Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 354 The morale is low, and the team is difficult to lead.

"This shouldn't be happening, right?" Zhou Hongyi pondered the malicious plugin carefully, and even considered apologizing.

This looks too much like his work.

After studying it for a long time and completely disassembling the malicious plugin, he finally determined that it was not written by him.

The other party's programming skills are very sophisticated. Judging from the programming style, this should be the work of some old guy.

Without one or two decades of immersion in the field, it's absolutely impossible to write such a solid and meticulous program.

Moreover, judging from the code, this kid's programming talent isn't very high; he needs to write three lines of code for something that could be solved in one.

But their skills were so solid that the entire program was almost flawless.

Zhou Hongyi kept thinking about the top programming experts in China, but she couldn't think of anyone who could have such skill.

Older generations of programmers mostly disdain doing this kind of thing.

Meanwhile, the slightly younger generation all put on suits and ties and embarked on the path of entrepreneurship.

"Who did this?" Zhou Hongyi pondered.

At this time, the programmers of 3721 also began to hack into Shengda's official website according to Zhou Hongyi's instructions.

Faced with wave after wave of hacker attacks, the programmers in Shengda's technical department informed Qi Yonghuai of the situation immediately.

Qi Yonghuai put down his phone, his face ashen.

"Director Qi, what happened?" Luo Shengyi asked quickly when he saw that Qi Yonghuai's expression was not good.

Qi Yonghuai said, "The hacker alliance has launched an intrusion operation against our Shengda official website."

"How could this be?" Luo Shengyi exclaimed in surprise. "We have no grudge against them."

Qi Yonghuai pondered and said, "I feel that this malicious plugin may really have nothing to do with Zhou Hongyi, otherwise he wouldn't have reacted so strongly. Although Zhou Hongyi has a very irritable personality, he is straightforward and not the kind of person who dares to do something but not to take responsibility."

Luo Shengyi frowned and said, "Then what do we do now? If the other party can still install Trojans, then it will be very difficult for our game equipment trading website to continue."

Qi Yonghuai was silent for a few seconds before saying, "We can also upgrade the Legend Forum's defense level to the same level as the official website, but in that case, many people may be unable to log in to the forum."

Luo Shengyi asked, "Won't our official website be hacked?"

Qi Yonghuai said, "If even our official website is hacked, then Shengda can announce its dissolution. This official website is connected to our game account database. Once it is hacked, it means that the game accounts will also be stolen."

Qi Yonghuai's meaning was clear: Shengda's official website could not be breached.

Luo Shengyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then let's get on with it as soon as possible. This matter must be resolved."

Qi Yonghuai nodded, stood up and said, "You arrange for someone to remove the Trojan first, I'll contact the moderator to change the account password, and then upgrade the Legend Forum's defense level."

"Great!" Seeing hope, Luo Shengyi couldn't help but get excited.

If this problem can be solved, then it's not a problem at all.

As for the impact, it is negligible.

Having found the root cause of the account theft, Luo Shengyi and Qi Yonghuai wasted no more time. Qi Yonghuai first contacted his subordinates to change the password of the junior moderator's account, and then hid all the posts that junior moderator had made.

After completing these tasks, Qi Yonghuai returned to the technical department and improved the defense mechanisms of the Legend Forum.

"The password has been changed." Lin Qingyin received the message the moment the moderator's account password was changed.

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "That's normal. Shengda's technical staff are not to be trifled with."

Lin Qingyin turned to look at Cheng Yi and asked, "Cheng Yi, what's our next step?"

"We don't need to do anything, just wait and see how things develop." Cheng Yi chuckled.

Although Lin Qingyin didn't understand Cheng Yi's meaning, she still nodded and said, "How about I continue to hack into this legendary forum?"

Cheng Yi shook his head and said, "No, we don't need to continue the intrusion for now. Our goal was just to let users of the game equipment trading website know that Shengda Guarantee is unreliable. Now we have achieved our goal."

"Oh, okay." Lin Qingyin's mood was slightly disappointed.

She thought she was going to have a fierce battle like before, but Cheng Yi gave up immediately.

Out of boredom, Lin Qingyin could only log into the Tencent official website backend and start accepting work orders.

Business competition is often a zero-sum game.

Although Shengda Group resolved the account theft incident in a timely manner, the impact it generated cannot be resolved in a short period of time.

First, there was the rollback issue. The rollback event across all servers caused many hardcore players to furiously criticize the game company.

Secondly, there's the issue of equipment trading. Many items that have already been traded have ended up back in the hands of the original sellers, which has greatly angered many buyers and sellers.

Even though Shengda Group processed the refunds promptly, they found it difficult to trust Shengda's guarantee platform anymore.

This time, they truly experienced firsthand what it means to get something for nothing.

Although Momo, a virtual dating app, is a bit pricey, its service is also good.

No account theft has been detected so far.

As a result, many legendary players began to trade at Momo Internet Cafes.

Shengda's game equipment trading website is experiencing a rapid decline in market share.

The roles of offense and defense have now shifted between the two sides.

Trust between people is generally only established once. Once someone has been cheated, it is very difficult to rebuild that trust.

Difficult.

Luo Shengyi lay back in his office chair, his face full of impatience.

Since the account theft and rollback incidents, their game equipment trading website has been almost abandoned by players, with sales plummeting by 40%.

After this incident, Momo's virtual item trading website has finally established a solid foundation.

With cash settlement and excellent service, it has become the most popular game escrow transaction platform in China, occupying 70% of the game escrow market.

During this period, the relationship between 3721 and Shengda was very strained. The two sides seemed to be competing with each other, fighting fiercely, while Cheng Yi, the instigator, was no longer involved.

In this era where hackers reign supreme, few internet companies dare to mess with 3721, except for antivirus software companies.

In this era, antivirus software companies are considered essential components of computers and are among the highest-earning internet companies. These antivirus software companies also have a strong dislike for 3721.

Some antivirus software companies have actually listed 3721 as malware.

In this battle between 3721 and Shengda, antivirus software companies across the country are supporting Shengda, and public opinion is overwhelmingly against them, causing 3721 to suffer significant losses in both reputation and prestige.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Cheng Yi, because domestic software companies had sent people. Kingsoft Video Player was the first to arrive, followed by Super DVD Player, and gradually, Oriental Translator, Founder Media Player, and Corel VideoStudio all came to his door as well.

With millions of customers, Momo Group has already impressed some domestic companies.

Although these programs are very niche, they are willing to modify them to cater to their millions of customers.

This was a good start, so Cheng Yi personally took the stage and had in-depth exchanges with the representatives sent by these software companies.

In order to achieve the desired effect, Cheng Yi signed purchase contracts with these software companies, buying all the software that came to him and incorporating them into the Momo system.

Although many software programs are unnecessary for the Momo system.

With over 20 computers, the fees paid to each software company alone amounted to millions.

In many people's eyes, Cheng Yi's behavior was simply foolishly throwing money away.

Investing millions is not as good as spending millions to make a similar software.

Only Yu Sen and his group knew that Cheng Yi was using this opportunity to extend olive branches to those large software companies.

Because the only thing their Momo system lacks is a software ecosystem.

To create a healthy ecosystem, the support of software companies is essential; relying solely on self-development and imitation is always a poor strategy.

To gain the support of these large domestic software companies, policy guidance alone is useless. Even if the National Information Industry Association intervenes on behalf of Momo Group, those large software companies are unlikely to provide support; at most, they will just give a perfunctory response.

Even Huaxia Software Group is the same.

Without a strong incentive, no one would be willing to modify the program for a small, independent system with a limited user base.

For two consecutive days, Cheng Yi signed procurement contracts with six software companies, promising to install their genuine programs on every computer in Momo Internet Cafe and paying each software company one million yuan in genuine license fees.

After finishing the signing, Cheng Yi rode his scooter back to campus.

Now, Chen Yafang and her group of student union members are all following Ji Yubing to expand the computer lab business across the country, which makes Jia Yu, the director of the school's student union office, and others somewhat disappointed.

The student council members in Chen Yafang's group earn at least 300 yuan a month, while the current group of student council members have no income at all except for bragging and talking nonsense.

They're all doing this out of love.

If it were just an occasional occurrence, they could accept it, but now it seems that Chen Yafang's student council members have secured a stable job and their work has never stopped.

"Director Jia, what do we do now? Chen Yafang is still receiving her salary." A young man asked anxiously in Jia Yu's office.

Jia Yu is also feeling somewhat troubled right now.

People's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team.

Jia Yu retorted stubbornly, "So what if we get paid? Does that little bit of money a month give us the right to take away our dignity?"

The young man said, "Director Jia, this isn't about dignity. The cafeteria has added some more expensive dishes now, and we want to help ease our family's burden as soon as possible."

The young man's words drew echoes of agreement from many others.

Jia Yu sat on the sofa, deep in thought, his mind racing with ideas on how to deal with Cheng Yi. He figured that if he could find one of Cheng Yi's weaknesses and magnify it, he could eliminate him.

But after thinking about it carefully for a long time, he realized that Cheng Yi hadn't done anything too outrageous.

To be honest, if it weren't for Lin Hua's instructions, Jia Yu would never have chosen to be Cheng Yi's enemy.

As the office director of the student union, Jia Yu claimed to know some rumors about Cheng Yi. To be honest, if it weren't for Lin Hua backing him up, he wouldn't dare to provoke Cheng Yi and Chen Yafang at all.

After all, many students had heard rumors that Cheng Yi was Gao Lifu's confidant.

After pondering for a long time, Jia Yu finally dialed Lin Hua's number and said, "Chairman Lin, Cheng Yi's influence is growing stronger and stronger. What should we do?"

Lin Hua chuckled on the other end of the phone and said, "There's no need to do anything. From the current perspective, the outcome is already decided."

"Nothing needs to be done?" Jia Yu wondered if he had guessed wrong.

Lin Hua said, "You've done a great job lately, you can go and rest now."

"Rest?" Jia Yu was taken aback again.

Lin Hua said, "I'll explain it to you when I have time."

"Okay." Jia Yu nodded helplessly.

He now sends people to follow Cheng Yi every day, and he's published articles in the newspapers and insulted him, which has completely offended Cheng Yi.

Could it be that his older brother wants to make peace with Cheng Yi?
Just as Jia Yu was feeling distressed and uneasy, Cheng Yi received a call from Huang Fei.

During this period, Huang Fei was away from home tracking and handling the issue of imported waste clothing, and rarely returned to Jingzhou City.

"Brother Huang." Cheng Yi answered the phone and laughed, "I was just about to call you to report on my work, but I didn't expect you to call me."

Huang Fei laughed and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense, kid. Are you in Jingzhou?"

"Yes," Cheng Yi replied quickly.

Huang Fei said, "I'll send you an address in a bit. Come over here and I'll introduce you to someone."

"Who is it?" Cheng Yi asked, puzzled.

Huang Fei said, "You are different now than before. You need to move around more in official circles. Although those people in official circles can't help you, they still have the ability to cause trouble and create chaos."

“Hmm…” Cheng Yi wholeheartedly agreed.

Huang Fei laughed and said, "The person I found for you can definitely help you resolve a lot of troubles in officialdom."

Cheng Yi said, "Brother Huang, you mean Lin Hua, right?"

Huang Fei exclaimed in surprise, "You could guess that? That's impressive!"

Cheng Yi had already guessed that Lin Hua and Huang Fei knew each other, but he could only hint at it indirectly and would never be foolish enough to ask directly.

Cheng Yi paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Brother Huang, I wouldn't dare to order Chairman Lin around. He's the chairman of our school's student union."

Huang Fei said, "He won't stay with you for long. Lin Hua is my protégé, and he has already passed the national selection exam. I'm counting on him to get into a functional department. He'll stay with you for at most two months."

"Two months?" Cheng Yi really didn't understand what Huang Fei was up to.

What's the point of these two months? It hasn't relieved the itch at all.

However, Cheng Yi still highly recognized Lin Hua's abilities. If Lin Hua really joined their group's administrative department, with Lin Hua's social influence and personal charm, it would be incredibly easy for him to help the administrative department win over those officials who had only left their phone numbers.

“Lin Hua…” Cheng Yi couldn’t help but laugh when he thought of the first time he met Lin Hua.

(End of this chapter)