The years of red flags

Jiang Hua said bluntly: "You said that the thing on your head is not a chamber pot. Why can't you think more about the reasons for everything? Let me ask you a question now, do we have a good relationship with the Ugly Country?"

"it's not good?"

"You actually answered a question to me. Is there any need to question this? It must be bad." Jiang Hua said unhappily: "What good intentions can a weasel have when wishing a happy new year to a chicken?"

"It's just an ordinary network security competition." Pony said unconfidently: "What bad intentions can that ugly country have? What bad intentions can it have? It's just an ordinary competition, how bad can it be? We are also using the competition to make a name for ourselves."

Jiang Hua stood up directly from his boss chair and made a gesture of invitation to Pony.

Pony smiled and waved his hands: "It's not appropriate, boss. That's your seat. If I sit on it, wouldn't that be usurping the throne? If you think what I said is wrong, you can just scold me. There's no need to put me on the fire and roast me."

"What are you thinking? Do you still want to usurp the throne? I'll ask you to sit here and use the computer to check the information."

Pony smiled awkwardly: "Boss, next time just speak your mind. You scared me to death. I have nothing but love for you."

"The fact that you were frightened shows that you really have something on your mind." Jiang Hua said with a half-smile, "Are you really planning to start your own business?"

"How is that possible? Huaxing Network is my home. If I leave this home, won't I become an orphan?" Pony pretended to be wronged and said, "Boss, what information do you want me to check?"

"Who is the organizer of this online hacking competition? What is their background? Who are the invited teams?"

"Isn't this crystal clear?" Pony said, holding the invitation. "This is a technical association. Is this a competition also for the purpose of enhancing network security?"

"Just check if you're asked to. There's definitely nothing wrong with this association. I want you to check the boss behind the association, the source of funds, and who was invited?"

"You are simply too cautious."

Pony checked it out: "The source of funds is two cybersecurity companies. Isn't this normal? The invited teams are from all over the world, and they are basically from countries with relatively developed networks."

"I don't need to look to know that there is definitely no team from the Ugly Country. Even if there is, it is unknown. Have you in the security circle never heard of it?"

Pony said in surprise: "It's true. Ugly Country only invited one team. I've never heard of it."

"Can you check the background of the two companies that provided the funds?"

"How do you check this?"

Jiang Hua tapped Pony and said, "Call your friends in the Ugly Country and ask them. They are in this circle, so they must know the details."

Pony picked up his phone again and talked a lot.

"The results were found to be cybersecurity contractors for the Department of Defense and Fopole."

Jiang Hua smiled and said, "Tell me, there is no trick in this competition."

"Maybe there is something fishy going on, but I can't figure out what it is." Pony scratched his head: "It's all out in the open, everyone can see it, what could be fishy?"

"What we want is the resources in your hands."

Pony asked in confusion: "Resources, and you want to poach people from our team." "If you can poach people, that would be even better. If not, he wants the bugs you have." Jiang Hua said directly: "If you want to get first place, you must at least contribute the heavyweight bugs you have."

"Since they have all been contributed, it is safe for everyone to see. There is no harm in that."

"Bullshit." Jiang Hua scolded, "He has a thousand ways to do this secretly. By then, he will have mastered the heavyweight bugs mastered by all of your participating teams. This is the top priority of network security. If a network confrontation occurs one day, and he has more bugs than you, won't you be at a disadvantage?"

"That's not a good idea. We are giving up the initiative of network security." Pony sighed, "These ugly Chinese people know what it means to build a plank road in the open while marching secretly."

"So you have decided whether or not to participate in this competition?"

"No. Not only can I not go, I have to stop 360 from going." Pony took out his phone: "I'll call Lao Zhou and ask him to come over so we can talk in detail. With your support, he should believe it."

"Don't you look down on people who make rogue software?"

"I don't think highly of him for making rogue software, but his network security protection is indeed excellent." Pony smiled awkwardly: "I don't respect him as a person, but I respect his technology."

"I have not yet met this cardinal."

Pony smiled and said, "Companies in the entire Beijing city that are engaged in the Internet and computer industries basically have to come to pay homage to you, the pioneer of our country's Internet and semiconductors. How dare Zhou ignore you? When he comes, I will scold him."

"Come on, you're making me act like I'm the boss of the Qinghong Gang in Shanghai. You're even paying me respects. Do you think I'm one of the three tycoons?"

Pony called the cardinal over in a hurry. On the other end of the phone, the cardinal was also puzzled. He was not familiar with Pony, so why did he want to call him in such a hurry?

The cardinal didn't want to come at first, but Tony gave him the last reminder that Jiang Hua was also here and had something to tell him.

You can choose not to give face to other people, but you cannot choose to give face to Jiang Hua. I have never paid my respects to them before, so other Internet companies have not been very friendly to me. It’s not that Jiang Hua secretly instructed them to trip him up. This is just like the rule of the older generation. If you have not paid your respects to them before, you are not one of them.

The cardinal hadn't arrived yet, so Jiang Hua opened a can of mouth music and handed it to Pony.

"How's the research going on on that mobile instant messaging software I told you about before?"

Pony was stunned for a moment: "I have found a talent."

"If they are talented, try to win them over."

Pony smiled and said, "This guy is not an easy person to deal with. He just stayed in his hometown and didn't want to move. I tried my best to invite him to Beijing and let him visit our company and research institute."

"Finally, are they willing to come and work here?"

"Finally, he was attracted by the cafeteria of our city company." Pony said with a smile: "I arranged all his food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he didn't need to show up for work, so he agreed to come and work."

"In the new era, sometimes we need to change our thinking." Jiang Hua said with a smile: "It seems that technical positions in your network company do not have to be like other ordinary positions, punching in and out every day. Isn't SOHO office popular now? You can try it first."

(End of this chapter)