Chapter 169: You Should Thank Me

It has been 15 days since the data loss incident of Lingyu Technology, which shocked the domestic mobile game industry, but this earthquake in the industry has not yet completely subsided.

The perpetrators have behaved in an extremely egregious manner and leave no room for manoeuvre.

No matter how the staff of Lingyu Technology rescued, they could not recover the lost user information. According to industry estimates, Lingyu Technology has suffered a direct economic loss of up to 1.4 billion RMB, and the indirect loss is even more incalculable.

In any case, this brand, which has been in business for several years and has a good reputation among players, has been stinky. Even though Lingyu Technology tried to transform into the direction of main game development by separating the operation of the game from the business, it was still in vain.

There is no other reason, anyone who sees it from Lingyu Technology, no matter how good the game is, players will not buy it. If the players don't buy it, which operator will dare to take over?

Even if you are the victim, why hasn't someone else's server been killed, but yours has been killed? Can't you spend some money to improve the security of your server?

In short, the hat is buttoned on the head, that is, it can never be taken off again. Even 361, a long-time partner of Lingyu Technology, has maintained a cautious attitude towards its new games.

This vicious Internet crime incident not only shook the industry, but even spread to other levels.

Angry netizens obviously made a big deal out of the situation, and when the incident in the circle escalated into a social incident, the relevant departments had to respond.

Internet security is once again on the table.

First of all, "Renren Daily" gave a headline, severely criticizing the illegal act of disregarding the law and maliciously using hacking technology, and at the same time saying that the relevant departments are holding a meeting to discuss improving the law

At the same time, the investigation and arrest of the perpetrators are also in full swing.

A task force of cybersecurity experts was quickly formed.

The attacker's IP was quickly locked, and even after multiple layers of concealment, it still did not escape the tracking of professionals. No matter how clever a hacker is, as long as he has been here, he will definitely leave a trace.

Zhang Hao. That is, the black tiger was quickly arrested. Although he was confused and said that he didn't know, he still couldn't excuse his illegal behavior.

The computer used in the crime was searched from his bedroom, and the stolen goods were seized.

Zhang Hao, whose face was like earth, was in a panic, and immediately made a deal with Ling Zhongtian. and Xie Lei's affairs were shaken out. And insisted that this was a false accusation, it must have been done by Xie Lei, he was the third-ranked blue bird in the hacker alliance, and only he had the strength to hack into the server of Lingyu Technology.

However, he could not produce evidence.

When it was found that the USB flash drive in the bookcase had been missing. When the "incriminating evidence" stored in the computer was also gone, Zhang Hao was completely dumbfounded.

Because Xie Lei has already left the country, the reason is to take his sister to Germany for medical treatment. Although the source of the funds for medical treatment is a mystery, it is not sufficient to prove a crime. Xie Lei's own account did not change funds, but a confidential overseas account bought a ticket for him and paid for medical expenses at the same time. While this behavior may seem mysterious, it is clear that mystery is not enough to be proof.

After some evidence collection and investigation, the investigators did not find that there was a connection between this case and Xie Lei, but found a lot of interesting things.

A few days ago, Zhang Hao had a transaction with Ling Zhongtian with illegal content. Attack the server of Futureman Technology

However, this commission was canceled, and Zhang Hao took the initiative to apply for the termination of the entrustment, on the grounds that the remuneration was too low. Of course, he didn't have that memory. The reason is also very simple, because it was Xie Lei who used his computer to log in to his account and cancel the entrustment.

The case was closed.

The perpetrator, Zhang Hao, terminated the contract because of a "labor dispute" with Ling Zhongtian, the president of Lingyu Technology, and held a grudge against him. Therefore, hacking technology was used to hack into the server of Lingyu Technology and permanently destroy its user data, causing immeasurable huge economic losses to Lingyu Technology. In view of its bad social impact and the large amount of money involved. The court of first instance sentenced Zhang Hao to life imprisonment.

Zhang Hao appealed, but the High Court directly rejected his appeal and upheld the original verdict.

As for Ling Zhongtian, although there was an illegal act, it was difficult to define the severity of the circumstances because it was an "attempt". Therefore, he was not punished.

However, the matter did not end there, and the news that Ling Zhongtian hired hackers to attack the server of Futureman Technology was quickly broken on the Internet by "people with a heart". Ling Zhongtian's identity instantly changed from a victim to a villain who lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.

Netizens who were still sympathetic to him and defended Lingyu Technology also turned black and joined in a new round of verbal criticism against Lingyu Technology.

Of course, there are also a small number of voices who say that this is likely to be a conspiracy of future technology, because they are the biggest beneficiaries of the collapse of Lingyu Technology, the boss of the old mobile game industry. However, these voices were soon labelled as conspiracy theories and drowned in a sea of war of words.

Does the strength of future technology still need to rely on smearing opponents? Lingyu Technology's garbage games are also worthy of being compared with "New Era"?

It's interesting to note that the people who stand up for the reputation of Future Tech are the same fans who once championed the Dota epic, which I call ATM. As the so-called love is cut, hate is deep. When they were so disappointed with Lingyu Technology that they tried "New Era" of Future People Technology in a bored way, they instantly felt that the game they had stuck to was a piece of Xiang.

As a result, Futureman Technology successfully took over those users who originally belonged to Lingyu Technology, and the number of registered users broke through the 50 million mark in one fell swoop, and the estimated monthly turnover exceeded 400 million, setting two records in the history of mobile games one after another.

Its supremacy is unshakable.

The frontal battlefield has been decided, but the war has not stopped.

Affected by successive scandals and plummeting performance, Lingyu Technology's share price fell for 10 consecutive days, occupying the top of the monthly decline list, becoming the worst listed company on the GEM after the stock market crash in June.

The total market value has been cut by nearly seventy percent, falling below 1.5 billion. In order to avoid touching the warning line of equity pledge, Lingyu Technology had to add pledged assets and mortgage the soon-to-be-completed Lingyu Technology Building to the bank at a value of 530 million yuan, which was able to stop the downward trend.

With the interruption of profits and insolvency, it can be said that Lingyu Technology has been forced to the point of exhaustion.

However, at this moment, Futureman Technology began to take action.

First of all, Futureman Technology released an announcement on its official website. Officially responded to public opinion, strongly condemning Ling Zhongtian, the largest shareholder of Lingyu Technology, for the illegal behavior of Future People Technology, and handed a lawyer's letter to Ling Zhongtian.

Futureman Technology is ready to take Lingyu Technology to court? It doesn't matter whether the lawsuit is won or not, for the prospects of Lingyu Technology. Investors can be said to be completely desperate.

The next day, Lingyu Technology was once again sealed on the fall limit. Four days later, Lingyu Technology closed with a market value of 980 million. In just four days, Lingyu Technology fell into a building. In order not to touch the warning line of forced liquidation, Ling Zhongtian had to add pledged assets to the bank. This time the pressure is on his 33% stake.

He had to do this, and if he didn't add the pledged assets, the company would be declared bankrupt due to forced liquidation. At that time, he will not only lose everything, but will also be burdened with no less than 300 million debts.

Because the Lingyu Technology Building, which cost 870 million yuan and is about to be completed, was built by borrowing money from the bank. The development and promotion of new games have eaten up the vast majority of profits, but for now, these investments have been wasted.

That lawyer's letter was like a proclamation of war, which only ignited the prelude to war.

At the same time that Lingyu Technology set a record for the largest decline in the month. Jiang Chen, the major shareholder of Futureren Technology, also began to increase his stake in Lingyu Technology in the secondary market, becoming the largest shareholder of Lingyu Technology with a shareholding ratio of 37%. Because he completed the increase in holdings without raising his cards, Jiang Chen was fined 60W by a regulatory commission for illegal transactions.

However, compared to the 390 million yuan obtained when shorting Lingyu Technology, this level of punishment is just a drizzle for Jiang Chen.

In this regard, Lingyu Technology completely changed hands

The renovation of the Lingyu Technology Building has not yet been completed, but at the request of the new chairman, a conference room has been specially sorted out, with a long table and a row of chairs.

Also at the request of the new chairman, a special board meeting was held here.

As for the identity of this chairman. Naturally, it was Jiang Chen.

The faces of every shareholder are gloomy, oh no, to be precise, everyone except for the person sitting at the top is gloomy.

Lean back in the boss's chair. Jiang Chen smiled and glanced at the shareholders of Lingyu Technology present. Except for the gray-haired Ling Zhongtian, he was surprised to see an acquaintance.

Sensing Jiang Chen's gaze, Zhang Jianfeng smiled at him in a friendly manner.

Why is he here?

For Zhang Jianfeng, Jiang Chen still has some impressions. He once attended the negotiations with Future Man Technology as a representative of 361 Company, although the final negotiations ended in nothing, but for this talent. Jiang Chen's evaluation is still very high.

Does 361 want to get involved?

Jiang Chen muttered to himself in his heart, but his face did not change at all, he still maintained a warm smile and opened his mouth.

"Guys, I think you should thank me."

Thank you for being paralyzed!

All the shareholders couldn't help but curse in their hearts, but no one dared to say this. As for why-

"Because if it weren't for me to increase my holdings in your company, Lingyu Technology's decline would have slowed down, and the stocks in your hands would have to become a piece of waste paper." Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.

Ling Zhongtian looked over slowly, and the old face could no longer see the vigor of the past. He once aspired to become the Steve Jobs of the mobile game industry, but at the moment, there was only a thick fatigue left in his cloudy eyes.

"Man is a sword, I am a fish." His dry lips opened and closed, squeezing out such a word full of hatred.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place." Jiang Chen responded dignifiedly.

Ling Zhongtian was speechless and didn't say anything anymore, just stared at the documents on the desktop, as if he had fallen into dementia.

"Proposal on the Asset Restructuring of Lingyu Technology"

"Ahem, given that our company has been doing very badly recently, as the chairman, I feel like something has been done." After a pause, Jiang Chen looked at the people who were holding their breath, and a smile crossed their faces. However, his next sentence made the mood of all the shareholders present fall to the bottom in an instant.

"That's right, we urgently need to restructure our assets, so first of all, I'm going to sell the property-"

As for who to sell to, do you still need to ask?

Left hand to right hand, it's time for Future People Technology to change its headquarters commensurate with its status. (To be continued.) )