The storm of electronic fraud, the day I was deceived into northern Myanmar

The dormitories and offices of the new company are co-located in a six-story building, forming a small self-sufficient ecosystem.

The second and third floors have been built into fully functional office areas, the fourth floor is a canteen for employees, and the fifth and sixth floors are planned as dormitories to facilitate employees' rest and life.

The first floor of the entire building is a spacious hall. Except for a few shabby sofas scattered around, it is empty and slightly desolate.

This building was formerly a KTV operated by Parkson Group and was left idle for some unknown reasons.

Later, under Bai Yinglan's arrangement, this became the location of my new company.

When we first moved in, it took us over a week just to clean and renovate the place.

Coupled with arranging network lines and purchasing office supplies, I could only sleep for almost five or six hours a day during that time, and I was extremely busy every day.

Along the corridor, I walked towards the more spacious office at the end of the third floor.

When he opened the door, he saw Zhou Yang squatting next to the server and busy, concentrating on repairing the equipment.

Seeing me coming in, he put down the tools in his hands, wiped the sweat on his forehead with the clothes on his back, then raised his head and asked, "What do you want from me?"

I smiled slightly and motioned for him to come over and sit down. At the same time, I took out a pack of cigarettes from my pocket and handed him one: "There are too many things going on in the company these days, so I haven't been able to come and take a look. You smoke a cigarette and take a rest first." By the way, how are things going at home?"

I said as I lit my cigarette.

Zhou Yang took the cigarette and took a puff, his eyes showing a hint of exhaustion: "The things at home are almost settled."

I nodded, took a deep breath of cigarette, and slowly exhaled the smoke ring: "What happened, can you tell me?"

He was silent for a moment, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not a big deal, it's just my mother's health problem, breast cancer is in the advanced stage... Also, the family has incurred some debts in the past few years."

Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but sigh.

I looked at him seriously: "Don't worry, the company has just started and everything is developing in a good direction. When our business stabilizes, I guarantee that your dividends will only increase. And I have also contacted some technical staff recently. Talent, they will join us soon, and your pressure will be reduced a lot by then."

He nodded slightly, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes: "I'm not worried. After all, I decided to stay with you in northern Myanmar, so I have already prepared for the worst."

Looking back on the days in Mae Sot, Zhou Yang chose to stay and work with me, which was indeed beyond my expectation.

I originally thought he would choose to return to China. After all, with his talent, his life in China would never be too bad.

But thinking about it now, he may have been in urgent need of funds at that time, so he decided to stay and take a risk.

"By the way, how is the progress of the virtual video technology you studied last time?" I asked, changing the subject.

He immediately picked up two mobile phones from the side and began to show his latest progress: "It is basically completed. AI face-changing technology can now be implemented in videos, and this part is quite mature. But the sound synthesis needs further optimization. I Recently, a set of sound synthesis models developed by large companies were obtained from the dark web, which can meet our needs with only further training."

He paused and seemed a little hesitant: "However, judging from our current hardware conditions, it is obviously not enough to train this model. I am considering using cloud computing services and placing the model training on the cloud server. However, this This level of computing resources consumes a lot of money, and the cost is correspondingly high..."

I have already guessed his concerns: "Are you worried that even if we develop this system, we may not be able to recover the cost?"

He took a deep breath and nodded in agreement: "Yes. Many companies on the market are developing voice imitation technology, and some of them are already doing very well. Is it really worth it for us to invest heavily in developing this system ourselves?"

I smiled and analyzed it for him: "Those big companies you mentioned are operating legally. If we use their models and data, can we guarantee that they will not find that our uses are improper? Once discovered, , not only may the police intervene in the investigation, but once our data is leaked, the consequences will be disastrous."

I slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said earnestly: "You have to understand that in our line of work, the most important thing is to protect customer data. Once the data is leaked, it is equivalent to the loss of our 'capital'."

I went on to explain: "Therefore, I would rather invest in developing a system of our own than use external resources. This can minimize the risk, you know what I mean?"

After hearing this, Zhou Yang seemed to be thinking, and finally nodded to express understanding.

In fact, my considerations are not just about data security.

If we can actually develop this system and make it available to other companies in the park, that will be a lot of additional revenue.

This potential business opportunity is something I can’t ignore!

Withdrawing from the technical department, I was about to go to the marketing department for daily inspections. At this time, a call came from Chang Jianlin. He told me that he had been safely received and would arrive at the company later.

Wang Quanfu's efficiency and decisiveness are impressive.

After I promised to help him arrange a meeting with Bai Yinglan, he quickly fulfilled his promise and found me the much-needed technical expertise.

In the morning, I arranged for Chang Jianlin to pick up the person at the location designated by Wang Quanfu. Unexpectedly, they were so efficient and brought the person to the company in less than a day.

When Chang Jianlin showed up at the company at around eight o'clock in the evening with several new technicians, I hurriedly went to check.

When I walked into the conference room, I saw three dark-skinned Indians huddled in the corner tiredly, holding their heads in their hands, looking helpless.

Their clothes were shabby and smelled of fish and curry. They had obviously not been cleaned properly for a long time.

Judging from their appearance and demeanor, they are approximately thirty years old.

I tried to communicate with them in Chinese, but when they faced me, they could only respond with blank expressions. It was obvious that they did not understand Chinese.

In desperation, I had to call Zhou Yang.

Unlike me, Zhou Yang's English level is much higher. He quickly communicated fluently in English with the three Indians, allowing them to gradually relax and stabilize their emotions.

After ensuring that the three new technicians were emotionally stable, I handed them over to Zhou Yang and asked him to lead their work and complete the development of our technical system as quickly as possible.

Although the staffing issue has been resolved, the cloud computing cost issue mentioned by Zhou Yang is still unresolved.

We chose Amazon cloud computing service, and due to its high cost, the budget pressure of the entire project was huge.

Zhou Yang initially estimated that the cloud computing part alone would require an investment of approximately US$300,000.

Converted into RMB, this means that I need to raise more than two million to nearly three million.

Faced with such a huge need for funding, I knew we had to find a solution as quickly as possible to raise enough funds to support our project moving forward.