

“Moreover, the powerful statement at the end of the thesis is definitely not something others could write—it must be personally written by Mr. Pei.”

Yu Fei nodded; this statement was indeed indisputable.

At the end of the thesis, Mr. Pei had deliberately added: “The theories referenced in this article are relatively simple and basic knowledge. Due to the short completion time and insufficient preparation, they have not been directly cited in the thesis. If there are any improprieties, please understand; if there are any errors, please don’t hesitate to correct them.”

If Mr. Pei had really hired someone to ghostwrite, what would be the point of the ghostwriter adding this statement?

Moreover, a ghostwriter would certainly clearly mark all the reference data—how could they complete 90% of the work but not finish the final 10% properly?

Therefore, this must have been personally written by Mr. Pei. Due to time constraints, Mr. Pei hadn’t had time to match and cite all the theories one by one, but the overall content was fine.

Professor Kong probably didn’t send the thesis back for rewriting for this very reason.

And while this statement seemed very humble, it was like Mr. Pei himself—showing a hint of pride within humility.

Would someone as proud as Mr. Pei pay attention to the persistent badgering of Zhengju Takeout CEO Zheng Hao?

Of course not!

In Mr. Pei’s view, Zhengju Takeout at best could only be benchmarked against Slackin’ Takeout, and having Rui Yuchen come forward to explain was already quite generous.

Having Mr. Pei appear for a debate in person? Sorry, Zheng Hao simply didn’t have that qualification!

Mr. Pei would only spend his time on the most valuable and meaningful things.

Yu Fei thought of another question and asked, “Hey, something else doesn’t add up. If Mr. Pei barely passes his exams with 60 points and doesn’t waste time on meaningless things, then why would he write a thesis of this caliber? Couldn’t he have just written something simple to achieve the goal of graduation?”

Cui Geng shook his head: “Do you think this is just an ordinary undergraduate graduation thesis? Do you think Mr. Pei’s purpose for writing it was merely to graduate smoothly?”

“Of course not!”

“Obviously, Mr. Pei felt this was a good opportunity to organize the theories he learned in college, systematically articulate his own theories, and provide guidance and suggestions for the industry.”

“Whether for ordinary novelists like us, film directors and screenwriters at Tianhuo Studio, or designers in Tenda’s gaming department, this is an excellent guiding framework.”

“It’s not just a summary of Mr. Pei’s college knowledge, but also a summary of his experience in establishing Tenda Group and creating literary works through it.”

“This thesis deserves to be thoroughly studied by all popular literary creators to guide their creative direction!”