When Liu Xiao returned to the company, he saw John waiting in the small conference room, with a trace of anxiety on his face.

"Mr. Liu, you can be regarded as back!" John saw Liu Xiao and quickly stood up.

"I'm sorry, Mr. John waited for a long time, I just went out to do something!" Liu Xiao smiled, raised his hand and motioned for John to sit down and speak, "Sit down!"

"It doesn't matter if I just wait a little longer, but today's event is a bit special, and I have to come to Mr. Liu to discuss. John looked at Liu Xiao, "Country F sent a message this morning, saying that it would return the goods ordered from us before, and the follow-up goods don't have to be supplied!"

Liu Xiao said "oh", sure enough, it is this F country, they retreated the strategic-level firewall, are they afraid that the soft alliance will be yin again, or are they ready to fight with the soft alliance, Liu Xiao frowned, a little uncertain, this is also the reason why he is reluctant to make the next move, "It's okay, they have to retreat, just let them retreat!"

John was anxious at the time, this is obviously standing and talking without back pain, F country returns, the soft alliance has no loss, naturally it doesn't matter whether it is returned or not, but FSK is not good, FSK spent so much money to buy this market from the soft alliance, every time you order a product, you have to pay the foundry fee and cost to the soft alliance, these orders in hand are far from being able to return to the cost, if you meet a few more unsubscribes, the loss of FSK will be big. "Mr. Liu, if you may be unhappy, we think that the cancellation of country F this time is largely due to the inactive after-sales of the soft alliance, we are now partners, and I hope that the soft alliance can think more about the interests of its partners!"

"Apart from Country F, is there any other home to unsubscribe?" Liu Xiao asked.

John shook his head, "This is the one at the moment!", he was extremely dissatisfied with Liu Xiao's words, which meant that it was not enough to have this one, and this one would give FSK a headache, which meant that country F did not accept strategic-level products, and they officially did not accept it.

But Liu Xiao didn't think so, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't that just right? Save their orders, you will have more products to provide to other customers, haven't you been urging production?"

"Mr. Liu, this is not the same thing!" John stood up rubbedly, Liu Xiao's attitude completely angered him, he stood up and glared at Liu Xiao for a few seconds, and then like a deflated ball, he wilted, because he realized that now Liu Xiao can never afford to offend! If only country F unsubscribes from beginning to end, then Liu Xiao's judgment is correct, and he is not wrong to say this, but if he gets angry with Liu Xiao, it will simply offend ten country F, as long as Liu Xiao pulls the rope here, he will not be able to get the product, and those customers will have to make a fuss, if he is not happy and does not do it after sale, then the unlucky one can only be FSK, which is the end of the interests being tied. FSK coveted super profits, and bit a big walnut in one bite, but now it's good, I can't swallow it, I can't spit it out, and I can't bite it, so I can only be at the mercy of the soft alliance.

"I know what you want to say!" Liu Xiao was not angry, "But what I want to say is that the affairs of country F are a bit special, and their unsubscription is a matter of time, even if we go to give them after-sales, they will unsubscribe." But don't worry, sooner or later they'll regret their decision!"

"Uh......" John was a little puzzled, Liu Xiao had something to say.

"When they come to you to order again in the future, I hope you can offer two or three times the price or even higher!" Liu Xiao looked at John with a smile, "SoftAlliance's strategic-level products, from the launch to the present, have never been unsubscribed because of the performance of the product itself, and those who deliberately unsubscribed for other reasons and wanted to take the opportunity to attack Softalliance have all tasted failure and regret in the end." I'm still confident in that, Mr. John, what do you think?"

"Ah......" John was embarrassed, he didn't know what to say, Liu Xiao's words were obviously said to himself, before FSK and several other super companies deliberately ordered and retreated, wanting to hit the soft alliance, but in the end they all rushed to be the agent of others, and they were afraid that the money would not be sent to the soft alliance one step later, so they didn't know what to do. But John is an old man in the end, and he probably figured out a reason from Liu Xiao's words, could it be that the purpose of the unsubscription of country F this time is the same as that of FSK before?

John is a little puzzled, now the strategic level has become a new security standard platform, this is the trend, no one can shake it, F country inexplicably came up with this trick, what is it going to do? Are they creating a better product than the strategic level, or are they ready to use the mantis arm as a car to hinder the development of this trend? And the most important point, why did Liu Xiao already know that F Congress had unsubscribed?

"Mr. Liu!" John coughed twice and looked at Liu Xiao, "Is there any misunderstanding here?" Our headquarters has actually maintained a good cooperative relationship with country F, and I personally have a good relationship with several of their senators, do you think you need me to understand and mediate?", John tried Liu Xiao with words, he had to know why.

"No need!" Liu Xiao waved his hand, "Country F's unsubscription itself tells us that there is no room for mediation in this matter! It's just that they have misplaced themselves and don't agree to mediate, so I have to say it!"

John said "oh", then he understood, the words were already obvious, this must be what country F secretly did to the soft alliance, but it was discovered by others, so he simply tore his face directly and went crazy in advance. That's definitely the way it is, but John is a little wondering, what can country F do to the soft alliance?

After thinking about it for a long time, John suddenly shouted "ah", and he finally remembered one thing, Liu Xiao was kidnapped a few days ago! Fengming City Government said that it was an ordinary extortion and kidnapping, but Liu Xiao has just been rescued now, and this happened, if Fengming City Government lied, then these two things can be completely linked. John was surprised, Country F was too bold to dare to attack such a public figure as Liu Xiao, and he FSK wanted to do the same, but he never dared to do it, and there were opponents on the Chinese side staring at it.

This must be the case, John can basically affirm his judgment now, no wonder the strategic-level products of country F will fail inexplicably, and the soft alliance, which has always been cautious, is also unexpectedly not sent someone to repair it, such a deep resentment, if it is not caused by the kidnapping, it is a little inexplicable!

"Mr. Liu!" John stood up, "Since this matter is a bit special, then this is the only way, I will arrange for someone to receive the products they returned, and then transfer them to other countries and regions!"

"Okay!" Liu Xiao also stood up, "Thank you for your understanding! I said a long time ago that the Soft Alliance will not treat any of its partners badly, you can rest assured, country F will realize their mistakes sooner or later!"

John was very depressed, the soft alliance does not treat his partners badly, but he didn't see this, because FSK has only just become a partner of the soft alliance, but the soft alliance is not soft on its enemies, and he knows this very well. John couldn't say anything, so he had to change the topic, "There is one thing that has to trouble Mr. Liu, I hope that the products of SoftAlliance can give priority to the supply of the European market, after all, we have a large number of orders, if we distribute the proportion now, this is a bit unfair to us, and our customers are also urging us to do it!"

"Well, Mr. John's opinion is very good!" Liu Xiao smiled, "The previous distribution ratio is only tentative, since Mr. John's proposal is unreasonable, then we must accept it humbly, from today on, we will re-divide the supply ratio according to the size of the order quantity in each market." Are you satisfied, Mr. John?"

"Satisfied, satisfied!" John smiled, "Thank you Mr. Liu for your support of our FSK!", John stretched out his hand after speaking, "Then I won't bother you, I will leave first!", John is really happy now, the withdrawal of this F country is really fucking timely, Liu Xiao may have been because he was still making gas with FSK, so the supply ratio to Europe was seriously uncoordinated, and he urged him every day, but the soft alliance was unchanged, and he felt that he had a handle in the hands of the soft alliance, and he was a little unreasonable, so he didn't dare to negotiate solemnly. It's good now, whether Liu Xiao feels that he has mistreated FSK or for any other reason, as long as he is willing to increase his supply to Europe, it will be fine, and the losses of country F can be quickly recovered from other countries. Besides, the strategic level is a trend, and Country F, as a highly developed country with the Internet, can't go against this trend, and in the end he has to obediently buy strategic products, John is convinced of this.

"Then I won't send you!" Liu Xiao accompanied John out of the conference room, and saw Shang Yue walking towards the conference room, as if something was wrong!

"Okay, you're busy!" John said goodbye, turned and walked towards the door of the company.

"Something?" Liu Xiao looked back at Shang Yue.

"Come in and say!" Shang Yue pushed Liu Xiao into the conference room, and then said: "I just received a news that someone is secretly releasing a bonus, claiming that as long as someone can break through our strategic-level firewall, once it is confirmed, a million dollars will be awarded immediately!"

"A million?" Liu Xiao shook his head, "They're so stingy!"

"This must have been done by country F, although one million is not a large amount, but it is enough to move the safety target to our products!" Shang Yue gritted his teeth hatefully, "I said earlier that I wanted to let them know something, otherwise they wouldn't dare to do it!"

"Hehe!" Liu Xiao smiled and patted Shang Yue on the shoulder, "Don't worry, this is easy to do, you go to the head of the business department and ask him to make an announcement, just say that our soft alliance is offering a reward of 10 million US dollars, and the loopholes of the global collection of products!

"Ten million?" Shang Yue looked at Liu Xiao, "You're crazy! If someone finds a lot of loopholes, we really have to give them! According to me, let's give them some color, otherwise they won't be honest!"

"Hehe, if someone can really find so many loopholes, I would be willing to give him the money!" Liu Xiao smiled, "This matter can't be rushed, salute first and then soldier!"

Shang Yue didn't speak, glared at Liu Xiao, turned around and walked out, it's really funny, when someone else ties you up, why don't you salute first and then soldier, it's useless to play this game with robbers, "When did you become so grinding!", Shang Yue was extremely dissatisfied.

"Don't worry!" Liu Xiao hurriedly chased after him, "Why are you going?"

Shang Yue stood still, looked back at Liu Xiao, and said angrily: "I'll go to the business director, salute first and then go to the soldiers!", after speaking, he went straight to the business department!

Liu Xiao shook his head helplessly, with a wry smile on his face, he didn't want to be happy and revenge, but there was no way, he was carrying a soft alliance on his shoulders, so he didn't have a perfect grasp, he didn't have a chance to kill a fatal blow, he wouldn't make a move easily, as long as he made a move, he had to achieve his goal!

The same principle as Liu Xiao is Langdon, and he is also opposing the plan of the person in charge at this time, "If a hacker wants to deal with us, he will put a lot of effort into designing a plan, but we are such a huge organization, but we have come up with this kind of brainless plan! I am disappointed, relying on these plans to win a super hacker, it is simply a fool's dream, and our tricks are even worse than the previous FSK!"

Richard stood up awkwardly, "You have an opinion on my plan, you can put it forward, there is no need to be so angry." If you can come up with a better solution, then speak up, there's no reason why we shouldn't adopt it!"

"You secretly released a bonus and asked people to find the vulnerability of the soft alliance's policy-level firewall, do you have any brains?" Langdon's level is higher than Richard's, and his speech is very polite, "At present, the policy-level firewall is only procured by the ZF of various countries, which is equivalent to a country's network security barrier, what do you mean by issuing this bonus? Who are you calling for? ZF purchasing all policy-level products?"

Richard was speechless at the time, he really didn't expect this, and now when Langdon mentioned it, the cold sweat on his back came out.

Langdon couldn't wait to kick Richard a few times, "We've embarrassed the face of our intelligence department!" Now I don't know how many countries' cyber security departments and intelligence departments have begun to stare at this, if they want to find out that we put a bonus, then how can we explain it?"

Richard was embarrassed, and the basket was too big.

"Okay!" The person in charge also frowned, how could he hand over such an important matter to Richard, what a waste, "Since it was secretly released, they won't find out, this matter is indeed Richard's lack of thought, and this plan will be terminated!"

"And!" Langdon didn't intend to let Richard go, "What is your purpose in letting the Department of Defense Information Operations Force attack Haicheng's city network?"

Richard looked at the person in charge nervously, and then said: "The Soft Alliance is in Haicheng, I did this to tell the Soft Alliance that we have the ability to fight back, so that no matter what they do, they have to consider how serious the consequences are!"

"They're thinking about it! Do you think Haicheng was opened by their family, or is the Soft Alliance opened by the Haicheng City Government?" Langdon was angry, "There is no equal sign between them at all, if you want to warn the Soft Alliance, then attack the Soft Alliance, what is the matter with attacking the Haicheng City Government? Even if you kill a chicken to show the monkey, you have to look at the object! What does the Soft Alliance do, they are doing network security, you look at the recent major events in network security, which one and which one did not involve his soft alliance? The more you attack those ordinary networks, the more it shows how secure the policy-level firewall is, and you will be so stupid as to help the Soft Alliance do such a satisfactory good thing!

"In this matter, I am responsible!" Richard was also forced by Langdon, and said: "But our intelligence department is under attack, I must make a quick response, to let the opponent know that we are not incompetent!", Richard was so angry that he slapped the table, damn, he was really unlucky, no matter what he did, it was wrong!

"Be quiet!" the person in charge spoke again, "Now is not the time to pursue this responsibility, since we have decided to make trouble for the Soft Alliance, we should come up with a feasible plan immediately!" Langdon!" The person in charge looked at Langdon, "Do you have any good plans!"

Langdon sat down with a snort and took a few breaths before calming down, "There is a saying in China, 'strategically we must despise the enemy, and tactically we must attach importance to the enemy', I think we should try to look down on the nature of this matter, not always talk about any shame and revenge, but should do something real!"

"Tell me more about it!" the person in charge raised his hand and motioned for Langdon to continue.

"I carefully summarized the course of this incident, and found a fatal flaw in a policy-level firewall!" Langdon looked at everyone, "That's the rule!"

"Rules?" everyone wondered, what rules!

"They were able to lock our system with ease, taking advantage of our unfamiliarity with firewall rules!" Langdon slapped a thick document on the table, "This is the firewall setup manual, its thickness already speaks for itself, this firewall is extremely complex to set up, network administrators can use these settings to create a kaleidoscopic defense strategy to adapt to the needs of different network conditions." The retaliation of the soft alliance also tells us that it is difficult to find loopholes in this product from a technical point of view, and the only thing that can be exploited is the rules. I suggest that we immediately set up a team to study the rules of this firewall, and we must consider the possible consequences of each setting rule, but if we can find a loophole, it is not only more than enough to deal with the soft alliance, but also let us grasp the dead hole of the network security vulnerabilities of other countries, this is what we should do, we are the intelligence department, our focus should not only be on the soft alliance company!"

"Makes sense!" everyone nodded in agreement, Langdon's line of thought was correct.

"Very good!" The person in charge nodded, "General Langdon, you are personally responsible for this matter, the matter of revenge on the Soft Alliance, temporarily terminated, we will kill with one blow!"

"Yes, General!" Langdon stood up and saluted, finally putting himself in charge of the matter, and if he continued to make trouble, he was afraid that it would be troublesome.

"Alright, sit down!" the person in charge waved his hand, "Let's move on to the next topic of discussion!"

"Report!", at this moment there was a report outside the door, and as soon as the voice fell, a signal soldier entered, first saluted, then walked up to Langdon, handed over a document, turned and went out again.

As soon as Langdon swept the document, he "snapped" the table, stood up, stared at Richard, and was about to burst into flames, pushed the document to Richard, and said angrily: "Take a good look, see how to clean up this mess!"

When Richard saw it, he was also stupid, and stood there for a long time without speaking.

"What's the matter?" the person in charge was very upset, and he didn't know what was going on!

"Someone on the Internet has released the wind, saying that the one who secretly rewarded the bonus is our intelligence department, and I estimate that the media shells will explode here soon!" Langdon finished speaking, and sat down on a chair, "There is no doubt that this is the soft alliance did it, and they have also officially issued a reward to the world, anyone who finds a loophole in the policy-level firewall will be rewarded with 10 million US dollars!", Langdon was a little depressed, this soft alliance is obviously calling at himself, and he is not willing to lose in the bounty, it seems that there is really no room for maneuver in this matter.

"Richard!" the person in charge looked at Richard, "When the media people come, you will be in charge, what to do, you should be clear!"

"Yes! General!" Richard stood upright, secretly saying unlucky in his heart, he was completely planted this time, and he really didn't expect the people of the Soft Alliance to be so powerful.

The person in charge waved his hand and motioned for Richard to sit down, ready to continue the meeting. Before he could finish his sentence, the sound of "report" sounded again, and a signal soldier came in, saluted, and ran to Richard.

Richard was wondering, the signal corps spoke, "FSK is here, saying that they accept the unsubscribe, and now they are going to pull away the policy-level firewalls of our department, please sign the general!"

"Oh!" Richard relieved himself, it turned out to be the case, so he took the paper from the signal soldier's hand, took the pen from his pocket, and was about to sign it.

"Can't sign it!"

Langdon shouted, so frightened that Richard almost dropped the pen, came back to his senses, and looked at Langdon in surprise, what's the matter, can't he sign it himself, is this still wrong? Richard thought of this, so he couldn't get angry, this Langdon is so hateful, picking bones in the cracks of eggs, deliberately looking for his own stubble, Richard really couldn't help it, and he was about to get mad when he stood up.

"We're just going to take these devices, let them take them away, what are we going to study!" Langdon said.

Richard was there at the time, damn, that's it, he returned all the products of the soft alliance, so he still studied a fart, studied the air!