Chapter 4: Gambling with the Outlaws

Seeing that it will be the end of the Lunar New Year, the filming of the final stage of "The Family of Gold Powder" has finally ended smoothly. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info This 40-episode TV series really took 3 and a half months to shoot, and it also tired Gu Cheng, who was already busy.

After the New Year, it's time for the editors and post-production staff.

The closing banquet is set up in the Jinmen Binhai Restaurant, with six full six tables. At the banquet, Director Li, who was usually a little official and serious, was a lot kind to everyone, and screenwriter Liu, who didn't show up much, also rarely attended.

When Gu Cheng and several other main actors went to toast Director Li, Director Li was already a little drunk.

He held Gu Cheng's shoulder and explained: "Xiao Gu, I know you're busy." But after I go back, I remember that I must record "Dark Fragrance" and send it to me at the end of February at the latest, and this film will be released in March. Our CCTV films have never worried about the schedule!"

"Teacher Li, don't worry, I won't miss you. A song, I'll get it for you before the Lantern Festival. Gu Cheng was called Director Li at first, and later other girls used to call him Teacher Li, and after a few months, he became a local custom.

Although his status is definitely higher than that of Director Li, after all, he can learn something from the other party, and he should be humble.

Director Li nodded, and said some words of regret with a big tongue: "Then I won't delay you, you kid has a great future, and after the filming of this film, I guess I won't have the heart to mess with people in the TV drama circle anymore." ”

The speaker has no intention, and the listener does not know whether he has the intention or not. The girls who came to toast with Gu Cheng all changed their faces slightly when they heard the words.

Dong Jie was determined, and quickly returned to normal, without showing any flaws.

Liu Feifei was young and ignorant, turned her head and her eyes were a little red, and after holding it for a few seconds, she pretended to ask lightly: "Brother Cheng is mixed up enough qualifications and will only invest in movies in the future?"

"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future, let's think about it in the long run. ”

Gu Cheng smiled awkwardly, feeling that it was time to expose the lie.

The play is over.

Dong Jie was afraid that Liu Feifei would lose her temper, so she hurriedly smiled and diverted the topic: "Then our big boss Gu is going back to Qiantang for the New Year?" I wish you a smooth journey, and we are also going back to the capital." ”

Liu Feifei's family is in the capital, and Dong Jie is still in Jingying advanced class.

"Well, if there are no accidents, I'm going to ...... soon" Gu Cheng was just halfway through his words, his mobile phone rang, and he could only smile apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'll go out and answer the phone first." ”

Gu Cheng walked out of the box and saw that it was Lei Jun calling. There were a lot of people in the corridor, saying that it was inconvenient to keep the business secret, so he picked up the phone and trotted all the way to find a bathroom.

"What's wrong with Lao Lei, can't you wait for me to go back and say something? Is there a problem with Alipay's antivirus?"

"It's not that we have a problem, it's that the recent situation of some of our colleagues is a little different from what I expected - by the way, you haven't booked a ticket back yet, right?"

"No, I'm going to book it tomorrow, so what's the matter, you can make a long story short. ”

Lei Jun said in a low tone: "Then don't be in a hurry to come back, let's go to the capital first." Our old rival has made some moths again, and I will fly over in the next two days. ”

Gu Cheng's face turned cold involuntarily, and he said, "What?"

Lei Jun organized the wording and told Gu Cheng about the recent situation.

It turned out that in the past 20 days, the promotion of antivirus software and security guards delivered by Alipay has been very smooth.

More than 85% of the players in the legend who are level 30 or higher, as well as other individual players who have valuable equipment in their accounts, have chosen to install Security Guard.

More than half of the country's Internet cafes, especially those in almost all first- and second-tier cities, have also joined this security system.

In just 20 days, the number theft rate of the legendary game has been reduced by more than half, from the original 3,000 per month to more than 1,000. According to Lei Jun's original estimate, if the thief group does not upgrade its technical means, they will lose more than ninety percent of their "turnover" by the end of the first quarter.

The new version of Alipay, which is not bound to a physical address, will also be launched before the Spring Festival holiday, introducing fresh user blood to Gu Cheng's content ecosystem.

It is said that these are all good things, and those guys who are behind the huge profits of the legend and make small moves for Gu Cheng should almost be deterred.

However, just when Lei Jun felt that he could deal with his old opponent Zhou Hongyi, he happened to hear that Zhou Hongyi's recent strength was not only not damaged, but even stronger.

After digging deeply, Lei Jun found that this situation was normal: because Zhou Hongyi did not steal the number in person.

Since a year and a half ago, on the eve of the collapse of the dot-com bubble, Zhou Hongyi has set his sights on the business of "inventing the gray pigeon virus and raising a botnet", and he has concentrated a rather powerful virus and bot research and development force on his hands.

But later, he cooperated with Zhang Long and others to brush the data, which made Zhou Hongyi suffer some setbacks, and the baptism in the early days of the Internet winter made Zhou Hongyi, who started as a 3722 kidnapper, "change his temperament" and became a lot more cautious.

Since the second half of 2001, he has changed to focus on selling gray pigeons, botnets, and new Trojan sources. Let small and medium-sized number thieves rush to the front line. 3722 Company only provides technical services, drought and flood to ensure income and profit dividends, and let the white gloves do the rest of the dangerous things.

Moreover, the number thieves who asked Zhou Hongyi for technical support were not only limited to the number of thieves of legends, but also almost all other games where equipment could be sold for a little money. Therefore, the "technical service fee" earned by Zhou Hongyi in just half a year is quite considerable.

Roughly calculated, for every 100 million of Gu Cheng's legendary sales sold, Zhou Hongyi can also earn several million.

Just like a vistucking tumor lying on the artery of the domestic online game industry, the more money the online game company makes, the more nutrients the tumor absorbs, and the more malignant it becomes.

(Note: The historical 3722 company also announced its profit in October 2001, and was the first domestic non-online game Internet company to announce a profit, that is, relying on rogue software hijacking to collect protection fees.) So my setting is absolutely not overly smeared, just reasonable deduction. )

It is said that the above problems are nothing, Gu Cheng asked Lei Jun to deploy a large-scale operation to exterminate the domestic botnet and the gray pigeon, and the blood supply of the tumor will be cut off, and sooner or later it will be cut off.

But who knew that the group of thieves who made white gloves for Zhou Hongyi were unwilling to withdraw from history. They even chose to gamble their last capital and find Zhou Hongyi to "upgrade their equipment".

Just as two countries are at war, even if one of them is defeated on the battlefield, the country's arms dealers will not be immediately damaged. Maybe you can get back to the light and get a huge amount of orders due to the huge equipment losses on the front line.

It's like when the Sherman tank of the Mi Army was lit as a "lighter" by the German army on the European battlefield in World War II, in fact, the happiest laugh was the GM Ford Chrysler Tank Factory nested in Detroit, and it was too late to count the money.

Lei Jun's plan has just begun to cut through the blood vessels at the front end of the tumor. The last crazy burst before the hemostatic drug took effect allowed the tumor to enjoy a short-lived nutritional feast.

……

Gu Cheng listened to the ins and outs for a long time, and he was still a little foggy, until Lei Jun unveiled the final showdown.

"At the beginning, I didn't expect so many situations, so I promised to help you get rid of Lao Zhou completely. But now, it seems that after he sucks the blood of his group of subordinates, his short-term strength is not trivial, and he can mobilize one or two hundred million of his own funds.

And when you got home the year before last, you got along with Lao Zhou, and he also knew that you were a little black when you were down. So I wondered if I could negotiate a compromise with him: after he made the money from selling drugs and zombies, we would let him go ashore to launder his money and continue to do his serious business. Let's continue to encircle and suppress the leaderless group of scattered drug thieves and thieves, so we can worry less......"

When Gu Cheng heard this, his brows furrowed: "Who allowed you to make peace with Zhou Hongyi?"

In this matter, Lei Jun is a little self-assertive. Gu Cheng knew very well the trouble of Zhou Hongyi's-stirring stick.

Lei Jun hurriedly explained: "I don't plan to make a decision for you, I just want to contact him first." When I was in Jinshan, I didn't have such a bad relationship with him, sometimes Jinshan's users gave a little bit, and his 3722 would also open up a side......"

Gu Cheng interrupted Lei Jun's explanation: "Okay, don't explain, I don't have time to understand the old bad debts between you and Lao Zhou." This time, I think you just want to consult, and that's it, let's not take an example - let's get to the point. ”

After all, Lei Jun had not experienced Gu Cheng's power, and after being preached, he was inevitably a little unconvinced.

He sighed slightly, collected his emotions and continued: "The point is: even if you want to recruit him, Lao Zhou doesn't want to talk to you." The past offers I made were all pushed by him with false promises. I don't think he's going to give up, he's going to take the 200 million dollars he has and share the money for you in another way. ”

Gu Cheng Senran sneered: "Lao Zhou still has this courage? Do you know what he's doing?"

"Yes, there is a guy under him who is stationed by the investor Guoxin Software, and his opinion is not quite the same as Lao Zhou, and he thinks that Lao Zhou is kidnapping the interests of all investors by doing this. In addition, that person used to have a little friendship with me, so my negotiation offer was rejected by Lao Zhou......"

Lei Jun didn't need to finish speaking, Gu Cheng already knew: It turned out to be a wire newspaper.

Zhou Hongyi is a very crazy person in business, and it is common for him to fall out with the small-stock investors behind him and act arbitrarily.

And there are a lot of wild roads in his business that are half ashed, and the losses are all from the company, and the profits may be his own. Many serious businessmen can be scared out of heart disease when they watch him play side balls.

Gu Cheng asked straightforwardly: "So, what is the name of that person in the capital?"

Lei Jun: "Yes, his name is Fu Sheng, a retrieval engineer from Guoxin Software. Last year, after Guoxin's boss invested money in Lao Zhou, he was placed next to Lao Zhou. I think it's necessary for us to meet him right away and find out what Zhou Hongyi is planning to do. ”

"I'll go to the capital right away. ”

After Gu Cheng finished the last sentence, he hung up the phone and went back to the restaurant to get his coat.

The people in the house had almost eaten and had dispersed in twos and threes. Dong Jie and Liu Feifei were embarrassed because they had chatted with Gu Cheng halfway just now and met Gu Cheng to answer the phone, so they didn't leave or stay, and they were embarrassed.

Seeing Gu Cheng return to the box, Dong Jie politely cared: "Is the fight over?" ”

Gu Cheng didn't think much about it, and replied casually: "No, I'm going to the capital in a hurry." I'm going to get a ticket in a moment. ”

Liu Feifei's eyes lit up: "Go back to the capital, why don't you go with our car." Sister Dong and I are going back to Jingying. ”

She lives in the capital, and the elders of the family have already arranged for a car and a driver to take her back.

There was really no reason to refuse, so Gu Cheng could only press the opportunity to expose the lie again.

"Thank you. ”