Xueba's computing system

Chapter 257 Danger

The old boy of Mar-a-Lago came to power on the eve of the Dragon Country's Lunar New Year, and right from the start he started wielding the stick of increasing tariffs again.

The old boy's logic is very simple. After the tariff is added, the price of imported goods will become higher, so the domestic manufacturing industry will have a chance. This is indeed true in a competition between equals, but the gap in manufacturing strength between the two sides of the Pacific is now the distance from the earth to the sun.

In the face of such a huge gap, the tariff increase is not imposed on others, but entirely on ourselves. Because even if the tariff is increased to 300%, the United States cannot produce competitive industrial products with its current efficiency.

What's more, let alone 300%, even if it is 30%, it will make a large number of people in the United States who are struggling on the poverty line become homeless.

Therefore, Lin Yuan guessed that the real intention of the old boy was to return to conservatism, because the Eagle Country started out with conservatism, and only took steps toward the outside world when it saw that globalization was profitable.

In Lin Yuan's opinion, after the old boy came to power, he once again showed his ability to withdraw from the group. Withdrawing from the group is the best proof of the return to conservatism.

Lin Yuan even asked Musk this question, and the other party’s answer was: The conservatives and the globalists will continue to fight for a long time, and he is not sure about the future direction.

But the distinguished Minister of Efficiency said: contraction is certain, and the most important thing at the moment is change. Apart from this, he doesn't know what else to do.

The implication is that Musk is helping the old boy cut costs. Since there is not enough money to spend, he is trying to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. As for what will happen in the future, who knows.

Musk was also kind enough to remind Lin Yuan to pay attention to personal safety, "I know the habits of those people too well." These were Musk's original words, and everything was self-explanatory.

Lin Yuan didn't have much time to gossip on the other side of the ocean, because he believed that what Musk said was not groundless.

He caused the capital on the other side of the strait to lose hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. This was still the early stage, and who knows what the subsequent impact will be. Therefore, after Lin Yuan calmed down and reflected, he was still too slow.

Lin Yuan realized that he was too focused on the thing itself when doing things. He always regarded himself as an engineer, so his eyes were really focused on the technology. He ignored the fact that technology would have a drastic impact on the real world.

All the strength of modern first-class countries is based on military power, and the foundation of military power is the strength of cutting-edge technology.

Lin Yuan inadvertently smashed a small hole in the iron curtain of technological and military power on the other side of the strait.

Although there is no saying "a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole" in the culture of the other side, the conceptual essence of this saying is thoroughly understood by the other side, so they will definitely pursue such actions relentlessly.

It can be said that technological hegemony is the only strategic commanding heights that the other side currently has.

It was only after Lin Yuan had done everything that he realized that his previous open source move was actually knocking a small hole in the core area of the future technology dam planned on the other side of the strait.

The core of the other side's future technological layout is naturally the field of AI, which is highly anticipated and predicted to be the next trillion-dollar market.

As a result, Lin Yuan made the important algorithm open source. Open source is fine, but the scary thing is that Lin Yuan made it too detailed. Western technology companies have always used and guarded against Dragon people, so under normal circumstances, Dragon engineers working in Western companies would not be able to know so many details.

So the rumor came out that this algorithm was not from OpenAI, but was created by a group of engineers from Longguo.

If the open source move has caused the capitalists on the other side of the strait to lose their money, then this kind of fantasy among the people is going to destroy their hearts.

So, Lin Yuan, in danger!!!

Lin Yuan also understood why the country's authorities sent a security team to protect him as if they were facing a major enemy.

If I cut myself once for every US$100 million lost, then the loss I caused to the other side must be cut by at least US$5,000 to US$6,000.

Lin Yuan felt scared when he thought about it. Lin Yuan thought of his parents. He was under strict protection, but what about his parents?

Fortunately, the authorities have taken this into consideration and have notified the local village committee in Lin Yuan’s hometown to be on the lookout for the presence of unfamiliar outsiders.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan's parents live in a rural area in central China, and their hometown village is inhabited by a group of acquaintances all year round. If a stranger appears, he will not be able to escape the intelligence network of the uncles and aunts at the entrance of the village, so there is no need to panic.

But Xia Ye was in trouble.

Lin Yuan tried to ask Zhang Yan, "Can we protect Xia Ye as well, or just bring her over to live with us?"

Zhang Yan smiled and answered him, "Do you want to bring Song Xiaoxiao over as well?"

"That would be great if you can."

"Then how do you think I should write the report to the organization? What identity should Xia Ye use? If she is your wife, then I will have to be transferred. It is easy to attract criticism when I am in a melon field. What's more, my father will be the first to be furious when he finds out."

Lin Yuan had no choice but to give up, because he couldn't ask his superiors to protect my two friends of the opposite sex who were not convenient to make their relationship public.

Forget it, Lin Yuan thought the best way to protect Xia Ye was not to contact her.

For safety reasons, Lin Yuan even sent the money to Xia Ye through the channel arranged by Zhang Yan, and it was transferred several times before it reached Xia Ye. He no longer contacted Xia Ye directly after that, but sent messages through the channel arranged by Zhang Yan.

The reason for doing this is that they are worried that someone might locate Xia Ye based on her call records or online chat data. This is not a difficult task for Lin Yuan, so he thinks it is not a difficult task for others either.

And what about Xia Ye?

She hadn't seen Lin Yuan since she enrolled in Ziyi after the Spring Festival. The two of them had been in touch via air all the time, and the money Lin Yuan gave her had never been short of.

But suddenly one day, Lin Yuan called her from an unfamiliar number and told her that he would not be able to contact her for a period of time, and that there would be a special channel to contact her. In the future, any news could be delivered through this channel.

Lin Yuan didn't say much about the rest, and Xia Ye didn't ask Lin Yuan whether he wanted her anymore.

Because Xia Ye knew that Lin Yuan would not go to such great lengths to get rid of her. Xia Ye just instinctively realized, "Lin Yuan, is there something wrong with you?"

Xia Ye had seen Lin Yuan's news many times, and Lin Yuan had already become a rising star in the technology industry. But now that Lin Yuan suddenly wanted to hide, Xia Ye's first reaction was that he must have encountered some problems.

Lin Yuan did not deny it. "I will find you after this is over. Take care of yourself and live a low-key life with Song Xiaoxiao."

Lin Yuan gave Xia Ye one year's living expenses and tuition through Zhang Yan. Although Lin Yuan wanted to give a lump sum of one million yuan, Zhang Yan disagreed.

Zhang Yan was not stingy with the money, but she was a person of iron, and she insisted that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Zhang Yan felt that giving Xia Ye and Song Xiaoxiao too much money might actually be a disaster. First, she was worried that the money might be exposed, and second, she was even worried that Xia Ye and Song Xiaoxiao would think that this was a severance pay, and would then make further demands.

Lin Yuan disagreed with this, but he still respected Zhang Yan's approach. He had long been accustomed to Zhang Yan's tricks. This girl always took advantage of human nature when doing things. So when dealing with Xia Ye and Song Xiaoxiao, Zhang Yan just kept them hanging by giving them money every month.

Lin Yuan had a feeling that, apart from the technical aspect, he was just a little Karami in the hands of Zhang Yan and others.

(End of this chapter)