Chapter 53
"Director Cheng, please take a seat."
"Chief Engineer Gu, you're welcome." Director Cheng sat down and looked at Gu Chen sitting opposite him. Generally, top technicians have strange tempers, but he didn't expect that Chief Engineer Gu, at such a young age, looked like a well-behaved and cultured person, and... he looked somewhat familiar?
Gu Chen first casually mentioned: "Director Cheng, I have just sent the information about this cybercrime group to your and the Cyberspace Administration's reporting mailbox. If there is an opportunity, we can conduct cross-border law enforcement."
Director Cheng was stunned. Did this young Chief Engineer Gu accomplish everything so easily? He even found out all the criminal information? You know, these transnational cybercrime groups are covered with layers of cover, not to mention how difficult it is to catch them.
But Chief Engineer Gu not only did it, he also looked like it was just a casual remark and did not take any credit for it.
Director Cheng shook his hand eagerly and said, "Thank you so much! Thank you for your contribution to the national network security cause! We have also set up bonuses and personal certificates in this regard..."
"You're welcome. It's what I should do." But Gu Chen quickly ended the topic.
He went straight to the point and said, "Director Cheng, I would like to ask you, is the large-scale hacker attack on the group tonight related to what happened to Mr. Li Tingqin in Country A? And are some forces in Country A looking for some important information? And will this information affect Mr. Li's situation in Country A?"
He had just seen the other party's approach. It was not an attack to cause any damage to the group's server, but it seemed that they were looking for some information, and in a very urgent manner.
Director Cheng didn't expect that Chief Engineer Gu would ask such a critical question, but he said, "Sorry, Chief Engineer Gu, this matter involves state secrets and cannot be disclosed."
Gu Chen nodded to show his understanding, and said, "Then, this information should not have been leaked." The group's security department is actually quite good. Before he came, they also resisted the opponent's offensive and did not cause information leakage, but he didn't know about other aspects.
Director Cheng answered directly and confidently: "No."
Looking at Director Cheng's attitude, Gu Chen seemed to understand where the information was sent. He said, "Since there is no need to worry about this most fundamental problem, can I ask for your cooperation and help as Mr. Li's partner?"
After hearing what Gu Chen said, Director Cheng was stunned again. This amazing young chief engineer was actually Comrade Xiao Li's partner? Because she was so amazing, although he felt that she looked familiar, he didn't think about it in this way.
When Gu Chen mentioned this, Director Cheng quickly took out his mobile phone and found the photos that Li Tingqin had provided before. When Comrade Li Tingqin returned to China urgently to contact them, he also asked them to protect his partner Gu Chen in China. However, this matter was handled by a special department, so he did not look at the photos carefully.
Now he took out his phone and compared it with the photo. It was true? ! But the photo was far inferior to her in person. Comrade Xiao Li was really something. He didn't introduce such an outstanding partner to them. Was he afraid that they would poach her?
Director Cheng became even more enthusiastic. He thought Gu Chen was worried about Li Tingqin, so he explained seriously, "Mr. Li has communicated with us about Mr. Li's overseas affairs and asked us not to intervene for the time being. We also agree with Mr. Li's idea. Intervention at the national level now will only arouse the vigilance of the relevant departments of Country A. Mr. Li hopes that this matter can be stopped at the vicious commercial competition caused by the exclusivity of regional enterprises on the surface."
"But please rest assured that we have also made arrangements locally to deal with emergencies to ensure Mr. Li's personal safety."
Gu Chen shook his head and said, "Thank you, Director Cheng, but that's not what I'm worried about."
When Director Cheng saw this, Gu Chen smiled and said, "That's right. I also hope that this matter can stop at vicious commercial competition, but I need your support and endorsement." There was a sense of tacit understanding between him and Xiao Li.
Director Cheng asked, "What do you mean?"
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Li Jiashu saw Gu Chen open the door of the conference room, but he was not ready to come out. It seemed that they had already discussed some plan and were ready to arrange the next step.
Then, he really heard Gu Chen say to him: "Jiashu, I need to arrange some things, can you ask Mr. Xu to come in?"
So many executives here were skeptical when they heard Gu Chen's words. Even if Gu Chen had great technical skills, he might not have management talent, and it was not Gu Chen's turn to give orders here.
And even though Vice President Xu already knew that Gu Chen was President Li’s partner, he felt that he could not manage the company on behalf of President Li?
But Director Cheng was afraid that Gu Chen alone could not command them, so he said, "Mr. Xu, please come in and talk. We have some issues that need cooperation."
Even Director Cheng endorsed it? The more Li Jiashu looked at it, the more he felt that his sister-in-law and Director Cheng didn't seem to have just met.
Besides, my sister-in-law is such a person who values enjoying life. When has she ever taken the initiative to arrange things? I have begged her many times, okay? She suddenly took the initiative today. Could it be because... this is my sister-in-law's real job?
Li Jiashu whispered to Vice President Xu, "Quick, quick, President Xu, you must write down every word my sister-in-law says. My sister-in-law doesn't speak easily, but when she does, it's a killer move."
"The last time I had to deal with the integration negotiation issue, I asked my sister-in-law to come out and solve it. Ms. Gu's name has spread. You should have heard of her, right?" After saying that, he pushed Vice President Xu into the small office.
Vice President Xu received such a large amount of information at once that before he could react, he was pushed in. Then he saw Gu Chen and Director Cheng having a pleasant conversation. He sat down on the sofa at the side, feeling a little hesitant.
The last time, the group’s senior executives were consulted about the integration negotiations for Er Shao’s garbage disposal company. Although this matter was only a small matter for the size of Li’s company, the senior executives all agreed that this matter required the coordination of the interests of all parties and it was impossible to satisfy everyone, so no one had the confidence to come forward and negotiate it.
Finally, the matter was resolved by a young Mr. Gu. The senior executives were impressed by his strong personal ability and personality charm. He also thought about poaching people from Li Jiashu.
Unexpectedly... now "Mr. Gu" is suddenly right in front of me.
Is there really someone who has both such cutting-edge network technology and such powerful management capabilities?
Seeing that Vice President Xu had calmed down, Gu Chen said succinctly: "Vice President Xu, we need to announce to the public that Li's was attacked and that the group's important R&D data was leaked. We also strongly condemn the criminals and certain foreign 'friendly companies' who manipulated unfair competition, and reserve the right to hold them accountable."
Vice President Xu: "?" Didn't the information leak? And didn't they win a great victory? What did Mr. Gu talk about with Director Cheng just now? How come I seem to have missed a hundred episodes?
Vice President Xu frowned and thought. In fact, President Li's movements in the past three months of being stationed abroad had already made him suspicious. Tonight, the group's server was attacked by foreign hackers, which made him think of the problem of not being able to contact President Li. He was not a fool to be the vice president. After thinking for a while, he seemed to have come to his senses... But due to the lack of key information, he was unable to connect all the events.
Director Cheng said: "Yes, we will cooperate with you and confirm to the public the criminals' behavior of stealing information." This behavior did happen, it's just a matter of whether it was completed or attempted.
Although he still didn't quite believe Gu Chen, since Director Cheng said so, Vice President Xu's intuition was also correct, so he hammered his palm and said decisively: "Okay, I'll let the public relations department draft the manuscript and send out the notice in time." Whether it is right or wrong, speed is of the essence in war, and this kind of thing requires early decision-making to grasp public opinion at the first opportunity.
Director Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, just in time."
Vice President Xu has strong decisiveness and execution capabilities, and coupled with the excellent writing skills of his secretary and public relations staff, the notice was sent out within ten minutes.
The notice was not only outrageous, it also strongly condemned the illegal behavior of some companies' vicious competition; it also stated that Li's had won the cyber war and appeased users; it was just that Li's important research and development information was maliciously stolen. If related research and development results appear in the hands of friendly companies in the future, Li will pursue accountability to the end.
Then even the relevant national departments issued a notice on this vicious cyber attack and expressed doubts about the business environment of country A, suspecting that the country was pursuing trade protectionism and allowing local companies to harm competitive foreign companies.
Smith, the head of a consortium in country A, had just received news of the hackers' defeat and was expressing doubts about the network security technology of Chinese companies. He was still in disbelief when he heard this news again.
He couldn't help but question the hacker team: "Tell me, where is the information you obtained? How much money do you want?" He didn't think that Li's really won. Li's announcement was just a common Chinese way of talking, and the data leak was real.
The Chinese government is now putting pressure on them. If they cannot produce information as strong evidence to prove that Li Tingqin is guilty, then they will not be able to withstand the pressure at the national level.
However, all the hackers were killed by Gu Chen, and the evidence of their crimes was in the hands of the other party. How could they have any information about the Li family? "We really didn't get anything, and we have to escape." I heard that China is about to launch cross-border law enforcement. Now everything I have is in the hands of the other party's hackers. It will be too late if I don't escape.
"???" Smith heard the disconnected call and cursed, "shit!"
He is asking hackers for information, and the police are also asking him for information. This is improper procedure in the first place, and now the police can no longer withstand the pressure.
Smith asked, "Aren't there still 8 hours left until 48 hours?"
The police chief said, "No, if you can't produce evidence immediately, we will release Li. Didn't your hackers get important information about the Li family? Just hand it over to us."
Smith said awkwardly: "The information is available, but I haven't received it yet. Let's wait a little longer."
But the police began to doubt. They believed Li's claim that their information was leaked. After all, they felt that Chinese companies' network security technology was just so-so. So the consortium must have obtained Li's research and development information, but now they are unwilling to give it out... Combined with their behavior of entering Li's research and development factory, the police had to think that they were actually trying to steal the research and development results of Li's important project.
The police chief said: "The data is actually the research and development data of Li's research laboratory. We, the police, are not weapons in your commercial competition. Now, we must release Li."
Smith: “??? We really don’t have any information about Li!” However, the police chief hung up the phone.
"Shit!" He cursed again and threw the phone against the wall.
Now I really have no way to defend myself. I am afraid that the whole world will think that I stole Li’s information and used malicious competition to frame Li Tingqin and was detained by the police.
He admitted that Li Tingqin was a man who was good at planning and meticulous. The factory he arranged in advance deceived them, leaving the police empty-handed. In the end, they could only detain him for 48 hours, forcing him to join forces with other consortiums to use hacker attacks to forcibly find evidence within a tight time frame.
But what about Li's reaction? How to explain it? Li Tingqin is still in the police station and cannot contact the outside world. He has no way of knowing that the group's server has been attacked, and it is even more impossible for him to arrange such a response in advance.
The other party's move was really crucial. They directly turned the tables and completely characterized the entire incident as vicious commercial competition, putting them in a passive position. Moreover, this person was in China and did not understand the specific situation here like Li Tingqin did. Under such conditions, he made such a decision, which was too accurate and too terrifying.
Who is Li's professional manager in China? His ability and vision are definitely on par with Li's, or even surpass Li's. Li has capable people at the helm both at home and abroad, and the momentum of development may be unstoppable...
Damn it! Why are all his subordinates a bunch of rubbish?
40 hours later, with the police's apology, Li Tingqin finally walked out of the police station. Afterwards, his team of lawyers will file a lawsuit regarding the issue of him and the senior management team of Li's Country A branch being illegally detained for 40 hours.
Li Tingqin got into the car that picked him up and rubbed his temples. His body was tired, but his spirit was still good.
He was not too surprised that the police released him early. He just felt that the country had responded very well even in the face of insufficient information.
Since there were foreign forces in the country, he had not made any advance arrangements on how to deal with the problem. After all, once the news leaked, he would not only face a 48-hour detention, but even some scientific researchers who had not had time to return to China at that time would be implicated.
Both he and Secretary Xu were detained, and now there was no one to report to him in detail, so he could only start to understand the situation on the spot.
After gaining a preliminary understanding of the current situation, Li Tingqin was finally surprised. Not only had they defeated the overseas hacker team, but this response... was exactly what he had been planning to do after he got out, but the country had already done it.
This feeling is so subtle, a sense of tacit understanding that goes straight to the heart and cannot be described!
He first called Vice President Xu.
"Boss Li! That's great! I missed you so much!" Vice President Xu was almost in tears when he received Li Tingqin's call. After all, he hadn't been able to contact Boss Li for almost two days. He had long suspected that something had happened in country A. Seeing that Boss Li's partner, Mr. Gu, was still beside him, he quickly said, "Oh oh oh! I miss you coming back to take charge of the work!"
Li Tingqin listened to Vice President Xu's excited tone and said calmly: "Mr. Xu, the domestic response was very good, and all the problems on my side were solved in advance. Which colleague made the decision?" Based on his understanding of Vice President Xu, it didn't seem like it was his work.
Vice President Xu turned his eyes to Gu Chen and was shocked. It took less than half an hour for Mr. Gu to respond? Although he didn't believe it at the time, he still executed it. As a result, the situation on Mr. Li's side was reversed instantly? Even Mr. Li said it was very good?
Oh my God... He was really impressed, and he truly believed that Mr. Gu was the young Mr. Gu who impressed everyone during the integration negotiations.
This is true, without a doubt, planning in the tent can lead to victory thousands of miles away...
Knowing that it was Li Tingqin calling, and looking at the look in Vice President Xu's eyes, Gu Chen raised his index finger in front of his lips and made a "hush" gesture.
I have worked overtime for so long today, and I guess Mr. Li will return to China tomorrow. It would be boring if I found out from Mr. Xu now.
Li Tingqin heard no sound in the receiver for a long time, and reminded: "Mr. Xu?"
Vice President Xu looked at Gu Chen's actions: "..." I couldn't stand it anymore. Am I also a part of your play?
Vice President Xu said, "Director Cheng from the National Security Bureau came over and discussed with us and made some arrangements."
Li Tingqin was not surprised to hear that it was Director Cheng. Instead, he felt somewhat disappointed. He said, "Is that so? This is exactly what I was going to do next. It actually coincides with Director Cheng's plan."
Vice President Xu: “Ahem, it’s indeed a coincidence.” Yes, yes, you two really have a tacit understanding.
Li Tingqin continued, "Mr. Xu, if there is nothing urgent that needs to be dealt with, I will hang up first. I need to call my partner to let him know that I am safe."
Vice President Xu subconsciously said: "Gu...ah, your partner doesn't know about this yet?" He just watched President Li's partner "Mr. Gu", "Chief Engineer Gu", "Little President Gu" standing opposite him, right?
Li Tingqin said: "Yes, due to some confidentiality requirements, I didn't tell him. I hung up first and will contact you later."
Vice President Xu: "..." Mr. Gu didn't know? ? ? He didn't know anything? Did he really come here today just to get an invitation? And then he ran into this incident by accident and just solved it?
At this time, Vice President Xu's shock and admiration for Gu Chen were beyond words.
You know, when Mr. Gu proposed this plan just now, he felt like he had missed a hundred episodes, but Mr. Gu was able to accurately hit the key points despite the lack of information, and instantly coincided with President Li. Such strong judgment, top foresight, wise decision-making and confidence... He felt that he was even about to surpass President Li...
Gu Chen received another call from Li Tingqin, who said directly, "Ah Chen, I'm fine. I'll be home tomorrow."
Gu Chen smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come home. I've already visited Yi Garden, and we can prepare to move when you come back."
Li Tingqin just felt infinite tenderness in his heart and said, "Okay." Although he had asked people to protect Ah Chen, he had left Ah Chen alone in the country in fear for too long. Any promises he made on the phone now would be empty. The most important thing he should do now was to go home early, apologize to Ah Chen, and comfort Ah Chen.
Vice President Xu looked at Gu Chen's expression, guessed what President Li's voice was, covered his eyes and turned around. It turned out that this was what it was like for two powerful men to get married. It was terrible...
When Gu Chen finally hung up the phone, Vice President Xu quickly said, "Mr. Gu, today the group will be decided by you, and I will execute it."
Gu Chen said, "Actually, there's nothing else to do. I've been delayed for too long to get the invitation letter. The driver is still waiting downstairs. I should go back now."
Vice President Xu said, "Yes, I still want it. I trust your decision."
Gu Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it."
"Colleagues who come to this floor to work overtime, except for the on-duty personnel and maintenance personnel of the Network Security Department, can all go home now." He had just strengthened the defense a little bit, just in case the other party would make a comeback. So everyone doesn't have to go to bed on time tonight, and it's better to work overtime until now.
Since Vice President Xu had already made his point, he immediately passed on Gu Chen's words.
Everyone cheered immediately. This overtime ended too quickly! But then I thought, ten times the overtime pay, can I apply to stay and work a little longer?
But then, Gu Chen said, "Tonight's bonus should be distributed equally to all the people who come to work overtime."
Vice President Xu conveyed the message again, and everyone cheered even louder. The 10 million was evenly divided among the hundreds of people who came to work overtime, and each person still had more than 10,000! This overtime was really worth it!
Gu Chen smiled and said, "Okay, get off work."
Li Jiashu looked at Gu Chen and felt that his sister-in-law must have been in power in the past, giving orders to people every day. Last time, she made him look like a little assistant, and today she even made Vice President Xu look like a eunuch who passed messages...tsk tsk.
After walking out of the small conference room, Gu Chen finally remembered the wet wipes that were waiting for him, and went back to the young man in the gray sweatshirt. The sweatshirt man was still sitting there, holding the wet wipes in his hand, lost in thought. Next to him were the engineers from the headquarters and the technicians brought by Director Cheng, who were studying the computer that Gu Chen had used.
Vice President Xu followed Gu Chen here, thinking that he was going to find the computer and perform some amazing operations, or explain some important matters to the experts.
The experts also looked over and stared at Gu Chen with burning eyes, as if he was holding some treasure.
But Gu Chen called the man in the hoodie and said, "My friend, can you..."
The man in the hoodie immediately handed over the wet wipes in his hand and said, "Boss! I knew you were looking for this! Boss, the thing I just said about becoming your disciple..."
Gu Chen took the wet wipes and said, "Thank you for the wet wipes, but forget about becoming my disciple." Seeing the patinaed keyboard and mouse again, he turned his eyes away. He might never want to touch a keyboard again in his life.
Gu Chen wiped his hands and turned to Vice President Xu and said, "Give this colleague a bigger bonus. He has put in a lot of effort just now. I will go back first."
When the technical experts heard this, their eyes lit up immediately. It turned out that this young colleague also assisted Chief Engineer Gu in his attack and defense? These codes are so wonderful, and I finally found someone to ask! The main problem was that Chief Engineer Gu himself could not answer such questions at first glance.
They immediately turned to the man in the hoodie, rubbing their hands and saying, "My colleague, what did you do in the offensive and defensive confrontation just now? Can you share it with us?"
The man in the sweatshirt looked at Gu Chen's back eagerly, scratched his head and said, "Maybe... he cursed the other person more than 20 times, 'fuck you'?"
Technical experts: “???” Huh?
Li Jiashu followed Gu Chen's footsteps and prepared to leave with him.
But before Gu Chen could even reach the elevator, Director Cheng called him back: "Mr. Gu, please stay."
Li Jiashu looked at them seriously, wanting to hear what they had to say.
Just now, the technicians have reviewed the specific situation and informed Director Cheng. Director Cheng then realized more clearly that Mr. Gu’s genius in technology and his resourcefulness make him a rare talent in the country.
Gu Chen said: "Please speak."
Director Cheng said, "Mr. Gu, although I feel that you will not agree, I still want to ask you, are you interested in working here?"
Gu Chen said: "I'm sorry, Director Cheng, although this is a contribution to the country, I have already retired and don't want to participate in this work anymore."
Although the words of retirement were outrageous, Director Cheng felt a clear rejection from it. He nodded to show his understanding, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well, in a department like ours, it's really..." Those who do this kind of work have to keep it secret from their families, and they are often away from home. If they have a happy family, they really wouldn't be willing to do this.
"However..." Director Cheng continued, "If the country encounters an attack in this regard, I still hope you can provide some technical support."
Gu Chen nodded and said, "Of course, it is my duty."
Director Cheng said, "Okay, I won't waste your time."
Li Jiashu was listening and felt more and more shocked.
After saying goodbye to these people, Gu Chen finally went downstairs, and Li Jiashu followed him into the elevator and went downstairs.
Li Jiashu said: "Sister-in-law, I will take you back to the mountain later."
Gu Chen said, "No need, Master Xu is still waiting downstairs. He must have been waiting for a long time."
Uncle Deng didn't understand technology, so he coordinated administrative work on other floors. The technical issues had been resolved, but the various related issues had to be resolved. In addition, Uncle Deng's residence was originally in the city, so he sent a message to Gu Chen saying that they would not go back together.
Li Jiashu said: "Sister-in-law, Master Xu has been waiting for so long and it's been very hard, let me take you back."
Gu Chen looked at Li Jiashu's expression that was full of desire to express himself, and felt that if he didn't let him speak out tonight, he might really suffocate to death, so he said, "Okay." After all, Jiashu was present to witness most of the time when he took action, so he would not find anything strange.
Master Xu was waiting downstairs, watching the man eat one thing after another and not spit out anything, he was so impatient that he could not wait any longer. However, seeing that everyone seemed to be very busy today, he did not want to contact Mr. Gu to disturb him.
More than an hour later, he finally saw the building spit out the people. He got out of the car excitedly and opened the door for Gu Chen: "Mr. Gu, you..."
Then Li Jiashu appeared next to Gu Chen and said, "Master Xu, I have good news for you. You can go back and rest after get off work. I will take my sister-in-law up the mountain."
Master Xu: “…” Second Young Master, you’re in personnel management?
After Master Xu left, Gu Chen finally got into Li Jiashu's car. Li Jiashu rolled up all the windows, locked the doors, and drove the car to a place where no one was nearby. Then he lowered his voice and said:
"Sister-in-law, you are not the Gu Chen from the Gu family, right..."
Gu Chen was not surprised that Li Jiashu would ask this question, and said, "My name is Gu Chen."
When Li Jiashu heard that Gu Chen did not give a direct answer, he immediately understood that it was not the case! He was right!
Li Jiashu felt himself getting nervous, and he swallowed his saliva and said, "Sister-in-law, is your true identity very powerful, and it needs to be kept secret..."
Gu Chen said: "It does need to be kept secret. I can't tell you. What do you think?" He couldn't mention the things in the past because of the rules of the world, but he was a little curious about what Li Jiashu would guess.
Is it really necessary to keep it secret? Guess... Li Jiashu gripped the steering wheel nervously. If that's the case, then he would tell his guess: "Sister-in-law... are you the wife sent by the country to my brother, oh no, the agent sent to protect my brother?"
The more he thought about it, the more he felt it made sense. The marriage between the Li family and the Gu family was just a cover-up, and it was not announced. As soon as his sister-in-law married his brother, his brother went abroad to do some secret work. The timing was right. Although his sister-in-law was usually idle, she would take action at the critical moment. This time, she cooperated with the national security department to instantly help his brother out of trouble.
Moreover, his sister-in-law helped him resolve the negotiation issue. Isn't it also the government's attempt to promote integration? If the negotiations get a good result, isn't that also doing good for the country?
It was indeed an interesting guess. Gu Chen smiled and said, "No, but from another perspective, I actually retired from a certain organization, and then this organization sent your brother to me as a partner."
Li Jiashu suddenly realized! That's right!
Just now, my sister-in-law told Director Cheng that she has retired. My sister-in-law should be a top-level boss in a national spy agency, such as Department X. She can finally retire after completing many missions. Then her brother also needs a boss to assist her, so his brother was assigned to my sister-in-law as a retirement task!
This way everything is explained!
But what made him unbalanced was——
How could his brother have such luck to be assigned to a fairy like his sister-in-law!
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