After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

The comments section above the screen was still buzzing with discussion. Many people were intrigued by the ingenious design and even asked Zhu Qinggu to show a movie tomorrow night.

That was Zhu Qinggu's plan; he intended to show movies for several days in a row.

However, they haven't decided what to show yet. There are still many people on the screen requesting that they play a suspense film or a similar, very sophisticated movie.

Zhu Qinggu thought of another movie called "The Invisible Guest," which was also incredibly exciting at the end.

After watching two suspense movies, I'll have to try something different on the third night.

As she was thinking this, Wang Mengmeng told her something: the emperor of the Song Dynasty also wanted to invite experts from later generations to talk about the Song Dynasty's economy and Wang Anshi's reforms.

What I told the Ming Dynasty last time was very useful. It not only improved the Ming government's credibility, but also taught them how to adjust paper money. I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang is now preparing to wipe out the surrounding islands, Japanese pirates, and so-and-so's old subordinates, and wants to lift the sea ban.

One reason was that they wanted to obtain copper from the island nation and also wanted to find out about the situation overseas. They didn't have to go to some distant continent, but at least they wanted to find out about their own area.

Old Zhu was studying a globe intently, looking at it whenever he had a spare moment. Recently, he seemed to have gone mad, reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas while looking at the globe. The more he looked, the more he felt that the Nine Provinces might refer to the continents of the earth.

Of course, Zhu Qinggu was unaware of what was going on with Lao Zhu. She immediately went back to listen to what the think tank was discussing.

It's already past 9 p.m., and they're still working hard, with a lot to analyze and decide.

Zhu Qinggu has noticed that new blood has been added to the think tank. The previous experts were mature and prudent, but now some middle-aged and young people have been added. It seems that it is necessary to see ideas from all age groups.

They themselves said that some of the experts were too old and they were afraid that they would not be able to keep up with the ideas of the younger generation.

When Zhu Qinggu arrived, he didn't disturb them. He simply sat in a corner and overheard them discussing Zhao Kuangyin's hiring of a lecturer.

The previous lesson on Ming Dynasty economics already provided a model.

Now it's just a matter of discussing where to arrange it, who to invite, and how to arrange the tea break and drinks.

Zhu Qinggu thought of how elegantly the adults ate last time. If it were an academic lecture or seminar in later times, everyone would be like locusts, haha, and she wouldn't have been able to grab anything.

They quickly decided who to invite, and surprisingly, one of them was a professor from Zhu Qinggu's school!

At times like these, they don't invite students based on the closeness or distance of their relationship; they rely on merit. Although Zhu Qinggu's school isn't top-tier, it's quite good in certain disciplines, such as Chinese language and literature and history.

The professor we've invited has a thorough understanding of history, economics, and especially the economy of the Song Dynasty.

I wonder what would happen if he, who has studied the economy of the Song Dynasty for so long, were to return to the Song Dynasty? Would he be surprised to find himself so close to his research material?

Anyway, Mr. Mao Hexuan and those history experts were always happy, either visiting this person or seeking advice from some great Confucian scholar.

And those who study oracle bone script are overjoyed, as if they've entered a honey pot.

Because the Tang Dynasty had not yet experienced more than a thousand years of war and displacement, it had preserved far more things than later generations.

If they were sent to the Qin Dynasty, they might be able to unearth more historical materials. Who knows if they could even go to the Shang or Zhou Dynasties in the future.

Zhu said it was possible, but they would have to wait for the system to be upgraded so that it could cover even more advanced timelines, and maybe they could even see the Upper Cave Man and the Lantian Man. Then they could go there and communicate with them directly.

Zhu Qinggu was serious. If we go further back in time, we might be able to go to the Cretaceous period or even many, many years ago.

It's just that because Zhu Qinggu is the host, the system continues to expand forward using the host's time as the anchor point. The further away from Zhu Qinggu's time is, the more energy is required, so the system didn't expand so much all at once.

Just like before, the timelines of a dynasty were limited, but now, after the upgrade, it can support more functions and more timelines.

If Zhu Qinggu could really go to the prehistoric era, he would definitely go see the dinosaurs, and he would love to taste what they tasted like.

However, Zhu Qinggu guessed that the dinosaur meat must be very tough and not very tasty.

What about dinosaur eggs? And the wild ferns back then must have been huge and delicious.

Zhu Qinggu was a little hungry; it seems that once Chinese people start talking about food, they can't stop.

The professor at their school was named Gu Wende. He was in his fifties, which wasn't too old; in fact, he was still in the prime of his research career.

Finally, the task of inviting the professor was left to Zhu Qinggu, who was also given the opportunity to travel around.

Zhu Qinggu readily agreed, as she was now a tenured employee.

"Should we barge in through the door, or just kidnap them?" Zhu Qinggu asked Bai Qin, imagining what people in TV dramas and movies would do.

"..." Bai Qin coughed. "We are not bandits."

"What about back then?"

"Xiao Qing, this is a special case for you."

After all, anyone who suddenly sends over information on the manufacturing process of special aircraft will receive a lot of attention!

"The usual process is that the project initiator, which is us, selects projects based on their needs, such as matching degree, industry reputation, or confidentiality qualifications. This step has been completed. Now we need to communicate in an informal or semi-formal way." Bai Qin is very clear about the process on this side.

"Sometimes it's through confidential emails, sometimes through face-to-face meetings. In any case, it's a brief explanation, but it can't involve confidential information. We'll test the waters first to see if he's willing to participate."

Generally speaking, those who can become professors are usually those with exceptionally strong research capabilities, so strong that they don't need to pay attention to interpersonal relationships. Otherwise, they will generally understand something.

"Then we conduct a background check and qualification assessment. Only after the review is passed will we formally issue an invitation letter, have him come to sign a confidentiality agreement, receive confidentiality training and be informed of classified information, and then gradually integrate him into the project, that is, integrate him into the confidential work environment..."

"This secrecy process is actually not that strict. The really strict ones are the super-secret projects where you don't even know if you're alive or dead, and you have to live under an assumed name."