When Pan Long brought an old digital camera from home, Meng Bochao and others quickly exported a negative that was exactly the same as the group photo.
Then we compared the negatives with the photos on the 'Sail Away' blog, and immediately found a large area of pixel data with differences. We then compared these data with ASCII and other character codes, and finally completed the decoding using the domestic ASCII national standard extended code GB2312.
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After the decoding was completed, a 'letter' hidden in the group photo was revealed.
"Haha, if you can find this letter, it proves that your IQ is not low. I will say that my son cannot be an imbecile.
But you were really not very good at studying in the past. Could it be that you were just trying to get better?
Oh, I almost forgot, there is a possibility that he is not my son, no matter what, it doesn’t hurt me to call you my son anyway..."
Meng Bochao, who was the first to see this 'letter', instantly turned into a subway old man emoticon, and then Pan Long, who couldn't wait to come over after hearing that the decryption had been completed, also had a very wonderful expression.
"I don't think your dad always meant to think you were an imbecile."
He Qing spoke earnestly and patted Pan Long's shoulder as if comforting.
It was okay if he didn't comfort him, but when he comforted Pan Long, he immediately felt even more hurt.
"What do you mean by an imbecile? After all, I started out with an average IQ."
He muttered unwillingly and somewhat doubtfully about life.
"Perhaps he was just joking with you to buffer your sadness. After all, he should have thought that it would be many years before you discovered this secret letter."
Fortunately, Xia Xu was not as immoral as He Qing and the others. He had a high emotional intelligence and found a reasonable and tender explanation, and said with relief: "The fact that you can leave these words proves your father's care and meticulousness in taking care of you."
"Um."
After hearing Xia Xu's explanation, Pan Long felt a little better.
But it was indeed the case. At least when he read these words, although he had complicated emotions, the sadness was diluted by the transfer, leaving only nostalgia... and the annoyance of beating up this bastard's father.
After the small interlude, everyone continued to check the follow-up of the letter.
The entire letter is very long, otherwise it would not be possible to leave obvious traces in the group photo. Normally, if there are only a few words of LSB steganography, it is actually difficult to detect through rules.
After omitting a long paragraph of nonsensical chatter and reminiscing about the past, the letter got to the point.
"Son, if you are just an ordinary person, then I think your best choice is to live a stable life. But since you can find this letter, it also proves that you have enough wisdom and knowledge, or have made good friends.
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So, I leave some legacy for you, well, it seems a bit unlucky, forget it, who cares, anyway, you have reached this position...
Well, the purpose of this ellipsis is to prevent you from being impatient and skipping ahead. I will tell you the position at the end. You don’t think that this letter from dad is over, right?
Avgas Naote.
In the past, when you were young, it was difficult to tell you some things. Actually, your father was also the big boss of a company...well, it used to be.
Your mother is also popular among thousands of young boys, but the final result is obvious, and your best father stands out.
Then mom and dad originally had two good friends..."
The letter as a whole showed an off-the-wall style, making Xia Xu's original excuse for the letter writer's high emotional intelligence gradually untenable.
However, beneath this cheerful atmosphere, it actually tells a somewhat heavy story.
Pan Long's father, Pan Yuanhang, Dong Changhe, and Duan Zhiyi were originally close friends. Later, the three of them met Pan Long's mother together and fell in love with Pan Long's mother.
The initial results were pretty good. Among the three, Pan Yuanhang finally won the beauty, but the three did not turn against each other or create a gap in their hearts.
The other two hid their feelings, but with Pan Long's mother mediating the relationship, the relationship between the three became even stronger than before. They engaged in scientific research together and even started a business and started a company.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Two years after giving birth to Pan Long, Pan Long’s mother began to show symptoms similar to ALS. However, it was not ALS in the true sense, but a disease with a completely unknown cause.
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According to Pan Long's mother, this is actually a family hereditary disease. Her body functions will gradually shrink and stop, until key organs shut down and die completely, and there is basically no cure with current medical technology.
Naturally, Pan Yuanhang would not be reconciled to this, so together with Duan Zhiyi, the two men in science and engineering instantly found the only common solution, mechanization.
Of course, it was not directly transformed into a robot or something like that. The technology at that time was not so fantastical. Both of them, who were industry insiders, had a rational and clear understanding, so they only wanted to use man-made equipment to maintain the life of Pan Long's mother.
In fact, this type of technology is relatively mature now, such as dialysis, high-end wheelchairs, ventilators, mechanical prostheses, etc. It is still possible to maintain the basic vitality of ALS patients with a complete set of surgeries and equipment. This achievement is the most effective.
A famous example is the famous contemporary scientist Hawking.
But the problem is that Pan Long's mother's disease is not an ordinary ALS. It is not just muscle atrophy, but the gradual shutdown of organs and tissues throughout the body. In the end, even the eyes, ears, nose, touch, and five senses will be lost, and only the brain is left.
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If you really get to that state, what's the difference between that and going to jail?
No, even if you are in prison, you still have five senses. That state of being silent and lightless, with no touch left is more than just being in prison. It is a torture that involves not knowing the passage of time and falling into eternal nothingness.
And if only the brain is left, the current interaction methods such as somatosensory and myoelectric induction will naturally be completely ineffective, even if you want to control mechanical prostheses.
At this level, he is basically worse than a brain in a vat. Living is probably more uncomfortable than death.
This result was obviously unacceptable to Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi. In addition, there were already institutions conducting mature research on various life-support devices at that time. Therefore, Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi resolutely devoted themselves to a completely new field.
That's right, it's brain control technology.
This was their original intention in developing brain control technology, in order to allow Pan Long's mother to regain her five senses even if only her brain was left after her body gradually 'dead', and be reborn as a mechanical body.
However, everything obviously cannot go so smoothly. The first problem they have to face is where the research and development funds will come from.
After finally scraping together things for a while, the company they jointly opened gradually started to improve, but in the process, Dong Changhe had a 'change of heart'.
Unlike Pan Yuanhang, who deeply loves Pan Long's mother, and Duan Zhiyi, who seems to still be in love, Dong Changhe has always complained about the two of them occupying a large amount of the company's funds to develop unnecessary brain control technology.
The company they founded as a partnership was the original Yunfan Group.
Because Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi have male engineering personalities and focus on research, they don't pay much attention to company affairs and basically live behind the scenes. The entire company is run by Dong Changhe, and it can even be said that the entire Yunfan Group is run by Dong Changhe. Changhe brought it up with one hand.
But the two of them have been occupying the company's funds to research brain control technology that has little practical significance and little hope.
As the saying goes, there is no filial son in bed for a long time. He can rely on friendship to survive a day or two, and he can barely endure it for a year or two. But as time goes on, Dong Changhe naturally becomes unwilling and unbalanced.
He is not like Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi who have deep feelings for Pan Long's mother. No matter how much he endures, there is a limit. In addition, after many years of business, his temperament and other aspects have naturally changed a little. It is impossible for him to do it again and again. Tolerate it.
Therefore, on the eve of the company's listing, Dong Changhe couldn't bear it and continued to dilute the shares of Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi through a series of operations, kicked out the management, and reduced R&D funds.
To be honest, from a moral perspective, what Dong Changhe did may be inappropriate, but from a rational point of view, there is nothing wrong with what Dong Changhe did.
After all, Pan Yuanhang and the others did not bring much profit to the company, but instead consumed a large amount of unnecessary resources like gold-eating beasts. The entire company was run by himself.
Being able to support the research and development of brain control technology for such a long time can be regarded as an act of benevolence. There is no need to spend many years of hard work to save a friend's wife. Carrying such a huge burden on the eve of the company's listing will also affect the results of the listing.
But this result was obviously unacceptable to the other two. The three of them had a big quarrel, which eventually led Pan Yuanhang to leave angrily. Duan Zhiyi, who didn't know whether to bear the humiliation or to give up the benefits, did not follow him.
Xia Xu guessed that it was most likely the former.
After all, Duan Zhiyi has already become a small shareholder with little reputation, but he has still been developing brain control technology unremittingly over the years.
Although Yunfan Group has repeatedly reduced its investment in brain control technology before, it has never canceled it. It even used this concept as a concept marketing for a period of time in the past few years and invested a lot of extra money.
If it was just for profit, Duan Zhiyi would obviously not be like this.
His feelings for Pan Long's mother are probably far deeper than anyone imagined.
The shooting of Dong Changhe and the cancellation of the brain control technology were probably just the trigger. His desperate risk was most likely not only because he wanted to seize the group's equity, but also because he went berserk after years of disillusionment and the venting of years of resentment.