King of Technology: A Fresh Start in 1983

Chen Jianghe continued, "Secondly, after the [Clock II] is launched, you must provide me with copies of all sales and shipment records!"

This was the key evidence he used to monitor Chung Chiu-fai's actual sales performance!

"Also, please provide me with a sales list of the [Clock Card Type I] immediately, so that I can track its sales and upgrade it after the sale."

"No problem! I'll have Ah Yuan deliver it to you today!"

"Third, within one week, the technology dividends must be converted into a written shareholding agreement!"

Chen Jianghe's tone left no room for discussion.

He must use the crisis surrounding "Chung Ka" to counter Chung Chiu Fai.

Take control of the technological dividends into your own hands!

Chung Chiu-fai's facial muscles twitched, his expression shifting unpredictably.

He wanted to swear!

But looking at the surging crowd outside and the devastation inside the warehouse, thinking of the menacing presence of [Lianwei], and the enormous profits that the Han Card brought him…

He swallowed hard, the fierce look in his eyes finally turning into a bottomless, icy pool.

"...Fine! I accept it! But the shareholding agreement...will be signed in three months!"

He started using the delaying tactic again.

"Okay! Let's wait until we sign the agreement in three months and then upgrade the product!" Chen Jianghe made a move to leave.

"Wait!" Chung Chao-fai practically ground his teeth to powder. "...Fine! Sign the agreement within a week!"

Before leaving, Chen Jianghe glanced at Zhong Chaohui…

He wanted to test the relationship between him and Sun Yuanchao, but then swallowed his words.

The joint investigation team's report has not yet been released, and he doesn't want to alert them.

Furthermore, Sun Yuanchao's dying words cannot be entirely trusted...

Just as Chen Jianghe returned to the institute's secure workroom, there was a knock on the iron door.

Upon opening the iron gate, a middle-aged man stood outside, dressed in a crisp blue Zhongshan suit, with a solemn expression and silver-rimmed glasses.

"Comrade Chen Jianghe?"

The middle-aged man said calmly, "I am Fang Xiangnan, the deputy leader of the [Eagle's Nest] technical team."

People from Department D!

Chen Jianghe felt a slight chill: "Comrade Fang Xiangnan? What about Chief Engineer Zhang...?"

"Chief Engineer Zhang instructed that special technical support be activated immediately!"

Xiang Nan walked in and casually closed the heavy soundproof door.

My gaze swept over the densely packed coordinate sheets, Z80 development platform, oscilloscope, and other equipment spread out on the workbench…

"Special operations support? What does that mean?"

"It's the 'Red Coast' project team."

He uttered a name from the south.

Chen Jianghe was shocked!

This is an extremely top-secret name within Department D!

"Their cryptographic analysis is stuck. The underlying principles of the hardware platform and the stuff you're currently working on are similar."

Fang Xiangnan gestured with his eyes to the instruments on the table. "Chief Engineer Zhang said you're doing signal analysis, and your thinking is wild."

"You are being temporarily assigned to the 'Red Coast' base to assist in the attack for five days. You are to depart immediately."

"What about the core derivation work for the [Eagle's Nest] compression engine framework?"

"The 'Spark' mission cannot stop; you have no choice but to bring the relevant materials with you."

Chen Jianghe knew very well that the "Red Coast" team was a national treasure!

This reassignment of Chief Engineer Zhang is both a sign of trust and a test!

The core derivation of the compression engine framework is only two days away from meeting the deadline.

The framework must be finalized within two days, otherwise the "Spark" mission will be affected!

Fang Xiangnan continued in a businesslike tone, "From this moment on, everything you see, hear, and come into contact with is top secret. You are not to disclose it to anyone!"

"What about Engineer Su..."

"Don't worry! We've already spoken to Engineer Su!"

"Understood!" Chen Jianghe nodded.

Half an hour later, a dark green canvas-topped jeep without any markings picked up Chen Jianghe at the back gate of the research institute.

Xiang Nan sat in the driver's seat, the windows covered with brown glass film, the engine made a low rumble, and it sped away.

Just as the jeep drove out of the back gate of the research institute, Old Liu from the gatehouse walked into the Soviet-style building carrying a thick brown paper bag…

He knocked on the door of Chen Jianghe's confidential room a few times, but no one answered.

He then placed the brown paper bag in the drawer of the mailroom cabinet by the door.

The bag was addressed to Comrade Chen Jianghe and signed by Zhong Chaohui, Service Department of Chaohui Electronics.

Inside was a thick stack of shipping details for the [Clock Card Type I]!

Chen Jianghe never expected that Zhong Chaohui would fulfill his promise in this way.

This shipment list, tinged with conspiracy, completely exposed the relationship between Chen Jianghe and "Zhongka" to the public in broad daylight at the 106 Research Institute.

The delivery time of the shipping manifest coincided almost seamlessly with Chen Jianghe's "disappearance"...

The mission of Project "Spark," the technical support for the "Red Coast" team, and the murky conspiracies of the business world...

At this moment, all three, with Chen Jianghe as their axis, wove together an invisible giant net on the same early winter evening…

The jeep sped along the winding mountain road, carrying Chen Jianghe toward the most secret base of Department D.

After crossing several steep mountain passes and passing through several checkpoints inspected by guards with special instruments, Chen Jianghe's eyes were blindfolded with a black cloth.

Several hours later, at the end of a deep valley that wasn't even marked on a military map, the dark green jeep finally came to a stop.

As Chen Jianghe removed the black cloth covering his face and stepped out of the car, the biting cold wind pierced through his coat like icy needles.

Before us stands a magnificent building embedded inside the mountain, with a heavy, explosion-proof alloy door.

There were no signs at the entrance, only a cold, black numbered plaque – [601].

The air was filled with the smell of ozone from high-voltage corona discharge and the chill of rocks deep underground.

"This is one of the ultimate strongholds of D-Party's cryptanalysis technology."

After Xiang Nan finished speaking, he led Chen Jianghe silently through several heavy air pressure doors that required both card and password verification.

The passageway is flanked by exposed concrete walls and bright fluorescent tubes.

The light cast distorted and warped shadows.

The low hum of the cooling fans of the massive server cluster echoed in the air.

Like the sound of an underground river.

Finally, we entered an exceptionally large underground hall. The dome was tens of meters high.

Rows of massive server racks, gleaming with a cold metallic sheen and featuring a variety of models, are neatly arranged in a matrix, resembling a steel jungle.

Countless indicator lights flickered between the server racks.

The cables connecting them are tangled like a spider web, emitting a hum and heat from high-load operation.

Chen Jianghe was shocked!

My eyes lit up!

So this is what it is...

He had seen it in a photograph in the "History of Science and Technology of the Republic" in his previous life—

A national treasure from the 1980s, presented as a gift to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China!

What shocked Chen Jianghe even more was the display in the center of the hall.

A huge and complex experimental setup, filled with precision optics and specially made electron tubes, is in operation!

This is a black metal box, assembled from several cubic boxes, embedded in a server rack and protected by multiple layers of Faraday cages and superconducting electromagnetic shielding!

In this era, it has a mysterious code name—

Locksmith!!!