Xueba's computing system

Chapter 202: Study Room Chat
Lin Yuan followed Dean Li to the study.

As expected, the instructor was already inside, practicing calligraphy.

"Please sit anywhere." Professor Zhang raised his head slightly without stopping his calligraphy.

"You haven't seen it before, your mentor can also write beautiful calligraphy." Dean Li led Lin Yuan to find a place to sit down, "Old Zhang is particularly good at this kind of unconventional things. He knows a little bit of everything, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He was also a handsome man when he was young, so he became the son-in-law of the dragon."

Dean Li kept looking at the furnishings in the study room as he spoke. Given his relationship with Professor Zhang, it was obviously impossible that this was his first time here. He was naturally using the exquisiteness of the study room as a metaphor for something.

"I don't have Lao Zhang's charm, so I have to rely on myself."

Lin Yuan also looked around.

Being in this study, it feels like traveling back to ancient times. There are almost no modern furnishings here. Even the lamps are covered in ancient lanterns.

He had only seen many of the objects around him in TV dramas. For example, he didn't know what to call the large porcelain jar used to hold the scrolls. He also didn't understand why there were so many brushes hanging on the pen holder.

He thought of the ancient town of Zouzhuang where he had been before. There was a house in the town that used to be owned by a wealthy family. If he magnified the study room in the house, which was now a cultural relic protection site, two or three times, it would look like what he saw before him.

Lin Yuan didn't expect that his tutor's family was so wealthy. No wonder his tutor had no interest in money.

Professor Zhang finally put down the pen in his hand and said, "Xiao Lin, don't listen to his nonsense. Li Youcai is confusing cause and effect."

How could Lin Yuan say anything? He could only listen.

Professor Zhang continued, "I came from the same background as him, both from the countryside. It was precisely because I didn't care about these material things, and I didn't like to scheme, and I was straightforward. That's why my father-in-law was willing to marry his daughter to me.

Do you understand?

Everything you see before you is the result.”

Lin Yuan probably understood what the teacher meant. "Teacher is saying that it's not because you have money that you can be so carefree. It's because you are carefree to begin with, so the teacher's wife married you."

"That's right.

At that time, my father-in-law disagreed in every way. He wanted to marry someone of equal status. Later, seeing your wife's insistence, he wanted to cultivate me. But I have long disliked him. His lifestyle is not like that of an old comrade.

I had this in mind when I joined GuoAn. I just wanted to make a name for myself with my own abilities.

Later,

"What happened later?" Lin Yuan became interested.

Dean Li interrupted, "Later, he was too eager to achieve success and violated the organization's internal regulations. He was almost considered a traitor. In wartime, he could have been taken out and executed."

Professor Zhang retorted, "Time will tell. My loyalty has been proven."

"That was a long time ago. You and my mentor, as well as your father-in-law, all vouched for you, so you were not arrested."

Judging from Dean Li's tone, the matter must have been quite serious. But Professor Zhang looked relaxed, "But it was a blessing in disguise. Since then, my father-in-law has seen through my character and stopped forcing me. He just wants me and his daughter to live a good life."

Lin Yuan asked, "What happened next? Did the teacher quit GuoAn?"

"It wasn't really a withdrawal, but my use was restricted. The organization is reasonable. I ignored my father-in-law's support, so the organization believed that I was young and impulsive. Later, I still did some work.

Okay, let’s not talk about these old things.

Let's talk about the last time you and Zhang Yan went to Songhu. How did you locate that person's MAC address? Li Youcai's report was rejected. "

"What?" Lin Yuan didn't react for a moment.

But Dean Li already looked embarrassed. "Just ask if you want to. Can you please not mention the report?"

"There are only three of us here, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about. The part about discovering that person's MAC address in the report that Lao Li submitted to the superiors was considered not detailed enough, so it was sent back for additional details."

In order to repay Dean Li for his support, Lin Yuan gave the credit for the arrest in Songhu last time to the other party. Dean Li naturally did not know as much about the whole matter as Lin Yuan, the person involved.

Lin Yuan said seriously, "I just sent that person a small software, and then he opened it and uploaded his MAC address." "But after the higher-ups reviewed it, they found that the person had been recruited since he was in school and had been lurking for nearly 20 years. How could he make such a low-level mistake?"

Lin Yuan felt a little embarrassed for a moment, because he had obtained the information about that person by deceiving Musk on the other side of the ocean.

Musk now posts Martian coded messages on social media every now and then, in an effort to find the mysterious person who got his information for free.

What's more, the concept of Feng Shui is now very popular in the world's AI circle.

These are the effects caused by Lin Yuan, the little butterfly.

Lin Yuan even felt that if he told the truth, the two teachers might not believe him even more.

Did he make such a big fuss worldwide just to help Dean Li? Not only did he disturb the world's number one technology gangster, but he also stirred up the entire AI community?

"Well, even the best horse can stumble." Lin Yuan had no choice but to stick to his original explanation, otherwise it would only make things worse.

"So what kind of software did you send him?"

"The kind of little software that men like."

Professor Zhang laughed and scolded, "Do you think that people in our field are all rookies? How can a veteran who has been lurking for nearly 20 years use a confidential notebook to open the small software you sent over?

Xiaolin, now is not the time for the teacher to ask you the reason.

The organization is asking you this. You must tell the truth."

Looking at the serious expressions of the two teachers, Lin Yuan realized that he couldn't get away with it by fooling around. "Alas, I was trying to help someone, but I didn't expect to get myself into trouble."

"Okay, the teacher didn't call you here to interrogate you. I also know that you could have ignored that old guy Li Youcai and let him retire with his deputy position."

At this point, Dean Li looked at Lin Yuan with an even more loving expression, as if he was a grandfather looking at his grandson.

"You don't have to tell us everything. Everyone has their own little secrets. But you should probably give us an idea, an idea that we can use to deal with the past."

Lin Yuan was finally relieved now. The two teachers were still very ethical. If they hadn't been asked about it from above, they would definitely not have brought it up again.

"I... um... which way to say it would be more reasonable." Lin Yuan didn't pretend anymore, because the instructor had made it clear: everyone has their own little secrets. Now it was clear that the three masters and apprentices were lying behind closed doors.

Professor Zhang said calmly, "How about... try it out for personal information leakage? Didn't the Prism Project expose a lot of data before? Let's think about it and see if there is any possibility of connection."

Lin Yuan thought about it and realized that the information exposed by the Prism Project had probably been turned upside down by intelligence agencies of various countries. He obviously couldn't put the blame on the Prism Project. But the idea given by the instructor was acceptable.

So Lin Yuan tentatively said, "Every time the other party posted private work to me, it was shared through a long blog post by an anonymous account on the X platform. Is it possible that I found the MAC address of one of the anonymous accounts in a private file exposed overseas?"

Professor Zhang pondered and said, "That's a good idea. Then, Lao Li, you just need to prepare a private file yourself. You have a lot of experience in this."

"What do you mean: I have a lot of experience."

Lin Yuan felt that the conversation between the two teachers seemed to have deep meaning.

"Teacher, if that's the case, doesn't it conflict with what I said before about 'getting the MAC address by sending a small software'?"

"That's fine. Just say that the private document was purchased from someone on DarkNet, and that it was kept secret to avoid criticism from the organization. As for who bought it from, it was purchased through a digital currency exchange, so there's no way to track it down."

Dean Li thought for a moment and said, "I think this is feasible. Let's do it this way."

Lin Yuan was surprised and asked, "Is this all?"

“It is normal to buy and sell intelligence on various DarkNets.”

Lin Yuan's eyes were opened again today.

(End of this chapter)