32 days

Yi Alan and Jian Cheng are classmates of the same college but with different majors. Because they both live in the same city, they get acquainted with each other as soon as they come and go.

Yue Ximing once mentioned Jian Cheng, not only his career is doing very well, but also because Jian Cheng called Yi Alan during the university vacation, and Yue Ximing happened to be there.

On Jian Cheng's 20th birthday, his father gave him a private jet and applied for a flight route.Jian Cheng wants to invite Yi Alan to take his private jet to school together.

If it was a normal situation, Yi Alan thought, what kind of topic would he and his mother have in this call?Is it the envy of Jane's rich family, the admiration of private jets, or the use of "other people's children" to preach to his son so that he can study hard...

In any case, the focus of attention will not be on Jian Cheng's gender.This important point, which has never been directly revealed but is like a dark cloud above the head, makes other conversations seem to be perfunctory.

"Long time no see." Yi Alan answered the phone.

"Long time no see." Jian Cheng's voice over there was much more mature, not as flying as before, "Did you go back to Nanlin?"

"Yes." Yi Alan said, "It's been almost two months since I came back."

Jian Cheng took a breath, seemed to be shocked by something, and asked tentatively after a while, "Do you know, number 32?"

This time it was Yi Alan's turn to be shocked: "How do you know? You're there too?"

Jian Cheng's words were bitter: "Can we meet and talk?"

Yi Alan went to the simple technology headquarters, which is one of the best automation and intelligent industry enterprises in the city and has a large number of customers across the country.

Unlike Yi Alan who continued to study in graduate school, Jian Cheng returned to the company to exercise after graduating from university.His father's request for Jian Cheng was never that he want him to go to the forefront of technology. He only needs to have a basic understanding of related technologies, and when he leads the company, he will not make layman jokes that deviate from the trend of the industry.More specific technical research and development are in charge of many experts hired by them with high salaries.

The LOGO on the front of Simple Science and Technology Building is assembled from metal with a very sense of design, which is very simple and elegant, in line with their company's philosophy of making life, work, and labor easier.

Jian Cheng solemnly received Yi Alan in his manager's office.Jian Cheng's appearance, if you really want to talk about it in a straight line, it can only be said to be ordinary.However, his affluent life since he was a child allowed him to develop knowledge far beyond that of his peers, and the clothes that cost no less than [-] yuan made him exude elegance and nobility all over his body.

It's just that his face is a bit haggard, and it can be seen that he has been very worried recently.

At the desk decorated with the white 3D printed model as small sculptures, Jian Cheng told Yi Alan about his father's death with great sadness.

Only hearing about July 7st and sudden cardiac death, Yi Alan guessed part of the truth.

"My father is in good health. He is not yet 60 years old. He has regular physical examinations twice a year, and there is a family doctor who is responsible for his diet and exercise." Jian Cheng emphasized again, "Although he was indeed I haven't fallen asleep at two o'clock in the night, but it's not enough to just stay up all night and die suddenly..."

"I understand." Yi Alan nodded, just like his uncle, Jian Xuming was actually killed on the 32nd.This shocked Yi Alan, but it was not a surprise.Jian Xuming is very famous, and he is in a complex shopping mall. Simple technology has developed in full swing in recent years.If there is a money dispute or business competition, Jian Xuming is likely to be killed on the 32nd when there is no order, morality and bottom line.

"You know how my father died, don't you?" Jian Cheng looked at Yi Alan asking for help.

Yi Alan told the ins and outs of his uncle's death, and the smart Jian Cheng immediately thought of his father, and sat blankly on the office chair.

Yi Alan let him digest the truth on the 32nd quietly, and asked after a while: "How do you know the 32nd? Will you call me again?"

"It's my father." Jian Cheng covered his eyes and said in a low voice: "He has the habit of writing down his thoughts. After his funeral, I had the opportunity to open the notepad he carried with him. I saw... Seeing some of the content he wrote down in early June, it was incredible. I even thought my father had Alzheimer's. If I didn't know that he was still working vigorously after that, I would really think he was confused. He said, he saw In a world on May 6, all the people in that world disappeared, and only a few people existed. It’s just that the world only lasted for one day before disappearing, and he came back to our world, and there was no one in that world. Have any impact on the world we live in. But he firmly believes that it is true, just can't figure out why. He wrote it all down, and secretly arranged for the secretarial team to do some seemingly incomprehensible things, such as… …I made a will, and asked the secretary team to prepare for his absence and fully support me. He didn’t expect that he would be killed, but he was worried that he would be trapped in that world and could not return.”

When Yi Alan listened to it, she couldn't help thinking, is Jian Xuming's behavior just what a person with a sound personality should do?Firmly believe in what you see, and consider all possible consequences, without wondering if you are sick.

"As for you..." Jian Cheng glanced at Yi Alan, "I think it's fate. After my father noticed something strange, he naturally went to the company first, and then he found a driverless car that had just entered in the company parking lot. car, the car was supposed to be the vice president of Nanlin branch, he came overnight to submit the southern market research report at the regular meeting at the beginning of the month. There was no one in the car, so my dad checked the driving recorder, and he saw You. He made a point of jotting that down in his notepad, he knows you, you remember my dad going to my graduation party and you were the one giving the graduation speech."

The horn of the unmanned car seemed to sound in Yi Alan's ears again, and it spread far away in the empty and deserted streets.He was discovered by the infrared camera, and his image was sent to another person through the recorder.He exists as if dependent on the machine.

After Jian Cheng finished speaking, he sighed deeply, his face was full of complex emotions such as shock, disbelief, sadness, and confusion.After a while, he smiled wryly: "It's unbelievable. The only thing I'm grateful for now is that there is someone I know well in that ethereal world, and this news was passed on to me by my dad, otherwise I'm helpless now, really I don’t know what to do to be proud.”

After a pause, Jian Cheng said apologetically, "I don't know if that world will let you"

Yi Alan said, "I don't know either."

Jian Cheng finally talked about the point of his contact with Yi Alan: "I want to ask you to do me a favor."

Yi Alan looked at him.

Jian Chengdao: "You know, for a technology company like ours, the most important things are technology patents and trade secrets."

Yi Alan nodded, he understood.Although patents are all open for protection, in order to avoid deliberate imitation, malicious targeting and commercial considerations, many companies will have reservations in applying for patents. Details to maintain the core competitiveness of the company's products.

At the same time, this approach will bring another hidden danger.Some companies will stare at these patents, trying to find out the concealed details through reverse engineering and other means, and then register a new patent with this detail that is not protected by the patent law, which has become their trump card in negotiation .Because in this way, even if their company imitates a certain company's patent, but they also own a little technical patent of the other party, this will lead to difficult and confusing rights protection, and patent owners will generally swallow their anger when there is no big loss .

Of course, it is not an easy task to find the concealed details of patents. Most companies are more worried about core technicians leaking secrets, so they use non-compete agreements, criminal law deterrents and other methods to ensure the security of trade secrets.

But the emergence of the 32nd has made it much easier to steal the secrets hidden in patents.As long as there is someone who is a little bit knowledgeable, on the 32nd, it is completely possible to enter the most secret place of a large company, even if the confidential documents are locked in the safe and cannot be opened, and the data is encrypted layer by layer (not to mention the safe can also be demolished, No matter how big the commotion on the 32nd is, no one will come to enforce the law.) He can also walk into the factory and study the production line at close range. There are many ways for him to know the secrets of the company.

Patents that have been disclosed to the public still face hidden dangers of leaks. Once the secrets such as technologies and business strategies that have not been patented are known to competitors, it will be a nerve-wracking or even fatal threat.

Yi Alan analyzed: "I can be sure that your father's death on the 32nd caused the real death. According to the notes left by your father, he is a very cautious and steady person, and accidental death should be ruled out. "

Jian Cheng nodded heavily: "It's murder."

"In such a lonely world, most people's first feeling is panic. When they meet people, they are more willing to go together in groups instead of directly conflicting. Therefore, the person who murdered your father should know your father and have a conflict of interest. , just like my uncle and his creditors. And that person is not for money, otherwise he should kidnap your father in the 32nd and let him send money to him in reality..."

When Yi Alan said this, cold sweat broke out on his back.He didn't think about this before. He just analyzed the cause of Jian Xuming's death and had an association, but he had to admit that this would be a terrible thing and would become a reality.

Just imagine, if someone controls Yi Alan and asks Yi Alan to give him a huge sum of money. During the 32 days, no police came to rescue him.Yi Alan had no choice but to work hard to make money in reality and let that person suck him dry like a vampire.Call the police?What about the evidence?The only evidence is that he gave people money for no reason, which is more like a gift.

Ten thousand steps back, even if that person goes to prison, he will be free on the 32nd!He can still enslave Yi Alan and even take revenge.

Unless...unless he is killed in reality, Yi Alan can be freed.

The more Yi Alan thought about it, the more frightened she became.Even if this kind of thing doesn't happen to him, it will happen to other weaker people.

While he was in a daze, Jian Cheng said: "That person knows my father and doesn't want money. It is most likely that he is also in a related industry, and he is in an endless competitive relationship with my father!"

Yi Alan said: "It's also possible that he wants money, but your father doesn't cooperate, because that means a bottomless pit, a black hole of desire that simple technology can't fill."

Jian Cheng was so sad that his eyes glistened, he gritted his teeth and said, "Alan, you must help me..."

Yi Alan guessed what Jian Cheng wanted him to do when he talked about patents.The entire company of Simple Technology is located alone in an undefended city on the 32nd. For people in this field, it is a treasure, and if you dig hard, you can get gold.If you don't want someone to get it, then destroy it first.

"I'll help you." Yi Alan said.