"Hello, Mr. Kang!" Liu Xiao smiled and pushed open the door of the small conference room, "Today's distinguished guests come to the door, our soft alliance is really brilliant!"

"Mr. Liu is too polite, we have met, according to you Chinese, 'once born, two times cooked', we are acquaintances, I think you don't have to be polite!" Kang Mike smiled and shook Liu Xiao's hand.

Liu Xiao was a little surprised, this foreigner still understands China quite well, he has used it once and twice cooked, it seems that he came prepared, "Then I won't be polite to you, come, sit down!", both of them sat down, Liu Xiao said again: "I don't know why Mr. Kang came to the soft alliance this time?"

"I'm here this time for the cooperation between us!" Con Mac smiled, "We talked about it last time when we were in Fengming, and although Mr. Liu refused, I still think that the cooperation between our two sides is a win-win situation, and there are conditions and possibilities for it to be realized." So after I came back from Feng Ming, I contacted you twice, but the people from your company said that you went to Thunder City on a business trip, and it happened that I was also recalled to the headquarters at that time, so this matter was delayed, but I have always taken this matter to heart. No, I just came back from the headquarters, and I really want to make this cooperation between us!"

Liu Xiao smiled "hehe", "I am very touched by Mr. Kang's sincerity!"

"Sincerity is the foundation of cooperation!" Con Michael looked at Liu Xiao, "We at Microsoft have great sincerity for this cooperation!"

"I fully believe this!" Liu Xiao nodded, agreeing with Conmack's statement.

"Will Mr. Liu reconsider our cooperation?" asked Conmack.

"If Microsoft's cooperation method has not changed, then our attitude on our side will not change!" Liu Xiao finished speaking, and explained, "This has nothing to do with sincerity or insincerity, it is our soft alliance in the company's development direction, has its own principles and plans, we want to make our own brand, not to OEM!"

"The way of cooperation can be discussed again!" Conmacke laughed, "As long as we both have the sincerity to cooperate, any form of cooperation can be discussed!"

"So, Mr. Kang must have brought a new cooperation plan?" Liu Xiao looked at Mike Kang with a smile, he had to let the other party speak first.

"The last cooperation plan was indeed a little unfair to your company, you have your own unique technical advantages in the field of security, and you should get a brand!" Conmacke smacked his lips and said, "What would you think if we gave you this Microsoft brand?"

"Huh?" Liu Xiao didn't understand what Con Mike meant.

"I know that in the recent period, your company has encountered some trouble in expanding into overseas markets, and the security agencies in Europe and the United States have joined forces to boycott your company's new products, in this case, it will be very difficult for your company to obtain access to overseas markets, and your company has made the decision not to attack overseas markets for the time being, I think it is largely because of this reason, right?"

"Mr. Kang, please continue!" Liu Xiao was noncommittal and did not answer Mack Kang's question.

Kang Mike didn't get Liu Xiao's accurate answer, so he was a little uncertain, but he could only continue, "I think you also know that Microsoft began to enter the security market as early as two years ago, launched a series of security software, we deployed a large number of manpower around the world, created a huge sales network, and also obtained access to all markets around the world." But unfortunately, our security business has not improved, on the one hand, the high cost, on the other hand, the low price of various security agencies, we have been in a state of making ends meet in the security business. Last time, our original cooperation plan was to ask Mr. Liu to design a firewall that comes with the operating system for us, but this time I came, but I wanted to cooperate with Mr. Liu for a bigger cooperation. If we hand over Microsoft's security business to Mr. Liu's company, I wonder if Mr. Liu is interested?"

"What do you mean?" Liu Xiao was a little surprised, "Tell me more about it!"

"The headquarters intends to package our security business and hand it over to your company to operate, including brand, business, sales network, and sales license!" "Mr. Liu's company wants to expand the overseas security market, but it suffers from no access permit, and we are worried about this hot potato, if we can reach a cooperation, then your company will immediately have a global sales network, obtain access to all markets, and be able to own and use a world-renowned brand—— Microsoft, and then sell its own products to any corner of the world, and we can be freed from the pain. ”

"Are you going to transfer Microsoft's brand in the security field to us?" Liu Xiao pondered, "Or do you want to license us?"

"Authorize!" Conmac hurriedly arrived, "Microsoft's brand is a whole and cannot be separated, but as long as it is in the security field, you can use the Microsoft brand!"

"Oh!" Liu Xiao nodded, "You want to transfer the security business to us, we are quite willing to cooperate, to be honest, we lack a ready-made sales network now, but can you discuss it again?"

"Yes, yes!" Conmac smiled, "everything is negotiable!"

"I think what Microsoft is really worried about is this huge sales network, right?" asked Liu Xiao.

"Yes, the network is too big, but the sales can't open up the situation, and you can't make ends meet!" Conmacke sighed.

"Since you are so sincere, and you took the initiative to find me here, then we have to help you no matter what, don't worry, I have taken over all of your sales network!" Liu Xiao gritted his teeth, "We will carry this burden for you!"

"Great, great!" Kang Michael's expression wanted to pounce on Liu Xiao and bite Liu Xiao twice.

"But!" Liu Xiao raised his hand, "We can't do that thing that takes advantage of people's danger, I want your sales channels, but your brand, we can't accept it!"

Conmack's smile froze on his face, "Why?"

"It's really that the gold content of the Microsoft brand is too high, and we are afraid that our ability is limited, and if we turn around and destroy the Microsoft brand in our hands, then our sin will be great. Liu Xiao said with a smile, "Besides, if the market improves in the future, you can also enter the security market again, with the appeal of Microsoft's brand, coupled with the lessons learned this time, I think Microsoft will be able to continue its glory in the operating system market." ”

"Mr. Liu is so modest, we fully believe in your strength, your security technology is absolutely world-class!"

"No, no, this is absolutely not good!" Liu Xiao still smiled and excused himself, "You have worked hard for decades to have Microsoft's atmosphere today, we just want to take risks, and we don't dare to take risks with the brand of Microsoft, we can't bear this responsibility!"

"Is Mr. Liu worried about the transfer fee?" Kang Mike thought that Liu Xiao was pointing to the east and west, so he said: "We will not charge any transfer fees, as long as you nod, we will transfer all the procedures to the soft alliance at any time!"

"It's not a matter of money!" Liu Xiao smiled, "That's it, you make a price, as long as it is within a reasonable range, we will never counteroffer, and take over your sales network, to be honest, I myself admire Microsoft very much, and I am happy to help Microsoft relieve this burden." But we must not use the Microsoft brand, we don't deserve it!"

"This ......" Conmacke poked there, "I ......"

"Microsoft is worried about how to support the operation of this huge network, what our soft alliance just lacks is a huge network, Mr. Kang, thank you so much, I am very interested in the cooperation project you brought this time!" Liu Xiao stood up and excitedly grabbed Kang Michael's hand, "Please also ask Mr. Kang to bother more, be sure to promote this cooperation!"

"Yes, yes!" Con Mike withdrew his hand, and sweat began to break out on his head, "I will definitely convey Mr. Liu's meaning to the headquarters!"

"Then I'll wait for Mr. Kang's good news!" Liu Xiao smiled.

"Definitely, definitely!" Conmacke looked a little uncomfortable, "Then I'll take my leave first!"

"I'll send you!" Liu Xiao led the way in front with a smile, and kept sending Conmack out of the company, watching him enter the elevator.

As soon as the elevator door closed, Liu Xiao stretched his middle finger towards the elevator, "Damn, fools will use your brand!", Liu Xiao was very unhappy with this Kang Mike, he was simply insulting his IQ, thinking that he would be like some people, as soon as he heard that he could use the Microsoft brand, he felt that it was the greatest honor in the world, and this was actually a change of soup and not a change of medicine for the cooperation proposed in Feng Ming before. I used to want to make myself a long-term worker for Microsoft, but now it's just a change of form, let myself be a tenant for Microsoft, and the ownership of the brand is in the hands of Microsoft, just to give myself a right to use, to put it in layman's terms, it's like the crops are planted by themselves, but the crops grow in other people's fields.

"If you give me the Microsoft brand, then I want it, and I will never be polite to you!" Liu Xiao pouted, he was not interested in using the right. Liu Xiao turned around and walked to the reception MM, "In the future, when Microsoft comes to look for me, they will say that I am on a business trip and will not be seen at any time!"

The reception MM was stunned, I didn't know what kind of nerves Liu Xiao was having, and when he came back to his senses, Liu Xiao had already entered the company.

Liu Xiao walked to the door of his office, pushed the door, and was about to go in, but he was almost startled, Shang Yue was in his office, and he happened to go out at this time, and the two bumped into each other.

"Shang Yue, you have something!" Liu Xiao stabilized his figure and asked.

"Yes...... There's something to do, I'm not sure, I want to discuss it with you, I've been waiting for you for a long time, and just want to leave, you'll be back!" Shang Yue hurriedly took a few steps back, separated from Liu Xiao a little distance, and his face was a little embarrassed.

Liu Xiao entered the office, "Then why didn't you say it when you had a meeting just now!"

"I'm not sure, it's hard to talk about it in a meeting!" Shang Yue said.

"What's the matter?" Liu Xiao looked at Shang Yue with a smile, "You usually have a very real idea, how can you not be sure!"

"It's what you told me last time, let me pay close attention to everything on the Internet!" Shang Yue took a breath, "A very strange thing has indeed happened recently!"

"Oh?" Liu Xiao suddenly became interested, "Let's talk about it!"

"Recently, there have been a number of mysterious organizations on the Internet, secretly saying that they want to buy a large number of botnets, and the price is not low. Shang Yue paused, "Many zombie organizations have sold the botnets in their hands, and now the global botnets have begun to concentrate rapidly, and the number of zombie computers in the hands of these mysterious organizations has reached the point of terrifying everyone, but I don't know what the purpose of these people is to acquire the botnet at the same time, what do they want to do?"

Liu Xiao was also quite surprised, "Is the news true?"

"Indeed!" Shang Yue nodded, "I've been paying attention for a long time!

Liu Xiao frowned, paced around the room a few times, and then said: "These people will definitely not have any good intentions when they buy the botnet, they must be trying to create some incidents." ”

"Then what should we do?" Shang Yue looked at Liu Xiao.

"What can the botnet do?" Liu Xiao asked Shang Yue, and then said to himself: "It's nothing more than launching a disgusting flood attack, it seems that the time for our soft alliance to stretch out its hand is coming!"

"Are you saying that the time has come for us to counterattack?" Shang Yue asked again.

"Yes! We can't be sure who they are attacking, but judging from the way they are planning and preparing so aggressively, the target of their attack must be a big guy. If you think about it, the world's botnets are quickly gathering into the hands of a very small number of people, then the attacks they launch will be unprecedentedly powerful, the scope of the impact, and the impact will not be small, no matter who it is, it is not easy to deal with such a huge flood attack. And if we can seize this opportunity and defeat the flood attack in one fell swoop, then the whole world will remember the name of the Soft Alliance!" Liu Xiao looked very excited, he had been waiting for the opportunity, and now it seemed that the opportunity was not far from the Soft Alliance.

"What are we going to do?" Shang Yue looked at Liu Xiao.

"Make the world's best product to resist flood attacks!" Liu Xiao said, "We want to use our strategic core advantages in the shortest possible time to develop a product that is different from all previous products that resist flood attacks.

"What about me?" Shang Yue was anxious.

"You continue to be responsible for monitoring the development of the situation and trying to find out the target of their attack!" Liu Xiao paused, "There will definitely be a reason for a purposeful attack, and according to past experience, this reason will definitely not come from within the hacker circle and the security community, but from the outside, and you will pay more attention to the major events that occur every day in the world in the past few days." It doesn't matter if you can't find the target of the attack, you have to estimate the specific time of their action, once the behavior of acquiring the botnet stops, it will not be far from them to launch an attack, we must rush before they attack, issue an early warning, and at least reflect the value of our network intelligence department!"

"I see!" Shang Yue nodded, "I'll definitely do it!"