Chapter 421: The Father of Hackers Got Tricked
Just when the two were getting heated , there was a commotion in the audience.
Because Bill Gates is here.
Bill Gates, the world's richest man!
Many people had puzzled expressions on their faces when they saw Bill Gates appear.
"Why is Bill Gates here too?"
"Didn't he say he would come to watch the game only in the finals? It's not even the quarterfinals yet."
"Who knows?"
Today, Bill Gates came with his schoolmate and partner Ballmer.
The two of them sat in the best position and could see the two people doing oral gymnastics on the stage at a glance.
Ballmer was not happy to come in the first place, and what he saw when he came in was not two people competing but two people arguing with each other, which made him even more unhappy.
"Why did you pull me here? What's so interesting about this kind of childish game? I'm very busy at work, and there are still many things in the company that need me to deal with."
In Ballmer's view, these young people in front of him may be very talented, but that only means that they have potential, not how strong they are at the moment, let alone that they are irreplaceable.
Bill Gates smiled and said, "You can deal with company matters anytime. I brought you here because I want you to see an interesting little guy. He's the yellow guy arguing with his opponent above. He's the inventor of the USB flash drive."
Bill Gates is really optimistic about Lu Yiming's future, and wants to invest in him before he fully rises.
Bill Gates, who made a lot of money from USB flash drives, believed that Lu Yiming had greater value.
When he heard "the inventor of the USB flash drive", Ballmer's eyes finally changed when he looked at Lu Yiming.
Because USB flash drives are so popular nowadays that some media have described this thing as "launching a computer revolution."
After some oral gymnastics, Lu Yiming and Jonathan James finally started their offense and defense.
When it comes to the Internet, if the concept is one generation behind, it can really mean the difference between the entire galaxy.
In fact, the basic logic has not changed since the invention of computers in 1946. In terms of technology, it can be said that each version has its own god. After so many iterations, the Internet environment in the 2020s is not comparable to that in the 1990s.
It’s like a genius born in the 1990s. No matter how knowledgeable he is, the information he receives every day may not be as much as that of a post-2000s generation who watches short videos all day long.
These things are not in the same dimension and there is no comparison at all.
In just three minutes, Jonathan James was defeated.
There was a look of disbelief on his face, and he was in a very depressed mood because he found that he couldn't even understand the file packages sent by Lu Yiming, let alone analyze them immediately and counterattack.
He was also a genius who became famous at a young age, but he was easily crushed by a genius from the East.
Jonathan James couldn't even understand how his opponents crushed him.
In the subsequent competitions, Lu Yiming made great progress and defeated strong opponents such as Robert and Trovsky with almost no effort, winning the individual championship.
Even the Gray Pigeon Trojan program he designed ended the dominance of foreign Trojans at the time, allowing domestic hacker technology to advance by leaps and bounds and become qualified to compete with Europe and the United States.
Don't underestimate this point. After all, having a sword in your hand but not using it is completely different from having no sword at all.
As for Zhou Zhiming and Zheng Nanling, one was eliminated in the round of 16 and the other in the quarterfinals. Neither of them made it to the final, but they still played with style, so it is not a pity.
On the night after the individual competition ended and the awards ceremony, Lu Yiming returned to the hotel and invited Zhou Zhiming and Zheng Nanling to have coffee.
Zheng Nanling and Zhou Zhiming congratulated Lu Yiming, saying that he not only won the individual championship and brought glory to the country, but also won a considerable prize money.
Lu Yiming said a few humble words, then looked at Zheng Nanling and said, "Old Zheng, are you interested in joining Yixun Technology? You're about to start your internship, right?"
Zheng Nanling said: “Yes.”
Zheng Nanling was able to advance to the quarterfinals this time, and it must be said that Lu Yiming helped him a lot, so he agreed without much thought.
Lu Yiming was naturally happy to have recruited a strong player like Zheng Nanling, and then he said: "The team competition is coming soon, we have to recruit another person."
Zhou Zhiming said: "Isn't it enough to have at least three people? We already have three people here."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Do you remember that I told you before that I have more important things to do in the United States?"
Zheng Nanling asked in surprise: "So you won't participate in the team competition?"
Lu Yiming said: "I will participate in the decision-making as a team member. You guys can go on the field. So I need to find another person. And I have already found this person."
"who?"
"Gong Wei."
"Who is Gong Wei?"
Zheng Nanling and Zhou Zhiming looked at each other, and for a moment they couldn't remember that they knew such a person.
Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said, "Green Corps, don't you know? Gong Wei is the founder of the Green Corps."
"Ah? It's him?"
After hearing what Lu Yiming said, Zheng Nanling suddenly understood.
In 1997, a person with the online name goodwell applied for a free space on an overseas website and set up a mirror site in China for communication among hackers, thus establishing the "Green Legion".
This goodwell is Gong Wei. According to what he said later, the creation of the Green Corps was all out of hobbies and interests, as well as the pleasure of competing with fellow practitioners. It had nothing to do with interests.
The name of the Green Corps comes from his beautiful dream of "building a green and peaceful online world with the same discipline and rules as the Corps."
It was once at its peak, with 3,000 registered members and many experts. It had hacked countless foreign websites and clashed with NetEase several times. Until the 21st century, many active hacker experts were once its members or disciples.
Of course, this is news that only people in the circle know. His most well-known achievement is the 2001 Sino-US hacker war. The story of raising the red flag is still a classic material for marketing accounts to take advantage of the hot topic 20 years later.
Of course, these are all later stories, so let’s leave them aside for now.
Such a strange person, but in this competition, he was eliminated in the top 16 in the individual competition.
Zhou Zhiming asked excitedly: "How is it? Did he agree?"
Lu Yiming said: "I haven't told him yet."
When Zhou Zhiming heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Hey, you haven't said this yet? I thought he was here."
Zheng Nanling said: "What if he doesn't agree?"
Lu Yiming said confidently: "He will agree. After all, he is my defeated opponent. I will go find him later."
" ..."
After drinking coffee, the three of them returned to the hotel, and Lu Yiming actually went to find Gong Wei.
After hearing Lu Yiming's explanation of his purpose, Gong Wei suddenly felt very hesitant because he was participating in the competition with his school.
"If I just 'jump job' like this, will I get beaten?"
Lu Yiming said in a relaxed tone: "How strong is your school's team? I am the individual champion, and my team has a top eight and a top sixteen. What do you think of your school's chances of winning? It is an honor to win glory for the school, but are you sure your team has a chance to win the championship? Instead of struggling to death, why not join our team and give it a try? When you return as the champion, will the school still expel you?"
Lu Yiming's words were so well-reasoned that Gong Wei didn't know how to refute them. After thinking carefully, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I agree to join your team."
Just as Lu Yiming said, if he can't win the championship, there is not much point in him staying in the current team, so he might as well give it a try.
At least he recognized Lu Yiming's strength and felt that there was more hope this way.
Lu Yiming grinned slightly, stretched out his right hand and said, "That's right, come on, you are welcome to join us. Then we can discuss tactics together."
"good."
That afternoon, Lu Yiming submitted his team's roster, and the schedule came out the next day. Gong Wei took the schedule and planned to look for Lu Yiming, but couldn't find him after searching for a long time, so he had to look for the other two teammates.
"Where's Lu Yiming? Where did he go? Why is he nowhere to be seen?"
Zheng Nanling said very seriously: "Lu Yiming is a substitute, he has his own things to do. As for the group stage, it all depends on our own efforts. Lu Yiming can only give some pointers from the side."
"I XX..."
After hearing what Zheng Nanling said, Gong Wei almost couldn't help but blurt out a Chinese curse on the spot.
In the team competition, Lu Yiming, the individual champion, won’t participate?
Am I on a pirate ship?
At this time, the reason why Lu Yiming was not in the hotel was because he was taken away by Su Zhenge and Qiao Ke.
In a high-end steak house, three people sat around a small round table.
Lu Yiming looked at the two of them and asked in confusion, "Why are you looking for me so urgently? What's the matter?"
Su Zhenge seemed very enthusiastic and said, "We are already discussing the acquisition of Marvel. It may take some time, mainly because the old man named Stan Lee is very stubborn. It may not be easy to convince him in a short time."
Jock took the opportunity to interrupt: "But there is also good news. There is progress in acquiring the film rights to Resident Evil. Capcom has expressed its willingness to discuss."
"oh?"
Lu Yiming was a little surprised, but then he felt relieved.
There are very few movie adaptations of games these days, and they are not taken very seriously.
For example, the movie of the same name "Empire" released in 1995, directed by Paul Anderson, starring Christopher Lambert, Qiu Yunbo, and Lynden Ashby, cost only 18 million US dollars to produce, and earned 70 million box office in the United States alone, and the global box office reached 120 million US dollars.
Unfortunately, the sequel flopped and almost broke the investors' pockets, so that the theme of game-adapted movies was no longer popular for a while.
It was not until after the millennium that masterpieces such as "Tomb Raider" and "Resident Evil" were released one after another and caused a sensation, gradually reversing this situation.
It is obvious that many people are not optimistic about it at the moment, especially since "Resident Evil" is a horror-themed game, which is itself a bit niche and no one is willing to touch it.
I'm afraid even Capcom itself doesn't know that they are holding a hen that lays golden eggs. When they suddenly heard that a fool was giving money to their door, they must be very happy.
Especially Su Zhenge and Qiao Ke, these two people look like the kind of cynical rich second generation, it is normal for them to be labeled as stupid and rich.
Seeing that things were going well, Lu Yiming was happy for the two of them: "That's great. I'll congratulate you two right now."
Su Zhenge coughed lightly and said, "Actually, the main reason I asked you to come here today is not to talk about this matter."
Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, "What's the problem?"
Su Zhenge said: "Qiao Ke and I have set up a film and television company, Su Qiao Films, and I would like to bring you in."
Ever since they learned that Lu Yiming was optimistic about the future prospects of the film industry, they immediately set up a film and television company and even found employees.
Now everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.
And Lu Yiming is that east wind.
Jock also said earnestly: "We know almost nothing about the film industry. If there is no one to check, we will always feel unsure, so we hope you can join us."
The two of them had made a shrewd calculation. Inviting Lu Yiming to join was equivalent to insuring their investment.
After all, they don't understand, but Lu Yiming does. There are too many companies that have gone bankrupt because of making movies these days. Even a big company like Sony has lost so much money that it is almost gone. They only know a little bit about it and they know that without a capable person to guide them, they will not be able to make back their capital, let alone make money.
Lu Yiming made some calculations in his mind and thought that it was not impossible to agree to them. The film industry in the United States was very profitable, and the IP value of the Marvel series alone exceeded 29 billion US dollars. He had no interest before, mainly because he could not take care of both. Now that there was an opportunity, why not take up the free money?
"Okay, Mr. Su, you invited me, how can I not accept it?"
Lu Yiming agreed, and then said: "However, after all, we are making money in the United States. I suggest that we hide behind the scenes and hire a few more white people to manage the company. This will save a lot of trouble."
Su Zhenge immediately laughed and said, "I know this without you telling me. Anyway, I don't know much about the company's management. We will definitely hire a professional manager to take care of it. The white employees are the ones who went to Capcom to negotiate this time. If we come forward, the notebook will definitely not be sold."
After all, he is a Chinese who grew up in the United States. He has seen too many people and things since he was a child. He knows how much darkness and filth are hidden behind the seemingly prosperous appearance of this immigrant country.
Lu Yiming felt relieved to see that he was finally reliable for once.
Then Lu Yiming talked to them about the filming of the movie. Lu Yiming said: "The most important thing now is to find a reliable director, a capable Hollywood screenwriter, and a special effects company as soon as possible."
Jock snapped his fingers and said, "No problem, I'll take care of these things!"
