Chapter 88

"Even so, it depends on the person. Come to think of it, can you really not find any information at all? How could the tools he uses for programming, the development packages, and related materials completely disappear?" Zhao Mingyang wondered.

This was his personal action. The parent company was a commercial entity and would never publicly acknowledge any knowledge of it. If anything went wrong, they would not take responsibility for him but would straightforwardly issue a statement, firing him. Of course, he wasn't that loyal. He mostly wanted to use the technology to negotiate with the company and secure a large sum of money for retirement. He didn't have company stocks, nor was he part of the core management.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Lu Zhengyang about this.

"Manager Zhao, are you doubting my professional skills?" Lu Zhengyang smiled again, his eyes becoming sharp once more. "Do you think the photos I took and the items I obtained were easy? Compared to the almost defenseless residence and company of the other party, the previous task was more troublesome. Besides, didn't I give you a copy of the earliest source code running on his personal server? If you can't find a competent reverse engineer to crack it, can you blame me?"

"Hmph, just thinking about it makes me angry. Those foreigners who claimed to represent the highest international standards, those cracking experts who boasted that there was no software they couldn't crack, tried and said that the software was compiled using several unknown obfuscation techniques. They hacked into a supercomputer user's permissions and used the supercomputer's computing power to deduce it. They said they could crack it, but the time they gave me was a hundred years. Damn, by the time they crack it, I'll be meeting the Buddha. What use is that?" Zhao Mingjie cursed again. Several things were not going smoothly. He had finally seen a great opportunity to get rich, and he had used all the connections he had accumulated over the years, both openly and secretly, but nothing worked.

But he was, after all, a middle-aged man and was unwilling to take more risks. He couldn't do something like kidnapping. Moreover, kidnapping scientists was always a state monopoly. Private individuals doing it was courting death.

"I'm actually wondering where the other party could be hiding. The places he works, lives, and frequents have been the same for the past few months. I've searched so many times, and the other party hasn't noticed anything. Only two idiots made him a bit wary, but even before them, I still only found a program of little use. It's really strange. Could all those codes be in his head?"

Precisely because stealing was too easy, he had searched everything, but found no useful information. Lu Zhengyang didn't steal anything to avoid risks. He had also thought about recovering the hard drive, but that would take too long and require stealing the hard drive to find professionals. After a few attempts with simple recovery software, he gave up.

"Never mind, there are too many strange things. Thinking too much doesn't help you live longer. I'll refund half of your deposit. But since I did steal the source code, cracking it isn't my responsibility. Taking half of your deposit is also a sign of my integrity," Lu Zhengyang said seriously. He had many doubts, and it was these doubts that made him follow along to see what was special about Zhuo Chuan.

But after observing, Zhuo Chuan seemed no different from a refined and somewhat boss-like person. Perhaps he needed more contact.

"You're still principled. Let's consider this matter settled. No one is allowed to mention it again. If others use commercial espionage, that's their business. I won't be involved. In the future, when his reputation rises, there will definitely be covert protection. The risk is too high. We'll keep this matter to ourselves, and you destroy those source codes. Leave no evidence," Zhao Mingjie instructed.

"Are you planning to accept his terms? Haha, just imagining all those crocodiles fighting over food, it must be quite a spectacle," Lu Zhengyang said, with a hint of envy in his eyes.

"What qualifications do I have to accept? I can only report back to the headquarters and let the bosses worry about it. Without any technical competitive means, we can only grit our teeth and agree for now. In the future, whoever doesn't have this license will be giving up a huge market. Even companies that didn't previously make ECG monitoring devices will join in. The other party's company is about to become extremely popular," Zhao Mingjie said with extreme envy. This high-tech company was right under his nose, and despite using every method, he had achieved nothing.

Suddenly, he had a new idea. The other party hadn't even started yet, so they would definitely need people. He became excited and continued, "A billionaire on a trillion-dollar scale is about to emerge, and we've watched him rise like a rocket. Lu Zhengyang, do you want to change jobs?"

"What do you mean?" Lu Zhengyang was a bit tired after this incident. No matter how well he did, he couldn't show his face openly. The other party, who was as young as him, had quickly gained both fame and fortune.

"Why don't we switch to Tianhua Software? Your skills will definitely be useful. You can become a security officer. His company will have many secrets, and even peripheral knowledge will be valuable. I can become a business person and help him negotiate with major companies. With my connections and familiarity, I can bite off a few more pieces from those international giants, and I'll get a good share. The other party will be eating the fat, and we, who saw the opportunity first, can't miss out on even the soup, right?" Zhao Mingjie, as a seasoned veteran, had a flexible mind.

"Hmm, that does sound interesting. Let me think about it," Lu Zhengyang, being younger, didn't see as far ahead and wasn't as jaded as Zhao Mingjie, who had long thrown his principles into the Mariana Trench. Just a moment ago, they were on opposite sides, and now he was considering joining the other side.

However, as a professional commercial spy, he naturally had a professional standard for evaluating the value of the commercial secrets he was to steal. He knew how valuable Zhuo Chuan's company would be in the future.

As Zhao Mingjie said, not many people understood it yet. As those who had seen the whole process, if they couldn't get the secrets, they might as well join in and make a good effort. If the other party became a billionaire, they could also become millionaires.

Lu Zhengyang believed in his own abilities. The international standards of his peers were no better. The other party would definitely need someone like him to handle these covert confidentiality matters. In fact, every company with a technological monopoly had such people, openly working in the security department, covering everything from software to hardware protection. In the modern business world, there were plenty of leaks.

He also wanted to clean up his act. Following the other party was the easiest way to do so. Zhao Mingjie's idea made sense. The other party's status was enough to give him a certain social standing, which he also wanted. Therefore, he had never considered using violent means.

However, soon, he would be grateful that he didn't use any violent means. Otherwise, his fate would have been even worse than those two idiots. Xie Fugong and the others were too insignificant. Zhuo Chuan restrained his killing intent, feeling no future threat from them, and casually dealt with them, letting them go. But this commercial spy was different.

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