"Wang Yi!" Huang Xinyi quickly stepped forward, blushing, and said:
"You can stay at my place tonight, but you can't take my bed, you sleep on the sofa!"
"Make a guest sleep on the sofa?"
Wang Yi shook his head:
"No fun, I'm leaving."
With that, Wang Yi turned around and left directly.
"???"
Huang Xinyi was stunned.
What kind of move was this?
Playing hard to get?
Unexpectedly, Wang Yi waved his hand:
"Counselor, you are a good person, I won't bully you anymore. Good night!"
After speaking, Wang Yi walked to his car, started the engine, and drove straight away.
"He really left?"
Huang Xinyi looked at the disappearing car lights, feeling completely disoriented.
'I already agreed to let you stay, why did you run off?'
'And you even gave me a "good person" card!'
'What does that mean?'
For a moment, Huang Xinyi was bewildered in the messy wind, completely unable to figure out Wang Yi's methods.
She still had some good feelings for Wang Yi.
Wang Yi didn't think much of it and left freely.
Let naive and decent girls enjoy high-end consumption!
Let hardworking and ambitious girls easily earn quick money!
Let girls from wealthy families immerse themselves in gentle traps!
These three moves in the world of relationships can be said to kill without spilling blood!
Huang Xinyi was the first type of girl; although her figure was hot and sexy, she was naive and decent.
If she were the 'elegantly poor' type, Wang Yi could satisfy her material desires, and a physical-only relationship wouldn't be a big deal; they would each get what they wanted.
But Huang Xinyi had her own bottom line and principles; she wasn't the 'elegantly poor' type, much less a gold-digger!
She even rejected opportunities Wang Yi gave her to make money.
When splitting the bill didn't work, she even proactively changed a five-star restaurant to a roadside food stall!
Wang Yi couldn't bear to be a jerk to such a good girl.
Unable to promise her a lifetime, there was no need to drag her down, or unbutton her clothes…
"Counselor, oh Counselor, I'm letting you go!"
Wang Yi sighed in his heart and returned directly to school.
Huang Xinyi stood at the entrance of the community for a long time, her expression somewhat complicated.
'Hmph! It's better that he left, so I don't have to worry about being bullied! I should be happy!'
Huang Xinyi comforted herself like this, but she couldn't bring herself to be happy:
'What's with this feeling of loss?'
'Could it be that I wanted him to stay?'
'No, absolutely not, I'm not a masochist, how could I want him to stay and be bullied by him?'
'Hmph! It must be an illusion!'
'Yes, an illusion!'
'I'll go home and play King of Fighters, I'll beat him to death!'
Huang Xinyi returned home angrily, but found that even playing her favorite King of Fighters, she was a bit absent-minded…
It was hard not to admit that Wang Yi was the most outstanding man she had ever met.
ZARA Headquarters.
The third night of overtime for the executives.
Davis's voice was cold:
"There's no need to boost votes anymore, it's meaningless. All this fighting will only make us compete with HM for second to last place."
"Yes, President, we should launch a strong counterattack!"
Du Ke said in a deep voice.
Davis nodded:
"Exactly, a strong counterattack to teach Meiyou a profound lesson!"
Previously, ZARA hired Cong Jin'an to write smear articles, slandering Meiyou.
Now, Meiyou created a voting post, an eye for an eye.
The difference was that ZARA failed to smear Meiyou and ended up bringing trouble upon itself!
It was also seized upon by HM, its stock price plummeted, and its market value evaporated by over 20 billion.
However, Meiyou's voting post was a huge success, directly nailing ZARA to the pillar of shame.
It made many users realize how outdated and ugly ZARA's designs were compared to Meiyou's pure desire style!
This severely impacted ZARA's sales and reputation!
Although ZARA made the first move and Meiyou merely counterattacked passively, ZARA still couldn't swallow this humiliation!
They must counterattack!
The executives' expressions subtly changed, and someone couldn't help but say:
"President, Meiyou Social Plaza is Meiyou's own platform, it's hard for us to counterattack!"
"Heh heh, hard to counterattack? Then let's just destroy Meiyou!"
Davis said coldly:
"Spend money to hire hackers and completely cripple Meiyou's servers!"
"Brilliant!"
Everyone's faces lit up with joy, and they chimed in:
"Once Meiyou's services are crippled, Meiyou Social Plaza won't be accessible, and the so-called voting post will become a joke, hahaha."
"Not only that, but once Meiyou's servers are finished, Meiyou Mall will also be ruined! They still want to make huge profits? Still want revenue to exceed 100 million? Dream on!"
"In this way, the losses caused to Meiyou will be at least in the hundreds of millions!"
"Not only will Meiyou Mall be finished, but their offline physical stores, which also use an inventory management system, will also collapse along with the servers, everything will be ruined!"
"Exactly, hit the snake where it hurts most! The servers are Meiyou's Achilles' heel."
"Such a small company has limited resources and probably no cybersecurity department. The server protection levels are also minimal, it will be easy to deal with!"
"That's right, act fast!"
"Let's take down Meiyou, today!"
"As long as Meiyou's servers are down for a few days, Meiyou will be done for."
"Losing tens of millions a day, if it's down for three days, it'll be a loss of 200 million, haha, Meiyou will be furious to death!"
"To come up with such a brilliant plan, President, you are wise!"
...
Everyone was excited, and Davis was in an even better mood.
After two days of deliberation, he finally found Meiyou's weakness and a sure-fire way to win!
"It wasn't for nothing that I couldn't sleep these past two nights!"
Davis sighed:
"Immediately hire hackers. I want Meiyou's servers to crash during peak evening hours! To crash when their revenue is at its highest!"
"Yes!" Du Ke responded.
Davis then said:
"Don't do it yourselves. Find an outsourcing company to contact the hackers. That way, if anything goes wrong, it won't trace back to ZARA!"
"Understood, President."
"No, find a reliable intermediary who has close ties with HM to do this!" Davis said sinisterly.
Du Ke's eyes lit up:
"President, you are wise! This way, Meiyou's investigation will only lead to HM. Then Meiyou will seek revenge on HM, and with those two fighting like dogs, ZARA will reap the benefits, hahaha. President, you are wise!"
Du Ke found that as long as Davis wasn't overly angry, he was quite intelligent and his methods were impressive.
However, he was prone to anger; once angry, he would hastily smash cups, and his mind wouldn't work well.
It proved that in a fit of rage, most people lose their rationality, fail to see the situation clearly, and even do some very foolish things.
If Davis had thought of using hackers yesterday, none of these subsequent troubles would have happened!
ZARA would have won long ago!
Meiyou's servers would have crashed long ago!
Even Meiyou Mall and Meiyou's offline physical store inventory management system would have collapsed!
Soon, Du Ke found a very reliable intermediary, who also had close ties with HM, to carry out the task.
Half an hour later, Meiyou APP's originally smooth social plaza suddenly became sluggish.
The Meiyou cybersecurity department employee on duty's expression changed drastically, and he quickly sounded the alarm.
Instantly, the entire operations and maintenance department and cybersecurity department became busy:
"Oh no, the servers are under hacker attack, someone is attacking us!"
"Quick, report to the President."
"Also, immediately notify all off-duty experts and colleagues to come to the company for overtime!"
"Okay!"
Long before this, Wang Yi had established a cybersecurity department and hired top cybersecurity experts and Red Hacker gods with high salaries!
This was precisely to prepare for this day!
Meiyou's cybersecurity department had people on duty 24 hours a day, and a cybersecurity expert or Red Hacker god was always on rotation!
As soon as the alarm sounded, Zheng Sirui immediately rushed in and sat down in front of a computer.
While typing on the keyboard with both hands, he instructed his subordinates:
"Quick, the opponent is coming fiercely, let's block them for a bit. Call the other off-duty experts too! Immediately!"
"Okay, Engineer Zheng, they all live nearby and will arrive soon."
Song Sining received the news and immediately rushed over:
"Engineer Zheng, how's the situation?"
"It's severe, but currently still controllable."
Zheng Sirui said in a deep voice:
"I'm afraid they will take further action next. I suggest adopting the highest alert mechanism and preparing comprehensively."
"Okay, we'll do as you say. Just tell us what support you need directly."
"Okay."
Song Sining left the cybersecurity department and immediately called Wang Yi:
"Boss, Meiyou is under cyberattack. Engineer Zheng is leading the cybersecurity department in full response, and we can still hold steady for now."
"Cyberattack?"
Wang Yi's expression changed dramatically:
"It was bound to happen. This way, have Engineer Zheng and his team go all out and hold them off for now. Then immediately find reinforcements… prepare for the worst! Meiyou's servers absolutely cannot crash!"
"Okay!"
Song Sining said, quickly contacting the China Unicom server manager.
When Meiyou first started, its servers were leased from China Mobile, but now, they have all been switched to China Unicom.
After all, 'China Telecom in the South, China Unicom in the North' is not an empty boast.
As for China Mobile, even playing games on its network in 2011 was laggy, which was indeed somewhat unsatisfactory.
As a major client, China Unicom attached great importance to Meiyou and quickly formed a dedicated team to help Meiyou maintain its network and respond to hacker attacks.
Since Meiyou was renting their servers and paying so much money, they naturally had an obligation to provide cybersecurity protection.
If they couldn't even do this, who would rent from them in the future?
In a dimly lit room, the hacker Cold Blade was shocked:
"Whoa! A newly established small company actually put up a defense immediately and blocked my attack! What a joke!"
Cold Blade was numb, his mouth twitching:
"These days, even small companies have cybersecurity departments? And even cybersecurity experts? The opponent's strength… I'm afraid it's not weaker than mine!"
Cold Blade was full of disbelief.
He had a bit of a reputation in the domestic hacking community.
He often took money to attack other people's servers and usually succeeded easily.
If he didn't have some skill, ZARA wouldn't have sought him out.
This time, seeing it was Meiyou, a small company established only a few months ago, Cold Blade thought it would be a piece of cake.
He expected to surprise them and crash Meiyou's servers with one move!
But now, he had failed!
The opponent had defended it!
"It's fine, I'll just see if you can keep defending!"
Cold Blade continued to feign an attack on Meiyou Social Plaza's servers, forcing Meiyou's cybersecurity department to exhaust itself in defense.
In reality, he turned around and attacked Meiyou Mall's servers through another vulnerability!
As Meiyou's business grew, different business segments were placed on different servers.
This made it easier to maintain if any issues arose.
"Even if Meiyou has a cybersecurity expert, they can't be in two places at once, they absolutely can't stop my two-pronged assault!"
Cold Blade was smug, already planning how he would spend the remaining payment after completing the task!
Unexpectedly, as soon as he began attacking Meiyou Mall, he was blocked!
It seemed the opponent was well-prepared.
"I don't believe it, you can't defend both sides by yourself!"
Cold Blade attacked with full force, alternating between Meiyou Mall and Meiyou Social Plaza.
But no matter how he jumped around, Meiyou's defenses were airtight, and they handled it with ease.
Cold Blade's expression subtly changed:
"Could it be that Meiyou has more than one cybersecurity expert? Is that why they can cover both sides thoroughly?"
"It must be, this is troublesome!"
Cold Blade knew that the opponent's strength was not weaker than his.
If there were only one cybersecurity expert, unable to be in two places at once, he might still be able to feign an attack and succeed in a surprise raid.
But with two cybersecurity experts defending strictly, it was hopeless.
He could only report the situation to his employer.
Soon, ZARA received the news, and Davis's face turned ashen:
"What? Meiyou actually has a cybersecurity department? And cybersecurity experts? And more than one?"
"This…"
"How can a newly established small company have such a formidable cybersecurity team?"
Davis was horrified, much like Chu Chuanjun that day!
Chu Chuanjun never imagined that Wang Yi's old second-hand Mercedes-Benz Metris, which had been driven for who knows how many years, actually had a dashcam!
The result was a single misstep leading to eternal regret!
Similarly, Davis never expected Wang Yi to also have cybersecurity experts!
And so, tragedy struck again.
"Trash! That Cold Blade is truly trash, demanding so much money, yet he can't even take down Meiyou? Useless!"
Davis roared.
Du Ke sighed:
"I asked, and Cold Blade said he could take down Meiyou, but he alone isn't enough; he needs to call for backup and needs more money!"
"Needs more money?"
Davis's mouth twitched:
"Fine, double the money and tell him to find a helper! No, double the money and tell him to find two more helpers! You must crash Meiyou's servers for me! As soon as possible!"
"Yes."
Du Ke quickly made arrangements.
"Double the money? How generous!"
Cold Blade's face lit up, and he quickly called his old pals, Black Blade and Frost Sword!
Although the three of them had never met in person, they were all highly skilled and had collaborated many times.
Whenever one person couldn't handle a job, they would bring each other in to make money together!
Coupled with ZARA's suitable price, Black Blade and Frost Sword decisively agreed and quickly joined the fray.
The three launched an attack together!
Cold Blade was in high spirits:
"Meiyou is finished now, even two cybersecurity experts won't be enough! We are three top-tier hackers!"
But unexpectedly, after a flurry of intense activity,
The three of them racked their brains and worked for half an hour, but failed to successfully infiltrate.
Nothing else, but China Unicom's expert team had also intervened!
Coupled with Meiyou's two cybersecurity experts, they easily defended against the trio's offensive.
And Meiyou's top Red Hacker, Ye Qing, even freed up his hands and began to counter-infiltrate Cold Blade!
Ye Qing was originally a hacker; it was only because Wang Yi paid him generously that he became Meiyou's Red Hacker!
In terms of network defense capabilities, Ye Qing was inferior to the two cybersecurity experts.
But in terms of infiltration capabilities, the two cybersecurity experts combined were no match for Ye Qing!
Furthermore, Cold Blade and his team were fully focused on invading Meiyou; how could they have imagined that Meiyou still had spare capacity and could even counter-infiltrate?
(End of Chapter)