Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 717 Arrest me! Come and arrest me!

Lin Sipeng's face showed a reckless expression, and he said excitedly, "Brother Cheng, this job is perfect for me. My favorite movie is Prison on Fire, and I've been wanting to see what the food is like in prison."

Cheng Yi looked at the guy in front of him who had instantly transformed from a coward into a warrior and smiled with satisfaction.

"Very good." Cheng Yi nodded, a look of approval on his face, and said, "I will have someone train you on the specific details and solutions. Remember, from now on, you are a big shot in the field of operating systems."

"Understood." Lin Sipeng looked down at his flashy clothes, chuckled, and said, "I'll fix myself up properly later, and thin out my hair too, so I can match Dean Huang's bald patch."

"Hmm." Cheng Yi was even more satisfied with Lin Sipeng's spirited appearance.

This guy isn't just a suck-up; in some areas, he's actually quite capable.

The appointment documents were issued at an astonishing speed the very next day.

First came the appointment letter from Momo Group, officially appointing Lin Sipeng as the Group's Vice President of Technology. This appointment announcement instantly spread throughout the entire Momo Group's internal network.

Everyone who saw this notice rubbed their eyes, wondering if they were hallucinating from working too much overtime.

"Lin Sipeng? Which Lin Sipeng? Is it the Lin Sipeng who made the Sailor Moon online game?"

"Him? The vice president? How could that be?"

"Holy crap, this promotion speed is faster than a rocket! What extraordinary feat did he accomplish?"

"I heard that the rogue software that defeated Microsoft before was all made by Lin Sipeng."

"Is he so powerful?"

"Of course, a strong general has no weak soldiers. Otherwise, why would President Cheng value him so much? I heard that he is also the student union president of the School of Computer Science at Handong University."

"I never would have guessed. I thought he was just a suck-up."

"That's all a smokescreen. Lin Sipeng must have made an unparalleled contribution to defeating Microsoft this time. Maybe the Panda Burning Incense incident is also related to him..."

Immediately, all sorts of speculations emerged, and the entire Momo Group was discussing the new vice president.

All of these speculations are based on evidence.

Because Momo Group's promotion system is very transparent and fair, you will receive rewards for your contributions. Someone like Lin Sipeng, who went straight to the top as soon as he joined the company, must have made great contributions. And looking at recent events, his greatest contribution was defeating Microsoft.

Combining the two, it makes sense.

Meanwhile, a rumor began to spread that the person Microsoft hired to deal with was none other than the newly appointed vice president, Lin Sipeng.

Lin Sipeng, who was at the center of the storm, experienced the highs and lows of life in just a few days.

First, his colleagues in the HR and administration departments nervously helped him obtain VP privileges, change to a private office, and provide him with a car and driver, looking at him as if he were a god.

Then there are the Momo Group executives who used to just nod to him, but now they have to force a smile and address him as President Lin when they see him.

What was most satisfying was that several escorts and cronies he used to know from his bar days somehow heard the news and sent him congratulatory text messages, showering him with flattery and ingratiation, calling him "President Lin" and "awesome," which greatly satisfied Lin Sipeng's vanity.

"Damn, being a vice president feels so damn good!" Lin Sipeng sat in his spacious office, stroking the smooth leather executive chair and his secretary's black-stockinged legs, and squinted his eyes in bliss.

However, Lin Sipeng didn't enjoy this good life for long, because Cheng Yi sent a special training team composed of Black Panther security elites and lawyers proficient in American law to begin emergency training for Lin Sipeng.

The training included an experience of the FBI arrest process, which involved simulating being roughly searched, handcuffed, and having one's rights read out, so that Lin Sipeng could get used to it in advance and avoid losing his composure during the actual arrest.

Furthermore, regarding media relations, the legal team meticulously prepared a set of arguments, the core of which was: I am innocent, technology knows no borders, Microsoft is jealous and afraid of me, this is blatant political persecution...

In addition, they forced Lin Sipeng to memorize some of the core features and technical highlights of the Moc-os system, so that he could at least impress others when asked about them.

Lin Sipeng was originally a computer science major, and he had some knowledge of operating systems, so learning them wasn't too difficult. As for the other things, he loved them even more, especially the FBI arrest procedures that he rehearsed over and over again, which made him look forward to the upcoming arrest experience more and more.

The day before their departure, Cheng Yi personally held a brief send-off ceremony for the Momo Group summit delegation led by Lin Sipeng.

The delegation consisted of two engineers who were truly technically skilled, two elite lawyers, and a public relations specialist.

At the send-off ceremony, Cheng Yi held Lin Sipeng's hand and said earnestly, "Sipeng, the honor of the group and the Chinese technology community is entrusted to you. No matter what happens, remember that you have the powerful motherland and Momo Group behind you. We will definitely support you with all our might."

Lin Sipeng, dressed in an expensive custom-made suit, with his hair slicked back and his face beaming with the glory of someone about to receive a Nobel Prize, gripped Cheng Yi's hand tightly and said in a loud voice, "Brother Cheng, don't worry, I guarantee I will complete the mission and live up to the organization's trust in me. I will definitely show those foreign devils what a tough guy from China's scientific and technological community is."

The executives in the audience who knew the situation looked at Lin Sipeng's heroic and determined appearance, and their expressions were very complicated. They wanted to laugh but dared not, and could only applaud desperately.

Before leaving, Lin Sipeng originally wanted to get a tattoo of the Eye of Hell on the back door, but after hearing Cheng Yi say that his house arrest would only mean being confined to a villa he had purchased and that he wouldn't actually be arrested and imprisoned, he gave up his plan to get the Eye of Hell tattooed on the back door.

More than ten hours later, the plane landed at San Francisco International Airport in the United States.

As soon as the plane opened its cabin door, Lin Sipeng, as if injected with adrenaline, stood up from the first-class cabin and strode out of the cabin first, full of pride and arrogance.

He deliberately slowed his pace, straightened his tie, and scanned the crowd of people waiting to pick him up and the airport police with a wary look, as if searching for potential arrestees.

"Why hasn't anyone come to arrest me yet?" He stepped off the plane and, seeing that the scene from the rehearsals hadn't materialized, felt a little disappointed. He muttered to the lawyer next to him, "Did we not leak our itinerary enough? Should I shout 'Momo Nanbo is playing' a few times at the airport later?"

The lawyer lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Lin, please calm down. The FBI might want to take action at the summit, as that would have a greater impact."

"That makes sense." Lin Sipeng suddenly realized, and his anticipation returned. They soon arrived at the private villa that Cheng Yi had bought specifically for their trip, and everything went smoothly after they checked in.

This made Lin Sipeng even more certain that a storm was just ahead.

The summit lasted seven days, with the first day consisting of the opening ceremony and keynote speeches.

To attract attention, Lin Sipeng and his small team deliberately sat in a more conspicuous position.

He noticed that although Microsoft's Waters did not come in person, several senior executives from Microsoft headquarters came and glanced at them from time to time with a hint of scrutiny and coldness.

During this period, a few foreign journalists also tried to interview them, and their questions were all barbed, such as whether the Momo system borrowed from Windows source code and how they viewed how closed systems hindered innovation.

In the past, Lin Sipeng might have just made up some nonsense.

But now, remembering the training content, he replied with a stern face and a recitation-like tone: "Moc-os is our independently developed product with complete intellectual property rights. System security and openness need to be balanced. We believe that under the current network threats, appropriate control is necessary..."

He recited an essay in great detail, which made the media translators and stenographers next to him want to kill him.

Although his answer was stiff, at least he didn't mess things up, which made the lawyer and public relations person next to him breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Unfortunately, the whole day was uneventful.

Not to mention the FBI, there wasn't even a single colleague trying to cause trouble. Everyone at the meeting was very gentlemanly, and they all had a smile on their faces.

After returning to his room from the dinner party, Lin Sipeng paced back and forth anxiously.

"What's going on? Why haven't they arrested them yet?" He kept replaying the events of the day in his mind, muttering to himself, "Was I not arrogant enough today? Did I not attract their attention?"

He thought for a moment, took out his phone, logged into a well-known American technology forum, and quickly posted a thread using a newly created alternate account:
[Title: Shocking! Lin Sipeng, Vice President of Momo Group, claims that Moc-OS will replace Windows within three years.]

[Content: It is reported that at the seven-day Global Internet Technology Summit, Mr. Lin Sipeng, Vice President of Momo Group and General Manager of the OS Company, privately stated that Microsoft's technology is outdated, and that Momo's system, with its security and efficiency, will completely replace Windows within three years and become the world's mainstream operating system...]

After posting the message, Lin Sipeng smiled with satisfaction.

That should generate enough buzz, right?
Sure enough, not long after, the post was reprinted by some global media outlets and even circulated back to China, attracting the attention of some domestic media.

The next day, Lin Sipeng clearly felt that he was being stared at more closely, and the expressions of the Microsoft executives were much more unpleasant.

At a forum on the future security architecture of operating systems, a Microsoft expert, during his presentation, even criticized, without naming names, certain operating systems for using security as a pretext to engage in monopolistic practices.

Lin Sipeng was overjoyed and almost stood up to take the blame, but the lawyer next to him held him down firmly.

"Calm down, Mr. Lin, you must calm down. You're being too obvious," the lawyer whispered, "It's like going to a nightclub and encountering an overly enthusiastic girl. How would you feel?"

"A honey trap?" Lin Sipeng was taken aback, then immediately understood what the lawyer meant.

Yes, he's a bit too eager for quick success.

However, anyone who sat in his position would probably become anxious.

Which man doesn't want to achieve great things?

Just as Lin Sipeng was trying to attract the FBI's attention, an emergency assessment meeting was underway at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, regarding whether to take action against Lin Sipeng.

The meeting was chaired by Waters, who had just been given the responsibility of preparing for the summit.

Although he suffered a major setback in the Chinese market, his understanding of Momo Group and Cheng Yi made him a key advisor in this response.

On the large screen in the conference room, detailed information about Lin Sipeng was displayed, including his suddenly rising career.

"Gentlemen," Waters said, his voice tinged with weariness, "Based on the intelligence we currently have, we can be fairly certain that the mastermind behind the malicious software offensive launched against our XP Speed ​​Edition in China is this Lin Sipeng."

He switched to a slide that showed an analysis of the coincidental connections between Lin Sipeng's small company, the "Sailor Moon" online game it developed, and those rogue software programs at the code level.

"Judging from the sophisticated bundling logic, covert installation methods, and stubbornness of these rogue software programs, Lin Sipeng possesses considerable technical expertise and is by no means an ordinary person. Considering his background in computer science from Handong University and the fact that he was suddenly promoted, I believe that Lin Sipeng's personal technical ability is at least among the top tier within the Momo Group, and he is very likely one of the core R&D personnel of the Momo system."

An executive nodded and said, "That's right. His current position fully meets our criteria for focusing on key competitors' core technologies and business leaders. In terms of status and influence, he has met the minimum threshold for initiating special response measures."

The meeting room immediately erupted in discussion.

The so-called special response measures were well understood by everyone present. They referred to using non-commercial means, such as the long-arm jurisdiction principle of legal procedures, to restrict or investigate the target, thereby achieving the purpose of delaying, pressuring, or even obtaining intelligence.

This is not unprecedented in past business competition.

“But,” Waters tapped the table, drawing everyone’s attention back, his brow furrowed as he posed the most crucial question, “Isn’t all of this too obvious, too self-evident?”

He walked up to the screen, pointed at Lin Sipeng's photo, and said, "I have a bit of a suspicion that Cheng Yi deliberately sent this Lin Sipeng right under our noses. Don't you think he's like bait?"

One of the more radical executives couldn't help but say, "Waters, are you scared of Cheng Yi after being beaten up in China? How did Cheng Yi know we wanted to activate special countermeasures? This summit doesn't really have much to do with us, and you're already a bit paranoid."

The former executive also said, "That's right. Even if this is bait, so what? This Lin Sipeng did indeed attack our system, and he is indeed a senior executive of the Momo system now. We have every reasonable grounds to investigate him. As long as the procedures are proper, even if he is bait, we can still find out something. As long as he admits to attacking our system, we can put pressure on the Chinese government to demand an explanation."

(End of this chapter)