Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 381 You Lost (Second of the Fourth Update!)

"You're probably wondering why we're unwilling to share our database with everyone," Cheng Yi said with a smile as if he could read minds. "Simply put, it's for everyone's benefit."

For our own good?
Everyone stared at Cheng Yi, wanting to see what kind of response he could come up with.

Cheng Yi's expression gradually turned serious as he said, "Although our Momo Group is not a pure IT company, we have top-notch programmers in China and the most secure operating system, which can guarantee the eternal security of our member database. If anyone here thinks they are one of the best in the world, feel free to step forward and let's have a friendly competition. If you win, you will be in charge of protecting our member database."

"Is there?" Cheng Yi looked around at everyone.

“We at Xinlang should be able to do it.” At this moment, Wang Yan, the president of Xinlang, stood up.

As a successful internet company listed on NASDAQ, Sinlang is definitely a top player in the portal website field, even Sohu is far from matching Sinlang's scale.

As early as 1998, Xinlang completed a financing round of US$25 million. In 2000, they received another US$60 million in financing. In April of this year, they launched Xinlang Wireless, creating the first user-paid value-added service platform in China provided by an Internet company.

All of this was done by Wang Yan.

In the previous life, if Shengda hadn't suddenly launched its acquisition plan for Xinlang, Xinlang's development prospects would have been much better than NetEase's.

Because Xinlang's shareholding structure is quite dispersed, with only two of the top ten shareholders holding more than 5% of the shares, this dispersed shareholding structure is the biggest weakness of a group, which also gave Shengda Group an opportunity to exploit it.

As the most promising of the three major portal websites, Xinlang has always been coveted by Shengda Group.

Chen Tianqiao waited for more than a year before the opportunity for Xinlang's stock price to fall finally arrived.

He purchased 16 shares at a price of $22.91 per share, increasing his stake to 19.5%. Since both Shengda and Xinlang are registered in the Cayman Islands and listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, according to US law, once Shengda's shareholding exceeds 20%, Xinlang and Shengda must consolidate their financial statements.

Once the financial statements are consolidated, Shengda will become the actual controller of Xinlang, and Xinlang will then be named after the Chen family.

With its financial resources completely disproportionate, Xinlang had no choice but to launch the infamous poison pill plan in order to stop the invasion of the behemoth Shengda.

Poison pills are a highly self-destructive tactic, and also the most brutal and helpless method in corporate acquisition battles.

In corporate acquisitions, hostile acquirers are only willing to go all in because they see the potential value of the target company. If the hostile acquirer discovers that the potential is not value but poison, then the acquirer will naturally choose to give up.

This is like a beautiful woman about to be violated by a strong man, and having no other choice, she jumps into a cesspool to preserve her chastity.

Following the poison pill plan, Sinlang caused unease among many investors and raised questions about the company's future. Ultimately, it went from being a runaway success to falling from grace, and finally ended its life with only a Weibo account.

However, Sinlang's management team also possesses the faith and ruthlessness of the first generation of IT professionals; otherwise, they would not have adopted the most extreme poison pill plan.

For example, Wang Yan is the only variable among all the participants today.

To be honest, Wang Yan's arrival was the most surprising thing for Cheng Yi today.

Cheng Yi likes to put himself in others' shoes. If he were Wang Yan, he would never agree to connect to Momo Group's third-party login system.

Wang Yan's presence here only indicates his interest in the matter, but it doesn't necessarily mean he'll agree to cooperate.

Wang Yan holds a very high position in the internet industry; for example, the "Personal Information Data Protection Law," which will have a significant impact in the future, was drafted by Wang Yan.

Wang Yan values ​​information and data security more than anyone else; getting him to share member data is virtually impossible.

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Okay, is there anyone else who wants to try?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Cheng Yi gestured to Wang Yan and said with a smile, "Mr. Wang, please call your security department and tell them that Momo Group will attempt to hack into Xinlang.com in five minutes, so that they can take precautions in advance."

Cheng Yi's words made many people laugh.

We've already provided all the information, how could it possibly still be breached?
Wang Yan also thought Cheng Yi was crazy; how could he give prior notice?

If this place gets breached, they might as well close down as soon as possible.

Wang Yan frowned and said, "There's no need to make a call. If we call ahead to notify you, it would make our technical department seem useless."

"You mean I can start right now?" Cheng Yi chuckled.

Wang Yan looked at Cheng Yi and said, "Time, you need to give me some time."

"How about half an hour?" Cheng Yi asked with a smile.

"Okay." Wang Yan nodded.

Many people now know that Momo Group has a group of veteran senior programmers, and they have also heard that these programmers come from Huaxia Software Group. Apart from that, they are not very clear about the information of Yu Sen and others.

Since the Momo system began operating, Cheng Yi's protection of Sen and others' identities has reached an appalling level.

They are surrounded by Black Panther Security's most elite security personnel, and all their personal information has been entered into the group's confidential system. This includes travel arrangements; Yu Sen and others are strictly prohibited from taking airplanes and are required to minimize their trips abroad.

Cheng Yi is not afraid of anything else, except for unknown dangers.

Du Yusheng is also strictly prohibited from taking airplanes or going abroad.

The Momo system is not yet fully developed, so everything he does is just a precaution.

When Momo's system truly reveals its strength, it will become involved in a technological war between nations.

Despite many countries' constant pronouncements about the borderless nature of science, this is merely a lukewarm and ineffective statement.

Technological wars between nations are terrifying. Although Cheng Yi tried his best to avoid getting the Momo system involved, if they couldn't avoid it, Yu Sen and the others would be in danger.

Because technological wars between nations don't stop at just technological competition; in unavoidable circumstances, they may even resort to physical tactics to address the problem at its root.

In his previous life, Cheng Yi once saw an obituary about hundreds of scientists in the United States who died mysteriously on the eve of returning to China to serve the country.

Hundreds!
Although most of them are 'suicide due to depression' or 'mysterious death', isn't this too much of a coincidence?
I developed depression just as I was about to return to my home country?
Cheng Yi hadn't witnessed this firsthand, so he could only be extra cautious.

This is not only being responsible to Sen and his team, but also to Momo Group.

Cheng Yi lowered his head and considered for a moment before saying, "Alright, since you don't plan to notify us in advance, I'll send our interns on the field."

After speaking, Cheng Yi looked at Lin Qingyin, who was sitting in front of the computer in the corner.

In order to intimidate these bigwigs, Cheng Yi had no choice but to invite Lin Qingyin over.

Since the Zhonghai City incident, it has become very difficult for him to see Lin Qingyin. The entire leadership of the Computer Science Department has provided Lin Qingyin with 360-degree protection, fearing that Cheng Yi might do something heinous that would anger both heaven and man.

Cheng Yi only wanted to say "Damn it" to the despicable behavior of the senior management of the School of Computer Science.

He had already decided that once this event was over, he planned to confront the Computer Science Department. He wanted to see whether a genius programmer was more important, or an outstanding alumnus worthy of being recorded in the school's history.

"Lin Qingyin, why don't you give it a try?" Cheng Yi said with a smile to Lin Qingyin, who was already prepared.

In the past few days, Lin Qingyin has thoroughly studied the system vulnerabilities of websites like Xinlang. Today, no matter who steps forward to pretend to be an expert, they will be subject to Lin Qingyin's righteous judgment.

"You're letting her come?" Wang Yan felt humiliated.

This little girl is clearly a student.

"Huh? Isn't she a contestant in the computer science competition?"

"Yes, it's her. I have a deep impression of her." When everyone saw that it was Lin Qingyin, they all started talking about it.

At this moment, Zhang Chaoyang was the proudest. He laughed and said, "Am I right? I said before that President Cheng definitely knew this girl. If not, I'll eat three Ding Sanshi."

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe this girl was recruited by President Cheng from Zhonghai."

"That's right, please let President Ding off the hook."

A hint of anger flashed in Wang Yan's eyes as he said, "President Cheng, it seems you look down on Xinlang."

“You’ve misunderstood. I respect each and every one of you, but respect is respect, and technology is technology.” Cheng Yi laughed. “On the technical level, let alone you, even if Huaxia Software Group came here, they wouldn’t dare to say they could suppress us technically. Right now, the top programmers and engineers from Huaxia Software Group are all in our Momo Group.”

"Even if your Momo Group has excellent technology, you don't need to humiliate us with an intern, do you?" Wang Yan said in a deep voice.

"As long as we fail, we just have to fulfill our agreement, right? Why do you care what kind of people I send or what they do?" Cheng Yi's smile gradually faded as he said, "As long as she fails to hack into your website, the member database will be managed by you."

"Okay, remember what you said." Wang Yan said in a deep voice, "She can start now, within half an hour."

After Wang Yan finished speaking, he waved his hand, and his secretary, who was sitting on the back bench, immediately took Wang Yan's laptop.

Wang Yan quickly opened his laptop, plugged in the 2G business network card, and swiftly accessed the Xinlang official website.

Cheng Yi glanced at Lin Qingyin and smiled, "Lin Qingyin, you can begin now."

“Okay.” Lin Qingyin nodded gently and sat back down in front of the computer in the corner. This time, she did not use Hongye’s identity or hide her IP address. She directly and openly began to hack into Xinlang.com.

Upon seeing Lin Qingyin begin her intrusion, many of the internet moguls present had their secretaries bring their laptops to the table.

They all wanted to see if Momo Group's technology department was as impressive as rumored.

Time passed slowly, and ten minutes quickly went by.

Xinlang.com remains unchanged.

A cold smile appeared on Wang Yan's lips as he said, "We at Xinlang have the top programmers among all portal websites. You think you can break into our website by sending just an intern?"

Zhang Chaoyang also felt that Cheng Yi was being a bit too arrogant. Although Xinlang had not yet made a profit, it had been developing from 1999 with 85 million US dollars to where it is now, which is nearly 500 million.

Even now, there are very few internet companies that can have 500 million yuan.

Alibaba, for example, has a net worth of just over 100 million, and Tencent has less than 100 million.

Would a technical team built with 500 million yuan of real money be so easily defeated?

It seems that today's collaboration will have to be canceled.

Zhang Chaoyang is willing to accept Momo Group managing the member database, but he cannot accept Xinlang managing it.

They are still competitors after all. If Xinlang takes over their Souhu database, what will become of them? Won't they be eliminated in no time?

People kept glancing at Lin Qingyin in the corner. Lin Qingyin showed no panic at all, and even drank a nutritional drink while operating the keyboard.

"Looks like there's no hope." Ten minutes later, Zhang Chaoyang sighed and decided to shut down his computer and leave.

This trip was a complete waste; he thought he'd struck gold.

It seems that young people starting businesses also have their shortcomings. For example, Cheng Yi is a bit too young and impetuous.

Just when everyone thought that Xinlang.com was impossible to breach, the original Xinlang.com page suddenly disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, three large characters appeared on the page.

You lose.

"Has Xinlang really been breached?"

"They breached it in just twenty minutes? How is that possible!"

"Is this Xinlang made of paper?"

"???" Wang Yan was also dumbfounded. He frantically refreshed the webpage, and every time he refreshed the webpage, the three big words "You lost" were particularly eye-catching.

Their Xinlang has really been breached...

Wang Yan stared in horror at Lin Qingyin in the corner, his heart filled with turmoil.

Is this the level of the players who made it to the fourth round of the computer gaming competition? Isn't this a bit too outrageous?
"That's amazing!" Zhang Chaoyang was the most excited person in the room. He slammed his hand on the table, completely disregarding Wang Yan's expression, and laughed loudly, "I also need to recruit a fourth-round player from the game competition."

"You're kidding me. Do you think the contestants who make it to the fourth round are as easy as cabbages?"

"Exactly, the competition results will be out in a few days, and the list of 'Top Ten Super Geniuses of the First Computer Competition' will be posted. Why don't you just go and recruit one of those super geniuses?"

"Hahaha!"

The internet community is very small, and everyone sees each other all the time, so people are used to bickering with each other.

Wang Yan no longer cared about their playful banter.

All he can think about right now is one sentence: They lost.

Is their technical team, built over four years, really so vulnerable?

No, that's not right!

Their strength is already very strong in the industry; it can only be said that Momo Group is too powerful.

For the first time in his life, Wang Yan showed fear in his eyes. He looked at Cheng Yi, who was still smiling, and thought to himself: If an intern like them is so capable, wouldn't it be even more terrifying if those senior programmers who develop operating systems came out of retirement?
(End of this chapter)