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**𝕿𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓.**
The whole venue was engulfed in silence, nothing could be heard aside from the violent beating of Jiang Yue's fingers against the keyboard.
However, no matter the amount of tension in the hall, Jiang Yue was calm and serene as if she was just sitting on the beach, leisurely drinking a glass of wine.
She was smiling while looking intently at the screen as her fingers flew faster and faster.
Although it had not been a long time since she had done something like this abroad, Jiang Yue cannot deny that she missed this.
Meanwhile, the crowd couldn't help but gulp as they watched Jiang Yue transfer codes from one computer to another.
Was this woman serious?
Why does it seem like she is just playing?
Even occasionally smiling at the screen and humming.
In contrast to Jiang Yue's languid vibe, Wu Minxia was gritting her teeth in annoyance.
She could not help but ask herself if Jiang Yue was intentionally playing with her or making fun of the Wu family.
Was she really going to give them the virus once she lost?
Wu Minxia frowned again and glared at Jiang Yue.
Then she took a look at the screen that was displaying all the codes that were being executed on Jiang Yue's computer and narrowed her eyes.
So far, all she could see were a bunch of codes that did not make any sense at all.
Right now it was as if Jiang Yue was creating a new app, something that was very different from her program.
To be honest she found it strange, very strange.
She started wondering if Jiang Yue was really serious about their bet.
How come it seemed as if she does not know what Jiang Yue is doing?
Even the computer science expert who were watching the show furrowed their brows in confusion.
They have been in this Industry for more than a decade yet this was the first time that they were seeing an algorithm as unusual as this.
"Hey! Does that make any sense to you?" One of the Computer Engineers asked the person beside him.
"I...I don't understand half of it." The person answered before lowering his head in embarrassment.
Both of them had been working in the Tech Industry for years now and this was not their first time watching a live performance like this. Yet, they honestly did not understand most of the algorithm that Jiang Yue was coding.
"Is she trying to combine algorithms?" Another asked.
"Combine? What do you mean?"
The person stroked his chin while staring at the screen on the stage. "I think Miss Jiang is trying to combine at least 3 algorithms but I'm not sure what is her purpose."
"Combining algorithms? Isn't that... Isn't it that person's MO?"
Suddenly silence engulfed the group once again as the realization hit them.
"You mean?"
"Is there anyone else?"
"But...How can Miss Jiang know something as sophisticated as that? She can't be that person...I mean...That is impossible."
"No...of course not! That person is a man."
"How do you know that he is a man and not a she?"
"I don't know. I just...I mean...No woman can do what he did."
"But that person disappeared right? I believe that was 3 years ago?
"Yes...many thought he was dead. He just...vanished."
"Hey...do you think...she is associated with that person?"
Silence followed once more...
"If she is then...it is not very good to offend her. You guys should keep this in mind. Never ever offend this woman."
"I agree. Aside from her talents, she also has the backing of the Fu family and a legend. Isn't she very scary?"
"Well...her association to that person is the only explanation of her arrogance..."
"So...what do you think will happen to the Wu family now? I mean...if she using the same techniques as that person then...Miss Wu will surely lose the bet."
"I don't know but I heard from a very trustworthy source that the Wu family suffered staggering destruction last night. I believe that would be because of what Miss Jiang did yesterday."
"Really? If that is the case...then we can only pray to the Gods that this Wu family does not destroy themselves by scheming against Miss Jiang."
"Do you think the Wu Family will regret it?"
"Of course they will...hey look! It seems that Miss Jiang is not just combining 3 but 5 algorithms. Look."
The group of Computer Science experts instantly stopped talking and turned their heads towards the screen.
Much to their astonishment, Jiang Yue was indeed doing a very sophisticated technique that was not achievable to many, including them.
By this time, many people started to recognized Jiang Yue's way of doing the task at hand.
Many started to wonder Jiang Yue's affiliations with the person who created this technique.
How come Miss Jiang seemed to be so familiar with this technique?
Is it possible that she is a close confidant to the most fearful hacker in the Black Market?
The tension and suspense solidified as some people started to anticipate the result of this bet.
At first, they always thought that Wu Minxia had a clear advantage. Yet now it seemed like they were wrong to underestimate Jiang Yue's capabilities.
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**𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖊.**
After a few more minutes of waiting, Wu Minxia had already sensed that something was wrong.
She could see that people were having secret conversations and some would even send her strange looks.
She furrowed her brows as she roamed her eyes around at the crowd that was still eagerly watching the show, before looking at the screen again.
Nothing.
She still could not understand a single thing.
Was she missing something?
This made her wonder why people were whispering and sending her weird looks.
Could it be that they also could not understand anything?
Maybe they pitied Jiang Yue for doing something so stupid?
Could these people be jealous of her for easily winning this bet?
That made sense.
If she won this bet then...the virus would be under the Wu Conglomerate.
It is only reasonable for everyone to get jealous, right?
That was the only explanation.
Wu Minxia can't help but smile inwardly.
Jiang Yue is such a fool for betting against her.
After making such deduction, Wu Minxia asked someone from her team to make a proof of the bet and have everyone in the audience sign it as a witness.
She was doing this because she was afraid that Jiang Yue will back out after her loss.
She wanted to make sure that the virus will fall into their hands.
Then she sent a text to her grandfather as well as her Father to ask them to come to the venue, as she will have a surprise for them.
Because they were embarrassed last night, her father and grandfather had decided not to show their faces for the rest of the Summit to avoid further embarrassment, and therefore did not accompany her today.
Wu Minxia believed that winning this bet would be enough to recover their losses from yesterday.
Now that she was certain she would win this bet, Wu Minxia had already started the celebration in her mind and sent another text message to her friend Huang Guigu to prepare their room for the celebration.
After making sure that everything was set for her celebration party later, she arrogantly cocked her head while looking at Jiang Yue.
A smile crept onto her face when she saw that Jiang Yue was still moving from one computer to another.
She should just stop doing what she is doing. It would all be for naught anyway.
Wu Minxia was sure that her program was nothing like Jiang Yue's.
Clone?
What clone?
Jiang Yue did not copy even one of her algorithms.
Just how stupid was this woman to play with their Company's product?
"Miss Wu, I have already asked everyone in the venue to sign this document." Someone said while handing her a document.
After looking through the content of the paper, Wu Minxia immediately beamed. "Give me the pen. I will sign this first before having Miss Jiang sign it."
In Wu Minxia's mind, Jiang Yue will have no escape after this.
She was certain that Jiang Yue will cry after her loss.
Of course, Wu Minxia's action did not went unnoticed by some of the prominent Computer-Science Specialists in the venue.
"Is Miss Wu really a prodigy? I mean... why does it seem like she is celebrating her future loss?"
"I don't know...Wait ...could it be that she doesn't understand what Miss Jiang is doing?"
"That is reasonable. This technique is very hard to recognize. Normal programmers would think that she is just doing something new. Look at that last entry on the screen. To normal, inexperienced people, it is just a simple code. But look...look carefully."
"Oh! I got it! Miss Jiang is almost done. I would say...she is very impressive. She is even planning to finish the 3 things at the same time."
"Mm...Miss Wu should learn from Miss Jiang. Miss Jiang is the true prodigy here. People should stop comparing her to Miss Wu."
"I agree. Look...Miss Wu must be unaware that Miss Jiang is almost done. I'm sure she is asking her to sign that document now."
And just like what the onlookers believed, Wu Minxia was planning to ask Jiang Yue to sign the documents after she finished signing it.
She really did not want Jiang Yue to suddenly back out of this deal.
When Jiang Yue saw the document, she almost fell off her chair from laughing so hard.
This fool did not know that she had succeeded!
"What are you laughing at? I'm just making sure that you will not back out on this bet. Hmp!"
"Of course...of course. Miss Wu...No problem. Let me sign it." She answered while trying to suppress her laughter.
"Good! At least you are smart enough not to refuse this in front of everyone." Wu Minxia laughed inwardly.
This Jiang Yue is truly stupid.
Now that she already signed this document, Wu Minxia was absolutely certain that the virus will be in her hands after this Summit.
Oh, how amusing would that be?
Of course, Wu Minxia did not know signing this document was akin to signing her fate.
She was so confident in herself that she missed the ridicule in Jiang Yue's eyes.
Naturally, Jiang Yue would make fun of her. After all, she just sealed her worst fate.
And she was still unaware of what she had just done.
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**𝕿𝖗𝖎𝖚𝖒𝖕𝖍.**
After Jiang Yue signed the document, Wu Minxia triumphantly returned to her seat.
She had stopped looking at the screen for quite some time now.
All she was doing was occasionally looking at the audience while making sure to give everyone a smile.
She did not feel the need to continue watching this useless competition anymore as she was certain of her victory.
She took another look at the crowd and beamed when she saw her father and grandfather approaching the stage.
She walked towards them. "Grandfather, Dad...I'm glad you could make it. I was just about to call you again. Look I made a..."
"We heard about what you did." Wang Guiren cut off Wu Minxia's words.
"Are you crazy? We already told you about this. I told you not to do something against Jiang Yue. Not until we can make new plans!" Wu Sheng hissed, trying his best not to let anyone else hear their conversation.
They were back at the drawing board right now and were trying to come up with a new plan to possibly counter Jiang Yue's schemes.
Now his daughter was so stupid as to even make a bet against her.
Hadn't Wu Minxia learnt her lesson by now?
She had been constantly losing against Jiang Yue.
How could she still think that she could defeat that woman?
Was his daughter truly this stupid?
"Dad, what are you talking about? Can't you see? I am winning. That virus will be with us soon. You should be really proud of me, you know." She pouted.
How come her Father was still chastising her even though she did something that could benefit them?
"Winning? Are you sure about that?" Wu Sangui asked looking towards the screen.
He may not be an expert like Wu Minxia, but he still had some knowledge when it came to coding algorithms.
However, just like Wu Minxia, he was not familiar with the code that was running on Jiang Yue's computer. For him, this scene was completely foreign.
"Of course, Grandfather. Look at that... does that look like anything close to my Algorithms? I mean...You've seen it right?"
Wu Sangui nodded and started to analyze things. Then he furrowed his brows as a realization hit him.
No. Jiang Yue is not so stupid as to bet something as important as this.
She would not do something that she is unsure of.
So, if she is not so stupid as to make this bet then...
"Minxia, can you tell me more about this bet?" He inquired.
Wu Sangui could not help but suspect about Jiang Yue's true goal in making this bet.
"Oh...If she wins then we will give her 5% shares of our Company. If I win..."
"What did you say?" Wu Sangui wanted to clarify Wu Minxia's words. After all, Jiang Yue wouldn't have wanted some shares right?
"Shares, Grandfather! She wanted to have 5% of our shares under my name." Wu Minxia's words seemed to echo in Wu Sangui's ear as his heart started to race.
She wanted shares? What for? Wait...Is she...
"How sure are you that you will win?" This time it was Wu Sheng who asked his daughter.
His thoughts were exactly the same as Wu Sangui's.
They both knew that Jiang Yue does not like suffering any losses.
"Daddy...you should relax. I am 100% sure that I will win this bet. Just look at the crowd. They are sending weird looks at her. I mean...I couldn't be more certain than this."
"Minxia, are you sure that they are sending pitiful looks at Jiang Yue and not you?" Wu Sangui asked his granddaughter.
He had also noticed the weird stares from the crowd. But unlike Wu Minxia, he noticed that they were not aimed at Jiang Yue but his granddaughter.
Did that mean that these people understood what Jiang Yue was doing?
But Wu Minxia is also the best in her field.
How come she did not know any of this?
"Of course not. I'm sure most of them are just confused. They don't understand what Jiang Yue is doing." She answered full of confidence and arrogance.
Wu Sangui and Wu Sheng frowned after they heard Wu Minxia's words.
It was pretty obvious to them that the crowd was looking pitifully at her and not at Jiang Yue.
Suddenly, a burst of small laughter broke out in triumph.
Wu Minxia immediately turned her head to look at Jiang Yue.
"Finally, are you giving up now?" She asked, her voice laced with impatience.
"HAHAHA!! I don't know what you are talking about, Miss Wu, but I know for sure that you will regret your words soon." Jiang Yue responded before walking towards her. "I won, Miss Wu. Please expect to see my lawyers for my shares."
Wu Minxia, as well as Wu Sangui and Wu Sheng, stood frozen when they heard Jiang Yue's words.
Did she win?
How the hell did she win?
"You must be joking right?" Wu Minxia immediately scoffed. "What winning? Everyone here knows that you lost."
Jiang Yue stifled another laugh. "Well, since you don't understand what I did, let me explain how I won."
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**: "𝕻𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖓 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖕𝖎𝖉."**
"Explain? Excuse me, Miss Jiang...you told me that you will clone my program...and that?" Wu Minxia dramatically pointed at the screen in front of them. "Is not my program. That alone is an indicator that you lost."
"Of course it's not going to look like yours. What I made is better than yours." She answered.
"What?"
"Yes, Miss Wu. You heard correctly. I made a better version of your program. So...Oh well...let me just explain alright?"
"What are you talking about? It is clearly I who won this bet!" Wu Minxia insisted. "You have already signed the document so you can't back out now!"
To Wu Minxia, Jiang Yue was still in denial about her loss.
"Pfft! Miss Wu, will please stop acting like a clown? How do you know that you won when you don't even understand more than half of the what I have written?"
"You!"
"Miss Jiang what do you mean by you won?" Wu Sheng interjected, grabbing his daughter's arms.
He wanted to prevent his daughter from becoming a laughing stock.
Unlike his father and daughter, Wu Sheng was able to sense the mocking gazes that people were throwing at his daughter.
"Dad? What are you doing?" Wu Minxia hissed while trying to push away her father's hand.
"Can't you see? Everyone is mocking at you, at us! Look around you!" Wu Sheng responded. "Stop making a fool out of yourself and listen to Jiang Yue! And you better listen well!"
"Well...you see I combined 5 algorithms..."
"Combine?" Wu Minxia scoffed. "Are you serious? How can you do such a thing?"
"The fact that you can't do it does not mean that I can't do it either. I already told you what you have is nothing special." Jiang Yue shrugged. "Anyway, I combined 5 algorithms to finish all 3 of the task at the same time. I made an exact clone of your program and added a Malware that will copy the user's personal information including their Credit and Debit Card numbers."
She added. "The biggest flaw in your program is you can easily break into its program if you have a jailbroken device. Here...I played around with your program and tampered it to steal the IP address of the user. That was your biggest mistake, Miss Wu. I was able to finish all of this in less than 3 hours."
She finished before fixing her gaze back to Wu Minxia. "Now...are we going to agree that I won this bet?"
"You...Y...You cheated!" Wu Minxia's shrill voice echoed as her face turned scarlet red.
It might be embarrassing to say this but...she lost! She lost horribly!
"Miss Wu, please refrain from acting derelict like a shrew person from the streets. Everyone clearly saw what the Young Miss Jiang did." Someone from the front row said.
It was now very clear the Jiang Yue was really very talented. So it is only right to try to defend her in situations like this.
After all, getting into Jiang Yue's good graces would be akin to having some Goddess as your backing.
Moreover, she was not only talented. She was also very smart.
Because of this some people in the Hall already started to plan on getting close to her.
"Shut up! This does not involve you!" Wu Sangui bellowed.
He was not born yesterday, Wu Sangui knew that those people wanted to suck up to Jiang Yue by trying to embarrass them!
"Old man Wu, why don't you guys just accept your defeat? It would be easier that way." The person countered.
Although his primary goal was to help out Jiang Yue, he still felt that what he was doing was truly very righteous.
Moreover, Miss Jiang and Wang Minghua do not have an adult to protect them since Wang Guiren and Wang Huo did not attend the Summit. So it was only reasonable for someone mature to protect them, right?
After the man started speaking in favor of Jiang Yue, many of the people from the front row also started doing the same thing.
Who wouldn't want to associate themselves with Jiang Yue now?
The answer was simple! No one!
With her talents and backing, everyone was sure that she could reach great heights.
Seeing everyone's actions, Wu Sangui's face turned extremely ugly.
Now everyone seemed to have turned their back at them.
What was this situation exactly?
"What defeat? It is clear that she cheated! Do you even understand what she did there? Huh?" Wu Minxia asked, her once smiling face was now contorted from anger.
"Miss Wu, I'm not sure if you are deaf or just plain stupid. Everyone here knows that Miss Jiang used a very sophisticated technique to defeat you."
"Right...Why don't you do your own homework and check out the technique that Miss Jiang used?"
"Instead of shouting at us and showing your ignorance why don't you try and learn the technique she used?"
"Hmp! You are always acting as if you are above everyone else...when you are nothing compared to Miss Jiang! Is this how you were raised by your father?"
After hearing everyone's mockery and disgusting comments, all of the Wu family members paled.
What happened? What went wrong?
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**𝖂𝖀 𝕸𝕴𝕹𝖃𝕴𝕬: "𝕮𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉."**
Wu Minxia staggered as she listened to everyone's harsh words directed at her and her family.
How? How did this happen?
A while ago she was celebrating. Now, everyone was giving her hateful stares..
"You...you are lying. How come...How come I don't understand that algorithm? I have seen more sophisticated ones. I..." She said as she squinted her eyes. "You...You planned all this, didn't you? You knew that this would happen. So you prepared for this in advance. Tell me...where did you put it?"
"Miss Wu, what are you talking about?" Jiang Yue asked confused.
What was she talking about?
"You cheated. You must have used something that contains all of these codes. You...answer me. Where did you put it?"
"Miss Wu, have you gone crazy? Why don't you want to accept your loss?" Jiang Yue taunted.
She already expected the Wu family to have crazy genes but she did not expect Wu Minxia to break this easily.
What would this woman do if she knew that Jiang Yue was going to be the co-owner of Wu Conglomerate soon?
Or rather, what would the Wu family do?
Were they going to break just like Wu Minxia?
While this was happening, Wu Sangui and Wu Sheng just stood there stupefied..
Wu Sangui glared at Jiang Yue, panic rising in his heart.
Jiang Yue won.
Does it mean she own 5% of his company now?
5%?
Is she trying to take over the Wu Conglomerate just like what he did to the Wang Group?
Is this his retribution?
"So...as I said earlier, my Lawyers will discuss the details of my shares. Please expect their visit after this Summit." Jiang Yue said before turning her back away from the Wu family.
She already achieved her goal.
The destruction of the Wu family had begun.
Right now, she just needed to watch from the sidelines as the Wu family members destroy each other.
If her prediction is right, Wu Ziliang will arrive today.
Jiang Yue can't wait to watch that woman ruin the Wu family all by herself.
She can't help but wonder if Wu Sangui will regret spoiling Wu Ziliang so much after this?
"Stop! Where are you going? I am not done with you!" Wu Minxia ran towards Jiang Yue and attempted to grab her shoulders.
However, Bei Ye grabbed her hands, stopping her from touching Jiang Yue.
"Touch the Young Miss again and I will not hesitate to cut your arm off." Bei Ye said in a grave tone.
This was his promise to his Young Master.
After this Summit, Bei Ye will start following Jiang Yue around to protect her. And he will do his job no matter what.
He will protect the Young Miss even if it will cost him his life.
"You...Let me go! How dare you touch me! I will sue you for harassment." Wu Minxia fumed.
"Bei Ye let her go." Jiang Yue commanded before turning towards the frozen Wu Sangui. "Old man Wu, keep a tight leash on your granddaughter. She has already lost. Everyone here can testify to that. If she attempts to hurt me again I will not hesitate to send something special to your Company again. I'm sure you wouldn't want that, right?" She added while staring meaningfully at the Father and son.
The duo just nodded their heads before Wu Sheng ran towards them to drag Wu Minxia away.
"Rest assured, Miss Jiang. This will not happen again. We...uh...we will wait for your lawyers after this Summit." Wu Sheng said nervously.
Jiang Yue had just threatened to send another virus, which meant losing millions and millions worth of software.
Wu Sheng would not let that happen again.
Although his father was not in his right mind, Wu Sheng would try and do his best to protect the Wu family from Jiang Yue's evil actions.
He will do everything. Even if that meant having his only daughter hate him.
"Dad let me go...I will tear this woman to shreds! Let me go! What the hell are you doing? Are you taking sides now?" Wu Minxia raged as she struggled to get away from her father's hands.
"Minxia, stop it. Stop embarrassing us any further. Please." Wu Sheng pleaded, unable to stop his pouring emotions..
She was his only daughter and he had promised never to hurt her. But it's either this or Jiang Yue will destroy their whole family.
"You...let me go. You useless Father! That man touched me! Are you not even angry? Hey...what are you doing...what is this???" Wu Minxia screamed after Wu Sheng asked for some assistance from the other Wu employees to subdue her.
They needed to bring her away from this place.
"Don't touch me. Get off! Let me go... Grandfather look...Grandfather help!" Wu Minxia's voice echoed once again, however, this time it was fading as she was dragged out of the venue by her father and some of their employees.
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