Chapter 257: Enemies May Also Be Friends
The secretary's behavior was not because he didn't know the rules; it was Zhou Hong's request.
The security project of Jiangzhou University is a key project of 306. Any disturbance must be reported to themselves immediately, especially since 306 left in disgrace. Zhou Hong was even more curious about who would take over this project.
"Zemeng Network... Technology Co., Ltd." Zhou Hong racked his brains. "Is there such a company in the same industry? How could it win the network security project of Jiangzhou University?"
"This is a company that was established just a few days ago." The secretary flipped through the documents quickly.
Zhou Hong was immediately furious: "This is too much! I have no problem with finding Xing or Shan, but this is a newly opened company! What strength does this company have? Who is the boss? Could it be Jiangzhou University is just trying to get favors!"
"The person controlling the company is Lu Shan." The secretary didn't know who Lu Shan was, but Zhou Hong and Li Bo knew, and the scene instantly became quiet.
"Okay, got it. You go out first." Zhou Hong sat down as if all the blood had been drained from him, and asked the secretary to go out first.
The secretary felt a little puzzled, but she left anyway, thinking it was wrong to ask questions.
Lu Shan set up a company to be responsible for network security projects. This was a huge shock to Zhou Hong. The thing he feared most really happened.
On the day when 306 was breached by Lu Shan, 306 headquarters had actually conducted a detailed review. The result of the review was that the other party used an extremely advanced method to easily open the firewall's key. Obviously, the underlying mathematical logic was not a product of this era.
Zhou Hong didn't quite believe it at the time, because the scientific and technological community had never heard of any major breakthroughs. Where did a student like Lu Shan get such technology?
Until today when Li Bo said that Lu Shan had a very high level in many subjects such as mathematics, Zhou Hong had already believed it in his heart.
Otherwise, how could our own firewall be like paper?
Zhou Hong is now very panicked, for no other reason than that he has offended too many people.
At that time, all anti-virus software required purchasing CDs and entering activation codes to use. 306 launched its own completely free anti-virus software in order to seize the market.
When 306 gained a considerable market share, it made money by advertising. Who do you think it offended?
The first group to be offended are of course peers. Peers are eager to beat 306, the troublemaker in the industry, to death. Everyone is collecting money, but you are the only one who doesn't. Do you think you are capable?
The second group that is offended is the users who use the app for free. Stupid ads pop up all day long, making nonsense noises, and the whole screen is filled with flashing 999-level swords.
If it wasn't for free, who would be willing to endure this kind of spiritual pollution?
Of course, 306 itself has its merits, that is, the technology is really good, but now, the only advantage is about to disappear. Lu Shan's technical level is obviously higher, and then there is a possibility that the situation that Zhou Hong least wants to see will occur.
What if Lu Shan also follows 306 and provides technology to the vast number of PC users for free? Will 306 still have a way out?
On the other hand, if Lu Shan also follows 306 and provides paid network security services to schools, enterprises, and institutions, 306 will really have no way out.
"No! Even though Lu Shan has slapped 306 in the face and is our enemy, we must not offend Lu Shan. We must find a way to cooperate with Lu Shan, get his technology, or find a way to get involved in the cooperation!" Zhou Hong made the decision in just a few minutes.
"Book me a flight to Jiangzhou right away! I'll be leaving in two days!" Zhou Hong told his secretary and left. This matter had to be done quickly! If it was too slow, someone else might go to Lu Shan for cooperation.
Zhou Hong was not idle in the two days before departure. He handled the company's business while building momentum and creating a good meeting atmosphere so that Lu Shan would at least not resist 306!
First of all, 306 disclosed the course of this attack and defense battle on its official website, and those well-known domestic and foreign companies did not break through their own firewalls.
This is a move to flex its muscles and show that 306 is really capable.
Secondly, 306 admitted the fact that it was hacked by Lu Shan’s Zemeng Company, and highly praised Zemeng Company, saying that they hacked 306 with very few resources and extremely advanced ideas.
Zemeng Company won fairly.
Such news was naturally widely spread by the media and self-media. There were all kinds of comments on the Internet, but positive comments accounted for the absolute majority.
"306 is such a man! He dared to admit defeat. Who is Ze Meng and why is he so awesome?"
"So many top companies have failed to break through 306's firewall. Who is Ze Meng? From the description of 306, it seems that it is a very small company. It broke 306 before it was established."
"It seems that this matter is not because 306 is too weak. You can see that so many top companies are helpless. It can only be said that Ze Meng's strength is too abnormal. 306 was completely defeated."
306 took the initiative to show weakness, but showed strength within the weakness. This was Zhou Hong’s strategy.
If you want to make friends with Lu Shan, you have to lower your posture and recognize the gap in strength, so as to create a good meeting atmosphere.
306 not only wrote a notice on the official website, but also asked its own employees to spread public opinion and expand the impact.
Zhou Hong's measures were very effective. Everyone knew about it after one day, and it became an extremely hot topic after two days.
Lu Shan soon saw the news on the Internet. Because many technology bloggers reported and commented on the matter on the Jiyue website, Jiyue’s employees naturally reported the matter to Lu Shan.
"Interesting! As expected of the number one gangster on the Internet, his behavior is really unexpected." Lu Shan smiled and immediately felt that Zhou Hong was a decent person. Soon, Lu Shan received a letter from Zhou Hong, hoping to have a meeting two days later, and Lu Shan agreed.
Zhou Hong was already waiting for his flight when he sent the official letter. He was very excited when he received a positive reply before boarding the plane.
He must go to Jiangzhou. Even if Lu Shan does not agree, he will go to see Ze Meng and Ji Yue.
Now that Lu Shan agreed, he had two days to inspect Jiangzhou and think about relevant cooperation plans.
From this we can see that people like Zhou Hong will never leave their fate to others. If Lu Shan does not agree, he will move around in Jiangzhou and try every means to get in touch with Lu Shan and meet him.
As long as they meet, he may seize the opportunity to cooperate with Lu Shan.
From before the firewall was breached until now, Lu Shan has actually been busy with the zero-point paper. Now it has been completely proofread and is ready to be published in Annals od Mathematics.
The paper was published in the name of Jiangzhou University, so Lu Shan naturally had to give this honor to the school.
Jiangzhou University has given him such great support. Even if he cannot share the results with Jiangzhou University, at least he wants the world to know that Lu Shan is a student of Jiangzhou University, to raise his profile and attract more talents and projects.
In the author column, there is only Lu Shan's signature, indicating that this paper is Lu Shan's personal work.
The paper was sent out and the review would take some time, so Lu Shan turned his attention to the school's network security.
At this time, Ze Meng had completely secured his employees and started working on security projects. The quality of this group of employees was very high. In addition to a number of people who were ruthlessly eliminated by Ji Yue in the past, he also recruited some computer graduate students from Jiangzhou University. The main idea was to keep the resources within the family so that family members could use them with greater confidence.
Ji Yue and Ze Meng companies are located opposite each other, and people run back and forth between the two companies every day to help with equipment and system development.
With Lu Shan's ideas and logic, the firewall was built very quickly and a prototype has already been formed. The remaining time is to train it to enhance the intelligence of the firewall's early warning so that it can identify more forms of attacks. This principle is somewhat similar to training AI, but it has not reached that level yet. This is the only thing that can be done in this era.
If you want to train AI or generally train firewalls, you have to wait for cloud technology to be launched with real-time memory capabilities.
Two days later, Zhou Hong, feeling a little nervous, met Lu Shan at the gate of Jiangzhou University.
As soon as he saw Lu Shan, Zhou Hong sighed sincerely: "It's true that heroes emerge from youth. Mr. Lu is really young and promising!"
Lu Shan was about twenty years old, with a scholarly look, a slightly thin figure, a pale complexion, and even looked a little childish.
Who would have thought that such a person is a technical expert or an academic giant?
Lu Shan smiled modestly: "Mr. Zhou, thank you for the compliment."
Zhou Hong exchanged a few words with Lu Shan. As an old hand, Zhou Hong suggested that he and Lu Shan find a place to sit down and discuss things, so the two went to a teahouse.
Once the topic was opened, Zhou Hong expressed a lot of his own opinions and talked about everything.
This is an opportunity to demonstrate your professionalism and vision. If you can grasp this juncture well, you can win Lu Shan's favor.
As expected, Lu Shan still recognized Zhou Hong's level. Anyone who can be the number one gangster on the Internet must have good qualities. Not everyone can claim to be the number one, even a gangster.
After talking for half an hour, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, and Zhou Hong proposed the idea of visiting Zemeng Company and Jiyue Company.
Zhou Hong had already investigated it clearly within the past two days. The two companies were in the same building, and he even knew exactly where they were.
Lu Shan agreed generously. In fact, he didn't like people talking in circles. He could accept talking for half an hour, but he would get really impatient if they talked for an hour.
If Lu Shan had not just finished his thesis and had some time left, he might not have agreed so readily.
After Zhou Hong visited Ji Yue and Ze Meng, he was still quite shocked. All the employees there were too young, and the boss was even the youngest.
A company composed entirely of young people is generally prone to impulsiveness and will not last long.
Thinking of this, Zhou Hong couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for talent and became more determined to cooperate.
Unfortunately, Zhou Hong didn't know that Lu Shan was a reborn person with a God's perspective. Lu Shan was so mature that he would never make the mistakes of a young person.
(End of this chapter)
