After Jiang Chen left, the conference room was quiet for nearly three minutes, and no one left.
The man with high cheekbones moved the chair he was on, and the movement attracted the attention of the others. Facing the gazes of his colleagues, he frowned deeply: “Do you think… will his idea really come true one day?”
The middle-aged man next to Professor Yang was thoughtful, “What Xiao Jiang said may really be the mainstream of national development in the future. The main focus of our Seventeenth Research Institute is electronic technology. Everyone here knows that computers will be everywhere in every house in the future. At that time personal information will be more transparent, and all kinds of information of the country will inevitably need to use the Internet. If there is an information war, a strong firewall and counterattack methods are essential. Whoever takes the lead first will occupy a place among the future powers.”
In the words of both, they used the Changjiang system described by Jiang Chen as the blueprint, but both of them only took it as the blueprint, and did not believe that the Changjiang system could really be as powerful as Jiang Chen described.
“Without testing at all, you all believe that the system in his hands does not have the capabilities he said.” Sitting at the end of the long table, the woman who had been silent the whole time before raised her red lips and casually questioned: “Is this not against the spirit of scientific research?”
“Director Yang.” The man with high cheekbones turned to look at her, both surprised and mocking: “Do you really think what Jiang Chen said is true? Have you listened carefully to what he said? He said that he is now developing, what is it called… the Changjiang system is already the glass ceiling of the information war, the glass ceiling of the defense system, heh, what big talk. Before the information war has even officially started, he is saying that the system he developed is already the glass ceiling. Has he experienced war? This is no different from watching the sky from a well, you are the director of the Cyber Security Bureau, you don’t really believe what he said, do you?”
The woman known as Director Yang glanced at him lightly, then turned her gaze to Professor Yang, who was at the main seat, and said respectfully: “Professor Yang, we represent the National Cyber Security Bureau, and we are ready to conduct information warfare with the Changjiang System at any time.”
“Can you represent the Security Bureau?”
Professor Yang glanced heavily at the man with high cheekbones, and waited until the man was silent before his eyes fell on Director Yang’s face. He capped the pen in his hand, and said softly, “I will decide on the time as soon as possible, and notify you three days in advance.”
Director Yang nodded: “Understood!”
Professor Yang nodded: “Remember, you are the National Cyber Security Agency, and I hope you will send out the strongest opponents.”
Originally, when the man with high cheekbones heard what Professor Yang said earlier, he wanted to interrupt and ask him why he wanted to conduct this experiment that would yield results everyone already knew without having to be carried out at all. But when he heard the last sentence, he hesitated again. Could it be that Professor Yang didn’t believe the words of that immature kid? But just want to polish him through this matter?
After all, Jiang Chen’s achievements at this age have indeed left most scientific researchers behind. If he was trained well, his future would definitely be limitless.
The doubts and guesses that the man with high cheekbones have, everyone else had, too.
The man next to Professor Yang asked directly: “Teacher, do you really believe that Jiang Chen’s system is as powerful as he described?”
Professor Yang didn’t answer his question, but asked, “How old is that child?”
The man quickly replied, “Eighteen years old.”
“What were you doing when you were eighteen?”
The man paused: “Attending the third year of high school.”
“He is also in the third year of high school.” Professor Yang’s stern gaze swept over everyone, and he said meaningfully: “And every year, his comprehensive score ranking is the first in the whole grade and even the first in the city. Not only that, he also developed the image processing system, signed a licensing contract with Li De, and had his own laboratory at the age of seventeen. Who of you can accomplish what he has at his age?”
The several people looked at each other, but did not speak.
Major General Wu was optimistic about Jiang Chen quite a bit, but he had to say something: “This kind of genius is not without precedent. The most recent one is Shi Fengyue. He had his own patent at the age of fifteen, but even so, he is now…..” He originally wanted to say that he had accomplished nothing, but he changed his words: “Deviating from the path of scientific research.”
“That kid from the Shi family didn’t deviate from the path of scientific research, he just wanted to change another path.” Professor Yang said calmly: “You only see how much time and energy it takes to lead a military exercise and an information war and how many approval reports are needed, but have you ever thought that if what Jiang Chen said is true, if the system in his hands can really be as he said, then even if the time to understand and use this system comes a single day late, it will be a huge inestimable loss for the country.”
The conference room fell silent.
If the system Jiang Chen mentioned was really so powerful, then there were too many things it could do. Although Jiang Chen only talked about its military application, everyone here was an expert in this field. Just based on what Jiang Chen said, they could think of various application methods of the Changjiang System in various industries of the entire national network.
If the application of the Changjiang system was developed one step ahead of the world, when it was actually put into use, the development of all walks of life in the motherland, the economy and politics of the entire country, including diplomacy, would take a rocket-like leap.
Not to mention too far away, just to talk about the world science and technology exhibition in July this year. Once the Changjiang system was exhibited, it would definitely become one of the most cutting-edge technologies in the world. When it comes to the United Nations Diplomatic Conference in October, how much advantage would their country have at the diplomatic level? They could hardly dare to imagine.
However, was the Changjiang system really as powerful as Jiang Chen said?
Everyone here didn’t know the answer, but they now have a decision in their hearts, no matter how much manpower, material and energy this experiment required, they must still carry it out.
In the corner of the conference room, the young man sitting next to the female head of the Cyber Security Bureau held his heart, felt its rapid beating. He couldn’t help but hold his head, and let out a soft exclamation.
If it was real! If Changjiang was really as powerful as that boy said just now, then he, he would squeeze into his scientific research team even if he must be shameless! At all costs!
He could imagine that if what he said was true, the company founded by the boy would definitely be the coolest and most exciting place to work in this century! Without exception! ! !
“C, are you okay?”
Noticing the movement of the young man beside her, the woman turned slightly and asked in a low voice.
C blushed, shook his head, but halfway through the shaking, he froze again, and nodded.
It seemed that there was something wrong…..
He was socially phobic. If he really wanted to go to the boy’s lab, then he had to resign and then apply for the job. When he resigned, he would need to report to how many people, and also how many layers of selection would be required to pass the job. Just thinking about it gave him goosebumps, but……what were these difficulties compared to the world-class top computer science laboratory in the future?!
The woman couldn’t understand his movements, and frowned slightly: “Are you feeling unwell?”
C immediately shook his head, avoiding the woman’s gaze a little guiltily, and sat up straight.
The woman didn’t ask any more questions. This new colleague was very capable, and he was even third in Wingnet’s hacker rankings. He had performed very well since he took the job, but he didn’t like to talk and didn’t fit in well. Leaving him alone was the most comfortable way for him.
……
Jiang Chen didn’t know about the discussion in the conference room, nor did he know that he just passed by a netizen he had a good relationship with. He was currently talking with Shi Fengyue.
“Thank you very much this time.” Jiang Chen was basically sure that the goal he wanted to achieve in this meeting had been achieved, and he was very excited. He even walked faster than usual, and his tone was full of smiles: “Say it, whatever you want to eat, I will even treat you to ten meals.”
Jiang Chen had devoted himself to research for three lifetimes. The slightly commercial way of splitting up shares of intellectual property rights was simply not something that a person like him who had never done business could think of.
At first, he just wanted to propose cooperation to Major General Wu to further develop the Changjiang Protection System after the image processing system was completed.
However, the night before preparing for the image processing system test meeting, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered the special case of Shi Fengyue——he only had two patents, and only one was in the Seventeenth Research Institute, but he had more authority than some leaders and main researchers, and even at one point, he could directly apply to use the military system.
The military system included a lot, but because of its particularity, each system branch was very important, and it was impossible to open the military system authority unless one was in a certain position.
But Shi Fengyue did it, and had the experience of using the military system in advance before the request was even passed. Although several factions jointly suppressed this matter that time, it had to be said that this matter being able to be suppressed stemed from the contract he signed with the military and the research institute back then.
This was what Jiang Chen heard when he mentioned this matter to old Mr. He and He Yanjun during a certain family dinner, but he was not very clear about the specific agreement. But thinking about it, that it was possible to get the research institute and the military to agree to sign such a contract could not be separated from Shi Fengyue’s identity.
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen immediately called Shi Fengyue. After all, he said that he could find him if he ever planned to sign a contract with the research institute.
That night, after listening to all his thoughts, Shi Fengyue gave him a feasible plan, which was the division of intellectual property rights.
“You don’t need to treat me to ten meals.” Shi Fengyue’s voice seemed a little tired, but held a deep smile: “You can just come to my house again and make the same meal as last time.”
Jiang Chen’s footsteps paused, and the bouncing shrimp floated up in his mind inopportunely. The fishy smell seemed to be still lingering on the corner of his lips, and that slight touch also flashed past.
“That’s too simple.” Jiang Chen continued to walk forward, and said calmly, “You have helped me so much, I must thank you well, and it is better to show sincerity by eating outside.”
“Where are we going?”
Shi Fengyue agreed so readily, and it was obviously the result he wanted, but for some reason, Jiang Chen’s heart suddenly became a little more irritable. Suddenly, even he himself didn’t know what answer he wanted to hear. Holding the mobile phone in one hand, his tone was indifferent: “We’ll make a decision at that time. I have something to do now, so I’ll hang up first.”
“Okay.”
Shi Fengyue hung up the call first, Jiang Chen glanced at the phone with a blackened screen, raised his hand and waved to Yu Yi who was coming this way.
Jiang Chen lowered his eyes slightly and smiled lightly: “Sister Yu Yi.”
Yu Yi raised her chin towards the conference room: “How was it?”
“Achieved the intended purpose.”
“Not bad.” Yu Yi smiled and said, “But I also guessed that you would succeed. The two-year project was completed in half a year. You are the first case in the Seventeenth Research Institute.”
“Thank you for the compliment.” Jiang Chen responded with a smile, and looked into Yu Yi’s eyes: “Sister Yu Yi, what do you think about what I told you earlier?”
“After the results of the meeting come out.” Yu Yi said, “Even if I promise you, if you can’t sign a contract with the research institute, it’s still useless, isn’t it?”
Jiang Chen nodded: “True.”
The smile on Yu Yi’s face faded, and she pursed her lips and said, “Actually, I think you can postpone starting your company. Now you are only in the third year of high school, and you still have four years in college. You can definitely wait until after sophomore year to consider this matter.”
Jiang Chen shook his head, and the smile on his face faded a bit: “This was originally something I had already planned to do, and…..I can’t wait any longer.”
Before, he had been using Changjiang to attack and capture the System’s codes. The System was in a passive attack state for a while, and many useful codes were captured by Changjiang. After enough codes were analyzed, Jiang Chen could already confirm that it was indeed another program language, and currently he had a cracking direction.
However, not long ago, the channel established by the System was completed. During this period of time, the battle between Changjiang and the System was often unable to decide on a victor. If it continued like this, the System would find Changjiang’s loopholes, and finally complete the counterattack.
If it was the version of Changjiang in the interstellar era, there was absolutely no need to be afraid of the System, but the technology of this era was limited after all. As he just said in the conference room, the version of Changjiang in his hand was already the glass ceiling that technology could reach now or even in the next ten years.
But the System was not the case. It came from an unknown world and had unknown and powerful capabilities. Perhaps it did not need to upgrade itself after in-depth learning and was not affected by earth technology. If things went on like this, one day the System would be more powerful than Changjiang.
Although this was only the worst outcome Jiang Chen speculated, if he continued fighting alone, under the limitation of hardware flaws, the growth of Changjiang would never catch up with the growth of the System. Therefore, he must form a company as soon as possible to form his own scientific research team, and he must also cooperate with the national government. Only with the support of the country and the government and completely raising the current hardware level could Changjiang be in an invincible position, could it truly break through the core of the System, and be able to know the origin and purpose of the System.
Yu Yi didn’t know what Jiang Chen was thinking, but she believed in Jiang Chen’s ability, and the reason she would speak out to dissuade Jiang Chen was just because she thought that if Jiang Chen put too much thought into things outside scientific research, such as establishing a company and managing a company, it would definitely be a waste of talent.
It was just that everyone had their own choices, and she had no position to interfere.
After briefly mentioning this, Yu Yi didn’t continue, she changed the topic: “You won’t come to the institute tomorrow, right?”
It was now May, less than thirty-five days before the college entrance examination, the image processing system project was completed, and Jiang Chen, who had been on leave for more than half a semester, had to go back to school to prepare for the exam amidst the urging of one to two or three phone calls a day.
“It will be based on the results of this meeting.” Jiang Chen thought for a while and said, “If it goes well, I may come to the institute again before the middle of this month.”
“What about the start time for the new project?”
Yu Yi was very interested in the Changjian Protection System that Jiang Chen briefly described. When Jiang Chen established the image processing system military research and development team, she knew Jiang Chen’s ability very well because of the information provided by her previous mentor, so she signed up immediately to Jiang Chen’s research and development team.
After only half a year of getting along, she also had a deeper understanding of the boy’s ability, and she was convinced long before the end of the project that if Jiang Chen became a full-time researcher, she would continue to work with his team. But who knew that Jiang Chen offered to create a scientific research team and even invited her to join his team.
When she knew that Jiang Chen was going to start a company, she had hesitated, but after seeing only part of the code of the Changjiang system, she had already made up her mind. No matter whether Jiang Chen could reach an agreement with the research institute, she would join Jiang Chen’s team.
And, she couldn’t wait.
“If all goes well, within two months.”
The company had been successfully registered, and the office location was also decided. The lease just needed to be signed and the place refurbished, and the laboratory did not need to be prepared. After the contract was signed, the Seventeen Research Institute would naturally provide their team with an independent test environment. These most important aspects having been taken care of, other things could come slowly.
Yu Yi didn’t expect Jiang Chen to be so efficient, but this was exactly what she wanted, the sooner the better.
She nodded and promised: “If everything goes well, I will definitely join your scientific research team.”
Jiang Chen curved his eyes in a smile and stretched out his hand: “Then wish us a happy cooperation in advance.”
Yu Yi smiled and shook his hand: “So confident?”
Jiang Chen smiled but said nothing, though his slightly raised eyebrows had already revealed the answer.
At a corner where the two of them couldn’t see, a young man was frowning, he raised his leg for a moment and then turned the direction immediately. He hesitated and repeated several times, and finally made up his mind to walk out.
However, as soon as he saw where the two of them were standing, the young man was taken aback. He quickly caught up with Yu Yi who had already turned around and walked towards the end of the corridor, and asked, “Where is Team Leader Jiang?”
Yu Yi paused and raised her eyebrows: “Zhang Lei?”
Zhang Lei looked around: “Weren’t you two just standing there and talking? Where did Jiang Chen go?”
“He left.” Yu Yi asked, “Did you have something you need with him?”
“No.” As soon as he finished speaking, a trace of frustration flashed across Zhang Lei’s eyes, he was silent for a while, and tentatively asked: “What were you talking about just now? Is Jiang Chen preparing for some new project? He greeted you in advance and let you join his project group?”
When he was in the laboratory before, he overheard the conversation between Jiang Chen and Yu Yi. It was Jiang Chen who invited Yu Yi to join his scientific research team. At that time, he left without hearing the whole thing, but whenever he was free, he could not help but wonder what Jiang Chen’s next research and development project would be.
Even if he pondered about it day and night, he couldn’t get a result. He wanted to ask directly a few times, but he couldn’t put down his pride. The longer it took, the more itchy his heart became, but the longer it dragged on, the more he couldn’t open his mouth.
The relationship between him and Jiang Chen had not been considered good from the start and there had been several conflicts before. Now that the research project was over and it was time to part ways, Jiang Chen must not be willing to cooperate with him anymore——since he took the initiative to invite Yu Yi, but never mentioned it in front of other people in the laboratory.
But, was he really going to give up this opportunity?
He was thirty-two years old, and the project he established with enthusiasm and hope had been carried out for ten years without any results. Some time ago, the research institute did not approve any more funding for him, so the project had to be stopped, and he became an idle personnel, which was why Jiang Chen picked him into the team in the first place. At that time, he had grievances against Jiang Chen, and he couldn’t help but not vent after his own research was stopped.
But as a result of working together during this period of time, he also had to admire Jiang Chen’s excellent scientific research ability and imagination and creativity. A truly top-notch system developer was not as boring as outsiders imagined programmers to be. On the contrary, imagination and creativity strength was indispensable.
These things that seem to require talent by nature, Jiang Chen definitely possessed them to the full point. Not only did he have the talents bestowed by gods, he also had excellent brains and abilities, and he was still so young. It was conceivable that he would make something of himself in the future.
If he could join his team, it would be of great help to expand his thinking and improve his ability. Not only that, but he also had a faint feeling in his heart that Jiang Chen’s project this time was definitely not simple. If he could join, it would absolutely be beneficial to him.
However, how could he have Jiang Chen let him join, and how could he open his mouth?
“Jiang Chen will create his own scientific research team.” This was something that would definitely be made public in the future, and Yu Yi had no need to hide it, but hearing Zhang Lei’s probing tone, she smiled and said, “Why? Are you interested?”
Zhang Lei froze, the corners of his lips twitched a few times, and he finally nodded stiffly: “I am indeed interested in the project in his hand, can you tell him for me, and ask him to let me join his team?”
Yu Yi paused, then turned to look at Zhang Lei: “Are you serious?”
Zhang Lei’s cheeks were hot, but he still said: “I didn’t get along well with him before. I don’t know if he will agree to my joining, so I want to ask you for help….I really want to join his team.”
“He doesn’t care about the past.” Yu Yi said, “But it may be difficult for you to join his team.”
Zhang Lei blurted out: “Why?”
Even if his previous projects have not produced results, the fact that the Institute was willing to provide him with funding for ten consecutive years had already proved his ability, not to mention that he also believed that his ability in the Seventeenth Institute was no worse than anyone else. Apart from personal grievances, he couldn’t think of any other reason for not choosing him.
Yu Yi shook her head, left behind “you will know later” and passed him on her way upstairs.
Once the research institute signed a cooperation agreement with Jiang Chen, and the scientific research team could be established, relying on the strength of the Changjiang itself, he only needed to let out a little bit of wind, and give that group of scientific research madmen a glimpse of a little sweetness, even if it was just a line of code, they would smash their heads in a battle to grab a spot.
When the time came to compete with the top researchers in the country and even the world, Zhang Lei would get the answer by himself.
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