I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 120 Tone it Down

"Boss, your comment..."

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with my comment?"

Faced with Fang Daqiao's feeble questioning, Zhang Da'an said with a straight face, "You said you wanted to be 'down-to-earth,' and I even gave it 'street style,' what more do you want? Besides, the propaganda department of Jiangning City called you, not me, which means my remarks weren't too extreme."

"You've already insulted their parents, and you still want to give them a gift? That's going too far!"

"Fuck!"

Zhang Da'an suddenly perked up, "Your words have given me a lot of inspiration. Really, they've reminded me of some very important things. Old Fangtou, thank you. You're forty-seven this year, I guarantee you'll upgrade from an Audi to a Mercedes next year, and from a big apartment to a big villa. Oh my god, how the hell did I think of that? You can do that..."

"No? What did I say that you're thanking me? No, boss, wait a minute, explain yourself clearly. I didn't say anything. Wait a minute, boss! Boss—"

Fang Daqiao was yelling in the corridor, but Zhang Da'an ignored him and went straight to the boss's office to start a new round of "ideological clashes".

Previously, when my blog posts were reposted, there was a huge wave of criticism, but also a lot of support.

It wasn't just people from the software industry who came in; people from the media, education, culture, and finance sectors—anyone who could make their voice heard online—whether it was columns, interviews, or variety shows, it was a veritable "hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending."

That's good too. Many of the "cousins'" fathers in Lingxi Province have health problems, and they said that if "Da Anzai" needs it, they can practice how to drive a "dump truck".

The handsome guys from Lingxi are really wild!

After Zhang Da'an politely declined, the matter was dropped.

Some education experts were hired by antivirus software companies to annoy Zhang Da'an. They wanted to imitate Zhang Da'an's "you do your thing, I'll do mine" approach, but they just copied him blindly and were completely ignorant.

Given the current state of Xindongweigang Middle School, the entire coaching team is now at its full strength. The recruited students just didn't get extremely high scores, they're not bad. Is the problem their individual qualities?
It's not like I came to Xindongweigang Middle School to learn from head coach Zhang Da'an how to spew nonsense.

Furthermore, no matter how low Coach Zhang's character is, he excelled in both arts and sciences and became a top scorer in the college entrance examination twice. Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he couldn't be criticized.

Therefore, the current strategy for dealing with Zhang Da'an mainly focuses on his "talent but lack of virtue".

Zhang Da'an thought to himself, "I'm not called Zhang Dade. I may be talented but not virtuous, so what? What's there to be afraid of?" and continued his rant.

Thanks to Fang Daqiao's reminder, Zhang Da'an was inspired and immediately launched another group attack on his personal blog.

"Those two idiotic antivirus software companies that started by pirating software actually hired two old scoundrels from the cultural world to go on TV and refute me. What? Don't you have a mouth? Or have you been busy singing karaoke in front of your father's funeral hall these past few days? Are your voices hoarse and you can't have a face-to-face conversation with me? Hiring two 'cultural hooligans' must have cost a lot of money, right? Why is your mother's coffin lid open? Did you, this filial son, take the coffin lid to surf the internet?"

"You're starting to worry about my manners now? I am a low-class person. If you're not happy, let's fight one-on-one. If you're still not happy, I'll call the police. I'll just fuck your entire family and ancestors for eighteen generations!"

"I just casually added a free antivirus software; I never intended to do this damn business, but you guys are getting all worked up. Come on, let's have a competition this year, and I'll just smash all of you piece of trash to pieces."

"You went on the news for interviews, saying you mortgaged your house to start the company. Why don't you mortgage your dad's urn? You stupid idiot, trying to play dirty tricks on me. What good is it to play the victim on Beijing TV? Do you see how they treat you as an entrepreneur? They treat you like a grandson, and you're even using the urn as a food bowl. My dog ​​can guard the house and patrol the school, but you've become a mascot."

"By the way, let me just say this: any of you employees in these companies who see this article can send me an email. As long as the content is detrimental to your former employer, I'll give you a lot of money."

"Do you know what level of treatment I offer here? With a 'pledge of allegiance,' you can drive an Audi A6 too."

"That's it, meeting adjourned!"

The first generation of internet trolls hadn't yet been formed, but Zhang Da'an's appearance opened a window for this world, and from then on, internet trolls had no intention of going through the proper channels.

Fuck you, I love crawling through dog holes!
Ah, that feels so good...

The moment "funeral hall karaoke" and "coffin board surfing" went viral, the number of registered users on "Jinbang Blog" skyrocketed.

Fang Daqiao is a director. He's 47 years old this year, and he still hasn't gotten used to being reprimanded by relevant departments.

What kind of situation is this?

If it weren't for the fact that business was progressing so smoothly, he would have suspected that he wasn't at work, but rather playing a game with a particular inclination.

He's not a masochist who enjoys listening to criticism, whether subtle or not, from this department or that department.

He was really stupid. He only knew that his boss was a two-time top scorer in the college entrance examination, but he never thought that his personal qualities needed improvement.

The boss was in the meeting again in the morning, so he subtly reminded him to tone it down a bit. But the boss directly said that he was the only person on his household registration, so theoretically he was an orphan. Moreover, he was under twenty years old. If he wasn't young and impetuous, would he still be considered a young man?

What the hell!

This young man!

What the hell!

Fang Daqiao was completely convinced, so he immediately said, "I want a Mercedes!"

This request was reasonable, and Zhang Da'an specially contacted some influential people in Shazhou City to arrange for a real "W14" Mercedes-Benz to be brought over.

However, it will take two months to reach China.

Fang Daqiao was completely convinced. At this point, what was wrong with him, a 47-year-old man?
It can still be used as if you're 27 years old.

Long live understanding.

On March 29, two companies filed lawsuits against Zhang Da'an in Beijing.

They actually called the police first, saying that Zhang Da'an had insulted their character.

After a phone call, Zhang Da'an confessed to the matter, but refused to apologize or repent. He said, "Detain me if you want, sentence me if you want."

Is it possible to do that?
Let's not even talk about whether "Zhang An Education" is "Zhang An Medicinal Wine" or not... so what?

Furthermore, the capital is full of well-informed "informers," so at this critical juncture, it's impossible to mess with Zhang Da'an. He's fearless and confident; you can't get away with anything without some serious skills.

First, the "Zhang An Hope Primary School" project started to be reported, but it wasn't the media outlets in Jiangkou Province that were reporting on it; they were still suppressing it. It was the delegation from Yuzhang Province that mentioned "firmly supporting the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education" during the conference, and then gave a very high evaluation of the "Hope Project" on the issue of education.

Finally, he mentioned Pengli County's implementation and support of the "Project Hope," which can be considered a high praise.

Zhang Da'an was not mentioned at all during the entire event, but his name appears in the name of the school, "Zhang An Hope Primary School in Pengli County".

This is enough.

Secondly, the new version of "Xiaobai Antivirus" is indeed quite good. As for Shen Tu, that jerk, he can't be judged on anything else, but with a top manager like Fang Daqiao leading the way, he really can fly high.

The "tanks" that Shen Tu had recruited before were all like the "Sanhe Gods," and they couldn't give Zhang Da'an any confidence at first meeting. The 1.2 million was just for them to spend for fun.

Things are different now; I've already started to dream about spending 12 million in the second half of the year.

To be fair, graduates from Luzhou Jiaotong University are indeed top-notch, and their skills are anything but sloppy.

Because Fang Daqiao was in charge of management, Shen Tu only needed to focus on testing and optimization, and even made a small version update on March 30th.

The forum feedback has been positive, and some students have even offered to do the tests for free, leading to positive word-of-mouth spreading on a small scale.

For most companies, it takes time for a product to gain wider recognition and prove its quality. However, "Xiaobai Antivirus" is different. It has already gained notoriety, and its free version is no worse than those that charge annual fees. Unlike other antivirus companies that still use the "specialized removal" approach, "Xiaobai Antivirus" primarily targets "Trojan viruses."

Unfortunately, some outrageous individuals have already started hacking into "Jinbang Blog" accounts.

Account security became "Zhang Xiaobai's" main responsibility. Those viruses that purely disrupt computer operation actually belong more to the category of military weapons. It's just that people at the time don't know that they are the test subjects.

If "Zhang Xiaobai" hadn't performed well, it would have been difficult to manage. But now "Zhang Xiaobai" is doing alright; even if he hasn't dominated the battlefield, he hasn't completely failed either, which has significantly changed the situation.

You say I can't do it? I can, so I'll do it.

Not bro...

This is what leaves the competitors speechless.

You can't exactly create a computer virus specifically to attack computers that have "Xiaobai Antivirus" installed, can you?
That wouldn't be "a newbie antivirus software," but rather "a complete idiot."

Unless someone's completely out of their mind, they wouldn't go that far.

That's right, the laws and regulations at this time are incomplete, but a person's hands and feet can also change from being healthy to being incomplete.

To ensure the stability of "Xiaobai Antivirus Software" for more than a year, Zhang Da'an, on Fang Daqiao's advice, set up a "wartime duty room". He not only borrowed, poached, and recruited people from major universities in Jiangning City, but also temporarily borrowed several key members of the mathematics research group from Wudu University because of their cooperation in mathematical model research.

One of them specializes in data analysis, but he doesn't just study economics. He only goes into the financial sector when he's short of money. Otherwise, he works with a research group at Luzhou Jiaotong University to develop a "supercomputer".

They weren't short of money, so of course they gave the money they were entitled to, and the other party was indeed very polite.

Du Xiaoshuai, a mathematics professor at Wudu University, also knows Fang Daqiao. He is a bit younger, just over forty, and will turn forty-one next month.

When Zhang Da'an came to Jiangning City for a meeting, he took some time to invite Shen Tu and his gang of "big shots" to meet the real big shots.

The once reckless and arrogant young men now greet Du Xiaoshuai with polite smiles and bows, and even offer him cigarettes and light them for him.

"Professor Du, I'll be relying on you for the next period of time."

Zhang Da'an was very respectful and personally poured tea for him.

"Mr. Zhang, would you be interested in studying mathematics? If a master's degree is too long, an undergraduate degree would be fine too. You got full marks in math for two consecutive years, so you have a good foundation."

"I'm just good at taking exams; I don't actually have a talent for math."

"It's a pity……"

With an undisguised look of regret, Du Xiaoshuai's generation can be considered the third or fourth generation of Chinese mathematicians. They mainly focus on applied mathematics, inherited from their ancestors. It's not that they don't want to do pure theoretical research, but rather that the country's development period requires more sophisticated and advanced defense industries.

Human energy is limited. Mathematicians usually achieve most of their accomplishments between the ages of eighteen and thirty.

After that, it was just a matter of making minor repairs and additions to existing achievements, with few major innovations.

However, in the high-tech defense industry, the most fundamental support for any system engineering project is mathematics. Therefore, generally speaking, those famous logistics scientists are often quite accomplished in mathematics as well.

However, it is mainly for engineering applications.

For a long time before the dot-com bubble, it was unthinkable to poach a top mathematician without offering them extremely luxurious treatment.

Moreover, without exception, the results have been quite fruitful, to the point that individual consultations with industry associations are required.

The most typical example is WIFI. It has already been invented and has been patented in the United States for five years. IEEE has been hoping from time to time that the Australian government would do them a favor and give the patent for this thing free.

free?

I'll free your mother.

As for the later story of WIFI...

Even kids twenty years from now will know to use Wi-Fi when they run out of mobile data.

Du Xiaoshuai has not made many achievements in this field of engineering applications, but he is more than capable of protecting the security protection team of "Xiaobai Antivirus" and helping to find people to develop more reasonable algorithms.

This is more than enough. It's 1.2 million a year, not including other benefits, and you also have a small amount of personnel authority, which allows you to build your own small algorithm team.

It's actually a perk, since he's a professor at Wudu University and sometimes he has to find jobs for his students and their followers.

Besides Du Xiaoshuai from Wudu University, Jiangning University also has a mathematics professor who is just over forty years old. He is currently away from Jiangning due to a mission and will not be returning for the time being. According to the mission schedule, he is expected to be available to join the team next summer.

Zhang Da'an may not have much else, but he has plenty of money, so he can afford to wait. This touched Jiangning University quite a bit, so they treated him to a meal and asked Coach Zhang if he needed a verbal sparring partner. If so, Jiangning University's liberal arts department... well, that's pretty good.

However, Coach Zhang thought that he hadn't even warmed up yet, and that this was still very early in the game, so he said that he didn't need to use them for the time being. He would wait until the game was upgraded from "battle" to "campaign" before calling in players from Jiangning University.

Jiangning University initially thought Coach Zhang was just being modest, but after browsing various portal websites and glancing at different columns, they discovered that netizens were posting things like "karaoke in the funeral parlor" and "surfing on a coffin board," realizing that Coach Zhang wasn't just being modest.

With such qualities, he should be a shoo-in for this year's top scorer in the college entrance examination.

People often say "possessing both virtue and talent," but those who excel in both virtue and talent are few and far between. People like Coach Zhang, who have flaws, are the ordinary people, the normal people.

Coach Zhang possesses profound talent; his moral character, however, is rather vague...

"His mouth is poisoned! How did he come up with that? I bet those unlucky guys are going to sue Zhang An."

"He even told them to call the police, saying that if he was wrong, he would deny it; if he was guilty, he should be detained or sentenced as appropriate..."

"..."

Divine gold.

The old scholars in Jiangning felt the inequality of the world; some people were probably born lacking something.

After politely dividing money and resources with the scholars, Coach Zhang, while drinking "sweet water," started ranting again on his blog. Fang Daqiao had previously advised him to tone it down, and he humbly accepted the advice, then created a bunch of GIFs in his office using the character "Zhang Xiaobai."
Coach Zhang didn't post a single word on his blog this time, he just kept posting silly GIFs.

One of the pictures shows a little black dog surfing on a coffin lid, waving its arms and wiggling its butt repeatedly, with a rather "philosophical" smile.

I have plenty of money and a bunch of pictures.

After Coach Zhang created this incredible "Zhang Xiaobai Series" of animated GIFs, it spread like wildfire, and almost overnight, black dogs surfing on coffin boards appeared everywhere.

This action completely stunned Fang Daqiao.

No... I suggest you tone it down a bit. You didn't say a word, but you're more arrogant than if you had said a thousand words.

If it ended there, it would still be somewhat humane. But Zhang Da'an launched an online shopping event on the homepage of "Jinbang Blog". He didn't sell anything else, only "Zhang Xiaobai" merchandise.

They even went so far as to hypocritically explain that these were just playful, childlike merchandise, the same as Japanese anime merchandise...

(End of this chapter)