The 23rd Floor Mirror Door Incident

  It's very exciting to deceive a successful person, at least that's how Wang Zhengyu feels right now.

  However, after listening to Wang Zhengyu's words, Xu Yihong did not have any unexpected expression.

  In fact, after studying the APP provided by Wang Zhengyu, Xu Yihong really couldn't believe that it was a personally developed software. Whether it's Chinese programming or rewriting the underlying instruction set of mobile phone hardware, all of these require a large amount of computation and repeated testing, which is absolutely astonishing in terms of workload.

  Moreover, the software also contains unprecedentedly efficient compression algorithms, encryption algorithms, and super-intelligent speech recognition systems. If these unreleased technologies were developed by an individual, then that person is simply too incredible.

  However, Wang Zhengyu said he had nothing to do with the development of this software. Xu Yihang was also skeptical.

  The reason is simple, hackers are also human beings, who doesn't have a little bit of desire for fame and fortune? If Wang Zhengyu didn't make any contributions to the development of this APP or the technology used in it, why would these hackers hand over the software to him to deal with? This is just normal human nature.

  Of course, Robin Li would not actively debunk this point. Both parties are just cooperating for the first time, and Robin Li, who has been in the business world for many years, naturally wouldn't appear too pushy.

  Moreover, he was also preparing to cooperate with Wang Zhengyu in a more comprehensive way in a friendly environment. So he continued along the lines of what Wang Zhengyu said: "Oh! To be honest, I personally and all the technical people at Qihoo are very admiring of Mr. Wang and your team behind him. However, I think it's a waste to just use your technical reserves to make this kind of mobile phone software. I don't know if Mr. Wang has the same feeling?"

  Wang Zhengyu suppressed the urge to roll his eyes.

  What's the technology behind Dog P? It's just a small thing that was casually created by Tian Shu, who dug into his own mobile phone. Yet, it has received an evaluation of being "too wasteful", leaving Wang Zhengyu at a loss for how to respond to Xu Yanzhong's comment.

  However, playing along naturally still requires a full set. Wang Zhengyu opened his mouth and asked indifferently: "What does Mr. Xu mean? Don't hesitate to speak clearly!"

  Xu Yihong hesitated for a moment before asking: "The Prism Gate incident, Mr. Wang must have heard of it?"

  Wang Zhengyu nodded slightly, looking somewhat perplexed.

  Last year's Prism door incident that was all over the internet, Wang Zhengyu, as a seasoned netizen, naturally knew very well.

  The matter originated from a top-secret electronic surveillance program implemented by the M country government in 2007. Who would have thought that in July 2013, this top-secret program was leaked by one of its participants, former M country CIA employee Edward Snowden? As a result, the shocking overseas surveillance program of M country directly caused a global uproar under the exposure of former CIA employee Edward Snowden.

  In fact, the entire plan is to use M country's leading position on the Internet to conduct network monitoring globally. From private phone calls and emails to national leaders' conversations and meeting minutes, all are secretly recorded by M country's CIA. What's even more shocking is that 9 international internet giants including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Apple and others are all involved.

  This was absolutely shocking news around that time, but it has been over a year since then. What puzzles Wang Zhengyu is why Xu Yihong suddenly brought up this topic.

  Yu Yanhong didn't let Wang Zhengyu continue to be puzzled, and continued to say: "Although the Prism Gate incident has passed, its impact is far from over. In fact, after the exposure of the Prism Gate, our Huaxia government reacted in the first place, beginning to attach great importance to national internet information security. Under such circumstances, the development of truly independent and self-controllable domestic operating systems was put on the agenda! You know, if we don't develop a system that belongs to us, then the backdoor key will always be in someone else's hands, and our system security can never be guaranteed!"

  After hearing this, Wang Zhengyu finally understood the implicit meaning of Xu Yihong's words.

  It seems that this internet big shot deeply believes in the technology he has mastered to develop a domestic operating system, and wants to cooperate with him at a deeper level! However, at this time, Wang Zhengyu couldn't immediately respond, because he didn't understand any technical issues at all, and this occasion was not suitable for communicating with Tianshu.

  This also made Wang Zhengyu thoroughly understand why Xu Yihang would personally come forward to discuss a contract worth only 200 million with him. Two hundred million sounds like a lot, but it's just for an ordinary person like him. For a giant company like Qihoo, a deal of 200 million is probably something that any high-level executive in a department can finalize at will.

  Wang Zhengyu hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Director Xu, forgive me for speaking directly, since the country attaches such importance to it, haven't we developed our own operating system yet? Even if civilian use has not been widespread, at least some departments that handle state secrets should have switched by now?"

  Yu Yanhong looked at Wang Zhengyu deeply, he was somewhat puzzled as to how Wang Zhengyu could ask such a question that lacked standards. Judging from the technology that Wang Zhengyu grasped, he simply did not believe that Wang Zhengyu would be completely ignorant of the current situation of domestic operating systems in the industry. He felt that he couldn't guess whether Wang Zhengyu was pretending to be stupid or had already made his own plans, so he simply opened up and spoke straightforwardly.

  "In fact, we do have our own operating system, but basically they are all based on the UNIX kernel development, of course, there are also some self-developed systems, such as the closed-source Kylin system, but most of them are just loud thunder and little rain. And there are still many problems. Especially in the civilian field, the lack of support from the upstream and downstream industries, the differences in interface standards, have resulted in our self-developed operating system having almost no market space at all. This is the current situation of domestic operating systems! But now, on the software you provided, we see the hope of fully self-developing a brand new domestic operating system, so this time I am very sincere in representing Qihoo 360, wanting to have an all-around cooperation with Mr. Wang."

  Wang Zhengyu did not immediately respond, although Xu Yihong's words had a hint of urging him to make a statement.

  If these skills are really in his own hands, Wang Zhengyu will not hesitate and directly agree.

  For Wang Zhengyu, what can't be done for the sake of national security? Although Wang Zhengyu's awareness is not high, and he has many dissatisfactions with the current social reality of China, he still understands that a strong country is essential for its people to gain respect.

  The problem now is that Wang Zhengyu doesn't know how to express himself.

  Although he believes that for a high-tech product like Tian Book, developing an independent operating system is not a big problem, but he must consider whether the system developed by Tian Book can adapt to modern technological levels.

  Although Wang Zhengyu doesn't understand much professional knowledge about computers, he still understands some basic concepts.

  He clearly understands that the operating system is the most basic software, and aside from its own stability, whether or not it supports other application software is the key to whether this operating system can be accepted by the masses. To put it simply, if there's an almost perfect operating system that never crashes or bluescreens, but can't even run a common chat app like QQ on it, who would still choose to use it?

  So Wang Zhengyu was silent for a moment, and still planned to find an excuse to drag the topic back. However, before he could say anything, Huo Guangbo took over the conversation on the other side.

  "Director Xu, regarding the cooperation method of the operating system you mentioned, I think we can wait until our company is officially established and then discuss it again. What do you think?"

  How clever and resourceful you are!

  Just watching Wang Zhengyu being silent for half a day, he naturally knew that this brother still had something to consider.

  Furthermore, if the business of developing a domestic operating system is started after their company is established, and then negotiations with Qihoo begin, and this news is exposed, it will be borrowing Qihoo's reputation in the industry to advertise for one's own small company.

  Huobo's little thoughts, after struggling in the business world for many years, Xu Yanhong couldn't help but notice and immediately smiled and said: "Oh? So the two brothers are planning to start a company together? How's the funding? If there's a shortfall, just let me know, I'm willing to make a private VC investment!"

  "No, absolutely not! With your two billion, that's more than enough. We're just having a small fight, but if you charge in like this, we'll be overwhelmed!" Huo Guangbo joked and refused.

  Joking, in this era technology is the primary productive force. Since playing Wang Zhengyu's APP, Huo Guangbo has been thinking of making a fortune with this software, how could he possibly take the initiative to share profits? Moreover, they are not short of money now. Huo Guangbo would rather Wang Zhengyu didn't even have these 200 million, he wants to find a way to get the money to support the company, and Wang Zhengyu will invest in technology, so that the 50-50 split will make him feel more at ease.

  "Yes, Director Xu, what my elder brother said is correct. For now, let's just start our own company first. I will carefully consider the suggestion you made and give you a reply after our company is officially established." Wang Zhengyu spoke cautiously.

  "Alright, by then Mr. Wang will have started his own company, don't forget to give me a call, if you have time, be sure to come and show your support!" said Xu Yihong.

  "Thank you, I'll trouble Director Xu then!" Wang Zhengyu thanked humbly.

  "Now that the contract is settled, let's sign it quickly! It's almost time for dinner, and I'll treat you two young brothers to a good celebration today. I also hope that in the future we can have more exchanges and cooperation!" Xu Yanhong concluded after seeing that continuing to discuss today would not yield any results.