America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 11 Identity Revealed

They left the scrap metal recycling station.

Zhang Ailun began hiking to familiarize himself with the nearby terrain.

I found a convenience store and paid $12 a month for a prepaid SIM card with unlimited data. The carrier was a small, unknown internet company.

In the US, SIM cards are usually anonymous; most carriers don't require real-name authentication, only a few do.

Your driver's license ID and Social Security Number (SSN) are your identities.

The real-name registration system has both advantages and disadvantages.

Before real-name registration, online scammers could call you, but they didn't know your identity. After real-name registration, they can not only call you, but also know your name, contacts, bank card number, and home address.

They can even make long-distance calls to you from outside the internet, revealing your personal information to threaten and scam you. You can receive at least ten harassing calls every day while sitting at home!

Just tell me if it's okay or not.

The so-called operator's promise not to disclose any customer information is simply the biggest joke of the 21st century.

Do you believe his nonsense, or do you believe I am Qin Shi Huang?

The US mobile data carrier industry is also highly competitive. They offer various free mobile data promotions, but the cheap monthly plans have poor signal and network coverage, and you might not be able to make calls even in the city center. Monthly plans with good signal are very expensive and often rip-offs.

Anyway, Zhang Ailun's phone can finally connect to the internet.

I downloaded Facebook, YouTube, ByteDance, and Little Bluebird, and immediately followed and added Simone as a social media friend, sending her messages to say hello.

The other person quickly accepted the friend request and replied: Mike Tyson? hahahaha.

The black girl found it incomprehensible, but also quite amusing, to see someone photoshop their own head onto another person's body, or vice versa.

Zhang Ailun didn't reply. He then used a search engine to find the OnlyFake website that Dominic had mentioned. After figuring out the tutorial, he downloaded and paid $15 for access to the data packet generator tool.

Of course, his online account had no money, so he chose to use a third-party payment service.

Simone: Way? What is this? Why do I have to pay $15 on this website?

Zhang Ailun: I don't have online banking, so I don't have the ability to pay this money. I need to create a fake account first before I can do anything else.

Never mind that. I just made a profit of $40 from selling jars. I can give you cash when I get back, Simone. Please pay me!

:)

I sent a smiley face to show my friendliness.

Simone: Fxxk!! I thought you were different from other men! I didn't expect you were still after my money. I misjudged you.

I paid the $15 for him while grumbling.

Simone: I'm going to work! Don't bother me anymore! Remember to give me back the $15 tonight.

Zhang Ailun: Thank you, Simone. I wish you success at work and happiness every day. See you tonight.

Simone: International friendship gesture, convex.

She was willing to lend money to someone on the very first day we met; this woman is truly charitable.

He didn't misjudge him.

Zhang Ailun entered the information he wanted to display on the card on the OnlyFake website and uploaded a blue-background headshot stored on his phone.

The system then automatically generates a series of images, converting the input name into a signature. Sometimes the generated signature is a scribbled full name, and sometimes it is only an abbreviation.

Click "Generate Photo". After the generation process starts, the page displays system progress updates: "Generate PDF417 and Code128", "Send to Server", "Replace Text", and then it is completed and a preview of the finished product is provided.

If you don't like it, change it again. If you think it's okay, then click "Download and Pay".

Zhang Ailun had successfully paid the fee on behalf of the client, and thus obtained two documents: the front and back of the new fake driver's license that were placed on the wall behind his desk.

The whole process takes about one to two minutes.

California

Full name: Humbert Juan King

Driver's license number: B5350776

Gender: Male

Birthday: February 22, 2000

Height: 6 feet (182 cm)

Weight: 160 lbs

Eye color: Brown (Black indicates an eye condition)

[Issuance Date: 20xx/02/18]

[Valid until: 20xx/02/18]

[Driver's License Type: Real Identity]

[Organ Donation on Behalf]

Address: Apartment building at 404 Viñoma Street, 5th Block, Los Santos

[Signature: Humbert Juan King]

A photo of yourself, along with all the information required for a California driver's license, is enough to fool anyone.

I tried verifying my identity on social media, and it worked!

"Authentication successful".

Congratulations! You have completed identity verification.

With a complete identity template, all that's needed next is to copy and print it offline.

But Zhang Ailun didn't know where to get his fakes printed, and it was his first time dealing with this kind of thing. He didn't have the equipment or materials, so he needed to ask Dominic how his fakes were printed and who made them.

……

We returned to the No. 19 bridge arch at base camp.

Zhang Ailun felt that the name of Lori Louis 19 should be changed to Little Yellow Duck Club.

The whole way was full of little yellow ducks.

Zhang Ailun lined up on the roadside and received two servings of macaroni with fruit sauce, along with a few bags of potato chips and a few boxes of juice. He intended to keep his promise and give them to Dominic, but when he returned to his home under the bridge, he found that Dominic had already gotten up and was no longer there.

They probably went out to collect cans.

Zhang Ailun would have to enjoy these relief meals he brought back by himself; it wasn't something he wanted to eat alone.

Holding a bag of potato chips, he sat on the old sofa, took out the remaining $27.59 and counted it carefully. Of that, $15 was to be returned to Simone.

So he only had about $12.59 left.

On the way back, Zhang Ailun also passed by a discount store that sells camping equipment. He saw that they sold tents and went in to take a look.

I found that a used small two-person tent was selling for at least $35, and the quality was very poor. The summer version only had a thin layer of fabric and didn't keep me warm at all.

The tents distributed free of charge by shelters and charitable organizations are mostly of this type and are often made of generic brands.

If he wants to buy a tent suitable for multiple people, it will cost at least $50-$300. Bestselling brand-name tents are even more expensive, reaching thousands of dollars.

A sleeping mat is also essential. In addition, you will need to buy pillows, blankets, solar chargers, insect repellent lamps, and all sorts of outdoor gear.

It would take at least $500 to get it done.

That's way too expensive!!

A can costs 5 cents, so 2000 cans cost 100 dollars. Zhang Ailun would have to collect at least 10,000 cans without eating or drinking in order to afford a tent and a complete set of basic equipment for the homeless!

A tent and a small cart are basically all the possessions of a homeless person on the street.

It's definitely faster to get things for free after all.

Old Hei's living environment has been so harsh since he was a child. He must have tried everything he could. He has already paved the way for him. If he had any other options, he wouldn't have ended up in such a state.

After doing a quick calculation, Zhang Ailun, holding his lunchbox, suddenly felt he had lost his appetite.

At my age, coming to the West Coast to make a living, how do I manage to sleep without even a tent?

Forget it.

Since things have come to this, let's eat first.

Don't rush, take it slow, because rushing won't help.

They developed slowly, using time to buy space. Anyway, they wouldn't starve for the time being, and no one was holding a gun to their backside. Life was getting better every day.

A day passed quickly.

As the sun set, Dominic returned to his lodgings carrying a black garbage bag full of cans.

Zhang Ailun lay on the sofa, holding his phone, legs crossed, with several empty potato chip bags and juice bottles lying around him, emphasizing a relaxed and enjoyable lifestyle.

By using various online software to learn about the latest information and engaging with more information and things, they attempted to interfere with and influence the randomness of daily intelligence.

Upon seeing the other party return, Zhang Ailun greeted the landlord warmly, "Yo, Dominic, you're back?"

"Allen, I heard from some scavengers on the street that a really tough Asian homeless man came to the neighborhood, beat up Ethan and his gang, stole their cans, and chased them away!"

Dominic put down the bag and immediately asked, eager to confirm, "You even publicly announced that all the trash cans on Wapson Street belong to our Lori Louis 19, that person wasn't you, was he?"

The news spread so fast?

Zhang Ailun was somewhat surprised, but nodded and readily admitted, "That's right, that person was me."

"Well done, buddy!!"

Dominic smiled upon hearing this and gave him a thumbs up. "I've been wanting to do that for a long time!"

He added regretfully, "But unfortunately, I'm no match for Ethan and his gang. You really helped me get revenge!"

"Don't mention it, buddy. Those guys were trying to cause me trouble, but they clearly messed up and got a beating."

Zhang Ailun waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing.

(End of this chapter)