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Chapter 151 What is the true foundation of a sect? Tactical lean back!

A master and his apprentice, and a dog.

No, it's just a guardian spirit beast. That's all the people in the "Special Projects Department".

In fact, Lu Mingyuan planned to give Tang Yiping two more people.

But after looking around, Tang Yiping realized that he didn't dare to take what he wanted.

For example, there's Ze Ge, the sect's mascot.

If we bring Ze Ge over, will that still be considered a separate courtyard? It'll be upgraded to the main sect!
Moreover, if he dared to bring it up, he had no doubt that he would be glared to death by his senior sister, the signboard lady.

Or... Shen Qianyu might crash into his office door and die the very next day.

And what you don't want, you'd better not have, like some programmers who are even worse than elementary school students.

After asking for Ban Ge's opinion, Tang Yiping felt that the master and apprentice should start by exploring together, and then decide what kind of help they needed later.

Then, the master and apprentice, along with a dog, started by tidying up the room and cleaning, and worked enthusiastically until almost 10 p.m. before finally stopping.

Tang Yiping was about to go home when his brother said, "You go home first, I'll write a project proposal first."

"Alright, Stoka, let's go home!" Tang Yiping said to Stoka.

Stoka looked at Tang Yiping, then at Ban Ge, hesitated for a moment, and then let out two "woof woof" sounds.

"You mean you want to stay here?"

Alright, Stoka is here to learn about [Bull and Horse], so following Brother Ban is perfect for him.

"Then I'll go back by myself."

Stoka, however, grabbed Tang Yiping's trouser leg, preventing him from leaving.

"What else do you want?"

Stoka came to Tang Yiping's desk, banged on it, and yelled.

"You want a table too?"

"Ooooooooo."

"Wait, you want a computer too?"

"Ooooooooo."

Seriously? You really want a computer?
But Tang Yiping recalled the scene of Stokka helping him crack the cryptocurrency private key, and then he felt...

Maybe it really is possible.

The thought of a dog typing away at a keyboard filled Tang Yiping with a mixture of absurdity and anticipation.

How could we not meet such a request?
arrangement!

"Brother Ban, do we still have computers?" Tang Yiping asked Brother Ban.

Ban frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "I remember there are still a lot of old computers in the warehouse, but you saw them last time..."

The old computers in the warehouse were truly "old" to the extreme.

The laptop that Tang Yiping used to "suppress" the unknown qubit last time was already the latest model.

That thing is still running Windows XP...

Sometimes, Tang Yiping felt that his company didn't seem like a company that had only been established for eight years. Looking at the company's inventory, it was as if it had a thousand-year history.

"Let's go, let's look inside the warehouse."

"Shouldn't we report this to Brother Bao?"

"I am the warehouse manager."

Alright, I underestimated you again, Elder Niu Ma of the sect.

Following Brother Ban, Tang Yiping discovered that there were many places on the eighth floor that he had never been to before.

Using Tang Yiping's favorite elevator number 9 as a dividing line, to the left of the elevator door is the open-plan office of the development team, Bao Ge's office, as well as public areas such as meeting rooms and tea rooms. To the right is the office area of ​​the company's administrative department and the offices of senior executives, basically those with titles ending in O.

“Actually, the company used to have over two hundred people, who were divided into four project departments. Later, when the company’s performance declined, many colleagues left, so these talents were merged into a single development team,” Brother Ban explained to Tang Yiping. “Some departments were also outsourced or merged. For example, the HR department was outsourced to a third party, and several other business departments were merged into a comprehensive department. Several senior executives left, and to reduce the difficulty of management and maintenance, a part of this area was temporarily closed off…” As he spoke, Brother Ban led Tang Yiping through the senior executives’ office area to the end of the corridor.

When Brother Ban opened a door, Tang Yiping realized that... the area was actually L-shaped, and there was at least a third of the area he had never been to before.

"What's that?" Tang Yiping looked at a room with an electromagnetic shielding door.

"Oh, it's the company's server room."

Tang Yiping: "??? The company even has a server room?"

“You remember our company actually has a local services app, right?” Ban said.

Tang Yiping certainly remembered that he had come specifically for this local services app, intending to learn how to develop it, but ended up becoming a tester...

"This is its server."

Tang Yiping: "??? I always thought our company's servers were hosted in the cloud!"

The feeling was like suddenly discovering that the sect actually had its own protective formation.

Isn't it supposed to be paying protection money to others?
Self-operated? That's pretty bold.

"Oh, back when cloud services were just being promoted, and their stability wasn't good, Brother Ze didn't think much of them, so initially our company built our own servers. Besides, having our own servers is always more convenient for doing some testing and making some more personalized configurations."

When he said this, Brother Ban sounded a little nostalgic.

The three ambitious people who wanted to change the world back then naturally had very high standards, but times have changed and the environment is now very different.

Tang Yiping recalled the few basic open-source projects that Ze Ge had maintained back then, and suddenly understood.

Back then, Ze Ge (Ze Ge) created all of these things himself; cloud service providers didn't even offer them.

"Qihang Building has its own dedicated line. Back then, there was policy support, so the cost was not high. In addition, the server has been running stably, so it has been running until now."

Anyway, the number of users for this app has been shrinking year by year, so the server pressure isn't much at all, right...?

Tang Yiping internally complained.

"But who maintains these servers?" Tang Yiping asked. "It must be quite difficult to keep them running stably for so many years..."

Brother Ban turned his head and looked at Tang Yiping as if he were an idiot.

Tang Yiping: "..."

No, Brother Ban, the company would have collapsed long ago without you, right?

What kind of persona is this, with a father who never leaves home, a beautiful mother all by herself, and a bunch of younger brothers crying for food? You're the one who holds up the whole family!

Tang Yiping finally understood why his brother Ban almost never came home.

"That's a product I made, so I know a bit about it, and it's not too difficult to maintain," said Brother Ban. Looking at the electromagnetic shielding door of the server, he said with a touch of emotion, "I thought it wouldn't be long before it stopped running."

“Thank you, Hirako,” he said.

You're welcome, Master!

After passing through the server room and several closed doors, the master and apprentice, along with a dog, arrived at the end of the corridor.

"This is the warehouse. Take whatever you need." Brother Ban unlocked the door.

Tang Yiping sniffed it, and his eyes lit up immediately.

Wow!
What a strong smell of "corruption"!

Really like!
What does it mean to have a sect's foundation?

This is the foundation of a sect!

　Getting infected is indeed quite scary.

　　I've had a cough for almost two weeks and it still hasn't gotten better. My throat, larynx, and ears hurt every day, and I also have severe brain fog...

　　I originally planned to add more updates at the end of the month, at least to finish the ones I owe, but I'm in a very bad state right now, so there will be fewer updates these two days. Please bear with me.

　　Everyone should still take routine precautions (although it probably won't be very effective).
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