Zhi Xue

Thinking this, Han Yang directly pulled out his phone and dialed Zhang Dong's number.

"Hello, Professor Zhang, this is Little Han..."

In a professor's office at Yunshan University, Zhang Dong was discussing some issues with several members of the advisory group, looking at the list Han Yang had submitted.

During this time, Zhang Dong's life could be said to be quite comfortable. On one hand, he was receiving his university professor's salary, and on the other, he was getting extra income from Han Yang.

After forming the advisory group, Zhang Dong's efficiency in solving Han Yang's problems improved significantly. Usually, after class each day, they would gather together, brainstorm collectively, and could come up with all the answers within about an hour of discussion.

This hour of mental effort, in return, brought in an average monthly income of over ten thousand yuan.

With money in hand, his treatment at home was different. His wife's smiles gradually increased, and the family atmosphere became much more harmonious.

This time, receiving a call from Han Yang, Zhang Dong was very enthusiastic: "Manager Han, what's up?"

"It's like this, our company's boss, hehe, wants to set up an online learning website. Professor Zhang, you are an expert in computer hardware, and the rest of the advisory group are also university lecturers. On behalf of our boss, I'd like to invite you to be among the first to join this website, offer some live courses, and produce some course videos."

Zhang Dong was full of questions: "Isn't your company developing a game? Why are you making a website now?"

Han Yang pretended to be full of complaints: "Our boss is a rich second generation, he gets an idea and runs with it when he's in the mood. Anyway, he has money, so he's just spending it."

"What about the game side..."

"It's not affected, development continues. It's still the same as before, I submit questions every day, and you just answer them every day."

Knowing that his previous income would not be affected, Zhang Dong felt relieved: "Joining the website is no problem, but what kind of courses will be live-streamed?"

"Our boss hopes to create a systematic learning website, where one can start from the basics and gradually and completely grasp the entire knowledge framework. Initially, we plan to offer complete courses in hardware aspects such as Circuit Principles, Digital Electronics, Signals and Systems, System Principles, etc. As for the depth, we'll start with the equivalent of a university master's level, and later improve upon the undergraduate and doctoral stages."

After such a long period of self-study, Han Yang self-assessed that his current knowledge of computer hardware was equivalent to the undergraduate level of a computer hardware major.

He had also grasped some knowledge at the graduate level, but it was fragmented and not systematic. It would be best to start from scratch and learn it completely and systematically.

Zhang Dong's spirits lifted: "I'm familiar with this area, no problem. There are currently five people in the advisory group, and any one of us can teach. How about this, five courses, one for each of us. It's just... does the website have users?"

Han Yang heard the implied meaning in Zhang Dong's words.

No users, where would the viewership come from? No viewership, where would the money come from?

You can't expect me to work for free, right?

"Don't worry about that," Han Yang explained enthusiastically. "Our website is currently in the preparation stage, with no promotion, only some internal test users. But it doesn't matter, at this stage, our website doesn't charge based on viewership, but rather on a customized basis. That is, we customize courses from you and pay directly."

Zhang Dong felt relieved: "Okay."

"Computer hardware is also a very large field, and there are hundreds of sub-disciplines within it. Each discipline can be taught. After teaching the first stage, you can also advance and teach more in-depth later, preferably covering all the knowledge of the entire discipline. Anyway, our boss has money, no need to save it for him."

Zhang Dong chuckled twice.

"There's just one thing I need to make clear to you in advance."

Han Yang pretended to be a little embarrassed: "Our boss, he gets an idea and runs with it. I don't know how long this will last. So... Professor Zhang, you need to be quick in producing the courses."

Zhang Dong's heart sank.

Now there was a customized procurement plan, and the courses could be sold for money once they were made. If the rich second-generation boss lost interest, they wouldn't be able to sell for money.

He really had to be quick.

"I understand, I'll start preparing tonight when I get back."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Dong told the other four colleagues in the advisory group about the matter, and they all became excited.

During this time, with this extra income, everyone's life was going well. Now that there was an opportunity to earn more, who wouldn't want it?

After finishing today's discussion, Zhang Dong hurried home and immediately began preparing lessons. When his wife heard that there was another way to make money, she immediately left the study, and even the sound of cooking became much quieter, mainly showing silent support and clearing away all her husband's worries.

The next evening, using the invitation code Han Yang gave him, Zhang Dong registered an account on Zhi Xue Web and started his first live course.

A small blackboard hung on the study wall, and a mobile phone was placed on the desk. Zhang Dong cleared his throat and said, "Today we begin the first lesson of the graduate level computer circuit principles..."

He glanced at the live stream room and saw that the number of viewers had already exceeded one hundred.

This surprised Zhang Dong: "There are quite a few users."

Fuxing Base. Han Yang's computing power was connected to Zhi Xue Web's cloud server through a relay, and he controlled over a hundred dummy accounts to listen attentively.

Sometimes a ding-dong sound would ring in the live stream room, which meant a user had chosen to pay for a question. At this point, Zhang Dong would stop and ask, "Student, what is your question?"

Han Yang would then control one of the accounts and say, "Teacher, there's something you said earlier that I don't quite understand, regarding this PNP junction..."

Fifty minutes passed, and the class ended successfully. The video of this class was also saved and could be watched repeatedly by later viewers. However, with the recording, there was no question-and-answer function.

After Zhang Dong, the other teachers also started their live courses one after another. Han Yang didn't miss any, operating over 100 accounts for each to listen attentively. Of course, only one of these accounts was personally operated by Han Yang, and all the other accounts were just zombie accounts.

After the classes ended, several teachers sighed: "Online teaching, and the classroom atmosphere is so good, much better than in reality, it's more energetic to teach."

What made the five teachers even happier was that shortly after the first class ended, Han Yang called directly to inform them that the course quality was very high and had passed the review, and would be purchased at a price of 400 yuan per class. If the playback revenue exceeded the fixed purchase price later, there would also be a share of the income.

At a rate of one class per day, that would be 12,000 yuan a month, which was slightly higher than the income from being an advisor before.

This made them even more energetic when teaching.

On this day, Han Yang studied five classes, simultaneously studying four courses at the peak, feeling relaxed and not feeling any pressure at all.

But...

"It's too slow, too slow. I need to find more teachers and open more courses. Time cannot be wasted."