Reborn in 08, a heretical cultivator starting a business

Chapter 150 Wang Junshan's pig-butchering scam ripped off competitors!
"Five weeks have already passed, what can we do?"

Dai Hede said helplessly, "We can't just give up halfway."

"We have no choice but to bite the bullet and continue cracking the code."

"After a month, we finally cracked the second encryption. We thought we had finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel!"

"But we found that the client side had nothing; the core logic was all on the server side. All our efforts were in vain."

"I finally understand that Wang Junshan was just playing us for a fool, making us waste more than two months of our time!"

"What a bully!"

Seeing Dai Hede's tearful expression, Sun Yizhou didn't know what to say.

To encounter such a powerful and despicable opponent.

Let alone Dai Hede, even I would fall for it!

Wang Junshan's brilliance lies in not using a complex obfuscation code to discourage you from reverse engineering and instead starting a meticulous imitation from scratch!
Instead, they use a simple set of obfuscated code to lure you in.

Once you get involved and solve the simple ones, you'll find there's another complex one!

This complex system, though it takes a bit of time, can also be completed.

What should I do?
We had no choice but to bite the bullet and keep going.

A month passed after everything was settled.

I thought I could quickly figure out the communication protocol, but it turned out to be encryption again.

It's the same old trick: on the surface, it's a simple encryption protocol that can be done in a week.

After that was done, there was still a complex encryption protocol to deal with!

The sunk costs are there, and more than a month's worth have already been spent, so we have no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to crack the code.

Once the communication protocol was finalized, the second month had passed.

The truth was revealed when the situation was finally brought to a head, reaching the most desperate stage.

Two and a half months were wasted in the end, and it turned out that all the work was for nothing!
It would be better to develop it ourselves from the beginning and not take the shortcut of reverse engineering.

We can complete the research and development from scratch in three months.

Now look what happened, more than two months were wasted, and then Dai and De concealed it, delaying it for another half month.

Three months have passed in total!

We're starting research and development from scratch now, and it won't be until early February to get results!
Even if the campus farm is launched by then, the number of users of "WeChat Farm" will probably reach an extremely terrifying level, tens of millions!
The day lilies are cold.

That's fucking damn good!

"Dai Hede, what can I say about you?" Sun Yizhou didn't know what to say.

Dai Hede was his most valued subordinate, but in the end…

Dai Hede was filled with emotion: "The whole process was like a scam, or even more like a marriage fraud."

"It's like meeting a female college student from a 985 university with looks comparable to a top-tier celebrity, and you feel like you're good enough for her."

"And she's also very interested in you. When we discussed the bride price, she only asked for 11,000 yuan, just for good luck."

"You were incredibly excited and bought Moutai liquor, Zhonghua cigarettes, high-end cosmetics, and so on, before going to propose marriage."

"Her family is very welcoming and kind to you."

"My future father-in-law suggested that since houses in Beijing are expensive, we can temporarily live in your old, run-down apartment in the Third Ring Road. However, it's far from my workplace, so I need to buy her a car for transportation. It doesn't have to be expensive, just 30 yuan will do, and it will be registered in my name."

"You're in a difficult position. But that girl's looks are truly exceptional. You really like her."

“My father-in-law doesn’t want a new house worth two million, he only wants a car worth 30. In Beijing, this request is not too unreasonable.”

“You grit your teeth, buy an Audi A4L, and put it in the woman’s name.”

"Everything went smoothly until just before the wedding. My future father-in-law suggested that we also give a red envelope to the girl's younger brother. It doesn't have to be much, just 8888 yuan, as a bed-pressing money, for good luck!"

"You thought it wasn't much money, so you readily agreed."

"The wedding went smoothly, and everyone was happy. Looking at your beautiful wife and understanding father-in-law, you felt like you were a winner in life."

"I'll have a baby next year, and the three of us will live a stable and happy life."

"Unexpectedly, not long after we got married, my wife complained that Beijing was too congested and that there were license plate restrictions, making her daily commute a disaster."

"The old, dilapidated apartment in the Third Ring Road is too small. It's not enough for two people. I can't even imagine what we'll do when we have children."

"After some back and forth, my wife suggested that you sell our old, run-down apartment in the Third Ring Road area where we lived before we got married, and buy a bigger house in the Fourth Ring Road area near a subway station. My father-in-law will also contribute some money, though not much, it's all out of goodwill. It's all for the sake of the children, for the sake of our grandchildren and great-grandchildren."

“You felt it was unreasonable and wanted to communicate with your wife. But she wouldn’t listen at all, saying that you were irresponsible, doubting her, being wary of her, and even saying that you didn’t have the basic conditions to have children and refusing to have children. Even the marriage has encountered some problems.”

"You gave so much to this relationship. In the end, to maintain your marriage, for a happy family, and to carry on the family line, you took a gamble. You sold your old, dilapidated apartment in the Third Ring Road for 1 million yuan. Your father-in-law added 100,000 yuan, and your parents, not wanting you to suffer too much, emptied their savings to raise 300,000 yuan. You also emptied your savings and borrowed some money to finally buy a 1.8 million yuan apartment in the Fourth Ring Road."

"Finally, we have a big house and a car. Although we've moved from the Third Ring Road to the Fourth Ring Road, it's close to the subway, so it's quite convenient. Most importantly, the house is three times bigger, and the living experience has been significantly improved."

"Even if you have two kids, there's still plenty of room."

"However, just as you are planning your bright future, you soon discover that your wife's good looks are the result of plastic surgery, her education is fake, and her personality is an act."

“It’s all fake.”

"Most importantly, they've filed for divorce and want a share of the house!"

"The house is worth 180 million, and he will take at least half of it. The car also belongs to his ex-wife."

"You finally realize you're a fool, that you've been fooled, but it's too late, it's all over."

"In the end, you not only lost your wife and car, but your house was also robbed! You also spent a lot of time and resources, emptying your and your parents' savings, leaving you with hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt."

"Isn't that tragic?"

"It's terrible, isn't it?"

"I'm that silly guy."

"WeChat Farm is like that 985 college student whose looks are comparable to top female stars, and Wang Junshan is that damned future father-in-law."

"The first layer of simple obfuscation code is like a one-in-a-million dowry!"

"The second layer of complex obfuscation code is the 300,000 RMB BBA!"

"The first layer of simple communication protocol encryption is the 8888 yuan bed-pressing money for her brother."

"The second layer of complex communication protocol is to launder the pre-marital house into a post-marital house!"

"This is Wang Junshan's 'pig butchering scam'!"

"One link leads to another, the sunk costs keep increasing, and in the end, the person who was scammed has nothing left."

"If it were you, could you handle it?"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Wang Junshan's move was ruthless.

Let alone Dai Hede, even they would fall for it!

They ended up with a complete set of equipment, ultimately losing both the RV and the rest of the property.

Dai Hede's expression was extremely complex:
"Chairman, I have no choice. Wang Junshan has gone too far!"

"I dare say there are many others who are trapped like me!"

"Right now, many companies and teams are reverse engineering 'WeChat Farm' and they've all gotten stuck."

"Those with strong capabilities make rapid progress. Like us, they reached the final step last month and were completely dumbfounded."

"Those with lower capabilities are still trapped, still trying to decipher the encryption of the second layer of communication protocols."

"Wang Junshan has gone too far!"

That's so mean!

Sun Yizhou suddenly realized:
"No wonder it's already November and not a single knock-off of 'WeChat Farm' has appeared!"

"Everyone wants to take shortcuts in relationships, everyone wants to reverse engineer, but they all get stuck and waste more than two months!"

WeChat Farm was launched on August 8th, and it's November 6th now.

Logically speaking, it should take about three months to create a complete replica of "WeChat Farm".

The reason why no knock-off version has appeared yet is that all the competitors, like Daihede, were thinking of taking shortcuts through reverse engineering, hoping to create a version in a month and launch it quickly. But no one expected Wang Junshan to be so cunning, setting up layers of obstacles and trapping everyone.

It will trap you for two or three months!

That's fucking hilarious!

These days, reverse engineering is definitely the fastest way.

Games like those on Renren and Kaixin are simply reverse engineered versions of games on Facebook.

Developing from scratch would take two to three months.

But by reverse engineering directly, it only took a month to complete.

It's truly efficient and convenient, and it works every time.

Unexpectedly, this time they suffered a major setback.

This has really ruined the school's intranet.

All I can say is that Wang Junshan's "pig butchering scam" was ruthless!

I wonder how many of our competitors have been trapped!
“Dai Hede, Wang Junshan is a step ahead, and it's understandable that you're completely bewildered by his tricks. But you shouldn't have kept it from me!”

Sun Yizhou was somewhat annoyed by his son's lack of self-confidence: "If you had realized something was wrong last month, or even the month before last, had been honest with me and told me that reverse engineering couldn't continue and that we should start developing from scratch, I wouldn't have blamed you!"

"But you shouldn't have, you absolutely shouldn't have, colluded with your subordinates to falsify documents, deceive me and the company, knowing we had already failed, causing us to lose our last chance and end up in this passive position!"

"If you had confessed earlier, I would have given you another chance!"

“Chairman, I…” Dai Hede’s eyes welled up with tears, and he was filled with regret.

In September, he realized that something was wrong and that reverse engineering might not be feasible.

But considering that a month and a half had already been wasted, and so much manpower, material resources and money had been wasted, Dai and De dared not gamble and were afraid of being fired, so they could only bite the bullet and continue.

Even if they eventually find that it's no longer feasible, they still choose to continue concealing it.

My concern is that if I confess, the chairman will hold me accountable and fire me.

Unexpectedly, Sun Yizhou treated him so well, giving him a chance whenever he was honest.

If you had known this would happen, why did you insist on going down this dark path?
Why push things to the brink?

But by then, it was too late.

"Unfortunately, you didn't confess until October and November."

"If Hong Yan hadn't reported you, would you have kept it a secret until December, leaving our school's intranet completely ruined?!"

"Ok?"

“Chairman…” Dai Hede opened his mouth, but didn’t know what to say.

That was actually his plan.

We'll keep it a secret as long as we can.

Until it could no longer be concealed and the truth came out.

But unexpectedly, the truth has come out now.

"You have let me down too much!"

Sun Yizhou trembled with anger, but finally waved his hand and said, "Fine, you can resign yourself!"

"Thank you," Dai said gratefully.

He knew this was the last bit of dignity Sun Yizhou would give him.

Let him resign voluntarily, instead of firing him!
That way, you can still find other jobs. But if you get fired, that would be a big problem.

He probably won't be able to get into any other internet company in the future, not even one with any scale.

"Chairman, what about my matter..."

Seeing that Dai and De were both treated leniently, Hong Yan was full of anticipation.

He made a great contribution by reporting Dai Hede.

Dai Hede's situation is much more serious than his own.

Sun Yizhou sized up Hong Yan and nodded:

"Thanks to your report, I knew about the failure of the reverse engineering in advance, which prevented me from wasting more manpower and resources and from missing the last opportunity."

"In a sense, your report saved the company's strategic plan, and you have made a great contribution."

"But merit is merit, and fault is fault."

"The practice of taking kickbacks must be prohibited."

"You're being punished by being transferred out of the purchasing department, having six months' performance bonus deducted, and returning all kickbacks. As for your next step, you'll be the head of customer service for the campus online store."

"Thank you for your magnanimity, Chairman. Thank you." Hong Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

If an audit finds out that someone is taking kickbacks, it's inevitable that they'll be transferred out of the purchasing department.

It is only right to return all kickbacks.

Deducting half a year's performance bonus... seems serious, but it's actually not a big deal.

Currently, across the entire school network, apart from Chairman Sun Yizhou and the audit department, almost all other middle and senior managers are not receiving performance bonuses.

Whether you deduct it for half a year or a year, it makes no difference.

Making him the head of the customer service department was actually a sign of leniency.

It can only be said that he made a great contribution by reporting Dai Hede, saving the company from huge losses.

Especially at the strategic level.

"Chairman, shall we continue with 'WeChat Farm'?" He Yan asked.

Sun Yizhou nodded: "We have to do it. Our e-commerce platform is launching soon, and we still need the farm to drive traffic. Even if the campus farm doesn't launch until early February next year, we still have to do it. We have to start from scratch!"

Hong Yan strongly agreed: "That's right, without the farm, our Renren.com will never catch up with WeChat."

"Chairman, leave it to me, shall I?"

"You?" Sun Yizhou laughed: "You should focus on improving the customer service department first. The campus farm is about to launch. You have a lot of work to do."

"This is...good!"

Hong Yan agreed, but he was quite displeased.

I realized that I had been completely marginalized.

Both the purchasing department and the marketing department have room for development.

What kind of development is possible for the customer service department?
In many companies, the entire customer service department is outsourced.

However, since the chairman has been unkind to me, then don't blame me for being ruthless in return.

The secrets I know are not just about Dai Hede's forgery.

There are also purchasing managers who can't secure distributorships or agency agreements with Wyeth, Mead Johnson, Abbott, Dumex, and Nestlé, and can't even get goods from the manufacturers.

Unfortunately, since Sanniu's financial crisis, the domestic maternal and infant market has seen a 400% surge in sales, directly leading to a supply shortage!
U-Tuan International is the largest platform in the maternal and infant category, controlling nearly one-fifth of the sales volume. Major brands have to queue up for delivery, and only 1.5% to 2% prepayment is required.

But it's difficult for other customers, especially smaller customers. Even if they pay extra to grab the goods, they still can't get them.

But Liu Qiang, the purchasing manager, knew how to play the game. He directly sourced a batch of goods from other channels, including major brands, and at super low prices!
However, the quoted purchase price was the normal price.

This is a very serious matter!

Whenever the audit department investigates, they always uncover major problems.

Price differences and rebates are the least problematic issues!

If this gets out, the Renren.com online store will probably be finished.

"Sun Yizhou, if only you valued me and gave me a chance, I would give you a chance too, and report Liu Qiang as well!"

"Too bad you don't know what's good for you!"

(End of this chapter)