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Chapter 258 Dangerous Shout

Qiao Yu's cooperation made Zheng Xiwen at a loss for what to do. He never thought that his reputation would be so great one day.

However, seeing that Qiao Yu agreed straightforwardly, Zheng Xiwen was no longer anxious, but asked, "You were just live-streaming a battle between cryptocurrency exchanges, why did you suddenly have a problem with the language? Isn't your English pretty good?"

Qiao Yu laughed and explained, "This has nothing to do with my English. I am taking advantage of our advantage to deny their most core and basic things. Aren't values ​​changed imperceptibly?
Didn't you notice that what I said about week 1, week 2, pork and chicken, etc., are all based on Chinese habits? If someone really listens to it, they will take the initiative to get used to this grammar and even initiate reform!

When one day in the future our great China truly realizes the unity of language since ancient times, wouldn’t it be convenient? At least we don’t have to get used to the grammar again.”

Zheng Xiwen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Since ancient times? What do you mean by since ancient times?"

Qiao Yu blinked and replied, "All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects. This is the original words in the Book of Mencius, Liang Hui Wang Shangli. Isn't this a long enough history?"

Zheng Xiwen took a deep breath and didn't even dare to respond.

His mind was in a mess, and he didn't know how to evaluate Qiao Yu's wild ideas. He just felt that these children born around 2010 were really bold.

Some of the newly created idioms on the Internet do make sense. In a few years, they may be included in the idiom dictionary. For example, 稚子问核.

After holding it in for a long while, he finally blurted out, "Why don't you go talk to the director first, say hello to the netizens, and then stop the live broadcast."

"Okay. Then I'll go say hello to the netizens in both live broadcast rooms and then go off the air." Qiao Yu said simply.

Since he had already promised to give Zheng Xiwen face, he naturally had to be a good person to the end. This was Qiao Yu's usual style.

So Qiao Yu returned to the office and first greeted the manager who was arranged by Fuzi Yuedong to lead the team.

For the people at ByteDance, the live broadcast was surprisingly effective. Judging from the current traffic generation effect, they are reluctant to see it end so soon.

But for the manager who led the team, it was a relief. Just when Qiao Yu was called by Zheng Xiwen to talk about something, she also received a call...

Even if Qiao Yu didn't mention that the live broadcast should be ended quickly, it would soon be impossible to continue.

The main reason is that netizens are too noisy and always want to see big fireworks. But can we watch big fireworks casually?
If Qiao Yu is really bewitched by these people and does something big, it will become an accident...

"I'm so sorry. Actually, it's not that I want to stop the live broadcast. It's mainly because Microsoft can't stand it anymore. I don't know why they are so timid."

"Yes, yes, those Americans are indeed very timid." The manager echoed absentmindedly.

Anyway, whatever this gentleman says is right now. He has already demonstrated who is stronger and who is right to the fullest.

"Then I'll sit over there later, and the director will ask me to switch the live broadcast to this side. I'll say hello to the netizens on both sides and then go off the air. Oh, I still have a lot to say."

"Ah? You want to say a few more words? Okay, okay, we'll arrange it right away."

After talking to Fuzi Yuedong, Qiao Yu returned to his seat again.

Without having to look at the director's gestures, Qiao Yu knew he could start performing after seeing the camera switch to him on the screen opposite.

"Welcome back, everyone. I believe our engineers have just explained some basic principles to you. In fact, to sum it up in one sentence, we have now truly entered the era of quantum computing.

Whether it is quantum hardware or quantum simulation computing, in theory, once there is a breakthrough, the most direct effect is the update of technology. Next, my team will continue to explore various application scenarios of quantum simulation.

As Microsoft CEO said at the Majorana conference yesterday, quantum computing represents the future and will shine in many ecological fields, such as the most cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, system security, and so on.

The only difference is that they estimate that it will take several years to integrate a million qubits into a Majorana chip, but I am confident that in half a year, we will be able to achieve the effect of a million qubit integrated chip through quantum simulation using existing supercomputers!

If you like it, we can live stream it again to test our impact on the existing security system. Most importantly, I believe that by that time, we will be able to use supercomputers to perfectly simulate Shor's algorithm, or even upgrade to a more perfect quantum algorithm."

After criticizing Microsoft again in Chinese, Qiao Yu switched to English.

"Hi, everyone. I have to say goodbye to you all today. As you may have just seen, we have successfully completed this test mission.

Since the three exchanges that invited us to conduct the test have recognized our test results, this live test has come to an end.

I have seen what you have said just now. My point of view is still that language is just a tool, and we should make the tool more handy, rather than let the tool embarrass us.

Back to today's topic, this security test, what I want to tell you is that we will restore the transaction just now.

Although we have erased the transaction records on the server, we have recorded the entire transaction process on our local storage, which will be returned to the three major exchanges after the test is completely completed.

Please rest assured that as responsible researchers, we will not easily leak these technologies. At the same time, we will also provide quantum anti-protection technology for customers who are concerned about network security in the quantum era.

My Beijing Xiyu Technology Company has started designing a LOGO, and in the future we will authorize the official websites of exchanges that have accepted our quantum countermeasures protection to display this LOGO.

Please believe that we have never intended to disrupt the normal transactions of the global financial industry when developing this technology. On the contrary, all our goals are to enable the global financial industry to operate more safely and efficiently in the future.

Just like I said, we welcome all technology companies in the world to challenge our quantum simulation computing technology! My team and I will always fight to protect the security of everyone's wallet!

Finally, thank you again for watching this live broadcast. That’s all for today. You can follow the official website of the Yanbei International Center for Mathematical Research or my Weibo. Next time there is a similar live broadcast, I will notify you in advance on these two places! Goodbye! "

After saying that, Qiao Yu quickly turned off the live broadcast and asked casually, "How did I perform today?"

"Perfect!" the manager said first, followed by applause in the office and many participants breathing a sigh of relief. Then, the world went crazy.

……

If we were to choose who is the most upset at this moment, it would probably be the bosses of the three major exchanges and the investors behind those exchanges.

Protection fees and the like don't matter. The meaning of Qiao Yu's last words in the live broadcast room is already very clear. Protection fees are inevitable.

These can all be discussed.

But Qiao Yu's words that the virtual currency transferred by the team would be returned after the test was completely completed made everyone nervous.

Qiao Yu didn’t say when the test would be completely completed!
Isn't it true that the test is completely over after the live broadcast? This is why they couldn't wait to contact Qiao Yu as soon as Microsoft contacted them, hoping to terminate the test immediately.

That’s not a small amount of money. The value of Bitcoin lost by the Kraken exchange alone is more than $600 million!

It was originally worth more than 800 million US dollars, but due to the panic drop just now, another 200 million has been lost. Fortunately, after Qiao Yu announced that the technology would not spread and would even provide quantum resistance protection for exchanges, the market has begun to stabilize.

But the exchange still lost at least $100 million because the main wallet was taken over and they had no control over it.

Currently, more than 2 billion US dollars worth of cryptocurrencies from the three exchanges are hidden in some unknown wallet by Qiao Yu's team.

If the money is not returned, the liquidity of the exchange will be in trouble. You know, for cryptocurrency exchanges, liquidity is their lifeline.

The cryptocurrencies they store in their main wallets are their important tools to ensure liquidity and high-frequency trading!
To take a step back, no one wants the more than 2 billion US dollars that belongs to them to remain in an unresolved state, and no one would like their money to be in the hands of others, or even be unable to operate it.

Now that the live broadcast has ended, everyone is staring at their own wallets, but these cryptocurrencies have not been returned to the original wallets immediately.

In this case, it is naturally difficult for the owner of this money to have a good mood.

Even though it was already 11 p.m. Eastern Time, no one was obviously asleep.

Everyone was waiting for Qiao Yu to give an explanation.

Especially Jesse Powell.

Instead of going home, he sat alone in the empty office, staring at the screen. The secretary who had just walked in looked at the boss's uncertain face anxiously.

After all, this time the Kraken exchange was the first to have its defense breached and also suffered the greatest losses.

"Has China got any news yet? When are they going to return those damn bitcoins?"

Jesse Powell, who has received higher education, rarely swore directly.

"Well, we have already talked to Mr. Zheng, the contact person. He said that we have to wait until their engineering team completes the review of this test before returning the virtual currency in the wallet in batches."

"What does it mean to return it in batches after the review? How long do we have to wait?"

"I don't know. They didn't give us an exact time. They just promised that they would return it later."

“They will definitely be returned later? How long will that be? A hundred years later is also a later time. Do you think these bitcoins will still be valuable at that time?”

After hearing what the secretary said, Jesse Powell finally couldn't hold it anymore.

It was OK if Qiao Yu took away US dollars, but what he took away was Bitcoin. The risk of this thing is terribly high now.

Not to mention taking away a hundred years, he couldn't accept even if Qiao Yu kept his hands closed and didn't do anything for a month.

"Mr. Powell, do you remember what Qiao Yu said at the end of his live broadcast? His team will provide quantum countermeasures for major trading centers.

So I think maybe when we sign this technology protection contract with them, we can get back the bitcoins that have been transferred away. "

Jesse Powell was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a gloomy face.

Although he had such an intention, he hoped that both parties would sign the cooperation contract on an equal footing.

It's okay even if he bleeds a little more.

Anyway, he has to invest nearly 100 million US dollars every year in the security of trading systems. It doesn't matter where the money is invested. At least it can make a good impression.

But if the two sides reached a contract under the current circumstances, no matter how much money he gave to the other party, Qiao Yu probably would not be grateful to him. He would just feel that he deserved it.

Even if we put aside these deep-seated things, there is probably no successful person in this world who likes the feeling of being threatened.

But after thinking about it carefully, Jesse Powell found that he was now helpless because of the incompetence of those technology companies.

You can't just do what Microsoft did and force your way through, right?

No one wanted Qiao Yu to do this type of live broadcast again, including him.

"When will the negotiations begin? Did the other side say so?"

"He said he was waiting for news from Qiao Yu. He has a lot of things to do today."

Jesse Powell opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing and just waved his hand weakly.

"Notify me as soon as there is news."

He has a lot of headaches now, such as how to deal with the questions from shareholders.

He is not the only one who has the question of why the annual security budget of nearly 100 million US dollars has failed to achieve the desired effect.

……

Jesse Powell was a little worried. Of course, it was inevitable that he would become confused due to worry.

Although this test caused huge losses to the exchange, the shock and deterrence it brought to those investors was the most frightening.

In other words, for the vast majority of investors, they don’t have time to worry about these things for the time being.

In the eyes of many people, this incident could have been avoided if Microsoft had not been determined to provoke the sensitive nerves of the Chinese people.

Although this is somewhat like trying to cover up one's mistake, as long as it is not revealed, it means that we will not be so passive now.

Most importantly, Microsoft's actions have made it impossible to tell many stories that could have belonged to Silicon Valley. Even if they want to continue telling them, they have to drag China along.

This is an unacceptable setback for many investors. In other words, investors cannot accept that their capital security is in the hands of others.

"This is a war! They must share technology! Even if we have to use nuclear bombs, we must defend the security of normal transactions in the financial market! Ask the Chinese, do they want to start a nuclear war with the whole world?"

This is what conservatives said in a conference room in the Western continent late at night.

(End of this chapter)