Qin Group, the chairman's office.
Chen De was giving a report to Mr. Qin.
"Sir, the matter you asked to investigate before has basically been determined to be at Star Entertainment. Here are some of the things we have found so far." Chen De put the documents in his hand on Mr. Qin's desk.
Star Entertainment was one of Song Group's subsidiary. On the surface, it was a company that mainly nurtured and managed entertainment talents, and also took care of some of the Song Group's public image. In fact, however, Star Entertainment was laundering Song Group's dirty income.
The information in their hands now, although still wasn't enough to completely destroy Song Group, would be enough to make Song Yancheng suffer significant damage.
Qin Shao glanced over the documents, his eyes were cold. "Keep on the investigation. There should be more than just this."
Chen De: "Yes, Sir."
...
After talking about the Song Group, Chen De remembered that yesterday his boss asked young Chairman Lin the phone number of a network security expert called [Q].
"Sir, did you get in touch with [Q] yesterday?" Chen De asked.
Hearing this question, Mr. Qin's expression changed slightly, and he answered in a dark tone: "I did."
Not only that, he even received a huge 'surprise.'
Chen Qin did not notice his boss' strange expression, and asked further: "What did [Q] say? Is it possible to ask them to help upgrade our company's security system?"
The investigation process of the Song Group reminded Chen De of a fact: The security for a company's information system was indeed vital.
Mr. Qin's face turned gloomy. He glanced at Chen De and brashly said: "No time."
Chen De: "?"
Qin Shao: That girl still had an upcoming sports festival, a competition, and even wasting time doing work for the NST project. She had no spare time to do other things.
Ignoring Chen De's confusion, Mr. Qin recalled another thing and asked the assistant: "Do you know about the 'Red Hacker Master Challenge'?"
Chen De was taken aback: "Sir, are you talking about the red hacker competition currently being held online?"
Mr. Qin nodded.
Chen De: "I know a bit, but not too detail."
Qin Shao: "Check which company organizing it."
"No need, sir. This one I know." Chen De smiled: "It's Atom Technology."
"It is a company jointly founded by several young people. It was established not too long ago. The scale is not too large, but still pretty good, and in recent years has been going on smoothly." Chen De recognized this company because they once came to seek Qin Group's investment at the early stage.
Chen De was curious: Did Mr. Qin became interested in the company itself or the hacker competition they held?
Neither——Mr. Qin simply paid attention to the 'Red Hacker Challenge' because of his daughter.
Qin Shao nodded and instructed Chen De: "Go and contact them."
Chen De: "Yes."
"Has Lin Shaochi arrived?"
Chen De: "Yes, Sir. He is waiting in the reception room."
Qin Shao: "Let him in."
"Yes." Chen De responded. Did he see things wrong? Why did he feel that today Mr. Qin looked unhappy when mentioning young Chairman Lin? ...
Not long after, Lin Shaochi was invited into Mr. Qin's office.
"NST is planning to open a trial service first. I want to limit the number of users during the trial period up to ten. This is the detail. Mr. Qin, please check it out." Lin Shaochi handed some documents to Qin Shao.
Qin Shao took the documents from Lin Shaochi. Without changing his expression, he said: "Too many, five are enough."
Lin Shaochi: "Yes."
He also preferred five users. NST's technical team still hasn't been completely formed, and he didn't want to put too much pressure on [Q].
Thinking of [Q], a smile flashed through Lin Shaochi's eyes. He took the initiative to ask Qin Shao: "Mr. Qin, how about the expert I recommended to you yesterday?"
"Very good." Mr. Qin answered briefly. His pair of eyes were staring at Lin Shaochi unimpeded, as if wanting to see through the young man's mind.
Qin Shao: "Young chairman Lin, how did you know [Q]?"
"Via the 'Red Hacker Challenge,'" Lin Shaochi truthfully told Mr. Qin: "Our company was looking for an expert with technical ability in this area, and [Q] was performing extraordinarily well in that competition." Indeed, [Q] has not only achieved their expectation, but she even exceeded it.
When talking about [Q], a flash of emotion unconsciously passed through Lin Shaochi eyes. It was so brief and wasn't easily detectable by others, but Qin Shao saw it clearly. Although Mr. Qin himself wasn't sensitive on romantical matters and spent most of his youth surrounded by the intrigues of the business world, it didn't mean that he was completely clueless. As a man, how could Mr. Qin not see the emotion in Lin Shaochi's eyes whenever he mentioned [Q] 's name? This kid surnamed Lin looked exactly like any man who admired a woman.
Lin Shaochi was 20 years old. It was normal for him to have this kind of thought and feeling. The only problem, however, was that his 'admiration' was placed on the wrong person.
Mr. Qin's face instantly turned dark——At this moment, his heart was so stifled with an urge to punch a certain young man.
Pushing back his anger, Qin Shao asked Lin Shaochi sternly: "Have you ever met this [Q]?"
Lin Shaochi: "No."
Qin Shao: You better not.
Qin Shao: "So, you don't even know the other party's real identity. Maybe she is an 80-something old lady or a teenage girl?"
Lin Shaochi was slightly taken aback before smiling: "It's impossible."
Qin Shao's eyes dimmed: Why not, this is true!
Lin Shaochi continued: "However, this is indeed my negligence. Regarding [Q] 's identity, I will..."
Qin Shao interrupted Lin Shaochi's words: "No need. Since [Q] is just providing technical support, no need to know too much about her."
"Furthermore," after a pause, Mr. Qin added: "You should keep a proper distance with your employee."
It was an implicit warning from Mr. Qin.
...
Lin Shaochi talked with Mr. Qin about a few more things before taking his left. When Chen De came into the office again, he found that his boss's face was so dark and frightening.
—
Chen De's work efficiency was high. Not long after young Chairman Lin left, he had contacted 'Atom Technology' and scheduled a meeting that afternoon. At the appointed time, the chairman of Atom Technology brought a group of high-level company veterans to the Qin Group's main office.
After some talks, Qin Group didn't take over the organizing authority of the 'Red Hacker Challenge,' but simply became the competition's biggest investor. Having the chance to meet the legendary Mr. Qin in person, the people from Atom Technology were very excited. They nodded without hesitation to almost all of the requests from their new 'gold patron.'
—
Weiming Middle School.
After being notified by the class leader, Su Bei came into one of the school's smaller halls to began rehearsing the entry parade formation for the sports festival.
Sports committee: "Su Bei, today's agenda is mainly to practice the parade steps and familiarize with the whole process."
Su Bei nodded before asked: "Have the people who will hold the class nameplate and flag decided? I should practice with them, right?"
"Yeah. Why those two people still haven't come? Don't tell me you still haven't make a decision?" The sports committee looked at the art committee.
Art committee: "I also don't know. The class leader said she was going to find the people. Let me WeChat her." But before the message was sent, two people entered the hall.
"F*ck, why are male god Xie and young master Su here!"
Su Xiaobao and Xie Minxuan walked in the front, with their class leader followed from behind like a small underling.
Su Xiaobao: "Let's begin."
Xie Minxuan: "Where is the class nameplate?"
Everyone: Damn, they really come to practice!
"Today, we are only going to learn the parade process and practice the steps. For now, we don't need to use the nameplate and flag." The sports committee explained.
Su Xiaobao nodded.
Xie Minxuan lazily said: "Then let's begin."
—
On the side, after confirming that Xie Minxuan and Su Xiaobao didn't pay attention to them, the art committee secretly tugged the class leader's arm: "Class leader, ah! You are so cunning. Talk, how did you manage to bring those male gods here?!"
Su Xiaobao shouldn't be that difficult. After all, they could use his relationship with Su Bei. But it was incredible for Xie Minxuan to agree. At the sports festival last year, male god Xie refused to participate in the entry parade under one phrase, "Too boring."
Class leader: "Let me tell you the truth, but I have nothing to do with it. They are the ones who took the initiative and asked to do it." She originally has chosen two other classmates. Unexpectedly, Su Xiaobao and Xie Minxuan came one after another to ask for a role in the entry parade.
"My God, this lineup is too powerful." Looking at the three people who were practicing on the other side, the art committee exclaimed in awe.
These people are the top three rankers in the exam! And still with such high-quality appearance.
The class leader seconded: "I need to give myself a thumbs up. So what if a certain class has the school grass and Song Xinyi? Our class has the school flower, young master Su, and male god Xie!"
"I'm not bragging. Those three people, if only they don't have to wear school uniform, will definitely win simply by their appearance!"
Su Bei and the two boys went through the movements as directed by the sports committee. The rehearsal went without any hitch. Right after they finished, the art committee came over and said: "So far, there is no problem. Now, after the parade arrived in front of the podium, we will have a dance performance. The three of you will do it together."
Su Xiaobao: Dance...
Su Bei looked at the art committee suspiciously: Why she hasn't been told about this before? Did they just add it now?
Indeed, the dance was an idea suddenly proposed by the art committee and class leader on an impulse just now. They finally had a god-level killer combo of Su Bei, Su Xiaobao, and Xie Minxuan to lead their parade formation. If they didn't add any 'special movement' to attract everyone's attention, it would be blasphemy!
Su Bei and Su Xiaobao hadn't spoken yet. Instead, it was Xie Minxuan who asked first: "What kind of dance?"
Xie Minxuan's tone was as sloppy as usual, but there was unprecedented seriousness in his attitude.
"Su Bei will take the lead, and you guys will be the assists. Anyway, it's already this hour. Let's finish this first and begin the dance practice tomorrow." The art committee said. Actually, she still didn't have the choreography yet.
...
That evening, Su Bei logged into the official website of 'Red Hacker Challenge' and immediately saw an important notice regarding the finals stage popped up on the homepage. She quickly skimmed through the notice, which was mainly about two things: First, after careful consideration, the organizer decided to change the venue for the finals from the originally planned S city to B city.
Second, following a rigorous analysis from various aspects, the schedule was also changed from ten consecutive days into two days each weekend for several weeks. Several matches were going to be held simultaneously.
It was so unexpected, and Su Bei couldn't help but sigh: This change...is too convenient, isn't it?
Of course, not everyone had the same opinion as Su Bei, such as Xu Yangyang. Immediately after, several messages popped up one after another in their group chat, all from him.
[Handsome Yang]: Aah! How can they made changes so arbitrarily! I still want to go to S city to play!
[Handsome Yang]: Now I cannot go to S city, and my dream of ten days off school is also broken.
Xu Shiwei opened a private message to Xu Yangyang.
[4v]: Fool. Even if the organizer didn't change the system, do you think our parents will let you go to S city?
[Handsome Yang]: Huh? No, why didn't you tell me before?
[4v]: You are just a leg pendant. Whether you go or not will not affect me and baby Q's victory.
In other words, from the beginning, if their parents didn't agree to let his silly brother skipped school so long for the final, Xu Shiwei had the full intention to simply ditched his brother away.
Xu Yangyang: I felt like I was hit by 10,000 damage points.