Break out of the courtyard

“Who is in charge?”

Tang Wei, the technical manager of the Umbrella Company, followed Zhang Heping and just as he walked into the office area of ​​a company called Debao Securities, he shouted loudly, drowning out the surrounding noise.

Zhang Heping was wearing a maroon suit today, with only black trousers matching the black suits that Tang Weiwei and the others were wearing, so when the head of the securities company was called out, he came straight to Zhang Heping.

"Boss, our building is managed by Umbrella Property Management. Are you..."

Tang Wei saw his master looking at the office computers around him, so he stepped forward and interrupted the middle-aged male manager. "We are from the Umbrella Technology Department. The Kowloon Stock Exchange called us and said that your company's account with them has lost 3 yuan for unknown reasons. Is this true?"

"Yes! Yes!" When the middle-aged male manager heard that it was the Umbrella Company, he immediately lost his worries and said hurriedly: "Our account at the Kowloon Stock Exchange lost 35683 yuan for no reason this morning. Someone said it was a software problem."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Tang Wei frowned and asked, "Where is your computer? And do you know your company's main account and password? We need to log in to the main account to check your transaction records today."

"My office is over here, please follow me!" The middle-aged male manager extended his hand to lead the way inside.

"Master, I'll go in and take a look first. If I can't handle it, I'll ask you to come over." After Tang Wei finished speaking, he saw Zhang Heping nodded, and then he took six of his men to the manager's office inside.

Zhang Heping was still in the office area outside, watching the traders operating their computers.

Not long after, Tang Wei's voice was heard from the manager's office. "There are no abnormal transactions of funds from the main account to third-party accounts. All of them are data on funds transferred to the Kowloon Stock Exchange account."

"This column is the funds spent on buying stocks, and this column is the funds obtained from selling stocks. Here you can call up the data of stocks bought and sold today. This column is the purchase price, and this column is the trading sub-account..."

As Tang Wei was talking, he suddenly stood up and looked at the six technicians behind him. He spotted the short technician who was looking around and said, "Xiao Wu, you come and find the problem."

"Manager Tang, that's not necessary!" The short boy who was called Xiao Wu reluctantly sat in the boss chair where Tang Wei had just sat. "It's obvious that their own traders were operating recklessly and concealing the trading losses. They should investigate it themselves."

"Stop talking so much nonsense!" Tang Wei stared at the computer screen and said unhappily, "When a customer raises a question, we have to clarify it and explain it to the customer. We cannot damage the reputation of our umbrella company!"

The short male technician had no choice but to look at the manager of Debao Securities and said, "Please come over here. I'll tell you how to check your company's trading data yourself."

Seeing that the boy had behaved himself, Tang Wei walked out alone and came to Zhang Heping and said, "Master, there is no problem with the transaction data here! It was another mistake of selling at a low price and buying back at a high price. The stock code of the bought back stock was also changed by the sub-account to the batch of stocks sold."

Zhang Heping said calmly: "Remember to ask the person in charge here to sign and stamp the service form, and then call the Kowloon Stock Exchange back. If the service is in place, you must leave a trace, otherwise how will other people in the company know your hard work."

"Okay, Master!" Tang Wei said, and returned to the manager's office.

Zhang Heping, on the other hand, was watching the operations of the securities company traders with great interest.

Customers come with stock certificates, banknotes and checks, and then the traders will process stock transactions for them. The efficiency is so slow!

Therefore, we cannot blame the electronic stock trading system for eliminating these securities companies; it is they themselves who cannot keep up with the pace of development of the Internet.

In fact, if these securities companies are smart and bold, they can launch their company's stock trading systems to customers.

The system is connected to the four major stock exchanges and incorporates all Hong Kong stock information into its own trading system, saving customers the trouble of going to four exchanges to check stocks.

The other side of the system is connected to countless retail investors, and no membership fees are charged. It simply collects transaction fees, making hundreds of millions of dollars in profit every year.

Zhang Heping knew how to make that kind of software, but considering that he would need to take advantage of the chaos to acquire a batch of company stocks later, he didn't make any extra moves.

After leaving Debao Securities, Zhang Heping and Tang Weiwei visited more than a dozen securities companies to report problems.

During the trial run of the electronic stock trading system, part of the problem was that securities company managers and financial personnel did not know how to use the company's main account to check accounts and failed to detect traders' mistakes in time.

Another part of the problem is that some securities companies did not use the Peace computers sold by Tingmei Trading, which resulted in the company's computers being hacked by self-taught hackers!

The funds in the stock exchange accounts of these securities companies that were hacked were not stolen, but were simply used to buy a bunch of random stocks.

The reason why the hackers did not help the hacked securities companies to sell fake stocks in large quantities, which in turn caused the securities companies to be unable to deliver the stock certificates, was mainly because the hackers did not have so many stock certificates and could not get the names of the holders corresponding to the stock codes.

On the contrary, if personal accounts are hacked, hackers can easily sell the stocks held in the accounts, and then the hackers can control the accounts and buy and sell stocks randomly.

This is the price of not buying a Heping computer and not having a security guard!

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Just look at this. The last securities company that had an incident this afternoon was one whose cheap Japanese computers were hacked into by hackers.

"See? Just use Security Guard to check and kill, and the Trojan on your computer will be removed." The short male technician named Xiao Wu leaned over and unplugged the data cable from the computer host, and put away his tool hard drive.

"You need to use your registration information to retrieve the account password of the stock exchange. I guess the money in the accounts of the four exchanges has been used to buy junk stocks." Technician Xiao Wu said gloatingly: "This is the result of buying a cheap computer and not installing anti-virus software."

"No! You can't leave! Stop them!" Seeing the six technicians about to leave, the manager of the securities company said excitedly: "The exchange said that there is a problem with your stock trading software. You are fully responsible!"

"Hmph! We are from the Umbrella Corporation. Whoever dares to touch us just try!" Technician Xiao Wu glanced at the male and female traders around him with disdain.

A person’s name is like a tree’s shadow!

In the past two years, the Umbrella Company has recruited a large number of people by offering high salaries and benefits. Correspondingly, its security, property, cleaning and other businesses have also developed rapidly, and during this period, it has even had disputes with some short-sighted gangs over territory.

It’s just that Umbrella Protection is a formal company with a gun license, and some of its old employees like to lead people to carry out sneak attacks at night.

The key is that after the sneak attack, they will clean up thoroughly, leaving the Hong Kong police with nothing to say.

As a result, the Umbrella Corporation has become a byword for both black and white!

A female technician nearby said to the manager of the securities company: "Our company only guarantees that the funds in the stock trading software will flow between your company account and the exchange account, and will not be transferred to a third-party account."

"If you find that the funds in your stock trading software have been transferred to a third-party account, our company will compensate you for your financial losses in full!"

"As for the bank transaction software on your computer, you need to use a specific landline to call the account manager of the bank where you opened the account, provide your reserved transaction code under the recorded call, and then you can start the electronic transfer for the third-party account."

"If the money in your bank transaction software account is transferred to a third-party account without you calling or reporting the transaction code, and it is a software technical problem, our company will pay the full amount. If the loss of funds is caused by other human factors, you need to call the police!"

"Do you understand?" Technician Xiao Wu glanced at everyone, "Now it's obvious that you bought cheap Japanese products and didn't even install anti-virus software. This is like buying a house without installing the door. Who can you blame if it gets robbed?"

Seeing the six technicians from the Umbrella Company walking towards the door, the traders were backing away and dodging. The manager of the securities company hurriedly said, "Wait! Wait! Even if you don't want to pay, other computers in our company also use stock trading software. You have to help us fix the computer!"

"Ha!" Zhang Heping, who was waiting outside, was amused and walked out, shaking his head.

Tang Wei saw Zhang Heping leaving and shouted to the office inside, "Hurry up, my master and I will go downstairs first!"

Technician Xiao Wu frowned and said in a bad tone: "You don't want to spend money to buy anti-virus software, but you want me to help you with the virus removal when something happens. Believe it or not, I will bring people to your house tonight!"

"Why waste your time talking to him? Let's go!"

The other technicians walked straight through the crowd that automatically made way without even looking at the securities company manager; what the hell was he still doing staying here when his boss had already left?

After Zhang Heping brought Tang Wei and six technicians to a food stall and sat down, technician Xiao Wu hurriedly asked, "Manager Tang, can't our stock trading software include a function to prevent hacker intrusion?"

"Why should we prevent it?" Tang Wei said casually, "Stock trading software is not a security guard, why should it provide a function to prevent hacker intrusion?"

"This……"

This answer not only stunned the technician Xiao Wu, but also the other three men and two women.

Zhang Heping said: "No matter how secure the stock trading software is, it can't stop the insider from handing over the account and password to outsiders."

“So, when I designed the stock software, I only considered the money in the stock software, which was transferred between their own bank accounts and the exchange’s bank accounts, to prevent it from flowing into third-party accounts. In this way, even if the money is transferred to the wrong account, it can be returned to the exchange.”

"Their own bank accounts and passwords are like their wallets. If they can't keep them safe, who can they blame?"

"However, following Xiao Wu's idea, we can actually further enhance the security of stock trading software accounts." Zhang Heping changed the subject and said with a smile:

"For example, the exchange's server sends out a dynamic verification code in real time, and members only need to buy a device to receive the verification code. When logging into their account, they are required to enter not only their password but also the dynamic verification code, which further improves security."

"But if the device that receives the verification code is also handed over to an outsider by the insider, wouldn't it be unsafe again?"

"Master, the device you just mentioned for receiving verification codes..." Tang Wei thought for a moment and asked, "Did you design it for the bank's transaction system?"

"When 2G mobile phones that can send text messages come out, we can send text verification codes." Zhang Heping took the pork knuckle rice brought by the waiter and said casually: "In the computer industry, we must not only continue to learn new technologies, but also dare to innovate technologies."

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December 3th, Monday.

After three weeks of trial operation, the three electronic stock trading systems of the Far East Exchange, the Gold and Silver Exchange, and the Kowloon Stock Exchange revealed many problems.

But after repeated explanations from TVB, ATV, South China Morning Post, Island Economic Journal, Sing Tao Financial News and Hong Kong Commercial Daily, the problem was finally thrown to the securities companies and the electronic stock trading system was completely taken down.

If stock traders make mistakes or their computers are infected with viruses or Trojans, it can indeed be blamed on the securities companies.

However, after logging into the Kowloon Stock Exchange's electronic stock trading system, there were frequent freezes, and this was blamed on the securities company, which was a bit unfair as it was clearly a server problem!

As the four stock exchanges in Hong Kong Island all use the electronic stock trading system, not only have more and more Hong Kong people started to pay attention to the rise and fall of Hong Kong stocks, but many foreign investors have also set their sights on the Hong Kong stock market.

Today, Zhang Heping heard a rumor that the six major banks in Japan have applied for banking licenses in Hong Kong Island and they only need to wait for the renovation to be completed before they can apply to access the four stock exchanges in Hong Kong Island.

On the surface, this means that Japanese funds can flow into the Hong Kong stock market.

But looking at it from another side, once the Internet between Japan and Hong Kong is connected, money from Hong Kong can also flow into the Japanese stock market!

At that time, it will depend on which stock market is more attractive!

However, as of now, the establishment of branches of Japan's six major banks in Hong Kong Island may drive up the Hong Kong stock market which has been falling for half a year.

So, Zhang Heping started the action today.

When the stock market is sluggish, it often means that the turnover rate is low, few people are selling stocks, and most people are waiting and watching.

Today, Renewable Energy Limited and Air, Land and Sea Limited announced that they will initiate a stock repurchase of their controlled companies Island Electric, China Gas, Star Ferry and Kai Tak Airport, and then carry out a reorganization.

Then, Zhang Heping controlled the stock trading account of Stepmother Investment Co., Ltd. and broke into the electronic stock trading system of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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At 11 o'clock in the morning, a group of American hawks were arguing loudly in the conference room on the top floor of Huifeng Bank.

"Fakou! The announcement they issued was about buying back lights and gas, but they didn't mention acquiring Huifeng Bank. Today's transaction is invalid!"

"It took less than HK$7 million to sweep away 5% of Huifeng Bank's shares. How careless!"

"We wanted to wait for Huifeng Bank's share price to drop a little more so that we could buy back some shares to secure our position as the largest shareholder. But we didn't expect him to drive up Huifeng Bank's share price from 26 yuan to 42 yuan. How can we buy more shares?"

"Idiot! The stock price isn't the problem. The problem is that they own 40.2% of the shares! They are the largest shareholder!"

"Shen Bi, what if Mr. Zhang wants to compete for a seat on the board of directors of Huifeng Bank and also compete for management rights? Have you thought about the consequences?"

"Everyone calm down!" Huifeng Bank Chairman Shen Bi shouted, then picked up his mobile phone and called Zhang Heping directly.

"Mr. Zhang, excuse me, why did you suddenly buy so many shares of Huifeng Bank today?"

"Yes, yes, yes! There was an announcement before, and I was told about it, but I forgot recently."

"Then what do you think of our board of directors..."

"Dear Mr. Zhang, I am definitely worthy of your trust. We have known each other for more than ten years, right?"

"Okay, thank you for your trust, I will definitely not let you down!"

Shen Bi hung up the phone, thought for a while, frowned and said: "Mr. Zhang has no intention of changing the board of directors. There is still only Mr. Wan Tao, the legal manager of Heping Group, as the director here, and he only plays a supervisory role."

"Okay, everyone, stop arguing! From what I know about Mr. Zhang, he said that he only wanted to safely withdraw the funds invested in Ridao Dongdu by controlling our Huifeng Bank, so he must have thought so."

"Otherwise, with the more than 10 billion in funds in his account, he could easily control Standard Chartered Bank at the same time. There's no need for him to beat around the bush with us!"

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