Disappointment

This time, Zhang Yi entered the system intending to hire another scholar in the Electrical Industry from the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System. After all, building a production line required more than just machining software; installing wiring, motors, and the like also came with major demands. Furthermore, Zhang Yi's factory still did not have an electrician, so he needed someone who could ensure the factory's electrical safety.

With those requirements in mind, Zhang Yi planned to hire an electrical scholar this time. Of course, a mechatronics scholar would have been best, but at his current level, he simply could not hire one. Mechatronics involved more than one category, and he would have to wait until his system reached the Elementary Intermediate level before he could hire one.

After Zhang Yi opened the Electrical Engineering category in the system, he found that aside from the scholars' different classifications, it was much the same as the previous two categories.

For example, there was the introduction for the Nimblehand Race.

Race name: Nimblehand Race.

Scholar level: Elementary Beginner Electrical Engineering Scholar.

Height: 155–180.

Weight: 50–70.

Combat power: 5–7.

Hiring cost: 130–180.

Racial talent: Weak Current Construction.

System evaluation: They possessed exceptionally strong talent in Weak Current Construction and also had a certain degree of combat ability.

Zhang Yi carefully examined the Electrical Engineering scholars in the system and discovered that Elementary Beginner scholars in electrical construction were far cheaper to hire than scholars from other categories. The cheapest Electrical Engineering scholars only cost a little over a hundred Scholar Coins, while even the most expensive ones cost no more than two hundred Scholar Coins.

This time, Zhang Yi still intended to choose a scholar with a middling price rather than the cheapest one. After looking through the options, he finally settled on a Human Red Alert Trainee Engineer in Electrical Engineering. In fact, when hiring scholars from other fields before this, Zhang Yi had long wanted to hire a Red Alert Trainee Engineer.

However, Red Alert Engineers from other categories had simply been too expensive for Zhang Yi to afford, so he could only give up for the time being. But Red Alert Engineers in this category were different. Although they were much more expensive than the other races in the Electrical Engineering category, they were still within Zhang Yi's means. Thus, he ultimately chose an electrical scholar named Zhao Feng among the Red Alert Trainee Engineers.

Race name: Human.

Scholar name: Zhao Feng, "Red Alert Trainee Electrical Engineer."

Scholar type: Electrical Engineering.

Scholar level: Elementary Beginner.

Height: 172.

Weight: 64.

Combat power: 12.

Hiring cost: 160.

Talent: Possessed a certain talent for Electrical Engineering.

Evaluation: Received a good education and rigorous military training.

However, because he had previously hired scholars in industrial software, Zhang Yi had fewer than one hundred Scholar Coins left. So, he spent another three hundred thousand to exchange for one hundred Scholar Coins from the system, finally allowing him to hire the scholar he had chosen.

"Boss! Red Alert Trainee Engineer Zhao Feng has been assigned by my superiors to report for duty!" As soon as Zhao Feng was teleported over, he announced loudly. After speaking, he stood ramrod straight before Zhang Yi without another word, looking at him and waiting for his orders.

As expected of a scholar who had undergone rigorous military training. One glance at Zhao Feng was enough to tell Zhang Yi that he had definitely come from the military.

"All right, go find Xiao Hua from the Product Research and Development Department first. Have her arrange work for you. If you need any tools, tell Xiao Hua, and I'll arrange for someone to buy them," Zhang Yi said after thinking for a moment.

"Yes!" He did not waste any more words. He simply turned and walked out, giving Zhang Yi a salute before he left.

Watching him leave, Zhang Yi turned back speechlessly to look at Jia Qing of the Big Head Race, who was operating the computer. The two people he had hired this time could not have been more different. Jia Qing of the Big Head Race was frail and weak, while Zhao Feng, having received strict military training, had muscles all over his body. Zhang Yi could tell his combat power was definitely nothing to scoff at. He even had the feeling that, if it truly came down to a fight to the death, perhaps ten of him would not be Zhao Feng's match.

"Boss! It's done. Give it a try. I've replaced the system on this computer with one programmed in Common Language. Boss, see if you can feel the difference," Jia Qing said, snapping Zhang Yi back to his senses.

"Okay!" Zhang Yi returned to the desk and sat down, beginning to operate the computer. He did not know much about computers, only using them for typing and playing games now and then. Even so, he could tell that both the computer's response speed and internet speed had become much faster. His thoughts immediately became active again. Could he release this system and make money from it?

At that moment, perhaps sensing Zhang Yi's thoughts, Jia Qing spoke again. "Boss, although I replaced this computer's system with one written in Common Language, because of the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System's rules, this system can only be used on a single computer and cannot be copied. Also, it can only run software programmed in the same language. Binary software from your world cannot run on this system."

Jia Qing's words instantly crushed Zhang Yi's idea, but he still refused to give up. "Jia Qing! If I asked you to develop such a system, one that could run most software from our world, how long would it take? I mean a system that could be promoted to the public, preferably with performance close to this one. Even if it can't match it, it can't be much worse."

Zhang Yi's words left Jia Qing speechless and made him somewhat regret showing off this system. Still, he said, "Boss! Do you know how difficult it is to develop an operating system? It is absolutely impossible for me to develop such a system alone. Even though I am very familiar with Common Language programming and have some understanding of Common Language systems, it is still impossible. Even higher-level scholars in the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System would need at least eight to ten years to develop such a system alone. So, Boss, don't think about this for now. If you insist on developing it, then forgive my inability. I can only resign, because this is simply beyond my capabilities."

"Of course, if you hire dozens or even hundreds of Elementary scholars like me from the system, it would not be impossible."

After hearing Jia Qing's words, Zhang Yi could only give up. He had merely mentioned it in passing; who would have thought Jia Qing would react so strongly? Was that really necessary? Hiring dozens or hundreds of Computer System scholars to develop an operating system would mean Zhang Yi had gone mad. Even if he sold himself, he could not afford to hire that many scholars. Besides, computer software scholars were among the most expensive scholars in the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System.

Moreover, Zhang Yi knew that the industrial software scholars he had hired were more inclined toward developing various types of industrial software rather than other software, such as personal Computer Systems. If he truly made them do that, the results would definitely be twice the effort for half the result.

Although Zhang Yi could only temporarily give up on developing a computer system, since his Multiverse Scholar Hiring System was simply too low-level right now, he would definitely develop this kind of system once its level became higher in the future. But if he could not develop a computer system, perhaps Jia Qing could develop a system for a CNC Machine instead.