The richest man started taking advantage of loopholes after joining Alibaba.

Four o'clock in the morning.

Weiguang Building.

This behemoth, located in the heart of Beijing's CBD, is brightly lit at this moment.

It was even brighter than daytime.

It's not for the sake of working overtime.

It was for the purpose of liquidation.

Top floor conference room.

The long, narrow rosewood table was filled with people.

Dozens of senior executives at the director level or above.

Some people were wearing pajamas, and others had disheveled hair; they had clearly been dragged out of bed by that emergency phone call.

The air was thick with the smell of smoke, and a kind of fear that was even more pungent than the smell of smoke.

Just now, Xie Yu distributed a copy of the official document to everyone.

After watching it.

No one dared to speak.

Those who were secretly contacting headhunters and preparing to switch jobs to Alibaba or Tencent just a few hours ago are now ashen-faced.

The copies in my hands were trembling.

The door was pushed open.

Lin Che walked in.

He was still wearing that black shirt without a tie.

He carried the lingering scent of snow and wind.

He did not sit in the main seat.

Instead, he leaned against the wall by the door and lit a cigarette.

"I heard someone's planning to leave tonight?"

Lin Che's voice was very soft.

But in the deathly silent conference room, it sounded like a gunshot.

No one dared to respond.

Some people lowered their heads, while others shrank back into their chairs as if they wanted to disappear on the spot.

"Those who want to leave, you can leave now."

Lin Che flicked his cigarette ash.

"I won't stop you."

The HR director stood up shakily.

He was holding a list in his hand.

"Boss... here are the twelve people who submitted their resignations tonight."

"read."

"Zhang Wei, Deputy General Manager of Operations... Li Fang, Senior Manager of Finance... and..."

Read each name aloud.

The person whose name was called trembled.

It's like being put on the death penalty list.

"Did you all hear that clearly?"

Lin Che interrupted the HR.

His gaze swept across the entire room.

"Process the paperwork for these twelve people immediately."

"in addition."

Lin Che's voice suddenly turned cold.

"Notify the legal department to investigate their non-compete agreements. If there's a single violation, pursue it to the end. I want to make sure they can't even make a living in this industry."

ruthless.

It's too cruel.

This is an attempt to wipe them out completely.

The operations vice president named Zhang Wei collapsed to the ground.

"Mr. Lin! I was wrong! I made a mistake in a moment of confusion! Please give me another chance..."

"take away."

Lin Che didn't even glance at him.

He waved.

It's like shooing away a fly.

Two security guards came in, grabbed the crying man, and dragged him out.

The screams echoed down the corridor, growing fainter and fainter.

The remaining people in the meeting room didn't dare to breathe.

My back was soaked with cold sweat.

This is the price of betrayal.

"The rest of the people."

Lin Che walked to the table.

He supported himself on the table with both hands.

His eyes sharpened.

Congratulations!

"You made the right bet."

"From today onwards, Microlight is no longer just an internet company."

"We are the national team."

"Your stock options will double in value."

boom.

From hell to heaven, it only takes a moment.

The executives, who had been trembling just moments before, suddenly looked up.

The fear in his eyes turned into ecstasy.

That night.

Some people were eliminated, while others were promoted.

Lin Che used the bloodiest methods to complete the final piece of the power puzzle for the Glimmering Empire.

The impregnable empire has been established.

……

Six o'clock in the morning.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

The smog in Beijing is quite heavy; the sun looks like a salted duck egg yolk, hanging in the hazy sky.

Lin Che did not rest.

He took Xie Yu and took the elevator directly to the third basement level.

This is a forbidden zone for glimmering light.

It wasn't marked on the map, nor was it displayed on the elevator buttons.

Only the card with the highest privileges can be swiped.

The elevator doors opened.

A blast of cold air hit me.

There's no luxurious decor here, only exposed pipes, buzzing server racks, and rows of flashing indicator lights.

This is the "Ark Lab".

The most mysterious R&D department at Weiguang.

They burn through billions every year, yet they've never produced a single product that makes money.

It's widely believed that this was a black hole used by Lin Che to launder money.

"Boss."

A middle-aged man with messy hair, wearing slippers, came up to greet them.

His name is Old K.

A madman who was poached by Lin Che with a high salary by the former chief architect of Google.

"How is it?" Lin Che asked.

"Still burning through money."

Old K scratched his head and pointed to the rows of huge server racks behind him.

"As per your request, we are working on a complete overhaul of the underlying architecture. The operating system, the database, and that damn chip design platform."

"The progress is too slow. The main problem is the lack of manpower and equipment."

"Do you have enough money?"

Lin Che looked at those gold-devouring beasts.

"not enough."

Old K is very honest.

"The current budget can only last for six months at most. If we want to develop the supporting algorithms for lithography machines, we'll have to invest another 10 billion."

10 billion.

In this era, it's possible to buy up half of the listed companies on the A-share market.

Xie Yu, who was standing next to him, gasped.

"Brother Che...we just received the government's approval, shouldn't we play it safe? Isn't it too early to be working on this hardware?"

"morning?"

Lin Che smiled.

He walked up to a huge whiteboard.

Pick up the red marker.

A date was written on the whiteboard:

2019.5.15.

"Xie Yu, three months left."

Lin Che stared at the date.

His eyes were as deep as an abyss.

"Three months from now, that old man named Trump will issue an executive order."

"Huawei will be cut off from supplies. All American chips, software, and technology will be cut off."

"At that time, the entire Chinese science and technology community will be in despair."

Old K and Xie Yu were stunned.

They didn't know why the boss spoke with such certainty.

It was as if he had witnessed the disaster firsthand.

"Back then, money was just worthless paper."

"Only technology is the ticket to Noah's Ark."

Lin Che turned around.

Looking at Old K.

There is no upper limit to the budget.

"Every penny that Weiguang earns in entertainment, payment, and gaming, after paying salaries, is all poured into this sector."

"I need you to get that backup system (Plan B) up and running within three months."

"But..." Old K hesitated for a moment, "Some equipment can't be bought in China. We have to go to the United States."

"That's what I'm going to do next."

Lin Che threw away the marker.

The pen cap bounced a few times on the ground.

"Xie Yu".

"exist."

Book a flight.

Lin Che walked to the rows of server racks and reached out to touch the cold metal casings.

It's like caressing a sword that's about to be drawn.

"Where to?"

Silicon Valley.

Lin Che raised his head.

My gaze pierced through the thick concrete wall and looked towards the other side of the ocean.

"Since they want to impose a blockade."

"Then before the door closes."

"Go to their stronghold and take all the technology you can buy, mine, or steal..."

Lin Che paused for a moment.

A cruel smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"Take everything away."

"The time to hunt has come."