Break out of the courtyard

"Boss, the court trial results are out. We have successfully filed a counterclaim. Nine Chinese banks have publicly apologized to the Umbrella Company on TV and compensated the Umbrella Company for its reputational damages of 9 yuan!"

"Well, thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Heping simply replied and hung up the phone.

The call was from An Guirong, the head of Heping Law Firm. She had wanted to talk about the performance of chief lawyer Yan Min in the trial, but the Umbrella Company provided the bribery transaction records of the judge and eight jurors, so that the lawsuit did not encounter many difficulties.

In addition, the electronic trading systems of those Chinese banks were hacked by a group of hackers, so the shareholders of those Chinese banks dared not continue to sue.

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"Look at this statement on the website!" The chairman of Hong Kong Wing Hing Bank pointed the screen of a laptop towards the chairmen and directors of other banks and said sternly:

"They first informed us via a recorded phone call to shut down the bank's electronic transaction system and asked us to maintain the relevant loopholes."

"The next moment, they posted the corresponding attack software on the World Internet Forum, and also posted this disclaimer. How can we sue them? What can we sue them with?"

"Ahem!" The chairman of Dasheng Bank stood up and said, "No need for a meeting! Since we lost the lawsuit this morning, we have no chance of winning."

"Instead of sitting here discussing how to go against the Umbrella Corporation, it's better to spend money to avoid disaster!"

The chairman of Wing Hang Bank also stood up and echoed, "You might as well look at this issue from a different angle. If the bank's electronic transaction system that the Magnesium people helped us build was attacked by hackers after it was officially put into operation, our losses would be immeasurable."

"According to what you said, we should thank that umbrella company!" The chairman of Nanhua Bank sat on the chair, looking coldly at the chairmen of the five banks who were about to leave, and said coldly:

"Don't forget, when we called the Umbrella Company to inquire about the bank's electronic transaction system service, the other party didn't even ask about our identities and directly said that there was no such service! What does this mean?"

The chairman of the Bank of East Asia chimed in: "This shows that the Umbrella Company does not intend to cooperate with us! They want to cut off our bank's electronic transaction system business!"

No matter what the remaining bank chairmen said, the five Chinese bank chairmen who got up and left did not look back.

After the chairman of Dasheng Bank entered the elevator, he said to the chairmen of the other four banks who came in later: "I was stupid at the beginning of the year. How could I go against the guy on the mountain just to save hundreds of thousands of magnesium dollars!"

"Don't mention you, we are all the same." The chairman of Wing Hang Bank shook his head and sighed, "Think about those commercial computers in the past, any one of them cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the key is that most people don't know how to use it!"

"It's nothing like today's desktop computers and laptops. Children can play games on computers after learning for a while!"

The chairman of Dasheng Bank said, "The most urgent thing is to find a few influential people to help us go to the mountain to mediate. Otherwise, our customers will be snatched away by foreign banks that own the bank's electronic transaction system!"

"I heard that even the six major banks in Japan use the security system of the Umbrella Company! If we don't seek to join, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to survive in the future."

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What the chairmen, directors and shareholders of the Chinese banks didn’t know was that before they even thought of holding the Magnesium software company accountable, the hackers who got their hands on the new “toy” would help them settle the accounts.

Even Zhang Heping did not expect this!

"You mean, someone used the tools on our forum to break into the electronic trading systems of some European and American banks?"

"Yes, Master!" Tang Wei, the technical manager of Umbrella, said excitedly, "The servers that were hacked were not ours!"

"Currently, seven foreign banks that have been attacked have called us and want to purchase our security services. We have stopped this service based on your request."

"Dad, why are you stopping this service?" Zhang Bei, the eldest son, asked in confusion, "We have security technology and they need it. Isn't it a good opportunity to sell it to them and make money?"

"It's just some petty profits!" Zhang Heping said lightly behind his desk, and then started drawing his engineering drawings again.

Tang Wei explained: "Master, Master is planning to release the source code of Security Guard to show our..."

"Why do we have to publish the source code of Safe Guard? Without Safe Guard, how can we sell the computers from my stepmother?" Zhang Bei suddenly became anxious.

"Master, don't be anxious!" After Tang Wei calmed Zhang Bei down, he saw that Zhang Heping didn't say anything, so he continued, "I had the same doubts as you before, but the master said that you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child."

"After publishing the source code of SafeGuard, we will do something big!"

Zhang Bei waited for a while, but didn't hear Tang Wei's next words. He asked in confusion, "What are you going to do?"

Tang Wei smiled and glanced at Zhang Bei's father, meaning that you have to go ask your dad!

After Zhang Bei understood Tang Wei's look, he walked over to Zhang Heping and asked, "Dad, what are you going to do?"

"Find some lasting cash flow for the future computer research center!" Zhang Heping explained simply, but his eldest son Zhang Bei still didn't understand.

"I don't understand!" Zhang Bei asked, "Is there any connection between the Computer Research Center and the public release of the Security Guard source code?"

"I plan to invest 1 million magnesium yuan to build a computer research center. What do you think can be done after the equipment is built?" Zhang Heping glanced at his eldest son who was frowning in thought, then glanced at Tang Wei who did not reveal his plan, and then concentrated on his own work.

Without security guards, the worst that can happen is to optimize the computer system, and then give away genuine Window of the World system when selling computers, or give away some other genuine software, which is a good way to use software to force hardware iterations.

As for the Computer Research Center, with so much money invested in it, it is natural that some commercial businesses will be developed, such as: UnionPay!

Let me ask you, what is the most profitable thing in this world?

The answer is: rob the bank!

Making the SafeGuard source code freely available is just the first step for Zhang Heping to show off his technology to the world.

As for whether the one that was made public is an old version, it definitely is.

Otherwise, the existing banking and stock electronic trading systems will have to stop for maintenance.

Once those self-taught geniuses on the Internet have thoroughly studied the source code of the old version of Security Guard, they will probably be able to program some targeted attack software on their own based on the hacking software previously released by Zhang Heping.

After those hackers have played around online for a while, Zhang Heping will launch an Internet security company to save the victimized banks, stock exchanges, and other companies from the dire straits, and then popularize genuine security guards!

As for the transaction fees, POS machine fees, ATM access fees, data service fees and other fees involved in the Bank Card World Alliance, there is a big premise: IC card!

The concept of IC card was proposed by a French company as early as 10 years ago and put into commercial use in 76.

It was not popularized because there was no Internet and 2G network before, but it has also been developed in industries such as transportation, medical care, and identity verification.

The engineering drawings that Zhang Heping has been drawing these days are for the [optical card] in order to avoid the IC card patent.

When it comes to optical cards, many people will feel unfamiliar.

However, just talking about one of its applications in the previous life will make people's eyes light up.

Magnesium green card!

That’s right, the green card of the magnesium country in the previous life used optical card technology.

For a general IC card, a storage capacity of 512KB is considered large, but the storage capacity of an optical card can reach 4MB!

The key is that optical cards are not afraid of strong electrical and magnetic interference and are a hundred times more durable than ordinary IC cards. The key is that they are cheap and can use a variety of encryption technologies to ensure the security of information in the card.

Of course, the things that made Zhang Heping draw the engineering drawings so carefully are definitely not just bank cards and credit cards; at the very least, mobile phone cards, bus cards, etc. must be available.

Moreover, it has to be a complete upstream and downstream industrial chain!

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On the afternoon of May 5, the third nephew Tang Qiang was called back by Zhang Heping.

When Tang Qiang saw Zhang Heping sitting on the sofa in the living room, he asked awkwardly and reluctantly, "Uncle, um...what's the matter with you calling us back?"

The reason why he behaved in such an awkward manner was mainly because the matter of Tang Ning from his second uncle's family had not been resolved yet.

Zhang Heping didn't take it seriously and asked casually, "How is the development of your 2G mobile phone going?"

When Tang Qiang heard that Zhang Heping was not talking about Tangning, he quickly replied, "The prototype for making phone calls and sending text messages has been made, but my brother wanted to add games to the phone, so it has been delayed until now and mass production has not started yet."

Zhang Heping said calmly: "Japan Island Telecom has already started mass production of 2G mobile phones, and wanted to supply Hong Kong Island Telecom, the major shareholder, but I stopped them this morning. I..."

Before Zhang Heping could finish his words, Tang Qiang hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, uncle. When I get back, I will have people start producing the 2G prototype."

Zhang Heping waved his hand, "Don't interrupt, I haven't finished yet!"

Then, Zhang Heping took out a roll of engineering drawings from the black guitar bag on the coffee table and handed it over. "This is a schematic diagram of the 2G mobile phone card interface. Hong Kong Island Telecom also gave me a copy."

"Take this back and show it to your engineers. All future mobile phones will have to be connected to this SIM card in order to enter the Hong Kong Island communications market!"

"Mobile phone card?" Tang Qiang opened the engineering drawing in confusion.

Zhang Heping casually explained: "Didn't someone complain before that it was troublesome to queue up at the Hong Kong Island Telecom counter to change mobile phones and mobile phone numbers? By implanting the mobile phone number information into the mobile phone card, you only need to change the mobile phone card to change the mobile phone and mobile phone number."

Tang Qiang hesitated for a moment, "This is very convenient, but I don't know if the technicians I recruited will change."

"It will take some time for me to build a factory to produce mobile phone cards. Your current technicians are not good enough, so you can hire professional engineers with high salaries to do research and development." Zhang Heping stood up, picked up the black guitar bag containing other engineering drawings, and said as he walked out:

"If you don't hurry up, Nissan's 2G mobile phones will take over the Hong Kong Island communications market. The key is that Nissan's mobile phones are cheaper than yours. Many people in the Umbrella Japan Branch are using Nissan's mobile phones."

"Uncle, where are you going? I'll take you there!"

"I don't need you to see me off to the airport! You should go back to see your mom! It was your mom who asked me to call you back, saying that she hadn't seen you for a long time."

By the way, just because of what his eldest brother-in-law's second concubine said, "She hasn't seen her son for a long time," Zhang Heping suddenly realized that he hadn't been back to his home in the capital for a long time.

So, after he finished drawing all the engineering drawings, he said goodbye to his wife and children and decided to fly back this afternoon and fly back tomorrow.

After getting into the car, Zhang Heping called his wife Tang Xin, who was on a shopping spree, and urged them to go to the airport quickly.

When Zhang Heping and his family returned home, they did not inform their family in advance, thinking of giving them a surprise.

As for the food and accommodation issues that ordinary people are most worried about when relatives come, for the Zhang family, these are all small problems and they can be solved by going to the Capital Hotel when the time comes.

"Boss, you are carrying so many clothes, toys and cosmetics, they might be confiscated by the Capital Airport." At the security checkpoint of Kai Tak Airport, a young male security guard looked at the large and small bags of luggage of two boss ladies and a group of young masters and ladies with embarrassment.

Zhang Heping watched his wife and children put their bags, suitcases, and backpacks on the security conveyor belt and asked casually, "What's going on? Is the inspection very strict over there recently?"

The young male security guard explained: "I heard that after our Umbrella Company's security equipment was installed there, the inspections became very strict. I also heard that recently some foreigners' luggage was confiscated, but we don't know what was confiscated yet."

"It's okay!" Zhang Heping was at the end of the line and put his black guitar bag on the conveyor belt.

He thought that he had already communicated with Director Wang and even the higher-ups before going back this time, so even if he encountered any problems, he could just make a phone call.

"Captain, please come here!" The female observer sitting on the other side of the security equipment called over the male security guard who had just been chatting with Zhang Heping.

"What's the matter?" The young male security guard walked over quickly.

"Sir, please wait a moment!" Before the female observer had time to answer their captain's question, she stood up and stopped Zhang Heping who was about to take the black guitar bag, "Please open your bag."

"You idiot! Didn't you recognize this is the big boss?" The young male security guard was so angry that he pulled the troublesome female observer away, and then smiled at Zhang Heping and said, "Boss, she is new here and is still in the internship period. Don't blame her for not having seen you before!"

"It's okay!" Zhang Heping put down the black guitar bag, waved to the female observer, and said with a smile: "The rules and regulations clearly stipulate that if an observer has doubts and asks to open the bag for inspection, no one can stop him."

"However, today, you are only allowed to open the zipper of this bag and reach in to feel around to make sure there are no dangerous items inside. Do you understand?"

"Let me do it!" The young male security guard stepped forward and continued to protect his subordinate. "She has little experience and has never seen many dangerous goods. This is..."

Zhang Heping smiled faintly at the male security guard who reached into the bag, "Keep it a secret, don't tell anyone!"

After Zhang Heping and his family entered the terminal with their bags, the young male security guard called the female observer aside and asked seriously, "What did you see just now?"

"I, I..." Seeing that the captain's face was not looking good, the female observer was timid and showed some signs of breakdown.

The young male security guard said in a soothing tone: "Don't worry, the boss has no intention of pursuing you, but I need to confirm with you, what did you see just now?"

This female observer, who looked only about sixteen or seventeen years old, calmed down her thoughts and then said:

"The screen shows that his guitar bag is empty. I'm worried that there is some shielding inside. Captain, I just think that no normal person would carry an empty guitar bag, don't you think?"

"Did you touch anything when you reached in just now? Is there something hidden inside?"

Facing the sudden surge of curiosity from the female observer, the young male security captain said sternly: "Remember, it's empty! No matter who asks you, that guitar bag is empty, understand?"

Seeing the captain's serious tone and fierce look, the female observer could only nod in response, "Oh!"

"Don't take it lightly!" the young male security guard warned again, "Also, remember that family just now, that's our big boss! Whether you newcomers can get employee housing in the future depends on whether the big boss nods or not!"

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Zhang Heping didn't know whether the male security guard could keep the secret, so he asked for it just to be on the safe side.

Let him touch it, at most he will touch some paper rolls of different sizes, and not much information will be leaked out.

However, after arriving at the Capital Airport, Zhang Heping and his family were stopped again.

The problem was not that he brought too many clothes, toys, cosmetics, etc., but the black guitar bag that was found to be abnormal when it passed through the security conveyor belt.

"Comrade, please open this guitar bag of yours!"

"No, you don't have enough authority!"

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