Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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This time, Zhu Jianrui not only smashed the mouse, but also the keyboard. When he raised the computer and prepared to continue smashing it, the chubby boy quickly hugged his arm: “Zhu Jianrui, what are you doing! This computer was just given to me by my dad. It is all of the highest configuration and cost hundreds of thousands!”
Zhu Jianrui froze. Although he couldn’t see his miserable appearance through the window, he could hear his panting like an ox. He was very angry now, so angry that he was about to explode, but he was not the young master of the Gong family yet, and hundreds of thousands was still an astronomical figure for him.
He finally put the computer back, stared at the casual man in the window with blood-red eyes, and asked in a hissing voice: “Were you defending against me just now?”
Zhuang Li didn’t answer, just tapped the keyboard.
Following his movements, the central control device placed on the computer table asked in a sweet voice: “What do you think?”
Without any answer, Zhu Jianrui already understood that the person who had just defeated him in all aspects and made him lose face was none other than Zhuang Li. But how was it possible! He was just a completely useless man who earned a dead salary of 10,000 yuan a month. How could he have such superb hacking skills!
“I don’t believe it! You can’t be so powerful!” He roared incompetently and furiously.
Zhuang Li smiled and typed on the keyboard, and the central control device answered on his behalf: “Have you ever understood me? Do you know what the real Zhuang Li is like?”
Zhu Jianrui was asked. After living under the same roof for more than ten years, his understanding of this man was limited to a meeting him going to work and after getting off work, his nagging when he asked for money, and his honest smiling face. All other impressions were a blur.
He opened his mouth but couldn’t answer.
The central control device said in a cold mechanical voice: “Wait at home, the police will be there soon.”
Zhuang Li in the window turned his head and said to the department head: “Human beings themselves are the most vulnerable line of defense. No matter how strong the firewall I designed, it can’t stop the operational errors of internal personnel, so next time this happens, please remember. Be sure not to open the firewall to anyone.”
The department head nodded and bowed: “Brother Zhuang, I remember it. Hackers’ methods are really hard to guard against! Fortunately, you are here today, otherwise our company would have suffered huge losses.”
It was only now that he truly understood what kind of organization the cybersecurity department was and what heavy responsibilities it shouldered.
The department colleagues who formed a circle around Zhuang Li applauded enthusiastically. The saying that masters came from among the people was absolutely correct! Who would have thought that the usually honest Zhuang Li could be such a powerful hacker!
The intern whispered: “It’s incredible that a hacker like Brother Zhuang has been sitting on the bench in your company for eight years.”
The mean man was no longer mean this time, and actually nodded in agreement: “MIK’s network security department is just a decoration. Eighty to ninety percent of the people recruited are related people. An honest person like Brother Zhuang thus can’t get ahead.”
As he spoke, Zhuang Li stood up abruptly, put on his suit jacket slowly, and carefully adjusted his tie and a curl of hair on his forehead in front of the window. As for Zhu Jianrui, who was roaring crazily on the other side of the window, not even a single trace could be reflected in his pupils.
“You can’t be so powerful! You loser! Let’s fight again if you can! Zhuang Li, Zhuang Li, you talk! You bastard!” In anger, Zhu Jianrui could curse any curse word.
The chubby boy was frightened by him and whispered: “How can you scold your father like that! If my father were so powerful, I would wake up laughing even in my sleep!” After a crushing confrontation, Zhuang Li had replaced Zhu Jianrui as his new idol.
Seeing Zhu Jianrui with a distorted face, vicious eyes and violent behavior, the department head frowned in disgust and swallowed everything he wanted to say several times.
The mean man was straightforward: “Brother Zhuang, your son is very bearish! Remember to beat him up when you go back!”
Zhuang Li said nonchalantly: “I’m not qualified to beat him severely. Let’s let society complete this task. It’s time for the police to arrive. Let’s go.”
As soon as he finished speaking, several policemen knocked on the glass wall. The office door was locked and they couldn’t get in. Many colleagues watching the excitement were standing behind the police, looking at Zhuang Li with curious eyes.
The department head quickly ran to open the door.
Several police officers also appeared in the window and rushed into the fat boy’s home. After showing their IDs, they arrested the two boys. There was no doubt that this was Zhuang Li’s handiwork. The son was not his, and the trouble was not his fault. Thus, he would not bear the blame.
The police car pulled away, and 7480’s ambition seemed to be shattered at the same moment. It originally thought that Zhu Jianrui would be able to kill the host, but it didn’t expect that in just one round, this talented young man was defeated and completely defeated!
You know, in the original plot, Zhu Jianrui was the biggest golden finger of Zhu Miaomiao and Gong Xuanlin, and the boss behind the scenes who controlled everything. Gong Xuanlin could become the richest man in China; Gong Xuanqi, Gong Xuanlin’s eldest brother could become the president of China; and Zhu Miaomiao could become a popular star, all thanks to Zhu Jianrui’s help.
This boy could read at the age of one and could count at the age of two. He skipped grades in elementary school and junior high school and was already in the senior year of high school at the age of fourteen. He played computer games all day long, but his grades were always ranked first in his grade. According to the development trajectory of the original plot, in the future, he would become the top scorer in the college entrance examination and become the idol of many teenagers. He would also be recruited by the national security department for his superb hacking skills and then enter the political arena.
Because he was so promising, Mr. Gong and Mrs. Gong, who originally looked down upon Zhu Miaomiao, could only hold their noses and accept this bad fate.
Gong Xuanlin’s eldest brother Gong Xuanqi even regarded Zhu Jianrui as his chief staff member and obeyed his orders in everything.
After Gong Xuanqi abdicated, Zhu Jianrui was successfully elected as the president of China at the age of 25, an achievement rarely seen in the world.
Such a walking idol, such an omnipotent god, was not Zhuang Li’s opponent? 7480 scratched his head, falling into deep doubt and despair.
When it came to its senses, Zhu Jianrui and the chubby boy had been taken to the police station and met Zhuang Li and his group at the door.
Zhuang Li just pursed his lips and smiled with unknown meaning, without saying a word. The department head asked, “You are too extreme. Your father works hard to support you. Is this how you repay him? It is illegal to invade other people’s networks at will. Do you know how much trouble you have caused your father this time!”
“Do you know how he usually treats me? He is not worthy of being my father at all!” Zhu Jianrui bared his teeth viciously at Zhuang Li, his blood-red eyes filled with hatred.
The policemen who were holding Zhu Jianrui looked at each other, with thoughtful expressions on their faces. A child would not hate his father for no reason, not to mention that they knew about the child before arresting him. They knew that he had excellent academic performance and had a harmonious relationship with his classmates. He was a good child that everyone praised.
There must be some inner reason why he would do such a thing. Fathers were not completely exempt from responsibility.
Thinking of this, the leading policeman’s attitude towards Zhuang Li became a little colder, and he said angrily: “Children will make mistakes, the main responsibility for that often lies with the parents. Well, I will open a mediation room for you. You two, father and son, have a good chat.”
He then said to the department head: “MIK is a victim. Do you want to hold the child accountable? If you want to hold him accountable, you can come to the mediation room and discuss a charter together. The child is not yet an adult and will not bear legal responsibility. We cannot arrest him. You must understand that the person who will be arrested will have to be released later.”
The department head could not take charge of this and could only call his immediate superior. He hid aside and chattered something, looking at Zhuang Li from time to time and smiling at him flatteringly.
A few minutes later, a middle-aged man with thinning hair and a round belly hurriedly walked into the police station, smiled and stretched out his hand: “Hello, Captain Zhao, I am the boss of MIK, my surname is Fang. I am here to discuss compensation with Mr. Zhuang.”
Captain Zhao of the Cybercrime Division brought these people into the mediation room.
As soon as he sat down, Mr. Fang said magnanimously: “I just asked the heads of various departments that our company did not suffer much loss due to Mr. Zhuang’s timely remediation. But -“
He looked at Zhuang Li and suddenly changed the topic: “Our editing department has lost some samples. Although the original films are still there, re-editing will cost a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. I just made a rough estimate and for re-edited these samples, our company will have to spend an additional 2.88 million. I wonder how Mr. Zhuang will compensate for this loss?”
Zhuang Li curled his thin lips and smiled silently.
Mr. Fang misunderstood his indifferent smile as a bitter smile, and immediately said: “Two million eight hundred and eighty thousand is a huge debt that is unbearable for any ordinary family. Mr. Zhuang is an old employee of our MIK, so we don’t have the heart to force Mr. Zhuang. Let’s do this. I’ll make the decision to wipe out this debt and pay another one million annual salary to hire Mr. Zhuang back. What do you think of Mr. Zhuang?”
Several police officers originally thought that they would witness a “tragedy of civilians being forced into desperation by capitalists”, but unexpectedly, there was a twist. Not only did the capitalist fail to recover the losses, but they also received a high salary of one million a year! Was the plot changing too suddenly?
Hearing that Zhuang Li would have to compensate MIK 2.88 million, Zhu Jianrui grinned with gloating. After listening to the second half of Mr. Fang’s words, his face became extremely gloomy again.
The department head’s eyes were red with envy, but he also knew that with Zhuang Li’s skills, the annual salary of one million was really not high. With just the firewall he temporarily built, which was even used by the White House in the United States, the debt of 2.88 million could be completely erased.
After all, MIK’s blood profit was worth it.
Mr. Fang had already given his utmost sincerity, and he also believed that the other party would definitely accept this sincerity.
Unexpectedly, Zhuang Li just flipped up a strand of curly hair on his forehead and said in a nonchalant tone: “You shouldn’t talk to me about Zhu Jianrui’s compensation. I have no obligation. Wait a minute,” he took out his phone, looked at it, and chuckled: “Zhu Jianrui’s biological father will be here soon, and I also have a compensation to discuss with him.”
One sentence shocked everyone in the mediation room.
Zhu Jianrui’s eyes widened even further and he looked at Zhuang Li in disbelief. He always thought that Zhuang Li didn’t know about Gong Xuanlin’s rekindled relationship with his mother, but now it seemed that he knew everything clearly.
Yes, he was a top hacker. If he wanted to know anything, he could just search it online.
For the first time in his life, Zhu Jianrui looked at this honest man with serious eyes and stamped him as “extremely dangerous” in his mind.
But Zhuang Li had no time to pay attention to him. At this time, he took out his mobile phone and asked Captain Zhao politely: “I have a bill that needs to be printed. Can I borrow the equipment of your police station?”
Captain Zhao nodded blankly.
A few minutes later, Zhuang Li walked in with a bill that was two centimeters thick. He sat back down and smiled at Zhu Jianrui. His originally honest and courteous face actually lost all disguise at this moment, revealing his bad and evil nature.
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