Chapter 187 The blood in the chest is not cold (7.8K)
Ding--
As a prompt sounded.
The elevator stopped steadily on the eighth floor.
After a while.
The elevator door opened, and Xiaorong led Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing out of it.
Then the three of them walked to the door of a room with the house number '803', and Xiaorong opened the electronic door through fingerprint unlocking.
"Ayuan, a guest is here. Go and make some cups of tea."
After entering the house, Xiaorong first said something to someone in the house, and then made a gesture of invitation to Xu Yun and the other two:
"You two, this is my home. Please feel free to relax and don't be too restrained. Your slippers are by the door."
Xu Yun nodded towards Xiaorong and followed Gu Qunqing into the entrance hall.
While putting on my slippers, I also started to look at the room.
Although due to the visual field, it is still difficult for him to judge the total area of the house.
But judging from the size of the living room and the layout of the aisles, the area should not be less than 150 square meters.
To know.
This is the Oriental Wende Plaza in Yangcheng.
The apartments in this area basically cost more than 100,000 yuan per square meter, and some even exceed 150,000 yuan.
Being able to have a house here is enough to show how strong Xiaorong's financial resources are.
But if you think about it carefully, this is normal.
After all, hackers in the early days of the Internet were not common; they only happen once in a thousand days.
Hackers at that time could easily complete the initial accumulation of capital, whether they were working black or gray.
For example, Vantao's Huaying, Green League and Black Base.
These are said to be non-profit red hacker organizations, but they actually did a lot of defense business in the early years.
It is precisely because of this that the official took action against the lonely swordsman and the dog monster Black Base:
At that time, Dugu Swordsman was arrested very suddenly, but later as the news was revealed, we learned that in fact, as early as 2008, there were official people who joined the Heiji forum as students for learning and exchange.
At that time, the monthly turnover of the entire black base forum was probably close to 2 million, and the leading hackers could probably make tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a month.
To know.
That was a monthly income of more than 100,000 yuan from 2006 to 2008. You can think about the concept - at that time, the house prices in many small counties were only 2,000 yuan per square meter.
The leader of a single forum is like this, let alone a top fan like Xiaorong in the circle.
According to another Qiufengguiye who was recruited, their income during the years when they disappeared was more than what they earned outside.
Those red hackers who were once famous on the Internet but later disappeared basically took the path of recruitment.
After entering the house.
Xiaorong led Xu Yun and Xu Yun to the classroom sofa and politely asked them to sit down.
Soon, a woman came over carrying tea and a fruit plate.
The woman looks younger than Xiaorong. She is not particularly beautiful but has a good foundation. She doesn't wear much makeup at home and gives people a very virtuous impression.
Xiaorong took the fruit plate from the woman's hand and said to Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing:
"Let me introduce you. This is my wife Lin Siyuan. She used to be a Hongke enthusiast."
"Of course, Ayuan's level is not very high and she is not well-known in the circle, but she knows everything about me."
Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing quickly stood up and said in unison:
"Hello, sister-in-law."
Lin Siyuan smiled and said hello to them, then said goodbye in a sensible manner and left.
After his wife leaves.
Xiaorong pointed to a family photo on the wall. In addition to Xiaorong and his wife, there were two young people, a man and a woman:
"Ayuan is 9 years younger than me. She and I only got married in 2006, so our children are not very young either."
"The boy in the photo is the elder brother, who is now in his second year of high school. The girl is the younger sister, who is now in the first year of junior high school."
"It's lucky to say that the brother and sister inherited A Yuan's smart mind and performed pretty well in school."
When Xu Yun heard this, he couldn't help but look at Gu Qunqing.
Xiaorong's words are not so much introducing her family as they are expressing another meaning:
At this critical moment when the children are studying, the husband and wife are harmonious, and the income is stable, there is no reason to go to other places to make money.
So if you don’t have that kind of hard power, you’d better avoid talking.
Let's just meet and chat as friends, and stay home for a meal, so as not to lose face when the time comes.
Seeing this, Xu Yun couldn't help but look at Gu Qunqing:
It seems that I have been looked down upon.
When Gu Qunqing contacted Xiaorong before, he simply mentioned Xu Yun's PhD status and did not express his intention to poach people.
On the surface, he just said that he had just returned to China and wanted to see Big Brother Yunyun, so he made an appointment.
This approach is also the norm in shopping malls.
When many headhunting companies are poaching, no matter how powerful the employer is, they will not inform the other party of their intentions online.
After all, there is often room for relaxation when talking in person, but online there is only dry text.
Ever since I appeared on Tianfu’s Internet Security Forum in 2016, companies have been swaying their hoe over the years, and Xiaorong is no longer surprised by this.
Therefore, he could roughly guess the purpose of Xu Yun's arrival, but he did not know much about the type and size of the other party's company.
Xu Yun pretended not to understand Xiaorong's subtext. He winked at Gu Qunqing. Gu Qunqing immediately understood and took the initiative to say:
"Brother Rong, by the way, why did you come to settle here in Yangcheng? I remember when we parted ways in Hongqiao in 2015, you seemed to have said you were going back to Maoming, right?"
Xiaorong shook her head when she heard this, moved her chin towards the bedroom, and said:
"There is still a gap between Maoming's education level and that of big cities. A good educational environment is really important these days."
"In addition, A-Yuan's father has a bad heart, and because of those years, I was able to freely choose where to settle without having to worry about points."
"It is said that Guangzhou has good Feng Shui. At the same time, Guangdong Province has a developed dietary supplement culture, and its dining habits are very suitable for nourishing the body."
"So A-Yuan and I decided to settle down in Yangcheng. To put it simply, the Feng Shui in Yangcheng can nourish people."
Gu Qunqing took the initiative to pour a glass of water for Xiaorong and said:
"Brother Rong has a good vision. The Feng Shui in Yangcheng is indeed good. It is said that Zhenhai Tower has a thousand-year Feng Shui eye, right?"
"But when it comes to Feng Shui, I am reminded of a meme on the Internet."
Xiaorong glanced at him and asked:
"What's the plot?"
Gu Qunqing secretly glanced at Xu Yun and said:
"It is said on the Internet that the Feng Shui in Yangcheng nourishes all things, so it not only raises people, but also raises various insects in Yangcheng, such as mosquitoes, such as...cockroaches."
After he finished speaking, he paused and added knowingly:
"Brother Rong, are there really as many cockroaches in Yangcheng as what is said on the Internet?"
Hear the word cockroach.
Xiao Rong's face suddenly froze, and a trace of disgust and helplessness flashed through her eyes.
He sighed quietly and said:
"How many? There are more than just cockroaches in Guangcheng. Have you ever heard of the American cockroach? They are all big guys about four to five centimeters."
“Every summer, Yuexiu District organizes cockroach eradication, and it is a hot topic every time, but it is never completely effective.”
"These guys are not afraid of people. They like to jump on your face. They look like more masters than you."
After speaking, he was silent for a moment, then stood up and waved:
"Hearing is in vain and seeing is believing. Come with me."
Xu Yun and the two followed obediently.
The three of them walked through the living room and quickly arrived outside the kitchen.
The kitchen of Xiaorong's house is not an open structure like many apartments. Instead, it occupies a large area of several square meters. There is a pull-up glass door between it and the living room.
With a large area, the kitchen environment is naturally much more complicated.
Then Xiaorong walked into the kitchen and pointed to the tiles behind the stove:
"Look here."
Xu Yun followed the trend and went there.
Xiaorong's stove is an integrated stove, and there is about twenty centimeters between the kitchen utensils and the tiles.
I saw that this originally smooth tile wall was now covered with a large number of...
Cockroach poop.
That's right, cockroach poop.
Like the American cockroach, this thing is also an old trick.
introduced previously.
Wherever there is cockroach droppings, there will definitely be cockroaches, and the higher the density of cockroach droppings, the greater the number of cockroaches.
Then Xiaorong pointed to this dark place and said:
"Xiao Xu, Ultramarine, guess how long it took for this cockroach poop to accumulate?"
Gu Qunqing stepped forward and observed for a moment. He was also an experienced cockroach hater, so he quickly replied:
"I guess...a week?"
"One week?"
A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Xiaorong's mouth - this sarcasm was not directed at Gu Qunqing, but at the cockroach:
"A-Yuan is a very clean person. She would never allow cockroach droppings to exist in the cooking area for a week."
"To tell you the truth, one of my friend's children got married last night, and we didn't have dinner at home. This is what we accumulated in a day and a half."
While talking.
In a dark corner of the kitchen, a pair of black tentacles suddenly stretched out, swaying slightly in the air.
After a while.
A cockroach about four centimeters in size emerged from the pipe opening with its head peeping out.
It and Xu Yun looked at each other, and then swaggered along the edge of the kitchen.
And the irony is...
Just on the road where this cockroach passed, there was a cockroach trap box placed.
Seeing this, Xiao Rong sighed, spread her heads, shook her head and said:
"Look, how do you say the perfect human-cockroach symbiosis?"
"Oh, Yangcheng cockroaches are very worried about you when you go out."
Xu Yun:
"..."
At this moment.
Gu Qunqing on the side suddenly looked at Xu Yun and said:
"Dr. Xu, don't you seize such a good opportunity? You may not be able to meet such a good actor next time."
Xiaorong turned her head when she heard this, looked Xu Yun up and down, then shook her head and said:
"It's useless. Cockroaches are so alive. If you kill one, ten more will pop up."
"Here, have you seen the storage box in the corner? Six pairs of my slippers have been broken, and the cockroaches are still alive and well."
When Gu Qunqing saw this, he quickly waved his hand towards him, pointed at Xu Yun and said:
"Hey, Brother Rong, you misunderstood, Dr. Xu didn't get started..."
When Xiaorong heard this, she looked at Xu Yun with an even weirder look:
"You can't even talk about it. Even the people in Yangcheng won't eat cockroaches..."
"...."
Gu Qunqing's mouth twitched, and he quickly interrupted the hacker boss's thoughts:
"Brother Rong, I never told you in detail before. Dr. Xu is a PhD student in the Department of Biology at the University of Science and Technology of China. Now he has opened a biological company that specializes in producing cockroach killers."
"The opportunity I'm talking about is to let him apply the medicine, not to start using it, let alone to use his mouth!"
"University of Science and Technology of China?"
Hearing this word, Xiaorong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly thought of something:
"The University of Science and Technology of China...is the same University of Science and Technology of China that conducted a live broadcast of cockroach killing not long ago?"
Gu Qunqing felt relieved immediately, thinking that he was finally on the right track:
"That's right, it was the University of Science and Technology of China. The disinfectant used in the live broadcast at that time was developed by Dr. Xu."
"Dr. Xu owns all the patents on cockroach medicine. That's why I joined Dr. Xu's company."
"Xu Yun...Xu Yun..."
Xiao Rong repeated the name in her mouth, then slapped her head fiercely and bared her teeth and said:
"Hey, I just said that I seem to have heard this name somewhere. Xiao Xu, do you recognize Wings of Chaos?"
Xu Yun blinked:
"Clam?"
Wings of Chaos?
Does anyone still use such a middle-level title these days?
Seeing that Xu Yun was a little confused, Xiaorong added:
"Chaos Wings' real name is Wang Qingchen, and he is now in charge of the network security work of the University of Science and Technology of China. You must have met him, right?"
Hearing these three words Wang Qingchen, Xu Yun really couldn't hold back:
"Shall I go, Director Wang?"
Oh my god.
Director Wang, who seems so quiet and even aloof, actually has such a title of second grader?
But soon, Xu Yun reacted:
Wang Qingchen was once one of the seven legendary leaders of the Red League, and was also a main member of the battle in 2001. It is not surprising that he and Xiao Rong know each other.
In a sense.
Wang Qingchen is an example of someone who was recruited and only occasionally appeared in public.
Seeing Xu Yun mention Wang Qingchen's position, Xiaorong also nodded:
"Yes, that's him. I chatted with him online before and wanted to ask him for some cockroach poison."
"It turned out that he said that the formula of the cockroach poison was temporarily top secret at the University of Science and Technology. He said that it was developed by a doctoral student named Xu Yun and could not be given away easily. Then I gave up the idea."
"Who would have thought about wandering around outside? Today the real owner actually came to my house."
Xu Yun also smiled with emotion.
It is said that the world of Japanese comics is small, but in the real world, some top circles are actually not that big.
Just like some of the groups of writers he had joined in his previous life, it was just those same people who went around and around, it was like choosing six out of ten and playing with permutations.
Then he took out a handful of glue from his body and handed it to Xiaorong:
"Brother Rong, this is the special medicine we have developed, let's try it now?"
Xiaorong took the glue and looked at it for a few times. She felt that it looked no different from the common roxithromycin, so she asked with a little doubt:
"Xiao Xu, if I remember correctly, your insecticide seems to attract a large group of cockroaches..."
"You said this, don't worry@"
Xu Yun smiled easily when he heard this, shook the glue in his hand, and explained:
"Brother Rong, what we were experimenting with at that time was a semi-finished product. We only focused on the killing effect and did not pay attention to the visual performance."
"But the glue in my hand is different. It is a prototype of a finished product for the market, and it is already very close to the release version."
"We have added some special ingredients to it so that cockroaches will automatically move to the sewer after being poisoned, and there will definitely be no such situation as gathering in the house."
Xu Yun's description may seem a bit mysterious, but the actual principle is very simple:
They added boric acid and blocking pheromones to the glue. After cockroaches are poisoned, they will give signs of dehydration in both the body and nerves.
Therefore, when they are poisoned, they will also tend to instinctively flee to the sewer, so that they will not die in the house or on the ground.
Sewers are used for sewage discharge, so there is no need to worry about contaminating water sources.
With Xu Yun's assurance, Xiaorong immediately couldn't sit still and quickly asked Xu Yun to put glue bait under the four corners of the kitchen.
After taking everything.
Xiaorong's expression straightened slightly, she took Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing back to the living room and said:
"Xiao Xu, Qun Qing, you guys came to see me today. Don't you just see my friend list that day and come here specifically for free sex?"
Xu Yun nodded with a smile and said:
"This is indeed one of the Nascent Souls, but it does not require you to fulfill your promise."
"Brother Rong, the hacker war you organized back then inspired countless people who came from that era. I don't know how high it is compared to smashing neon cars."
"It is no exaggeration to say that it was a feat that inspired and influenced an era."
"So based on your contribution alone and nothing else, I will give you as much cockroach poison as you want."
Then Xu Yun sighed and took another report from Gu Qunqing:
"On the other hand, the company now established by HKUST and I really needs a strong network security expert to take charge."
"Look, the report I have in my hand is the statistics of attacks on HKUST and related affiliated institutions during the previous live broadcast."
"In normal times, HKUST... or any single university, may not be able to bear the word 'national image', but during the few hours of the live broadcast, the network offense and defense inside and outside HKUST, a certain
To a certain extent, it can also be said to be a national-level confrontation.”
"Within a few hours, there were more than 6.7 million DDOS attacks and 219 TCP/TST attacks, originating from domestic, overseas, Asia, Europe, and even Africa."
"At that time, not only Director Wang, but also the Chinese Academy of Sciences temporarily set up an information security team to remotely assist in safeguarding the final victory."
"Shocking..."
Xu Yun handed the report to Xiaorong, his eyes sincere and sincere:
"Brother Rong, I am a very conservative person. I don't dare to speak out loud. I can even be considered a pessimist."
"So I won't brag about punching Google or kicking Apple, building a photolithography machine in a few months, or anything like that, and I won't dare to say that I'm going against the whole world."
“But at least one thing I can guarantee is that every time my company takes a step forward, it will definitely take a bite out of a foreign company.
"Perhaps by biting and biting, you can get to the opponent's waist or even heart. Who can say for sure?"
"Just like you back then, I just wanted to break into the Thunderbirds aerobatic team's website at first, but the results were sudden and unexpected, and finally I dug up the ancestral grave of my white house."
"But this kind of road is easier said than done, but it's still too difficult to walk, so I found a friend who has a strong voice but is very capable. I approached the University of Science and Technology and Mr. Gu."
"But this is not enough, so we came to Yangcheng today, hoping to invite you to come out."
Xiaorong was silent for a moment.
I took the report and read it carefully.
The report Xu Yun brought was three centimeters thick and recorded a large number of attack sources and other information.
In the data and methods of some of these attacks, Xiaorong vaguely saw the shadow of some people on the other side of the ocean 21 years ago.
Fifteen minutes later.
Xiaorong handed the report to Xu Yun and said:
"Xiao Xu, can you let me think about it for a day or two?"
Xu Yun nodded:
"no problem."
According to his plan.
Poaching is a delicate job, and it also requires giving Xiaorong some time to think and observe the effect of the cockroach poison, just like how he persuaded Gu Qunqing in the first place.
Then the two parties agreed on a time to meet again, and Xu Yun took Gu Qunqing to leave.
After leaving the community.
Gu Qunqing glanced at Xu Yun and asked:
"Dr. Xu, do you think Brother Rong will agree to us?"
Xu Yun pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head:
"It's hard to say. If Brother Rong was only thirty years old, I would be confident that I could persuade him. But now that Brother Rong is fifty... I'm really not sure."
It's 2022 now, and the hacker war happened in 2001.
Twenty years have passed by, enough to change a lot of things.
Now, whether from a family or financial perspective, Xiaorong has no reason to go to another city to work.
The only thing Xu Yun can hope for is to impress Xiaorong with words and facts.
What he said earlier was actually very objective:
He cannot represent nor is he qualified to represent the official government, but on the other hand, the enemies he is about to face are indeed those people.
Therefore, there is no doubt that he and Xiaorong can resonate with each other.
But whether this resonance can revive Xiaorong's passion depends on Xiaorong's own decision.
Then Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing stopped a car and went to Bingsheng Taste, a famous restaurant in Yangcheng, to taste the delicious food.
After all, it’s rare to come to Guangdong Province, and it would be a shame not to eat some delicious food.
It's a pity that time is limited, otherwise Xu Yun would like to go to Shunde - I heard that the Red Star Claypot Rice there is very delicious, and by the way, he can also go to a certain shop that has had its business license revoked to have his body whipped.
that's all.
One night passed by in a blink of an eye.
One o'clock at noon the next day.
Just when Xu Yung had just finished lunch and was about to go back to his room to read some papers, his phone suddenly rang.
He took out the phone and looked at it. A name was written on the screen:
Small banyan tree.
Xu Yun held the phone, took a deep breath, and pressed the call button:
"Hey, Brother Rong, it's me."
After a while.
Xiaorong's voice rang on the other end of the phone:
"Xiao Xu, there is something I want to tell you."
"Brother Rong, please speak."
"I just want to ask if I can have two salary cards given to me by the company. I will give the main card to my wife, and I will leave some personal money to buy cigarettes with the secondary card..."
Xu Yun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed:
"Brother Rong, do you agree?"
A few kilometers away.
Xiaorong was sitting in the living room, holding a mobile phone in one hand and touching a photo in front of her with the other hand.
This is a group photo taken by Bing'er on the eve of the 'Decisive Battle' 21 years ago.
In the photo.
Xiaorong stood in the first row, holding a corner of the national flag in her hand, her face flying and high-spirited.
Outside the picture frame.
Xiaorong touched her calloused hands from typing on the keyboard for a long time.
Twenty-one years have passed by in a blink of an eye, and time has added some wrinkles to the young face. At the age of 50, he cannot even be considered an ordinary middle-aged person.
But although her appearance had changed, Xiaorong suddenly discovered that the passion in her heart...